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Episode 505 - Utterly Stochastic
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 10 min listen
in which a panel (BCF, HIP) talk location pinball in NYC. This week...Ball 1: Local competition results including Pinball NYC's team leagueBall 2: Venue updates courtesy of pinballmap.com and its...
Highlights
- George Underwood won National Drink Beer Day 2025 with 31.11 Whoppers (WPPR points)
- Matthew Grady scored 66 points out of 70 possible across 10 rounds of match play in two separate leagues (Barcade Brooklyn Pinball League and SSPL) in a single week
- Balls of Steel remain the only undefeated team in Pinball NYC's Left Flipper Division after four weeks
- As of October 3rd, 2025, there are 347 pinball machines in New York City at 80 public locations
- Dune was added to Scrapple Land's machine lineup during the week of September 27–October 2
- Godzilla Premium was added to Gebhard's Beer Culture
- JAWS (Pro) and Jaws LE were removed from Sunshine Laundromat; JAWS (Pro) was added to Single Cut Beersmiths
- Split flipper tiebreaker on The Simpsons Pinball Party was used as tiebreaker for Aristocrats vs Special When Lit match at Rulo's
Notable quotes
“I just want to point out that we said Matt Grady won on Sunday. So we celebrated his birthday on Saturday. We said he won on Sunday. and then he, in 10 rounds of match play across two different leagues, in the Barcade Brooklyn Pinball League and SSPL, Matt Grady, out of a possible 70 points, scored 66. That is to say that in 10 rounds of match play, only two of group match play, he played 30 other players in these 10 matches and he beat 28 of them.”
“Chris Dooley also wears a jacket to go play pinball. Frankly, it's nice to have someone else with the exact same standards in men's fashion around. It's nice to feel like, oh, I'm not the only person who insists on this, even though I will happily admit that it is my safety blanket, it is my Thunder shirt, it is my purse, it is any number of things, my blazer.”
“And like I walk in and Neil was just like, hold my fucking martini, motherfucker.”
“I made it very clear that I considered there to be one acceptable option for the evening, which was my having 35 points at the end of the night. After two rounds, that was still possible. In the third round, I played Billy Vazine, Robert Wong, and Matthew Grady. Two of those people ended up the night with 31 points.”
“Tommy strolls in, takes a look around and goes, Jesus is dead over here.”
“I went to Rulo's after we won our match. And, you know, it was the Battle of Rulo's. And when I walked in, it had been 6-6 after three. They were playing doubles. I think it was on Bond. I know it was on Simpsons, but I think those were the two games.”
Entities
- Barcade Brooklyn Pinball League Season 7· event
- National Drink Beer Day 2025· event
- Pinball NYC Left Flipper Division· event
- Pinball NYC Right Flipper Division· event
- Read'em and Flip· event
- Scrapple League Season 4· event
- South Slope Pinball League (SSPL) Season 4· event
- Balls of Steel· organization
- Barcade Brooklyn· organization
- Buttermilk Bar· organization
- Gebhard's Beer Culture· organization
- Jack Bar· organization
- NYC Pin Pod· organization
- Scrapple Land· organization
- Sunshine Laundromat· organization
- The Aristocrats· organization
- Benjamin Furiga· person
- Chris Dooley· person
- Cliff Albert· person
- Eric Sweetland· person
- George Underwood· person
- Greg Pavarelli· person
- Kate Martin· person
- Matthew Grady· person
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