Episode 287: Thank you Pinburgh & Replay FX
On November 18th, we learned that the due to the pandemic The Replay Foundation would not be able to continue public events until further notice. This podcast highlights a live Facebook stream in...
Highlights
- Pinburgh reached 1,000 participants in 2019 and was the largest pinball tournament in the world
- Women's International Pinball Tournament (WIPT) grew from 64 to 128 participants with waiting lists
- Pinburgh was held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh
- Holly Koskinen won WIPT in its second year (2019)
- Bowen Kerins gave up competitive ranking opportunities annually to serve as co-TD at Pinburgh
- The tournament expanded from ~615 participants in 2015 to 1,000 by 2019, with consistent sellouts
- ReplayFX featured video games, arcade, cosplay, music, and other entertainment beyond pinball
Notable quotes
“The tournament brought us together, but it was the social stuff... if you never got to go to it, that's a real kick in the teeth, I'll tell you that.”
“It kind of feels like a death in the family. But whenever a death in the family happens, first of all, no one died. I hope everyone's safe. But when a death happens, I like to think of the good times and the memories.”
“The first year I came to Pimberg Papa was for the games, probably like many of us. He writes, every subsequent year, I came back for the people. We all did.”
“I was just trying to respect your boundaries. I was like, yeah, but we're like brothers, like you got a hug.”
“You look for it. You circle it on the calendar... she went, airfare and all, to go on TD, to give back.”
“I can honestly say they are both equally incredibly exciting and satisfying experiences... I've heard that from many people that volunteer.”
“The nerds ruled that day. Well done, everybody.”
“It was one of the places where I realized that I love shows and that I want to work shows and I want to always go to shows as much as possible.”
Entities
- Pinburgh· event
- ReplayFX· event
- Women's International Pinball Tournament (WIPT)· event
- David L. Lawrence Convention Center· organization
- London, Ontario Pinball League· organization
- Papa TV· organization
- Pinball Profile· organization
- Scrapple Land· organization
- The Plum· organization
- Bowen Kerins· person
- Crystal Gemnick· person
- Doug Polka· person
- Elizabeth Cromwell· person
- Fred Cochran· person
- Holly Koskinen· person
- James Kuntz· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Joe Cherovino· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Kevin Martin· person
- Mark Steinman· person
- Roger Sharp· person
- Scott Vieth· person
- Tracy Lindbergh· person
- Zach Sharp· person
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