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Tucson Pinball Podcast – Episode 69 – Funny Guy
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Tucson Pinball Podcast – Episode 69 – Funny Guy
Highlights
- Pinburgh sold out in 43 minutes in 2015/2016, then 13 minutes, then 52 seconds, and finally 13 seconds in 2019
- The 2021 IFPABurgh April Fools' post was fake (a proposed multi-location feeder tournament format)
- The 2017 $1 per-player IFPA submission fee was real, not an April Fools' joke, implemented on March 31, 2017
- The 2022 IFPA World Championships expansion from 64 to 80 players was real, not an April Fools' joke
- Replay Brewing Foundation shut down and sold off all their games, ending the possibility of Pinburgh returning
- Pulp Fiction by Chicago Gaming/Raw Thrills/PlayMechanix is not available on public location play except in Chicago
- Stars and Old Chicago take 35-40 minutes to complete for a 4-player group
- Phoenix has grown significantly as a pinball hub, with weekly Electric Bat events attracting over 100 players on Tuesdays
Notable quotes
“Pinburgh became more and more top heavy as things went on. And by the time 2019 rolled around, it might as well just be the top thousand players, according to ranking, just hitting F5 and everybody gets in anyways.”
“I think part of the magic was that no matter what your skill level was, or, you know, no matter how bad you're playing that weekend, they had a division for you.”
“What are you willing to deal with to have another Pinburgh experience?”
“Josh has fun on April 1st when he has access...when he decides to log into the IFPA Facebook account so if you're scrolling through Facebook and What's going on cuz it might be a joke or it might be you know Jon Hey we're gonna bring back Pinburgh and then they just break your heart.”
Entities
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Play Mechanix· company
- Raw Thrills· company
- Pinburgh· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Old Chicago· game
- Pulp Fiction· game
- Stars· game
- Fox City's Pinball Stream· media
- Tucson Pinball Podcast· media
- IFPA· organization
- NACS· organization
- Replay Brewing Foundation· organization
- Jeff Teolis· person
- John Papadiuk· person
- Josh Roger Sharpe· person
- Pinside· website
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