Episode 363: The World comes to Germany
The biggest pinball event maybe ever will have all eyes on Germany. The European Pinball Championship, the IFPA Olympics, and The IFPA World Championship will all take place in an 11 day span at Bulls & Balls and Freddy's Pinball Paradise. Jim & Dina Lindsay of JDL Pinball will have all the action on their Twitch channel. But behind the scenes, you'll hear who they have been working hard for months to put this all together.
Kineticist’s take
JDL Pinball organizes historic 11-day German pinball festival with EPC, Olympics, and World Championship.
Synopsis
Jeff Teolis interviews Jim and Dina Lindsay from JDL Pinball about organizing an unprecedented 11-day pinball festival in Germany (May 25–June 4) featuring three major tournaments: the European Pinball Championship (EPC), IFPA Olympics, and IFPA 18 World Championship. With 256 EPC participants alone and nearly all top-100 players in attendance, the event represents logistical complexity requiring extensive planning, streaming infrastructure, and strict behavioral enforcement.
Entities
- European Pinball Championship (EPC)· event
- IFPA 18 World Championship· event
- IFPA Olympics· event
- JDL Pinball· organization
- Pinball Profile· organization
- Bill Mason· person
- Dina Lindsay· person
- Eric Stone· person
- Escher Lefkoff· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Jim Lindsay· person
- Johannes Ostemeyer· person
- Kate Morris Rothwell-Jackson· person
- Kim· person
- Matthias (Matthäus)· person
- Paul Engler· person
- Peter Anderson· person
- Raymond Davidson· person
- Roy Wills· person
- Steve Zala· person
- Taco Wooters· person
- Tobias Wegman· person
- Bulls & Balls Fulda· venue
- Freddy's Pinball Paradise· venue