# Black Knight - Sword of Rage (Stern 2019)

**Source:** Mystery Pinball Theater 3000  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2019-09-29  
**Duration:** 84m 17s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD0jKAWbHko

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## Analysis

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 streams extended gameplay of Black Knight: Sword of Rage (Stern 2019), expressing frustration with the game's difficulty and tight shot requirements while practicing for tournament play. The stream includes real-time coaching from chat participants (including 'Insomniac' and 'Pinsomniac'), demonstrations of proper technique, and multiple team members attempting the machine. The host emphasizes the game rewards shot accuracy and punishes risky plays, requiring consistent strategy and control.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Black Knight: Sword of Rage requires very accurate shot placement and penalizes mistakes heavily with quick drains. — _Mystery Pinball Theater 3000's repeated commentary throughout gameplay: 'this game rewards really good shot accuracy. Like you wouldn't believe' and observations that the game is 'Papa Duke tough' with no safe shots._
- [MEDIUM] Generally speaking, 20 million points is a winning score in tournament play on this machine for evenly matched players. — _MPT3K states: 'Generally speaking, if everybody's on the same level, 20 million will win you this game.'_
- [HIGH] The machine has a flipper gap that makes certain shots difficult and requires specific technique (backhands, tap catches, post passes). — _Multiple coaching moments from Insomniac/Pinsomniac explaining flipper control: 'backhand the light lock so you can get control' and 'stop the ball on your right flipper' techniques._
- [MEDIUM] Michael from Pindigo (San Francisco-based player) scored approximately 70 million on the machine by ball 3 after starting with minimal points. — _MPT3K: 'Michael from Pindigo, he had like nothing going into ball three and then he turned it into like a 70 million game.'_
- [HIGH] The game has a ball save feature that must be used strategically, and players can light locks before starting modes. — _Repeated gameplay mechanics shown and discussed: ball saves come from various sources and lock shot sequencing is critical._

### Notable Quotes

> "I don't like playing Shane Black Knight: Sword of Rage. My games last 30 seconds. I hate this game. But, it does come up in tournaments and I'm taking one for my team."
> — **Mystery Pinball Theater 3000**, Opening
> _Establishes the host's relationship to the machine: competent enough to practice for tournaments despite disliking it personally._

> "This pin works on my weak spot, which is shot accuracy. Shot accuracy is terrible for me. And this pin rewards really good shot accuracy. Like you wouldn't believe."
> — **Mystery Pinball Theater 3000**, Mid-stream
> _Identifies the core design philosophy of Black Knight: Sword of Rage and explains why it frustrates the host specifically._

> "Generally speaking, if everybody's on the same level, 20 million will win you this game."
> — **Mystery Pinball Theater 3000**, Mid-stream strategy discussion
> _Provides benchmark scoring information for tournament context._

> "It's like playing half a pinball machine, actually. It's Papa Duke tough."
> — **Mystery Pinball Theater 3000**, Mid-stream
> _Describes the difficulty curve: once you lose control, games end very quickly._

> "You need a more official person to tell you."
> — **Mystery Pinball Theater 3000**, Late stream
> _Humorous aside about needing authoritative coaching rather than self-coaching on difficult machines._

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 | person | Content creator and pinball streamer; host of the stream; competitive player practicing for tournament play |
| Black Knight: Sword of Rage | game | Stern pinball machine from 2019; subject of extended gameplay stream; difficult shot-accuracy-focused design |
| Insomniac / Pinsomniac | person | Chat participant providing real-time coaching on Black Knight strategy, flipper technique, and shot sequencing |
| Michael from Pindigo | person | San Francisco-based pinball player on MPT3K's tournament team; scored ~70 million on Black Knight |
| Stern | company | Manufacturer of Black Knight: Sword of Rage |
| Jurassic Park | game | Stern pinball machine mentioned as currently being played by Brian at the venue; described as more fun than Black Knight |
| Ghostbusters | game | New Stern pinball machine at the venue; mentioned as having a flipper gap issue that was not fixed in latest code |
| Brian | person | Venue associate playing Jurassic Park; briefly assists MPT3K with Black Knight coaching |
| Nick | person | Viewer who stopped by the venue to watch MPT3K stream Black Knight gameplay |
| Justin | person | Team member ('Hotters' team) who plays Black Knight during the multi-player segment |
| Mary | person | Team member ('Hotters' team) who plays Black Knight during the multi-player segment |
| Walter | person | Team member who arrives at the venue during stream |
| Ben Adelson | person | Identified as son of someone involved with Scorbit; visitor to the venue during stream; noted as 'the smartest kid' |
| Scorbatron | game | Homebrew or custom pinball project that Ben Adelson was working on; mentioned casually during stream |
| Game of Thrones (Premium Edition) | game | Stern machine mentioned as having problematic gate mechanics that caused ball sticking |
| Legends of Wrestlemania (Limited Edition) | game | Stern machine briefly mentioned in passing; appears in chat/stream context |
| Stern AC/DC (Pro Vault Edition) | game | Machine mentioned as having better flow and safer shots compared to Black Knight |
| James Cameron's Avatar (Limited Edition) | game | Stern machine mentioned as not yet played by MPT3K; referenced as newer release |
| Pinstadium X-Streams / Pinstadium Lights | product | Aftermarket lighting product used to improve stream visibility; mentioned as sponsorship/product integration |
| Twitch | platform | Platform where MPT3K streams content; chat participants provide real-time coaching |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Black Knight: Sword of Rage gameplay difficulty and strategy, Pinball shot accuracy and flipper technique, Tournament preparation and scoring benchmarks
- **Secondary:** Real-time streaming coaching and community learning, Stern machine design and playfield ergonomics, Pinball team competitions and local player community
- **Mentioned:** Code updates and mechanical issues (Ghostbusters flipper gap)

### Sentiment

**Mixed** (0.35) — MPT3K expresses strong frustration and dislike for Black Knight: Sword of Rage throughout the stream ('I hate this game', 'I don't like this game'), citing quick drains, difficult shot accuracy requirements, and lack of safe shots. However, sentiment improves modestly through the stream as he gains technique with coaching support and lands better shots. The tone is self-deprecating humor mixed with genuine frustration. Positive elements include appreciation for the coaching community and team camaraderie at the venue, but the game itself remains portrayed negatively as punishment for poor accuracy.

### Signals

- **[community_signal]** MPT3K streams Black Knight practice with real-time chat coaching from multiple expert participants (Insomniac/Pinsomniac), demonstrating collaborative learning culture and knowledge-sharing within pinball streaming community. (confidence: high) — Extended sequences of chat participants providing specific shot sequences, flipper techniques, and strategy guidance; MPT3K explicitly asks for help and implements suggestions in real-time.
- **[community_signal]** Venue serves as hub for local competitive pinball community ('Hotters' team) with multiple skilled players practicing together; streaming integration allows remote viewers to participate in real-time coaching. (confidence: high) — Multiple team members (Justin, Mary, Walter) arriving at venue during stream; Pindigo player (Michael) referenced as teammate; remote viewers providing expert guidance through chat.
- **[competitive_signal]** Black Knight: Sword of Rage is a tournament staple despite player frustration; 20 million points cited as competitive benchmark for evenly matched opponents. (confidence: high) — MPT3K practicing specifically because 'it does come up in tournaments' and strategic discussion of scoring thresholds for team matches.
- **[design_philosophy]** Black Knight: Sword of Rage designed with extreme emphasis on shot accuracy and punitive ball physics; no 'safe shots' available, demanding precise flipper control and shot timing. (confidence: high) — MPT3K: 'this pin rewards really good shot accuracy. Like you wouldn't believe' and 'There's no safe shots. No, it won't help me actually.' Repeated descriptions of games ending in 30 seconds from single mistakes.
- **[product_concern]** Ghostbusters (Stern) has unresolved flipper gap mechanical issue that was expected to be fixed but persists in current code. (confidence: medium) — MPT3K noting incoming Ghostbusters code: 'It looks amazing. It doesn't fix the flipper gap though. We still have the same flipper gap.'
- **[technology_signal]** Streaming technology integration (Pinstadium Lights, Twitch integration) normalizing pinball content creation and real-time remote coaching for competitive players. (confidence: medium) — Product integration for lighting; emphasis on viewing experience for remote audience; coach (Insomniac) able to provide real-time feedback on gameplay from chat.

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## Transcript

 There's my What's up everybody, MPT3K here. So, sometimes you gotta do things that you don't wanna do. I don't like playing Black Knight Sword of Rage. My games last 30 seconds. I hate this game. But, it does come up in tournaments and I'm taking one for my team. In fact, I need to let my team know that I am practicing Black Knight right now. So, let me do that. Let's see, message... Twitch.tv which that TV voice MPT 3k y'all all right what's up insomniac hey hey time to give this machine hopefully your night but doesn't ban me no I don't have a night but can you hear me okay pensomnia that was hilarious dude the first time the first time I knew I was gonna get banned and then like the next two times I didn't plan that at all I I was like, what? You can't do caps? Oh, man. All right. This screen is creeping down. It's annoying. All right. Looks like we got a pro going. Bring it on. So we talked about this last night, right? how much this game... Hey, if you like this game, that's good. I hate this game. I'm going to nudge it around as much as I can because you and George said that's how you play. Push it around a little bit. All right. I know one thing. Main goal, don't flip hard. Yeah. You got enough flips? I don't have enough flips. Let me rotate this a little. You know what? Steve Ritchie, don't talk to me right now. Wow, I can barely see the flippers. Let's fix this. I like Soda Rage. You like Soda Rage? I hate Soda Rage. Really? I don't like it without the upper playfield. Oh, really? When it has the upper playfield, though, it's bad. Everybody, this is Ben Adelson. He is the son of the Scorbit thing. He's the reason Scorbit is happening. it's his fault in Scorbatron that is true we'll see if I fall you gotta head out? yeah well good to see you yeah see you bro they were they were working on Scorbatron over there for a little bit that guy is awesome he's the smartest kid he's so damn smart let's see back with me gotta get that lock shot lit so Yes, yes, okay, alright. How are we looking? Now it's a bit much. I'm like a stickler about this. Ah! There we go. Wait, low. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. How is that? Is that decent? We're going to call that enough. Okay. Skill shot. Damn it. Nope. Alright. I missed the skill shot. I wanted that skill shot. Okay. I got my lock lit. What's up, Pink Ninja Man? Oh. I'm trying not to suck at this game from now on. Ooh, I hate this game! Alright, let's start a mode. We're gonna have some quality time, Black Knight, okay? Don't lock the ball until you have mode start lit. Rattle, rattle. Rattle, rattle. Get over here, get over here. Can you backhand a left ramp? Usually it's safest. Yes, it is backhandable. It's a quick backhand. Woo! Alright, oh I should have changed it after. Haven't played this game much but I don't think you start a mode by training. Ohhhhh. That's how I start a mode. Now you gotta hit that shot again. Not that shot, that shot. Okay, all the shots came up because I didn't do it in time. So, backhand. Oh my god. Oh my god. Hit a shot. Backhand. Ugh. I'd rather miss shots than drain. That's one. That's two That's one I can backhand that one too I think That's two Super features are ready Was that a kickback? Damn it It's okay if you get the hang of it. I felt like once you get the shot going on this pin, it plays very nice. See, this pin works on my weak spot, which is shot accuracy. Shot accuracy is terrible for me. And this pin rewards really good shot accuracy. Like you wouldn't believe. Try not to cross the playfield unless In total control Yeah, try not to Right Oh crap, there it goes Woo, that was a nice lock That was a Oh 5 4 3, 2, 1. Left loop with your right flipper. Not even the left loop with your right flipper. Really? Wow. Alright. Alright. How do you know it's me? Gotta get this skill shot right off the bat. Crap. Sling, sling, lane! Holy crap. Don't let it intimidate you, MPT3K. It's only a steel ball. And I just didn't listen to Pintomianic. I did what he said not to do. If you miss, you won't react back fast enough to slow it down. Yeah, that's true. It's like playing half a pinball machine, actually. It's pretty tough. Oh, you said don't do that. Okay. You said do not do what I just did. And what do I do then? Light lock before you start the mode too. Ah, shoot. Alright, I gotta think. I gotta think before I play. I gotta think before I play. You guys are gonna watch me suffer today. Because this game, holy smoke. I don't get this way with any other game. even Iron Man. I look like Iron Man over this. Okay, left to right is safer since the shots are wider. Oh, okay. Left to right, right to left. Let's think about what am I going to do now? I'm going to... I don't know what I'm doing right now, but I'm going to try. Oh, I got a final blow left. Right? And then... Lock. But don't hit the lock from the left flipper. Exactly. Alright. And these guys work on my sword, right? That's what works on my sword for my upgrade, but I haven't... I haven't done any of that yet. I haven't got any sword hits yet. Okay, I can hit that from here. Or from there. Damn it. So did I get defeated? What happened? I did not defeat it. Now what do I do? This game is weird. So I gotta hit him again to light another mode. I have no idea for the upgrades, but if you have control on the right flipper and it stops, just backhand the light lock button. Alright. Okay, I don't want to hit it now. I want to start this mode. So I gotta take a dangerous, super dangerous shot to him. It starts when I say it starts, alright? Mr. Knight. I'm not even calling you Mr. Knight. Oh, that's a false save. Okay. Alright, alright, alright, alright. Trap up. Trap up. Fire it away. Oh, you rattling son of a gun. Ryan, what's up? Who's that? I still haven't had a chance to play a pro. Yeah, I haven't either. Oh, I haven't had a chance to play the LE, actually. This one we have... I haven't even seen an upper playfield version of this. I'm so set up right now. I'm completely set up. Alright. Let's go for lock. Boom! Alright. This is a way to get some points on the table, but holy smokes, it's going to be tough. Now let's go for that add-a-ball. Super Danger Rain. Super Sling. Super Lame. Super is lit. Woo! I got super lit. Super Lame. Super Lame. That was super lame. Use it. Alright, send it in. Boom. How we doing? I guess I have to hit that target because it's flashing and it's going nuts. Maybe. I don't know. That was 3 million from one shot. Ah, crap. Oh, get up there. There's another ball save. Somebody look up how to get ball saves. Well maybe no, maybe it's better that I don't know. I need a second. I need a second to think. Oh, don't come out. Don't come back out. These targets. All right, I got replay. So these targets add time. These targets add time. I got two. Nice. I'm going to see if Brian wants to play with me a little bit. These drops, I think also... Really? Okay, let's take a look. These drops add to the sword. I know the sword goes up with these drops. But I don't see anything else. One thing about this game is it's very bare. There's really nothing here. It's like three drops, two stand-ups, a couple of spinners, some in-lanes. What's up, Aireno? What up, MPT3K? You should totally be playing the new game. We don't have it installed yet. Oh, thanks for the sub! JGU3VARA. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Yeah, I came actually here to stream the new game, Los Busters, but Matt's not here. He's out trying to buy a bed or something like that. And actually the owner is not here either They're gonna um do it. I'm gonna do that next week as soon as new bank game goes bustle code comes in I'm doing it. It looks amazing. It doesn't flip it doesn't fix the flipper gap though We still got the same flipper gap all right 70 was pretty good I've seen higher play better. Thank you Better than this, right? Alright, I want to lock a ball. They don't even give you a free lock in the beginning. Oh, jeez. There's a ball save for the left... There's a ball save for the left scoop now. Oh, you mean in Ghostbusters. Not in this. Go off the left ramp. Just go? All right, I'll start the mode. Oh, I lit the lock. I can see when that gonna happen It not like I don see when it going to drain left I just have to move the machine around a lot Light the lock and make the lock shot. Oh, look at that. Couldn't do that if I tried. Okay, who am I fighting? This guy again. Okay, I know that the... I know the spinners change the monster, so I'm going to try and do a full plunge next time. Change the damn monster. You should be able to stop the ball. Oh! Oh, come on. How many times am I going to do that? You should be able to stop the ball out of the in-lane feed. That was supposed to be fixed. It's not fixed. I'm telling you, man. These games are going to be quick, but I don't care. Because I'm going to learn this machine. I'm a little late to the party. Everyone's moved on to Jurassic Park. In fact, Brian is playing Jurassic Park right now. I should have used the cricket magnet. Yeah, it doesn't always work, exactly. Right? So, I'll drop the Ghostbuster stuff until you see it. Full plunge doesn't always work, so check this out. I'm going to do a full plunge now. We're going to try and get it to change the monster, but it's not a guarantee. This button definitely isn't a guarantee for a full plunge. And, let's see. Huh. We did it. We did it. We did it, guys. We did it. We did it. So where are we at now? Let me see. We're at Mud Bog. It really helps to know which creature you're going to battle also. Mud Bog. So Mud Bog. Oh, crap. It's the same guy again. That's still a Hydra. I don't know this game. Oh my god. The color. Yep. Okay, the color is a good indicator. That one flip. That one flip destroyed me. And I know it's going to. This will make you calm the F down when you play. Green Hydra. Red is the Hell Hand. Blue are the Ice Guys. Yellow is the Sandworm. Nobody talk anymore. I want to hold that on the screen. I'm excited to Oops, not him I'm excited to stream Ghostbusters now I am Hit the blinky colors But I want to know, I want to start my own blinky color though. I want to know which blinky color I'm going to be hitting. I'm going to grab some stuff and start driving over there. Maybe I can catch you on the screen. you're not. I blew my school shot again. Look at that. Look at how terrible that is guys. All right let's do this. Don't drain the soccer ball and get our mystery. Never shoot, wait. Okay, that was on purpose. I wanted to see if I could backhand that lane there. That lane there. Okay, guys, I need a consistent strategy. Number one, I need to play better. Number two, I need a consistent strategy to put up at least 20 million for a team match. Generally speaking, if everybody's on the same level, 20 million will win you this game. Now the other night, Michael from Pindigo, because he's on my team here in San Francisco, Michael from Pindigo, he had like nothing going into ball three and then he turned it into like a 70 million game. million games. Strat, control, control, control. Can we make up a better way than just being good? Can I get a shortcut? Can I get the cliff notes? Do it again. You must have a duck wish. Why are you saying that? I must have a duck wish. Okay. You can walk over to my face. Oh. Stop looking at me like that, man. It's getting stuck. It's getting stuck in the upper lane. Ignore the hurry up. Ignore the hurry up. I don't want to... Okay, burning sands. Oh! I didn't notice his stupid shield was down. Now it's up. Now it's up. So this guy moves, right? I gotta wait for this guy. I'm like, I'm like just, just not enough accuracy. I'm accurate enough to hit, to hit the ramp, but not accurate enough not to brick it. What you got for me? Hard to tweak my gates on Game of Thrones because it was too low and the ball would get stuck. Those damn gates. Meanwhile, Brian is blowing up Jurassic Park. A game that I wish I was playing right now, but not really because I need to play this. Sometimes you gotta eat your spinach, you know? I'll do a quick write-up. Oh, really? Okay. I'll take it. Nope. Alright. Let's see. I'm on red. Wow. That's alright. It's alright. I know I'm sucking today. I know I'm sucking today. I put up... I put up... What did I put up? 70 just now? That was a mistake. Okay, there we go. Ice guys. Ice guys. Heyo! Get up there! Wow, that stole it back. What? struggle is real check discord Wow, short plunge and slack the side of the table so that it doesn't hit the top of the I've been trying to do that. Hit your awful spinning toy once as your skill shot. And get control. Do this during ball save. I'm going to start with just those two things. Let me see if I can just start with just those two instructions. See? Step one, cut a hole in the box. step two so I am now on the red guy who is He's more of a tap-tap when catching. Tap-tap. Yeah, that's why I'm really not good at those tap passes and tap catches. I didn't bring a million. Let's try that again. Use more of a tap-tap when catching that. I have to change my drop catch. Don't hit the foot bar, you can do it with your back hand. Alright, hell hand. Super! Alright, Hell Hand. Supa! Sorry. I kind of wasted that danger. Ah, that's the wrong one. How did I miss that? Nice. I had no more dangers. We're going to play all these out. I don't care. This is how you practice. This is how you practice. Alright. Deep freeze. I gotta get a triple nice challenge going. Shit. Burning sands. Light lock. Start mode. That was risky and I paid for it. This game, man, you take one risk and you basically lose the ball. I'm going to go up to the lanes this time. And that's the thing, if you hit it too hard into that scoop, it bounces back out. It will bounce right back out on you. Alright, I want to light this lock. I really want to light this lock and start that multiball right now. Not across the field though, please. Oh my god. I got him. Where you going? Where you going? Where you going? Try stopping the ball on your right flipper when it comes in from the in lane feed. I'm doing what I'm trying to what is it called it's called like a reverse tap pad it's a different early in settlement I'm kind of do like a post stop I don't know what it's called like a post stop or something like that Go for that ball. Lock. While the ball save is on. Too late. Oh. Yeah. Yeah. post-op. You mind if I walk? No, I got seven other people watching too. I'm doing really bad. What's your name? Nick. Nick? Yeah, man. Nice to meet you, Nick. Nick's going to watch me suck at this, guys. That's it, right there. I cannot get that timing right. That timing is murdering me. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Oh my god, really? Look who forgot how to post pass. Jeez. Light the lock. Woo! Wow. No. Do more of a tap so it doesn have the momentum to bounce that far over thank you start the mode light the mode and then lock the ball okay all in all in locked stay focused Let the ball bounce. Start the mode. Talk about timing bad. Start the mode. Who am I fighting? I should have seen that before. Who am I fighting? Magma Beast? No, hit your left ramp first. That will... Wait. Wait, what? What? hit your left ramp first. That will qualify the moment. That's right, right. Qualify. I meant qualify. I'm saying all things wrong now. All right. Strike. So this is all shots. This is basically everything. Now this is great with a multiball though. Right? Right? The one shot I do not want to take is that one and I got it. And that one. Oh that was nice. That was friendly. Oh no! Don't do that. Don't shoot across the field on this game. Don't do that! Don't shoot across the field on this game! Hit your lock shot and start the mode in one shot. Don't hit the lock shot. What is this? This is Twitch. That's so crazy. This is it right down there. That's what it looks like to them. I don't think it's on. That's sick. So I, what I did was I set this up, I do this like weekly. Okay. But today I'm specifically playing this game because there's people in the chat that are way better than me at A pinball and B this game. So it's like getting help from friends. Okay, sick. That's awesome. Meanwhile they're watching me be really terrible at it but. I feel like I'm learning a lot. It's what you gotta do if you want to get good at pinball. I mean, I'm not even close yet, but I'm okay, but I'm not super great. So that was a bad. Okay, so I have extra ball lit and a lock ball lit. I'm not in a mode. Burning sands is next. Okay, so I got my lock. I got my extra ball. I want to do burning sands with multiball, right? Do I want to change the monster right now guys? Or just... Or just freaking drain? Oh! I just wasted that extra bomb. Alright, so they're saying change the monster. I'm going to full plunge. Is that okay? That's tough for multiballs since you have big close shots. Here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to try and light my last block. Every decision I made has been wrong, but I'm going to try and light my last block. Every single time. Every single freaking time. Just control. Yeah, you can watch it on Twitch. Okay. Yeah. It's Mystery Pinball Theater 3000. Wow, that's some good points right there. That didn't do it. I just need to do this. Not today, man. Not today. Not today. Somebody clip that, because that was the most amazing save I've ever done in my life. I've got no more dangers though, but I don't care. I don't care. I'm going to beat this guy. Okay. They're coming back. They're coming back. That's one. Come on down guys, I need your say. Oh no! Where's the edible? I don't remember where it is. I think I found it. Addable ready. There it is. Whoo! Give me that. Give it to me. Oh, that one blue shot, huh? Ah! No! Damn it! There goes my bonus. Be a... Be mean back. All right, 42. Gosh. You gotta go in there for a minute. For a minute. For a minute I was okay. No! Be mean back. I like that. Thank you. Thanks for that. Be mean back. I love that. I love that. I want to watch that clip over and over and over. When MPT3K had enough of Black Knight. Like, absolutely had enough of him. Absolutely had enough of his garbage. Is it up or down, or is it side to side? I always thought it was up and down, but... Alright, I'm almost done. I've almost got to be done. Hopefully I play better. In the next two games, I'll just give the next three games that are in here to someone else. Let me see if Brian wants to play. Nah, he came in for a minute and he split. 43. Let's take a look at more of Insomniac's rules. We've got, okay. If you're on the right flipper, backhand the light lock so you can get control. If you're on the left flipper, hit the left ramp with the backhand. Hit your lock shot to lock the ball and start the mold. I got that. As the ball comes, the inline feed, stop the ball on the right flipper. It's moving slow enough. Okay, hit the lock. Stop it again when it comes to the right flipper. Feed and hit the light lock ball. multiball finish Mojaran. Okay. It's it's all in there. It's just how to practice it. I gotta get out of the mode of most games. Where am I at? I am at Mud Bog. Well. That was dope. I know that was dope when I launched the ball. Easier said than done, yeah? I like to minimize on risky shots. See if I can stop this. The slope on this is a little more than usual. So... By the way, I'm lighting this today with my Kin Stadium X-Streams. Pinstadium Xtremes are excellent for all those streamers out there who want to have a nice bright game and have their viewers watch it too. That's Pinstadium Lights. Go to Pinstadium.com. Thank you. You clip that and send it to Scott. It's always bad when that happens. Sell out. What's up, Robbie? Robbie, are you watching me on Twitch and texting me? Join us in the chat on Twitch. That's my buddy. Sellout. Sellout. Give me free stuff and I'll sellout. That didn't work. Okay, this game is all about this friggin' right flipper right now. Hey, I'm beating him like fair and square. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. No, not the good shot. Not the good shot. Not the good shot. Come on! Point! This shot? Maybe this is it. Maybe this is me calming down a little bit. But I got to hit that dangerous shot right there. I don't have to hit that dangerous shot right there. Guys, was that one, two, three, four, five, six, seven shots? Or six? That was backwards, Black Knight. You gave me the extra ball, then you told me it was lit. That's misleading. I think I have another extra ball coming. Don't mislead me. Extra tap, guys, right? That didn't work out too well. What is happening right now? The flow looks a lot more fun on the pro. I spent all my day on the premium and now I have a playfield because it's safe. Yeah, this one there's no safe shots. No, it won't help me actually. Okay, I can do that. That was nice. Do I dare try for that shot? Am I in a mode? No. What are you doing? Why are you still spinning? How many balls do I have locked? Two balls locked. When you shut the actual F up. Not today. Come on Hydra, come at me bro Woo, you are It's just hard to beat in multiball because you have to double up these shots. I should just play safe. This would be a good position to play from right now. What does this blue shot do? Damn it. Wow. Wow! That was too fast for me, which isn't surprising, because most of these shots are too fast for me. See, backhand. This thing is kicking my ass. One lock. One lock. Alright, what did I fail? Because you counted me down Because I didn't defeat the monster You counted me down and I'm done, huh? Why does it say still light lock? How many times do I have to hit that thing now? Holy smokes. Holy smokes. All right, let's start a... I guess I should have... I guess I should have locked another ball before I did that. No, I can lock another. I can light a lock again. If I can get control. Damn it. There we go. Still in it. Watch it all burn. That target is not registering, it seems like. Damn it. That target is not registering. Wow, are you kidding me? Oh, I got it. Okay. Oh, my God. No! I'm one shot away from another Triple Ninth Challenge, I think. I think. Right? Two balls locked. And that starts Mud Bob, who I didn't defeat. So, let's get it nice and trapped up. Take our shot. And I get the skill shot on top of that. Alright. Triple knight. Triple knight attack. Avenge. Let's go for that add a ball. Like we're supposed to. Boom. Boom. Add a ball. Boom. Nice. That's the sound I want to hear, baby. I want my super feature. While it's safe. Damn it. Alright. Well, those multi-balls really don't last a long time. Holy smokes Right up there It's not just a game, it's a way of life bro. Whoever told you it's just a game is wrong. Easy, everybody calm down. Everybody take it easy. We're getting out of control. Alright, we're getting a little out of control. We're at 81. This might be my last game, guys. I'm not kidding you. I got three defeated? Give me something good. Words, words, words, words. Alright, I'll take numbers next time. What do I do? Do I try and get all the way to light lock again? Or do I just... I'm just going to go for it. I don't know! This is Ice Guy. I'm going to try and light a lock. Is it me or is it just not doing it? Might be me. Wow! Oh no! 82. Nice. Hey. Woo. Woo. These are my homies from my team. Hotters. That's Justin. That's Mary. Hotters. We're related. How am I doing? The cooler's here. And Walter. just walked in the house. Well, I have a second. Well, too. Terrible luck. Terrible, terrible luck. Like I showed you, dude. Like you showed me. I would chase him away. Oh, yeah. Nick was just watching me suffer. Yeah. I was in stream. Well, this is a lot better than the scores I was watching you put up a second ago. I know, right? Oh, were you watching on the stream? Yeah, I'm the one that gave you the new subscriber and I said, hey, it's Justin LB and I'm going to grab some stuff and head there. Oh, you know why I didn't believe you? Because there was a guy he was so funny. He goes, hey, I'm coming to Frigo Watch and I'm going to hang out. I'm like, okay. And then later he goes, I'm in the bathroom. I go, okay. Turns out he was just trolling me. Nobody actually showed up. He's just trolling me. Is that a level of success if you get trolls? I guess so. And my buddy Pinsomniac is helping me figure out how to play this damn game. Or at least, you know, like a really concentrated kind of like... So we were going into a deep dive. Let me show you what I got. It's mostly stuff you already told me. short plunge, smack the side of the thing, and then trap up on this, right? I must have failed a hundred times doing that. But if you trap, shoot the spinner to get a different guy, right? Instead of hoping it's going to go all the way around. Right. Once again, if you're on this flipper, hit that lock light. If you're on this flipper, backhand, pretty much both of these. So it's all about safe shots, which you basically already told me. But I need... What's up, Pinball Live? You need a more official... Thank you for the... Nothing. Thank you for coming. What? You need a more official person to tell you. I do. I do. I do. You want to play next? Man, I'm enjoying watching you on this. Okay, so I'm firing up for everybody because I'm going to have to close the stream in a little bit. And Mary's going first. What? No more of that. Go! Ah, okay. There, there. Put it right there. Hello. Okay. It's my least favorite game, but I got skill shot, so there you go. Yeah. Well, the thing about this game is this particular game requires a lot of... Ah, right down the middle. I'm not going to fare much better on this. Yeah. You can see, you know, the game is a little bit more of a... Oh, I'm going to go for the... I'm not going to fare much better. Yeah. You can see, you know, how I'm struggling. I've been playing a lot of this game. I've been playing a lot of this game. This one is extremely... Once it gets out of control, it's pretty much dead. It's super quick. It's like you're playing half a play. Right? Because half of the time, it's a perfect play. It's a safe play. Safe play. Nice. Way better. Because just face the ball. Backhand. This time. Yeah, yeah. Further now. I hit the trap ball. And we did it. All right. We're defending in the direct zone. And generally, the ball is going to be in the back of the net. So, we're going to be in the back of the net. And we're going to be in the back of the net. And then gently pull out back to that clipper. So if you go like this, you're not going to shoot it that way. If you're going through the wall, do something to promise that you can clear this. That was a great number for me. These backhands got the same curve. They curve and they move. So they're going to go right down. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So yeah, if you're on the right number and you're trying to go to the left side, that's, well, on this machine, it's very easy. Okay. The ball will probably ricochet to the end of the frame. Okay. On something like a target, it's not that dangerous. That makes it not that dangerous. I agree. It's not dangerous. It's generally hard. But these machines are just as good. Yeah. Because the way they're built, it's very easy. All right, get back here. These machines are built for you. They work. Nice. Nice. Nice. There are different levels. Difficult. Difficult. Yeah, but... Generally speaking, it's fine. You ready to go? You almost got it. Yeah, almost. No, no, no. We're player three, so you got it on that go. Yeah. I'll give it a run. Alright. Oh lord. Got him? Yeah, yeah, he's good. I guess I promised I'd put it on stream, like when I started the stream I was like, oh, I just shot it off the office. Well, good. Two locks, I've almost finished the mod bug, and... Yeah, good for you. I'm trying to talk about like, the live stream. I know you know it goes like that. Thank you. There's not that many points on the board. Huh? There's still not that many points on the board. No, $12 million is going to feed you. Stephanie. I've only been, my highest score was back when I first played the game. What did I miss? All right. Finally, real dark mode on Twitch. Oh, nice. I like the new UI. Oh, you guys are talking about the Twitch UI. Okay. Wow, somebody's got sweaty palms. Is it you, Nick? There's an option. You guys are talking about Twitch in the chat? Okay, I guess this is boring. What's up, Wax? Wax into his house. Did it again. Did it again. Thank you for destroying my skill shot. You still got a skill shot. No, I mean I wanted this one down here. I know what you wanted, but that's the best way a mess up can go. You're still in second. I turned back. What you turned? You turned. You just turned. We're all taking. Our whole base is our home base. But generally speaking, we're a player. We're a team. We have a lot of people. We have a lot of people. We have a lot of people. We have a lot of people. Oh, we have a lot. So we're a team. We have two teams. So our team has the most great players. We've got number 12. Balls, babe. Woo! You ready, buddy? Huh? Ah! You're hiding. Man. All right, Justin. Woo! Go Justin, what's up? What's up? Yeah, there's a hill. Yeah. You know what it's super cool about? That's why we're happy to be here. Yeah. This is weird. This is where I live. I stream. No! Oh! No! I tried it. Oh! Really cool. This is what I love about it. I'm a tree! Yeah. I'm a cool guy. I love puppies. All right. Is that a Harry Potter pinball t-shirt? It is a pinball wizard. I like it when it's a quarter. I wear Apple Pops shoes! Look at the pinball wizard. I saw it and I had to have it. What is happening, guys? I got to win this because I've been practicing all day. I have to win this. No pressure on me, but I have to win this. Don't tell me you lost because XYZ. I don't want to hear that. Nice. Bad flip. Bad flip. See, this out lane doesn't drop to the sling, but this one always drops to the sling. Oh, sorry. There you go. Ah, ooh, that was a nice save. Oh. Ah. Ah. I just want to capitalize on what I set up with, but we'll see. Capital J. Capital J. We'll be right back. Go! Nice save! There we go! Oh man, I lost the whole multiball. Damn. I don't do Facebook and Snapchat and Instagram very rarely. My sister is learning to play football. That's what I heard. Three shots left! Two shots left! One shot left! Yeah! Oh! Holy troll, you did it. I was just making sure you knew how many chefs you had. Very true. I like lost two of the most cute meatballs right at the... You had the... LAX? Yeah. I was just trying to get my animal ready and I just missed it. I got my most beautiful... Which one? Hold on, hold on. What do you call it? The one you have behind you? I know. It's so hard to get a shot of the broccoli. Yeah, but like, oftentimes, like, you'll build up the power, the source, and then you might get the middle shot, and then we'll do the extra throw. Sure, Mr. Wiggins. Appreciate it. All right, here's me. I'm going to come back. You just did 86 million. It's just a one-ball game. You got sweaty hands. Nick's got sweaty hands. I'm not being a jerk right now. Well, I kind of look like a jerk. 2.9 million. What am I doing? How many balls do I have locked? I have one ball locked. Alright, here we go. Ball for the win. Ball for the win. Not that way. Too late. That would have been nice, but He's going to start. I can try. I can try those two more shots. Oh! Nice, nice, nice. Nice, nice, nice. I'm super lame Are you calling me super lame? Yes Nice I don't know if it's going to happen again. Oh, there you go. There you go. It was after. It was after? Oh, you suck. It's always one shot away. It's always one shot away. Nice to meet you guys. Thank you so much. Alright ladies and gentlemen that's going to be it for me today but now that I know a little more. Woooo and Justin Madge. Woooo. Anyway, this is my coach on Black Knight, basically. All right. We will see you guys later. Thanks a lot for joining. And Guardians Rival. Guardians of the Galaxy. Next week, hopefully, we're going to do Ghostbusters with new code. And I got two credits in here for you guys, but I got to break down first. Okay. All right? Thank you so much, everybody. And see you later. See you later. Manu! Thank you. Thank you. you

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