# Black Knight SOR Pro (Stern 2019) **Source:** Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 **Type:** video **Published:** 2021-02-01 **Duration:** 98m 36s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXYgI7kx_6I --- ## Analysis Manu from Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 streams gameplay of Black Knight: Sword of Rage at Free Gold Watch arcade, discussing the game's difficulty, mechanics (multiball locks, magna save, high flippers), and rule structure while interacting with live chat. The stream includes commentary on the game's punishing design for players unfamiliar with ball control and brief discussion of the Pinball Industry Awards/Reach-A-Rounds podcast. ### Key Claims - [HIGH] Black Knight: Sword of Rage has very high-angle flippers that can pitch the ball — _Manu demonstrates and describes the flipper mechanics during gameplay, noting their unusual height and pitch capability_ - [HIGH] The magna save on Black Knight is positioned so high above the outlanes that it's difficult to know when to activate it — _Manu criticizes the placement during gameplay: 'the magnetic save is so high up above the outlanes...that it's like, you have to have, you have to be friggin' Nostradamus to know to press it'_ - [HIGH] Most gameplay on Black Knight: Sword of Rage occurs on the lower playfield, similar to Total Nuclear Annihilation — _Manu explains: 'most of your play is, like, from here down. Like, most of your play is, like, It's almost like Total Nuclear Annihilation, where it's like half the plate go'_ - [MEDIUM] Steve Richie's callouts on Black Knight are significantly louder than the set volume level — _Manu notes: 'I think Steve Richie's call-outs go to double whatever you set the volume at. So if I set the volume at 24, Steve Richie's callouts are going to be...way louder'_ - [HIGH] The game punishes players who don't know ball control — _Manu states: 'this game punishes you if you don't know ball control' and demonstrates this throughout gameplay_ ### Notable Quotes > "This game is awesome...well this game is fun it's brutal it's Steve Richie yelling at you constantly telling you you suck" > — **Manu**, early stream > _Sets tone for the stream—acknowledges game quality while expressing frustration with difficulty and Richie's aggressive callouts_ > "the magnetic save is so high up above the outlanes...that it's like, you have to have, you have to be friggin' Nostradamus to know to press it" > — **Manu**, mid-stream > _Direct design criticism of magna save placement and usability_ > "one game of Shane Black Knight for me lasts about 30 seconds" > — **Manu**, opening > _Self-deprecating comment about gameplay skill; establishes Manu as not proficient at this particular machine_ > "Every moment of playing this game is a frickin' nightmare!" > — **Manu**, during gameplay > _Expresses frustration with game difficulty and design_ > "You get so penalized for random flipping in this game" > — **Manu**, mid-stream > _Commentary on game design philosophy—requires deliberate shot selection_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | Manu | person | Host of Mystery Pinball Theater 3000, streaming Black Knight: Sword of Rage gameplay at Free Gold Watch arcade | | Becca | person | Associated with Fliptronic; appeared with Manu on Reach-A-Rounds red carpet; mentioned multiple times during stream chat interactions | | Steve Ritchie | person | Designer of Black Knight: Sword of Rage; known for aggressive callouts in the game that Manu comments on | | Jeff | person | Co-host/producer of Final Round Pinball Podcast and Reach-A-Rounds awards show | | Steven Martin | person | Co-host of Final Round Pinball Podcast, producer of Reach-A-Rounds awards show | | George | person | Pinball streamer/player; Manu references George's habit of calling people 'legends' and George's stream playthrough of Black Knight | | Free Gold Watch | venue | Arcade location in San Francisco where stream is taking place; hosts multiple pinball machines | | Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 | media | Streaming show/content platform hosted by Manu, featuring pinball gameplay and MST3K-style movie riffing | | Black Knight: Sword of Rage | game | Stern Pinball 2019 machine being played and analyzed; third iteration of Black Knight franchise | | Total Nuclear Annihilation | game | Spooky Pinball game referenced for comparison to Black Knight regarding playfield layout and play area | | Final Round Pinball Podcast | media | Pinball podcast hosted by Jeff and Steven Martin; produced Reach-A-Rounds awards show | | Reach-A-Rounds Awards | event | Pinball industry award show featured on Pinball Network; Manu and Becca participated on red carpet interviews | | Fliptronic | venue/organization | Associated with Becca; appears to be pinball streaming platform or arcade venue | ### Topics - **Primary:** Black Knight: Sword of Rage gameplay mechanics and design, Magna save placement and usability criticism, Game difficulty and learning curve for new/casual players, Multiball and lock mechanics on Black Knight - **Secondary:** Pinball streaming community and content creation, Pinball Industry Awards/Reach-A-Rounds podcast production, Steve Richie callout volume and design choices, Comparison of playfield layouts across different machines ### Sentiment **Mixed** (0.55) — Manu expresses frustration with difficulty and specific design elements (magna save placement, loud callouts) but acknowledges the game is 'awesome' and 'fun.' Stream tone is self-deprecating humor mixed with genuine gameplay challenge. Positive about the game's overall quality while frustrated with execution details and his own performance. ### Signals - **[community_signal]** Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 stream demonstrates active community participation through live chat, custom sound redemptions, subscriptions, and viewer interaction (confidence: high) — Extensive chat interactions, subscription gifting by Becca and others, custom sound redemptions mentioned throughout stream - **[design_philosophy]** Steve Richie's callouts on Black Knight are significantly louder than user-set volume level, creating audio imbalance (confidence: medium) — Manu notes callouts go to 'double whatever you set the volume at' and must manually adjust volume downward during gameplay - **[design_philosophy]** Magna save placement criticized as unintuitive—positioned too high above outlanes, making activation difficult for players (confidence: high) — Manu: 'the magnetic save is so high up above the outlanes, the and outlanes, that it's like, you have to have, you have to be friggin' Nostradamus to know to press it' - **[design_philosophy]** Black Knight: Sword of Rage employs punishing, skill-based design that heavily penalizes random flipper usage and requires deliberate shot selection (confidence: high) — Manu: 'You get so penalized for random flipping in this game' and 'this game punishes you if you don't know ball control' --- ## Transcript Hello, Internet. Hang on a second. Just for right now, I'm going to take this off. Hello, Internet. What's up? MPT3K here. Once again on location. We are at Free Gold Watch. And we're going to play. I don't know why. there's 17 other games I want to play right now hi there peanut what's up we're going to play this we're going to play this because every once in a while I like to hello pentronic hello Austin what's up about to get my butt beat in some black knight welcome to the pinball theater mpt3k what are we playing we're playing black knight and i wasn't kidding when i said we're going to play 400 games of black knight because one game of black knight for me lasts about 30 seconds and uh yeah anyway this game is awesome uh well this game is fun it's brutal it's Steve Ritchie yelling at you uh constantly uh telling you you're you suck so go pool already with the redeem of the galaga mode we don't have a galaga game here i don't think do we yeah we do it's somewhere. I don't know. For a while we had a Tempest also. I may need to turn this down a little bit, so I'm going to go ahead and turn it down. What up, dude? I have only played this a couple of times. Looking forward to the stream. It's a game. Out of all the pinball machines in the world, this is one of them. I'm not talking down about Black Knight. What a rage. It's a great game. It's just hard for me because it's really fast. If you see, like, most of your play is, like, from here down. Like, most of your play is, like, It's almost like total nuclear annihilation, where it's like half the plate go. So the shots come screaming back at me at high velocities. And, yeah. Actually, let's keep it to 25 right now. I think Steve Ritchie's call-outs go to double whatever you set the volume at. So if I set the volume at 24, Steve Ritchie's callouts are going to be... See? So it's going to be way louder for him. All right, let's just play a standard game now. Black Knight Sword of Rage. I don't know all the rules to it, but I do know how to start multi-balls, and I do know to shoot the flashing shots. And I do know that this MF right here is going to be a royal pain in the butt. I'm going to full plunge right now just to show you guys the ball up top. There you go. And then we're going to play with the ball down on the lower part of the play field for pretty much the entire stream. So this game punishes you if you don't know ball control. One thing also about this game is the flippers really go up high, right? Notice how high the flippers go. There's a replay. Hey, little bubblegum. And when you rip these spinners, you really rip the spinners. All right. So here's what I want to do. A, better than that, right? And B, I want to lock balls hitting this stand-up target right here. You lock a ball, and then you shoot underneath his shield. All right, so here's what my buddies told me to do. Short plunge to get to that right flipper. Short plunge. Now, if you don't nudge, it's going to hit that switch. So there you go. Jeez. You start modes by shooting up the very big center lane or a little slightly off center lane. Let's find some shots now. Oh, too early. There is a Magna save. It's in the middle. It feels weird to be right here. Oh wait a minute, did we toggle off the hands camera or did we not show the hands camera? What's up Captain 12? So this is killing the Hydra by shooting all the shots twice. I mean you can go middle all day. To kill him. So he's done. You could kind of go middle all day for him. Hand scan? There it is. Now you can see my lock bar. I missed the bubble gum intro? Day ruined. No! No! No! And the frickin' Magnus save is so high up above the outlanes, the in and outlanes, that it's like, you have to have, you have to be friggin' Nostradamus to know to press it. It would be better for me if like, it flung it out the outlanes. All right, 42. That's just because I killed a Hydra. Alright. Let's do this. He is pretty awesome though. I gotta say. And there's a real ostrich feather or peacock feather. Or some crap like that. There you go. Real feather. Wow. Let's try that again. I'm standing up but I'm not sure about the fight super slings super man super fast flippers never take that shot it's not as safe that cross shot is really not safe What am I fighting? My son loves this game. He's like, Dad, it's not so hard. I think Wonka's harder. I'm like, okay. You're a better player than me, little boy. Super is lit. Nope, can't do it on him. Now if I hit the super, like I get super spins. Super spins, right? No! Oh! Oh! Yeah! Super save! Super ball save! Oh no! Okay, here we go. Ah! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Not much I could do after that. I'm still figuring out how the hell I dug that out of nowhere. Oh my god. Okay, here we go. I wonder if I even caught that replay. Nah, you know what? I'm getting replaced too soon. What's up, Pintomniac? Uh, Pintomniac, yes. That is correct. Oh, come on. Give me, give me, give me. This reminds me of back in the day when George used to stream this. Five, four, three, two, one. Man, these... Happy, happy Pia Day. What's a Pia Day? That almost sounds like... What's the... What do you call it? What's Up Dog? Okay, if I shoot the shot and it doesn't stay in there, it's not my fault. Happy Happy Pia Day. Oh boy. I play this to get better but... There's the Magna Save. Totally unnecessary Magna Save right there. I did it to show you guys what Magna Save looks like. Oh, and then he did right there. Oh, yeah. Pinball Industry Awards. Pinball Industry Awards. Alright. Every once in a while, I gotta do it for... I gotta take one for the team and play a game that just utterly destroys me. So when I get 100 million, I feel happy. Pinball Industry Awards Show. That's happening today. Oh! What was that, Manu? Why did you flip an extra bit? Alright. What's up, Becca? Becca, did you listen? Did you listen to it? It was awesome, right? It was super awesome. I dug it. It was good. It was good. It was cool. I had fun listening to me and you. And then I turned it off. No, I'm kidding. I didn't turn it off. It's going to be real hard not to swear this entire stream. It was good, right? Yeah, it was fun. I got to tell you, man. Jeff and Marty put a lot of work into this podcast. What we're talking about, folks, if you didn't know, is the Final Round Podcast with Jeff and Martin. Marco, hello. Marco. Polo. Marco. Polo. Marco. Polo. Thank you for the raid! Oh, oh, oh! This is a bad time to come to the channel because I suck at this game! Me sucking really high! Sorry, I just decided to go play Medieval, because this is not happening. Thank you, Roll of Pinball. All right. Hey, Slick, what's up? Spations. Spations. Surprise. Hello, everybody. How are you doing? This is Mystery Pinball Theater 3000. I'm Manu. So the award show, the Reach-A-Rounds, featured on the Final Round podcast on the Pinball Network. Go check it out. It's really fun. Jeff and Martin put a ton of work into it, and it's just cool. And in the beginning, myself and Becca from Fliptronic, we were lucky enough to be asked to be on the red carpet to interview people before they went in to actually get a Reach-A-Round. So that was pretty awesome. So It's lit, thank you for the sub Six months, thank you You are a legend It's time to rage, how's it going It's not going great right now with this game Oh boy He's amazing, RollerPimball The best co-host Don't tell ClipTronic Heard you on the reach around Yeah, that was a lot of fun And then Dr. Curly Tech, what's up? The Final Round Award show was one of the best podcasts I've ever heard. They did an awesome job putting it together. Yes, they did. All I did was record stuff and then gave it to Jeff. What's up, Black Cat Pinball? So what I was going to say is go check out the reach arounds on the Pinball Network. Oh! Oh! Oh! Marco, I promise I will not destroy this pinball machine. We now have a Banzai run with a sad out of order sign on it. Because we don't have amazing people like you to be here to fix it. NBC3K, so what... What's up, brother? Pinball! Big Ninja, man. Long time no see. Sorry I wasn't trying to take away from any content. And everyone who contributed did an awesome job. Oh, Dr. Curly, I'm saying the only one who actually did any work was Jeff and Martin. I mean, besides everyone else contributing their voices. That was a hell of a... And Jeff goes, I send him my stuff, and then he sends me back. And he goes, oh, it was great. And then today he goes, hey, you were awesome, or something like that. And I said, yeah, Jeff, you probably say that to all the contributors, right? No, you were great on the red carpet. So Jeff T. Elvis is awesome. It was definitely worth listening to, enjoyed it, and had some good laughs. Awesome. Yeah, I did too. I listened to it while I made dinner for my kids. Do I smell something burning? Terry, you get the... Why you got to go there, man? Nothing's on fire. Becca, nothing's on fire. Everything's fine. Jeff had to coach us. Oh, Becca. Jeff didn't have to coach me at all. Oh, did he have to coach you? Thank you for the follow, Black Cat. Love you, mean it. Becca, you gotta come on this week again, if you can, on Friday. No! You might have to join me this Friday, Becca, again. I'm a mess on principle. You got... So here's what happened with me, Becca Here's what happened with me, I'll be honest Jeff says Jeff goes, okay, you're on the red carpet You're on the red carpet And you and Becca are about to announce the people coming in Alright, so I need excitement I need excitement I go, okay, I'll give you excitement He goes, alright, action I go, you know, blah, blah, blah This is Becca from Pertone. And I go, and I'm Manu Smith from Mystery Pinball 3000. I forgot my own name, by the way. He goes, that was great. I just need you to be, like, really super excited because you're on the red carpet and you're, like, super excited. And I go, oh, okay, I got this, I got this. And, of course, it was, after that, it was, and I'm Manu Smith from Mystery. Pinball Theater 3000 and I can't wait to tell you guys all about the stuff that's good. Hey, that's my logo. Squirrel Gravy, how did you steal my logo? How'd you do that, Squirrel Gravy? Yeah, we need more girl in real life on Manuscript. What's my motivation? Yes, that's what I was thinking Jeff was like, we need more What is my motivation? Am I selling laundry detergent? Or am I changing your life? What am I doing? Jeff kept having to tell me to say Reach around a certain way And try like 5 million times Jordan laughed at me a lot WNBC No, no, no It's WNBC WNBC No, no, WNBC WNBC I'm Adam Smith from MPT3K and I'm so excited to tell you about the Blendtex 3000 WENBC Guys, what are the odds that I get that I break 100 million on this game? How about if I break 100 million on this game? What do you think? You know, if you play this game you can't hit that shot right there You're in a lot of trouble Yes that's exactly what I did Billy Mays here The Baso Mays 76 What's up Bumper Nugget 100,000 check Did I say 100,000? I meant 100 millions. Low odds. Exactly, but with a reach around. My odds are zero. Oh, that's great. All right, here we go. We're going to play some serious games now. Player two? Am I playing a two-player game? Oh. I don't want to play a two-player game. I want to play a one-player game. Why get millions when you can get thousands? What's up, Arthur? This doesn't look like a Manu bunker. Alright, here we go. Reset. Okay, here we go. Here we go. Thousands of thousands. I always play two-player games, so I don't have to face reality and I'm forever alone. Jesus Christ. Roz, this is not a virtual table now. This is a real table. I like to switch it up a little bit. I like to switch it up. Let's play some black freaking knight. Let's play some black freaking knight. Let's do this. One knight locked. And oh, what a knight that is. Who knows the rules to this game? Y'all can just shout it out in the chat. You shut up. You're weak and pathetic. You struck me as someone that gets struck. Dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge. Audrey, I love you. Get in line, Becca. You call it Black Freaking Night because you're black? Yeah. Yes, Audrey. Yes. Every reference I make has to do with the race I was given. Okay. That's how black people work. That's always how it works. Does this game have the topper? No, it doesn't. No topper. Oh, what a night. I like that. Oh, what a night. That's how you stack them. Okay, one, hit lock target. Two, hit middle ramp to light mode. Three, hit scoop to lock. Four four repeat Dr Curly I did it Five try not to die Okay that going to be trouble That going to be trouble Did my hand decide not to work? There's an add-a-ball here. The add-a-ball is... I know where it is. Well, maybe if I don't care about the add-a-ball, I will do better in this mode. Oh crap. Okay, I thought... There it is. It would be there. Hey, I got it! What the freak? Wait, then give me a ball. Add my ball. Where's my added ball, game? Why did you give me the add a ball thing and you didn't add me a ball? It gave me the friggin' animation! Do you call it Black Freaking Night because you're a dude? Do you call it Black Freaking Night because you're old? Keep going! What's up pinballers? Best black knight gamer is right here. You did it! multiball! Sorry not sorry. Oh it said add a ball ready. Oh shoot. No it said ready. It didn't give it to me. Oh. It said ready. It didn't give it to me. You call it Black Freaking Night because you're a dad? So for this guy, I have to shoot... What? Like multiple... Let's get Mystery. Mystery is always good. Now let's shoot this shot first. Then let's get Mystery. Let's shoot him. Let's shoot up the middle. Shoot up the middle because you can do it here. Okay. Yes. Left orbit is good too. Now let's shoot up the middle. Yes. Now let's get mystery. Yes. So far this is working out. Mystery. First shot on a drop target. Oh wait. I'm missing stuff. I'm missing good advice from people. I got super lanes. I just... That was gross. I know, I know. Don't get mad because I shake you a little bit. Okay, let's see. You call it Black Freaking Night because you live in Northern California? Ask Pinballers. Ask Pinballers. He's pro at this. Oh, really? Pinballers. Okay, okay, Pinballers. The HD DMD videos with score display on this are gorgeous. Yeah, it really is. It really kicks ass. First shot on the drop target. Shoot blue to turn red, then shoot one red to collect. Wow, really? That's awesome. Did I just get two extra balls? Is this really loud for you guys? Let's see. First shot on the drop target. a free mail out and Tracy from Outer Space redeemed a custom sound congratulations did they really make a game where you just have to basically lock balls and start modes unless you're really good in which case you can just be really good Mystery I'll take a mystery Tracy from Outer Spacey How you doing? Long time no see How's life? How's things going? You guys go follow Tracy Because they're awesome Not an actual resident Of Outer Spacey But Actually maybe You're a resident of Outer Spacey And I don't know I don't want to assume stuff. Woo, that takes trust. Congratulations on the custom sound. I've watched you play enough. No, volume's good. Okay. I haven't streamed in ages. No, yeah, I know. I haven't seen you in a while, Tracy. Tracy! Tracy! Tracy! Talk me through this, pinballers. You're stepping up to the machine right now. You're looking at it. What are you going for? You got two locks lit. You got a sword halfway lit. You got stuck. Hey, look, it's your favorite primo machine next to the big Lebowski. I'm going to come back to it. It's lit. I'm going to come back to it. Trust me. It was busted for a little while. The one that was here was a little broken. It's now 100% working. So I'll come back to it. Tracy just set up an animal cam. Tracy just set up an animal cam so I can have my animals watch your animals when I got here. Well I just bought a bird feeder and a hummingbird Hummingbird water So I am so thinking tree anymore What's up surreal A little bit burnt Burnt Burnt Burnt Alright here we go Here we go Trap up Light lock Nope Or maybe don't lie, Lyle. Just maybe... Oh, don't you walk out on me. Don't you walk out on me. Oh, too much. These flippers at such a high angle that they can actually pitch the ball. Woo! Woo! Hmm. Every moment of playing this game is a frickin' nightmare! Oh no, no, no, no, don't start the lock yet. You're okay, you're okay, you're okay. You're okay, baby. Hush, baby. Is Mano playing back knight? Mano's playing back knight and we're teaching him how to play. Per usual. That's my second triple knights challenge. Alright, we're gonna go blue. No, blue. You get the frack up in blue, son of a gun. I want somebody else to go there, there, you go there. You go there. Damn it, man, who pressed the button? How is it you prepared to press the button? You don't have to press the damn button. The dang button. I see that shuttle. There it wants me. Woo! Ah, too much... Too much flipper tapping, Manu. Just press the frickin' button. On the frickin' flipper. Y'all can tell me what I'm doing wrong right now. Can we redeem custom sounds on behalf of other people? No, you may not. How would that work with a bubble gum? Was that the stupidest thing for me to do ever? To shoot it while it's spinning? I think that is the stupidest thing to do ever I gotta tell you This game sure does Enjoy itself This game loves to hear its own Frickin voice Stay there Stick it, stick it, stick it Oh, that was easy I could see that draining Oh, I hit 133 Hey, who was it that knows this game? Is it Pin... Pin... I forget the name What are these targets over here for? Pinballers. Oh Dr. Cano- Oh Drunken Obi. Obi Drunken Obi. Thank you for the follow. No not Pinballers. Can we redeem custom sounds for cash value? That's neat. Nice Rick and Morty, sir. Alright, here we go. Alright, thank you for the ball save, because that was cheap and not fair. 136 all three can I redeem more custom sounds to have a randomized intro let me think surreal No, I'm not playing a five ball game. This is three ball. I got two extra balls. I honestly got two extra balls. I'm pretty sure I did. Stop it. Stop it. Let me at least... Can I please lock one more ball, Black Knight? Sort of rage. Because I'm sort of raging right now. How many nights? Ah, it's my first night. Surreal, let me think about that. Can we send MPT3K points to get Cliptronic points? See? You get so penalized for random flipping in this game. Brian, thank you for the sub in tier 1, two months in a row. Thank you so much. You're a legend that I am not. 136, that's what we gotta beat now. We gotta beat 136. What a crazy mode. Let's give... Let's all give a big hand. whoa whoa whoa george calls people a legend not you no no that's my thing a little bubble gum that's my thing don't stop that's my thing you will face the black will you face the black knight again it's not you will face yes i will yes i will pin daddy 41 the targets add charge to sword and qualified towards relighting Magna Save. Okay, so just knock them down. I get my Magna Save back. Knock all three down. I get my Magna Save back. Brian, what's up? It's good. It's good. Things are good. I'm playing a game that is not my favorite. But it's a good game. Gosh darn it. See if we can break 150 Whoa, whoa, whoa George co-opted your thing Hashtag unsubscribe Wait, when did George Wait a minute, wait, wait Little bubblegum Did Don't Panic Flip actually say to someone You're a legend? Hello. Hey, George, what's up? It's Manu. Yeah, how's it going, man? Yeah, listen. Stop! I'm okay. I took care of it. Hot nudge? Hot nudge! What up? George Korth, people of legend with hats off. Oh, okay. We do not accept Mando points unless you convince Mando to add additional shooting streams. Redeems. He says that all the effing time. Anything. We're about to witness some pinball MMA. We can see you're not calling anyone. LOL. I don't care. I haven't copyrighted or patented the word legend. I just do that. That's the thing I do. Oh. See, but I sincerely mean it. I don't think George actually means it. I mean it sincerely. George, I think, is just saying a word because he heard the word. I can't convince... I can't convince man to do anything. What's up Hot Nudge? Welcome to the Pinball Theater. You have joined a stream that has far less personality than you do, but thank you for coming anyway. Wow, it looks like my logo has taken over everyone's logo. I must have broken something when I was working on things today. Hi, Nick. You have more shooting redemptions also? What's wrong with the shooting redemptions? Are they turned off? Wow. The shooting is off. All right. I'll fix it. I'll fix it. We gotta have at least one shooting during this, during the stream. Thank you. I got this game. In any other context, I did not say squirrel gravy. Hot nudge. And the D&D movie? Well, on Fridays, hot nudge. On Fridays, we play a little pinball, but we mostly riff to ridiculous movies. And it's competitive ripping, so you actually get points if you say something funny and people vote for you. It's hard to describe. You kind of got to see it. It's kind of ridiculous. Looks like I'm going to be adding hot nudge to the channel changes. I'm not, I don't, I don't mark dude people. We might be on the wrong channel for that one. Yay! I don't think that's a Good idea! Uh, you're part of that? Oh, it's okay. I'll repeat myself over and over and over again because I'll forget what I said ten minutes ago. Oh boy. This is why I can't, uh... This is why you guys can't... Oh, it's turned off! Mystery Pinball Theater is made possible with the support of viewers like you. Thank you. No, it's still broken. Thank you. I almost broke the friggin glass that time. Did you guys hear that? Holy smokes! I know right? That's exactly what happened. Man you really can't let this game boss you around. Man, you really can't let this game boss you around. Oh! Bad, bad, bad. Bad post-catch. How many people have watched this game? How many people have watched somebody play this and just take shots on the fly constantly? They got to be like Escher or somebody like that. Or Ray Day. Somebody who could pull that off is probably freaking amazing. There's so many unanswered questions. All right, Black Knight. Oh, Blackie. Got it. Got it. Take it, take it, take it, take it, take it, take it. I'm a monster, baby. Mystery Pinball is a castle with the support of heroes like you. Thank you. I must have broke something when I was messing around with stuff today. Well, that was pretty lucrative. Woo! Says that jerk, Al. What, is Al anonymous here? Until the soul to the devil. That owl was insane. Oh, I see. Who is Squirrel Gravy? Thank you, Squirrel Gravy. You do us proud. Redemptions are amazing. The redemptions are... Some of the redemptions are broken right now. Hang on a second Oh Oh do I have to hit the light lock multiple times to light a lock after a while It's hard enough hitting it once. Do I have to hit it more than once? More than once? We are not well-intentioned. We are all well-intentioned, loving trolls. That's my favorite. On second multiball, yes. Thank you, Pensamia. That's what I love about my regular watchers. Whenever a new viewer comes in, the regulars, if they have redemption points, they just start showing off. They just start throwing stuff left and right. It's like throwing poop everywhere. They basically poofed all over you, HotNudge, I'm sorry. All they did was just poof all over you. Hey, Becca, a sub, gift a sub to Hot Nudge. Thank you, Becca, that's amazing. Thank you, Becca Enjoy those emotes, hot nudge Wait Wait I just realized something I've got Whoa, it's way too bright now Let me turn this exposure down I've got Mr. Pinball here is impossible with the support of viewers like you. Thank you. There we go. Four, three, two. Let's go back to 1,500. I've got two. Two Twippy nominees in my chat right now. You get them. You get them. You get them, guys. Go get them. That's too much for me to process. Hotness! I'm stuck at 99? No freaking way. No, I'm getting 150. Oh my god, this is ball three. Holy smokes, guys. I just chatted my way through ruining what could be a really good game. Was that three? Oh, it wasn't three. Maybe I can work my way to three. How many MPT points to redeem a vending machine stack? Was Matt just behind me? Oh, that was three. All right, let's do this, baby. And by baby, I don't mean anybody in particular because I don't want to be, you know, I don't want to be sexist. Get that adder ball out of the way. Now profit. Jesus. That ball can fly by me. Holy. Crap. Oh my god. Mr. Scoot! What's up? I know, Boo. It's okay. I know, Boo. Mr. Scoot! I didn't need that, but I just did it, so whatever. What's up, Scooty Scoot? Scooty Scoot! This is for just Mr. Scoot. This is for just Mr. Scoop. What's up, motherfucker? Okay, there you go. That's just for Scoop. I was not trying to be offensive to anyone else except Scoop. Except Scoop. Aw, now why are you going to do that to me? I am not a little chipmunk. All right, here we go. Boom! Oh! Black Knight multiball is ready! What is Black Knight multiball, guys? Somebody tell me what this is? Wait! No, that's a different game! Well I guess I'll hit super. Wow! I went back in time guys! What the what? What? What? What was that? There was... the old music happened. Oh shoot I remember now. Well that was fun! Ugh! Who was that? CC Lopez, thank you for the follow. Well, that was fun. I'm at 185 now. Okay, there you go. I think you can find Black Knight multiball in your pants. Pull it up. That's the legacy mode. Oh, they started singing. You got the power. You got the fight. Get ready, your mama. She's going to make dinner tonight. Okay. You got the power! Power! Don't you ever let it hit the... Oh, why did I do that? Two times! Oh, feeling it. Feeling it. Ballet 81. It's a feature. You guys, I haven't played this game in so long that I forgot that feature was in there. I've never gotten to it. Okay, can someone explain to me how I got to it? And you can take as long as you need. Just throw it in chat. How did I get that mode started? Because I have no... Spelled Knight. So how do you spell Knight? Watch TNT. They had a video that showed it. Light the Knight letters. How do you light the Knight letters? Left scoop. Oh, up there. Pentomniac. You get letters by doing well in modes. Modes. Modes. you. New Mexico Pinball, what's up? Everybody's going modes. Don't suck. Terry, I think that's the best advice. Cause you did. Oh my god, you have to hit it so many times now. Your sword is maxed out right now too. I forget what that means. It's just so good. No, it's not mask optional, Arthur, but there's no one around right now. Everyone The place is actually closed And there's no one here So I'm doing this Because I'm not playing With anyone either And everyone else Is way over there Um But we're super careful Over it Thank you for the sub PGH Pinfan Tier 1 Two months You're a legend That's mine I say that Not George But I love George I love him like a brother Love him like a brother Thank you so much For the sub Get letters from Complete and War Hurry up And Super Jackpots Also pinballers Answer your questions in chat Thank you Hey Pinbot I'm gonna play some pinball Pinbot What's your status? Are you going to ignore me now? Okay, that's cool. Pinbot, what's your status? Alright, she's going to ignore me the rest of the day now. Well, that was dumb. Two board letters. One thing this game will teach you is to be very careful with every shot. Very careful. MBT3K loves don't panic clips. Little Bubblegum, who taught you how to clip? Who taught you how to clip things? How dare they? You did, you fool. Alright. I think I gotta go pee. So, before that happens... And I need to check that redemption, because that redemption is... Oh my god! It's lit, people! Thank you! Whoa! It's Lit Pinball is gifting 5 tier 1 subs to you beautiful people in chat. It's Lit Pinball. I got to say. Well, I can't take my hat off because then I'm going to get a complaint from that other dude that takes his hat off and does the thing. So I'm just going to say thank you. Y'all gather up all your stuff while I go. I'm going to run quickly and go take a pee. And y'all can watch this. Pinbot, go to commercial. Pinball, go to commercial. 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You should not discuss with your doctor the possible side effects from TPM, including flip chronic anxiety, insomnia, disruptive polyp flipping, fox scabies, ray depression, pinball malaria, mystery poliothrombosis, what the fungal meningitis, babies, Tourette's graphics, faint and out, amnesis and Dr. Jaundice, We heart palpitations, rectal pain ball, one eye paralysis, STD, M, Jedi McMumps, and just another prostate syndrome. Because together we can push through the existential dread of the meaninglessness of our favorite hobby. Together. Together. Together forever and ever TPN Together TPN And don't you know TPN will always be To be together for TPN Together for TPN The Pinball Network is the place that I go Oh now I'm really dark. Shut up little bubblegum. Here I'm gonna fix that. Together. I like fixing my ISO on the fly. Oh you sexy muttah! And it's all for the best Because it is what you say Motherfucker! Did he put my bunghole? Let's put up 300. See, now I'm being silly. I think I'm being silly by trying to say I'm going to put up 300. But, uh... I don't know. We can try. What did I miss? Definitely Boba. Got him. I'm no longer C-Bobby. Yay! I'm sorry. Best redemption on Twitch. Thank Andy Samberg for that. And Shia LaBeouf. Cause I always say, Shia LaBeouf. Hit the road, Jack. And don't you come back. No more. No more. No more. No more. Hit the road, Jack. And don't you come back. No more. What you say? Yeah. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. What does this mean? What's this mode where they're spinning? To be for best pinball screen redemption. Oh, can we do that? Can we have a best pinball screen redemption? To be? That's ball two lock, right? I'm a little lost. What am I supposed to do? Yep, that's me You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation What's up, Flipstream? What's going on? I don't... I'm not sure what that was Good luck beating Wavy Gaga yeah you're right Jordan it took me like it took me like three times watching your stream to figure out how you even did that effect like did they put the thing in the did they put the the wavy thing in their house on a fan like I was like that's dedication because I'm not putting no friggin' blowing machine in my house. Oh, crap. The easiest add-a-ball in pinball, ladies and gentlemen. Holy crap. I mean, I got to tell you, that add-a-ball is crazy easy to get. Not that I can do anything with it when I get it, but man that's super easy. It's barely an inconvenience. That was a war hurry up. I figured you chroma keyed it. I figured you chroma keyed it, but I was like... Ah! Shoot. Dang it. Sent you a Discord PM right at... Yeah, I actually saw it. Flitstream, thank you. Flitstream, you stay up way later than I do, bro. It's really loud. Thankfully you can't hear it much through the mic. Thank you for the follow, Dr. Curly. Dr. Curly Tech. She doesn't blow all the time. Fantastic. I remember it like it was four months ago. Oh, boy. All right. Oh, boy. All right. You don't got to be such a jerk about it. Don't tell me how to run my freaking life. Look, whenever the sun goes away, that's the problem with having sunlight. Like, like, sun, sun lighting. Let's crank it up again. That's good right there. Oh God, I downloaded Leon Board to try it. I'm like, damn it, I've got to start over, don't I? Man, isn't there a Leon Board video from Second String? No, there never was. There never was. And you know why? Oh, I spelled so many knight letters. You know why? Because there's so many good videos on... I'll tell you what. Jordan. Jordan and... Mudderfutter. Flipstream. Maybe you can post a link to Andy Lippe. His channel. He does really good Leon Board tutorials. Andy Lippey does really good ones. Right back in the shooter lane! Thank you. You're welcome, honey. I love you, Pinbot. Even though you're bride of Pinbot, I just call you Pinbot. I got one more T letter. One more Knight letter. From what you guys tell me, I gotta do a mode. But I want to do it with style. It's gonna take too long. I'm just gonna start this friggin' mode. I didn't... Yeah, Jordan, I never did a vid on Leonboard. I don't feel qualified actually enough to do a video on Leon... Leon... Crack! I don't feel qualified enough to do a video on Leonboard. I really don't. I did a tech stream. I think just doing some basic intro stuff might be interesting. Yeah, I'm qualified to do that. I think Brian is... I mean, I'm sorry. I think Flipstream is more qualified for that. Right, Flipstream? Question mark? Question mark? I've done some tech streams, and I was way underqualified for it. Yeah Nick and I are in the same boat We uh Frack you Black Knight Nick and I are in the same boat We want to use it We don necessarily know really how to or want to really teach it. Flipstream is already... So Flipstream is so deep into the onboard that they already wrote their own extension now. So, there's, there, Flipstream is now building extensions for the onboard, which is pretty baller. And, uh, I don't think most of you, no, no, no, Fliptronic, you're exactly right. You're 159,000% correct. They, they don't. Most, most don't. Most don't. Absolutely not. Um. For me, it's really just having fun with the medium. But at the end of the day, you don't really need them. And mutter futter, the stuff that you need to do is not very hard. You just need to get a little used to it. There's a barrier for entry for the easy stuff. Yeah. God, that sucks when it does that. Our most complex command is Wavy Gaga. My most complex command is the freaking Rift Theater. Which is probably why one of my redemptions is broken right now. Because I was in the Rift Theater trying to... I was in the Rift Theater trying to fix the issue with the double... The missed messages. One day invite. One day valid invite for Leon. One more discussion. Oh, flipstream, wow! Where does that discord go to? Flipstream? Like the theater is just one command, yeah, I know. No, yeah, the theater is hundreds of buttons. That's very complex. For sure it's easy to set up a few things in it, but I have great, stupid, silly ideas. Yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah, so the Leon Board Discord is pretty amazing. There's one person in there who's kind of the moderator, Christina. Christina is awesome. But Christina won't put up with people who don't know how to code. That's the problem. Like, if you honestly don't know how to... It's like, what's a variable? Christine is going to be like, not happening. Sorry. Conversations about what a variable is, it's not going to go down very well over there. Maybe got a point redeem trigger that sounds into IFTT. Oh, you go to IFTTT? Woo! You go to IFTTT? Yes, Fliptronic, the first one going to IFTTT with their redemptions. I love you. I didn't do it. I didn't get my add a ball. That's too bad. I wasted my time trying to get my atom ball. Oh my god he just ran in. Whatever the default is, I believe. Or don't read the docs. I love that. I love that. I was about to use IFTTT for something the other day. Flipstream, yes. Yes, and I will let you choose the game, my friend. You choose whatever you want. Except for Stranger Things, because it's still on 097 code. I was going to stream Stranger Things today, but it's still on old code. I want more remote outlets to turn pins on in the background. Why? Oh, you... Who are you laughing at, Biatch? Who are you laughing at now? Huh? Huh? Black Knight, if that's your real name. Ha ha ha! Alright, one more game. I really like the concept of electronic shooting galleries where you shoot a target and some fun physical things happen but I want that for Point Redemptions. I want all kinds of things. So physically jump on slash move slash based on Redemptions. Viewer can see on screen. Amazing idea. Jump out. Motofutter, thank you for those rest in peace bits. Pinball, I used to do shooting calories All the time as a kid Like turn on a train set Turn on a plane Spinning on the ceiling Alright, one more I got one more in me I got one more in me This game has made me completely nervous It's like playing Defender You guys ever play Defender? Or Robotron It's like playing one of those damn Eugene Jarvis games Those old school Eugene Jarvis Oops, too much Once those slings get to it It's lit, gets a sound Everybody's getting sounds today By the way I do see I have a bunch of people in the chat I gotta tell you My t-shirt redemption Is Is Is Not happening right now There's a lot of reasons for that Well one of them is I'm changing t-shirt vendors And I've gotta get all that stuff straightened out That being said It's not here anymore That being said If you were working at getting a t-shirt If you were in the 20,000s Or late 20,000s And you wanted a t-shirt never fear it will come back there's no way for me to tell how many points you have that's the problem I guess yes, save your points Odd Williams coolest effing sound ever Old Williams, yes shooting has a maximum of yeah it does, sorry we're done pinballs, exactly Every game of this is like a fight with a black knight. Yeah. Austin, you've been saving? Austin, you need to let me know how many points you have. Let me get one more good multiball, for God's sake. One more good multiball. I think it was my key. No, they're all going to be me. And they're all going to be... They're all squirrel gravy. I think I know what I did to break that. I think I know what I did to break... Stop redeeming that one because it's ridiculous now. Oh, no! All right. Let me get one more and one more. Let me just get one more and one more. I want one more and one more, guys. This can't be the one more. I'm starting to get used to this game. It's a little samey, though. The existing old shirt vendor makes... I'm sure. Okay. Point taken. Thank you, Mother Flutter, because that's actually valuable... That's valuable information, believe it or not. I've got 20k points If that counts I already have a shirt Yeah you ain't getting another shirt Limit one per customer I know who got shirts You ain't getting another one I make that sound I make that sound like Really like Wait Ball one lock How many balls do I have locked Where's my ball lot status? Two balls locked. Okay. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. All righty. This is mine. Fire. Fire. Um... Am I in a mode? Should I start? What am I doing right now? Deep freeze is lit. I'm not in a mode. Do I want to lock a ball? How do I start a freaking mode? The thing is not lit. This is where I'm confused on this game. The shot is not lit. What the hell is happening right now? I don't want to lock... Even if I drain, I just want to know what happens here. What do I have to shoot to start a mode? Hit the... Oh, man! I don't want to hit the flail. I'm gonna say thank you pinballers for telling me what to do. Squirrel Gravy! All hail Squirrel Gravy! Thank you for telling me at least what to do that point. I thought if I post-passed and then shot a backhand of the flail I wouldn't get fracking utterly destroyed but I guess it just happened so there we go. This is my last one. This is my last one. How do I go down on this? I don't understand what I'm doing. Shut up! I miss Christine. Who misses Christine? I miss Christine. Come on, Christine. Oh, I swear. Oh, Christine. Come on, love. Oh, Christine. Come on, Christine. You wanna stack them all with multi balls, yeah. Exclamation point Miss Christine. Well I'm glad I got to retro mode today, that was fun. That was hella fun. Oh yeah, I wanna do this. This game makes me mad again! Oh god this game! Stream elements just vomited. Little bubblegum, you made stream elements vomit. Thank you. Super Slings! Super Slings! Did he say Super Snakes? That sounds not fun. Oh, wow. I got it past him. That was neat. Oh, crap. This is probably why we can't. Thank you, Blipstream. I will take a look at that, because that is annoying. Man, this game is so crazy fun when you get a multiball. It just feels right. It just feels so right. Like. Well, that is so right. What is this? Oh, that's a Mo... Whoops. Let's see if we can beat Hydra without a multiball. It's just up the middle like a hundred times. Middle. Middle. Oh, not middle anymore. Not middle anymore. Okay. Let's do that one. Should we go back to middle? Oh, I can't go back to middle. Thank you, Coldozer! Oh! Oh! Oh, no! No! No! Whoa! Oh, no! Not like this! Not like this! Thank you, Coldozer, for the follow. went from zero to 70 million in seconds super member super super you got Tapa Deepa! Sakahaka Hogo! Your mother has an umbrella! Mystery! Nice color Austin! It's been interrupted. It's been interrupted. Get ready to battle. Pizza Hut tonight. What? Are you gay? What? I'm about to have a heart attack in this. You know what? Physics. Physics. Stop it. You get nothing. You lose. Good day, sir. Well, Black Knight, I'm going to say... So many curse words right now. So many curse words right now. But at the same time, I had fun. Black Knight is fun. It's so hard for those words to come out of my mouth right now. Thank you guys for watching. I want to say thank you to everyone out there. You've been very kind. I'll see you on Friday in the Riff Theater at 9 p.m. Pacific time. Love your faces. Mystery Pinball Theater. Squirrel and Gravy. Thank you. I'm just glad I got to retro mode twice. Peace out, people. Peace out, people. Thank you. Thank you. Yo, just for fun, we're going to go over and raid Al Anonymous. Tell him I said hi because I got to break down. But can you guys say hi for me? Thank you. I got to break down, like literally break down. Bye-bye. _(Acquisition: youtube_groq_whisper, Enrichment: v3)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: ca721c80-7f7b-4ad0-b21e-a896295e8190*