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The Spinner Is Lit - Episode 61 The Don Of '24 (1)

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The Spinner Is Lit - Episode 61 The Don Of '24 (1) by The Spinner Is Lit Pinball Podcast

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Highlights

  • Pinburgh was the international Super Bowl of pinball, with 1,000+ players at its peak, before COVID shut it down
  • Pinburgh uses 3-2-1-0 match play scoring format with 10 total rounds (5 morning, 5 afternoon) across 2 days, taking approximately 12 hours of continuous play
  • Pinburgh 2024 will be held July 25-27 at the Resonate Esports Facility in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania with $25,000 in prize pool
  • Pinburgh tickets historically sold out in under 5 minutes for 1,000-ticket allocations
  • Stern's Jaws game features a horizontal spinner mechanic similar to Bond 60th, an upper playfield, and a bash toy as the main mechanism
  • The shark does not eat the ball in Jaws because Keith Elwin determined it would be mechanically lame and disrupt game flow
  • Jaws video mode includes a 3D homage to the 1972 Killer Shark mechanical arcade game that appeared in the movie
  • Roy Scheider appears in Jaws video sequences (smoking with cigarette, throwing chum) but does not appear on the playfield
  • Jaws Pro and Premium versions look good visually, while the LE is considered ugly by some panelists
  • Stern's Jaws debut livestream was scheduled for the day after recording (tomorrow from episode air date)

Notable quotes

“Pittsburgh, awesome pinball town. Been there several times... this was like the event of the year, not only just in the U.S., but internationally people would travel to this.”
Don Garrison
“Pinberg was one of the most fun tournaments to be in because it was a social event, but at the same time, it didn't feel as much pressure as when you go to InDesk.”
Mark
“I think that the Keith Elwin game is the event right now in pinball. A couple years ago it was whatever JJP was doing. Now it's whatever Keith Elwin's doing.”
Dan
“Jaws is great. Like, I've known about Jaws my whole life... honestly, like, I don't care about Jaws as a theme. I just want to see what Keith Elwin's going to do next.”
Dan
“What I love is that you see him smoking. Isn't that great? Like, he's straight sitting there with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth... I bet that they straight out said, like, you cannot alter the video.”
Spencer
“Not having the shark eat the ball is a bad move by Stern... Give the people what they want.”
Mark
“In a game where you hit a steel ball with a plastic paddle, I need innovation. That's why we have P. Curry, multimorphic.”
Don Garrison
“So it's a drop target. It is a drop target... It's back and forth... it's a cool Mac.”
Mark and others

Entities

  • Multimorphic· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • InDesk· event
  • Pinburgh· event
  • ReplayFX· event
  • Bond 60th· game
  • Jaws· game
  • Jurassic Park· game
  • Killer Shark· game
  • Lord of the Rings· game
  • PAPA· organization
  • The Spinner Is Lit Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Bowen Kerins· person
  • Damien· person
  • Dan· person
  • Don Garrison· person
  • Josh Sharp· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Mark· person
  • Roy Scheider· person
  • Spencer· person
  • Spielberg· person

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