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Tour of Ottawa Pinball Arcade / Ontario Provincial Championships 2026

Pinball Shenanigans·video·25m 47s·analyzed·Jan 30, 2026
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TL;DR

Mike tours Ottawa Pinball Arcade and competes in Ontario Provincial Championships 2026.

Summary

Mike Dimus documents a trip to Ottawa's Ontario Provincial Championships 2026, featuring a tour of Ottawa Pinball Arcade, a warm-up tournament, and competitive play in a 24-player heads-up bracket tournament. The arcade, run by Mike Loftess of Pinball Medics and Rob, features extensively modified and 'hot-rodded' electromechanical and solid-state machines with upgraded flippers and pop bumpers. Mike finishes 7th overall and qualifies as an alternate for the inaugural Canadian National Pinball Championships.

Key Claims

  • Ottawa Pinball Arcade has had the current space for about 8 years and plans to expand to a space 7 times larger with approximately 100 pinball machines

    high confidence · Mike Loftess of Pinball Medics discussing expansion plans during arcade tour

  • Ontario Provincial Championships features a 24-player bracket with best-of-seven matches where each player picks an old, mid-era, and new game

    high confidence · Tournament format explained by hosts during arcade tour

  • Prize pool for Ontario Provincial Championships is $4,200

    high confidence · Announced during tournament opening ceremony

  • Canada now has a National Pinball Championship for the first time, with 2026 in Sherwood Park at Arcadium (Feb 19-22) and 2027 at Maple Pinball

    high confidence · Announced during tournament opening ceremony by Jeff Thompson

  • Canada is the second-largest pinball player community by country, with 19 countries total having country championships

    medium confidence · Announced during Canadian Nationals announcement; may be paraphrased

  • Pinball Medics performs full connector repinning and re-harness work on all vintage machines during restoration, including converting electromechanical coils to DC current and upgrading flippers with modified Pinball Life assemblies

    high confidence · Detailed discussion with Mike Loftess and Rob about restoration methodology

  • Rob has a background as a certified electrician/electrical contractor and former performance race car shop owner

    high confidence · Mike Dimus discussing Rob's professional background

  • Two Hamilton City Pinball League players (Peter Chaplain and Peter Tapp) qualified for provincials for the first time

    high confidence · Mentioned during warm-up tournament play

Notable Quotes

  • “They've had this space for about eight years and then they're going to expand. The new space is going to be like seven times as big and they're going to have in the neighborhood of like a 100 pinball machines.”

    Mike Dimus (reporting Mike Loftess's statement) @ Early arcade tour — Signals major expansion plans for Ottawa Pinball Arcade

  • “Royal flush on steroids. I can't wait to give it a try.”

    Mike Dimus @ During modified Royal Flush discussion — Reflects on the aggressive performance modifications made by Pinball Medics

  • “These games are here to be used and enjoyed... As long as it plays, that's all that matters, right?”

    Rob (Pinball Medics owner) @ During arcade tour discussion — Reflects operator philosophy prioritizing function over cosmetics

  • “So he's got some experience making things go fast... he's got some experience making things go fast.”

    Mike Dimus @ Discussing Rob's background in race car shop — Explains why Pinball Medics specializes in performance modifications

  • “For the first time ever, we have a Canadian National Pinball Championships. We are the second biggest country with the most players, second most players, and there are 19 countries that have country championships.”

    Jeff Thompson (assumed) @ Tournament opening ceremony — Major announcement of inaugural Canadian Nationals; positions Canada as major pinball nation

  • “If you want reliability on a 40-year-old machine, you have to do a ground-up restoration. Otherwise you'll be chasing gremlins forever.”

    Rob (Pinball Medics) @ Discussing connector repinning methodology — Reflects restoration philosophy emphasizing comprehensive preventative work

  • “Every single connector is redone regardless on an original game. Every pin repinning everything... Just start with that.”

    Rob (Pinball Medics) @ During detailed restoration discussion — Details comprehensive restoration approach to ensure reliability

Entities

Mike DimuspersonOttawa Pinball ArcadeorganizationMike LoftesspersonRobpersonPinball MedicsorganizationOntario Provincial Championships 2026eventCanadian National Pinball ChampionshipseventMaple PinballorganizationArcadiumorganizationCarter Castleman

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    business_signal: Ottawa Pinball Arcade planning major expansion to 7x current space with ~100 machines (vs current smaller collection)

    high · Mike Loftess statement: 'new space that they have is going to be like seven times as big and they're going to have in the neighborhood of like a 100 pinball machines'

  • ?

    event_signal: Two Hamilton City Pinball League players (Peter Chaplain, Peter Tapp) achieve first-time qualification for Ontario Provincial Championships, suggesting growing competitive depth outside traditional hubs

    high · Noted during tournament play as noteworthy achievement

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    community_signal: Canada now has official National Pinball Championship with inaugural 2026 event in Sherwood Park at Arcadium, rotating to Maple Pinball in 2027

    high · Jeff Thompson announcement: 'For the first time ever, we have a Canadian National Pinball Championships'

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    design_philosophy: Pinball Medics prioritizes operational reliability and playability over cosmetic preservation; uses comprehensive restoration methodology (full connector repinning, complete harness redo) to minimize future warranty calls and downtime

    high · Rob's statements: 'These games are here to be used and enjoyed... As long as it plays, that's all that matters' and rationale for complete restoration approach

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    event_signal: Ontario Provincial Championships 2026 held at Ottawa Pinball Arcade with 24-player bracket, $4,200 prize pool, and qualification pathway to inaugural Canadian National Pinball Championships

    high · Tournament structure, prize amounts, and advancement criteria clearly documented

Transcript

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0:04
I'm Mike Dus [music] and this is Pinball Shenanigans. [music]
0:14
All right, we're taking the 6-h hour plus trek to Ottawa for the provincial championships. And finally, we're getting past this plow that has kind of [ __ ] blocked us for a little while. Me and the wife in this car. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. And if we can catch up here. And if we can catch up here. Oh, you little bugger trying to chop us. Anyway, way up there. If you can see the orange car, you probably can. That is Julie and Shiny Boy. We're just following each other all the way. How long we've been driving now? A few hours. Yeah. Yeah. Oh boy. Oh boy. Almost. Oh boy. Almost. Oh boy. Almost. Almost. And we're going to go stop at Costco for And we're going to go stop at Costco for a hot dog lunch. It's going to be yummy. Fancy seeing you here. Fancy seeing you here. How about that? How about that? Good idea at the Costco lunch. Yeah. Good idea at the Costco lunch. Yeah. Where's Julie? You ready for some Costco lunch? We're halfway there. I'm I'm actually not hungry. No, I'm not I'm I'm actually not hungry. No, I'm not actually either yet, but uh we're gonna take some wieners to but uh we're gonna take some wieners to go. $150. $150. Yeah, it's Yeah, it's Shaunie's favorite lunch. Shaunie's favorite lunch. Yeah. And they got fountain diet coke Yeah. And they got fountain diet coke now. Who likes that? Who likes that? What about the shenanigans about your What about the shenanigans about your purse? What happened? [laughter] Come all the way to Ottawa purseless. Almost was going to turn back at Woodstock to go grab that. But so basically what happened was I had my so basically what happened was I had my knapsack with, you know, stuff in it and then I had my purse sitting there and I put the knapsack in the car and I had it I didn't have it in the kitchen. Yeah. Yeah. So I checked, oh, am I missing anything? So I checked, oh, am I missing anything? You know, you got like got a pillow and I got this bag and I got food bag and and I left the purse. Left the purse. Left the purse. Look at he's got his meat. Look at he's got his meat. Got his meat and wine. He's set for Got his meat and wine. He's set for tonight. It's like these. Here's our Costco score. One Here's our Costco score. One I brought high boots and I brought these I brought high boots and I brought these three wieners. I don't know what they three wieners. I don't know what they Doritos. Doritos. 27 packs of gum. 27 packs of gum. I brought my I brought my How many pounds of uh protein? How many pounds of uh protein? It's like enough for 6 months. It's like enough for 6 months. There you go. Jamie's got some slippers. There you go. Jamie's got some slippers. Shiny's got some boots. We scored large. I didn't even need my foot. I didn't even need my foot. Ah, see, you're going to survive just Ah, see, you're going to survive just fine. There it is. There's our sign. Ottawa. All right, this is home sweet home for a couple days. Check this out. This is a pretty cool Airbnb. It's got the craziest floors. Got TVs galore. Got brand new pretty much everything. Kitchen, island, office. And then there are bathroom here, bedroom here, and bedroom here. Our bedroom has an on suite. Oh, yeah. We've got on suite. All the Oh, yeah. We've got on suite. All the bathrooms are occupied right now cuz we just got here. So, everybody had to pee. All right. I'm here at the Ottawa Pinball Arcade. And uh we're here for the Ontario Provincial Championships, which is happening tomorrow. In the meanwhile, today, which is uh Friday, we are doing a little warm-up tournament. So, [music] uh take you for a tour. Mr. Tolas is running the show. What's up?
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    market_signal: Canada positioned as second-largest pinball player country by population, with Canadian Nationals among 19 country-level championships

    medium · Tournament organizer statement about Canada's status; may reflect specific IFPA/organizational context

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    technology_signal: Pinball Medics specializes in aggressive performance modifications to vintage machines including DC conversion of EM coils, high-power flipper upgrades (Williams 20V coils), capacitor mods, and complete connector repinning for reliability

    high · Detailed discussion with Rob and Mike Loftess about modification techniques and philosophy

    • 4:00
    So, this is the space here. I'll uh just kind of waltz around all the uh edges and then I'll kind of all the uh edges and then I'll kind of show you the whole thing. Oh, we got live action here between Donna and Shaunie Boy. I just finished playing all my games. This was like a max match play. Here's a view of the whole space. Check it out. It's pretty sweet, actually. They've had this space for about eight years and then they're going to expand. This is Mike Loftess of Pinball Medics and I was talking to him and he said that the new space that they have is uh going to be like seven times as big and they're going to have in the neighborhood of like a 100 pinball machines. This is my first time ever here and uh it's a good warm up for tomorrow and practice. get a feel for uh how these machines play, their level, their pitch, their kickouts, flipper alignments and bounces. They've got uh some super bands on the flippers. So, some some getting familiar and getting used to some of these games so that uh tomorrow we can you know choose the games that we want to play cuz uh for the provincial championships it is uh heads up it's actually for now it's going to be me versus Eric who is probably the one that had to drive the longest to get here from Windsor which is about 8 hours and change. was only 6 hours from London only. End change, but so it's a best of seven. Sneak around back here. Show you the back action. Best of seven. What's up, boys and girls? What's up, boys and girls? What? All of Maple is back here. What? All of Maple is back here. The whole of Maple Pinballiz. The whole of Maple Pinballiz. Patient zero. I didn't know that's you. Patient zero. I didn't know that's you. No, you taking over that role. You're taking over that role. Actually, that all stems back to uh Mr. uh shall I say his name? Um Bob Matthews. So, this is going to be all streamed tomorrow. Oh, check it out. There's all everybody. All the security action. But yeah, this All the security action. But yeah, this is the the pinballers will be on Twitch tomorrow with the live stream. Anyway, so each player picks a game that is old, a game that is mid era and a game that is new, and then you just go back and forth between each other's games. Like I said, best of seven. Winner advances and it is a 24 player bracket. So basically, So basically, you have to win about what five matches you have to win about what five matches total. and you will be the the Ontario provincial champion. What's up, buddy? Dinosaur. Dinosaur. Yo, good, good. Yo, good, good. Um,
    7:11
    that is basically the tour right there. So, pretty cool space. Lot of games in here. got a mix of uh you know we got Jersey Jack, we got some like old school T3 White Star, we got some WPC, some system uh 11 Funhouse Demo Man, and then a mix of uh arcade stuff as well. So yo, it's yo, it's the first time two players from Hamilton the first time two players from Hamilton City Pinball League have qualified for provincial. Oh, very good. Oh, very good. Peter Tap. Peter Tap. Peter Chaplain. Peter Chaplain. And Peter Chaplain And Peter Chaplain and yourself. and yourself. Nice, man. That's awesome. Nice, man. That's awesome. Two Hamiltoners. Two Hamiltoners. Two Hamilton players qualified Two Hamilton players qualified for the provincials for the first time. So that's pretty sweet. How's it going, Shauny boy? How's it going, Shauny boy? Are you saying Well, they're flipping the standings Well, they're flipping the standings upside down. Yeah. Let's see. Yeah. Let's see. If the standings are flipped upside If the standings are flipped upside down, Shauny Boy will be in first place instead of uh you know, he's not having his best uh uh you know, he's not having his best uh performance today, and neither am I. I'm I'm done. This was uh I think 42 players for the warm-up tournament and uh top like 12 make it to the playoffs and uh I am nowhere near. So anyway, that's the action for tonight. Tulus is going to run like a little two strike uh just for fun. Actually, not for fun. What does the winner of the two strike tournament get?
    9:01
    $5 cash. Free to get in. Free to get in. Hey, Hey, infinite return. infinite return. Infinite return. That's right. So, free Infinite return. That's right. So, free money. All right. I hear there's some shenanigans going over on the uh the royal flush here. Let's go. Uh let's go see what's going Let's go. Uh let's go see what's going on over here. So, what's going on with the royal flush So, what's going on with the royal flush here? What's happening with this? The uh flippers are not at an acceptable level of strength for this arcade. So, you're adding modern stern flippers to you're adding modern stern flippers to an old electromechanical machine. All the coils are uh converted to DC All the coils are uh converted to DC current. Oh my god. This is uh this is some Oh my god. This is uh this is some serious This is This is like super high tapping.
    9:48
    I've never seen anything like this before. This thing is going to Every single game has had that done. Every single game has had that done. Is it really? I noticed Is it really? I noticed also that your pop bumpers are like so also that your pop bumpers are like so very active. It's like they're like also turbocharged it seems like. Or you just have them. What did you do? What did you do? We did a few things. We First thing we We did a few things. We First thing we do is we always put in a a Williams 20 volt coil in it. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Fires like crazy. Fires like crazy. Yeah. Well, that'll do it. Yeah. Well, that'll do it. We There's a few tricks we do with We There's a few tricks we do with capacitors here and there. Uh increase some of the power in key areas. Your Yeah, your games are very lively. Your Yeah, your games are very lively. Uh that is for sure. That's the key. That's the key. And uh you know, for that reason, I've And uh you know, for that reason, I've had a few like 30se secondond games today. It can do that. The funny thing is, you It can do that. The funny thing is, you know, people think, "Oh, wow. It's so powerful, right?" Like putting strong flippers on an EM, it's going to be too easy, right? right? Not so much. Not so much. No. No. Maybe the opposite. No. No. Maybe the opposite. Exactly. Come back just as fast as it Exactly. Come back just as fast as it goes. Dangerous. Dangerous. Very much so. Cool. Very much so. Cool. Exciting. Exciting. Yeah, man. Royal flush on steroids. I Yeah, man. Royal flush on steroids. I can't wait to give it a try. You get to play tomorrow. You get to play tomorrow. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, if you guys get it cabinet Well, if you guys get it cabinet switches, too. Oh, okay. Well, if you guys get her Oh, okay. Well, if you guys get her going tonight, I'll have to give her a try. Oh, we'll have a test run for you. Oh, we'll have a test run for you. All right. Nice. Yeah. Yeah. We'll have All right. Nice. Yeah. Yeah. We'll have We'll have to document that for sure. Absolutely. Absolutely. Almost before. Yeah. Yeah. The original Max. Where's the original The original Max. Where's the original Max? Oh, yeah. Let's see Oh, yeah. Let's see over here. over here. They're available for any purist who They're available for any purist who wants to buy. Ah, okay. So, this is the old with these Ah, okay. So, this is the old with these things here, right? So, if anybody wants these, right? So, if anybody wants these, contact Mike Loftess of Pinball Medics. And this is what's going in here. Are these like the uh pinball uh life uh full flipper assemblies? This is uh well, it's partially This is uh well, it's partially partially. Yeah, it's it's been modified partially. Yeah, it's it's been modified like we buy everything is from Jinball Light. Yeah, we kind of pieced it together in our own we kind of pieced it together in our own way. Each brand is a little different. Like a solid state game, we'd be putting a capacitor on it like an 11630 parallel wound coil typically. Okay. But with the Got Leaves, But with the Got Leaves, um, and the old Williams, too. Anything um, and the old Williams, too. Anything that runs on a lower like what is it? 25 volt all of these. Hey, Rob. Yeah. This and the Williams. Yeah. This and the Williams. Well, that is something else. I'm Well, that is something else. I'm looking forward to giving that a go. A few ways. A few ways. Yeah. Oh, you you've definitely really Yeah. Oh, you you've definitely really honed in uh your what you do here with uh all all your adjustments and modifications. Rob was a a certified electrician, Rob was a a certified electrician, electrical contractor for his like whole professional career, shall we say? Ah, okay. Ah, okay. But he also ran a performance shop where But he also ran a performance shop where he built race cars. Oh, yeah. This guy. Oh, yeah. This guy. Yeah. This guy right here. Yeah. This guy right here. Oh, okay. Oh, okay. So, So, he's got some experience making things he's got some experience making things go fast. 10 years ago when we retired and he started doing pinball full time. and he started doing pinball full time. Like those two skills were basically Oh yeah. Okay. Oh yeah. Okay. Like seeing it as this. Like seeing it as this. Okay. So everything's like hot rodded Okay. So everything's like hot rodded then. Basically that's our whole cosmetics. We don't that's our whole cosmetics. We don't really care. You're not going to see, you know, you'll see warm wood. No problem. Take a look at Dolly Parton. She's warm. Oh, I played it. Yeah. Oh, I played it. Yeah. Plays like a champ. Plays like a champ. Yes. Plays. As long as it plays, that's Yes. Plays. As long as it plays, that's all that matters, right? These games are here to be used and These games are here to be used and enjoyed. Yeah. We have a couple of pretty ones. Yeah. We have a couple of pretty ones. The ground shaker. I saw it. Look. Is that a new playfield I saw it. Look. Is that a new playfield or a hard top? Okay. That is a new playfield. Okay. That is a new playfield. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. But not just that. But not just that. That's a blackjack. That's a valley That's a blackjack. That's a valley blackjack. Oh, really? Oh, really? Originally. Originally. Okay. See Okay. See started as that. We had a CPR playfield. started as that. We had a CPR playfield. So Rob's like, I want to build a nitro ground shaker. Yeah. Yeah. So we took a blackjack. He rewired it So we took a blackjack. He rewired it from scratch. Oh, really? Oh, really? Oh, yeah. No choice. What are you going Oh, yeah. No choice. What are you going to do? You couldn't use the old blackjack wire You couldn't use the old blackjack wire harness. Well, he modified it. You had to modify Well, he modified it. You had to modify it. Just stop it and take what's missing. Just stop it and take what's missing. Okay. Okay. But when we redo these games, But when we redo these games, every single connector is redone every single connector is redone regardless on an original game. Every pin repinning everything. Rep everything before we even start the Rep everything before we even start the the reconditioning process. Every pin. Just start with that. Just start with that. Takes the right out. Takes the right out. Yep. Oh yeah. Yep. Oh yeah. No more%. No more%. So it allows you to track hands. you So it allows you to track hands. you know, you're not going to be chasing it, you know, in the middle of a tournament or in a customer's home after you've sold it with the warranty. It's it's good to do, especially on a It's it's good to do, especially on a location game, right? In in a home environment, you may not have you may be able to get away without repinning every connector, but on location, the office here, I work here. My office is in the here, I work here. My office is in the back. A bad pin, well, I'll go find it. I'll change that pin. Yeah, but in my customer's house, I got to drive to their house and troubleshoot it in the dark without all my stuff. No, thank you. I'd rather just do all the whole thing, eh? Add it to the price. Yep. Add it to the price. Yep. But that's what it is. If you want to But that's what it is. If you want to just bulletproofing. Yep. Bulletproofing just bulletproofing. Yep. Bulletproofing it. Well, that's it. And it'll still break. Well, that's it. And it'll still break. I mean, it's like a car. They're not zero maintenance. Exactly. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. But take a 40-year-old car. If you don't But take a 40-year-old car. If you don't do ground up, well, you can't expect reliability. Yep. So this Yep. So this you'll be chasing gremlins forever. you'll be chasing gremlins forever. Always. Always. So this is the only way we can give you So this is the only way we can give you a reasonable expectation of reliability. Yeah. Yeah. And we'll warranty it cuz we can And we'll warranty it cuz we can warranty it for a certain amount of time. But pinball is pinball, right? You know, I mean I mean it works until it doesn't. it works until it doesn't. Exactly. But once they've been rebuilt Exactly. But once they've been rebuilt like that, the most is maybe a wire is going to the most is maybe a wire is going to break, but I'm never going to go in and have to get into some crazy troubleshooting. Ford connector. No, the connectors are all good. did the foundational work. That's it. So, it's there's never going That's it. So, it's there's never going to be any voodoo or any mystery. If, god forbid, I have to do a a warranty call on it, I'm going to be in and out of there in 5 minutes. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Well, that's great. Cool. Well, that's great. Cool. This is what happens when we don't This is what happens when we don't complete a job. Let go in the middle of a tournament. Let go in the middle of a tournament. Yeah. Yeah. Embarrassing. Embarrassing. I was called on this game and I was I was called on this game and I was going to play it, but then I saw the hood was up, so they moved me to a different game. Sorry, Lance. No worries. No worries. resting my butt on your uh flipping fingers there.
    15:57
    Anyway, that's uh that's how uh they roll here at Pinball Medics. Literally like super hightapping the flippers and pop bumpers and uh yeah, they these things play like lightning. Okay, big money at stake here. Down to Okay, big money at stake here. Down to the final four in the two strikes bonus side tournament. me, Maddie, Shony, Lauren on Nitro ground shaker. We got uh zero strikes, one one and one. I want that $5. You know, at a final table of a poker game where they bring out the stacks and bundles of cash. Well, same thing just happened here. Look what Tias brought out. No, you son of a cash is on the glass. All right, I just cash is on the glass. All right, I just got whacked in third place. It is between Shnie and Maddie on Dolly. It is a two ball game for all the marbles. 500 of them. 500 pennies that is. And uh I'm here to record and document the action. Carter, are you excited? I'm very excited. I'm very excited. Yes. He's he's got the front row seat Yes. He's he's got the front row seat here for the action. Final game of the night and then uh we're shutting down till tomorrow. Batty's got 33,000 after ball one. John's uh got 1,240 1,440 1,540.
    17:43
    Your points weren't going up. I think the score uh display was broken. Okay, this is Maddiey's last ball here. You got to talk quietly cuz there is $5 on the line here. Right there. Oh my god. Nice try, man. That almost came back. This is it. Do or die on Dolly. Working nine to five. Can Shiny pull it off? Oh, Maddie is the victor. Yeah, there you go. Good job, boys. Nice job. Awards ceremony is about to begin. Here Awards ceremony is about to begin. Here we go. Here we go. Get all got to get all the money out. Get on camera. Okay, here we go. Okay, here we go. Okay, in second place Okay, in second place pinball shenanigans that goes up.
    18:47
    the mayor of North Bay, Matt. A little like this little city. Yeah, those city Yeah, those city in North Bay. You need security with in North Bay. You need security with this kind of cat. You be careful. Yeah, we'll we'll help you. We'll escort you out. Nice job, buddy. They wanted a chop. They said no. We're They wanted a chop. They said no. We're going for hall. First round's on that. All right. [music]
    19:10
    Come on, snow. [music] All right, the provincials are about to get started. It is Saturday at noon and uh and uh It is time. Thank you, Mike and Ottawa Pinball Thank you, Mike and Ottawa Pinball Arcade for hosting. [applause] And Rob, you come out here too, Rob. These guys have worked so hard. Thank These guys have worked so hard. Thank you so much. [applause] Doing a random draw for a translate Doing a random draw for a translate right now. How many translates do I get to I mean, How many translates do I get to I mean, do we get to choose from? [laughter] All right, you press it. Generate. All right, you press it. Generate. The winner
    19:59
    he did it. He did it. He did it [laughter] He did it. He did it [laughter] gets this plaque. gets this plaque. All prize money is going to be e All prize money is going to be e transferred by the way within 5 days. Okay. It takes what we're playing for what we're playing for $4,200. You can only do so much e $4,200. You can only do so much e transfers. The hardware The hardware uh in a 24-hour period business days. uh in a 24-hour period business days. There's this. Someone will win. By the way, we'll have a new winner for the first time. Yeah. a very a first time winner. For the first time ever, we have a For the first time ever, we have a Canadian National Pinball Championships. We are the second biggest country uh with the most players, second most players, and there are 19 countries that have country championships. Now, we have our own in Canada. And I can tell you this year it's in Sherwood Park where Yankton is, Sherwood Park at Arcadium, February 19th through 22nd. Next year it's at Maple. So, we're excited about that. Thank you, Jeff and [applause] Thompson.
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    And that goes to the top six players. If any of those six players can't do go, it'll go to the next two uh like whoever came in seventh and eighth. All right, the action is live on Twitch All right, the action is live on Twitch here on the pinballers. We got Duncan commentating here. [music] We got the rig. We got this set up and the stream is right up there. So, good action. And uh just so I don't get YouTube strike, I will uh exit that room there cuz it's got loud tunes. Anyway, we're [music] into round two. I made it past uh round one against Eric 4 to one and then uh now it is me versus this guy right here. All right, I just uh finished my match with Tiolis. Check this out. I won on Metallica. He won on Led Zeppelin. I won on Evil Convvil. He won on Meteor. I won on Funhouse. He won on Aball. Then it went to Sudden Death Tie Break on Rush and I got the check mark. So, moving on. And it's now final eight. And my constellation prize is uh playing against Mr. Carter Castleman. And uh we have played Funhouse already. I got that one. I got that one. And we have played Led Zeppelin and he blew it up. And we're just waiting on Metallica. But, uh, top eight. That's my best provincials yet, I think. So, pretty happy with that. I think, uh, $172 for my troubles and a chance to qualify for the Canadian Nationals. So, hey boys. Yeah. Put on a show for me. Thank you. Okay. Okay. Well, I lost my match to Carter 4 to one and then uh so that put me in a 5 through eight situation and we just played John Flinton, Matt Faulner, myself and Eric played a three-game set and um this was to determine five through eight and that was important because uh fifth and sixth get invited to the Canadian Nationals and I started off with a two on Dolly Parton and then uh I was uh in first place on Nitro Ground Shaker and we were playing a four-player game and I just uh tilted a little too much and tilted through. So I got DQed and I got a zero. So that was amazing. And then I got a measly one point on Walking Dead which gave me three which put me in third out of these four guys which lands me in seventh overall. So, I am going to be an alternate for the Canadians. And uh since me and Shiny Boy are already going, there's a good chance that I will make it to the nationals. So, that's pretty cool. Seventh overall in the provincials, I think my best finish by far. And I think 172 bucks. So, cannot complain about that. [music] And uh it looks like I believe Carter and Phil Burnbomb are playing right now to determine who will be the Ontario champion. Uh I'm not sure if I'll be sticking around for that. So we'll keep you posted one way or another, but anyway, Ottawa Pinball Arcade was great and it was a fun weekend of competition. My run here is done and uh we'll see you kids on the next one. [music]
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    [music] behave. Come on, snow. [music]