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The Critical Mass of Eclecticism
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago37 min listen
In which a panel talks Location Pinball in NYC and nearby surrounding areas. This week:Ball 1: Benjamin Introduces this new iteration of NYC Pin PodBall 2: Benjamin, Madelyn and Erik discuss R-Cade...
Highlights
- NYC Pin Pod previously ran 138 episodes from September 2017 to July 2020, then had 9 episodes kept alive by Eric Sweetland before this relaunch as episode 301
- Arcade at Rockefeller Center has 9 pinball tables and approximately 30-35 total arcade games combined
- Arcade at Rockefeller Center is charging 4 tokens per pinball game, compared to 2-3 tokens at most 21+ venues
- Arcade at Rockefeller Center will close at the end of September and the machines will be redistributed by Barcade
- A tournament was held at Arcade on Saturday, August 10th with 28 players, 5 rounds of match play, and a top-4 finals, won by Crazy Levy Neyman
- Madeline Lynn achieved high scores on all five pinball machines in her hometown of Ithaca, New York across four venues
- The Stranger Things machine at Liquid State in Ithaca feeds ball down the middle between both flippers instead of to a flipper on the burn-it-back shot, indicating improper leveling
- Eric Sweetland attended the Beast tournament in Buffalo, August 1-4, finishing 38th in Classics, 3rd in B Division Finals of Classics, and 68th in Main Division
- Madeline Lynn achieved 800+ million on Stern Deadpool at Tennessee Barcade in Philadelphia and verified it ranks in top 100th percentile of registered Deadpool scores
- Hook and Back to the Future are rarely available on location in New York City, making Arcade at Rockefeller Center notable for having both
Notable quotes
“if you stick around till the end of this episode there's a very good chance that you will know whether or not you ever want to listen to another episode”
“I don't know that in my mind nyc pin pod would still be alive if that bridge of the 200 series episodes had not been there”
“you don't often get to play Hook or Back to the Future on location in New York City”
“knowing the critical mass of eclecticism, I think works for that venue”
“It about community. It about having fun. And this summer in addition to the high scores I got to spend time with my family”
“I heard more than one person suggest that pinball is no longer a skill game if there's no ability to nudge. That's absurd. That's completely and utterly absurd.”
“it was maybe not quite as nice, though, as the eight hours I spent on Amtrak on the way up and the eight hours I spent on Amtrak”
Entities
- Beast tournament· event
- Pinball NYC Team Leagues· event
- Chicago Gaming Cactus Canyon Remake· game
- Jersey Jack Elton John· game
- Stern Jaws· game
- Stern Rush Pro· game
- Barcade· organization
- NYC Pin Pod· organization
- Benjamin Furiga· person
- Crazy Levy Neyman· person
- Eric Sweetland· person
- Gabriel Chazanov· person
- Jeff Anderson· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Lauren Berner Lawrence· person
- Madeline Lynn· person
- Sean the Storm Grant· person
- Arcade at Rockefeller Center· venue
- Dewey Beach Country Club· venue
- Lefty's Arcade and Eats· venue
- Liquid State· venue
- Pocketeer Billiards· venue
- Rinehouse· venue
- Tennessee Barcade· venue
- Zelke's Beach Arcade South· venue
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