Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 36: Josh Hates Tom
Triple Drain Pinball Podcast
2 hr 9 min
Summary
Josh Sharpe defends WPPR system changes addressing geographic tournament inequality and play-volume inflation.
Triple Drain Podcast Ep 36 features Josh Sharpe (Stern Pinball staff, IFPA founder) defending proposed changes to the World Pinball Player Rankings (WPPR) system against host Tom's criticism. The discussion covers the history of the IFPA, the Whopper point system created in 2006, and upcoming efficiency-based ranking adjustments designed to address geographic inequality in tournament access and prevent over-play inflation. The hosts explore how the new system will impact players differently based on play volume and opponent strength.
Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 36: Josh Hates Tom Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, Travis Murie and Josh Sharpe Tonight we asked Josh Sharpe to join us and explain why he personally hates Tom! Tournament talk fills roughly the first 50ish minutes if you guys don't care about WPPR's and math, but I personally found the conversation really interesting as we dove into some of the 6.0 rule changes. We then discussed Pulp Fiction and Cactus Canyon Remake with Josh, as well as our thoughts on the new Whirlwind 2.0 kits and Haggis selling a Fathom Classic+ upgrade option. Enjoy the laughter!
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