When I was doing the science fiction convention circuit, we always had our metro-NY events in NJ, usual someplace like Hasbrouck Heights, although there are other choices. Half the hotel rates, even in the spring, close enough to Newark airport and train station to be workable and big enough for a large group. Maybe they could look into someplace like that for future years? I and some other left coasters might come, too, then.
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Then itās the NJPC
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Well CLEPIN is in Independence, not Cleveland, but does it matter? Really just marketing at that point. SFO, NYC and other cities have become ridiculously expensive and it doesnāt look like itās gonna get better anytime soon.
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Well, letās keep score here: āChicagoāsā Expo is miles from the city in Wheeling, our INDISC is far from LA in Banning [we do say, āSouthern California,ā not LA; nobody seems to care that weāre not in LA / Hollywood], TPF is in Frisco 25 or 30 miles north of downtown Dallas, neither the NW Show nor the NW Championship is in Seattle, SGFE is in suburban Atlanta ā¦ need I go on? The cost advantages of being in an outlying area have clearly won in a majority of cases. Frankly, I liked the location of the old PPEās in Marin County better than City Champās site in SF, too. I can deal with it being technically in New Jersey; maybe that only matters to NYC locals? Is it really that big a deal that the Giants and Jets play at the Meadowlands? We donāt call them the āJersey Giantsā. If the football folks can tolerate a technicality ā¦.
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I like visiting the downtown areas of major cities. Part of why pinburgh is cool is you spend a weekend really getting the gist of the area. Staying a couple miles up the road and then ācommutingā to the convention center, and then figuring out all the walkable food options, thatās part of the fun of the tournament.
And for New Yorkers, the appeal is having our cake and eating it too. We get to have a little bit of everything out here, so why not a sweet tournament we can ride the subway to? Itās more than just running a pump and dump in a hotel ballroom, which obviously you can do in any city, itās about making a fantasy a reality. Obviously I canāt speak for the never beef crew, but this is how it feels to me to have it within nyc proper.
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For the rooms, cant you fit a few people in them and split the cost?
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Only 20 tickets left this morning. Thanks for the great response folks!
Now letās sell this thing out so we donāt have to move it out to jersey!
We would hope that the up front costs of attending donāt discourage people from coming. While NYC costs are always going to be higher than tournaments in many other places, the room rate of $209 + taxes is in fact the cheapest youāll get a nice room in this location in May, The skyline has done a great job of locking in affordable rates for us and providing a location option that makes this tournament feasible at all.
Cheaper options would be to stay in jersey and commute back and forth by train if people really want to save money, and of course weāve always known pinball players to be resourceful when it comes to packing people into a room. Thereās always ways to get it done.
We spend so many weekends each year playing pinball in nondescript hotel breakout rooms in suburban locations - the idea behind NYCPC is to offer players and their families something different, and an opportunity to enjoy an NYC vacation and a world-class tournament at the same time.
And, we strive to make this event - from a payout, trophy, and production and entertainment standpoint - something where people are getting their moneyās worth. Every dollar we receive goes into the production and tournament, and just as last year, we are all taking a major risk and digging deep into our own pockets to put this thing on and do it in a way that is true to our vision and ambition.
We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible as we continue to grow this event and push competitive pinball forward.
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And I will add that Levi is the best pinball MC I have ever heard.
Come hear him at the NYCPC
Ronā¦
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You in, Ron?
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Does this mean āCustomā Ron is coming?!
And maybe bringing a game or two?
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He should have plenty of free time without all that podcast recording and editing to do. Am I right Bruce? LOL
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Iām travelling from London for this gig. Knowing Levi and Tim and the folks that run the league at sunshine and what a great crew it is - I wanted to support their event last year as having a major tournament in New York is just more of what I think we need in pinball. I was so glad that I did; I had a blast of a weekend and me and the wife went sightseeing too. Huge amount to do in NYC. Levi kindly gave me one of the posters from the NYCPC and it proudly hangs in my pinball room.
I hoped that they would do another one and I was really glad to see the announcement. Got tickets pronto and canāt wait for this.
Iām trying to set something up in London along the same format but holy shit its hard to do it in an affordable way and my hats off to the never beef folks for pulling this off; in probably the hardest environment you could know.
Use it or lose it!
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Playas so far:
Tyler Aas
Matthew Achterberg
Jade Ang
Eamon Balouch
Dan Beals
Thomas Benevento
Ron Benoit
Jerry Bernard
Lewis Bevans
Phil Birnbaum
Sunshine Bon
Steven Bowden
David Butcher
Robert Byers
Christopher Cafaro
Adam Cane
Matthew Carlson
Dana Carvey
Mark Carvey
Nancy Chandross
Chris Chow
James Chupka
Joe Ciaravino
carl comegys
Andy Cushman
robert dancu
Geoffrey Danek
Raymond Davidson
Justin Day
Nick Delehanty
Brad DeShong
Spencer DesRoches
Nicholas Destefano
Christopher Dirga
Howard Dobson
Julie Dorssers
Jacob Duijnhouwer
Jon Ehrlich
Penni Epstein
Tom Farkas
Greg Fertel
Michael Field
Charlotte Fillmore-Handlon
Steven Flynn
Sean Ford
Mark Foy
Peter Franck
Anthony Frasca
Anna Frenkel
Benjamin Furiga
Nitzan Gabai
Alan Gamboa
Edward Giardina
Dejan Golja
Robert Gonyo
Sandy Graver
Kristen Gregory
Stephanie Guida
Ron Hallett
Robyn Harrison
Ian Harrower
Nathan Hart
Gary Hartz
Joonas Haverinen
Matt Haveron
Jake Heinrichs
Lucas Herter
Adam Higgins
Brandon Hoffman
Nint Hoo
Harry Jackson
Jeffrey Jones
Ryan Jurado
Aleksander Kaczmarczyk
Connor Kalista
Joe Katz
stephen keeler
Elliott Keith
Bowen Kerins
Adam Kiesler
Nicholas Kiser
Carolyn Knorst
Thomas Knorst
Leslie Kozloski
Ken LaPointe
Timothy Lawrence
ted leibowitz
Joseph lemire
Tommy Loranger
Peace Nick Mann
Wyndham Manning
David Markland
Steve Marsh
John Martin
Kaite Martin
Jason Mawson
Ron Maxwell
Duncan McFarlane
Steven McGinn
John McGregor
Adam McKinnie
Amanda McRae
Neil McRae
Bob Merlo
Derek Miazga
Thomas Milburn
Koi Morris
Craig Morse
Elizabeth Morse
Hans Musser
Jerry Musser
Anna Neal
Lucas Nelson
Bruce Nightingale
Chris Nosiglia
Uchendu Nwachuku
Tammy Oler
Marianne Pangia
Mike Pantino
Alysa Parks
Zachary Parks
David Peller
Perttu Pesa
Jake Peterson
Jason Plourde
John Pohanka
Michael Polisky
Seth Porges
Greg Poverelli
Jeff Prunier
Matt Quintanilla
Anthony Radzicki
Lindsey Rhoades
Ron Richards
Gloria Richardson
Woody Richman
Adam Robinson
Eric Russell
Mats Sahlberg
Alberto Santana
David Schumeister
Adam Schwartz
Joshua Senzer
Sanjay Shah
Lyman Sheats
CJ Smith
Boris Soriano
Megan Sprague
Cryss Stephens
Donavan Stepp
Jay Sterkel
Kevin Stone
Connor Stowe
Olle Strandh
Juana Summers
Paul Sundue
Jim Swain
Erik Swedlund
Jack Tadman
Neil Tapper
Jeff Teolis
Sam Thompson
Stephanie Traub
Weston Ulfig
Timothy Varney
Jane Verwys
Matt Wall
Helena Walter Higgins
Jessica Warren
Kenny Weiner
Jason Weisfuse
Jason Werdrick
Courtney Wetzel
Heather Willensky
Jeremy Wilson
Scott Wilson
Anna Wolk
Si Qi Yao
Peter Yorgin
Jason Zahler
Steven Zahler
Edward Zeltman
Nick Zendejas
Morgan Zilm
Zen Zochniak
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Fixed it for you. 
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looking forward to it! had a good time last year. tourney was well ran for a first time setup so Iād imagine it can only get better. Glad its in a bigger room even with losing the view.
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Wow, currently 3 spots remaining. Congrats guys!
Hey, I was playing Deadpool today and one of the first thoughts I had was āMan, if there was ONE game that NYCPC has to have, itās Deadpoolā. Boom! I can here Levi nowā¦
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Wowā¦ we are SOLD OUT and that opens up the waitlist. If a spot frees up on the waitlist you will be sent an email and will have 24 hours to claim a spot.
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So the format is herb, but players are limited? Is that just due to space issues?
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Iāll let Timballs field this one. Iām just the āJa Ruleā of this organization.
But yeah. Space and machines at a certain point letting more people in just adds to the lines and doesnāt add anything to the pot, right?
There are others who will be in attendance but arenāt on the list yet, such as Sean āThe Stormā Grant - we had to hold some spots back for comps, game contributors, and other production talent!
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We have had to put limits in place both last and this year to make the event as best we can with the space weāve signed up for. Last year our expectations for players were lower than how many we actually had signed up by March when we instituted the cap. We can use the demand to assess how much space we need and can afford for the future NYCPC tournaments.
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