PLC Events

01/08/2026

Congratulations to newcomer John Grey (1st), the last CHAOS conqueror of 2025! "I am chaos embodied," he declared before the tournament started. Is the man a prophet, too? His Monster Trophy featured so many details we just couldn't capture in photograph properly, but we love that giant red ring-a-ding bell.

Matt Peterson (2nd) and Red Germany (3rd) commandeered the side tourney game, Shoot the Moon, for their tiebreaker. We don't even know what rules they used, but we know it was in complete CHAOS spirit!

Loyal CHAOS competitor Matt Fentress took Last Place, taking home another Fancy Coaster and earned his entry fee back. Rounding out the winners' circle was side tournament champion Nick Elliott. (No one figured out the answer to the second side tournament amongst all the shenanigans going on, but it was The Bride of Pin-Bot. 🤖)

Super huge big thanks to for graciously hosting CHAOS yet again and throwing on some well-timed tunes. Shout-outs and thank yous to Matt Peterson and Taylor McAffee for lending helpful hands getting the tournament underway and running smoothly. And to all the many first-timers, including those who made us a part of their holiday travels and merriment, we hope you keep playing pinball and having fun!

We survived 2025, and we're wishing everyone success and fulfillment in 2026! CHAOS will return, but when? Where? Not until after March, that's all that's for sure. Time for us to hit the hay and some islands in the sun. Like and follow PLC Events for updates. Until next time, pin pals! 💚🤘

01/07/2026

Should you ever need to immediately bounce after a PLC tournament to catch your bus home and end up leaving behind your entire prize package, we'll do everything in our power to at least make sure you get your Monster Trophy and cash winnings. However, we will demand - okay, might request very strongly - a winner picture in return!

Congratulations to Dave Morell for his win at our Here's to 10 Years tournament back in August, which lasted until almost one in the morning. We're not completely sure what happened to the rest of his prize package, but he was surprised and delighted to receive unexpected belated holiday "gifts" of a trophy and triple digit (!!!) cash earnings when he attended his next PLC event.

You earned it, Dave. Congrats! ✋

12/22/2025

As promised, we're hosting one more CHAOS Pinball Tournament this year! This Saturday, come on out to Star Tropics Pinball Museum to enjoy an afternoon of CHAOS pinball. All ages are welcome! Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and Last Place. $8 free play all day. Starts at 130p. Hope to see you there!

Event info: https://www.facebook.com/share/1MYu1noPwq/

09/03/2025

Congrats to Dave Morell - who oddly looks much like Ben Pownall (3rd Place honorable mention and Dave Morell stand-in) - for taking 1st Place at Here's to 10 Years! He's a mysterious man of the night, vanishing quickly after the tournament was over and leaving behind his entire prize package, including his Monster Trophy and cashpot. There were four Last Placers, but kudos to Anthony "Spokanthony" Rice, who defeated them all and won the Last Place title. He earned back his entry fee, a Last Place Fancy Coaster, and hung out so long he was included in the official champion's picture.

We had two side tournaments, the first being a One-Handed Tilt I$ Right on Lady Luck with a set score of 369,420. Traveler Jonathan Zakel won all the fifty cent antes with a score of 348,###, managing to recoup his entry fee as well. Sean Goller (2nd Place honorable mention) won the other side tournament, I Spy Pinball PicTrivia, and ended up taking many prizes of his own.

Many thanks to give...
-all who attended! Thanks for partaking in this tough format.
-C Bar, who let us do this on the actual day of the anniversary;
-Ship Ahoy, for taking care of us after we transferred the tourney there to finish up;
-Death Flip, for donating swag to the prize pool; follow them on Instagram, @.flip;
-and last but not least, a huge, HUGE thank you to Kevin "Keeper" Howell, Matt Fentress, and Matt Peterson for all their help and advice, answering our questions and helping us stay as true as possible to the original Pinbrawl format as we could.

We saw so many players bringing their A-game that night! This tournament was an absolute blast, full of revenge games, close scores, and pinpals. It was exactly what we wanted, long wait times and all. Our next tournament will surely be shorter - stay tuned!

08/21/2025

Congrats to Nick Elliott (1st) for being the most chaotic - again! This baller has always won CHAOS in some capacity when he's played, and yet he has four trophies when he's only played in three tournaments. Chaotic math!

Nick battled it out for 1st with Mike Smith on a tiebreaker game of Turtles, which had a score limit of 6,666,660. Pirate lost, but he did end up winning a prize from the PicTrivia side tournament, as did Matt Peterson. However, it was David Krueger who was the most observant of us all and knew every single answer to our game of I Spy.

Leslie J. Martin came in Last Place, but left the Fancy Coaster at home, which was convenient. Always awesome to come in dead last at your own tournament.

There will be at least one more Tilt i$ Right tourney at Star Tropics this year, and if you haven't yet heard, there will be a small celebratory anniversary tourney at CBar at the end of this month. Thanks to all who came and played!

08/16/2025

TODAY AT 200P! There will also be a free side tournament that will be announced before Round 3. Multiple people can win! $8 covers your admission fee, tournament entry, and free play all day. Previously awarded wristbands and gift certificates cannot be used. 1st Place wins this customizable Monster Trophy and Star Tropics swag; Last Place wins a Fancy Coaster and their entry fee. See you in the (Star) Tropics soon!

Event info: https://www.facebook.com/share/16e8U2NYAS/

08/14/2025

Head over to Star Tropics on Friday and get some early practice in for this Saturday's tournament! We don't normally encourage such discipline before our events, but we're changing up *everything* this year, aren't we? Here are the games' score limits for the tourney; you might see a little bit of a theme. Tournament format is five rounds of two matches each, with players alternating starting positions between the two games, for a total of ten guaranteed games.

Event info: https://www.facebook.com/share/16e8U2NYAS/

08/11/2025

Have you met our pal, Jason Andersen, the owner of the Star Tropics Pinball Museum? Come meet this witty goofball during our CHAOS pinball tournament this Saturday. He'd love to show you around the museum before we get flippy.

Event info: https://www.facebook.com/share/16e8U2NYAS/

08/07/2025

Did you know that Star Tropics lives in the old Spencers in the Lloyd Center? Check out this article from the Oregonian featuring the pinball arcade where our August 16th tournament will be taking place!

Event info: https://www.facebook.com/share/16e8U2NYAS/

“We’re almost just squatting in this capitalist temple,” said Jason Leivian, owner of Floating World Comics.

08/05/2025

We’re hosting a CHAOS special edition tournament featuring Price I$ Right rules. During this flipper showdown, you’ll be paired up with a different opponent each round for two head-to-head matches on different machines that have set scores you can’t go over. All balls must be played…and tilting is allowed!

Event info: https://www.facebook.com/share/16e8U2NYAS/