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Jim and Dina Lindsay from JDL Pinball - Episode 7
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Send us Fan Mail Jamie sat down virtually with Jim and Dina Lindsay from JDL Pinball. They discuss competitive pinball, streaming, European pinball scene, and much more.
Highlights
- JDL Pinball has streamed IFPA 16 (2019, Italy) and IFPA 18 (Germany World Championships) and will stream IFPA 20 in Austria
- JDL Pinball operates three mobile streaming rigs to cover three-machine IFPA group play without transmission gaps
- Jim is ranked 628th globally and Dina is ranked 1,113th globally (women's rank 612) in IFPA competitive standings
- JDL Pinball started streaming in 2016 at the German Pinball Open with poor Logitech webcam quality but strong game quality (Game of Thrones and Ghostbusters finals)
- Player attitudes toward streaming cameras have significantly improved since 2016-2017; early flaps allowed players to opt out of face recording
- JDL uses SDI-enabled cameras on 35-meter cables connected to control desk, with PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) remote control capability
- JDL switched from XSplit to OBS several years ago due to OBS's greater power and nested scene capabilities; Jim has approximately 100 scenes configured
- JDL Pinball experienced catastrophic computer failure at start of IFPA 18, requiring recovery by on-site IT expert and backup equipment setup
- European pinball venues are typically smaller rooms requiring different streaming strategies than massive North American halls
- JDL Pinball base is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with Düsseldorf airport 30 minutes away and central access to Netherlands, Belgium, and Frankfurt
Notable quotes
“Streamer should be invisible if possible. Absolutely, we're producers on the side.”
“I didn't even see you move and that is the biggest compliment to the tournament streamer that I can possibly get.”
“We don't win very often. Because of that, partially. I actually have a theory for this that's to do with the planets in the solar system.”
“We're not competitors we're all providing a service to the community. 1000%. The more streaming pinball that we can do of competitive pinball the better it is for all of us.”
“It comes across as a television program.”
“If I had to do it myself I would get no work done at my company.”
“One week before going to Italy four years ago, it was exactly the same. You burned a chip, a sound chip in the previous version.”
“We put a disclaimer in the announcement material for tournaments to say basically by registering and coming to this tournament, you agree to be streamed and photographed.”
Entities
- European Pinball Championship· event
- Fox Cities Winter Bash· event
- German Pinball Open· event
- IFPA 16· event
- IFPA 18· event
- IFPA 20· event
- Freeplay Ruah· organization
- JDL Pinball· organization
- Pinball Universe· organization
- West Coast Pinball Place· organization
- Wormhole Pinball· organization
- Albert Nonden· person
- Andy Bagwell· person
- Carl D'Angelo· person
- Dina Lindsay· person
- Donovan· person
- Jamie Birchall· person
- JD· person
- Jim Lindsay· person
- Johannes Ostermeyer· person
- John Trudeau· person
- Kate Lindsay· person
- Kurt Louis· person
- Markus Stix· person
- Phil Grimaldi· person
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