Episode 6 - Howdy Pardner!

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11/27/23 • 37 min

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Special guest Zoe Vrabel joins Alan and Alex as they discuss the history of the popular casual team based pinball tourney format "Howdy Pardner!"
We discuss what it is, how it works, and what makes it so much different than standard pinball tournaments, and describe how Alan created the format from scratch to host each Thursday night at Wedgehead.
Zoe speaks from her background as a top IFPA player and tournament director, and why Howdy is such a great breath of fresh air into organized pinball, including why she enjoyed playing in and running it so much.
It's a rootin' tootin' good old time!
...with some swearing. *%$#

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Wedgehead Pinball Podcast - Episode 6 - Howdy Pardner!

Transcript

[00:00:04.420] - Alan
Howdy, partner. Hello, everyone. Welcome to another episode of the Wedgehead Pinball Podcast. My name is Allen. I am one-half of Wedgehead, a pinball bar in Portland, Oregon. I am joined today by my co-host, Alex the Waterboy.
[00:00:35.300] - Alex
Yeah, I'm Alex. I'm one-half of the Wedgehead Pinball Podcast. We're also joined by our friend Zoe on the East Coast.
[00:00:43.270] - Alan
Hello. Zoe is a fantastic human being, but she is also a former IFPA, Wo