Foosball in Vancouver

[sirmerlock]

Can someone give me some advice? I'm thinking of getting a table and setting it up I'm my garage. Get some Friends from work and greater Portland area and start playing again. Am I going to need to get a tornado table? I have notice there are some Harvard tables on craigslist for just a couple of hundred dollars.

[joe]

If you can afford it get a tornado. Plan on spending at least $500 for a decent one. I think Ben from Van. still has a couple of coin ops for sale, not sure what he is asking. Good luck and maybe we will see you out playing somewhere.

[Sac]

Sir Merlock, welcome to the portland foosball scene. When considering the purchase of a foosball table, I would advise you too look at the resale value on the table before purchasing it...

You can buy a used Tornado in good condition for around $500.

You can buy a sportcraft/harvard table for...well...if you wait long enough, you will find one for the price of FREE.

If you want to play once every 6 months, off and on...buy a Tornado. You will be able to sell it for near what you bought it for and at least you will be spreading a good thing to your friends who come over to play.

or

If you want to play seriously...by seriously I mean that you want to play tournaments and such(see Oregon State Championship 2010~! In November) you should also buy a Tornado, because otherwise you are just wasting your time trying to get better on a table that no one uses in competition.
Also, there are some quality brands like Fireball, Bonzini, TekBall, Garlando, Warrior, Dynamo, and a few others that...well, if you have one at your house, let me know!

Finally, in summary, don't buy a sportcraft(or other similar Costco, GI Joes, weeneys, etc etc etc) unless you are planning a trip to Detroit Lake and you need some extra firewood.

If you want to play

[sirmerlock]

Thanks for the advise. I defently see the value in the tornato. I have played on them before, there very nice. My family had a 1000 dollar table when I was growing up. Took me a while to get used to the 3 man'd goalie on the tornato.
I will start saving my doe hopefully i can get one in a couple of mnths. Any place in portland /vancouver area were I can play ?

[Sac]

For playing locations, go back to the homepage PortlandFoosball.com and look on the left side for the "Where-Tournament playing locations" link.

TornaDo

[sirmerlock]

thanks for the reply guys I try to check thease places this weekend