Recapping the Winners of The 2023 PiNbALL DeGENeRaTE Awards (AKA the DeGENies)
Joe Ciaravino carried the show as the host with assists from Howard Pressburger and lovable mascot Billy P. Ball. Chat was lively and the ceremony was intently watched by around 45 of the most hardcore, degenerate pin-heads anywhere.
We especially loved how Joe spent time highlighting all nominated members of the pinball community, as well as the very generous charity donations for several new memorial awards.
Be sure to join the Pinball Degenerates Facebook Group (one of our picks for best pinball communities) so you can join in on the fun and who knows, maybe get yourself nominated for next year's Degenies!
- Howard Pressburger - producer/chat moderator
- Brett Longman - stream technician
- Travis Provick - technical advisor
- Jason McKay - production assistant
- Kevin Chau - production assistant
- Robyn Harrison - Cabin Fever owner
2023 Pinball Degenerate Award Winners:
Most Degenerate Pinball Tattoo
RUNNERS UP: Brad Winston Breeding, Beck Gallagher, Petra Saurbrey, Ashley Ludwig, Kaite Martin
Most Degenerate Ball Save
WINNER: Dalton Ely's Terminator 2 center-post save with no tilt!
RUNNERS UP: Ashley Weaver
Most Degenerate Pinball DIY Topper
RUNNERS UP: Eric Henry Rude, David Abeling, Don Beaulieu, Daniel Donnell, Jordan Burgar
Most Degenerate Pinball Troll
WINNER: Cliff Albert aka WarlockPinball777
RUNNERS UP: N/A
Most Degenerate Pinball Vehicle
RUNNERS UP: Jeff Simon, Mike Nogle
Most Degenerate Publication
WINNER: Nudge Magazine
Most Degenerate Homebrew Pinball
WINNER: Tanner Petch and his game Trashland
RUNNERS UP: Jake Danzig, Rob Anderson & Steven Kowal, Bob Nies, Ernie Silverberg
Most Degenerate Pinball Streamer
*Norma Jennings Memorial Award*
WINNER: Carlos DeLaSerda aka laser_los
RUNNERS UP: Nick Lane, Kevin Manne, Martha Finlonovan, Jay Fairbrother, Jeffrey Wirth, Rob Metzler, Dalton Ely, Karl DeAngelo, Jordan Jstyles Allen & Beck Gallagher, Jordan Burgar & Rebecca Salam, Mike Casselman & Lisa Casselman & Carter Casselman, Marc Patenaude
Most Degenerate Pinball Stance
Most Degenerate Pinball Collection
WINNER: The Pinball Bunker - The Cassleman Family from Ottawa, Canada
Most Degenerate Pinball Score
RUNNERS UP: Kevin Manne, William Young, Tim Collins, Matt Faulkner, Eric Stone
Most Degenerate Pinball Operator
*Allan Cihak Memorial Award*
RUNNERS UP: Matt Faulkner, Mitchell Curtis, Shane Nazari, Bruce Nightingale, Adam Kiesler & Charlotte Fillmore-Handlon, Todd Brotsch
Most Degenerate Pinball Restoration
Most Degenerate Pinball Event
WINNER: 24 Hour Final Battle at The Sanctum in Connecticut
Most Degenerate Pinball Commentator
Most Degenerate Pinball Artist
RUNNERS UP: Jon Chad, Jeremy Packer, Nikki Cure, Stephanie Hanlon
Pinball Degenerate of the Year
Trivia Award Winners:
- Rick Osborn - prize: Pinball Degenerates baseball cap
- Josh Zilberberg - prize: Set of Pinball Degenerates POGs
- Mike Dymus - 1st Ed. set of Pinball Degenerate stickers
- David Dennis - Limited Ed. Pinball Degenerates Poster
- Jill King Forestt - Pinball Degenerates color-changing Party Cups
- Stephen Silver - Set of Pinball Degenerates POGs
- Dalton Ely - Set of Pinball Degenerates POGs
Colin is the chief pixel pusher at Kineticist. He's a lifetime gamer who became enamored with pinball after taking in a family copy of the 1979 classic Joker Poker (the EM version). Since then he's bought, sold and repaired many machines, competed in all kinds of tournaments, and contributes to This Week in Pinball, the New England Pinball League, and Pin-Masters of New England. Previously, Colin spent over a decade working in marketing for agencies and tech startups. He also started and ran a music blog, happy hour website, and wrote a regular craft beer review column for Central Track in Dallas. Once aspired to be an artsy film director.
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