Episode 394: Karrie Hill and Neon Ranch Pinball
It's a busy month for Karrie. She's representing British Columbia at the North American Championship at District 82, and then opening a new pinball location for Victoria, BC. Hear all about...
Highlights
- Carrie Hill finished second in the women's event at InDisc to Jane Verwise, with Emily Ryland placing third
- Neon Ranch Pinball will open mid-March with approximately 50 machines on the floor
- Neon Ranch Pinball will host a Pinberg satellite event in spring/early summer offering a golden ticket to the main Pinberg tournament
- Carrie is representing British Columbia at the North American Championship Series after Emily Ryland won the BC qualifier but cannot attend
- The Northwest Pinball Show satellite tournaments offered show entry tickets as prizes, motivating Carrie and Ashley to visit multiple locations
Notable quotes
“I don't know. But yeah, just a shot that I feel comfortable with, and I'll repeat it if I have to, if I really don't know how to get the points out of the game.”
“It's really important to me that the games play well when I talk to people, especially competitive players. Well, any players, really. It's like the worst thing that can happen is you go somewhere, spend your money, or get excited to play a game, and it plays like garbage.”
“It was never the newest Stern or the newest thing or the blingity-blingity-blang. It was a game you don't see on location a lot. It's your weirdo games, your weird Gottliebs that I love, those janky 90s Gottliebs, 80s system games.”
“As much as this is a business venture, it's a passion project, and it's about people enjoying pinball and growing in pinball and getting more people interested in pinball.”
“I'm so excited to go and play with this caliber of players, you know. And part of me, you know, is like, what am I doing? I have no business here. But the other part of me is like, well, I deserve this spot just the way that everybody else qualified and deserved a spot.”
Entities
- Neon Ranch Pinball· business
- InDisc· event
- North American Championship Series· event
- Pinberg· event
- Whipped· event
- Jaws· game
- Pinball Profile· media
- Bells and Chimes· organization
- Bishops University· organization
- District 82· organization
- Victoria Pinball League· organization
- Ashley Weaver· person
- Carrie Hill· person
- Dan Bitterlick· person
- Emily Ryland· person
- Jane Verwise· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Leslie Ruckman· person
- Sarah Little· person
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