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Episode 344: The Pinball Profile “Played In America” Tour

PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago25 min listen
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It begins this week! Sunday, June 5 at Arcade Legacy in Newport, Kentucky. Then Wednesday, June 8 at Solid State Pinball Supply in Kansas City, MO. Hear the details, the prizes, the great sponsors...

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Highlights

  • Eric Stone won the IFPA 17 World Championship, defeating Kaylee George on her home turf in Florida
  • Keith Elwin chose not to continue playing ball three of Dialed In against Escher Lefkoff after Escher went over 1 million points with a second SIM card
  • Arcade Legacy has been operating for 13 years, opening in 2009 when arcades were declining
  • The Pinball Profile Played in America Tour will feature approximately 14 events over the next 10 months across North America
  • All prizes at tour events will be distributed via random drawing, not based on tournament performance
  • Arcade Legacy is consolidating three locations down to two and merging into one mega-location
  • Cincinnati pinball scene includes Arcade Legacy, Pinball Garage, and Comics to Games, plus venues with smaller collections
  • Arcade Legacy runs Stern Army tournaments and has been doing so for just over 6 years

Notable quotes

“Keith basically nodded and conceded right there to Adam Lefkoff. You know, good game, Escher... He got me. He beat me. We saw that around later. Escher did it to Eric Stone... It's that kind of thing. I know some of the fans have said, what happened? We're not in those shoes. So that is for Keith to decide.”
Jeff Teolis
“We opened up when it was probably not the greatest idea to open an arcade. They were all kind of dying off... We started collecting games. It took maybe five years or so to do it. Then we opened up in 2009.”
Jesse Baker
“I find them all fun the flip frenzy is good for something like this tour in the sense that okay we're going to play for three hours then give away all the prizes... it's nice to mix it up”
Jeff Teolis
“My skills just aren't there and I thought well you know what if my skills aren't there why should I demand skills from other people so random is best”
Jesse Baker
“Everyone can get, say, 13 rounds if you want full TGP or if you want to do pin golf... There's all kinds of different formats i find them all fun”
Jeff Teolis
“I wish I could go everywhere. It's just obviously not possible with travel, with costs, with apparently I have to work once in a while. But I do want to come everywhere”
Jeff Teolis
“The arcades have really stepped it up. You know, they're putting their games on free play. They're waiving the fees. They just want everyone to have a great time”
Jeff Teolis

Entities

  • Arcade Legacy· company
  • Delaware Pinball Collective· company
  • Pinball Asylum· company
  • Pinball Garage· company
  • Rochester Pinball Collective· company
  • Solid State Pinball Supply· company
  • Free Play Florida· event
  • IFPA 17· event
  • Pinsonati· event
  • Pinball Profile· organization
  • Adam Lefkoff· person
  • Brad Baker· person
  • Carson Teolis· person
  • Daniel Spohler· person
  • David Denholtz· person
  • Eric Stone· person
  • Eric Wertenberger· person
  • Escher Lefkoff· person
  • Jeff Teolis· person
  • Jesse Baker· person
  • Kaylee George· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Randy Parsons· person
  • Scott Gullix· person
  • Vince· person

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