Episode 374: Olli-Mikko Ojamies
Hei! It's the pinball legend in Finland...and around the world. He's represented the Suomi 10x in the IFPA World Championships. This is an interview recorded at IFPA 18 in Germany, where we learned about other great Finns and changes to IFPA pinball events in Europe. Nauttia!
Kineticist’s take
Finnish legend Olli-Mikko Ojamies discusses pinball culture, tournament formats, and Europe's competitive scene at IFPA 18.
Synopsis
Jeff Teolis interviews Olli-Mikko Ojamies, a legendary Finnish pinball player attending his 10th IFPA World Championship, at IFPA 18 in Germany. They discuss the active Finnish pinball scene with emerging young talent, European tournament culture and organization, the challenges of IFPA's new Euro fee system, and various tournament formats including match play, pin golf, and the Papa card-based format.
Entities
- Börås Open· event
- Bulls and Balls· event
- District 82· event
- European Pinball Championship (EPC)· event
- IFPA 18· event
- Indisc· event
- UK Open· event
- Star Trek Stern· game
- Finland· organization
- Freddy's Pinball Paradise· organization
- IFPA· organization
- Papa· organization
- Christian Holsten· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Jürgen Holm· person
- Lucas Martin· person
- Marco Suvanto· person
- Markus Virtanen· person
- Neil McRae· person
- Olli-Mikko Ojamies· person