Foster Connection
in which a panel (BCF, HIP, SDY, PUG, FPZ) talk location pinball in NYC (and less nearby surrounding areas). This week...Ball 1: Local competition results including pinball NYC championship...
Highlights
- As of May 22, 2026, there are 364 pinball machines in New York City at 75 public locations.
- Rochester Pinball Collective has approximately 80 pinball machines with a large collection of classics.
- Stomp 2026 Classics featured 20 rounds of four-player group match play qualifying with A, B, and C finals.
- Matt Persglove won Stomp 2026 Classics first place, followed by Tommy Ortega (2nd), Janos Kiss Gonzalez (3rd), and Matt Grady (4th).
- Stomp 2026 coordinated women's tournament scheduling to avoid conflicts between women's division and main/classics qualifying.
- Dante Oliva has lost to only 5 opponents of the 30 he faced over the first two weeks of SSPL 3 with a near-perfect 33-point score.
- Pinball NYC Pinball Summer season started in late May 2026 at Barcade Brooklyn with finals in late June.
- No Bro Summer League runs June 16-August 4, 2026 with a draft party on June 14 and venues across multiple Brooklyn locations.
Notable quotes
“I didn't figure y'all needed to know that Raymond Davidson won the fucking A division because that just happens sometimes.”
“It sounds to me like logistically they might have found a way at Stomp to deal with the very legitimate complaint that participants in women's tournaments often have, Which is that it's really hard when you go to one of these big weekends to participate in the women's and also think that you're going to qualify in classics or think that you're going to qualify in Maine.”
“That collection is fucking something, isn't it? It's incredible. It's massive and well-maintained. Everything was near perfect.”
“I remember getting a first on the 2017 Stern Star Wars. That's a good one to get a first on for me, too.”
“Raymond recognized my name and said, oh, hey, I like the podcast. I listen sometimes.”
“Holly Cake House was open and it was awesome. So there's this vegan breakfast joint. In a sort of abandoned mall kind of place.”
Entities
- Stomp 2026· event
- Balls of Steel· organization
- Lion Persons· organization
- Pinball NYC· organization
- Scrapple League· organization
- South Slope Pinball League (SSPL)· organization
- Benjamin Furiga· person
- Dante Oliva· person
- Eric Sweetland· person
- Greg Pavarelli· person
- Haley· person
- Jade Nicole Anderson· person
- Janos Kiss Gonzalez· person
- Kate Krish· person
- Matt Grady· person
- Matt Persglove· person
- Raymond Davidson· person
- Sean Grant· person
- Tommy Ortega· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
- Barcade Brooklyn· venue
- Buttermilk Bar· venue
- Jack Bar· venue
- Rochester Pinball Collective· venue
- Rulo's· venue
- Scrapple Land· venue
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