Episode 382: INDISC 2024 will soon be here
The first Major pinball event is coming Jan. 4-7 in Riverside, California. Organizers Jay Collins, Jim Belsito and Karl DeAngelo discuss the growth of this event and what's in store for 2024. Plus...
Highlights
- INDISC 2023 streamed over 100,000 hours of live footage with 16,500 peak live viewers
- INDISC returns 100% of entry fees to prize pools
- Classics Target Match Play has 120 entrants with top 24 qualifying at 30 points threshold
- Jim Belsito will host 2024 World Championships in California approximately 6 months after INDISC
- Main Bank features 18 games; confirmed selections include X's and O's, Valley, Flintstones, Casino, Tommy, and games in Classics
- INDISC moved from Museum of Pinball to Riverside Convention Center, with further expansion this year
- High Stakes division has fewer than 20 available spots at $500 entry fee for 10 cards
- Sunday Strikes tournament will no longer be IFPA-certified due to 2024 rule changes regarding simultaneous tournaments
Notable quotes
“I think of King Ghidorah and Godzilla. That's this right here for InDesk.”
“I'd love to clone myself.”
“The streams are always about pinball. It's about growing pinball and expanding the audience. It's not necessarily about the player.”
“100% of that prize pool money is going back to the players.”
“We didn't run the best event we could. And we made sure that all the people coming to attend were getting their money's worth in their entries.”
“The biggest thing for me is getting the comments that come in... these are the best games we've played for a tournament in a long time. You know, mean but fair, and they just play so well.”
“There's something special about how good can you do in two minutes or in five minutes.”
“Just the event in general. Seeing everybody show up, have a good time... when the event's over and I see everybody come in and what we put on... and then leave with a smile on their face.”
Entities
- 2024 World Championships· event
- INDISC· event
- Pinball Profile Trivia· event
- Museum of Pinball· event_venue
- Riverside Convention Center· event_venue
- Pinball Profile· media
- IE Pinball· organization
- IFPA· organization
- Pin Monk· organization
- Carl D'Angelo· person
- Deb Tallman· person
- Jay Collins· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Jim Belsito· person
- Liam· person
- Pluto· person
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