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The Spinner Is Lit - Episode 48 GSPF Was AWESOME!!!

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Spencer, Dan, Engineer Mark and special round table member Will review the golden state pinball festival. its awesome!

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Highlights

  • Golden State Pinball Festival was held May 13-15 in Lodi, California at the Lodi Great Festival Fairgrounds
  • Some attendees traveled 2,400 miles round trip from Wyoming to attend the festival
  • Sparky, the original barbecue organizer, maintained a 14-year streak of hosting the event before missing this year due to family obligations
  • The campground featured organized gaming events including a pin golf tournament, Tiltallica Metallica set, and custom one-off game 'Boys Night Out'
  • The Steve Chiron Spirit Award, now in its third year, was presented to Todd and Suzy DeStefani at the Flippin' Friday kickoff dinner
  • Previous Steve Chiron Spirit Award recipients were Cliffy (first) and Chris Coons (second)
  • The Flippin' Friday kickoff dinner was prepared by a local Girl Scout troop led by Andrea Songy Neff
  • George Gonzalez, JJ from Game Exchange of Colorado, Mike Garcia, and others coordinated Sparky's Barbecue in Sparky's absence
  • The festival campground culture has evolved to be more welcoming to newcomers and strangers over successive years
  • Capcom Flipper Football and Striker (System 80 soccer game) were played at the festival; Mark Fireball 2 brought the Flipper Football

Notable quotes

“It's like the Woodstock of pinball. It's three days of peace, love, and pinball.”
Spencer
“You can leave the kids there and they're safe. If any other adult knows you, they know your kids, your kids can't get into trouble because you know your dad and mom don't want you doing that.”
Will
“When you Spencer-ing, we just call it Spencer-ing. Yeah, I'm just Spencer-ing, man.”
Mark and Spencer
“If you need Sacramento and you need to buy a house or sell a house, please call George.”
Spencer
“There's no invite. We have a ton of food. Grab a plate. Sit down. Eat. Hang out with us.”
Will (paraphrasing community ethos)
“That's the Woodstock of pinball now where we're just – it's 24-7. It's not a stop.”
Spencer
“Nothing good happens after midnight. And Will's like, oh, really? Check this shit out.”
Spencer
“Tiltallica is what I like to call it, thanks to Dan coming up with that name.”
Dan
“That Sparky's Barbecue would not have happened this year if it weren't for all of them and all the other wonderful people who donated.”
Dan
“There wouldn't be a Sacramento Pinball Group without them. There wouldn't be a Sacramento area community... they were really the glue that held the community together.”
Spencer (about Todd and Suzy DeStefani)

Entities

  • Golden State Pinball Festival· event
  • Lodi Great Festival Fairgrounds· event
  • Adrian· person
  • Andrea Songy Neff· person
  • Chris Coons· person
  • Cliffy· person
  • Dan· person
  • George Gonzalez· person
  • Jerry Walton· person
  • JJ· person
  • Kathy Chiron· person
  • Mark· person
  • Mike Garcia· person
  • Shannon· person
  • Sparky· person
  • Spencer· person
  • Steve Chiron· person
  • Suzy DeStefani· person
  • Todd DeStefani· person
  • Will· person

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