# Don't Panic Flip: Episode 17 - Dialed In: Big Bang Through The Modes

**Source:** Don't Panic Flip  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2018-05-09  
**Duration:** 67m 56s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FonvnvGg4I4

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## Analysis

George from Don't Panic Flip plays extended gameplay sessions on Dialed In! (Jersey Jack Pinball), focusing on collecting sim cards by chaining modes and hitting the Big Ben shot. He demonstrates advanced playfield knowledge, discusses specific mode strategies (EMP, Lava Mountain, etc.), adjusts difficulty settings on outlanes, and reflects on his consistency and shot execution. The video showcases both successful and unsuccessful attempts across multiple balls, with running commentary on game mechanics and personal performance critique.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] One of the outlanes on Dialed In! was set to an easier setting than the absolute hardest, which the speaker adjusted for increased difficulty and practice impact. — _George, early in the video, discussing machine modifications_
- [HIGH] The Big Ben shot on Dialed In! is lit by hitting targets on the playfield, not by hitting the Big Ben shot itself, and the actual reward is accessed by hitting a different back target. — _George explaining playfield mechanics during gameplay_
- [HIGH] EMP mode on Dialed In! features magnets that make it undesirable compared to other modes like Lava Mountain. — _George's repeated commentary during mode selection and gameplay_
- [HIGH] Sim cards on Dialed In! are obtained both through lit shots and through mode completion, and are difficult to consistently collect due to random ball placement. — _George's repeated attempts and observations throughout gameplay_
- [HIGH] The speaker typically scores in the 1-3 million range on Dialed In! when playing well, but more frequently scores closer to 1 million. — _George's final reflection on his performance expectations_
- [HIGH] Adjusting the outlane difficulty on Dialed In! increased side drains significantly, making the game harder than before. — _George's final commentary on game difficulty changes_
- [HIGH] The Bob target on Dialed In! is one of the hardest shots to hit consistently, particularly from the right flipper. — _George's recurring struggle and commentary throughout the session_
- [MEDIUM] Post-transfer shots from right to left on Dialed In! have a low success rate (90% of the time don't work), requiring alternative shot strategies. — _George's commentary mid-game describing flipper technique challenges_

### Notable Quotes

> "So we are pinball going to hit the crap out of that, get a Big Ben shot, start a mode, hit the Big Ben shot, and use that to clear the mode and try to work through as many of these modes as possible, gathering Sims afterwards."
> — **George**, Early gameplay
> _Clearly articulates the core gameplay strategy for Dialed In! sim card collection_

> "EMP is so bad if you don't have it... I can't stand that mode."
> — **George**, Mid-gameplay
> _Expresses strong negative opinion about EMP mode design and preference to avoid it_

> "This game is absolutely amazing. I recommend anyone who goes out to pinball joints to play Dialed In! if you get the opportunity."
> — **George**, Final commentary
> _Overall positive endorsement of Dialed In! despite theme being less exciting than movie/comic book themes_

> "The theme is not as exciting or as cool as, let's say, Ghostbusters or Pirates of the Caribbean or, I don't know, any movie themes or comic book themes."
> — **George**, Closing remarks
> _Critique of Dialed In!'s generic business theme compared to licensed IP games_

> "The satisfaction of hitting Big Ben shot to clear mode is just amazing and to follow that up, hitting the damn Sim Card is awesome."
> — **George**, Final reflection
> _Captures the core satisfaction mechanic and gameplay loop of Dialed In!_

> "I feel like a lot more often and it was a lot easier when these guys weren't in the hardest settings you get a lot more side drains now that those are adjusted."
> — **George**, Closing remarks
> _Documents impact of machine difficulty adjustments on gameplay experience_

> "I probably should hit that hard to make sure that it doesn't fall right down the middle like that."
> — **George**, Mid-game
> _Self-reflection on shot technique and power requirements_

> "I don't want to say that was bad luck it wasn't bad luck it was poor playing."
> — **George**, Mid-game reflection
> _Demonstrates honest self-assessment and accountability for mistakes_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| George | person | Host of Don't Panic Flip, skilled Dialed In! player demonstrating advanced strategies and providing commentary |
| Dialed In! | game | Jersey Jack Pinball machine, business/phone theme, subject of extended gameplay analysis |
| Jersey Jack Pinball | company | Manufacturer of Dialed In! |
| Don't Panic Flip | organization | YouTube content channel/podcast featuring pinball gameplay and analysis |
| Jack Danger | person | Mentioned in context of tilt warnings/gameplay feedback during machine play |
| Ghostbusters | game | Referenced as example of pinball game with more exciting movie theme licensing |
| Pirates of the Caribbean | game | Referenced as example of pinball game with more exciting movie theme licensing |
| Deadpool | game | Referenced as upcoming Stern pinball game with comic book theme that George anticipates |
| Stern | company | Mentioned as manufacturer of upcoming Deadpool pinball machine |
| Big Ben shot | product | Key playfield shot mechanic on Dialed In! used for mode clearing and sim card collection strategy |
| EMP mode | product | Game mode on Dialed In! featuring magnets; George considers it undesirable and avoids when possible |
| Lava Mountain mode | product | Game mode on Dialed In! similar to EMP but without magnets; center shot mechanics |
| Sim cards | product | Collectible game elements on Dialed In! that serve as primary objective for George's gameplay strategy |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Game mechanics and playfield strategy, Mode design and difficulty balance, Shot execution and flipper technique
- **Secondary:** Theme licensing and game design philosophy, Machine difficulty settings and calibration, Gameplay scoring and performance expectations, Pinball game recommendations and venue play, Personal performance improvement and player skill development

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.72) — George expresses overall enthusiasm for Dialed In! and recommends it highly, but shows frustration with his own execution, specific modes (EMP), and difficulty settings. Sentiment oscillates between satisfaction with game design and frustration with personal performance. Final remarks are encouraging and positive about the game overall, despite acknowledging the theme is less compelling than licensed IP titles.

### Signals

- **[gameplay_signal]** Dialed In! features complex mode chaining mechanics with Big Ben shot integration as core strategy element; sim cards serve as primary progression objective with nuanced ball placement mechanics (confidence: high) — Extended gameplay demonstrating deliberate mode selection, Big Ben shot timing, and sim card pursuit across multiple balls
- **[gameplay_signal]** Machine difficulty adjustments (outlane settings) significantly impact gameplay experience and side drain frequency; speaker notes increased challenge after calibration to hardest setting (confidence: high) — George's commentary: 'it was a lot easier when these guys weren't in the hardest settings you get a lot more side drains now'
- **[design_philosophy]** EMP mode is widely disliked for over-reliance on magnetic behavior; alternative modes like Lava Mountain preferred for skill-based shot requirements (confidence: high) — Repeated mode avoidance and negative commentary on EMP; preference for other modes throughout session
- **[gameplay_signal]** Bob target identified as one of most difficult shots on machine; post-transfer shots from right flipper have low success rate; requires consistent practice and technique refinement (confidence: high) — George's recurring failed attempts at Bob target and commentary: 'I think it's actually easiest at backhanding it. But... it's almost angle-wise impossible to hit from this flipper'
- **[sentiment_shift]** Generic business/phone theme perceived as less appealing than licensed IP titles (movies, comics); speaker expresses preference for more exciting theme direction (confidence: high) — George's final commentary: 'The theme is not as exciting or as cool as... Ghostbusters or Pirates... any movie themes or comic book themes'
- **[product_strategy]** Market signal that audience may prefer licensed IP pinball games; George anticipates Deadpool from Stern with apparent enthusiasm (confidence: medium) — George mentions Deadpool coming from Stern with implicit approval, contrasting with Dialed In!'s theme limitations
- **[collector_signal]** Home player/enthusiast values deep strategic gameplay, mode complexity, and satisfying mechanical interactions over theme licensing (confidence: medium) — Despite theme criticism, George highly recommends Dialed In! based on gameplay quality and playfield layout
- **[content_signal]** Extended gameplay video serves as detailed rules tutorial and advanced strategy guide for Dialed In! modes, shot techniques, and optimization (confidence: high) — Entire video format demonstrates comprehensive playfield knowledge with running commentary explaining mechanics and strategy
- **[operational_signal]** Machine operators/owners can adjust outlane difficulty settings to affect gameplay experience and challenge level; hardest settings increase side drain frequency (confidence: high) — George's explanation of recent difficulty adjustments and their impact on side drain gameplay frequency
- **[community_signal]** Don't Panic Flip channel actively promoting Dialed In! to broader pinball community with recommendation to play at venues (confidence: high) — George's closing: 'I recommend anyone who goes out to pinball joints to play Dialed In! if you get the opportunity'

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## Transcript

 Hey guys, I'm George and this is Don't Panic Flip. We are playing on Dialed In by Jersey Jack. And let's see. Not sure which episode this is. We're still documenting the journey from Pinball Muggle to Pinball Wizard. We are nowhere close to Pinball Wizard yet. But we're going to play some Dialed In tonight. And with the goal of trying to get as many sim cards as possible. We've got three before. We're going to shoot for four. this time. I recently found out that one of the drain, or one of the outlanes, one of the sides on that was a, was set to an easier setting than the absolute hardest. So we went through and changed that and we've been practicing because that's actually impacted play quite a bit. So we're just gonna play it up, See how many sim cards we can get? We've got kind of a unique way of trying to get the sim cards by hitting the Big Bang. I'm going to switch to the play field. Let me show you that. So I assumed that you had to hit the Big Bang in order to light it, but that's not true. You hit these guys over here. That's how you light the Big Bang, and then hitting that back there is how you actually get the Big Bang reward. So we are going to hit the crap out of that, get a big bang, start a mode, hit the big bang, and use that to clear the mode and try to work through as many of these modes as possible, gathering Sims afterwards. And we'll see how that goes. Let's play. Let's turn the volume down just a bit. All right. Skill shot. You know, this is going to be a good round. So that was our first big bang hit. I think we need two more. All right. So a really cool way to hit that Big Bang is to hit the feeder and then just hold the right flipper up. And if you have enough speed, it tags the Big Bang. So let's give it a try. There we go. Let's hit it again. Great. Big Bang is lit. We've got a mode lit. we want to flip this over. Let's see if we can post-transfer. Good. Now what we want to do is get rid of EMP sooner rather than later. I can't stand that mode. So we're going to light the one just to the left of it. So this is what's currently selected, the red one right here. I think my finger's in the way. So we're selecting that one, and when we backhand this in, it's going to start EMP mode. Perfect. All right, so we're going to try and catch this. Nope. There we go. Now hit big bang. All right, we got a second try here. There it is. All right. We got control of the ball. We've still got our kickback. We've got another mode ready to go, and we've got a sim card lit. This game is all about the sim cards. So you can see here on the play field, the first D is lit. We can take some stabs at that. I think while we're trying to light Big Bang again, we might just grab it. We've also got Lock Lit towards Multiball. I'm not super concerned about Multiball right now. What I'm trying to do is work towards Sim Cards and Modes. So I'm going to try and light Big Bang and hope maybe we land a Sim Card in the meantime. There we go. Oh! Just trying to catch the ball. Ended up just letting it fall in. That's me needing to work on my ball handling skills. We got one hit on the Big Bang. Let's see. I think we need two more. Three more. Oh, way overshot the skill shot. All right. So we should just need two. Problem is that I can't hit it from the right lane, so I'm going to go up the left ramp and then see if we can do this again. Oh, shit. The chick's diverter was down. Hey! Nice. I mean, I guess that works, too. Looks like we probably just need one more shot. Yep, one more shot on Big Bang. Here we go. Alright, so now we just need to start a mode. Let's... what do we want to light? We want to light a hard one. Good. Yeah, let's do the Lava Mountain. So this Lava Mountain is very similar to EMP, but without all the magnets, where you have to make a shot down the center and it doesn't always grab it so it drops it right down the middle. So let's start that. Nice. Now we just need to catch and hit big bang. That is going to get stuck. All right. Got control. I think we lost that first SIM card, if I remember correctly. So now we've got to try and hit this other SIM card and relight Big Bang. We've completed two modes. Now we've got to hit Big Bang five times. All right, so there's two. I think we need three more shots. Two more shots. Shit. Okay, cool. That worked out. that unfortunately went right down that drain so that's another thing I know I need to work on is the nudges I probably should have tapped hoping that it hit the metal pin there did something rather than just watch it go down the other thing I need to do is pay attention to the fact that all I need to do is hit this one bob target right here and I would light the kickback so I've got Big Bang I am at 95% charge on the phone I need to hit the QED I need to hit Bob I've got Locklet towards Multiball I've got a lot going on right now so why don't we full plunge and hit QED that seems to me to be a good start All right, now we just need to hit the bob. Let's see if we can backhand it. Nope. No, we're going to... Nope. Let's try post-transfer, and then we'll hit the bob. Got it? Alright, so now we got Bob, we got Big Bang. That means that we got our kickback over here. So now we just need to start a mode. None of these are hard modes. The easy one is that red one in the center right there. So let's not initiate that. Yeah, let's get rid of the... What is it? Earthquake? Or whatever the one to the right of that is. Oh, shit. Went the wrong way. Alright. Got a nice and easy shot here. And we dropped right into the sim card. That is exactly what you want to have happen. um let's see what we got here nice so we just lit extra ball uh we've also got lock and uh i think a bob mode start let's get them all done coming out there, almost didn't make it, okay, so a few different things, one, we've got a multiball, we don't care about multiball, and unfortunately, I didn't cancel it right away, you do have an opportunity to cancel by double tapping both flippers when it first starts, so I don't think I can tap out of it just yet, we need six shots on big bang, I think that's the max, if I remember correctly, meaning it will never go above that. We've also got lottery lit right now, so why don't we go ahead and start the multiball. Got that. Oh, we already got the sim card. Damn it. Well that was quick. didn't really need to do that. Okay, so we've got a mode lit. We could have hit the spider really quick there and got some spider credit. We've still got our kickback lit. That's fine. I think we're on our last package progress over here. I'm not even going to worry about that. I'm just going here, and there we go. Shit. I'm not sure if that actually counted on the Big Bang. And we already used our easy mode. Yeah, that did not count on the Big Bang. Damn, didn't hit it hard enough. That's a lot of shots. Maybe we'll grab it a few times while we work through some of these. Tornado. I think the alien shot's not bad. That's right. The alien is the roving shot, so we're just going to wait. It's at theater right now, and that's going to go to the right ramp. We'll wait for it to hit left, and we'll shoot. There. Now we've got to make several other shots. Five shots, to be exact. In 11 seconds, that's going to be tough. Oh. Man, that went right down the middle. That was ball three, but we do have the extra ball. So that's not world ending. Let's see. So here's our shoot again. We're at 619,000. That's a... I don't know. I don't know that I call that a respectable score. So here's what's really interesting. The current state of the play field is, A, we've got a box. So that's our mystery in the theater right now. Bob is lit, but it's the bottom Bob, which is a really hard shot to hit. I think it's actually easiest at backhanding it. But we'll see. It's almost angle-wise impossible to hit from this flipper. So I think you've really got to go for the drones and let it bounce and kickback on Bob. but I keep learning new shit as I play this game so maybe that's not it what else do we need here? there is no help on sorry, the skill shot's not going to do much for us so let's just full one wow, totally meant to hit the QED there I missed the QED twice alright so I guess let's get our mystery looks like it's 5k man that was not supposed to drop pretty sure it's not supposed to drop I got our bob targets man I gotta really want to hit that we can take a stab at trying to maybe we can hit it so let's see if we can backhand it nope all right so maybe at this point i don't want to start a mode gosh that bob is hard to hit I wonder, I don't know, rules-wise, if there's any other way to get spotted a Bob target. Maybe the mystery shot does that. Either way, let's see what we've got available here. So I think we've got sinkholes, and if I remember correctly, that is either of the two orbits. Let's shoot that. I did not have that set correctly. Alright, what do we got here? We need two shots, four shots total. Earth Shaker. Right down the middle. That's frustrating. We did get that big bang out of it, though. That was kind of nice as a part of the mode. Could have done better. I think we only got one SIM card that game. Kept losing sim cards to ball losses. It's okay, we can do better. Oh my god, that was an awful picture. Caught me mid-sentence. Alright, 686, 630, let's see what we can do here. Got the skill shot. See if we can get the follow-up skill shot here. That's going up the middle ramp. We did not but we did get Big Bang Looks like we got one more shot on Big Bang. Oh man, just get control of the ball. Thank you. whoo okay so we got big bang lit we've got a mode started i missed it it's kind of hard for me to hit it from the left flipper i really need to work on that there it is okay forgot to set up the mode wasted the kickback There we go. And... Big banged out of it. Nice. Got control of the ball. Let's see if we can take a stab at that sim card. Oh, man! So close. got the lock so this point this time i think i'm gonna actually making it uh i'm going to initiate multiball uh with the hope that one of the random shots i make with multiball lands in the sim card. We really need to get those sim cards. Also, while I've got, I've stopped here, we just need the 1-0 in Bob to Light Kickback. So I'm going to full plunge and hit that first. Got it. And good thing we did. And it started Multiball for us. Yeah, if we can hit that one more time, I think one more time is at a ball. Damn it. All right, so we still got sim card lit. Oh my gosh! Get in there! You know, we may not have got SimCart accidentally, but we did relay Bob the kickback accidentally. Ah, it didn't go all the way around. Ah! Shish kebabs. So we lost our sim card. Man, there was a couple of times that it looked like it was going to fall in there. So what do we need? We can skill shot. Missed it. All the way around. Come on, get control. Here we go. Uh, so I think we are two shots away. Damn it. Started the mode... Ah, that's EMP. Ha! Alright. Alright, so... Ugh, EMP is so bad if you don't have it. Oh my god. Here we go, 13 seconds, two more shots. Oh my gosh. Ah! That was going in! There it is. Woo! Oh, don't go down the side. That's where I need to get in there and hit the crap out of it. Ugh. Anything would have been better than just sitting there watching it fall. But you know what? That's fine. There's a lot of room for growth here. Skill shot. Nope. Just need one more hit on that big bang. I'm really surprised it didn't just happen. There we go. Big Bang is lit. One more shot on the QED. And now we can start a mode. Shit Need to get that last bob target That was ball three Needed the kickback Needed the kickback Should have saw that before we launched the ball And then I should have full plunge made that shot at the Bob target. Okay, so player mistake, thought mistake, logic mistake, whatever you want to call that. But we can step it up. Here we go. Alright, let's get the QED guy out of the way. Hit big bang two times. There's one. And... Two. Oh my gosh. There we go. Yes. All right, we're going to let it make it around. Great. And got it. Safe. Let's see if we can hit the big bang and get it to fall into SimCard. No. One more try, and then we'll give up. Okay, there's one. I think we need... Good, need one more. One more on the Big Bang to light it. Okay. Good. We've got SIM card. Big bang. We do need to hit the QED. We've got lock lit. And also, we thought about it. We've got kickback is not lit. We just need to hit the O. That's easy enough. I'm going to pose transfer. Missed it. And unfortunately, lit the lock. We don't want lock right now. Damn it. It's okay. We're going to let it cross. Damn it. Ha! There's one. There it is. Got the kickback. Alright, we get to attempt a cradle separation. kind of got it to work oh almost got the edible nice stuff oh i got the edible holy crap We just got attacked. Started the mode, and... Let's do it. Got it. Fell right into the SIM card. Yes! Alright, so we've got one more SIM card on the table, I think. We still have SIM card lit. Woo! Alright, we've got one SIM card. We've still got another SIM card lit. Damn it, just use the kickback. I don't think that that actually triggered on the Big Bang. Come on. All right, so we're going to initiate emoji overload. Oh, we need to hit the Bob target. Missed it. That's going to come back. That was an okay ball one. Could have been better. Could have been better. Ball one, we got a Sim card. We lit a second one. We just lost it. we've got the hard bob target left. We've really got to figure out how to hit that consistently. Made the skill shot. There's that. Let's see if we can get the follow-up. Got it. Easy. Damn it. There goes ball two. So, decent ball one, and absolutely awful ball two, and that's because I tried to hit the shitty bee in that bob, and I just can't do it. I wonder if I try, I don't remember what the name of the move is, but if I can hit the ball through that trough, will it hit it going up? let's see huh got it ah that time damn it ball save i will take it all right uh how many shots do we need on big bang four there's one not gonna hit it from here you know what let's start the easy one I like this one initiated the mode there's one two three four I think one last shot yep Nice And we got the sim card Yes Two sim cards Ball three We've got extra ball lit And there's the extra ball Yes okay uh what do we got here we've got kickback lit which is great we've got two sim cards we've got an extra ball uh we've got to hit qed um and damn it i lost it i don't know how many more shots. I think it's orange, so I think two more shots to light Big Bang. There we go. God damn it. I did not want to use my kickback. Of course, and it's... And just hit lock. I mean, I guess I'll take lock at this point. What do we need here? We need... Fudgesicles. We really need Bob. I want that kickback. We've already got Big Bang Lick. Okay. We're just going to start the mode. Okay. Had better. Got it. Can't see anything. Whew! Okay. Got another mode complete. Bob is still not hit. Sim card's lit. Um. Alright. We have completed all four of the modes that we've played. That's crazy! Let's see if we can get that sim card. That would be three, right? Gosh. Can't really get... I think I need to go a little bit earlier. Yeah, that is it. Whew! Alright, so it's blue. We still need to get Bob. Alright, let's try hitting a drone to see if we can light Bob. Don't fall down. Don't fall down. God bless America. All right. We're at 900 and something thousand. We've still got our extra ball. 933. What do we need to do right now? We're at orange. So I think just two hits to light Big Bang. That's great. We still need to hit Bob, which we haven't yet. I don know how to hit that I have to really work on some way to get there All we gonna full plunge and hit QED to light the mode and see where we go from there Right? We do not want that. What we need to do is get the QED out of the way. I don't want to take that shot right away. That's a... I guess I kind of want to start the mode. I don't know what I want to do. Light lock. We start the mode. So the other thing is I can't post-transfer back to the left. It just doesn't work 90% of the time. You might be thinking, oh, dude, just take the shot. No biggie. I'm going to hit QED, get it out of the way. We just need two shots on Big Bang. No, screw it. We're going to go and start a mode. Nice. Oh, missed it. Oh! Did you see that? The ball got caught up, hit that. I probably, once again, should hit that hard to make sure that it doesn't fall right down the middle like that. Gosh darn it. I did crack a million on that. That's at least worth putting a name in, right? Maybe. And remember, this game is now... Ha! Took a picture of right here. For some reason it saw that as a face? It's a software issue there. Anyway. Ugh. Alright, it's fine. You know what? We didn't play poorly, we just could have played better is all. Got the skill shot. See if we can get the follow-up. Actually, we don't want the follow-up. We want the... We want the easy big bang shot. Come on, last big bang. There it is. All right. Got it. Oh, my God. Don't hit big bang. Oh, my God. Game control. Come on. Get control. Start a mode. Hit big bang. We got this. There we go. A little early on that flip. Damn it. It's okay. Come on. Balls it. We got this. Weird. Really? Let's see if we can stuff it. We did not stuff it. Oh my god, thank you for not hitting that. Really? I mean, I deserve this. Whatever this is. This is awful. I am just not making shots from the left flipper. You know what? Let's do that right there. Slam dunk. All right. So we really don't need to use Big Bang here. So I'm going to avoid it. There's two. here is three and that's game all right let's just ignore that entire previous two or three minutes there that was awful we got this we got this got the skill shot we were not going to take a second it's better for us to get big bang just wasted the kickback all right Alright, one more to light Big Bang. There we go. Nice and easy. Ooh, what's that one? Once again, deserved it. Man, really struggling with those post-transfers right now. Let's see what we can do. Let's see what we can do here. Just got to hit QED. We've got a big bangle lined up. All right. there we go or just hit it from the left flipper and stop being such a pussy about it so in. Come on. And hits that out lane. Gosh, that is a gaping hole over here. Wow. Two balls just wasted. All right. We've got a lock. You know what? We're going to full plunge and go for multiball. There we go. That lights multiball. We still have to make the shot. Oh, it's coming out of the scoop. Hey, finally caught it like I wanted to. Did we go for scratch-off ticket no we do not we initiate multiball there's one there's There's two. And, aw, I feel like with the timeout on that maybe we had another shot. All right. Yellow, I think orange, and then red on light big bang. So we might have three shots. Yep, three shots. So the colors get warmer as you get closer. Let's go ahead and get QED out of the way. Nice. Hmm. Pounded that one through. Bad. Oh, you hate it when it asks you to put your name in when you have a bad score. Not good. I've had better. I've had better. All right. Well, we have... I don't want to say that. We have nowhere to go but up. So, what are we not doing here? We're not taking our time. I need to make sure that the bobs are hit. That was how we got over a million. So, we just take our time. We try and be more accurate. Absolutely have to be able to hit shots from that left flipper. So, let's focus on that. I'm not going to make any mode shots from the right flipper. Let's do them all from the left. Okay, that's fine. We're going to get a ball save, right? No reason to go for that. So we've got to get the QED out of the way. Man. We got this. Not enough power to make it all the way through, but we did get one. There we go. All right. There we go. We lit Big Bang. Made that post-transfer. And made the shot. Nice, and across, and... Honestly, I thought that was going to hit the flipper. I thought it was perfect. Lost the ball. Got the mode. Almost fell into the SIM card slot. I think we're on ball three. Yeah. So what do we got to do here? We've got lock lit. We've got nothing to lose. Let's see if we can hit the skill shot. Let's do double. skill shot here and get the lock as well. Can't hurt for us to get multiball at this point. Maybe we'll hit big bang a bunch. Okay, so take stock. What do we got going on right now? We've got Bob is lit over here. Kickback is lit. We don't have to worry about that. Multiball has started. Why don't we go for multiball? Got another skill shot. See if we can follow that up with... Actually, no. We're going to start working on Big Bang. Looks like we've got three shots left. There we go. Making that left shot now. What do we need here? Uh? Need to hit some... something. Something. Started a mode while energy pulse is advancing? All right. This is the easy mode. All right, we just used our kickback. Ten seconds, three shots. Got a kickback again. nice, we got an extension, two shots, and, oh, missed it, missed it, oh my god, oh, I couldn't even, that was a, that was an awful ball three, 237 and 90. all right we got this we got this so um i don't want to say that was bad luck it wasn't bad luck it was poor playing and this is just insult to injury here i stand a lot during the day i uh i'm a developer so i have a standing desk because i found myself sitting too much. Let's see if we can hit. Nope, missed it. Come on, go back around. Nice. You know what? Ball safe. Come on. Not what I wanted. all right you know we can no but maybe it might bounce off that and go to the other flipper that is not what happened at all that was awful ball two that's good all right save that we got one hit left on Big bang There it is Get there Good Really? Big bang is lit Yes Started the mode from the left Shit There we go Oh my god. Here we go. Safe. Good. Ah, knee. To hit the bob targets. Let's do it. There's one. Let hit the second too much did i get it i did get it thank america all right so we need to start a mode we've got lock we've got something there yep got the sim card total luck i feel like the sim card is always luck you just got to try and hit it in that general direction uh all right two shots on big bang here we go all right let's oh no what happened oh did we use it i don't remember using it That was me. Totally me. Shouldn't have been going for that shot. I should have been going for the bobs. Nope. Too much. Hey! Come on. And Big Bang is lit. All right, so we got to hit... Got to hit the other Bob. Here we go. Missed it. Got it. Gone. Darn it. All right, we got a lock lit. calm it down calm it down calm it down all right so we are three shots away from big bang and we got the lock wow one shot away from big bang we got the lock Did we skip multiball? No, we didn't skip it. Darn it. What do we need here? You know, let's... Nope, missed it. Not in there. Thank you. Alright, so we need one more hit on Big Bang, but we don't want that while we have multiball going. missed multiball. Got it. All right, mode lit. One more shot on Big Bang. There's Big Bang. Nice. And... Got it. Oh, no. Nice. Good save. And... All right. to hit the bobs. Hey, I got a bob. Got another bob. Just the bottom bob. Got sim card lit. I've got a mode. Damn it, EMP. I knew it. See, I couldn't see. And I got the kickback. Oh my god, just... Oh my god, did you see that? Those magnets! but those magnets! Ugh. Alright, we've got extra ball lit. We need all three of the bobs to get Bob back. We've got a mystery. Calming breath. Alright. Goose brava. What? I have no idea why that kickback happened. It was awful. Nice. Mode, extra ball, we needed that. That came out a lot faster than I was expecting. Which is... Oh, no. What do we need? We need Bob. We need Bob. Woo! Warning in danger. No more tilts. Alright. Oh my gosh. Still need to get Bob. Wow. You know what? Wasn't going to do anything about that. That was just moving way too quick for me. Ugh. Once again. Hate having to put crappy scores in. I really don't like the daily scores. I wonder if that's something that can be removed through software. I imagine that's the case. Alright. We got this. Last game. We've been recording for quite a bit. It's a little bit after 11, rather. Nope. Right down the middle. We got a ball save. Okay. There's one. not gonna make it two shots left on big bang oh my scared the crap out of me yeah All right, one last shot. Oh, no. Which one did... Ah, I wasn't even paying attention. Wow. Maybe we should have stopped. Maybe we should have stopped. I feel like we already hit that high point. But you know what? You can score 10 billion points on one ball. Just need that one really good ball. There we go. Here we go. Lit kickback. We've got a lock. You know what we're here for, though? We're here for modes. Wow, I don't know what happened there. Attempted a live catch. Damn it. Didn't want to use that. Got the lock. And we can start multiball. So what happened there is we had Big Bang lit. We were on the easy mode. two and three i think we got an edible should did you get it edible yes oh yeah thank god we got the add a ball that's something right uh we got a sim card lit still two shots left to light big bang there's one Oh shit! Bobs! Need the bobs! Need the bobs! Fudge! By the way, how'd you like my wife coming up behind me and scaring the crap out of me? That was very funny. Need bobs. Ball save! Ball save! Two more bobs. Two more bobs! We'll start a mode. We've got Big Bang Land, so... Come on. We got kickback. Got an extra ball. Got the SIM card. There's one. Gosh, sim cards are so tough, man. Missed it. Okay, now we're going extra ball. Oh, that was so bad. So bad. Don't miss your shots. That if there's anything to learn from this situation, it is do not miss your shots. all right people um if you actually watched this i hope you enjoyed it i hope maybe you learned something uh maybe about what not to do i don't know i'm really i feel like i should be up in the two to three million range uh much more often and instead in one session i typically crack a million at least once need to get back up there uh obviously it happened i feel like a lot more often and it was a lot easier when uh when these guys weren't in the hardest settings you get a lot more side drains now that those are adjusted. But overall, still having lots of fun. This game is absolutely amazing. I recommend anyone who goes out to pinball joints to play Dialed In if you get the opportunity. The theme is not as exciting or as cool as, let's say, Ghostbusters or Pirates of the Caribbean or, I don't know, any movie themes or comic book themes. You know, hopefully Deadpool coming out by Stern. But it's still a great time. It is laid out wonderfully. The satisfaction of hitting Big Bang to clear mode is just amazing and to follow that up, hitting the damn Sim Guard is awesome. It can also be frustrating, but that's any pinball game. You lovely people have a great night. Thank you.

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