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Ep 22: Saving Pinball
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 37 min listenBy Jeff Teolis & Martin Robbins
Final Round Pinball Podcast Episode 22: Saving Pinball Hosts: Martin Robbins & Jeff TeolisSpecial Guest: IFPA President Josh Sharpe Changes To IFPA 2020/2021 Public Service Announcement Of The Week...
Highlights
- IFPA reopening support globally is at 19-26%, heading in the wrong direction
- Stern Pro Circuit Finals will shift to all-modern Stern games, removing older games from Papa
- Pinmasters and IFPA Open (Indisc) were the only two Stern Pro Circuit events held in 2020 before shutdown
- 2019 Stern Pro Circuit collected only $11,000 from 18 events in player fees, with Stern subsidizing the prize pool
- Pinburgh was gone from 1998-2004, described as equivalent to losing 2,500 events on the calendar
- Match Play format allows 75% social connection time vs. 25% playing time in four-player groups
- IFPA started with zero dollars and relied entirely on volunteer time and effort
- Jeff Teolis beat Zach Sharpe in competition in 2017 at Papa Classics playoffs on Ali
Notable quotes
“we are only in this for a twippy. So anything else means we're cancelling the show.”
“It's up to you to save pinball. Oh, fuck, we're screwed.”
“I've set my expectations at a year, and I would love to be like pleasantly surprised if it happens before that.”
“We are either open for business or we're closed for business. We're not going to be here and say like we are allowing Australia to be open and the United States to be closed.”
“The human connection of match play is the best part for me. It's far less than the solitary experience of a pump and dump.”
“Prohibition ending, man, people going crazy.”
“get that out of our fucking country.”
“It felt like he was talking about a family member. Just like, oh, is it in hospice or is it in surgery?”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- IFPA Open· event
- Papa· event
- Pinburgh· event
- Pinmasters· event
- ReplayFX· event
- Stern Pro Circuit· event
- Twippies· event
- IFPA· organization
- Replay Foundation· organization
- Carl (pinball software developer)· person
- Doug· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Joshua Sharp· person
- Kevin (Replay Foundation leadership)· person
- Martin Robbins· person
- Stephen Bowden· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
- Buffalo Billiards· venue
- Level 257· venue
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