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The Spinner Is Lit - Episode 58 Let's A Go - Go
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 57 min listen
Spencer, Dan, and Mark talk about their favorite toys in pinball. and other neat-O pinball stuff too.
Highlights
- Galactic Tank Force had a show game history at Golden State Pinball in May, played 700-800 times in a weekend
- Dan accidentally deleted the limited edition graphics file on Weird Al by accessing the file system
- P3 (Pinball Operating System) is complex with multiple nested menus and sub-menus, challenging for casual users
- Reno now has 11 out of 16 top players in Nevada State Championships rankings, versus 5 from Vegas
- Reno's new team-based pinball league uses match play calculations for skill balancing with a 21-point cap to prevent sandbagging
- The Reno team league format includes singles, doubles, and stall ball rounds with bonus points for team dedication
- Weird Al has become the must-see attraction for non-hardcore players and kids at venues
- Final Resistance has had a re-reveal stream and looks impressive visually
- Reno has gained approximately 150 new players in Nevada through local scene growth
- Pinagogo typically has 200+ games and benefits from being geographically close for Northern California hosts
Notable quotes
“I just hate pinball machines that are based on a PC architecture because I know just enough about computers to really fuck things up, but I don't really know enough about computers to really fix things.”
“Al has kind of become the thing. Like, everyone sees that game and just goes, oh, my God, what is this?”
“B trophy is super meaningful... when somebody who hasn't ever won gets a trophy to take home from something that you spent three months doing, it's really exciting.”
“We have 11 people out of the 16 that are from Reno, Sparks area, that are in the top 16 for Nevada State Championships. So there's only five from Vegas.”
“It's kind of like our own little thing that we're putting together, trying it out... a true pinball league where you're actually playing against teams.”
“Pinagogo is definitely the quintessential, original, OG Northern California pinball show.”
“I almost don't like the whole IFPA aspect because I think that people start to take it almost a little too serious and they forget that it should be fun.”
“We are now dominating the top 16 in Reno... That's a nice bragging right.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Stern· company
- Mile High Pinball and Arcade Showdown· event
- Pinagogo· event
- Final Resistance· game
- Galactic Tank Force· game
- Venom· game
- Weird Al· game
- Chelsea· person
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Dan· person
- David Mosher· person
- Joe Abate· person
- Mark· person
- Mike Moretti· person
- Rick· person
- Rory· person
- Spencer· person
- Ted McGinty· person
- Comic Kingdom· venue
- Flipper Room· venue
- Golden State Pinball· venue
- Playfield 76· venue
- Press Start· venue
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