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The Doubly Illusory Phenomenon of Lunchtime
PodcastAnalysis updated today59 min listen
in which a panel (BCF, HIP, ZEN) talk location pinball in NYC. This week...Ball 1: Competitive pinball results from the city including pinball nyc.Ball 2: Venue updates with HIP thanks to...
Highlights
- 360 pinball machines are currently in New York City at 74 public locations as of March 27, 2026
- Sean Grant won the Scrapple Land first anniversary tournament with 32 players (IFPA records 33) in 5 rounds of match play, with Greg Pavarelli second, Susie Zalewski third, and Dan Merrill fourth
- Edy Kreutzer's first-place finish at Michelle's Martini Max Match Play Madness (21.49 Whoppers) is the largest score on her open IFPA scorecard and her only first-place finish
- Balls of Steel are undefeated at 6-0 with 64 points in the left flipper division, the only team to beat other previously undefeated teams
- No Bro Presents Thursday Night Strikes had what is believed to be its final meeting at 8pm sharp on Thursday with 27 players
- Greg Fertel won the Thursday Night Strikes tournament, besting Zach Till, Travis Rosenberg, and Nitsan Gabbai
- South Slope Pinball League's second season is currently halfway through with no team having played six games yet
- Alberto Santana has 87 points with only three meetings completed in Scrapple League and is positioned to potentially reach top standings with his fourth meeting
Notable quotes
“That win puts the Pinbots over 500 on the season and even though the eight point victory doesn't really accrue as much to the standings as you might like, it really passes the smell test as a big deal to go somewhere and win in a way tiebreak win.”
“Everyone were, you know, everyone's good friends. Like, everyone on the two teams are friends with each other, but everybody really wanted to win. Like it was not, it wasn't heated in the way that it was contentious socially, but it was pinball wise.”
“I said at the beginning of the season I wanted to do this sometime this year and when the schedule was first published we weren't supposed to but then the schedule was republished and we got to it was cool we haven't been there for a minute so I'm excited to go to Milo's this week”
“I would venture to say I don't know for sure I'm not looking at her scorecard when I say I would say this, but I would venture to say that's probably the biggest number on her scorecard.”
“Balls of Steel, who's 6-0, just beat them. That's how those three are at the top of the standings.”
Entities
- Balls of Steel· organization
- IFPA· organization
- NYC Flipper Sport Association· organization
- Pinball Map· organization
- Pinball NYC· organization
- Scrapple League· organization
- South Slope Pinball League· organization
- Adam Robinson· person
- Alex Kelly· person
- Benjamin Fioriga· person
- Edy Kreutzer· person
- Eric Sweetland· person
- George Underwood· person
- Greg Fertel· person
- Greg Pavarelli· person
- Rob Wong· person
- Sean Grant· person
- Tim Lawrence· person
- Zanzacniak· person
- Barcade Brooklyn· venue
- Barcade Fideye· venue
- Buttermilk Bar· venue
- Scrapple Land· venue
- Sunshine Laundromat· venue
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