Episode 338: Arvid Flygare
By the end of 2021, he was named the IFPA Player of the Year and reached #4 in the world. Did I mention he's only 13!?! Hear Arvid talk about becoming this pinball superstar, plus a wide range of...
Highlights
- Arvid Flygare is 13 years old and ranked #4 in the world at time of recording
- Flygare won IFPA Player of the Month in November and December 2021, leading to Player of the Year honors
- Flygare finished top 16 in both Classics 1 and 2 divisions at Indisc, and top 16 in the Open (IFPA Major)
- Flygare learned pinball from his father starting at age 5, when his father bought him his first machine
- Flygare was born in Massachusetts and retains American citizenship
- Flygare watches IE Pinball and Deadflip primarily to learn new game rules, taking approximately two weeks to learn a new game well
- There's a local arcade near Flygare in Sweden (LPA) approximately 1 kilometer from his home with about 48 games and monthly tournaments
- Flygare plans to compete at the 2023 IFPA World Championship in Germany (at Freddy's Pinball Paradise)
Notable quotes
“you sir have the goods”
“It felt much more real than just esports because it's not just pixels. It's actually happening in real life and you get to control it much more.”
“Classics, your shot making is much more important. Learning rules is very important on the newer games. but shot making is always helpful on every single game so i recommend shot making more”
“If you restart the game while having a triple stack, you will get three times the amount of points on your next game. And if you then start your triple stack, you will have nine next scoring.”
“That was the most epic pinball moment ever. The biggest come from behind and it kind of teaches everyone you're never out of it. If you have a ball, you have a chance.”
“He had very good control very good live catches sort of like Jonas Wallström in Sweden”
“I can probably recover my schoolwork after these big events. I think it's worth it, though, because it's very, very fun.”
Entities
- Boras Open· event
- European Pinball Championship· event
- IFPA World Championship 2023· event
- Indisc· event
- Pinball Profile· organization
- Arvid Flygare· person
- Daniele Acari· person
- Escher Lefkoff· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Johannes Ostermeyer· person
- Jonas Wallström· person
- Kaylee George· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Raymond Davidson· person
- Viggo Lovgren· person
- Walt Wood· person
- Zach McCarthy· person
- JDL Pinball· person/content_creator
- Deadflip· person/streamer
- IE Pinball· person/streamer
- Bulls and Balls· venue
- Freddy's Pinball Paradise· venue
- LPA· venue
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