# 037: What makes it a GREAT location?

**Source:** Punk Rock Pinball Podcast  
**Type:** podcast_episode  
**Published:** 2026-03-02  
**Duration:** 54m 46s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://share.transistor.fm/s/b12cbd87

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## Analysis

Stephanie and Mike from Punk Rock Pinball Podcast discuss what makes a great pinball location, identifying working/clean/level machines as the primary factor, followed by atmosphere (lighting, music, vibe), and community. They reference specific locations like Pinball and Peter Perry, Next Level (Oregon), and Roxy's Arcade, and provide updates on the Punk Rock Pinball Association (PRPA) including regional scene breakdowns and recent tournament formats.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Working, clean, and level machines are the most important factor for a great pinball location — _Stephanie and Mike, opening topic discussion - stated as foundational principle_
- [HIGH] Pinball and Peter Perry and Chicago have immaculate, well-maintained machines — _Mike, personal experience playing at these locations_
- [MEDIUM] Next Level in Oregon has ~300 pinball machines with almost all working — _Stephanie, referencing a location she has visited_
- [MEDIUM] Roxy's Arcade in/near Boston has exceptionally well-dialed pinball machines including Uncanny X-Men — _Stephanie, personal experience and prior channel mention_
- [HIGH] Madison PRPA scene has 161 players, the largest regional scene — _Mike, citing official PRPA leaderboard data_
- [HIGH] Central Illinois PRPA scene has 150 players across Bloomington, Champaign, Peoria, and Springfield — _Mike, discussing PRPA regional organization_
- [HIGH] Joe Roger Sharpe is ranked #1 in their PRPA scene — _Mike, reading official leaderboard rankings_
- [MEDIUM] The Reboot Social in Eau Claire, Wisconsin offers good token pricing (3 tokens for $1) — _Stephanie, personal visit experience_

### Notable Quotes

> "Games are the most important thing regardless of anything else you have going on. Anything else about the atmosphere, the environment, the games, number one."
> — **Stephanie**, early in topic discussion
> _Core principle establishing machine functionality as paramount to location quality_

> "The people make it. Always. Because if you have mid games, right? But good people in a mid vibe and like great people, then it's going to be fun."
> — **Stephanie**, concluding location quality discussion
> _Community and interpersonal dynamics identified as critical differentiator beyond equipment_

> "Thank heaven for Jeff. Like stuff breaks all the time."
> — **Stephanie**, discussing maintenance challenges at HQ
> _Acknowledges operational difficulty of maintaining functional machines in location play_

> "If I'm playing The Walking Dead, I really don't need anybody to see how bad I suck."
> — **Stephanie**, discussing spectator cameras/TVs
> _Player comfort concern with public display of performance_

> "It's a nice touch having like an arcade with three big speakers that are actually just kind of like PA speakers and not really meant to be stereo speakers."
> — **Mike**, discussing audio setup
> _Practical audio infrastructure consideration for location ambiance_

> "I would prefer that at least four of them were like some of the newest Sterns. Either the newest Sterns or Jersey Jack Pinball or like Spookies. Four of those."
> — **Mike**, describing ideal machine mix for location
> _Preference for modern manufacturer representation in location game selection_

> "I think we should do that moving forward with regularity...I did feel good going home after winning, that we're like I did something."
> — **Stephanie**, discussing bottom-four playoff format
> _Positive reception to inclusive tournament format for struggling players_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Stephanie | person | Co-host of Punk Rock Pinball Podcast, organizer of PRPA, competitive player ranked #3 overall |
| Mike | person | Co-host of Punk Rock Pinball Podcast, worked on code improvements for Bond pinball game |
| Punk Rock Pinball Association (PRPA) | organization | Tournament and competitive play organization with regional scenes including Madison (161 players), Central Illinois (150 players), and others |
| Kat Davis | person | Top PRPA player (ranked #1 in hosts' scene), known for location feedback via This Week in Pinball Facebook group |
| Joe Roger Sharpe | person | Ranked #1 in Madison PRPA scene |
| Keith Waz | person | Ranked #1 player in Madison PRPA scene |
| Next Level | venue | Pinball arcade in Oregon with ~300 machines, most of which are working and maintained |
| Roxy's Arcade | venue | Arcade in or near Boston featuring well-dialed pinball machines and fried chicken, known for exceptional Uncanny X-Men setup |
| Pinball and Peter Perry | venue | High-quality pinball location in Indiana with immaculate, well-maintained machines |
| The Reboot Social | venue | Arcade in Eau Claire, Wisconsin with good token pricing and pinball/arcade mix |
| Menominee Falls arcade | venue | Arcade in Menominee Falls, Wisconsin with many arcade and pinball machines in good condition, offers pay-20-dollars-play-all-day pricing |
| Joe and Shelly's | venue | Private residence used for PRPA league play, hosts tournament events with well-maintained machines including Bond |
| Golden Ticket movie theater | venue | Location hosting First Friday PRPA tournaments with Jaws and Godzilla machines |
| Jeff | person | Maintenance technician responsible for keeping machines operational at Punk Rock Pinball HQ |
| Matt Scott | person | Competing in PRPA tournaments, participated in bottom-four playoff match at Joe and Shelly's |
| Aubrey | person | PRPA player who participated in bottom-four playoff match at Joe and Shelly's with her father Matt Scott |
| Bond | game | Pinball machine that Mike worked on code improvements for; initially had poor code quality but is now well-regarded |
| Godzilla | game | Pinball machine available at Golden Ticket movie theater location, referenced for volume control usage during multiball |
| Jaws | game | Stern pinball machine at Golden Ticket movie theater, frequently used in First Friday tournaments |
| Houdini Master of Mystery | game | Recently acquired pinball machine at PRPA HQ, players still learning its rules and mechanics |
| This Week in Pinball | organization | Facebook group where player feedback about location quality is shared publicly |
| Gary Stern | person | Owner/operator of a pinball location featuring all clean, working machines |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Location Quality Factors, Machine Maintenance and Operations, Punk Rock Pinball Association (PRPA) Tournament Structure, Venue Recommendations and Reviews
- **Secondary:** Player Experience and Comfort, Atmosphere and Ambiance Design, Tournament Format Innovation
- **Mentioned:** Regional Pinball Community Growth

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.78) — Hosts express genuine enthusiasm for pinball locations and community building. Constructive discussion of operational challenges. Positive reception to inclusive tournament formats. Some frustration with poorly maintained locations, but framed as wanting improvement rather than criticism.

### Signals

- **[venue_signal]** Hosts establish consensus quality hierarchy: machine function/cleanliness/leveling > lighting/atmosphere > community/people. Identify specific benchmark locations like Next Level (300 machines) and Roxy's Arcade as model standards. (confidence: high) — Extended discussion of location quality factors, with Roxy's Arcade and Pinball and Peter Perry cited as exemplars
- **[operational_signal]** Operating a 27-machine location with consistent uptime is described as 'incredibly hard' with frequent breakdowns. First time all machines were up for league was a notable achievement. (confidence: high) — Stephanie: 'Thank heaven for Jeff. Like stuff breaks all the time.' Notable achievement when all machines worked for NEPL first time.
- **[community_signal]** PRPA regional scenes show significant growth with Madison (161 players), Central Illinois (150 players) as largest populations. Organization by geographic region to enable competitive leaderboards. (confidence: high) — Mike provides official scene rankings and player counts, discussing regional organization strategy
- **[venue_signal]** The Reboot Social in Eau Claire, Wisconsin identified as recommended venue with good token pricing and game variety. (confidence: medium) — Stephanie: 'Three tokens arcade for $1, two tokens arcade for one game...They had like just a great mix.'
- **[competitive_signal]** Bottom-four playoff format implemented at Joe and Shelly's showing positive reception. Provides inclusive experience for struggling players and described as 'fun way' to end tournament. (confidence: high) — Stephanie: 'I think we should do that moving forward with regularity...I did feel good going home after winning'
- **[market_signal]** Mike articulates preferred machine mix for location: 4 modern titles (Stern/Jersey Jack/Spooky) like Jaws/Pokemon/Evil Dead/Beetlejuice, plus 80s titles and EMs, suggesting collector/operator interest in balanced game portfolio. (confidence: medium) — Mike's detailed location preference: 'four of them were like some of the newest Sterns...could be like a Jaws and a Pokemon and an Evil Dead and a Beetlejuice'
- **[operational_signal]** Lighting and audio infrastructure identified as critical but difficult to execute well. Preference for background music with volume controls; multi-speaker PA system setup noted as practical approach. (confidence: medium) — Discussion of Landmark in Peoria as too dark, HQ lighting issues, and PA speaker setup as pragmatic solution
- **[player_experience_signal]** Players express discomfort with spectator cameras/TVs broadcasting gameplay. Cited as nerve-wracking and potentially unwanted exposure of skill level. (confidence: medium) — Stephanie: 'I really don't need anybody to see how bad I suck.' Discussion of Electric Bat podcast listener concerns about broadcast cameras.
- **[community_signal]** This Week in Pinball Facebook group identified as venue for public player feedback and complaints, with example of top PRPA player Kat Davis posting venue concerns that prompt location operator responses. (confidence: high) — Mike: 'In This Week in Pinball the Facebook group, our friend Kat did a post that she was playing somewhere and she was a little upset about the setup of the games'
- **[competitive_signal]** PRPA maintains regional leaderboards with clear ranking structures. Joe Roger Sharpe #1 in Madison; Kat Davis top-ranked in hosts' scene; both ranked players can have off-tournament days. (confidence: high) — Mike reading official leaderboard: 'Joe Roger Sharpe is number one. I'm number two. Matt Scott Lozier number three.'

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## Transcript

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I haven't been to many pinball locations that are like bad because they have pinball. Yeah, and pinball is fun. Even if something to be desired. Yeah, even if like a pinball machine is like totally out of whack, like maybe one of the upper flippers doesn't work or I don't know, it's some broken targets. It's still kind of fun to play anyways. Yeah. Except for that one place that we went to when you had a rock show and there weren't Crapman, Black Water, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, Twippies Awards, transliteelectronic This week in the Facebook group, our friend Kat did a post that she was playing somewhere and she was a little upset about the setup of the games. And I think it got fixed pretty quickly. Because you know what, when the number one PRP player in the world has a beef, people react. The most what's the top for going in order? I mean games pinball machines that have all the working pieces. Right, like the pinball machines for a pinball location are the main attraction, right? So they have to work. And it's a bonus if they're clean. It is a lot more fun to play a clean game. So working games, clean games. So if If you have a location or if you have games on route at locations, it's worth it to go and like clean your playfield once in a while. It's just way more fun if the playfield is nice and clean and shiny. Yeah, and the game's level. And the level games is I think a big, big one. Mm-hmm. Like if we're talking to make the best pinball location, your games need to mostly all work. Be level. Be level, be clean. Hithere 갑자기man sprints Internetsastianis WednesanteII � territorialotine The game's are the most important thing regardless of anything else you have going on. Anything else about the atmosphere, the environment, games, number one. What would be number two? Well, I would want the, like the vibe in the place to be cool and fun. Mm-hmm. What makes for a vibe? I mean, you and I both have like an issue with lighting. Yeah. 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So our games are and then it's just the leagues and the tournaments are they're getting heavy play. And stuff breaks all the time. Thank heaven for Jeff. Yeah. Like stuff breaks all the time. Like we had our last league was the very first league where all all the machines were up and running for the league. Including close encounters. Including close encounters. I love that game. It's fun. So it is a huge challenge because some of the places I'm thinking about that have like the worst games like they're open every day. Gennady Koniamani, Gennadysteniat Dun mole B nation, rise The first two, the first two are kind of like the first two of them are modern, like newer Sterns which don't break nearly as much because they're not 30 years old or 40 years old. Some of them are 40. But I mean, it's just huge because if like a known location where most of the games are broken and when you ask somebody like, like a normie, when you tell them like you're into pinball and they say, Oh, have you been to this place? Some of the This week in Pinball, Johnny Pneumonic, Black Water, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, Twippies Awards, transliteelectronic This week in Pinball, Johnny Pneumonicındakiperfectionist John Papadiuk, Black Water, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, Twippies Awards, translitenarratorarwork panel in backbox that is backlit during playinsula I see why people say like, oh, Bond like started as a turd and now it's great and it's all the code. Yeah. And I think MXV worked heavily on that. So good job on that, Mike. Very good job, friend. That first iteration, like the point whatever that was, was woo, not so good. No, I know. Playing at Joe and Shelley's for league this week, I was on Bond, I guess last This week for the ladies, I forgot how much I really like that game. And their bond just shoots so great. Yeah, it's a good game. It's a good game. Maybe we'll have one one again eventually. That'd be nice. It's a good one. Mm hmm. It's a good one. 25 minutes. But yeah, I think we've I think we've mostly covered games, lighting, atmosphere. Like the vibe, the vibe. And of course, the people. The people make it. The people make it. Always. Because if you have mid games, right? But good people. In a mid vibe and like great people, then it's going to be fun. It's going to be awesome. You'll just make do with the games as they are. Even if they're not level. No, you'll just have fun. If they're set up like real floaty and crappy and like. We're just being nitpicky. Well, we're just trying to say like what makes a great location, right? Yeah. 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They've got like a ton of arcade games and a ton of pinball machines and their pinball machines are in pretty good, like they're maintained very well. I think they do tournaments and stuff. So I like that place a lot. I've played a couple other places around Milwaukee, but like that's the place I like to go to. They have an awesome selection and it's one of those pay 20 bucks play all day kind of deals. This week in Pinball, Johnny Pneumonic, Black Water, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, Twippies Awards, translite Dervik Fox Constanturufrequests.com.upDP For kinds of Purp kant 새� направ inhal'n la innocently dalingau Isn't that cool love of is on the D sent rant Phil Giles, Titane Boyd, Sneak. backpackingugr provocation Fr canviperc氣стo Nate the risk дети I'll just talk while you find the name of the place in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. I think it was Eau Claire. It's wherever Menards is based. Where's Menards based? One of my favorite locations, I've talked about Next Level out in Oregon before. I think most people into pinball have heard of that. Like 300 some pinball machines, almost all of them work. They're great. I think one of the kind of coolest places I've, it was I think Roxy's in in or near Boston and I've talked about them on the channel where they had a fantastic fried chicken sandwich mm-hmm up front and then I went back into into the back to play the pinball they probably had the best shooting the most dialed in like uncanny X-Men I've ever played like every shot on the game worked as it was intended fe实 weekendspediment, R irrons komma innnneed %YTOY Rama bZ frequencieszee 3, fatso5FPPQ It's a game that's on the level with Pinball and Perry where everything is set up. Most of the games are really dialed in to find if you're going to get nitpicky about how a game shootss and how each shot reacts and it all does what it's supposed to do. Mm-hmm. So, Roxy's and Pinball and Perry are probably a couple of my top two. 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I'm number two Scott Lozier number three Kevin Johnson Kat Davis Shelley CJ Chris O'Brien Greg Halperin and then Stephanie Wow Wearadors No no no no The biggest scene is Madison with 150 players And oh wait I still in Central Illinois Central Illinois has 150 players. Madison has more. Madison has 161. Keith Waz is the number one player out there. Congratulations Keith. But yeah, you can go, if you've played any of our tournaments, You click the drop down for the scenes and it should be pretty apparent like where you which one would apply to you because they're the names of either a city or a general region like for like Chicago's we had to Chicago land mm-hmm it's a huge area central Illinois is a huge area it's like Bloomington Champaign Peoria soon to be Springfield Galesburg Galesburg so we're trying to have regions Crapman, Decipher, Jerry Pneumonic, Franchi voluntefranchise, so that there are enough players to make it make sense to have a leaderboard there. Knapparcade, BASICRednerwechselfranchise, and like, I don't know, in central Illinois I feel like we kind of travel a little bit to do stuff. Like not everybody goes to all of the locations, but people kind of travel between those cities a little bit. Yeah, there's a pretty big group that goes between Peoria and Bloomington. And Galesburg. And Galesburg. And then there's a little group. Crapman, Black Water, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, Twippies Awards, translite Subtitles by the Amara.org community Tantan, Evie, Trevor, Luke, but yeah we're all one scene. I know it's hard to go from Champagne to Peoria or Peoria to Champagne. That's a big bit of a big ask. That's why Bloomington is good right in the middle of all of it. Except for Galesburg. Except for Galesburg as far. We go there very sparingly and we don't get a lot of them here. 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Probably jamming on Houdini. They're probably thankful that we took the garbage out. Yeah, the garbage was stinky. Mm hmm. We don't drink so I forget that like when there's a bunch of beer cans and garbage it smells bad yeah well cuz we don't deal with that at the house mm-hmm so yeah it's clean now for those of you who care yes fresh fresh scents everything's wiped down but I gotta say doing the payout the one match of the bottom four players to win something I think the four of us had The end of the week was a fun time in that match. Who else was in it? It was me and Kat and Aubrey and her father Scott. This was his first tournament? It was his first tournament ever. That's cool. I think he had about as many wins as I did. Well, he did good then. It was like my 101st tournament. But yeah, I was having a bad day, but I think we had an enjoyable match. I think it was a nice way for the people that got our asses kicked all for two and a half hours to play each other and have a fun one last fun match. Like I think we should do that. Moving Moving forward. With regularity. Yeah. Yeah. All right, let's do it. All right. I hope to not participate in that match very often. But I think it's cool that like I did feel better going home after winning that we're like I did something. Well, congratulations. Congratulations to you. Yeah. So this week we've got Joe and Shelley's league on Monday. Champagne league on Tuesday. Yep. Our league on Thursday. Yep. First Friday on Friday. Oh boy. Then on Saturday. We have nothing. Okay. Sunday. We have the second Sunday at poor bros. Really? Yeah. So we've got five. And I'm out of town. I won't be back till Friday. So I've got four without you. I'll try to make all of those. You have to get to champagne. I just worry about the dog. We just talked about this. He's gonna be sad. 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