Posted: August 8, 2006
Las Vegas Herb Silvers Fabulous Fantasies Tournament
(July 28th, 2006 - July 30, 2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball Tournament Results
Final Results
July 28th, 2006 - July 30, 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean Backglass
Las Vegas Pinball Fabulous Fantasies Tournament
The Union Plaza Hotel and Casino
1 S Main St
Las Vegas, NV 89101
(702) 386-2110
Las Vegas Pinball Fabulous Fantasies Tournament
July 28th, 2006 - July 30, 2006
The Union Plaza - Las Vegas, NV.
Las Vegas Herb Silvers Fabulous Fantasies Tournament
(July 28th, 2006 - July 30, 2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball Tournament Results
Final Results
July 28th, 2006 - July 30, 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean Backglass
Las Vegas Pinball Fabulous Fantasies Tournament
The Union Plaza Hotel and Casino
1 S Main St
Las Vegas, NV 89101
(702) 386-2110
Las Vegas Pinball Fabulous Fantasies Tournament
July 28th, 2006 - July 30, 2006
The Union Plaza - Las Vegas, NV.
Welcome to the Plaza Hotel and Casino Hit the floor at the Plaza Hotel and Casino! Enjoy the hottest gaming action that Las Vegas has to offer, from innovative slot machines to the classic poker room, and from high energy craps and roulette to baccarat and bingo. Skip the Strip and discover why the real players play in vintage Downtown Las Vegas! The Plaza held the Las Vegas Herb Silvers Fabulous Fantasies Pinball Tournament in their convention space where there were 100 pinball games all on free play. This is the only room where you won't lose money in Las Vegas. As a matter of a fact, the pinball winners took home some nice cash prizes. Rick Stetta - Winner of the Pinball Fabulous Fantasies Tournament Rick Stetta - Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball Rick Stetta - admirring a perfect shot Rick Stetta, the Fabulous Fantasies 2006 Pinball winner is best known for his 1992 win of the world famous Papa 2 contest in 1992. He took first place at this years Las Vegas Herb Silvers Fabulous Fantasies Tournament taking home $ 1,500.00 followed by Josh Sharpe, who is best known for winning last years 4/29/2005 - May Day Contest, and now winning $750.00 for being in second place at the Fabulous Fantasies Tournament. Last but not least, Eden Stamm came in third place with a take home bounty of $ 250.00 at the Las Vegas Herb Silvers Fabulous Fantasies Tournament. Herb Silvers of Fabulous Fantasies entering final pinball high scores
Herb Silvers entering high scores with his head technician on the cell phone, Jim Belsito in background with 7 Up Congratulations to all the Fabulous Fantasies Tournament Pinball Winners! Overall Grand Pinball Wizard Winners of Fabulous Fantasies Tournament 1st Place Rick Stetta $ 1,500.00 2nd Place Josh Sharpe $ 750.00 3rd Place Eden Stamm $ 250.00 Doubles Pinball Wizard Winners of Fabulous Fantasies Tournament 1st Place - Josh Sharpe & Zach Sharpe 2nd Place - Jim Belsito & Keith Elwin 3rd Place - Lyman Sheats & Neil Shatz Latest World Rankings Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball Manufacturer: Stern Year: 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball Flyer
Here are the results of the first ever Pirates of the Carribbean Pinball Tournament as part of the Las Vegas Herb Silvers Fabulous Fantasies Pinball Tournament Two former Williams' developers designed Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean, game designer Dennis Nordman and rules designer/software engineer Dwight Sullivan. The Goal and strategies: Capture up to 4 balls in the Spinning Disk Fight the Pirate Ship Knock down the sails Sink the ship and face the Kraken and Davy Jones Open the Dead Man's Chest Begin HEART multi-ball Pirates Review Article Link The Final Results have been tabulated 
Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball Tournament Results July 28th, 2006 - July 30, 2006 Stern - Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean pinball High Scores Rank Name Score 1st Place Jason Magnuson 127,716,040 2nd Place Neil Shatz 111,715,220 3rd Place Trent Augenstein 96,124,010 The goal of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean pinball is to go on a pirate adventure to defeat Davy Jones, Jack's nemesis in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean/Dead Man's Chest. Overall Grand Pinball Wizard Winners of Fabulous Fantasies Tournament 1st Place Rick Stetta $ 1,500.00 2nd Place Josh Sharpe $ 750.00 3rd Place Eden Stamm $ 250.00 World Pinball Player Rankings (WPPR)
World Rankings and World Master Points for Tournament Wins or Place Results World Pinball Player Rankings (WPPR) August 8, 2006 www.pinballrankings.com Rank Name Points 1 Keith Elwin 385.0 2 Bowen Kerins 299.2 3 Josh Sharpe 254.8 4 Lyman Sheats 232.0 5 Chris Newsom 219.2 6 Neil Shatz 216.1 7 Trent Augenstein 201.4 8 Jim Belsito 191.1 9 Zach Sharpe 176.9 10 Fredrik Lindberg 162.1 * Note: World Masters Points; World Pinball Player Point Ranking (WPPR): Are earned by winning or placing in sanctioned tournaments. At the end of three years all World Masters Points start over at zero. Jim Belsito and Trent Augenstein - Fabulous Fantasies Tournament
Jim Belsito is on the left and Trent Augenstein is on the right Both Jim and Trent are world ranked players who have won many tournaments in the past, however, today at the Fabulous Fantasies Pinball Tournament was not their day to win. Up and coming Events to Win World Masters Points: Tournament Name Location Dates PAPA Pittsburgh, PA 08/17/2006 Heartland Pinball Supershow Herrin, IL 09/29/2006 PA Home GameRoom Show Carlisle, PA 10/20/2006 Oak Harbor Pinball Show Oak Harbor, WA 10/21/2006 Pinball Expo Flip Out Tournament Chicago, IL 11/05/2006 PinBrawl World Pinball Championships Chicago, IL 11/05/2006 Lyons Classic Pinball Lyons, CO 08/17/2006 Highlights of the Herb Silvers Fabulous Fantasies Tournament Fabulous Fantasies Las Vegas Pinball Tournament Review - The good, the bad and the ugly!! The event cost was $50.00 for three days of free play pinball on 100 pins with a $5.00 per try entry fee on the tournament games. I (Paul Dean) was very enthusiastic to see not one but two Stern, Pirates of the Caribbean pinball's by Disney, as the main tournament games. These games were hot off the press so to speak and the Fabulous Fantasies Pinball tournament players were the first players to see and play the pins at a live venue as they were received here at the Las Vegas Herb Silvers Fabulous Fantasies event before being released throughout the world. Pretty cool! It was great to help Jim Belsito in the Referee position on the Doubles Tournament. This is the best way to watch the skillset of the best players in the world do their thing in pinball. I wasn't used to this game and it basically taught me a lesson, which is if you can't aim, you aren't going to do well at this game. My game took approximately 30 seconds. Many other players had a hard time with these Pirate pins as well and many games were quick and low scoring. Even in the finals this game showed the Pros that it new a few things and that it wouldn't be easy to score big points on this game unless you were great with target play and perfect with ramp manipulation. This Pirate game taught everyone how to curse like a pirate, as this was the game from the abyss of Davy Jones dead man's chest, and many were frustrated by it. However it did get great reviews. First known reference to the Davy Jones locker was in 1751. World Famous Rick Stetta playing Eight Ball Deluxe
I was most impressed by the dynamic game play of Rick Stetta, winner of the Herb Silvers Fabulous Fantasies Las Vegas Pinball Tournament. The old timers know of his skills and shutter when they say his name. He has been playing for quite some time, and is best known of his 1992 win of the world famous Papa Contest. The other big surprise was the invasion of the Roller Girls which I cover a question and answer series below. We even got a limosine ride to and from the Las Vegas Hall of Game Pinball Museum, courtesy of Tim Arnold. Fabulous Fantasies Trophies
The Final Results
1st Place Rick Stetta $ 1,500.00 2nd Place Josh Sharpe $ 750.00 3rd Place Eden Stamm $ 250.00 4th Place Lyman Sheats Doubles Pinball Wizard Winners of Fabulous Fantasies Tournament 1st Place - Josh Sharpe & Zach Sharpe 2nd Place - Jim Belsito & Keith Elwin 3rd Place - Lyman Sheats & Neil Shatz Josh Sharpe - Eight Ball Deluxe Lyman Sheats - Eight Ball Deluxe - Fabulous Fantasies
The Tournament Finalists played for the best 2 out of three games to determine the winners. A coin toss decided who would play first and who would have pick of the game. The Tournament Pinball Games: Gottlieb's Crosstown, Bally's Captain Fantastic, Bally's 8 Ball Deluxe, Bally's Addams Family, Sterns Pirates of the Carribbean. Rick Stetta: Apparently, no player wants to be matched up against him, especially if he has the pick of the game because he is a master of the classic pins and his scores give everyone an ache, as he is at one with the machine. Rick Stetta's game play is unusual to say the least. When I first saw him play, I was intrigued by the way he would physically bop around and maneuver while playing. I thought to myself, what is going on with this guy, is he having a nervous or conniption breakdown or what? It almost looked like he would walk away from the machine at every shot and get close to a kneel. I didn't get it and wasn't sure what he was doing or why he was doing it but I knew his score was going higher and higher and he wasn't dieing. The ball just never drained. On other shots he would contort himself to the left or right to get a better view of where the ball was going. I thought, this must be the real pinball wizard like the one in the song written by Pete Townshend, Tommy, this must be the guy they made the movie after. Nobody could come close to Rick Stetta's scores and when I inquired about why he would leave the game in mid game it was explained to me that he would let go of the flippers and the game every time he made a good shot so he could regroup and wipe his hands. This was some part of system he had to stay within the zone. It worked for him so well that he simply doesn't miss a shot. He made so many shots perfect that he had lots of time in between where he didn't need to be playing the ball as it was getting mega points somewhere on top of the playfield and not coming down for quite a long time. His gestures emulated what the ball was doing and I have never seen anything like this before. If you haven't seen Rick Stetta playing pinball then you haven't seen pinball played perfectly! He was great to watch and I am glad he won as he is really the Pinball Wizard in every form of the word. I understand that he was the guy to beat in the early 1990's then disappeared and now he is back! I hope he takes Papa 9 as well. This is the next event on the tournament list and the biggest event of the year where players from all over the world will be competing for first place and the true World Pinball Wizard will be known. With over $33,000 in cash prizes, I am sure this is the event that no great player will want to miss. Papa 9 was flooded two years ago and all of the pinball games have since been replaced so this is quite an event with all brand new working games available for the tournament. My friends from the Orange County Pinball league/Inland Empire League didn't fare as well as Rick Stetta. Jim Belsito and Daniel Stoddard made it to the top 16 but however the curse of the black pearl got the best of them. Jack Sparrow i.e. Jack Smith was no where to be found nor the key to the chest. Jim Belsito - Skateball
Comprehensive Results of Fabulous Fantasies Tournament
High Scores from Fabulous Fantasies Scoreboard: http://www.fabfan.com/show/ The Tournament Pinball Games were the following: Gottlieb's Crosstown, Bally's Captain Fantastic, Bally's 8 Ball Deluxe, Bally's Addams Family, and Sterns Pirates of the Carribbean. All (5) games were set at three ball play with two games allowing extra balls. The (2) games that were set to receive extra balls were the following: -Bally's Captain Fantastic and Bally's 8 Ball Deluxe - Extra balls could be endless if you were good enough to keep earning them. The other (3) games were without extra balls. (3) Balls no Extras. Gottlieb's Crosstown Bally's Addams Family Stern's Pirates of the Carribbean ======================================================================== Doubles Game Setting Results - 3 balls no extra Balls - The Doubles games were played on a different set of games on the other side of the room. ======================================================================== --- Crosstown Pinball --- Player Score 1st Place - Jason Magnuson 1,792 2nd Place - Rick Stetta 1,706 3rd Place - Walter Maul 1,576 4th Place - Bob Clark 1,498 5th Place - Gene Lewin 1,410 6th Place - Eden Stamm 1,406 7th Place - Charles Bentley 1,374 8th Place - Andrei Massenkoff 1,362 9th Place - Lyman Sheats 1,340 10th Place - Jody Carson 1,304 --- Captain Fantastic Pinball --- Player Score 1st Place - Keith Elwin 368,240 2nd Place - Donavan Stepp 298,870 3rd Place - Josh Sharpe 285,470 4th Place - Jason Magnuson 266,500 5th Place - Gene Lewin 265,820 6th Place - Eden Stamm 248,660 7th Place - Brian Blonder 246,510 8th Place - Trent Augenstein 245,890 9th Place - Zach Sharpe 238,220 10th Place - Jonny Modica 236,120 --- 8 Ball Deluxe Pinball --- Player Score 1st Place - Rick Stetta 8,088,330 2nd Place - Donavan Stepp 4,354,360 3rd Place - Chris Newsom 4,073,060 4th Place - Daniel Stoddard 3,812,590 5th Place - Jonny Modica 3,306,560 6th Place - Neil Shatz 3,242,860 7th Place - Jim Belsito 2,942,590 8th Place - George C. 2,687,620 9th Place - David Dutton 2,583,620 10th Place - Lyman Sheats 2,460,450 --- Addams Family Pinball --- Name Score 1st Place - Lyman Sheats 254,034,140 2nd Place - Chris Newsom 243,416,670 3rd Place - Josh Sharpe 232,795,100 4th Place - Andrei Massenkoff 191,938,740 5th Place - Zach Sharpe 151,103,510 6th Place - Trent Augenstein 141,795,880 7th Place - Keith Elwin 136,807,530 8th Place - Eden Stamm 136,695,390 9th Place - Penni Epstein 132,241,000 10th Place - Jim Belsito 130,776,290 --- Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball --- Player Score 1st Place - Jason Magnuson 127,716,040 2nd Place - Neil Shatz 111,715,220 3rd Place - Trent Augenstein 96,124,010 4th Place - Josh Lehan 93,778,110 5th Place - Jim Belsito 87,376,830 6th Place - Donavan Stepp 86,333,230 7th Place - Jeff Rank 73,203,460 8th Place - Zach Sharpe 70,311,570 9th Place - Alsa Parks 64,681,180 10th Place - Lyman Sheats 62,371,380 --------------------- Overall Grand Pinball Wizard Winners of Fabulous Fantasies Tournament 1st Place - Rick Stetta $ 1,500.00 2nd Place - Josh Sharpe $ 750.00 3rd Place - Eden Stamm $ 250.00 4th Place - Lyman Sheats Doubles Pinball Wizard Winners of Fabulous Fantasies Tournament 1st Place - Josh Sharpe & Zach Sharpe 2nd Place - Jim Belsio & Keith Elwin 3rd Place - Lyman Sheats & Neil Shatz
Don't miss out on the Las Vegas Side Show When in Las Vegas Fabulous Fantasies was met by the Roller Girls of Roller Derby, and I learned that every variety of life can get along together for a common interest, which is pinball. Thank you Roller Girls for making life a bit more interesting! Roller Girl at Fanastic Fantasies Tournament playing Frontier Pinball What is a pinball tournament in Las Vegas without the Roller Derby Roller girl's? That's right; Herb Silver's Tournament was invaded by these Roller girls complete with roller skates and helmets. Do I Block or do I Jam? I have to admit it was hard for me to concentrate on my pin skills with these girls skating around and playing their favorite pinball games. Any one of those girls could have beat up three pinball wizards with one blow. This was the most amazing spectacle I had ever seen. These burly tattooed and bruised girls were walking around the pinball nerds looking for a pin they could beat up on. I am sure some of those pierced girls thought that these silver ball geeks were certainly no match for them. But these girls were actually all very nice and I am glad they came. It spiced up the place quite a bit. The 99% male pinball players may have been glad these Roller girls were there but they were so focused on their mastering of the pin that I don't know if they even saw these girls skating around them. If they did see them, I noticed they were giving a very wide berth to this operation. Can you guess what these Roller girls favorite pins were? The Roller Girls Favorite Pin
This is the Pin that the Roller Girls fell in love with. There were at least 50 of these girls in the lobby as there was a Roller Derby tradeshow next door. Several almost landed right on me as I was leaving the lobby of the Hotel as I was in the way of their tackle football Frisbee game. It was quite to my surprise that 10 burly tatood girls all dressed in black tight shorts were sprinting to my position, as the Frisbee landed slightly to my right side. Needless to say, I thought I was going to end up as ground meat! Herb Silvers, coordinator of the pinball tournament, told all the girls that they could come in and play the pins for free, and there were quite a few who took him up on the offer. Rollergames Pinball 1990 Rollergames Pinball by Williams
When I asked what made these girl's decide that they wanted to be Roller girls they all agreed that they watched Roller Derby on T.V. and loved roller skating so the natural conclusion was to try being a Roller Girl. Besides that, where else can you beat up on other girls? This is a very competitive sport and each girl had bruises up and down their arms and legs. Bally's Surfers Pinball 1967
Roller girl's at Starbucks next to Fantastic Fantasies Tournament
I had to ask the girls some questions because there numbers completely inundated the Plaza Hotel. 1. Why did you join the all girls Roller Derby Team? ANSWER: To skate, to compete and to beat up on other girls who think they are tougher. 2. Do you get paid to be Roller Girls? ANSWER: No, this is an amateur league in which we hope to make a professional league in a few years, as it is a growing sport. 3. How much does it cost to see your team compete? ANSWER: About $10.00 to $15.00 but you can watch us at our practices sessions for free. 4. Do you really hit each other or is it all orchestrated? ANSWER: All four girls showed me several deep dark blue and black bruises and ask if they looked real. They sure did. 5. What type of girl goes into Roller Derby? ANSWER: The competitive sporty type who like to skate and like to win in sports. 6. Is this game rigged so that the home team always wins? ANSWER: It used to be like that and that killed the sport in the early 1980's but not their is no faking and these girls don't hold back. This is the real team and nobody knows who will win. 7. Does it cost a lot to be a Roller girl or do you have sponsors? ANSWER: We do not have sponsors and we pay out of our pocket all of the expenses for travel and food, etc. We do it for the love of the sport. We do have a medical plan and need it as there are many broken legs, fingers etc., in this sport. 8. Do you do this full time? ANSWER: No, we hold full time jobs during the week in all types of professions, and some of us are housewives. This is the way we get our aggressions out. 9. Do you all have Tattoos? ANSWER: Yes, but it is not a requirement for a position as a Roller girl. 10. Isn't this a dangerous sport, as I see on T.V. girls being flung into the audience? ANSWER: Yes, you can land on a seat and your fall won't be broken. It is best to land on a man sitting in the audience. They don't mind, even though they get roughed up a bit in the process because many of us land skates first or are in the cannonball position. We hate it if we land on a little kid who could get hurt. 11. What makes a great Roller Girl? Speed skating, strength skill and girl power. As well as having good blocking and ramming skills. 12. What is your favorite pinball and do you like pinball's? ANSWER: We love pinball's because you can hit on them and generally do the same things you would do in Roller Derby. Our favorite game is the 1990 Rollergames Pinball by Williams, and the 1980 Bally Skateball, just about anything with wheels! But for some reason we keep on tilting the games! (Tilt) Definition The Tilt mechanism is designed for the dual roles. It is an anti-cheating and damage-prevention device, and the tilt mechanism also halts a game when a player excessively shakes or slams the pinball machine to affect play. The game will shut off temporarily and you will lose your turn as the flippers are temporarily shut off as the game resets itself. The very first pinball machine to feature a tilt sensor, Bally's Signal, which came into play about 70 years ago, and since that time, most major production pinball games have featured some form of tilt mechanism. Of course, the tilt sensor found inside Signal is quite different from modern designs, and users didn't originally call it a tilt device. 1980 Bally's Skateball Pinball
Thank you Roller Derby girls for your time and I hope to see you in a match soon! Latest World Rankings World Pinball Player Rankings Rank Name Points 1 Keith Elwin 385.0 2 Bowen Kerins 299.2 3 Josh Sharpe 254.8 4 Lyman Sheats 232.0 5 Chris Newsom 219.2 6 Neil Shatz 216.1 7 Trent Augenstein 201.4 8 Jim Belsito 191.1 9 Zach Sharpe 176.9 10 Fredrik Lindberg 162.1 11 Jörgen Holm 160.8 12 Mats Runsten 126.7 13 Roy Wils 106.9 14 Paul Madison 99.0 15 Andy Rosa 94.3 16 Stefan Andersson 82.5 17 Jorian Engelbrektsson 69.6 18 Patrik Bodin 66.5 19 Sean Grant 66.3 20 Michael Lindström 64.4 Guinness Book of World Records and Twin Galaxies Presentation
2006 Las Vegas Pinball Hall of Fame Event July 8-9, 2006 Jim Belsito of Rialto, California takes over at the Pinball Hall of Fame Masters Tournament in Las Vegas with a Grand Slam of three world records on Saturday April 29th, 2006 on the three most popular pinball titles, Addams Family, Creature from Black Lagoon and Twilight Zone. These World Records have given Jim Belsito (9) Masters Points to go towards his World Ranking. Guinness Book Video Game & Pinball Masters Tournament 
The Results of the 2006 Las Vegas Pinball Hall of Fame Event July 8-9, 2006
Tim Arnold working on an old 1957 pin, Target Roll
Target Roll The 1957 classic game, Target Roll is a cross between pinball, roulette and craps. Game play is just like craps, with the exception that instead of crapping out on a 7 as in craps, on Target Roll you crap out on "70". In addition, points are scored for the various holes you land in. Game is not a typical 3 or 5 ball game. Each game can last as short as one ball or infinite balls until you crap out. Las Vegas Hall of Fame GirlsHall of Fame Patrons The Hall of Fame Arcade also got some Saturday Night Action from the local pinball girls from the local area. Their favorite pins were Mario Brothers, The Simpsons Fish Tales and Turtles. July 8-9, 2006 Hall of Fame Player, Joanne Bradley
Joanne Bradley competes in the Hall of Fame Tournament Joanne Bradley, from Las Vegas, Nevada scores a 92,010 on Lawman. It is great to see more woman compete at the Pinball Tournaments around the country! Hall of Fame July 8-9, 2006 Paul Dean, Tim Arnold, Walter Day
Tim Arnold loves to fool around while in his element, Pinball Heaven One last picture before leaving the Pinball Hall of Fame, with Tim Arnold, Owner, goofing off and Walter Day, Twin Galaxies Referee, posing with me, Paul Dean. Good times, hope I can go again. Paul Dean --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fabulous Fantasies
July 28th, 2006 - July 30, 2006 Fabulous Fantasies Pinball Contest and Show Link Welcome to The Las Vegas Pinball Fantasy Show The number one Pinball and collectible show is BACK!! Pinball Fantasy 10th Anniversary Las Vegas Show to start on July 28th, 2006 Pinball Fantasy 06' to be the biggest yet with unique one of a kind collectables! A pinball tournament to take place in order to find out who is the best player. 10th Annual Fabulous Fantasies Show
Herb Silvers, Owner of Fabulous Fantasies The Pinball Fantasy 10th Anniversary Show Flyer Reunion Show and Contest Details July 28-30, 2006 Union Plaza Hotel One Main Street Las Vegas, NV 89109 (800)-634-6575 10,000 sq. Feet of showroom space $50.00 for three day early registration package Call: Herb Silvers (818)-761-2255 Flyer Link Showroom Location Link Fabulous Fantasies 19641-43 Ventura Blvd. Tarzana CA. 91356 Phone - 818-761-2255 Fax - 775-367-2859
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