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Episode 3 - Let's Chat About...Space City Open, Houston Arcade Expo, Interstellar Finals and more

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Send us Fan Mail Jamie and Donovan sit down for an impromptu chat after the Houston Arcade Expo. What an amazing finals for both the Woman's Interstellar Showdown and the Space City Open.

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Highlights

  • Wesley Johnson won the Space City Open finals on Fishtails with an interesting strategic approach involving locks vs. fishing
  • Cosmic Princess won 'Best in Show' at Houston Arcade Expo
  • Phil Grimaldi is retiring from TDing and tournament organization after shepherding Space City Pinball League
  • Lee Balaseck replaced Phil Grimaldi on the Space City board
  • Alice Young won the Bells and Chimes tournament at the expo
  • Preston finished second in the Space City Open finals (after Wesley Johnson)
  • Wormhole plans to add double monitor rigs and a hydraulic eye-in-the-sky camera system at upcoming Texas Pinball Festival

Notable quotes

“The retiring Phil Grimaldi, everything he's done, not only to create the Space City Pinball League, but to shepherd it and to do all the hard work he's done for everything in pinball in Houston. Absolutely. You know, he is our godfather, and he is retiring from TDing, from running tournaments.”
Jamie
“I'm playing this pinball machine with a guy who built this pinball machine this is awesome thank you for this experience”
Jamie (to Lee Balaseck)
“Well, you put a screw in this fucking thing you know what are you doing... well then what you built it okay did you build it or not... all right well this is a very special moment for me don't downplay this okay you built this this is a real special moment”
Jamie (to Lee Balaseck)
“That's Jamie from the wormhole... are you going to go talk to him? ...oh, no, I can't. I can't go talk to him.”
College student (reported by Matt)
“These games are tough... Typically Space City Open is an alphanumeric or newer Repin those old Stern Valley games now”
Jim (tournament qualifier) / Unknown

Entities

  • Barrels of Fun· company
  • Bells and Chimes tournament· event
  • Houston Arcade Expo· event
  • Space City Open· event
  • Texas Pinball Festival (TPF)· event
  • Week of Whoppers· event
  • Aerosmith· game
  • Cosmic Princess· game
  • Fishtails· game
  • High Speed· game
  • Kiss· game
  • Labyrinth· game
  • Warlock· game
  • Wormhole Pinball· organization
  • Alice Young· person
  • Carpool Pinball· person
  • Donovan Wade· person
  • Jamie Virchel· person
  • Keith Christensen· person
  • Lee Balaseck· person
  • Mark Meserve· person
  • Phil Grimaldi· person
  • Preston· person
  • Wesley Johnson· person

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