Tucson Pinball Podcast – Episode 70 – I Don’t Belong Here

Tucson Pinball Podcast – Episode 70 – I Don’t Belong Here

Highlights

• Pinball at the Lab was a circuit event with a 120-player cap; only 104 players registered in results.
• Last year's Pinball at the Lab had approximately 82-84 players in results out of a 100-player cap.
• Some players had to cancel day-of or day-before due to illness; Karl (from IE Pinball) was sick and absent.
• Aimless Pinball stepped in as a new streaming team to replace Karl's usual role.
• The Game Lab expanded floor space this year by removing the Super Smash Bros. tournament area that had occupied previous years.
• The tournament format is race-to-30 points; first place per round awards 3 points, second place 2 points, etc.
• Jim Belsito ran game setup for the tournament.
• The host's best single-game performance was 984 million on Godzilla (Pro), the highest score of the tournament at that point.
• Freddy (Nightmare on Elm Street) had a plunge tuning issue where full plunging the ball would not enter the furnace; players had to ease off slightly.
• During the Godzilla (Pro) round, the host accessed Planet X mode for the first time after doing two cities.

Notable quotes

Entities

• Pinball at the Lab· event
• Excalibur· game
• Godzilla (Pro)· game
• Harley Davidson· game
• Revenge from Mars· game
• Wheel of Fortune· game
• Whirlwind· game
• Aimless Pinball· organization
• IE Pinball· organization
• Tucson Pinball Podcast· organization
• David Green· person
• Escher· person
• Jermaine· person
• Jim Belsito· person
• John Schaapel· person
• Karl· person
• Laura Stoddard· person
• Luca Uvaroli· person
• Matt Young· person
• Michael Mattson· person
• Nick Stein· person
• Raymond Ashby· person
• Roland· person
• Tom Graff· person
• Game Lab· venue