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Episode 436: Pinball Profile Top 10 Most Intriguing People of 2025

PodcastAnalysis updated 4d ago19 min listen
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Better late than never.

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Highlights

  • The IFPA Women's Advisory Board dissolved after the OBX incident in November 2024 due to frustration over lack of action and feeling their advisory role lacked real power.
  • Josh Sharp, as IFPA President, holds sole voting power over IFPA policy and direction, despite input from advisors.
  • The IFPA has over 150,000 members playing competitive pinball globally.
  • Karl DeAngelo's Winchester Mystery House for Barrels of Fun sold out instantly upon release.
  • The IFPA admitted making a mistake in certifying the OBX event and has since implemented new diversity and inclusion codes and conduct codes.
  • Jöran Engelbrektsson traveled outside Sweden for the first time in six years to compete at the UK Open in 2025.
  • Stefan Riedler of RS Pinball in Austria ran the European Pinball Championship 2024 with 377 competitors.
  • Retro Ralph has 75,000 YouTube subscribers and creates content focused on pinball, arcade collecting, and retro gaming.
  • Brad Albright created art packages for both Winchester Mystery House (Barrels of Fun) and Portal (Multimorphic) in 2025.
  • Ian Harrower programmed the ruleset for Portal on Multimorphic, graduating from P3 homebrew games to a major commercial title.

Notable quotes

“In November, Pinball had one of the most vile scenes ever. I can't think of anything else like that since I've been playing.”
Jeff Tillis
“The only vote that matters in the IFPA is that of President Josh Sharp.”
Jeff Tillis
“The decision he made to certify the IFPA event at OBX when a group feared for their safety by a bigoted employee was not a wise choice.”
Jeff Tillis
“I'll say this as the highest compliment. I had no experience playing the legendary Valve game on any platform. I didn't know Portal. Didn't matter. When I played the Multimorphic version of Portal, I was immediately in awe.”
Jeff Tillis
“You are what pinball should be and you are a great example for all of us to learn from.”
Jeff Tillis
“The richest get richer, so to speak. Fun tourneys that pack arcades can be deemed by Josh as too efficient, meaning they get too many whopper ranking points in a short amount of time, and so these events get squashed.”
Jeff Tillis
“Petitions have been signed. Businesses and sponsors have been contacted to not show support for the IFPA. None of this would have happened had Josh and IFPA found a better resolution for the OBX event.”
Jeff Tillis
“Where the ball going? Can I complete the task? And a whole lot of wow moments that you love in pinball. The Portal pinball game is both unique to pinball and yet an ode to the original gameplay.”
Jeff Tillis
“I turn on a microphone. Being in radio for 30 plus years, it's pretty easy compared to those that film hours of footage, edit and produce nice little packages for our enjoyment.”
Jeff Tillis
“It is just something to witness this community get together from all different arcades and groups to put on this massive event for the benefit of others. There is this mutual respect I've seen for arcades and leagues.”
Jeff Tillis

Entities

  • Barrels of Fun· company
  • Multimorphic· company
  • Starfighters Pinball Festival· event
  • Portal· game
  • Winchester Mystery House· game
  • IFPA· organization
  • IFPA Women's Advisory Board· organization
  • Ashley Weaver· person
  • Brad Albright· person
  • Cody Curtis· person
  • Ian Harrower· person
  • Jamie Birchall· person
  • Jeff Tillis· person
  • John Schoppel· person
  • Jöran Engelbrektsson· person
  • Josh Sharp· person
  • Kali Campbell· person
  • Kari Wing· person
  • Karl DeAngelo· person
  • Retro Ralph· person
  • Stefan Riedler· person
  • Tracy Lindbergh· person
  • Flipper's Arcade· venue

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