Put That in Your Pipe
in which a panel (BCF, HIP) discuss location pinball in NYC and nearby surrounding areas. This week:Ball 1: Competition Results from NYC including Pinball NYC's semifinalsBall 2: Updates courtesy of...
Highlights
- New York State achieved IFPA super state status in April 2025, enabling a 24-player championship field instead of 16.
- South Slope Pinball League finals resulted in ties for first and ties for third in both A and B divisions.
- Scrapple League season 2 week 1 had 26 players at Scrapple Land, directed by Greg Pavarelli.
- As of May 16, 2025, NYC has 303 pinball machines at 81 public locations.
- Eric Sweetland accepted a floor manager position at Barcade Brooklyn and played pinball during their first training shift.
Notable quotes
“I see what looked to me like spinners as part of one, and I see the Bride of Pinbot's face on another. I see some really cool stuff in those.”
“Your team chose. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, we should talk about that in the bullet journal part.”
“I wish you could feel this happy right now too... I kind of hope that they get to have that exact moment in that exact place this time.”
“It's all been worth it. I've been doing this for two years, and I've been trying to get a trophy, and I'm going to get a trophy. My name's going to be on it.”
“I intend to, thank you... as I was going to my pinball finals.”
“Desperate for it to work, and I'm sure it doesn't.”
Entities
- Bells and Chimes NYC· organization
- New York City Flipper Sport Association· organization
- Pinball NYC· organization
- Scrapple League· organization
- South Slope Pinball League· organization
- Adam Kane· person
- AJ Gould· person
- Anna Wolk· person
- Benjamin Furega· person
- Caitlin Reese· person
- Chris Caffaro· person
- Eric Sweetland· person
- Greg Pavarelli· person
- Gus Gonzalez· person
- Jenna Altamirano· person
- Jose Garcia· person
- Lauren Berner-Lawrence· person
- Matthew Grady· person
- Michelle Collimer· person
- Miriam Nadler· person
- Monica Weidekamp· person
- Robert Wong· person
- Sam Hall· person
- Sean Grant· person
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