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Episode 8: The Classic Pinball Podcast - Half Moon Arcade Weirs Beach Laconia, NH.
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago32 min listenBy George
The guys take a road trip to Weirs Beach and visit both the Half Moon and The Penny Arcades. Their special guest Eric Stone, IFPA #12 ranked player in the world, takes them to two different arcades...
Highlights
- Eric Stone's parents bought him a Captain Fantastic pinball machine at age 4 on doctor's advice to develop his hand-eye coordination
- Eric Stone is ranked #12 in the world for pinball
- Eric Stone won Free Play Florida tournament two years in a row
- Eric Stone shot 4.731 billion on Addams Family at Petty Arcade: a score he describes as nearly unattainable
- A disputed tilt at Pinburgh on Hot Tip cost Eric Stone seeding position, dropping him from 6th to 10th seed and forcing him to play Willy Wonka unprepared
- Eric Stone rolled over 100 million on Earthshaker but the machine only credited 39 million due to a rollover bug
- Free Play Florida tournament occurs in November
- Eric Stone grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and moved to Weir's Beach, New Hampshire at age 11, with family settling there around 1989
Notable quotes
“The doctors said that my nervous system wasn't developed right, and so I had no hand-eye coordination. So they bought a pinball thinking that that would develop hand-eye coordination.”
“I'm here every day.”
“It's not Iron Maiden.”
“I know that it wasn't a tilt. I'm 100% sure.”
“I won over 100,000 tickets to the Half Moon for free because of this game.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Free Play Florida· event
- Pinburgh· event
- Pintastic· event
- Addams Family· game
- Attack from Mars· game
- Captain Fantastic· game
- Hot Tip· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Willy Wonka· game
- Chuck Webster· person
- Dave· person
- Eric Stone· person
- George· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Raymond Davidson· person
- Fun Spot· venue
- Half Moon Arcade· venue
- Petty Arcade· venue
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