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Ep 48: RayDay!

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We have on the legendary Raymond Davidson. We get to catch up with how life has changed since he has joined Stern and helped release Avengers. Plus we talk about his insane PinClash run, what 90s...

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Highlights

  • Raymond Davidson is currently #1 on the IFPA rankings
  • Raymond Davidson's first pinball machine was a 1976 Gottlieb Pioneer (two-player Spirit of '76) at his grandmother's house in Spokane, Eastern Washington
  • Raymond's first IFPA tournament was the Northwest Pinball Championships in 2008
  • Raymond finished second at both PAPA and Pinball Expo in the same year
  • Raymond won the IFPA World Championship two years in a row
  • Raymond purchased a Black Rose pinball machine from a private operator in Yakima, Washington for $1,500 after an online purchase fell through with shipping damage
  • Black Rose was not one of the original three Orsler games modified with Lightning Flippers
  • Rick Nagel is the head code person at Stern Pinball
  • Raymond continues to stream competitive pinball regularly while working at Stern

Notable quotes

“I would always play the pinball machine. It was a 1976 Gottlieb Pioneer... my dad kind of showed me the ropes, you know? Hit these targets to light this. You know, try to get extra ball. Don't tilt because you get all these bonus points. And I just loved it, you know?”
Raymond Davidson
“I mean, I spent, I think I spent a thousand dollars in entries trying to qualify... it was also kind of like this horrible gambling addiction of like, I can just qualify if I just keep trying.”
Raymond Davidson
“Black Rose was not one of them... I think you'll see it with Lightning Flippers in tournaments because it can play long. But only Doctor Who, Dracula, and I think Popeye were the three original Orsler games that the Europeans said were too easy or whatever.”
Raymond Davidson
“You kind of need both... You kind of need to know, like, you don't need to know everything, but you need the stuff you do know you need to like have a plan for.”
Raymond Davidson
“I just love pinball. And, you know, I don't know. It hasn't really hit me yet, I guess... marrying the mistress is what it sounds like.”
Raymond Davidson

Entities

  • Flip N Out Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Northwest Pinball Championships· event
  • PAPA· event
  • Pinball Expo· event
  • Avengers (LE)· game
  • Black Rose· game
  • Doctor Who· game
  • Dracula· game
  • Escape from Nublar· game
  • Popeye· game
  • Terminator 2· game
  • RayDayPinball· media
  • Straight Down the Middle: a pinball show· media
  • IFPA· organization
  • Josh Roop· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Lee· person
  • Raymond Davidson· person
  • Rick Nagel· person
  • Scott Larson· person

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