Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 36: Josh Hates Tom
Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 36: Josh Hates Tom Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, Travis Murie and Josh Sharpe Tonight we asked Josh Sharpe to join us and explain why he personally hates Tom! Tournament talk fills roughly the first 50ish minutes if you guys don't care about WPPR's and math, but I personally found the conversation really interesting as we dove into some of the 6.0 rule changes. We then discussed Pulp Fiction and Cactus Canyon Remake with Josh, as well as our thoughts on the new Whirlwind 2.0 kits and Haggis selling a Fathom Classic+ upgrade option. Enjoy the laughter! Facebook: Instagram: Youtube: Email: tripledrain@gmail.com Shoutout to Jackson Gee and his incredible artwork. jacksongee.com Shoutout to Brad Johanson and his company Alter Creative Media for his intro video. Altercreativemedia.com
Kineticist’s take
Josh Sharp defends WPPR system changes addressing geographic tournament inequality and play-volume inflation.
Synopsis
Triple Drain Podcast Ep 36 features Josh Sharp (Stern Pinball staff, IFPA founder) defending proposed changes to the World Pinball Player Rankings (WPPR) system against host Tom's criticism. The discussion covers the history of the IFPA, the Whopper point system created in 2006, and upcoming efficiency-based ranking adjustments designed to address geographic inequality in tournament access and prevent over-play inflation. The hosts explore how the new system will impact players differently based on play volume and opponent strength.
Entities
- InDESC· event
- Texas Pinball Festival (TPF)· event
- World Championship Germany 2022· event
- Godzilla· game
- District 82· organization
- IFPA· organization
- Adam Becker· person
- Brian· person
- Escher· person
- Joel· person
- Johannes· person
- Josh Sharp· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Neil Graff· person
- Ray Day· person
- Raymond Davidson· person
- Roger Sharp· person
- Shepard· person
- Steve Bowen· person
- Tim Sexton· person
- Tom· person
- Travis· person
- Zach Sharp· person
- WPPR / Whopper· product