#86 Pintastic 2022 The Classic Pinball Podcast
This is a long episode. We talk about our Pintastic history, the upcoming show, and lots of other topics. Star Trek Next Generation and Williams repairs. A congratulations to Eric Stone. Please join us as we get ready for one of the largest pinball shows of the year.
Kineticist’s take
The Classic Pinball Podcast reflects on Pintastic 2022 with commentary on championships, voting changes, and industry personalities.
Synopsis
George and Dave of The The Classic Pinball Podcast reflect on Pintastic 2022, three years after their first episode covering the same event. They discuss Eric Stone's World Championship win, Keith Elwin controversial behavior, the shift to QR-code-based voting for Best in Play awards, and their experience being asked to participate in a podcast roundtable rather than being invited. The episode covers tournament observations, speaker lineups, podcast identity, and personal stories about game shipments and venue logistics.
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pintastic· event
- Dialed In· game
- Rush· game
- The Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
- Chris Franchi· person
- Dave· person
- David Fix· person
- Eric Stone· person
- George· person
- Jack Guarnieri· person
- Jeff Parsons· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Jim Belsito· person
- Joe Lemaire· person
- John Borg· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Lauren Gray· person
- Mark Seiden· person
- Maureen· person
- Mike Salpadro· person
- Ray Day· person
- Ryan McQuaid· person
- Stephen Bowden· person
- Steve Ritchie· person