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Episode 201
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago21 min listen
NYC Pin Pod, the new kind, but still with Benjamin FurigaPlease enjoy responsibly.Get in touch with the pod: Email at [email protected] orLeave us a voice message at speakpipe.com/nycpinpod.
Highlights
- Greg Pavarelli won the first Sunday Strikes tournament at Solid State on September 12th with zero strikes in a four-strike, nine-round format
- Adam Kane won the Stern Army Part 2 match play event at Jack Bar on September 19th with an overall combined score of 72 points across two events
- Francesco La Rocca swept 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place on the CSI Topps tournament at Birdies in Bushwick with scores of 37, 21, 18, and 17 million points
- Benjamin Fieriger did not play any physical pinball for 14 months from March 2020 through vaccination completion
- The Mandalorian machine was launched at Jack Bar on September 26th via a launch party directed by Timothy Lawrence
- The Skylark team of the South Slope Pinball Summer League won the league finals on August 30th in a split flipper tiebreak over Young Ethels
- The Deluxe Horses are a brand new team in the Left Flipper Division playing out of Greenpoint Beer and Ale
- Benjamin Fieriger experienced significant emotional overwhelm upon returning to in-person competitive pinball after pandemic isolation
Notable quotes
“I'm not saying I don't learn things intellectually or emotionally from those experiences. Of course I do. But if you had asked me what happened on a Monday night in March 2019, I would have simply told you those things with variables X, Y, and Z determined by the league's schedule.”
“I considered at that moment if I needed to turn around and go home because I wasn't sure I was ready to see that many people at once.”
“Among seeing close friends, some of whom I hadn't seen in person at all for the last 18 months, the pinball, and more importantly than anything else, the normalcy of it all overcame any trepidation I had.”
“Without realizing quite the size of the hole in my life that was left by social distancing and pandemic life, I have missed you all terribly.”
“That feeling of normalcy on Monday night, though, it felt revolutionary. It felt empowering. It felt like a new normal where I don't take for granted that I'll see my friends again soon.”
“I'm at a loss to describe the depth of the ecstasy that I felt that night.”
“If you haven't been ready to come back yet, I get it. As I said earlier, I feared even on the way to the match that I wasn't ready.”
“This podcast made with the help of Benjamin Furga and Lauren Berner-Lawrence and hopefully a growing number of you in the NYC pinball community”
Entities
- The Mandalorian· game
- Buttermilk Bar· organization
- Colliders· organization
- Deluxe Horses· organization
- Jack Bar· organization
- New York City Flipper Sport Association· organization
- Pinball NYC· organization
- Skylark· organization
- Solid State· organization
- South Slope Pinball Summer League· organization
- Special When Lit· organization
- Stern Army· organization
- Adam Kane· person
- Adam Robinson· person
- Al Seahack· person
- Benjamin Fieriger· person
- Eric Sweetland· person
- Francesco La Rocca· person
- Greg Pavarelli· person
- John Ehrlich· person
- Kate Martin· person
- Nitsanga Bai· person
- Timothy Lawrence· person
- Travis Rosenberg· person
- Walter Hurwitz· person
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