EP24 PinTalk with Sterling and David
Welcome back to PinTalk, the newest side show from The Pinball Studio Podcast. On Episode 24, David Benke returns for another fun and wide ranging conversation covering some of the hottest topics in...
Highlights
- David Benke is South Carolina IFPA State Representative and competitive pinball player
- Craft and Draft in Irmo hosts a monthly tournament (third Sunday) drawing 50-60 players
- Andrew Ford is the best player in South Carolina; David Benke is #2 in state
- David owns a Jurassic Park pinball machine at home
- Keith Elwin games use intentional dual-feed mechanics for upper flippers (e.g., James Bond, Jurassic Park, King Kong)
- Steve Ritchie joined Jersey Jack Pinball and is designing Sonic the Hedgehog
- David previously wrote a Sonic the Hedgehog rule sheet (last edited December 5, 2020) before Steve Ritchie official game
- YOLO box costs $1,500-2,000 and simplifies streaming by consolidating multiple camera feeds into one signal
- David plans to stream South Carolina state tournament himself as state director
- Chad Pats is the new co-state director with David; Sarah Kelly is women's state director
Notable quotes
“I think Elwin could do My Little Pony and I would buy it... I literally don't care. I do not care. If it's an Elwyn layout, I don't think that the guy can miss.”
“If you've got an upper flipper, you have to have a repeatable loop. Have to.”
“I feel like I may like that game more. Elwyn could do My Little Pony and I would buy it.”
“He's just playing a character. I just find it hilarious... even back then he was controversial.”
“Ralph bought all the proper shit for them to do calls and send it to them. And then they recently just did something with Loser Kid and they didn't use any of it.”
“Before Elwin came around, I mean, I always had George Gomez up at the top just because Giant Mnemonic was the first game that I fell in love with, really.”
“I usually everything he leaks, every content creator already has or has already seen. And he doesn't mention that part.”
“I think that you could have more people than you do... If we had a larger capacity, I probably would maybe draw larger crowds as well.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Fallout· game
- James Bond 007· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- King Kong· game
- Sonic the Hedgehog· game
- Transformers· game
- The Pinball Studio Podcast· organization
- Andrew Ford· person
- Chad Pats· person
- Dave Doxus· person
- David Benke· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Kaneda· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Sarah Kelly· person
- Sterling Martin· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Carl rig· product
- YOLO box· product
- Craft and Draft· venue
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