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Rachel Ristow and the Anxiety of Competitive Pinball - Episode 72
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Send us Fan Mail The Anxiety of Pinball Glory Pinball is supposed to be fun. But at the competitive level, it's sometimes a high-stakes, pressure-cooker environment. Join us as we dive into the...
Highlights
- Jamie experienced an anxiety attack during an 8-round group match play tournament at Eureka Heights with 60 players, triggered by multiple requests to stream upcoming Dune and Labyrinth machines
- Rachel won a women's Wisconsin pinball tournament using a pin golf format with Craft Brew Sally as her caddy/coach after five years of trying
- Jamie will not attend Space City Open or TPF as a streamer this year, only streaming at Eureka Heights to reduce anxiety
- Jamie has decided not to tournament play at Pinball Expo for the third consecutive year, choosing instead to socialize and play casually
- Elite pinball players like Bowen Kerins can control emotions between balls in ways that differentiate them from amateur competitors
Notable quotes
“I was having anxiety doing a podcast on my own about anxiety and pinball so uh if you don't laugh about it you'll start to cry”
“I'm a pleaser so I always have to say yes and I really should be saying no”
“The anxiety falls over me like this to my shoulders. And it's like, what if I make the finals and have to stream? Because I don't have a team.”
“I can talk the talk. I just got to walk the walk with that, Rachel, okay? I got to walk the walk.”
“her presence is being covered in like lavender essential oil or something like the very you're in a spa relax with cucumbers on your eyes”
“When you're playing pinball, you're on your own, man. And it's unlike golf, too, that the pressure in between balls every shot is insane to me.”
“if something that we're mentioning, it doesn't work for someone, anyone else that comes up with an idea would be just fantastic. And nothing's crazy.”
“He's standing next to me telling me what to do. He's like, you've got to hit this left ramp, dude... That's a caddy.”
Entities
- Eureka Heights· event
- Fox Cities Winter Bash· event
- Pinball Expo (Chicago Expo)· event
- Space City Open· event
- TPF (Texas Pinball Festival)· event
- District 82· event/organization
- Deadpool (pinball machine)· game
- Dune (pinball machine)· game
- Labyrinth (pinball machine)· game
- IFPA· organization
- Ladies Flip Wisconsin· organization
- Wormhole Pinball· organization
- Bowen Kerins· person
- Craft Brew Sally· person
- David Van Es· person
- Jamie· person
- John Spates· person
- Rachel Ristow· person
- Tom Graff· person
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