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Episode 86_Springtime Fun

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Dan gives us feedback of an inter league tournament. Mark takes his students on a pinball rich field trip. spencer discovers pinball at casa Bonita, and we talk about some of the great things coming...

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Highlights

  • Terminator 3 Pinball is the only modern Stern machine with a pistol-grip shooter instead of a standard shooter rod
  • The Battle of the Leagues tournament included 6 regional leagues (CCPL Lodi, CCPL Folsom, Greater Sacramento Pinball League, Stanislaus League, Solano/Modesto League, and Tilted Sisters Ladies League)
  • Rory from the Folsom section won the main tournament and the Folsom section took first overall in the Battle of the Leagues
  • Dan and Adam Pressler won the NBA Fast Break linked tag-team tournament at Battle of the Leagues
  • Fourth graders at Mark's school quickly learned pinball mechanics without explicit instruction, including understanding split flipper gameplay
  • Comet Kingdom arcade has 40 machines available for gameplay
  • Comet Kingdom will charge $5 per student for future school field trips
  • Students' favorite games at Comet Kingdom were comic book themed machines (Deadpool, Guardians, X-Men) among modern Sterns, though they also played and enjoyed classics

Notable quotes

“Terminator 3...does, in fact, have a pistol-grip shooter. And as far as we know, after further communication between the three of us, we believe it to be the only modern Stern Pinball machine that does not have a standard shooter rod but a pistol-grip shooter.”
Spencer
“And so we had like a tag team NBA fast break tournament. So teams of two would play each other. And then at halftime, you had to switch out for your team member for your teammate.”
Dan
“I learned to not monkey flip when I play...it means that you don't push the buttons all the time. You wait for the ball to come to flippers.”
Fourth-grade student (quoted by Mark)
“Mr. Scott, I got 100 million on my game. Like, that's really good for not playing the game ever...I got to this mode.”
Fourth-grade student (quoted by Mark)
“Do you know what that means? Like, yeah, Mr. Scoff, I know what that means...Well, it means that you don't push the buttons all the time. You wait for the ball to come to flippers.”
Mark (quoting student)
“And then what happened is they were able to make those shots and they understood, oh, the shots that are lit, we have to go for those. So it's really started catching on.”
Mark
“It either tells you that A, it's intuitive and it's easy to figure out, or more likely B, you talk about pinball a lot more in class than you think you do.”
Spencer
“You know what I find, though, is that kids, especially kids that don't see something like pinball every day, are just fascinated by the machine...choosing this amusement device over candy.”
Spencer
“It's easy to start, hard to master, and it just tells you why these are so addictive and why they've endured for so long.”
Spencer
“So that's what we've been doing. As far as tournaments go, I played in a – speaking of Comet Kingdom, I played in a 20 strikes, progressive strikes tournament.”
Dan (or another host, content cuts off)

Entities

  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Battle of the Leagues· event
  • NBA Fast Break· game
  • Terminator 3 Pinball· game
  • CCPL Lodi· organization
  • Greater Sacramento Pinball League· organization
  • Solano League· organization
  • Stanislaus League· organization
  • Tilted Sisters· organization
  • Adam Pressler· person
  • Cody· person
  • Dan· person
  • David Pison· person
  • George· person
  • Hector· person
  • Jack and Jen Jarrett· person
  • Justin Kelly· person
  • Mark· person
  • Mike Garcia· person
  • Mike Hozier· person
  • Rory· person
  • Sparky· person
  • Spencer· person
  • Comet Kingdom· venue

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