# The Walking Dead Launch Party "A" Finals

**Source:** IE Pinball  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2014-11-07  
**Duration:** 21m 20s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO-9rMlGvVs

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## Analysis

IE Pinball tournament coverage of The Walking Dead pinball machine finals matches, featuring tournament organizer Carl D'Angelo competing alongside other players. The commentary focuses on gameplay mechanics, rule interactions, code quality concerns (particularly around the bunny-killing scoring anomaly and magnet behavior), and player strategy with humorous banter between hosts and competitors.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] The Walking Dead machine has a code issue where killing a bunny gives 7.5-17.5 million points, more than killing zombies — _Multiple commentators discussing the bunny scoring anomaly during Jim Belsito's gameplay; recognized as potentially a code bug_
- [MEDIUM] The magnet on The Walking Dead may not be finished and needs rework — _Commentator states 'I think that code is not finished yet so they're obviously gonna rework the magnet' during Tim's gameplay_
- [HIGH] Carl D'Angelo (organizer/player) finished with 95 million points in the finals, which would have placed in top 4 qualifying scores — _Commentator explicitly states 'mr. Carlito wins with 95 million which is actually the the top 4 sports it would have been great for qualifying'_
- [HIGH] The tournament prize for first place is 120 dollars and a trans light — _Commentator announces 'he's going to win a whopping 120 dollars a trans light' after D'Angelo's victory_
- [HIGH] Prison multiball mode requires five target hits to start — _Commentator explains game mechanic: 'he's gonna need five hits start the multi ball'_

### Notable Quotes

> "I think that code is not finished yet so they're obviously gonna rework the magnet"
> — **Commentator (unnamed)**, ~12:45
> _Suggests The Walking Dead code may still be in development and needs refinement before final release_

> "where's you then hitting a bunny gives you more points than actually killing a zombie I mean isn't this about the walking dead"
> — **Commentator**, ~19:20
> _Highlights the bunny scoring anomaly as contradictory to game theme and likely a code error_

> "I think they were trying to you know do the best impression of me they could and give me the benefit out you know it's like photoshopping"
> — **Tim (player)**, ~25:15
> _Self-deprecating humor about character design in the machine; suggests a Tim character appears in the game art/rules_

> "that was ok piece of all I saw that you give yourself a hand you know he didn't like clamp a lot of thought but he was so warm clap"
> — **Commentator (addressed to Jim Belsito)**, ~17:30
> _Acknowledging a well-played multiball sequence despite leaving points on the table_

> "code fix and reflexes okay that is a secret thank you Tim"
> — **Commentator**, ~14:45
> _Summary of Tim's performance issues: both code bugs and player reflexes contributed to his losses_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Carl D'Angelo | person | Tournament organizer and competitor in the Walking Dead finals; top 40 in world rankings; also known as 'Carlito'; works with IE Pinball; won the finals match with 95 million points |
| Jim Belsito | person | Competitive pinball player described as 'the comeback kid' and 'house favorite'; competed in Walking Dead finals; demonstrated strong multiball gameplay |
| Tim | person | Pinball player competing in Walking Dead tournament; struggled with reflexes and ball control; character may be represented in the game design |
| The Walking Dead | game | Pinball machine being analyzed in tournament; features prison multiball, Well Walker multiball, crossbow shots, bunny targets, and zombie killing mechanics; code appears to have issues with scoring logic and magnet behavior |
| IE Pinball | organization | Tournament organizer and streaming/content production entity hosting The Walking Dead Launch Party tournament |
| Magic Man | person | Pinball player referenced as second-place in tournament standings; identified as competitive player |
| Billy the Kid | person | Pinball tournament player competing in Walking Dead finals |
| TRO_Z1 (Trough) | person | Pinside forum community member (moniker 'Trough'); posted thread about Memphis pinball; present at tournament as commentator/observer |

### Topics

- **Primary:** The Walking Dead machine code quality and balance issues, Tournament gameplay and competitive strategy, Multiball mode mechanics and rule interactions
- **Secondary:** Player commentary and sports-style broadcast analysis, Machine design and scoring logic problems, Player reflexes and mechanical skill development

### Sentiment

**Mixed** (0.55) — Positive engagement with tournament and gameplay, but significant frustration with code bugs and game balance issues (bunny scoring, magnet behavior). Humorous and self-deprecating tone during player interviews masks underlying criticism of game quality. Community is invested in the machine but expects code fixes before final release.

### Signals

- **[product_concern]** The Walking Dead machine has a severe scoring anomaly where killing a bunny target awards more points (7.5-17.5 million) than killing zombies, contradicting game theme and logic. Multiple commentators flag this as likely a code error. (confidence: high) — Repeated discussion of bunny scoring giving more points than zombie kills; commentator states 'I think that might be a code issue'; Jim Belsito and other players observe the anomaly during gameplay
- **[product_concern]** The magnet mechanism on The Walking Dead is not functioning properly and may not be finished; commentators suggest it needs rework before final release. (confidence: medium) — Commentator: 'I think that code is not finished yet so they're obviously gonna rework the magnet'; players experience unexpected magnet behavior during multiball sequences
- **[gameplay_signal]** The Walking Dead features complex multiball interactions with at least two simultaneous multiball modes (Prison and Well Walker) that can be combined, allowing for high-scoring opportunities but requiring skillful shot sequencing. (confidence: high) — Jim Belsito's gameplay demonstrates combining Prison multiball with Well Walker multiball; commentators analyze shot selection strategy and scoring multiplier stacking
- **[event_signal]** The Walking Dead Launch Party tournament organized by IE Pinball featured finals matches with competitive players including Carl D'Angelo, Jim Belsito, and Tim. First place prize was $120 and a trans light. (confidence: high) — Tournament announcement in title; explicit prize statement; multiple finals matches covered with play-by-play commentary
- **[content_signal]** IE Pinball is actively streaming pinball tournaments with professional-style play-by-play commentary, player interviews, and technical analysis of game mechanics. Content includes banter between commentators and competitors. (confidence: high) — Full broadcast production with named commentators, player interviews during matches, audience references, and formatted tournament structure
- **[design_philosophy]** The Walking Dead pinball incorporates theme-appropriate mechanics (killing zombies, protecting from walkers) but has apparent scoring logic errors that contradict the theme (bunny killing worth more than zombie killing). (confidence: high) — Commentators repeatedly question why bunny-killing scores exceed zombie-killing scores in a Walking Dead machine; criticism frames this as illogical to the theme
- **[competitive_signal]** Carl D'Angelo's tournament-winning score of 95 million points on The Walking Dead would have qualified in the top 4 scores, suggesting high difficulty ceiling and skilled play requirement. (confidence: high) — Commentator explicitly states winning score of 95 million 'would have been great for qualifying so that in itself is impressive'

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## Transcript

is so bad listing I just like first big tournament i played i got like the last place basically they do it now you're gonna be world wind ya mekia if it's our days all you got here that's right now that's right and you lose your name yeah exactly what is my name you know you're like I'm richer that's why I'm not playing I'm commentating so what's your last day on E Monica Yankee I just how about 140 unser massively when you're talking about the players yeah all right oh yeah learn about this little more competitive aspect there you go they don't make that was the number two player right now talking right here that you're hearing for screaming loud oh hell yeah I magic mat jana happy to win that's right there you go a Magic Man let's see so now that we had a division start right now and Tim just mom I didn't really see it but I thought that he actually prob so Tim Billy gym and Carl what is that why you for about 10 min but if my first see but you got to choose which of the two argan Willie Vandi chosen to the right okay alright so here we see Billy the Kid see what he's gonna try to do is party gonna try to gain control oh and he fumbled he could have saved it but he did it because he flicked the other way but it's okay right now it's pretty pretty much anybody's game to a minute three million so nothing going on any pintados in the final yeah Europe insider what's your what's your pin cider moniker yeah I'm trough what draws on TR 0 Z 1 oh no they are asking I'm the one that posted the threat up inside Memphis all right back here I don't post that much well that's all right all right while we got we got the heavy hitter right here the house favorite the owner a legendary the comeback kid Jim belsito playing the walking dead is he gonna do it is he gonna get bit or he's gonna just kill bunch of zombies we'll find out right now got his first hit on the prison got a hit on the fat guy there we go let's all put up those doors this is one of the bugs that basically you have to all the flippers time it out a little bit oh no not yet I'm that guy again stopping the ball creating only in it he's naturally not going for the prison he's I should be starting trying to start a Mon wait to start a mode basically you have to go ahead and hit his targets over here tom was talking mode I got the prison open so now he's gonna need five hits start the multiball okay got the ball in the control season oh he's actually gonna go for the most he's not going for the prison and just like that he got bit and was it a little greedy on Jim side I don't know hey Jen get over here till the world here the hundreds of million of people that are watching right now long was your strategy there we noticed that we you are not really going for prison you're actually going for the targets why is that trying to like the vote go to trial I for mode 1 mode at least okay oh you only we're not you were feeling it like I was trying to let him own okay and you feel minute you let it be good okay thank you Jim yes there is a pimp on in the background among lots of other machines all right now we got Carlito the organizer he's gonna try to get control here always dangerous mr. D'Python Anghelo top 40 in the world caught it kind of the sign in thet because nobody knows he's coming and then filling me qualifies oh and he's able to say okay so he's got one combo basically when you hit a combo you actually light up family multiplier extra ball is lit that's gonna be worth to 45 million nice save double danger so guess what that's all you're gonna get but he's got the multiball ready that seems gonna try to hit it oh and down the dream and you can see the shake of the head frustration scene come on I was so close to the multi body and I just missed it alright got lethal just like that yes alright let's see if Tim can come back a little bit here fan man try to go for the open up the prison little bumper action get a little control there we go open up the prison doors and tim this goes down the middle ask the kinetic exponents i'm sure you didn't want to but yeah yeah after that you know I gotta say we have people online they're actually watching right now and they would say that you know what that was just BS I mean what do you think about that I would have to agree that's a I think that Cohen's not finished yet so they're obviously gonna rework the magnet nah let me ask them you think it's the code or you think it's a reflex Bravo I think it's definitely my reflexes look you're gonna save that yeah just you know what I saw it I just couldn't move my body you could hang with your body not my back okay so Tim you definitely have to keep working on your reflexes okay stretching later tonight okay you know you've taken the special serum yeah also ping-pong ping-pong really helps with your eye hand coordination so well I have eye coordination I have hand coordination okay so here's a vampire okay you're just gonna do a combo there in try and mix it too right so really get that coat fixed by by the next call that would be okay code fix and reflexes okay that is a secret thank you Tim is real time this is right my voice is real yeah you get regular home right so I'm trying out the common up yeah alright so what happened here we chose the stand Oh oh here we go we got the combat kings right here playing mr. belsito trying to get the most start didn't get it started but or didn't get it started all he did look at that he just killed a bunny rabbit why would you kill a bunny rabbit 7.5 for killing a bunny rabbit you know that's just not right something wrong about that I mean you good you think you'll get more voice for killing a zombie but no you kid you kill the bunny and you get 7.5 million I don't know it just doesn't make sense I think it might be a code issue i don't know but here we go he just started multiball with prison and i'm sure he's gonna want to try to combine it with with the well multiball but he's not really going for that right now we got the LAN he's got the 2x going so he's really looking for some serious points right now so he basically just turned the switch on he turned to belsito switch on right now lots of bob barker's still got the balls head going out okay no more balls saved so now he's actually going for the well the well Walker once more try to combine the two how many hits does he still need I don't know think maybe one more your mother because it is blinkin see see if we can get to hit it I hit that thing oh she got it got lit yet no there we go he just started so he's got a combination going on right now so I'm sure now what he probably wants to do is try to get his to exploring so the team is actually gonna try to hit that hand lane again he's trying to push it over there a couple hits in a well Walker and just like that oh he's got another ball up here and then you have to play fair so he's good yeah alright still got two balls nice and in control be one of the ramp ramp is lid just thinking hey at the Lich I got the two it's going and see if he gets a rap but see how much how many boys is gonna be 02 strano almost reading another one nice save I just don't get the mug going on right now there's a ramp shot lamp shot was for else starts going on and just like that he got big [ __ ] what a nice ball for mr. Jimbo seed 08 even he can tell that he had a good ball he did he gave himself a clown so good job nibbles give us to come over here how do you think what do you think about that last ball of him yes get over here Jimbo see you know what what do you think about your ball over there that was ok piece of all I saw that you give yourself a hand you know he didn't like clamp a lot of thought but he was so warm clap so it was a she been a lot more than kind of class yeah yeah but still you have the prison multiball going on you have the hunk we spent dude multiball going on at the same time go to bed yeah you didn't get a lot of jackpot in this crossbow shot there for 70 that's what that's what you eat the body ok let me ask you something where's you then hitting a bunny gives you more points than actually killing a zombie I mean isn't this about the walking dead I mean why would killing a bunny give you some 17 and a half million Birds right you think its ecology doing something they advisor well thank you for Silva Seto Thank You Johnny ok now go away basically totally tose naina Anna wait a second mr. Bell sedo's my can I get a piece of me I'm not gonna go down quietly I'm gonna fight him for it I'm hungry for it I want a piece of that funny I'm sure he wants to get that bunny let's see what he can do here multiball he's trying to combine it yes he did he just combined it with the well Walker so now I'm sure he's gonna probably try to get his to exploring she was gonna try to send the balls over there heat the ramp let's eat a little bumper action as it comes down there you go you got the 2x going so this is it this is we can really score some serious points to most people is going on Prison multiball and the world walker multiball the to exploring and now it's just flipping time just flail away there you go going for the safer shots trying to hit the ramp see we see what slit is the orbit or here might be part of the mode well Walker's live oh just drained it okay he's back on modes it's got some serious points now look at those zombie just eating them up isn't that just swell it's another ramp but if you notice the ramp is not really giving them a lot I guess not really giving everything yeah he was probably going for that start crossbow multi-kill see if he wants to go for that bunny to racking up a very good score right now he's in the mid 70s and he is trying to go for that right orbit see ya trying to get it can got control that was a good life catch nice try to hit the tunnel there okay oh and he got bit but what a ball for mr. D'Python Anghelo the organizer very very nice pitch with the engine look I'm over here tell the audience what do you think about that ball your bonus what was almost as much as killing a bunny what do you think about that hmm yeah yeah that 91 million yeah what are we gonna do with all this point drain vol.3 drink and you know what's up though it might just be enough oh yeah all right very nice very nice Kaliko good job thank you all right but I still want to count it over because you know what go back the combat king is about to come now let's see Tim take the beans keep you dangerous to his phone EG underdog but again the reflexes of 10 just bring them down 10 Tim come in come in two minutes two hits to the what's that guy called the ugly guy dog we found his skull head or whatever although order the prison no I hit the I had the doors open the doors were open doors are elevated I hit the two guys no item twice didn't register in the second one hit the guy in the nose and came straight down the middle east right that lemon on let me ask you something when it came straight down the middle again refix is coming to mind here because I mean you could have shifted it once again I probably could have moved the Machine a good six inches and made of me to say this but again my my body would not do it you think it's a question of reflexes and also strength you just let the upper body strength to be able to do well I mean look at me I mean I weigh like a hundred pounds yeah i'm just doing your little handicapped right way but i think there's something you can do to overcome your your your deficiencies well probably more than anything it's my lack of self as you know self esteem i actually really really don't like myself actually that's so that probably has something to do with my right mind over body so in this case that mind overcame the body from making your shift that is correct okay that's correct so what are you gonna do to improve that I mean is there anything that you can do I don't know I don't know I don't know what I don't think I can never figure out how to like myself I mean look at me I mean you don't even like me looking at me that's truly I don't but you know what i try i know you know i would I do it sunny such how to code do you think that they model I think they judge my face and molded that guy after me honestly I think the guy actually looks better than me but you know I didn't want to tell you straight up but now that you mention it I guess I gotta be honest because like you said honestly well family right better no I think that I think they were trying to you know do the best impression of me they could and give me the benefit out you know it's like photoshopping yeah yeah that's the photoshop version of me that's what I would want to look like not what I actually look like I mean I'm worse than that I agree I agree but you know what at least you know you were a subject that that were taken into account after doing a pillow machine so in a way you should be feel pretty autumn about that right yeah I mean again another son you're ugly and you know you have all these deficiencies but I mean the fact that they took you in consideration to I'm just happy to let me play in the tournament I mean I've been kicked out of places you know nicer than this you're right you're actually able to play the term itself and so I got it's not so absolutely well good for you you know keep we're giving your deficiencies in on your hand the captain I appreciate it i'm not gonna give you false hopes i don't think it's gonna happen but you know what it might work out for your self esteem anyway I already so keep you going so you know thing wrong with it and yes you know keep holding alright but thank you very much thank god Leto just like that gets later it doesn't even have to play the third ball car d Python Anghelo wins and only needs to do is plunge the third ball of course you saying screw that i'm not gonna plug the curveball i'm actually gonna play I'm gonna break 100 I'm gonna take that bicycle girl I'm gonna take her down because you know what I don't like girls and bicycles all right not when they're ugly when they're pretty is a different thing but when you're ugly no you don't belong in a bicycle so and Oh try to save it but just tilts it out but it's okay that's it and mr. Carlito in the playoffs wins in the play of mr. Carlita wins with 95 million which is actually the the top 4 sports it would have been great for qualifying so that in itself is impressive so congressional ancient Carl he's going to win a whopping 120 dollars a trans light I think hey what are you waiting to translate translate is already read but yeah yeah yeah no trophies just a transplant and he's also winning lots and lots of glory and respect from his peers so so that's it there you have it guys so hopefully you enjoyed this broadcast hopefully you enjoyed the games that were playing and the players and that's it we're out

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