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Ep 1: Enter The Final Round
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago39 min listenBy Jeff Teolis & Martin Robbins
Hosts Jeff Teolis and Martin Robbins discuss competition pinball for all skill levels in the inaugural episode of Final Round Pinball Podcast.
Highlights
- IFPA membership has grown from 23,000 to approaching 80,000 in roughly six years
- Australian pinball competition players increased 19% year-over-year from 2017-2019 (1000→1290→1532)
- Whoppers needed to qualify for Australian Championship Series increased 51% from 2018 to 2019 (83→125)
- Dollar fee tournaments are new to Australia in 2020 and will affect Australian Championship Series format next year
- Australian Championship Series qualification changed from top 48 to top 64 with state championship pathway added
- Concurrent games format can save approximately one hour off tournament time vs sequential finals
- Martin Robbins qualified 30th for Australian Championship Series; Ryan C. qualified 20th
- Flipper skills are more important than rules knowledge for improving at pinball
- Dead bounce technique is essential for competitive pinball and one of easiest ways to control the ball
- Ryan C. attended last year's ACS, had five chances to make finals (multiple tiebreakers), failed to qualify
Notable quotes
“Competitions kind of drive you to become better and learn more about the games.”
“Your first objective in any pinball machine is to trap the ball, to slow the game down. That is your primary objective. Everything else happens after that.”
“I don't remember trapping up but again we're talking quite a few years ago but the one thing i definitely know i did not do in my youth was watching live catches or doing live catches or drop catches”
“it was probably more flip it and hope for the best pretty much”
“not only are we getting more people these comps, just like the Melbourne Civil Ball Championship you ran last year and Brisbane Masters. They're kind of generating so many whoppers that it's quite hard now to get in.”
“I know I'm good at playing pinball. I'm not anywhere near Australia's best player, but if you're able to play your best game, then you have a chance against the best players.”
“There's always a resistance to changing the format. I think people like and are used to the pressure of kind of watching people and watching what they're doing”
“The 2020 Porsche Spyder, the official car of the Final Round Pinball Podcast. No compromises, no regrets.”
Entities
- Gottlieb· company
- Stern· company
- Australian Championship Series· event
- Melbourne Silver Ball· event
- Jurassic Park Limited Edition· game
- Roller Games· game
- Stranger Things· game
- Wizard of Oz· game
- Final Round Pinball Podcast· organization
- Head to Head Pinball Podcast· organization
- IFPA· organization
- papa.org· organization
- pin tips.net· organization
- Pinball Network· organization
- Pinball Profile· organization
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Martin Robbins· person
- Ryan C.· person
- Concurrent Games format· product
- Flip Frenzy format· product
- Gold Coast· venue
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