Episode 299: Erik Wurtenberger
Find out about this Kentucky player/streamer who is behind the big Pincinnati weekend this December. Hit "chuckwurt" for an ICR match, plus hear and his admiration of his dream theme and also...
Highlights
- Pinberg forced players to be good at everything and represented the true championship test of pinball skill across all eras
- Stranger Things LE has a hidden code difference on Premium/LE vs Pro: with working magnet lock, you can achieve 3x super jackpot vs 2x on Pro
- Magnet lock on Stranger Things LE required significant troubleshooting including loosening screws, adding washers, and ramp cover adjustment
- On Jungle Queen/Princess, successfully plunging the B lane five times out of five correlates to winning ~75% of the time
- Stern Pro Circuit Finals have moved to all-modern games only, eliminating classic/vintage game inclusion
- Pinsonati 2021 will be first weekend in December with ~150 free-play games, 10,000 sq ft venue in Eastgate (20 min east of Cincinnati)
- Stranger Things LE early code was simplistic with Attack from Mars homage, but improved significantly through updates
- Joker Poker (5-ball solid state) requires hitting specific targets each ball in sequence (10→Jacks→Queens→Kings→Aces) to maximize bonus
Notable quotes
“Pinberg was just the greatest thing to me ever, and I just love the fact that it forces you to be good at everything in order to win that tournament.”
“If I try to do that with them on Game of Thrones, their eyes would just glaze over in the first five minutes.”
“I paid all this money for this game. I want it to work. If I just gave up on it, I'd probably just sell it.”
“Don't be hamstrung by the, oh, well, it's solid state or it's EM. If a game is playing way too hard, do something about it.”
“If you can plunge that B five times out of five every single time, you will win 75% of the time.”
“Plunge purposefully, as my friend Stu would say.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Flippin' Out· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Chicago Expo· event
- Pinberg· event
- Pinsonati· event
- Stern Pro Circuit Finals· event
- Game of Thrones· game
- Joker Poker· game
- Jungle Queen· game
- Royal Flush· game
- Shadow· game
- Stranger Things· game
- ICR· organization
- PAPA· organization
- Brian Eddy· person
- Erik Wurtenberger· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Pindigo· product
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