Episode 342: Kassidy Milanowski
She's in the top 100, and currently the #1 woman player in the world! And...she's only 16!?! Hear how Kassidy learned quickly and became a student of the game of pinball, and how she conquers at...
Highlights
- Cassidy Milanowski is 16 years old and ranked highly on IFPA women's and general standings
- Cassidy uses handwritten and digital note-taking on game rules, plunges, and specific venue characteristics
- Tom Graff was Cassidy's primary mentor for learning rules and strategies, including pre-World Championship 2020 coaching
- Cassidy uses flipper skills, drop catches, and bounce passes rather than nudging as her primary technique
- Cassidy is homeschooled and works as a barista, allowing flexible tournament attendance
- Cassidy's family owns Roller Games and has owned it for 6-7 years
- InDisc 2024 modified Roller Games sudden death to trigger every fourth mystery instead of randomly
- Cassidy intentionally trains on harder game settings at home (3-ball, no extra balls) to prepare for tournament difficulty
Notable quotes
“It gives me like a feeling of video games and a physical sport. It's like, to me, it's pretty much both. You know, it's a game that's unique.”
“I pulled out some empty spiral notebooks and started going game to game, every single game of District 82, and writing down every single thing about that game that I figured out or that I read about.”
“When I play the games, I like to have the notebooks right next to me. But I definitely take notes from watching streams.”
“I do it on how far back to pull back. So it would be like for example pull back 80, 20 and like 100 would be a full plunge. That usually how I do it.”
“That was the first one that I watched and noticed that he actually was trying to accomplish something... He actually has taught me so much about rules and strategies for a lot of games.”
“My dream would be to open up my own coffee shop... I love the vibes. It's relaxing, and it really makes you slow down and enjoy life.”
“My favorite game is probably The Getaway. And it's been that way since the very first time I came here... it's a lot like roller games... it just gave me that feeling of comfort and confidence. And it felt like home.”
Entities
- District 82· event
- Freeplay Florida· event
- Great Lakes Open· event
- IFPA 18· event
- InDisc· event
- Wizards World· event
- Women's World Championship· event
- Fox City's Pinball· event/media
- Roller Games· game
- The Getaway· game
- IFPA· organization
- Carrie Wing· person
- Cassidy Milanowski· person
- Eric Thorne· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Marty Robbins· person
- Neil McRae· person
- Tom Graff· person
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