Shameless plug but there is plenty of competitive pinball in the Bay Area as well!
Selfie leagues are fun for beginners, you can play at your own pace and snap a selfie of your score and submit it online. There are selfie leagues in San Francisco [1] , Oakland [2] and South Bay [3]
But that's just the tip of the iceberg! There's also a more competitive league, the SFPD [4] as well as a fun team league style format [5]
It's a great community and there usually ends up being a tournament of some form almost every weekend.
To add to your comment there are pinball leagues in most cities now. Even if you haven't played since you were young it's still fun to go check them out.
Selfie leagues are fun for beginners, you can play at your own pace and snap a selfie of your score and submit it online. There are selfie leagues in San Francisco [1] , Oakland [2] and South Bay [3]
But that's just the tip of the iceberg! There's also a more competitive league, the SFPD [4] as well as a fun team league style format [5]
It's a great community and there usually ends up being a tournament of some form almost every weekend.
[1] https://orangenex.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/san-francisco-sup...?
[2] http://oaklandpinballwarriors.com/
[3] https://www.facebook.com/BAPASelfieLeague/
[4] http://sfpins.org/
[5] http://baybridgepinball.com