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Keith Elwin Wins Pinball World Championship

Posted by timothy on from the flip-of-the-flipper-to-ye dept.

Yesterday, writes reader woohoodonuts, "Keith Elwin won the world pinball championship in Pittsburgh, PA for the third consecutive year. The weekend-long event fielded 406 players from all over the world and distributed over $36,000 in prizes. The three games chosen in the final round were Stern Cheetah, Bally The Addams Family, and Bally Creature from the Black Lagoon. Keith scored over 500 million points on his final ball with $10,000 on the line to defeat fellow American, Andrei Massenkoff, by nearly 300 million points." Next year's gathering is slated for August 11-14, also in Pittsburgh.

11 of 110 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Yeah by MRe_nl · · Score: 2, Funny

    But is he deaf, dumb and blind?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIPKFVa5DP8

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  2. He's a Pinball Wizard by mim · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's got to be a twist!

    1. Re:He's a Pinball Wizard by smurfsurf · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hey grandpa ;-)

    2. Re:He's a Pinball Wizard by SailorSpork · · Score: 2, Funny

      Indeed there is. The Pinball Wizard's got such a supple wrist. He's got crazy flipper fingers, never seen him fall. I also hear he plays by intuition.

    3. Re:He's a Pinball Wizard by todrules · · Score: 2, Funny

      But how do you think he does it?

    4. Re:He's a Pinball Wizard by dfetter · · Score: 2, Funny

      I don't know. What makes him so good?

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    5. Re:He's a Pinball Wizard by Biff+Stu · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, that's the problem with winning that contest. There is a twist. Every time you go out in public Rodger Daltrey and Pete Townshend follow you around singing that damn song. At first you think it's pretty cool, but after a couple of weeks you want to kick their asses and smash Pete's guitar. Then you realize that you will never get a chance to smash the f***'in guitar because Pete always beats you to it and that's when you're really pissed.

  3. Not at All by maroberts · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stuff that Matters :-)

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  4. elsewhere, in the world of anachronistic sports by eatvegetables · · Score: 1, Funny
    elsewhere, in the world of anachronistic sports ...

    1. Gertrude, "the Beast", Rosensplinter wins 2010 Grosvenor championship.

    2. Punjabi Cricket referee sanctioned for under-regulation sock length.

    3. Bull-baiting champion Clive Rosenrochflockensberger retires after 15 years. Recalls many fine seasons at Hockley-in-the-Hole. Disparages Tutbury.

  5. Re:He's a pinball wizard . . . by dangitman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did he get a crown?

    I think that's a king. Wizards have fiery balls.

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  6. Re:it's not even posted under idle by Cylix · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah,

    You totally missed the flying double jump kick to the right bumper. He later followed up with a round house flying dragon fist to the left bumper.

    Though nothing beats the final move that helped the winner beat the loser by 200 million points.....

    He performed the triple lindy to simultaneously trigger both bumpers in multi-ball mode. Without such a devastating move he wold never have been able to become champion.

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