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episode 20. trip reports and more fun Final Mix
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Mark Skoff is back to talk about his trip to texas pinball festival and other pinball fun.
Highlights
- Reno Pinball Arena League has grown from 12-16 players three seasons ago to 24-26 average attendance per night
- Press Start arcade has approximately 24-25 games in rotation with diverse eras represented
- Season 3 of Reno league used pin golf format with 9-hole objective-based scoring across all six weeks of qualifying
- Over 60 objectives were written for pin golf qualifying across Press Start (Reno) machine lineup
- Wizard of Oz Yellow Brick Road Limited Edition Road Limited Edition removed the flying monkey mech from the original design
- Wizard of Oz Yellow Brick Road Limited Edition features improved door mechanisms on the upper playfield escape to reduce motor burnout issues
- Multimorphic demonstrated linked cosmic kart racing with four P3 machines at Texas Pinball Festival using LAN connectivity
Notable quotes
“We started out three seasons ago with 12 to 16 people, and now it's grown to 30 people. We have on average about 24 to 26 people that show up every time.”
“I decided for Season 3 to have pin golf for qualifying for all six weeks... we had roughly over 60 objectives written up.”
“It's fun to shoot. It's fun with the modes. It's definitely cheesy. The music is cheesy. The art is cheesy. But it fits with the theme. It works. It really does work.”
“I felt exactly the same going to Texas [Pinball Festival]. People were super welcoming. I felt like I was at home... It was nice because I didn't feel like a foreigner.”
“It's a magnetic ring that's on the ramp, and it actually boosts your ball... The graphics are pretty cool on the playfield itself because it kind of gives you motion while you're shooting the ball.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Capital Quarter Pinball League· event
- Golden State Pinball Festival· event
- Reno Pinball Arena League· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Bride of Pinbot 2.0· game
- Lexy Lightspeed - Escape From Earth· game
- Oktoberfest· game
- Yellow Brick Road· game
- Cheryl Cohen· person
- Chris Bartlett· person
- Doug Taylor· person
- Eric Neff· person
- Jim Martin· person
- John Simpson· person
- Mark Scott· person
- Michael Huntsman· person
- Roger Brown· person
- Spencer Klingin· person
- JubJubs· venue
- Press Start (Reno)· venue
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