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Karl DeAngelo of IE Pinball - Episode 14

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Send us Fan Mail Jamie sat down virtually with Karl DeAngelo of IE Pinball. They sit down and discuss this year’s INDISC, competitive pinball, streaming technology and much more.

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Highlights

  • Indisc has been held since around 2012 and was started by Karl and Jim locally in Southern California
  • Karl won Indisc in 2015 and 2017
  • Indisc became a major tournament when it moved to the Riverside Convention Center about three years ago, with Zach McCarthy winning the first open major there
  • Karl uses Sony ZV-1 and ZV-1 Mark II cameras, bought used from Amazon, for tournament streaming
  • Karl switched from XSplit to OBS approximately three years ago due to better features and plugin support
  • Jeff Teelis organizes the commentary team for Indisc tournaments with pre-scheduling and backup commentators
  • Karl uses two wireless rigs for streaming, with plans to expand the system using dedicated computers on each rig to reduce Wi-Fi interference
  • Papa pinball was the first to stream Indisc, and Karl upgraded his production equipment after Papa decided not to return

Notable quotes

“I like to say one of the best training formats is the, it's not played much, but the heads up pinball format... everyone wants to rush through it so it's kind of you know similar to this but if you take your time slow down if you're the player that's calm and relaxed you're probably the one that's going to win that uh that battle”
Karl DeAngelo
“the focus of the tournament isn't on the commentators it's on the players so that's why i try i i want to focus in on the specific people playing and that's why we follow the same group uh for an entire round you want to watch that story of these four players”
Karl DeAngelo
“I went, okay, it's time to pick up more equipment and try and have a production of their scale.”
Karl DeAngelo
“That it yeah So I've got one of my, this, my mobile rig right here, this is a touchscreen that I use for when I'm streaming here at home. And then everything else, I've got a, just a Dell touchscreen, secondary monitor on my main PC. And then there's a plugin, a whiteboard plugin written by actually a Pinball community member, Mike Welsh.”
Karl DeAngelo
“if i'm getting close to one of my goals you know i can start getting nervous and stressed at that point but the actual stream itself yeah yeah it's more casual”
Karl DeAngelo
“I i don't look at you anyone as competitors right i look at everyone as different channels... and i'm always you know helping if you really are give me a message”
Karl DeAngelo
“I think you're growing as a sport. It doesn't have to be on the Ocho. It can be really a cool thing.”
Jamie Birchall

Entities

  • Fox Cities Winter Bash· event
  • Indisc· event
  • Texas State Championships· event
  • IE Pinball· organization
  • Papa Pinball· organization
  • Wormhole Pinball· organization
  • Dalton Eli· person
  • Escher Lefkoff· person
  • Jamie Birchall· person
  • Janine· person
  • Jeff Teelis· person
  • Jordan· person
  • Karl DeAngelo· person
  • Michael Polaro· person
  • Mike Welsh· person
  • Pluto· person
  • Rachel Ristow· person
  • Rebecca Fliptronic· person
  • Wesley· person
  • Zach McCarthy· person

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