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Episode 354: The Pinball Profile Top 10 Most Intriguing People of 2022
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Highlights
- Lyman F. Sheats Jr. passed away one year prior (in 2021) and was a legendary pinball player who became a code designer for iconic games including Monster Bash, Medieval Madness, Metallica, AC/DC, The Walking Dead, and Batman 66.
- Walt Wood has played in less than 200 pinball events in 12 years and won more than half of them, establishing him as a dominant Colorado player.
- Loser Kid Pinball Podcast Podcast (Scott and Josh) organized 'Flipping the Script for Autism' at Chicago Expo 2022, raising $25,000 to help 31 kids complete autism diagnosis and access therapies.
- NAP Arcade received over 200,000 visits and 92,000 unique visitors in 2022, with average session duration of nearly 8 minutes.
- Stephanie Lesser published '101 Fun-Centric Pinball Puzzles,' a pinball-themed puzzle book previously published work in New York Times, LA Times, and Wall Street Journal.
- Zach McCarthy of Colorado won the IFPA World Championship at InDisc while still a teenager in February 2022.
- Roger Sharpe proved in 1976 before the New York City Council that pinball was a game of skill rather than luck, resulting in the lifting of the NYC pinball ban.
- The documentary 'Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game' was released to film festivals in 2022, written and directed by the Bragg brothers.
Notable quotes
“Life is defined by risk, those you take and those you don't. The ball is going to drain no matter what, so find what you want and take a shot.”
“I try to actually forget that date. It's a date that was their worst day in their life. So I instead focus on the good days they had, maybe their birthdays, or great memories they created.”
“I'd pay money to watch Walt hit loop after loop on Doctor Who like he did at InDisc.”
“There are a few of these card formats in tourney, so it was nice to see another one.”
Entities
- Chicago Expo· event
- District 82· event
- InDisc· event
- Pinball Profile· organization
- Wormhole Pinball· organization
- Andreas Hogstrop-Peterson (Matchplay.events)· person
- Arvid Fliegere· person
- Cassidy Milonowski· person
- Derek Thompson (Yegpin)· person
- DOMINO Pinball: Neil McRae· person
- Escher Lefkoff· person
- Jared August· person
- Jason Zoller· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Knapp Arcade· person
- Lyman F. Sheats Jr.· person
- Neil Graff· person
- Paul Englert· person
- PiNbALL DeGENeRaTES· person
- Roger Sharpe· person
- Scott and Josh (Loser Kid Pinball Podcast)· person
- Stephanie Lesser· person
- Viggo Lovgren· person
- Walt Wood· person
- Zach McCarthy (ZMAC)· person
- Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game· product
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