Topic: Warrior or Fireball

[mikey15]

What is your suggestion Warrior or Fireball. It will be open in the house so if I found a used Tornado I would have to redo the laminate wife said no marble. I'm new to foosball currently have a sportcraft that isn't cutting it the table is level but the ball still moves like it's not level

[alaskan thunder]

JMO, I would suggest purchasing in this order:

1. Tornado- You can redo laminate or get a newer icebox version. This is the most popular table and if you end up playing tournaments it will likely be on one of these.

2. Warrior- New table is supposed to be good. Also will likely have more options if it comes to playing tournaments than a Fireball will.

3. Fireball- Very well made table but likely has less tournament support than the other 2 tables.

All 3 are well made and if you just want to play w/ friends any of them will work fine. 9/10 tournaments are going to be played on Tornado though, so if you ever get serious you will likely want to have the real thing at home so you can practice. 

[mikey15]

Thanks I'm leaning towards Warrior for the price as of now it is friends and beer night. How do they play different? What is the ice box version.
What about 3 man vs 1 man goalies doea the ball get stuck in the corner?

[alaskan thunder]

Ice box is a silver finished cabinet. I'm sure if you search for it you can find a pic online. I don't have the energy right now to go into all the differences in play, but they are fairly significant. Warrior plays a bit slower than a Tornado and lends itself to a more old school style (more front pin/ back pin). 3 man v. 1 man goalie is not a huge difference. The 1 man goalie has ramps that keep the ball from getting stuck.