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Episode 75 Part 3_The Camp Silverballers Have Spoken
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago42 min listen
Mark takes it to the people with on the spot interviews at the Golden state pinball festival.
Highlights
- Golden State Pinball Festival 2025 campground sold out in under five minutes
- The show has approximately 300 registered machines
- Triple Metallica competition originated with Banger J in Chicago and Pinball Olympics
- Rick Demel streams tournaments and campground events on Twitch as Elk Grove Pinball
- MF Sunday School (Monterey Flipper Pinball education initiative) will happen Sunday at noon
- Camp Silverball has three linked Metallica machines enabling 12-person teams with inter-machine tilt interactions
- The barbecue tradition was started by Mark (Sparky) and JJ Babbage from Colorado Game Exchange
- Dune is still in limited supply and not released to the public yet
Notable quotes
“We are family. We are family, really.”
“It's not just for younger people. It can be for anybody that's getting new to the hobby or whatever. They can come in on Sunday at noon.”
“When the show closes, that's when the party does start.”
“I didn't even know... we just went out, walked over on a whim, saw a couple of pinball machines in the dark and got invited by anybody and everybody. Everybody was so nice and made a soul that was mean or that was rude.”
“It's my favorite show of all time.”
“There's nothing like this show. It's just, it really is a happening.”
“So I'm an engineer by trade, so I like to put everything down on paper. So I actually sketched it out how you get three playfields on one screen, you know, 1080p screen.”
“A pinball machine is a piece of art that's shared from one craftsman to a player and another player. You can enjoy the beauty of the whole thing.”
Entities
- Colorado Game Exchange· company
- Rewind Pinball· company
- The Spinner Is Lit Pinball Podcast· content
- Camp Silverball· event
- Golden State Pinball Festival· event
- Capital Corridor Pinball League· organization
- Monterey Flipper Pinball· organization
- Alex· person
- Banger J· person
- George Gonzalez· person
- Jake· person
- JJ Babbage· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Kendra· person
- Kyla· person
- Mark Coward· person
- Mark Sparky· person
- Matthew· person
- Patrick· person
- Rick Demel· person
- Spencer K· person
- Lin's Arcade· venue
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