# No Good Gofers (For Real: Williams 1997)

**Source:** Mystery Pinball Theater 3000  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2021-07-08  
**Duration:** 74m 7s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggiJj6ChSS4

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## Analysis

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 streams a gameplay session of No Good Gophers (Williams 1997) after returning from vacation. The host discusses V-Pin rebuild plans, announces upcoming charity stream with Joe Hills, and reveals a special host for a planned Total Nuclear Annihilation VPN vs. physical pin duel. Community engagement centers on Pat Lawlor game design, Batman 66 V-Pin release, and pinball streaming culture.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Batman 66 V-Pin was launched while the streamer was on vacation due to DeFishbowl's decision to push for Independence Day weekend release — _Direct statement by host during gameplay: 'DeFishbowl felt very strongly that people should get to play it over the New Year. Not New Year's. Independence Day weekend.'_
- [MEDIUM] No Good Gophers is the last Pat Lawlor design before Harry Williams went under — _Host statement: 'this in fact this is the last Pat Lawlor design before Harry Williams went under before Harry Williams killed the pinball division this was the last Pat Lawlor design of that era'_
- [HIGH] The host is rebuilding their V-Pin with RTX 2080 Ti GPU, Windows 10 fresh install, and using Nailbuster's Baller installer — _Direct statement during stream setup discussion: 'I need to get rid of this. The reason the V-pin is down is because I am backing it up, formatting it out completely, Fresh install of Windows 10 and baller installing it.'_
- [HIGH] A planned duel between the host and Don't Panic Flip on Total Nuclear Annihilation will feature VPN vs physical pin with a special host — _Host announcement: 'we have a duel hopefully that's going to happen between myself and Don't Panic Flip on Total Nuclear Annihilation I will be playing the VPN. He will be playing the physical pin. And we've done this before... We're hoping to have a special host.'_
- [HIGH] A Child's Play charity stream is scheduled for Saturday the 10th with Joe Hills featuring Dungeons & Dragons gameplay — _Host statement: 'i'm doing a child's play charity stream with joe hills this saturday the 10th it is a dnd campaign'_
- [HIGH] Manu (the host) broke his Scorbitron by damaging a USB port when unplugging a light board cable from No Good Gophers — _Host statement: 'if you own the slightly older version of the Scorbitron that has the USBs sticking out like this from the board, be very careful... the cable took one of the usbs off with it so i panicked and i called jay'_
- [HIGH] The host's Batman 66 cabinet back glass was personally scanned from the streamer's physical Batman 66 using a light board and Canon camera — _Host statement: 'that back glass was scanned by me from my batman 66 that i had here using a light board and everything that back glass is a full 4k scan or whatever case scan with my canon 70d'_
- [HIGH] Mystery Science Theater 3000 official account appeared in stream chat, gifted subs, and rescinded a DMCA strike previously issued — _Host recollection: 'Mystery Science Theater was here... The actual Mystery Science Theater was... was here... they had nothing to say here's what they had to say they believe it or not hearts in the chat loving what you're doing and gifted subs to people and rescinded the DMCA strike against me.'_

### Notable Quotes

> "Don't take a vacation. Or how about this? Don't do content creation for like a year and a half straight and then take one vacation. Because, wow."
> — **Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 (Manu)**, Early in stream
> _Reflects streamer burnout and challenges of content creation, resonates with community about unsustainable production schedules_

> "this in fact this is the last Pat Lawlor design before Harry Williams went under before Harry Williams killed the pinball division this was the last Pat Lawlor design of that era"
> — **Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 (Manu)**, Mid-gameplay
> _Historical context about pinball industry decline and designer legacy; signals No Good Gophers' significance in industry history_

> "I shocked at how well it came out i'm the first person to be like holy smokes"
> — **Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 (Manu)**, Batman 66 discussion
> _Positive sentiment toward Batman 66 V-Pin quality, indicating successful launch despite being 1.0 release_

> "Some pinball streamers get really excited when Matt Scott Danesi shows up... What do I get freaked out about? Mystery fucking science theater 3K showing up."
> — **Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 (Manu)**, Late-stream conversation
> _Reveals personal reverence for MST3K cultural legacy; demonstrates community hierarchy of celebrity interactions_

> "This pinball machine will have you questioning your sanity level"
> — **Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 (Manu)**, Mid-gameplay
> _Captures emotional experience of playing No Good Gophers; reflects game's difficulty and engagement level_

> "F these gophers. First of all."
> — **Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 (Manu)**, Early gameplay
> _Indicates frustration with game mechanics; became recurring refrain during stream, showing engagement and emotional investment_

> "I love Pat Lawlor games. That's all I gotta say. I love Pat Lawlor games. Sue me."
> — **Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 (Manu)**, Late gameplay
> _Strong endorsement of designer's work; personal design philosophy preference statement_

> "I figured out a way I could put a 4K screen in my cabinet. I figured out a way. I'm just going to have black borders. but I'll fill those black borders maybe with some addressable LEDs."
> — **Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 (Manu)**, V-Pin rebuild discussion
> _Technical innovation discussion for V-Pin customization; shows problem-solving approach to hardware limitations_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 | person | Primary content creator, Twitch streamer, pinball enthusiast and collector, rebuilding V-Pin hardware, hosts pinball content streams |
| DeFishbowl | person | Batman 66 release decision-maker, pushed for Independence Day weekend launch timing for V-Pin release |
| Nailbuster | person | Technical expert referenced for V-Pin setup; recommended Baller installer for clean Windows 10 installation; had Whirlwind for 10 years |
| Joe Hills | person | Minecraft player collaborating with MPT3K on Child's Play charity stream DnD campaign Saturday the 10th |
| Pat Lawlor | person | Legendary pinball designer; designed No Good Gophers (last design before Harry Williams shut down pinball division); host expresses strong affinity for his games |
| Don't Panic Flip | person | Pinball player scheduled to compete against MPT3K in Total Nuclear Annihilation duel (physical pin vs VPN) |
| Jared Gage | person | Referenced in connection with Batman 66 V-Pin development; gifting tier one subs to community |
| Hawkeyes | person | Collaborator on secret project involving Gophers with Flipstream; recommended V-Pin rebuild approach to MPT3K |
| Flipstream | person | Software/code developer; collaborating on Gophers project with Hawkeyes and Scorebit; working on board extensions and game modes |
| Brian O'Neill | person | Community member; introduced host to Pinball Summer film; may own Tilt pinball machine; active in chat during streams |
| Surreal | person | Community member; present during MST3K charity episode; chat participant; familiar with game references and lore |
| No Good Gophers | game | Williams 1997 golf-themed pinball machine; rented for stream; designed by Pat Lawlor; last design before Williams closure; features multiball, hole-in-one modes, Bud and Buzz characters |
| Batman 66 | game | V-Pin release launched during host's vacation; version 1.0 currently available; full DMD/3-screen capable; back glass hand-scanned at 4K resolution by host; positive community reception despite early version status |
| Total Nuclear Annihilation | game | Pinball machine subject of planned duel stream between VPN and physical pin versions with special host |
| Radiant Silverball | game | Reference origin story: Named after Sega Saturn shmup Radiant Silvergun; host confirmed embodies MST3K mantra in naming choice |
| The Simpsons Pinball Party | game | Available as V-Pin through VP Universe; host recommends quality; playable with proper sound card setup |
| Pinball Summer | product | 1970s film featuring Brooke Shields; scheduled for Mystery Pinball Theater riffing segment on upcoming Friday; Brian O'Neill introducing to host for comedic commentary |
| Scorebit | product | Pinball scoring/tracking application; world champion on Gophers is boz with 27 million; central to collaborative project with Flipstream and Hawkeyes |
| Harry Williams | company | Historic pinball manufacturer; shut down pinball division after No Good Gophers (last Pat Lawlor design) |
| Child's Play | organization | Charity organization; hosting DnD stream with Joe Hills on Saturday the 10th |
| Mystery Science Theater 3000 | organization | Official account appeared in MPT3K stream chat; gifted subs to community; rescinded prior DMCA strike against host; left positive messages |
| Baller Installer | product | V-Pin installation tool; recommended by Nailbuster; enables clean Windows 10 setup for pinball simulation machines |
| Scorbitron | product | Pinball scoring device; host's older model has USB ports vulnerable to cable damage; Manu damaged his by dislodging cable; planning swap to mounted board version |

### Topics

- **Primary:** V-Pin Hardware Rebuild and Setup, No Good Gophers Gameplay and Mechanics
- **Secondary:** Batman 66 V-Pin Launch and Reception, Pat Lawlor Game Design Philosophy, Pinball Streaming and Content Creation Challenges, Total Nuclear Annihilation Tournament Duel Planning, Pinball Community Culture and Interpersonal Connections
- **Mentioned:** Scorebit Development and Collaboration

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.72) — Host expresses genuine enthusiasm for returning to streaming and playing No Good Gophers despite initial vacation readjustment. Positive about Batman 66 quality and future projects. Frustration with gopher mechanics becomes endearing part of engagement rather than negative. MST3K appearance generates excitement and nostalgia. Some operational complaints about Scorbitron damage but resolved positively through community support.

### Signals

- **[content_signal]** Content creator returning from extended vacation, documenting return to streaming schedule and audience reengagement (confidence: high) — Host opens with extended reflection on vacation fatigue and return to content creation demands; discusses stream setup complexity
- **[technology_signal]** V-Pin arcade cabinet receiving significant hardware refresh with new GPU, clean OS installation, and updated software stack (confidence: high) — Detailed discussion of RTX 2080 Ti upgrade, Windows 10 fresh install, Baller installer implementation, and expected completion timeline
- **[product_concern]** Scorbitron device reveals design vulnerability with exposed USB ports susceptible to cable damage (confidence: high) — Host damaged Scorbitron by dislodging USB during cable disconnection; provided public service announcement about design flaw; planning swap to mounted board version
- **[code_update]** Batman 66 V-Pin launched at version 1.0 during independence day weekend with known issues acknowledged (confidence: high) — Host states: 'there are issues with 1.0, but that's a 1.0' and indicates updates being collected to minimize version number proliferation
- **[community_signal]** Official Mystery Science Theater 3000 account made surprise appearance in streamer's chat, gifted subs, and reversed prior DMCA strike (confidence: high) — Host recounts detailed interaction with MST3K account; community members confirmed presence; emotional reaction from host indicates significance
- **[event_signal]** Upcoming Child's Play charity stream collaboration with Joe Hills featuring Dungeons & Dragons campaign (confidence: high) — Host announces Saturday the 10th date; explicit mention of Child's Play charity and Joe Hills participation
- **[competitive_signal]** Planned VPN vs physical pin exhibition match on Total Nuclear Annihilation with mystery special host to be revealed (confidence: medium) — Host discusses previously successful TNA duel against Don't Panic Flip; hints at special host role with cryptic references
- **[gameplay_signal]** No Good Gophers demonstrated as moderately challenging Williams machine with strong engagement mechanics and emotional response triggers (confidence: high) — Host repeatedly expresses frustration and enjoyment; describes multiball mechanics, hole-in-one objectives, and face-hitting animations as core engagement loops
- **[design_philosophy]** Strong thematic endorsement of Pat Lawlor's design approach as exemplified in No Good Gophers (confidence: medium) — Host states: 'I love Pat Lawlor games. That's all I gotta say. I love Pat Lawlor games. Sue me.'
- **[historical_signal]** No Good Gophers positioned as final significant design before Harry Williams pinball division shutdown (confidence: medium) — Host characterizes game as 'the last Pat Lawlor design before Harry Williams went under before Harry Williams killed the pinball division'
- **[product_strategy]** V-Pin operator exploring creative solutions for screen resolution mismatches using addressable LEDs for aesthetics (confidence: medium) — Host discusses plan to use black borders filled with addressable LEDs to accommodate 4K screen in cabinet
- **[content_signal]** Established segment of Mystery Pinball Theater where classic films are screened and live-commented by host and community (confidence: medium) — Host references Pinball Summer film scheduled for Friday riffing session; Brian O'Neill introduced film; mentions avoiding content loss for Twitch affiliate status

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## Transcript

 I guess it's all working. I don't know. I don't remember how this works. Hello, MPT3K. Back from vacay. Oh, good lord. Being a content creator means you need to create content. Even if you go on vacation. Hi, Lynn. Hey. It's good to be seen by you. I'm back. Really? I was like... I came back and I was like, oh yeah, that's right, I do Twitch. I do Twitch, so that means I need to be doing Twitch. Holy smokes. Don't take a vacation. Or how about this? Don't do content creation for like a year and a half straight and then take one vacation. Because, wow. What's up, Flaming? I'm really happy to be back. Although, I'll tell you guys right now, the setup for this show is always murderous. once i go live i'm okay all right so i got a lot of stuff happening a lot of new things happening i don't so no v-pin tonight thank you for the rave i should have something go like this turn that off every time we rave yeah maybe i'll set that oh that would be cool every time you hit a rave it shuts off all the main lights except for that and then we do a rave that would be cool I'm not reading chat. Did I have a good trip? Thank you, Dunder. Did I have a good trip? Very good trip. I'm happy to be in 110 degree Carl Weathers average in Palm. Actually, we didn't stay in Palm Springs. We stayed in Palm Desert. What? That was hot. Yeah, both looking forward to and not forward to getting back into the grind of my own content creation. Yes. Don't take a break, Lynn. Don't take a break. once you take a break, you realize, oh, people actually have lives. And thank you for the rave space monkey. All right, we got, the V-pin is down. Okay, I'll tell you guys right now, the V-pin is down. And that is because, hey, what's up, Vaughn? What's up, Grammy? Too late. We ran out of video. Backlog is part of it. Okay. No, they don't. What are you, finally getting a 4K screen? No, I'm not getting a 4K screen. Why do you got to do that to me, Lynn? No, I don't have a 4K screen. You know what? I figured out a way I could put a 4K screen in my cab. I figured out a way. I'm just going to have black borders. but I'll fill those black borders maybe with some addressable LEDs. I found exactly the right bit. Awesome. No, the reason the V-pin is down... I need to get rid of this. The reason the V-pin is down... Come on, come on, come on. The reason the V-pin is down is because I am backing it up, formatting it out completely, Fresh install of Windows 10 and baller installing it. I'm running the baller installer. So because I'm pretty sure Nail Buster is a better person at setting up VPN stuff than I am. So I'm going to go for it. I asked Hawkeyes. I said, do you think that's a good idea? He's like, yeah, go for it. It's great. So I'm going to do baller installer and start fresh. Oh, and the reason I'm doing all that is because I have an old RTX 2080 Ti, which was fast back in the day. That's actually still a really fast graphics card. Yeah, clean wipe before baller installer. Yeah, it's going to have fresh Windows 10 or whatever, the latest version of Windows 10. Clean, clean, clean install. I have a 1080 Ti. I have a 6600K Intel processor. basically I'm building a new v-pin so and thanks to Nailbuster the installation is going to be a breeze and we'll see how long it takes hopefully I'm back up and running with v-pin by next week or the week after because I have a couple of things announcements we have a duel hopefully that's going to happen between myself and Don't Panic Flip on Total Nuclear Annihilation I will be playing the VPN. He will be playing the physical pin. And we've done this before. We just like a year and a half ago. We're hoping to have a special host. A special host to the TNA battle VPN versus VPN versus physical. A special host. Anybody know who that special host could be? I don't know. I got Windows 10 on Radiant Silver Ball over a week ago from Windows 7 just an upgrade, no clean install okay, yeah I guess that works I mean basically if you're upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 7 I doubt if there's any remnants of Windows 7 left after Windows 10 gets a hold of it because it's a big upgrade so as you guys see I have the No Good Gophers here and special host Cassandra Peterson Cassandra Cassandra Peterson you mean it's not what's up Technologic no I wish no it's someone who is very significant to the making of Total Nuclear Annihilation if I didn't just give it away we're trying to get them to host it and to give us the challenges I want to get that done before I sold the SSF or the parts today SSF huh cool I should try SSF um so anyway that will be happening maybe in three weeks um lol scott well maybe i think von just got it so we'll see um also i'm doing a child's play charity stream with joe hills this saturday the 10th it is a dnd campaign i am part of it i don't know why he wants me part of it but i'm terrible at dnd but it's for child's play and if you go follow joe hills or or jump on joe hills's channel j-o-e-h-i-l-l-s he's a they're a minecraft player and uh on the 10th of june we will be playing dungeons and dragons and i will be terrible at it um buzz and bud f those gophers oh hell yes f these gophers frisco hell yes f these gophers woo i want to f these gophers right now oh oh that okay um uh four exciters a multi-pack of amp boards anticipating more hey lynn can i just add that to my cab i have plenty of space inside my cab can i just add that junk add it on in all right let's play a little gophers um originally i had planned some some fun stuff for you guys i got us i got this you know i got the scorbatron in here um your tilt bobber's off center yeah it really is no it really is i have to fix that thank you um don't clip that thank you uh on location pinball pod um no offense none taken uh let's see Devin Kratis don't have to be good at playing just have fun what is happening Jared Gage great work on Batman 66 Jared believe it or not I have not even flipped the release version of Batman 66 I have not flipped the release version of Batman I will say it again I have not flipped the release version of Batman 66 I've been on vacation and And we decided to launch while I was on vacation. So I had a chat with DeFishbowl when I was lounging. And I was like, you want to push it? He's like, yeah, I'm going to push it. Because DeFishbowl felt very strongly that people should get to play it over the New Year. Not New Year's. Independence Day weekend. Very strongly. He was like, let's just push this thing out there. Let's get it going. So there are issues with 1.0, but that's a 1.0. and uh i just want you guys to know to take a look and uh be on be on the lookout for uh the next version and we're going to try and keep the number of versions down to a minimum so that's why we're collecting up a lot of data and stuff but i'm really happy people are having fun with batman 66 i see people streaming it um and uh yeah it's look i'm shocked at how well it came out i'm the first person to be like holy smokes um let's see i don't see why not the Biggest issue is does your incoming VPN core have a sound setup that supports 7.1? No, it doesn't. I don't think it has 7.1 on my system. Is there a way to get TSPP VPN? Is there a way to get TSPP the Simpsons pinball party? What's up, Captain 12? Captain 12! The Simpsons pinball party? You talking about Duffman? ice key do what's up bud yeah i'm pretty rested i'm pretty rested i'm yelling into a microphone so there's one thing i have i feel good i actually wanted to stream yesterday i kept myself some streaming i'm like no i'm gonna stream on my schedule just give yourself a break bro um since it's been part yeah there's a simpsons pinball party v pin yeah it's a really good one too it's an excellent one yeah check uh vp universe and you can find it it's it's it's terrific um can't find it oh uh i can find it for you if you whisper me just whisper me i'll find you a link but it's not hard to find yeah head to vp universe and grab it yeah uh rob c3d sound card with 7.1 works great yeah you know what i might just go get one of those cheap ass like what do you call sound blaster sound blaster i'm holding this in my hand because this is this is my scorebit app okay and uh uh oh shoot what did i just do okay good um this is my score my scorebit app and currently the world champion on scorebit at least is where are my scores the world champion on scorebit is boz with 27 million which is a really low score actually for gophers but i suck at it so mine is 20 his is 27 mine is 24 so i'm gonna go for a 27 um this is a fun game ice key dude this is a fun game and i've had issue with my vantex 71 oh i won't use that then i i if balls were meant to fly they have wings i am surprised at how fun this is to flip now i flipped it in virtual tons of times i am surprised how fun this is to flip there's stuff to do on this table and it's challenging and it's got that i'll do one more game kind of thing uh pat lawler design okay this is a pat lawler game this in fact this is the last pat lawler design before williams went under before williams killed the pinball division this was the last pat lawler design of that era um the the the the slam ramp is amazing uh the possibility of hitting a hole hole in one is fair it's it's it's tricky but it's very fair uh it took me like two weeks to level this game because if it's not leveled properly it's gonna be a bad time so um i'm happy to show you guys all the neat stuff let's see if we can hold the one hold on hold on nope okay let's drive again Nope. Okay. So, so, uh, I can putt out right now, but if I smack Buzz in the face, I reduce one stroke. No! Ugh! Ugh! Is that surreal? Ugh! I putt it out. Was that surreal? Bop, boop What's up, Surreal Baby? Alright, let's drive So one of the games I'm actually playing Bang right in the face, you son of a gun One of the games I'm actually playing is Boom! One of the games I'm playing Is to try and Finish a freaking game of golf I got to Hole in one Wizard mode Twice That's finishing nine holes of golf Let me see what I missed Surreal said what's up Uh, Lynn said, by the way, Batman 66 added to the validation for my decision to go post DMD slash full DMD with Radiant Silver Ball. There's some sexy cabs out there, Lynn, that have the full screen with the back glass. By the way, if you're running the three-screen full DMD of Batman, 66 and you have the full back glass that back glass was scanned by me from my batman 66 that i had here using a light board and everything that back glass is a full 4k scan or whatever case scan with my canon 70d i know my 5d mark 3 so that back glass scan is primo um Let's see. Have you graduated from Imperial Stormtroopers? Nope. How was vacation? Vacation was delicious. Lynn says, oh no, he doesn't remember everyone's sound cues. I kind of remember them. I have an ask of you, Manu. Okay, what is your ask, Suriel? If you can say it in front of people, you can say it. If not, talk to me later. Work in progress. Have some time on Mando Saturday. I'm not the worst shooter in the party. I'm streaming Mando on Thursday I've already put the secret sauce In the machine so we'll be streaming that on Thursday Um Touchdown event greetings Yeah we're full screen cut nice Nail buster by the way I'm wearing my MBT 3K shirt Yes Because the laundry is getting thin I'll take it I'll take it I'll take it I'll take it What's up Snake? Thank you for the sub Solid Snake for 5 months in a row you are a legend. Boy I haven't said that in a week. It feels like I haven't said that in a month. What the frack was that? So here's what you wanna do. You wanna... Ok I gotta hit drive. Ah sucky. Oh, that's cool when it does that. I would like you to print something in chat when the theater starts and stops. And we have a hype train going! Oh my god. I would like you to print something in chat when the theater starts and stops. I want to write you a stat spot. You can do whatever you want with my bot. I made myself a shirt. Green glitter. It says, you had me at pinball. Oh, that's awesome. Dunder, thank you for the tier one sub for eight months. You're a legend. Always a blast watching your channel. Thanks for the good time. Thank you for the welcome back, Dunder. That's really sweet. I, uh... I enjoy this I don enjoy setting up for this but I enjoy this Elite Sandman Uh Elite Sandman also thank you for the Tier 1 Was that a gift? Yeah, we got a hype train going. Oh my god! Ice-ki-doo! With the Prime Gaming sub. And that... That's a big deal. If you throw your Prime at somebody... That's some serious stuff. Seriously, right? I don't, my prime is like, I hold my prime so hard. Alright, hauling one. Oh, I got robbed. Did you guys see that? Did you guys see me get robbed? Did you guys see that guy hold me up? One of those freaking gophers. Alright. You can do this all day. All day. All day. Oh, crap. Well, all day, if all day means like five seconds. Fliptronic! Fliptronic! Fliptronic, what's happening? As you can see, I'm not playing V-Pin because my V-Pin is down. Wait, I need to drive. I need to drive. Oh, no! I just want to drain out that side, don't I? Mr. Scoo! Mr. Scoo! Oh my god, thank you for that hype train that just started, guys. Brian O'Neil, what is happening, my man? Alright, so Footronic Radio with a party of 22. Penn Stadium? Penn Stadium, what's up? um thank you for the bitties pin stadium it's good to see you it's good to be seen by you bam terrible score but we're gonna do this let's see what did i miss what i missed hello we rented a no wait we rented a no good gophers yes we did flip tronic we rented a no good gophers we did um jared thank you for gifting tier ones to the community you are a legend enjoy those emotes jared you're awesome jared gage um no we did flip tronic we did not me we rented the pinball theater rented a no good gophers and it's in excellent shape brian o'neill thank you for the bitties. We're at level two hype train. Alright, here we go. Scorbid! Brian! Brian, did Jay tell you? Did Jay tell you that Manu broke his Scorbitron? Oh my god. Uh, Ice Kido, are you ordering both pins tomorrow or just one? Oh, okay, that's a thing. How much of your office is currently covered with your disemboweled... Oh, not much. I didn't disembowel it yet. Becca, this is real. Hi, Becca. I miss you. I miss Fliptronic, too. But I miss Becca just like this much more. Mr. Scoot, I missed you. Manu has been reading my diary, apparently. Renting a Gophers. You don't have to flatter me like this. Penn Stadium, it's good to be seen by you, man. I haven't seen you in a while. Let's see. Halloween. I haven't seen the Halloween reveal yet. Because I've been in 116 degree Carl Weathers in Palm Desert. Brian, you heard? Yeah, so here's the thing. If you own, just a public service announcement, if you own the slightly older version of the Scorbitron that has the USBs sticking out like this from the board, be very careful. that's all i'm saying this no good fracking gophers has a light board in it in the back that sticks out this far anyway long story short uh the cable took one of the usbs off with it so i panicked and i called jay what's up the fishbowl uh the resort was awesome thank you hot dog it was really good how was palm springs palm springs was great but we stayed in palm desert which is right next to palm springs uh both of them are hot joshua tree is awesome joshua tree park is freaking awesome so if you ever get to go to palm springs go to joshua tree park we spent the whole day there um anyway let's see portland was like 118 wow i'm trying to holy smoke that yeah so the new ones brian i panicked and i called jay and he went he went literally what'd you do break a usb and i said yeah here it is and he's like all right no problem no problem um so i think i'm gonna i'm gonna do a swap and get one with the mounted mounted boards um the fishbowl nice tent nice tan oh you shut up thank you for the hype train you guys you guys are awesome holy smokes let me see if i can get a couple of get a couple of hole-in-ones here and if i do a pretty good game i'm going to text jay to capture more footage from this game because jay is in the process of slowly putting modes and stuff in this game brian i don't have any more questions because flipstream updated the leon board um the early onboard extension so now i get player scores player numbers scores and game modes so thank you for that somebody ordered a rave there you go okay um if you need anyone to fully test durability of a product send it to mpt3k oh oh uh uh pin stadium here's the deal um i'm gonna be hitting you up soon for a new set of pin stadiums that's all i'm saying let's just say that that'll happen pretty soon um the fishbowl you have gained validity into my three screen fully set up hole in one choo choo okay i'm way behind let's play some pinball let's play Wow that rushed out of there quick I'm going to play this like Bowen That's not like Bowen Six strokes Fliptronic can beat me in VR Golf but I think I can beat Fliptronic in No Good Gophers it's really hard to it's really hard to live catch on this with these Williams Clippers how's everybody doing haven't you InfernoSquid says Haven't seen a physical one of these in a while. And how would the two of you fare playing Golden Tee? I don't know. I suck at Golden Tee. This game is so much fun. It makes me so angry. I went from one game that insults you to another. So these gophers, right? F these gophers. First of all. Deadpool had the nice insults too I'm enjoying my Michael Bublé drink I have golden tea in my room If you come up we should play I'm definitely coming up Oh boy here we go You're the best at BT3K Maybe in the future I can play pinball with you You're the best guy in the world What are you testing how many characters will fit in the how many characters will fit in the achievement but thank you Keaton used to have one of my grand grandparents basement don't know why it was sold played a bunch of Netflix 3 this game is fun this game is fun I love a game that I can get frustrated at boom right in the face oh no It's a travesty. Thank you for the sub. Tier 1 sub. Legend. Wait for it. Drink your dairy. I don't care about this. Let's keep going. Alright. So if you're playing this on FX3, there's two things that you can kind of go for. You can go for finishing nine holes of golf to get to the wizard mode, which is hole in one something or other. Oh boy, here we go again. It's you! Okay. Thank you for the virtual hug, Keaton. Or, you can go for multiball and tons of points. Okay? Let me see if I can show you guys how multiball and tons of points works. First thing you want to do is you want to raise the gopher. Gopher. First thing you want to do is you want to raise the gopher. Alright, here he is. And you want to smack him in the face. Every time Brian O'Neil comes to my chat, I suck at pinball. And then when Brian leaves, I'm like the greatest player ever. No pressure. I'm playing right through that from now on. You guys can't stop me. That one screen goes away, but I'm going to keep playing. First thing you want to do is use that ball save. You ever seen a grown man naked? I was surprised the achievement on FX3 was a jackpot in multiball. not finish nine holes. That should be... So, Squid, that should be actually an achievement because it does get tricky. What's up, G-Star? It does get tricky to get that, um, multiball. Okay Aw don't do that to me Twice I'm gonna take a minute Alright I'm just gonna take a minute I'm gonna take a minute I'm too excited to play I'm just gonna take a moment I got the multiball on the Ghostbusters pinball machine and got multiball on the big ramp it's kind of hard but I make it easy thank you Lynn glad my mac was oh you got your mac was working alright I got this okay let's make sure okay let's make sure that our app is ready right app is ready I am back I am back shut up bud alright app is ready tap the screen to be me Stop it! This is real! This is real! This is a real game. I'm not playing on the V-Pin tonight because the V-Pin is being... It's under construction. I'm rebuilding the crap out of it. So, putting new graphics card. All kinds of new neat stuff. I love Pat Lawler games. That's all I gotta say. I love Pat Lawler games. Sue me. That was a dumb flip. That was a terrible flip. By the way, you guys, you see this? You get awarded this either from the mystery over here, from the slings over here, or if you shoot the putt out, you get awarded whatever that is. So right now, it's a hole-in-one. So if I could putt out without spinning this wheel, I get the next hole for free. That's pretty sweet, right? This game is even more frustrating in virtual mode. If you let it, if you, it let you, it let you get so close it reminds you how far you are. Yes, you'll start talking this for a moment. You know, M-Pay 3, Toasty Dan, Forden style clip of Pep Johnson leaning, leaning in from the edge of the screen after the glass shattered and saying, oops, and then fades back away. That's a good idea, Ice Kadoo. Uh, Nail Buster had a whirlwind for 10 years. Wow. I think, uh, I think Penn Stadium had like a whirlwind and stuff like that. If you guys know, a lot of these guys have played tons of these games and owned these games. The reason I specifically asked for Gophers is because I never got a chance to play it. Damn it. Shut up. Oh, it feels so good when you hit him in the face. And when you hit him in the face, it takes one stroke off of your par or one stroke. It removes one stroke. You don't get stroked. My dad's got an Earthshaker, Whirlwind, and Funhouse. So I... Fisting Hannah. Okay. So what about Rollercoaster Tycoon? That's a good game. I don't... I don't recall ever playing it in real life. But I played the V-Pin. Hello! Two strokes! Speed golf! Here we go. Uh, 2080 Ti is what I'm upgrading to. Oh, did you see how close that was? One more. okay you punch him in the face you lock the ball to be fair the good pinball machines you wind up talking to and swearing at smacking him around until you tilt the game yeah i played the pinball machine of simpsons when i was at chucky cheeses wow is Chuck E Cheese is still around no not a full piece well kind of yeah retro kind of a full pc rebuild so by the way guys okay you smack a gopher you lock a ball you smack well I'll use their names because they're little assholes you smack bud in the face you lock a ball you smack buzz in the face you lock a ball you put out or you hit a hole in one to start multiball once Once multiball is started, the jackpot is that ramp up there, and then the super jackpot is to hit a hole in one. Oh, have we got that down? Good. There will be a test later. That felt good to smack him in the freaking face. up wind. So the thing is you wait for the third ball or you can take it right now. Okay, It's going to give me a do-over. Oh, I had a do-over chance. Funky Town. Oh, you can do a lot in this game and do very little. Let's see. That wasn the best more than one ball mode No it was not It was not It was not This pimpin machine will have you questioning your sanity level I can't start technical issues. My favorite part of this game is Bud says, Here, eat this. And the game throws the ball straight down the middle. I haven't heard that call out yet. Have a good night. Keaton, thank you for joining us. You're still a funny guy and a great scorer for me. Chuck E. Cheese is still in business, huh? Okay. By the way, I had the pleasure of watching Motherfutter drop into fond recollections when I told him about my V-Pen. And he recognized the origin of the name Radiant Silver Ball. Yeah, I don't... I'm not getting the reference. But maybe it's just because I'm lame. Never have I seen it go to the other ramp. hang on I gotta save that replay cuz that was ridiculous I've never seen to go to the other ramp like that Warped! Two holes! Yes! Frack you! Oh! Curse word! Curse word! It's a reference... It references a shmup game on the Sega Saturn called Radiant Silver Gun. Oh, okay. Got it Fliptronic If you're still here Or Becca if you're still here Uh How's the edit to that Not Becca actually Fliptronic How's the edit to that movie going I think I have a movie For Friday actually I think I have a movie for Friday I might save your special edits for the tournament For the Rift Theater tournament What is that you're sending me now? I do not like that Hit the moving light mode Because it just wastes There we go Disregard? Oh, what is that? You want me to disregard something? Now I have to look at it My husband had no problem with the name. It embodies the MST3K mantra. Can you guys believe that Mystery Science Theater 3000 was at my stream? Was it two Fridays ago? Can you guys believe that? The actual Mystery Science Theater was... was here... When we were doing the Rift Theater. Seriously, Brian. MST3K was like, what's up? And I was like, I'm going to jail. I had Joe Hills and Surreal. I had Joe Hills and Surreal with me in chat. Both of them knew. both of them knew that Mystery Science Theater was here and neither one of those mother frackers told me that's not true that's the only reason I found out is because they told me what did they have to say? they had nothing to say here's what they had to say they believe it or not hearts in chat loving what you're doing and gifted subs to people and rescinded the DMCA strike against me. Oh my god, that was the scariest thing ever. Seriously, guys. It's funny, right? Some pinball streamers get really excited when Scott Danesi shows up, or what's his name? Dwight Sullivan shows up, Or, you know, somebody big, George Gomez shows up. What do I get freaked out about? Mystery fucking science theater 3K showing up. I got the vapors in. I was like, hey, I love you guys. Yeah, it sounds like them for sure. like how is anything going to top that in life now i don't know who's in control of that account brian but but uh surreal i think surreal said i don't know who it is but it either it's joel or an intern and they responded with this is neither joel but it's not an intern that's what they said we were mocking um just random stuff it was a right i was a psa it was actually kind of good it was a psa oh a psa and i think an episode of wonder woman an episode of wonder woman yes thank you surreal wonder woman um hollywood star just curious why do you have one of the cameras on the tilt cam. Just cause it's fun. Just cause it's fun. Here. I'll show you. I mean, just because. There's no real reason. The pinnacle of riffing greatness right there. Dang it. It could have been Brink. No, I don't want to tilt it. I'm in the middle of a game. I'll tilt the next game This ball too I don't want to tilt it And I got an extra ball coming Damn it Hey I got a ball save How did I get a ball save So you saw it shake right I really nudged it I don't need to tilt it Um Maybe they were scouring for Scouting for talent writers then I'll give either Fliptronic a call or Surreal a call or Sammy Higgins or Mr. Scoot. Somebody who's a real good writer. What's up, Hawkeyes? There's my man. There's my man. Get in there! Hawkeyes! Hawkeyes, how goes the secret project? you totally missed my comment manu no i didn't it's right here what's better than we're just gathering evidence here for our lawyer yeah i did miss that i actually didn't read that it's moving good just needed my overlord it's good so we've got i'm doing a little thing with the with gophers with hawkeyes and flipstream flipstream actually was up coding last night helping me out um pull some stuff from well here's the thing it's it's flipstream hawkeyes myself and all of scorebit none of it would be able to work without scorebit all right so we're gonna do something so we're gonna do something fun and it's probably something that nail buster will laugh at and go ha i can do that for breakfast Which I would respond That's a weird breakfast bro Oh Damn it If you miss that, if you miss it, you've missed it. Okay, somehow I got jackpot. I got jackpot. Hey. Hey. If anybody knows this game, how did I get the jackpot? I never shot the... Magic? Hey, are we going to be watching a snip? A snippet of some old school show so we can make funny comments about? I love that segment of the stream. That only happens on Friday Hollywood Only Friday, Friday right here I'm looking at a movie Okay so here's what we have on deck Brian O'Neill is going to give me What's it called? Pinball Summer And I will work my very hardest To edit it Without cutting things So it's going to be a lot of match moves Okay I have Brian O'Neill Brian O'Neill is the one who introduced me And my pinball team to Pinball Summer Brian, do you own Tilt also? I think you own Tilt too The Brooke Shields movie, right? I think Brian owns Tilt Also Sometimes I feel like these flippers just Are not making it Oh So close to the hole I love this game! This is one of the first times I was actually like, can I just go and stream right now and play this game a lot? You own tilt? Okay. The jackpot was off the ball save auto-plunge. Oh. That doesn't seem like that's correct. That doesn't seem like that's right. I didn't earn that jackpot. Tilt is pretty cringe. Sorry, Wynn. Song for Pinball Summer gets stuck in your head. Is that the one where she's stranded on a desert island? No, no. Do not edit it. I want the full experience of Pinball Summer Hollywood. There's boobs. There's a few boobs in it. I don't want to lose my Twitch affiliate status. So... So there you go. Shut up. Kill the govers! Those are some pretty good animations Those are some good animations right there Let's see Plunging the jackpot is part of this game Is it really? Okay Is it really Brian? Here, I'm starting to think this. If you want to learn a little bit about a game, go watch a Bowen Currens tutorial. But don't think that's the end all be all. Because holy smokes, there's so many ways to play this game. Holy smokes. Well, shoot. I wish you would watch me play before because I was... Damn it. These scores are terrible Hey Brian When do I have to press Press it to be me Oh if I start a game Within a certain amount of time Does the scorebit app keep it as me As the first player I think that's the case right And if I stop for a long time, it goes back to player one. That's Blue Lagoon. You can do auto-claim. Okay, yeah. I saw auto-claim in the thing, but I don't know. Maybe I'll turn auto-claim on. Because I keep... I should turn auto-claim on. I don't know why I didn't turn auto-claim on. After a careful review by the judges, you legitimately scored a cross-loop jackpot from the upper flipper. Yeah! Yeah! Shoot. You can also shoot under the right ramp to set up the upper... Oh, that's right. The buzz... The buzz ramp. Man, I love playing Twitch. I love playing pinball on Twitch because you guys are so smart. Can you guys help... Can you guys help me play Mandalorian on Thursday? Because that's going to be very, very... So one time I got 7 million points on Papa Gopher. Because they're a million each. Ah, shoot. It's the worst thing. Don't shoot for the gophers. Yes, they're a million points each, but that just friggin' drains. You can do auto-claim. Yeah, I'm just going to do auto-claim. Pinball Pirate! Yarr! Check it in! Ooh, Color DMD sexy. Yes. Man in Woods pro golfer. I always got a lot of help when I stream a game. I don't know. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, this is Color DMD, right? Color DMD basically put DMD extenders out of business. I'm not going to bother putting a DMD extender in it. In fact, it won't fit. I have a Scorbatron in there, and I think I have something else in there. that's all that'll really fit I already broke my score bit so there's that Brian I guess you guys get so many um so many support uh you know you're the ones who are on the side of the support where it's like hey I think I broke this and you're like I bet you did this and you're like yeah we did that And you went, okay, fine. That conversation made no sense, but you know what I'm talking about. These are not stern flippers. Cut out! Cut out! Just don't, yeah, I'm down to my last port. I got one port left. So I definitely learned That Scorbit, they're smart They give you redundancy on the board So if you break one port You still have one port Although the ports are really hard to break On the new boards Because they're mounted differently But if you have the old board You have a do-over You do have a do-over Oh this is cart I'm not paying attention Yeah, I know, I was trying to get points That's a cart Ah, this game is just It's, it's just It's kind of stupid fun Got him Stay in, stay in Drive Ah, crap Putt out, Ben, putt out I don't care, just putt out Drive Okay, lock Okay, here we go Okay, I'm going to do it the stupid way I'm going to go for the skill shot Don't watch that, Brian Don't watch that, close your eyes I'm going to go for the skill shot And then I'm going to start the multiball Ready? Oh, it didn't give it to me It didn't register the freaking I didn't do it hard enough. Got it. Oh almost got it It went right past me Oh look at me Look at me waiting That sucked It just I saw it happening and I was like Why are you holding the flipper up Do I want to claim that score? No Oh, crap. Let the balls drain and let the plunge... Okay. Okay, Brian, we're doing that right now. We're doing that. We're doing that. We're going to let the balls drain. We're going to let the balls drain. We're going to let's see what happens. This is the part I like best. Big points. It's not big points. Oh! Two million is actually pretty big points. I thought they were being sarcastic. Ugh. Damn it. Alright. Raise gopher. And hole in one. Nope. I'm always going to take that chance. damn it this game is so heavy too i heard you guys talking brian about the heavy games you and mother fudder were talking about heavy games and that uh doctor who is one of the heaviest williams games is it williams or bally this is pretty heavy too i mean this is uh this is not moving this game does not want to move You gotta be kidding me with that Oh, shit Paragon You did pick up the Paragon What condition is it in? Is it pretty good condition? Paragon is like Paragon is like two stern pinball machines Side by side Raise the gopher Nope nope nope Sorry cut out free throw oh here's rip off is this rip off you want to hit it a couple more times though to get an add a ball I want to add a ball actually Not hard enough Got it Right at the end Got that friggin sucker right at the end And let's just go up ramps now Let's go up some ramps That literally gave me all three chances Oh shit. It's so much fun to just... Rack me! It's so much fun to just flip though. I know I'm not flipping with any kind of whatever. But it's fun. Playfield has minimal way around the inserts. It's back glass is amazing. Cabinet fade. It's a wide machine. That's the reason Radiant Silver Ball wears the lockdown bar off Paragon. Wow. Lynn, you got to put pictures. I think you have put pictures of your machine up before, right? Really good shape overall. Went to Cape Cod for it. Yeah, the weight stuff, I think, came up because Jersey Jack tables are amongst the heaviest in pinball. Like 400 pounds in one case. 400 pounds. Alright, let's do this one more time. One more time. We're going to go for that multiball. Oh boy. Raise a gopher. Smack a gopher. And lock a gopher. Yes! Thank you, Lynn! Alright. Get past that. Smack a gopher. We'll putt out. How many? Four strokes? Okay. Mmm. Mmm. Mmm. Mmm. Woo! Boy, oh boy, that was close. Hup! Lock a ball Okay If we can If we can start this multiball We're gonna try the Let him drain And let it give us a jackpot Hole in one Nope Alright up and over Thank you for that Thing that I Didn't see Mr. Scoot Thank you for the sub Prime Gaming I could go for another month of subbing to you. You learned your puns from Fliptronic, huh? It did it It just did it As long as it hits another switch That is the cheapest Freaking way to get that jackpot That is the cheapest way I'll take it every time though Thank you Brian Minimum score Every game is going to be at least 5 million now Flipcharting has a 24 hour hotline If you need a pun $9.95 per call Well Jordan was just here He taught me many things That was amazing That was pretty much A free That was a free jackpot. You better give me a kickback on that. Putt out. Oh, there's a jackpot for $2 million worth up on that upper ramp. It's trickier to get to more than one... It's trickier to get to more than one... It's trickier to get to more than one ball mode now. Hey, I got it. I got it, guys. I got the easy jackpot, they said. I don't think I've ever done that. we're gonna putt out are you gonna putt out game are you gonna put out crack me we're done but guess what i got one more ball left i do have a credit dot i know it i see it don't tell me about it okay i know it's there it's the right out it's the right um right out lane switch i showed pinball summer to mutterfutter and george this weekend they have lots of opinions on it can't wait for you to rip to it uh what's the running time brian could you tell me real quick how long is it because i might need to edit out what's up the awesome phone i might need to edit out some time Hit Bud! Why can I hit Buzz? Got him. Let's put out. Wow. Hour 39. I would have to take like 19 minutes out of that movie. Otherwise it becomes a marathon for my whippers. Is there night? Is there 4.4? You think I could find 19 minutes to get rid of? hunh shit Ah oh Tommy! I mean Jedi. So Jedi, I have set up... By the way guys, Jedi McMuffin is an executive producer on this show. On this stream. Because... Holy smokes. hooked me up with all the best network advice ever. So Jedi, it's... I ended up putting it in the window. No! I ended up putting the one ubiquity in the window. Which gives me, for now, really good speeds. everywhere even in even in the backyard oh shoot 14 i have another ball okay so but jedi i'm going to use i'm going to probably move over to using two of them right one where you said in the garage and the other one outside i'm probably going to end up doing that but for now that thing is amazing and what's great about it is i'm talking about ubiquity for people who are wondering what i'm talking about um hey i got a hole in one there we go wow that's a loud crack this game does have leds in it yeah oh you know what the flickering is infernal squid the flickering is when I press the flippers, so the pinball machine and my lights are on the same circuit. And this game probably does a hell of a drain. It's never happened on any of the sterns. But on this particular game, I get that. I get a flicker every time I hit the flippers. Camera frame rate? Oh, okay. What's up, SecondPlaceAndy? All right, I'm going to finish this up, and then we're gonna go we're gonna go raid somebody let me see if i can uh nope nope nope nope oh boy that's a fun loop to do i would love to drive the ball thank you for the thing that you gave me big red pimp thank you for the tier one all right guys 18 that's the best i could do today but i play this game so much i'm gonna put 40 50 up soon don't you worry mpt3 will will do it for you i feel like this game has a lot of fun combos but if you mess up any then it's not a fun time that is correct uh big red pimp thank you once again for the tier one sub for three months i have a ubiquity nsm-5 and nsm-2 wireless bridge antennas good products yeah so i have um jedi mcmuffin was uh was a wonderful person and donated some Ubiquiti AP Lights, I think it's called. AP Lights, whatever. To allow me to, first of all, to allow my Scorbatron to pick up What the heck? Let's put that in the leaderboard. Alright, that's in the leaderboard now. My Scorbatron to pick up much better Wi-Fi and also the rest of my garage and my backyard to pick up better Wi-Fi. UAP AC light, exactly. One more muffin. And hey, glad I made it today. Hey, glad you did. But I'm going to go. We're going to go raid somebody. I got to go upstairs. I'll see you guys on Thursday. See, did I miss anything? All right. I'll see you guys on Thursday when we're doing the Mandalorian. Because I have to. Everyone and their grandfather has streamed it. Because I've seen people's grandfathers streaming it. Everyone and their grandfather streamed it. Because somebody decided to go on vacation when the damn game showed up. But I'm going to stream it on Friday. We're going to play it. I'm probably going to play with Mary and Ben. And have some fun. So until then, thank you guys. I'll see you later. Y'all be good. Not me anymore. Working full schedule. All right. Well, I'll see you. Lynn, maybe I'll see you Friday. Maybe I'll see you Friday, right? What's up, Snake? Goodbye, Snake. Thank you for watching! so yo let's go raid lazelos see what he's up to throw some throw some mpt3k love in the chat and i'll see you guys later so The theater stream terminating in 10 seconds.

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