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#82 Stiff Competition - The Classic Pinball Podcast

PodcastAnalysis updated yesterday1 hr 14 min listenBy George
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Please do not turn off the podcast because the intro includes some RUSH references. Dave and George start the podcast recording in the hotel at Pinbrewfest where it’s quiet except when Maureen (...

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Highlights

  • Heist and Wipe Out games had no lines at Pinbrew Fest, with players able to walk up and play freely
  • Dave dislikes the P3 platform's two-button flipper system (separate buttons for upstairs/downstairs flippers)
  • A modular game featuring a hamster wheel mechanic (with character Harvey the hamster) was at Pinbrew Fest; Bowen worked on the rule set or callouts
  • Pinbrew Fest tournament had an imbalanced game bank lacking classic pinball representation, unlike Pintastic
  • Guardians of the Galaxy at the tournament played too long and should be modified or excluded from future tournaments
  • Dave placed 7th out of 28 competitors after the first tournament session on Thursday
  • In match play scoring, a maximum score is 70 points (seven games × 10 possible, two rounds)
  • The hotel hosting Pinbrew Fest is located directly next to a highway with heavy truck traffic
  • Baraka (Mr. Weebly, Andrew) produces one-piece replacement displays for pinball backboxes that screw directly on
  • A technician in the Boston area uses alligator clips and jumper wires instead of soldering to repair broken switch matrix wiring

Notable quotes

“They make pinball, you know, a little flavor for everybody, but this flavor is not for me, George.”
Dave
“Just give me two flipper buttons. That's all I ask.”
Dave
“You have no rack for these multiple games, I don't think. But if you're going to sell this game, you need to have some kind of fancy schmancy rack.”
George
“It caters to that kind of player who goes home, studies the rulebook, watches all the tutorials.”
George
“That game should not be included in tournaments. It needs to be modified because they were playing that way too long.”
Dave
“I'm shooting good, all right? And I don't know, I played a couple other games but did okay, middle of the pack. And I said to Dave, 'Dave, you got to play in this.'”
George
“What is this guy doing? So I just took a lot of alligator clips... I fix it the right way. And the guy said, 'Wow, this game never worked so well.'”
Dave
“There aren't a lot of people that can fix anything. That's the consensus I'm hearing too in Ohio here.”
Dave
“The tournaments like this, I mean, it caters to when you have all new games. It caters to that kind of player who goes home, studies the rulebook, watches all the tutorials.”
George
“I drove nine hours. I had like an hour before the thing started, kind of chilled out for a little bit. And I think that that helped me because I wasn't really paying attention.”
George

Entities

  • Multimorphic· company
  • Pinbrew Fest· event
  • Pintastic· event
  • Cirqus Voltaire· game
  • Creature· game
  • Elvira· game
  • Guardians of the Galaxy· game
  • The Beatles· game
  • Whitewater· game
  • Alexander Komarczyk· person
  • Baraka (Mr. Weebly / Andrew)· person
  • Bowen Kerins· person
  • Dave· person
  • Dave (Oregon)· person
  • George· person
  • Grant· person
  • Jim· person
  • Maureen· person
  • Scott· person
  • Steven Silver· person
  • Tom· person
  • Tony Zidzik· person

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