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Episode 283: Jen Ruper

PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago40 min listen
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Off to Columbus to talk to the host of No Coin Drop Required. We chat about pinball, Belles & Chimes, broadcasting and football! Enjoy!

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Highlights

  • Jen Ruper plays in more IFPA events than Jeff Teolis does
  • Columbus has multiple active pinball leagues operating at different venues (Level 1, Arcade Super Awesome, J&D's, Barley Hopsters)
  • Level 1 arcade in Columbus has been open since June 2020 with non-IFPA tournaments following CDC safety standards
  • Avengers Pro has good flow and gameplay potential with room for code improvements
  • Bells and Chimes Columbus chapter was originated by Rhonda, then combined with a ladies' night league run by Jen and Tish
  • No Coin Drop Required evolved from in-location video interviews during lockdown to focus on players' lives outside of pinball
  • Jen uses Facebook Messenger video calls and screen recording on her phone with a synced camera audio to produce her videos
  • Jen identifies as highly extroverted but is shy in-person about approaching people she hasn't met, despite being comfortable on phone/video

Notable quotes

“You, Jen, can say that you play more than I do.”
Jeff Teolis
“There is not a night in Columbus that you can't find a pinball, something or another going on, which is just who would ever think of that?”
Jeff Teolis
“I was born into a winning family. You know, it's okay.”
Jen Ruper
“I try and make the person who I've never talked to before laugh in the first like five seconds that I'm talking to them.”
Jen Ruper
“I don't feel like you can judge a game after just playing it two or three times right because you don't know the rule set... there might be some other bugs that need to be worked out”
Jen Ruper
“If one person thinks the same way as me, then I'm good. Mission accomplished. Somebody gets my humor for once.”
Jen Ruper

Entities

  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Avengers Pro· game
  • Iron Maiden· game
  • Ringer· game
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles· game
  • Arcade Super Awesome· location
  • Cleveland· location
  • Columbus, Ohio· location
  • J&D's· location
  • Level 1· location
  • Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum· location
  • The Barn / Tilt Amusements· location
  • Deadwood· media
  • No Coin Drop Required· media
  • Pinball Profile· media
  • Bells and Chimes· organization
  • Jeff Teolis· person
  • Jen Ruper· person
  • Rhonda· person
  • Tish· person

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