# Don't Panic Flip: Episode 15 - Dialed In: Drinking and Playing Pinball

**Source:** Don't Panic Flip  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2018-04-30  
**Duration:** 68m 33s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF_m9bEgStM

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## Analysis

George from Don't Panic Flip plays multiple games of Dialed In! while drinking Bootstrap Brewing's Chillax pineapple ale. The session focuses on attempting to light four sim cards (multipliers) by hitting the big ramp shot to initiate modes, with mixed success due to inconsistent shot accuracy. George discusses game mechanics, rule discoveries from forum posts, and the importance of strategic shot sequencing rather than reflexive play.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Cleaning the Dialed In! machine significantly improved ball plunge speed and playfield responsiveness — _George directly observed that after cleaning, the ball now easily passes the theater on full plunge, whereas before it struggled_
- [MEDIUM] The big ramp shot hit counter appears to have a tracking bug—George hit it multiple times but the counter didn't always register — _George repeatedly notes the display shows 'X hits needed' but after hitting the shot multiple times, the counter doesn't decrement as expected; he suggests checking firmware_
- [HIGH] Sim cards (multipliers) are lost immediately upon losing the ball, even if lit — _George explicitly states: 'The light on the sim card goes away as soon as you lose the ball. Very disappointing.'_
- [HIGH] Jersey Jack Pinball's ball lock mechanism has a timeout that eventually kicks out a stuck ball — _George observes a ball stuck in the left lock trap and notes: 'Jersey Jack Pinball... gives it a certain number of attempts and it finally gives up and kicks out another ball'_
- [HIGH] The 'Eruption' mode in Dialed In! requires hitting a center ramp repeatedly; completed shots drop straight back down — _George describes the mode: 'it's n number of shots right up the middle and it just drops straight back down which is really irritating'_
- [HIGH] Completing a mode while a sim card is lit causes you to lose the sim card multiplier but still complete the mode — _George states: 'we didn't need the big ramp shot. We got it, but we lost the sim card because we completed the mode'_
- [MEDIUM] The Lottery Frenzy mode involves a rule where waving your hand/camera scratches off a ticket visually — _George discovers and tests this rule mid-session: 'Holding up your hand actually scratches off the ticket... you gotta wave the camera to scratch off the ticket'_
- [HIGH] George's current skill level allows him to consistently hit three sim cards but he aims to eventually hit all eight and trigger Armageddon (which requires initiating all 11 modes) — _George states: 'I hit three now fairly consistently... Eight is obviously the target' and later 'I'd really love to hit, at some point... all eight of these' and 'Armageddon... requires actually initiating all 11 modes'_

### Notable Quotes

> "Surprising how much it actually affected gameplay. I was struggling to get the ball to plunge past the theater. And now, when I do a full plunge, it makes it with plenty of speed all the way around."
> — **George**, Early in stream
> _Demonstrates how machine maintenance directly impacts playability and player progression_

> "The light on the sim card goes away as soon as you lose the ball. Very disappointing."
> — **George**, Mid-stream during game analysis
> _Key rule explanation showing the risk/reward mechanic of the sim card system_

> "Jersey Jack Pinball is it gives it a certain number of attempts and it finally gives up and kicks out another ball. So often that happens actually during a mode, which sucks."
> — **George**, After ball gets stuck in lock
> _Explains Jersey Jack's ball lock timeout safety feature and its gameplay impact_

> "I don't understand what's going on with the big ramp shot and I find that a little irritating. because it even says right... n number of shots until big ramp shot is lit and i'm definitely hitting it"
> — **George**, Multiple games, recurring frustration
> _Identifies potential bug in big ramp shot counter tracking_

> "You be thinking not quite chess moves ahead, but you be thinking more than just trapping up or more than just taking the next shot. You really, you be thinking about giving yourself the best opportunity possible to make the shots."
> — **George**, End of stream reflection
> _Articulates advanced pinball strategy: positioning for optimal shot opportunities rather than reactive play_

> "Any night playing pinball is a good night as far as I'm concerned."
> — **George**, Closing remarks
> _Captures the passion and philosophy underlying casual pinball play_

> "I think it was like 1.2-something [million]. After being cleaned, it definitely changed up how the game plays a tiny bit, but just couldn't quite hit the shots I was expecting today."
> — **George**, End-of-stream summary
> _Distinguishes between machine condition changes and player skill variation_

> "Holding up your hand actually scratches off the ticket. Oh, my God. Scratching off the ticket is so crazy. That was another fun rule I learned about recently."
> — **George**, During Lottery Frenzy mode discovery
> _Shows ongoing discovery of Dialed In! rules and non-standard interactive mechanics_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
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| George | person | Host of Don't Panic Flip, casual pinball player streaming gameplay of Dialed In! while discussing mechanics and strategy |
| Dialed In! | game | Jersey Jack Pinball machine; theme involves cocktail lounge/spy aesthetic with modes, sim cards (multipliers), and big ramp shot mechanics |
| Jersey Jack Pinball | company | Manufacturer of Dialed In!; known for implementing ball lock timeouts and digital displays |
| Bootstrap Brewing | company | Brewery producing Chillax, a pineapple golden ale that George drinks during the session |
| Pinberg | event | Pinball tournament where championship Dialed In! matches were played; George references 2017 Pinberg as resource for studying expert play |
| Tilt Forums | organization | Online forum containing curated Dialed In! rules documentation and discussions |
| Pinside Forums | organization | Online forum with PDF and HTML rule documentation for Dialed In! |
| Don't Panic Flip | organization | George's YouTube channel and content series featuring pinball gameplay and commentary |
| Sam Stern | person | Referenced as 'DeadFlip' content creator/streamer; mentioned in context of Dialed In! strategy and online content consumption |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Dialed In! gameplay mechanics and strategy, Sim card (multiplier) system and risk/reward mechanics, Big ramp shot hitting and mode initiation
- **Secondary:** Machine maintenance impact on playability, Rule discovery and community knowledge resources, Casual vs. competitive pinball skill development, Advanced positioning and strategic shot sequencing

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.72) — George maintains an enthusiastic, good-natured tone throughout despite repeated missed shots and mechanical frustrations. He expresses enjoyment of the game and the learning process, though acknowledges some frustration with inconsistent big ramp shot detection. The closing sentiment is definitively positive—'Any night playing pinball is a good night.'

### Signals

- **[community_signal]** Dialed In! community actively documenting and discovering rules; online forums (Tilt, Pinside) contain curated rule sets; software developers appear to have contributed to rule documentation (confidence: high) — George references PDF/HTML rule documents on Tilt Forums and Pinside, notes that rule discovery may have involved software developers: 'Sam May have been intimately involved in the process'
- **[competitive_signal]** Pinberg 2017 championship Dialed In! match considered a reference point for studying expert strategy and mode execution (confidence: medium) — George plans to rewatch 2017 Pinberg championship: 'I want to go back and watch that and see what those guys were doing'
- **[design_philosophy]** The 'Eruption' mode playfield design has ball routing issue; center ramp shots drop straight back down immediately, making the mode frustrating and limiting strategic options (confidence: medium) — George: 'it just drops straight back down which is really irritating. I wanted to hit the crap out of that but I couldn't because we went to two' and 'I hate AMD [Eruption mode]'
- **[product_concern]** Big ramp shot hit counter appears to have a tracking bug; George hits the shot multiple times but the counter fails to decrement reliably, suggesting potential firmware or sensor issue (confidence: medium) — George repeatedly notes the counter shows 'X hits needed' but doesn't update after clear hits; suggests checking firmware: 'I don't know what's going on here... maybe there's a bug'

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## Transcript

 Hey everybody, this is George from Don't Panic Flip. It is Sunday, pretty late. we are having a beer. This happens to be Chillax, which is a pineapple golden ale from Bootstrap Brewing. And we're going to play some pinball. We cleaned things up a couple nights ago. I've mentioned, I think, in a few previous posts how this pin was very dirty and needed to be cleaned, so it's all pretty. Surprising how much it actually affected gameplay. I was struggling to get the ball to plunge past the theater. And now, when I do a full plunge, it makes it with plenty of speed all the way around. No issues there. I think our goal for this evening is going to be, A, enjoy ourselves, and B, if possible, let's hit four sim cards. I think I've hit three now fairly consistently with every session. I'd really like to start working my way up. Eight is obviously the target. you want to spell dialed in. I'm going to switch over so you can see things. I'm going to point them out. So over here on the play field, hopefully you can see this, it actually spells dialed in. And for every sim card that you get, it lights up one of these and keeps it lit. It's a great way to keep track of where you are. So our goal is going to be to get D-I-A-L all lit up. And we're going to do that tonight with the big bang. So you have to hit the big bang a certain number of times. It starts at three, working its way up to a max of six. And every time you light up a big bang, my goal will be to initiate a mode and then hit the big bang to complete the mode. Now, a negative of that is you don't get the multiplier on unfinished shots. So yes, I will get less points, but I will complete more modes and get a bigger multiplier for the shots I do make while actually inside of a mode. Now, the likelihood of us actually having a big bang for every mode seems very unlikely. At the same time, I've read a little bit more about the rules, and it turns out that you can also get sim cards by completing a certain number of shots in your quick multiballs. So we're also going to work on combining modes with multiballs and hoping to big bang out of both of those, maybe let a couple of sim cards. Who knows? obviously if you've watched this at all you know that the hardest shot to make is is actually getting the sim card after it's lit i've been fairly successful on the big bang less than i originally thought though so i'll try and hit the big bang after lighting a sim card you'll see up at the top left if you take a shot and if you can instead of hitting the big bang direct on you can hit it a little bit to the right it tends to bounce back and drop right into the sim card shot um between that or uh taking an early or a late shot on this flipper over here um often results in the sim card uh the sim card scoop which is right here actually getting filled uh hit and dropped into so uh yeah that's the goal let's get to it man let's let's start a game here's your new phone gotta get used to that sound again that is really loud with the glass off. It's funny, now when I put the glass on, it actually sounds too quiet. I've been playing so much with the glass off. But the reason we're playing with the glass off is obviously not to mess with the play field. It's to reduce the glare while we're recording. Hopefully it makes a better game for you guys. Here we go. Let's go for that skill shot. Nope, missed it. Made the second one, though. All right, made the second part of the skill shot. I've gone through the skill shots before. Feel free to go back to the first couple of videos. I've done two kind of basic tutorials. Now what we need to do is hit the QED to charge up the phone. For the first couple times, you just have to hit it once, I think. That didn't trigger. Should have. It's okay. We'll hit it more directly next time. Wow. Great first round. This is crooked. Give me a sec. All right. Good. All right. Let's try this again. Another skill shot. Or lack... Got it that time. Skill shot. Kill a lot of value. Kill a lot. Wow. Surprisingly got the ball safe. I'm going to go ahead and kick it all the way around. There we go. So we hit the QED, which is going to move it out to the center, and we also charged up the phone so we can initiate a mode by hitting it into that. I can backhand that. I'm going to do it now. So great. We just started a mode. We started Whirlwind, and we're going to hit the left ramp. What I should have done was hit the big bang a few times. So I'm going to hit it... Actually, let's just try and complete that. Oop. Need a few games to get these shots down. Let's post-transfer. And... Man. A little off. Way off. Alright There it is There's one Now we gotta go right ramp You know what, I'm gonna go for big bang Missed it Wow, we're just Bricking everything Yep, missed that mode Not good. Head better. I think we just locked a ball. I don't know. We lost a ball. Where is it? Oh, it's sitting right there. is stuck in the left lock trap. That sucks. I guess we're going to time out here. The cool thing about Jersey Jack is it gives it a certain number of attempts and it finally gives up and kicks out another ball. So often that happens actually during a mode, which sucks. So I'm guessing either... Yep, there it goes. Wow. All right, cool. So we hit Bob again. We lit up the phone. Let's go ahead and start a mode. What mode we got this time? Oh, I'm not paying attention. Gosh, I said it was going to light Big Bang. Especially with EMP. This is kind of the one to try and skip. Nice, we got the lock. You can hear a clicking. That's the magnets over here that are just awful. Let's see if we can... Nope. right down the middle. Fun times, fun times. That better starts. I think that ball is still caught in that left lock. And it's open now. Alright, got the skill shot. We've got a multiball. Ha, we hit the sim card shot. That's always fun. All right. There goes our first game. You know, it didn't start well. It didn't end very well. That was the first game I played in about a day or so. We'll get this back under... Oh, no. Not entering a name there. It's a great picture. Oh, God. Thank God that didn't come through on the video. All right. Uh, let's start another game. Let's just play better. Okay, good start, good start. Got that skill shot right off the bat. Missed. On the second skill. Got the shot and lit the mode. We're gonna let that dead flip across. We're gonna save... No, we're not gonna backflip. What we're gonna do is attempt the, uh, big bang. We got one shot. Come on. Nice, again. I think we just need one more Big Bang to light it. Well, that was three direct hits. I'm not sure what the issue is. Alright. So, let's hold the left and see how many hits it says we need. Big bang. Hits needed three. Okay, maybe it's set to six. We'll double check. Oh, missed. Frick. Alright, so now let's check it. Hopefully it says two. No, it says big bang. Hits needed three. What have we got to hit? I've been hitting the shit out of the Big Bang. Alright, I'm not sure what we hit now to get Big Bang. I guess let's start the mode. Alright. Oh man, that magnet really got there. Get there! Oh my ma- I hate this mode. Did I mention that I do not like this mode? Oh my god, do you see this magnet? All right. Hey, a ball save? What's that about? So we've relit yet another mode. All right, now let's take a look at this. How many more shots do we need on Big Bang? because it says two. I just hit the big bang. Alright. Let's hit that big bang again. Nope, missed it. making the crap out of that combo though still ball one we've gone through two modes we just locked the ball let's see if we can hit that nope missed the skill shot oh my gosh so we what we want to do is hit big bang again Let's double check. Let's see. We should have just one shot left. There we go. One hit. One hit. Here we go. We're going to... Lit Big Bang. Flailing. Oh, no. Don't accidentally hit it. Have I mentioned we're flailing? Okay, good. So we've got Big Bang lit. Let's start the multiball. Now what's fun is if we hit Big Bang, we should automatically score on all jackpots. It'd be more amazing if we had a sim card at this point, but we can't seem to complete a mode. So, let's catch one of these guys. Got it. All right, well, we got a bunch of jackpots there, which is fun. So we need four hits now for the big bang. Let's see what happens if we hit it once. Nope, missed it. Got the sim card, though. We could start a mode, but we really want to hit the big bang. It's a way to guarantee that we complete the modes. There we go. So there's one. Now let's hold it. Let's make sure it says three now instead of four. Still says four. We definitely... Oh, big bang's not... Oh. Yeah, it says light big bang. Let's hit it again. Let's see what happens. I mean, we hit it there. No question about it, we hit it. Alright, we're going to start a mode. Looks like it's a right and left orbit. Flailing. There we go. Hopefully that cleared up. Okay, it accidentally got both balls. So I don't know what's going to happen here. Okay. Somehow we got one hit on the Big Bang there. That was a lot of juggling. I'm really afraid right now about what's going to happen if I drop a ball. Does the game know that it accidentally shot out two balls? All right. Yep. So the game didn't know that it accidentally kicked out two balls, and when I finally lost one it reset Like I lost a ball Didn realize that I had two out there That sucks So Alright what do we need to do right now How many modes have we done? Four? We haven't completed any of them. Do I have to re-hold? Yeah. We've played two modes, nine to go. Really? I feel like we've... No, maybe I'm thinking of two different games. All right, so we're going to attempt... Got it. The plunge for the skill shot. Let's see if we can follow it up here. Nope, I did hit the sim card shot. Got that, which is good. You don't have to hit the theater. We can attempt to hit the big bang. There we go. We got Big Bang. Good. Now we can start a mode. Oh, my gosh. Really? Hmm. All right. So we started the mode. hit big bang, that automatically completes the mode. We've lit SimCard. So let's go ahead and try to get the SimCard shot. And we just got extra ball. Somehow we got a multiball? Got the lock, got two mode shots. Missed that. Hey, got the sim card. I think we already got the sim card. Ah, that was a double. That was a double. I should have hit it and then... That was not good. That was not good. So if we tilt one more time, the game ends. Because we're on our third ball. Oh, actually, we're still on our second ball. That was a ball. Oh, yeah. We got that shoot again. All right. Not going to make it. Got the second skill shot. It's going right down the middle. Got a ball save. Woo! Woo! Nope. Alright. Oh my gosh. Just wasted our ball save. Okay. Alright. Alright. Resetting. Resetting. It's fine. We know what we gotta do right now. We've got a mode lit. How many shots do we need on Big Bang? Three hits needed. I just don't believe that. I don't know what's going on here. Well, let's full plunge all the way around. Missed the shot on Big Bang. huh missed it that's a lot of bricks we got going on right now missed whew yeah that's gonna go crazy alright I mean do we just go for the mode All right, what are we going to light here? Lava, that's right down the middle. No, now we're going to do tornado. I think I'm okay with that. Oh! I have no idea what we got that time. Hey, eruption, that's awful. So it's N number of shots right up the middle. and it just drops straight back down which is really irritating. I wanted to hit the crap out of that but I couldn't because we went to two. Alright. Better game. Still not great. I don't understand what's going on with the Big Bang and I find that a little irritating. because it even says right at the great picture once again thank god you guys can't see that um because it even says end number of shots until big bang is lit and i'm definitely hitting it like you can see the the big bang light up when i hit it hello i wonder how we check uh might have to open up the screen and check firmware maybe there's a bug hey got the skill shot Nice. Nice and over. Don't. Alright, now we're going to start a mode. No, we're not. We're going to attempt the big bang. Nice. Out of the way. Missed the Big Bang. Jeez, that ad sounded like it was right behind me. Alright, we're not going for Big Bang right now. EMP strike? There we go. Obviously can't do it from this side There we go Three Wow, keep missing Mr. QED Which is what we really want to hit right now Oh, we got a sim card That's right, we completed the mode Oh my god, we like actually completed the mode. Let's see if we can get that sim card. And that is it. Oh. And we lit big bang. Oh no. Alright, well, screw that. Let's light the next mode. Oh no. Ah, right around the corner. Felt pretty good. We just lost that sim card. Kind of sucks. So, yeah, the sim cards are multipliers on your mode-based scoring, and they go away. The light on the sim card goes away as soon as you lose the ball. Very disappointing. It's okay, we're going to start another mode here. Oh, no. We're going to start another mode. We're going to catch it, trap it, then hit big bang. Wow, almost just worked exactly like I said it. Nice, dead flip across. And... Missed it twice the exact same way. Three times! All right. Kind of flailing. And by kind of, I mean I'm going to lose the ball. I lost the ball. Called it. Called it. All right. We got this. We got this. Big Bang is still lit. We lost the mode. We're on our third ball. We've had better. We've had better. But you know what? you can win the game on one ball. That's all you need. But not with shitty shots like that. All right, so what do we need right now? We need to light that. Right? We need to hit him again. Now we just need to trap up. Should have gone right in. Wow. Just... Not there yet. Not there yet. We can play better. Not what I meant to do. Trap up. Come on. There it is. Fall in. Oh, that would have been beautiful. Let's get that sim card. Oh, that was it. Get over. Right down the middle. Alright. Not a great game. But we can only step it up. Let's do that. Solid skill shot. I think we've started each game with a good skill shot now. The double skill shot followed up with a mode... It wasn't quite a mode starter. Wow. Hitting the big bang. Don't go over. Great. Let's hit the QED. Man. There it is. Oh my gosh. you see all of this flailing this is this is awful all right so two shots left on the big bang on the way around let's see if we can hit big bang one more time did we light it we did but we lost the ball Oh, come on. Come on. There goes one ball. It's fine. It's fine. We don't need three balls. Who needs three balls? Another skill shot. Hey, we didn't like Big Bang? I thought we did. Double skill shot. All the way. For the mode start. Missed it. So this is the roving shot. We're going to wait for it to go from there. All the way around. Got that shot. Great. Now we've got a bunch of shots we're going to make. Left ramp. Let's listen to the beautiful lady. Now we need... Left loop. Go all the way around. Yes! Yes! Oh! At the zero! If we can just hit the... theater. Oh. Five seconds. Hit the theater. Hit the theater. Got the SIM card. We got the theater. And the lock. Did we get it in time? We did not light the SIM card. Oh. So close come on this is the look of disappointment Jesus. Jesus. Alright, so we got the multiball. Go in. EMP strike. That's... Wow, man, what a save. Oh my god! I think that was actually a decent... OMG. Here we go. There's two. There's two. There's three. We got it. Now Big Bang is lit Okay now we can go for the sim card that way because if we accidentally hit Big Bang it sucks, so what we should do is start a mode. We lost the sim card. We lost the sim card again! It's okay. It's okay. This is what happens when I take a day off of playing pinball. Gotta stay in shape. Alright, so we got a mode here. Alright, let's see if we're finally to the point where we can make this shot on the forehand. Are you kidding me? Sorry, peeps. That was pretty awful. Got the skill shot. Every game. Good start. Good start. Got the second skill shot. And we got a ball save. All the way around. Got it. Yeah, just not feeling the shot on the left there. Here we go. Left ramp. Right. Yes. So to hit the side ramp, we need to hit it... To hit the side ramp, we need to hit it through there and up and around. Oh, missed it. We timed out, guys. We timed out. Have it. It's okay. All right. Let's see if we can hit that big bang. Nope, missed it. There it is. Started the mode. Roving arrow, missed it. All right, so I'm just going to go side ramp. Oh, no. Oh, yes. Second kickback. We got extra time. There it is. All right, so now we've got a few more shots to make here. there's one there's two and we got the lock with six seconds left we've got to make three more shots which is basically one, two, three there's one two ran out of time would have been three though. Beautiful shots. Beautiful shots. Alright, started the multiball. I don't know how many more times you have to hit Big Bang. Lost that multiball really quick. Looks like we've got a red multiball. I think that's a pretty high voltage. I think with high voltage we just have to hit the QED target. But it's moving. I don't think we hit it once. See, now I can hit him All I want to Hey, Big Bang is lit Flailing I have no idea what's happening here. Ugh, just need to start the mode. I can't quite seem to trap up. Oh. Alright, come on. Come on! Missed a little early. It's fine. Got it. Okay. EMP shoved it out to the left. And we have Big Bang lit. Gosh, that sucks. Is that third ball? Nope, that was ball one. Jesus, I'm off. Alright. Good skill shot. The extra ball is lit on the far left. Oh my god. I want to get that extra ball. Thank you. There it is. Whoo! Whoo! Now we just want to start that mode. It's coming back around. Don't hit Big Bang. Okay. Whoo! Trapped up. Started the mode. We catch. we grab Big Bang. You see how when a plan comes together, I feel like I need a big stogie in my mouth. Let's see if we can hit that Sim card. Oh! Try again. Ugh! Fall in, fall in, fall in! Come on! Alright, we're going to start that mode. Got Bob. I don't know what we just got there, but all the way around. Aw. Coming back around. I have never made more locks before in my entire life. when I finally want to miss that shot and actually start hitting the sim card. I guess that's what I need to do. I just need to focus on hitting the sim card shot. We've got a multiball coming here. Started multiball. Hey, we got a sim card! Aww! That was BS. Don't... Alright, let's do it. All the way around, because... Big Bang is lit. We can start a mode. So what we're going to do is start a mode, hit big bang, we'll complete that mode and go for another sim card. Hey, we gotta shoot again. Nope. Missed the skill shot. Come on, let's trap up. I went right down the middle. Gosh. Oh. Yeah, I don't have a choice on that one. Here we go. All the way around. Shouldn't go back. Started the mode. It's just in. Good. And... Oh. There's... I don't think we actually need... So, we didn't need the big bang. We got it, but we lost the sim card because we completed the mode, which is great. That's actually one of the easiest modes to get. You end up kind of accidentally hitting those. Get over. Nice. Got the skill shot. We've got a multiball coming. I think it's a Quantum City Multiball. Which is fine. We've got Big Bang lit. So we're going to hit all the jackpots when we hit Big Bang. So I think what we have to do here is hit it past the Quantum Chick up at the top. Come on, let's trap up and see if we can hit that big bang. Oh, the big bang. is blocked. Wasn't allowed to be hit just then. Sorry, I'm not a good multitasker, obviously. Alright. There's one hit. There's another mode. Missed it. Got the sim card shot. Nice. Here we go. And missed it. Got the first shot. Somehow, we did not. Oh. Oh. Here we go. Five. Four. it took us like 25 seconds there are a lot more than that maybe because that feels like the slowest timer in the world that took us way too long to hit big bang man all right let's see if can hit the sim card kickbacks lit let's see what we get now so lock is lit so we hit the theater. Like I said, got the SIM card. There we go. There's two. Yeah. Why is this trying to kill me? Oh, okay, cool. So something I wanted to show earlier was the D and the I is now lit up on dialed in. Let's see if we can hit... I mean, how many hits do we need on Big Bang? Three? Let's just start the mode. There's one. so now we need to hit the Bob targets over there got the sim card shot Ah That was ball three We were at 1 million We had two sim cards. And that was kind of an easier mode. That mode is basically hit the left ramp and then Bob targets left ramp, Bob targets left ramp. It's pretty straightforward. High score number six. That really means seven because GC doesn't count against those numbers. Best selfie ever. Ugh. Come on, guys. We can step this up. I think it is 1130. I think we got another game in us. Let's see how this one goes. Finally starting to play some ball. I feel like we flailed around there quite a bit, but started making the shots I was hoping to make. There's at least half of the skill shot. Nope, now we're flailing. Alright, slam dunked. Great. This is not a good mode, because it lets the ball drop straight down the middle. Got the SIM card shot again. Can't do it from this side. Hit that big bang twice. Oh, that had some wicked Spanglish? Some wicked English on it Alright, first mode failed First ball lost The phone must be switched Until it continues Wow. Wow. Maybe this is the way of the pinball gods trying to tell me to, you know, don't stay up late and play tonight. Get some sleep. Maybe that's what they're trying to tell me. Block felt pretty good, though. Slam dunk. Thank you. All right, we got a big bang. Woo, that was moving. All the way up and over. Nice trap. Mode start. Boom. Let's go for it. Exactly what you want to see. Miss the big bang. Got it that time. Come on. Yes. Oh, my God. Started another mode. Sim card. Oh, it's EMP. Bless America. Oh, my God. Get the sim card. Come on. Oh, my. Wow, that actually pulled it through Got the sim card Total luck, not trying for that Oh my gosh I hate AMD Please tell me that was That was ball three, right? Fairly certain that was ball three See, and then the pinball gods go and And give me And give me a good A good ball at the very end So they're not telling me not to play They're just laughing Made the skill shot Come on, this is our game This is the one There we go. Oh. Nice, good trap. Oh, that was a live catch, right? Oh, my gosh. All the way up and over. Dead flip across. Nice, and... Back flip. We got this. There it is. Mode start. Left ramp. Let's hit that. Almost had it. Big Bang is lit. Alright. Big Bang. Come on, Sim. Give me that Sim. What was that? That was a solid round. Lost the sim card. Completed the mission. Ball two, 178,000. For the lock. Got the lock. Alright, so we can start multiball. A little too much. Wow that was me I can't blame that on anyone that was just as a skill shot I know it isn't all right trapped up it's not even it's not even worth going for Big Bang right now. I just don't even want to play. Okay. Oh, get in there? Twice? Oh no. Whoa! Oh, hey, I've never seen that before. Here we go. Start of the mode. Selfies! Wow, that was a really cool save. I mean, it wasn't even me. What do I call that? Lazarus ball? Goes in, although that was a crazy-ass Lazarus then, if that's the case. Alright. Wow, that was a quick aim. It's not even midnight! Overshot. Got the second half. Missed big bang. What is going on here? There it is. Missed the big bang again. There we go. Lottery frenzy. Yeah, that's right. Holding up your hand actually scratches off the ticket. Oh, my God. Scratching off the ticket is so crazy. That was another fun rule I learned about recently. is you gotta wave to the camera to scratch off the ticket. Uh, made the skill shot. Second skill shot! Second skill shot! How many big bangs? I think we've hit it once. Yeah, okay, let's... Alright, let's just start a mode. Missed it. Aw. Oh, my God. wow yeah no no this is definitely the last game not playing well just flailing we had a decent game um what was going on there that was me trying to get into a position where i could hit big bang i had a lot of shots just not not finding it uh which kind of irritating actually. Like, I don't typically have any problems finding that shot. Wow. Wow. There it is. Mode. Catch. Big bang. Big bang. Well. This has been fun. I hope you enjoyed it. I kind of forgot about my beer. Woo! Oh, man, this beer is awesome. Once again, this is Chillax. It's a pineapple gold ale from Bootstrap Brewing. I'm George. This has been fun on Don't Panic Flip. And we'll throw some more streams up, hopefully ones where we progress a little bit further. I'd really love to hit, at some point, obviously, and we need to work up to it because I'm just not that good of a player, but you want to hit all eight of these at some point. I think that would be a pretty decent accomplishment. And the other thing I'd want to do is hit Armageddon a few times, and that requires actually initiating all 11 modes. I don't think you have to complete them. Game is definitely playing a little bit different. That's not worth blaming tonight on. I think I just got lucky on my million-plus game. I think it was like 1.2-something. After being cleaned, it definitely changed up how the game plays a tiny bit, but just couldn't quite hit the shots I was expecting today. And a lot of that was just not feeling it. A lot of it also was not being patient and knowing when to place the ball or, let's say, dead flip and allow it to go to the other side. You've got to be thinking not quite chess moves ahead, but you've got to be thinking more than just trapping up or more than just taking the next shot. You really, you got to be thinking about giving, putting yourself in the best opportunity possible to make the shots. So that's what I'll be working on. It's been a long road so far, and it will be longer yet still to actually getting good at pinball. Keep watching people online. Keep watching pros. Going to focus on watching the Pinberg. I think it was 2017 Pinberg where there was a championship round on Dialed In. I want to go back and watch that and see what those guys were doing. re-watch some tutorials, just overall get to understand the rules better. There is a Tilt Forums and Pinside Forums, PDF and HTML that kind of walks you through everything that's been discovered about the rules so far. Actually, now that I say discovered, I don't know that that's the case. I think it might be that one of the software people actually went through and wrote up the rules. It seems on the Tilt Forums that there was a lot of people who maybe have been more, that may have been intimately involved in the process. We're chiming in on either creating the rules or writing the rules themselves. Can't really tell, and I didn't do a ton of research as to who actually created those. Regardless, I hope you all have a wonderful night. I know I did. Any night playing pinball is a good night as far as I'm concerned. Signing off. Thank you.

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