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Too Pissed Off to be Happy about the Third Choice
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 7 min listen
in which a panel (BCF, HIP) talks location pinball in NYC (and nearby surrounding areas). This week...Ball 1: Local Competition Results (only Pinball NYC this week).Ball 2: Venue updates courtesy of...
Highlights
- Scrappleland Spring Fling on April 18th had 44 players competing in 10-hour qualifying (2pm-midnight) on a bank of 10 games
- Alex Kelly won the Spring Fling A Finals, Tommy Ortega finished 4th after driving bus all day
- As of April 22nd, 2026, there are 363 pinball machines in New York City at 74 public locations per Pinball Map
- Danger Danger (Right Flipper division) clinched top seed with 8-1 record and 116 points, making them undefeatable for the division
- Benjamin Furiga's Colliders are in position to potentially make Orbit playoffs if they beat Mutants 16-0 AND Parliament loses to Lion Persons
- Stern Kiss at Hop Shop in Staten Island has non-functional left flipper and extremely low volume (~5%)
- Big Lebowski at Sunshine Laundromat has 75 playfield lights out and non-registering captive ball on Jaws
- PBM (Pinball Map user/developer) removed Super Panic Ball from Arcade Fight Eye lineup and commented 'it's not here, right?'
- Metallica Remastered was removed from Sunshine Laundromat lineup on Wednesday
- Zen Zokniak won Stern Army's April RWI at Rulo's with 4.76 Whoppers and chose Uncanny X-Men, James Bond, and Simpsons Pinball Party for finals
Notable quotes
“I would have been pissed off, pissed off and then probably too pissed off to be happy about the third choice.”
“We list what is there. Isn't that interesting that the user is PBM and that the pronoun is we? Isn't it also interesting that a few things happen to address accuracy or inaccuracy?”
“left flipper is fucked up. The plunger thing was unscrewed, so I had to try and pull the screw bit to get the ball going. And it was so quiet, like they put it at 5% volume or something. Overall, a piece of shit.”
“if we got a 12-4 win and Parliament wins at all, because they're only three points behind them at 5-3, so 6-4 and any number of points that wins means that they are in front of two-for-oners.”
“They will be the top seed. They have beat the division, period. Danger Danger is in the top spot with an eight and one record and 116 points.”
“I got there late in the afternoon, I guess. How many hours? It started at 2 p.m. What time did qualifying end on Saturday night? Midnight. Ten hours of qualifying.”
“Everything's coming up Milhouse.”
“Worms made the trek from Queens to Barcade, Brooklyn to face off with the most majestic Deluxe Horses. Quite. After an epic match, it all came down to a tiebreaker for the win, and your worms emerged with the W.”
“Listen, just remember that. Anyone who's out there saying like, ah, our team had a rough beginning and it just can't happen. These guys made it happen.”
“Balls of Steel can't get out of the Orbit playoffs, but they won't have a bye necessarily if they lose, unless some other people also lose.”
Entities
- Spring Fling· event
- Colliders· organization
- Danger Danger· organization
- NYC Flipper Sport Association· organization
- Pinball NYC· organization
- South Slope Pinball League (SSPL)· organization
- Stern Army· organization
- Alex Kelly· person
- Benjamin Furiga· person
- Eric Swedeland· person
- Greg Pavarelli· person
- Harlan Aida Linda· person
- Jess Warren· person
- Matt Grady· person
- Stephen Perillo· person
- Tommy Ortega· person
- Zen Zokniak· person
- Big Lebowski· product
- Metallica Remastered· product
- Pinball Map· product
- Stern Kiss· product
- Buttermilk Bar· venue
- Scrappleland· venue
- Sunshine Laundromat· venue
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