The North Carolina pinball championships are this weekend!
Actually every state's pinball championships are this weekend, but y'know I'm going to be mostly paying attention to North Carolina.
The women's bracket is on this post and our hometown competitors are
- Kat Lake -- that's @FlannelKat, who is my wife! This is very exciting and why I'm going to see the tournament in person
- Ellen Raby, a good friend who introduced me to competitive pinball
- Joan McCool, an older woman who is the absolute nicest, and runs one of the local leagues
- Frances Staelin, who I somehow have not really met?
The rounds are best of 7. Ellen and Joan go up against each other unfortunately quickly.
I believe in Kat making it to the 2nd round, at which point she's honestly doomed, because she's up against Kaylee Campbell, who at this moment is in the final round of the open division (as the only woman, competing against 15 men)! I think Kaylee is an obvious favorite to win tomorrow, especially with all the practice she'll have playing these particular machines.
The open tournament is today, the women's tournament is tomorrow, and all the coverage is at: https://www.twitch.tv/abarigamebar