Episode 286: Norma Jennings
From New York to Florida, Norma has enjoyed pinball for over 45 years. The 2019 Free Play Florida Women's Champion shares her story on this podcast and each Tuesday night on Twitch on her channel...
Highlights
- Norma Jennings has been scorekeeping non-stop for 10+ hours at Free Play Florida 2019 while also competing in the tournament
- Free Play Florida 2019 had over 100 competitors in the main event and just under 100 in the classics division
- The women's event at Free Play Florida 2019 has 32 players with first place prize of $558
- Josh Sharp has attended Free Play Florida for eight years
- This is Josh Sharpe last Free Play Florida event; he traded it for Indisc plus dinner
- Metallica pinball is difficult in tournament settings and has 'beaten up many people'
- Stephen Eli has worn six different Iron Maiden shirts in the three days of the event, all from the same 'Legacy of the Beast' collection
- Total Nuclear Annihilation at this tournament has no ball saves enabled
Notable quotes
“this is norma jennings who is one of the great volunteers here at freeplay florida i was with her on uh thursday and watching her set up like actually bringing the games in i think she has been score keeping non-stop i would be safe to say 10 plus hours easily”
“i uh this is my last free play florida i traded free play florida for in disc plus dinner”
“you know what i played him in at free gold watch hoops and the first thing he did goes look i'm cradling a swedish national championships thank you very much”
“that's right and in bed by 8 45 that's right there's a hands free skill shot but i think the only difference is point”
“dq me i dare you i don't care i have six i'm done”
“the great thing about walking dead is you are just never out of it no never come back at any moment”
“well no you they they do want to pass um norma as well at least for sure she needs the uh”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Cincinnati Pinball Show· event
- Free Play Florida 2019· event
- OBX· event
- Swedish National Championships· event
- Carib Royale Resort· event_venue
- Guardians of the Galaxy· game
- Metallica· game
- The Walking Dead· game
- Total Nuclear Annihilation· game
- IFPA· organization
- Bobby Morita· person
- Cher Farnsworth· person
- Fred Richardson· person
- Jeff Tiolios· person
- Josh Sharp· person
- Karl DeAngelo· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Maritza· person
- Norma Jennings· person
- Stephen Eli· person
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