# Game of Thrones: Iron Throne Victory Laps!

**Source:** Don't Panic Flip  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2021-10-14  
**Duration:** 31m 59s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaXUPFQkk2c

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## Analysis

A streamer plays Game of Thrones (Stern Premium) pinball, focusing on completing difficult house modes (Baratheon and Tyrell) and attempting the Iron Throne wizard mode. The stream features casual gameplay commentary, beverage reviews, tangential stories about scary pinball machines, and chat interaction. The player successfully completes Iron Throne and achieves victory laps, scoring 5.7 billion points.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Iron Throne wizard mode requires hitting every shot once per house, with add-a-ball rewards, and must be completed for multiple houses — _Streamer explaining and demonstrating Iron Throne rules during gameplay_
- [HIGH] The player has never made it to Iron Throne before this stream — _Streamer stating 'I don't know if you have to beat Targaryen in Iron Throne, but that's the goal. That's the dream' and 'I've never made it'_
- [HIGH] Having Game of Thrones in-house improves tournament/location play confidence because the player can practice and learn the game — _Streamer: 'Having Game of Thrones (Premium) in-house is that now when I go to play it on location or in a tournament or in League, I won't have to be scared of the game anymore'_
- [HIGH] Baratheon and Tyrell are described as 'the hard ones to get going' compared to other house modes — _Streamer: 'Baratheon and Tyrell. Since those are the hard ones to get going, I'm just going to focus on those first. The rest of the shots are easy.'_
- [HIGH] The streamer is planning to sell the Game of Thrones machine to 'Becca from Fliptronic' after beating Iron Throne — _Streamer: 'And then I'm ready to sell this game to Becca from Fliptronic'_

### Notable Quotes

> "Baratheon is lit."
> — **Don't Panic Flip (streamer)**, early gameplay
> _Celebration of lighting a difficult house mode_

> "Every sip is a little bit of paradise in your mouth."
> — **Don't Panic Flip**, beverage discussion
> _Enthusiastic review of Pineapple Pie Berliner beer_

> "I struggle to play that game because I find it really really scary. And I realize that makes no sense whatsoever. But the talking head I find scary, so I avoid playing Funhouse."
> — **Don't Panic Flip**, Funhouse discussion
> _Personal anecdote explaining irrational fear of Rudy character stemming from childhood Poltergeist trauma_

> "Winter is coming on the dragon."
> — **Don't Panic Flip**, mid-gameplay
> _Game callout during shot sequence_

> "That is fine. I'm hitting all the flashing shots."
> — **Don't Panic Flip**, gameplay
> _Problem-solving approach during complex mode play_

> "For all the work it takes to complete Iron Throne we deserve some form of pyrotechnics."
> — **Don't Panic Flip**, post-victory laps
> _Commentary on wizard mode reward scaling—suggests anticlimactic payoff for effort_

> "I can now get rid of this game."
> — **Don't Panic Flip**, end of stream
> _Indicates achievement of personal goal (Iron Throne completion) unlocks sale of machine_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Game of Thrones | game | Stern Premium pinball machine being played and analyzed |
| Don't Panic Flip | person | Streamer/content creator playing Game of Thrones and providing commentary |
| Funhouse | game | Classic pinball game referenced for its scary Rudy animatronic head character |
| Roadshow | game | Pinball machine mentioned as having two talking head characters in hard hats |
| Weldworks Brewing | company | Brewery producing Pineapple Pie Berliner sour ale reviewed during stream |
| Becca | person | Owner of Fliptronic; intended buyer of the Game of Thrones machine after streamer completes Iron Throne |
| Stern | company | Manufacturer of Game of Thrones pinball machine |
| Pindigo | product | Pinball leaderboard/scoring platform where final score (5.7 billion) is being posted |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Game of Thrones wizard mode (Iron Throne) strategy and gameplay, Difficult house mode completion (Baratheon, Tyrell)
- **Secondary:** Streamer's personal connection to home ownership of Game of Thrones, Fear of animatronic characters in pinball games (Funhouse, Roadshow)
- **Mentioned:** Beer review and pairing, Precision shot technique and practice in pinball, Chat interaction and Twitch streaming

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.75) — Streamer is engaged and enthusiastic about completing Iron Throne for the first time. Despite moments of frustration during challenging shots and some self-deprecating commentary about skill level, the overall tone is celebratory. The endgame commentary about pyrotechnics reward scaling suggests mild criticism of wizard mode design, but this is constructive rather than negative.

### Signals

- **[community_signal]** Don't Panic Flip stream demonstrates active Twitch community participation with chat interactions, subscriber callouts, and collaborative gameplay commentary (confidence: high) — Multiple chat interactions throughout stream, welcoming new subscribers (Swizzlefish, Andrew Burglar, Al-Nonymous, etc.), thanking specific community members for support
- **[market_signal]** Game of Thrones machine is being sold/transferred to a commercial operator (Fliptronic), suggesting secondary market activity and ongoing circulation of premium Stern titles (confidence: high) — Streamer: 'And then I'm ready to sell this game to Becca from Fliptronic' after achieving personal goal
- **[product_concern]** Streamer criticizes the reward payoff for completing Iron Throne wizard mode as underwhelming—expects pyrotechnics or greater rewards for the effort required (confidence: medium) — Quote: 'For all the work it takes to complete Iron Throne we deserve some form of pyrotechnics' and 'That was anticlimactic' regarding victory laps

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## Transcript

 All right, that was, that was, 80s music is a mood, and when you're in that mood, there is nothing better. Well said. Well said. Wacko says, wow. By the way, I missed it. Wacko was, is it Wacko or Wacko? There's our lock. I guess what I'm working on here now is Baratheon and Tyrell. Since those are the hard ones to get going, I'm just going to focus on those first. The rest of the shots are easy. Um, let's keep going. There's our Lord of the Light. We'll take that. First option, Wacko. Okay, good. Then I did it right. Baratheon is lit. There's one. Let's go Martell. There's a Zac Stark. That sucked. Beverage of choice tonight. CRISPR. We've got a good one. We've got a really good one. I don't know if you guys can see. That's too bright, so that's not going to work. We can go here, though. So this is Pineapple Pie Berliner. This is from Weldworks Brewing. It's a Berlin-style sour ale brewed with vanilla, milk sugar, graham cracker, and over 3,000 pounds of pineapple puree. It is... It's amazing, is what it is. It's very tart for a sour, I feel like, and it's wonderful. Every sip is a little bit of paradise in your mouth. my uncle has Funhouse Rudy and I have the record. Do you know? I do, absolutely. Funhouse is... I can't help it. Like, I grew up with my parents letting me watch any movie I wanted. And for whatever reason, as a kid, I enjoyed scary movies, which I don't enjoy at all now. But I watched Poltergeist when I was way too young to watch that movie. And there is a scene in Poltergeist where at the foot of the kid's bed, there is a doll, like a little marionette that keeps changing positions and I think its head moves at one point and then it tries to kill him under the bed and since then that face scares me. So the first time that I saw Rudy from the game Funhaus I was a little taken aback and I struggle to play that game because I find it really really scary. And I realize that makes no sense whatsoever But the talking head I find scary, so I avoid playing Funhaus, even though I really shouldn't. Yeah, Wolfman, it's like a beer smoothie. I'm fine with that. Funhaus is creepy AF. My brother has one. It was a freaking clown doll, George. Freaking clowns. I hate clowns. I'm also not a fan of clowns. Don't go near a roadshow. No, there's two talking heads on a roadshow, but they're wearing hard hats. and for whatever reason that doesn't seem as bad. I'm not doing it. I'm not taking the easy way out. There it is. Martell and Baratheon, two of the harder ones to get lit, are now lit. It was totes not worth. But whatevs. We've got ourselves a lock and we're going to grab both of those guys. Let's see if we can complete them. You know what I love most? About having this in-house. Having Game of Thrones in-house is that now when I go to play it on location or in a tournament or in League, I won't have to be scared of the game anymore. and I don't mean scared in the same way that I just mentioned a minute ago that I'm scared of, what's his name? Rudy. Not that kind of scared. Like, I'm just not going to beat everybody at it because I've never known how to play the game, and now I can consistently put a bill up. All right, all right, we're cool, we're cool. Okay, game. Game okay. Okay. middle shot that's also going to start a multiball i'm pretty sure but i think yeah we beat martel just now we've still got baratheon running and i think we're bringing baratheon back into our multiball right yes okay we're doing things here uh Just give Rudy one of your ice cream cake beers. Hey, Swizzlefish, welcome to the stream. It's fine, we'll get that one back. Oh, no. Really? Really? We're increasing the value. I don't know how to collect on this. That was cool. That was really cool. Man, so much for knowing the rules to the game. Because I have no idea how to collect on Baratheon. Shoot the dra- Okay, it was the dragon. I'll shoot the dragon. Ding it. That is such a cool name. If it wasn't the effing clown under your bed, I was the pool full of real- Oh my god, the pool full of real skeletons was scary. Oh and the tree that reaches in and grabs them out of the room that also that had a problem with that All right so dragon done I going to try and grab the middle shot There's that. Middle. Oh, it looks like now I need to hit Lord of the Light. Totally got there. Was that it? Yes, that finished off Lannister. There we go. We did it. We did the thing. Oh, and we just started Hand of the King. All right. Shoot the dragon, Baratheon. Build the value on the spinner. Then dragon the center ramp. Then Lord of Light. Okay, I did it. Scotty, thank you. Thank you. You were there for me, and that's what matters. Whatever. I'm good with two. There we go. And... Uh, super jackpot right there. Let's just loop that. Uh, apparently we are done looping that. Woo! All right, we've got Locke lit. Uh, we haven't done Zac Stark. I guess we could start working on Tyrell. Yeah, we're already at ball three. Yeah, let's grab that lock shot. There's ball one. Let's grab Greyjoy and Zac Stark, maybe. And Wolfman, when is my Rick and Morty arriving? I'm not sure. I've got number 367. Winter is coming on the dragon. Really? What is the Baratheon? No, I want a light lock. What was the Baratheon? Oh, I'll bet you that button lit Lord of Light. That was probably really stupid. One more shot on Greyjoy. Greyjoy is lit coming up on Zac Stark now see if we can backhand this bad boy here and then loop it two more times there's one and we're up there that's ball two yeah let's do Zac Stark and Greyjoy Whoo! We're fine. We're fine, game. No reason to freak out. One. Two. Three. Left orbit for the Winzo. Got that extra ball. And a mystery. I don't know what the mystery is. Oh, no! I didn't realize we had the wall lit. Darn it. Winter is coming at 7 p.m. It was dark already. That is fine. I'm hitting all the flashing shots. You got to release the ball that's in there for me to be able to hit that shot. That was BS game. Lock shot. Nope. Darn it. Okay, so we have not completed Greyjoy, but we do have a Locklet, which is really nice. Can we get Grey... Let's do Tyrell. Man, how do you do precision shots on pinball? I appreciate pinball. I enjoy playing. I'm just terrible at it. I'm sure precision takes hours of practice. Dinkus, that's literally all it takes is practice. Tyrell is ready. Get up there, please. Is that a multiball? Maybe it's a multiball. Yes! multiball into the final two modes. Let's do this thing, game. You and me. Mano y mano. What do we need? It looks like right orbit. Okay I think we Yeah we have As soon as we get out of this we are in our wizard mode So I going to do that And wizard mode. Yes, Iron Throne. Iron Throne. It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not. We've got each other. And that's all I need. We'll give it a shot. Okay, so in this, you have to hit every shot twice. Every shot once, I mean. And then it gives you an add-a-ball. And you have to do this for every house. So we're on Tyrell right now. Looks like we've got three shots left. it's fine I've got two shots left and then I'll get an add a ball alright nice and easy here going at this right ramp which I have missed a bunch now We have a shoot again, but now I'm done with Iron Throne. That sucks. No, I'm still in Iron Throne! Yes! Let's do it again. Backhand. Hit that light. And then, super jackpot. We got our add-a-ball, which is good. and now we do it all over again. There's one. There's two. All right, what do we need? We just need this shot right there. And now we want to hit the super jackpot, and that is two houses, another add-a-ball. Add-a-ball. Woo! That felt good. That felt good. Now we're going to backhand that sucker. Beautiful. Now we're gonna go right orbit. Uh, we've got two shots left. Yep, we've got middle and dragon. There's middle. This might hurt a little bit. Darn it. That sucks! Woo! Let's see if we can get another add-a-ball here. Be impatient. That's not good. I can't believe you subscribed to Don't Panic Flip. I gotta shoot again again. You're paying your money. We're still in this. We're still out. We have baby, human baby, Al-Nonymous. If you're wasting your money watching someone else play video games. You're amazing. Thank you. Al-Nonymous, welcome to the stream. I've got to catch up on chat really quick. Winter is coming. Wait, wait, wait. I like to hit the RAM and get my multiplier up to 2x on my multiball. Scotty, that makes sense. I have been so focused. I just want to beat Iron Throne. We're in it now. and I've got, I think, what, three more houses to go and I've never made it, I don't know if you have to beat Targaryen in Iron Throne, but that's the goal. That's the dream and the points are happening. I could definitely increase those points, but I just want to beat Iron Throne. And then I'm ready to sell this game to Becca from Fliptronic. Here we go. Super jackpot. Perfect. Whoo! All right, so now we're on our fourth house. We finished that. Now we're on to our super. Wow! That was moving really quick, and I kind of wasn't paying attention. So we've got three more blue lights. Okay, backhand. Actually, let's go dragon. Woo! I prefer the forehand on this guy. There it is. Alright, so now you really have to do these in order. Oh, it didn't give me credit for that, but... There's that. Right orbit. Right orbit. Woo! Alright, alright. Uh, center. There's that. We need left orbit. Dragon. Dragon. Nice and easy, it looks like. Now we need a special Zac Stark shot. Ooh. Get there! Super jackpot! Yes! Now we need the right orbit. They got it All right now we need There we go. Center. Nice and easy there. We're going to backhand that sucker. Woohoo Alright, what do we need here? We need the dragon Now we need the super jackpot We're doing the things here, guys We're doing it In the zone, thank you Super jackpot here Got it So we're not done yet. Uh. All right, all right. We're doing things here. We're at the Twins. I'm not sure the significance of that. God damn it, man. This has, yeah, it does have victory laps afterwards. That's the goal, is to try and get to victory laps. All right, backhand. Oh, man, I thought that was it. I thought that was it. Woo, two more shots. Apparently they give a lot fewer D pluses than D minuses. Laser, this is victory laps? Oh, come on. Laser Los would know. Okay, and now that has lit more stuff. Oh, this is blue for Targaryen though, right? There we go. Guys, that was it. 5.4 bill. So are you... To confirm, can anybody here confirm, did we beat Iron Throne? That was Victory Lapse, right? The double battering ram is the end. Okay. Andrew Burglar, welcome to the stream. Never doubles the battering ram. Okay, cool. Cool. uh sound it was kind of anticlimactic two all right whatever this mystery is it's got to be good right Um 3x super jackpot For 64 Doesn't really seem all that worth it Alright we relit Lannister I want a coil explosion I know right I want something um yeah okay cool get up there get get get why why did that not count game you're stealing from me there we go right orbit uh let's go that shot again and the center shot not cool Woo, that was a double Let's finish Lannister For all the work it takes to complete Iron Throne We deserve some form of pyrotechnics I don't disagree at all, Hamdrew Burglar center shot. And then let's go Dragone. Apparently we did not need the dragon. Let's go Greyjoy. I guess let's go for our playfield multipliers this time. When we get into multiball we'll try and just pump up that score. Get there, get there, that'll count. So we've got Greyjoy going. Rave, thank you, Flipstream, for that rave. That's fine. You know what? I will take that. I wonder what this bonus is. Eh. All right. Last person to do something was X. X, what are your initials? You are the current GC on this bad boy. I'm guessing it's EX, but I don't know. I know, Scotty, that was a pretty decent game. I can now get rid of this game. The dragon toy. it is XSX. Awesome. There you go. 5.7. That is going up on Pindigo and it's 1154. So I mean, Waka, thank you. That was, that was all luck. You guys saw like, it was a little bit of skill and a lot of luck. But Waka, thank you for joining in the follow tonight. And now get...

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