Patience Pays Off
In which a panel talks location pinball in NYC (and nearby surrounding areas). This week:Ball 1: Local competition resultsBall 2: Venue review: ButtermilkBall 3: The panel discusses the changed...
Highlights
- NYC has 280 pinball machines across 85 public locations as of September 6, 2024
- Buttermilk Bar expanded from 3-5 pinball machines pre-pandemic to 7 machines currently
- Sunshine arcade previously had 18 pinball machines but had been shuffling lineup, down to 16 as of the episode
- No NYC venue has reached 20 unique pinball machines post-pandemic
- Barcade Brooklyn Pinball League requires minimum 6-week format per IFPA rules
- Jack Bar has hosted Thursday night tournaments with only one or two weeks missed since IFPA competitive play restarted in 2021
- Buttermilk Bar opened in 2002 (22 years old as of June 2024)
- Taylor Connelly called Benjamin Furega his 'nemesis' after losing consecutive games at South Slope Strikes
Notable quotes
“Well, you're officially my nemesis.”
“Bells was the first league that I had joined in New York City... everyone is super nice. Like between games, everyone's just chatting with each other... It's a very friendly and welcoming space for any person who identifies as any kind of woman.”
“It pays to be patient on that particular [game]”
“I think all three of us have a special place in our heart for this place in a certain way.”
“I feel like the community is a much bigger tent now than it was before.”
“I'm a part of if you said that it was a problem that we have a bifurcated pinball community... I'm one of the driving forces that's causing it because I go to the neighborhood tournaments.”
Entities
- South Slope Strikes· event
- Game of Thrones· game
- Ghostbusters· game
- Metallica· game
- Barcade Brooklyn Pinball League· organization
- Bells and Chimes· organization
- Pinball NYC· organization
- SSPL· organization
- Benjamin Furega· person
- Eric Degas· person
- Eric Sweetland· person
- Jason Knight· person
- Jess Warren· person
- Kate Martin· person
- Madeline Lynn· person
- Taylor Connelly· person
- Wes Ulfig· person
- Pinball Map· technology
- Buttermilk Bar· venue
- Gebhardt's· venue
- Jack Bar· venue
- Rolos· venue
- Scrapple Land· venue
- Sunshine· venue
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