# Location Pinball Day 1 : Emporium Wicker Park.

**Source:** Dead Flip  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2015-04-08  
**Duration:** 81m 46s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0-fE5cOc_U

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## Analysis

Jack Danger of Deadflip streams a casual pinball session at Emporium Wicker Park in Chicago, learning the new Star Trek code update while dealing with technical issues (two-ball glitch on Star Trek, flipper death on Walking Dead). The stream features gameplay commentary, bar conversation, and interaction with local players including Manny and Roper. Jack discusses upcoming MGC tournament attendance and the Deadflip touring format.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Star Trek's new code adds away team alternate scoring objectives and medal system (bronze/silver/gold) replacing the old timeout-to-wizard exploits — _Jack explains mechanics: 'Away team gives you 100% different objective on what you're shooting for' and discusses medal rewards for shots, along with stopping timeout exploits to Kobayashi_
- [MEDIUM] The two-ball glitch on Star Trek was caused by trough switch issues that required replugging the trough board — _Chat and Roper suggest trough switch problem; Jack resolves issue by unplugging and replugging trough board_
- [HIGH] Deadflip is attending MGC tournament this weekend — _Jack states: 'I'm going to be at MGC competing all weekend' and later 'Deadflip will be in attendance. Nick George Campbell will not be there, but I will.'_
- [HIGH] Emporium Wicker Park is the home bar for Pinball Chicago League with a diverse machine lineup including Star Trek, Walking Dead, Diner, Theater of Magic, Metallica, and classic titles — _Jack describes: 'we have a lineup here with a WrestleMania, a Walking Dead, Star Trek, Diner, Demolition Man, Theater of Magic, Adam's Family, The Shadow, Twilight Zone...Metallica...Mustang'_
- [HIGH] Deadflip streams Monday-Friday 5 p.m. from various Chicago pinball locations as part of their touring broadcast format — _Jack explains: 'we've been doing this Monday through Friday, 5 p.m. till whenever we're done, on just different machines'_

### Notable Quotes

> "I'm going to try to learn this stuff, and I'm going to need some help. Do you know this? No. No? I know there's metals and lots of lights."
> — **Jack Danger / Unknown co-host**, Early broadcast
> _Sets tone for the stream: Jack admitting unfamiliarity with new Star Trek code despite setting up to broadcast it_

> "I took me like 20 minutes to set up on this thing, and then the game started freaking out. I was about to flip this damn pinball machine over."
> — **Jack Danger**, Mid-stream troubleshooting
> _Frustration with technical glitches during live broadcast setup_

> "This is the most incredibly fun tournament you can play...if you folks are going to MGC this week...Deadflip will be in attendance."
> — **Jack Danger**, Late broadcast
> _Promotion of MGC tournament and Deadflip's competitive participation_

> "Usually before a Deadflip broadcast we have time to play on the game. I'm doing this by the seat of my pants here."
> — **Jack Danger**, Mid-gameplay
> _Acknowledges improvised nature of remote location streaming versus prepared studio broadcasts_

> "Away team gives you a 100% different objective on what you're shooting for."
> — **Jack Danger**, Code explanation
> _Core mechanic of Star Trek code update that replaces previous exploit strategies_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Jack Danger | person | Deadflip host/streamer, pinball content creator, competing at MGC tournament |
| Deadflip | organization | Pinball streaming channel producing Monday-Friday location-based broadcasts from Chicago venues |
| Emporium Wicker Park | organization | Chicago pinball arcade venue, home bar for Pinball Chicago League, hosting Deadflip stream |
| Roper | person | Emporium staff member assisting with stream setup and machine maintenance |
| Manny | person | Emporium staff, Pinball Chicago League player, assists with game troubleshooting and gameplay |
| Nick George Campbell | person | Deadflip co-founder/member not attending MGC tournament |
| Star Trek Pinball | game | Stern game with new code update featuring away team mechanics and medal scoring system |
| Walking Dead Pinball | game | Machine available at Emporium, backup game option for stream, experienced flipper malfunction |
| Diner Pinball | game | Rare classic title available at Emporium, considered for stream gameplay |
| MGC Tournament | event | Pinball competition this weekend, described as 'most incredibly fun tournament you can play' |
| Pinball Chicago League | organization | Competitive pinball league using Emporium as home venue |
| Theater of Magic | game | Classic pinball machine available at Emporium with volume concerns noted |
| Metallica Pinball | game | Machine available at Emporium in back area |
| Logan Arcade | organization | Chicago arcade venue where Jack plans to visit for Blue Continental and older EM machines |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Star Trek code update mechanics, Remote/touring location-based streaming format, Technical troubleshooting (two-ball glitch, flipper issues)
- **Secondary:** MGC tournament attendance and promotion, Chicago pinball venue ecosystem and league play, Live streaming setup and audio/video equipment testing
- **Mentioned:** Classic pinball machine availability (Diner rarity discussion)

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.72) — Generally upbeat and enthusiastic despite technical frustrations. Jack shows passion for pinball, appreciation for venue hosts, and excitement about gameplay mechanics discovery. Frustration with technical glitches (two-ball bug, flipper death) tempered by problem-solving attitude and casual irreverence. Positive community interaction with chat, venue staff, and other players.

### Signals

- **[community_signal]** Deadflip implementing touring location-based streaming format to provide varied content and promote Chicago pinball venue ecosystem (confidence: high) — Jack explains Monday-Friday streaming at different venues: 'we figured we'd stop [by different locations]' because 'we didn't want to keep showing you guys the same game'
- **[event_signal]** MGC tournament positioned as premier pinball competition with strong community participation (confidence: high) — Jack describes MGC as 'most incredibly fun tournament you can play' and confirms Deadflip's competitive attendance
- **[market_signal]** Diner pinball identified as rare/valuable machine in secondary market circulation, creating collector interest (confidence: medium) — Chat discussion of Diner's rarity; Jack notes 'I feel like diner is way more rare' and player later confirms visiting Logan Arcade specifically for Blue Continental
- **[announcement]** Star Trek Pinball code update confirmed with new away team mechanic and medal system replacing timeout exploits (confidence: high) — Jack describes in-game mechanics: medal scoring (bronze/silver/gold for shot counts), away team alternate objectives, removal of timeout-to-Kobayashi wizard exploit
- **[product_concern]** Two-ball trough glitch on Star Trek requiring hardware troubleshooting (trough switch reset) during broadcast (confidence: high) — Jack encounters persistent two-ball issue requiring unplugging/replugging trough board; Walking Dead also shows flipper malfunction issues
- **[technology_signal]** Star Trek code update simplifies distribution via thumb drive USB updates rather than previous methods (confidence: medium) — Jack explains: 'updating the code on Sam Stern's newer games are as simple as downloading it and just sticking a thumb drive in it and updating it'

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## Transcript

 I'll run it before the day. Okay. You're about to hit go? Yeah, I hit go. If you want to clean this thing, have at it. But, I mean, it's up to you. What time does that go down so I can get out of here before anything gets crazy? I would say... Yeah, we're just, I just now hit go to make sure everything's working and stuff like that. Can you guys hear me okay? What's up, Longo? So we're just going to, I'm going to. So you'll be able to see yourself? Yeah. I'm only occupying diner right now, if that's okay to like block that off for a minute. Yeah. But, yeah. Oh, no, not at all, brother. Please, by all means. I think. What's up, guys? Eight or nine. Okay, because I'm done at like seven. I just wanted to make sure. I didn't want to be crawling around under pinball machines while there was a show going on. No, no. Like after nine. Awesome. Oh, yeah. We'll kill this before then. Okay. Dude, thank you so much for letting me do this. Internet, if you can hear me, okay. Roper here was kind enough to let us set up here at Emporium in Wicker Park. And we are on the new Star Trek code, which I do not know. So I'm going to try to learn this stuff, and I'm going to need some help. Do you know this? No. No? I know there's metals and lots of lights. There's lots of metals. Lots of metals, lots of lights. That's very true. And if we can manage to move it over without any problem, we might play either a little diner tonight or some Walking Dead. So we'll see how that goes. Gary Stern, cool. Maybe I'll buy it. Jerks. Jerks. Actually, Gary Stern is not actually Gary Stern. It might be Gary Stern. Timer's still on modes, but you cradle your ball, timer stops The Deadflip Travel Channel, yeah man Good evening pinheads and welcome back to Deadflip Today we are, honestly this week's a little bum because We missed Monday because I was on vacation And Friday I'm going to be at MGC competing all weekend So I don't know if the stream's coming with me or not, but we'll have to see I will definitely try, that is for sure We're also trying out the lav mics to make sure you guys can hear me okay and it's not like rubbing my neck or anything weird. Emporium stream. Honestly, it's like a very tight cone of sound right here around my face. No dude, please, kill it by all means. In fact, I might actually have you come over here and try to beat mass in a little bit. Oh, yeah, just keep knocking the old spaceship down there. All right, let's give this a shot. You're awarded silver, bronze, and gold medals due to your performance on each mode. All right. Florida was insane, by the way. Roper, can I steal some tokens from you? Sure. Hell yeah, dude. So, I'm opening the machine. I mean, are you just going to keep it going? Dude, wax it up. Do your thing. Yeah, who cares? Clean it. People like seeing that shit. I don't know. I hope I'm not too loud. Also, like, I'm wirelessly mic'd so I can just walk away. There ain't no problem. So you could swear up a storm. In fact, folks, I'm going to let Roper clean this game really quick while I go grab a beer. So don't break anything. Internet. Wax it up. There you go. Make sure to hit the away team shot during the modes to help get medals. Oh, that's good to know. I didn't do an audio check myself on the mic, so hopefully it's not blasting you guys in the ears. Oh, these guys? Half and half. Your cleaning abilities? As long as you're not using an SOS pad, I think you're fine. Oh, I don't give a crap. Safe suds. Alright, we're walking to the bar to get a beer. Hey, buddy, what's going on? I'm actually streaming on the internet out there for a couple hours. Oh, you're doing the show? Yeah. Doing the show. You streamed when I heard Manny's girlfriend beat him at pinball. Oh, damn. Wait, when was that? That was... I feel like I saw a post on Facebook a couple days ago. She beat him. She beat him? That's awesome. I need a really strong beer. I'm indifferent about the price. I don't really care. There's a, well, I don't really like this beer. It's kind of gross, but the Lagunitas Gnarly Wine is 10.6. Gnarly Wine? Yeah, you can taste it, but I thought it was kind of nasty. Oh, the Old Stone Guardian is 11.2. Hmm. Let's do a, you know what? I'll just do the Gnarly Wine. Just going to go for it? Yeah, why not? I'm also going to open a tab, if that's okay. Fancy. Internet, I cannot see the chat, but I'm sure you can hear me complaining right now. Ba-boom-boom. Yeah, so if you... Oh, sure. I'm talking to myself. Sorry. Were you in the last night too on Sunday? No, I was actually in Florida. soaking up some sun. That's why my face is all, like, toasty right now. Yeah, no kidding. You hang on to that, right? Cool, thank you. Alright, back to it. Boom, ba-boom, ba-boom, ba-boom, ba-dum. Not far at all. Not far. Jack, what would you say the fastest way to get to the beach is going up this side street here? To get to where now? Pizza. Oh, crap. Probably this side street. Yeah, I would imagine. Yeah, right here at the light. Make a right. You're going to pass. There's going to be beachwood on your right. Yeah, Antonio Cruz down there. Cool. Yeah, you get to North Avenue. Make a left. Rock and roll. Open up that barley wine with a shot of vodka. I call it Gary Water. Gary Stern. Look at this guy's name. Actually Gary Stern. Oh, shit. I don't think it's Gary Stern. I don't think that's it. I'm streaming on the internet. I'm going to need the strongest beer. Quick scoring tip. Get the clear the prison yard mode through the prison shop. Wait. Wrong game, Ding Dong. We're playing Star Trek. I can't wait to play some. Folks, would you rather see Diner, Williams Diner, or would you rather see The Walking Dead after we're done playing Star Trek? Because it's one or the other. They have like a theater of magic and stuff like that here But I'm not about to walk and start Moving games around here Gary Stern says Hi Roper I like how you clean that glass Let me know if you want a job Jaded Sorry about that I wasn't here for the whole thing Um, Jaded, I would not count tilts, because these are not set up like dead flip machines, so we're not sure what we're, uh, what we're gonna do. Walking dead, diner. Hey, Jaded, start a straw poll and get people to vote on whether they want diner or walking dead for me, if you're able to do that from your phone. Watchin' Roper cleanin'. Move it around, I don't care. Nope. We just got to slide it back into place whenever you're done. I think people are getting a nice view of your head here. Three? Yeah, boy. we're talking to some people right now to have a more professional setup built for us so we can have some TV quality stuff going on here. Yeah. Yeah, especially for web games. You guys want to count beers? I'm getting the strongest beers possible so that I don't have to drink a lot. Just get messed up quick and call it a day. Ah, cool, Papa Sloth. Thanks for doing that, man. You feel like diner is way more rare. I agree. I agree. It's got plenty of, like, dated racist things to look at. Yeah, it's got lots of dated racist things to look at. Then you have The Walking Dead, which, you know, is The Walking Dead. If Jack's drinking 10.6% beer, he won't need that many. That is very true, Cooey. I have already forgotten what I'm drinking. Oh, this is the Gnarly Wine by Lagunitas. Wonka, what pin did Stern drop off last week? There was a little bit of a mix-up, and Stern did not drop a pin off last week. But they will be dropping a pin off next week. And that's why we're doing this here, because we didn't get our machines fixed. so I didn't want to keep showing you guys the same three games. So I figured I'd make a little road trip out of it. Even though all these places are pretty close to the studio. Apparently my computer already remembered the Wi-Fi. Do I have to look at this drop hole now? Oh, yeah. Vote. Are you kidding me? it's like an even split between Diner and The Walking Dead. Uncle Carmy, I'm going to need some help figuring out what to do on Star Trek with the new code before I get drunk. Papa Sloth yeah get in there real deep Roper waxing them ramps did I end up finding any good pins in Florida nah man I was in Jupiter Florida and the closest pinball machine was 23 miles away I did not go play pinball while I was on vacation Also, that would have been sort of a waste of going to Florida, sitting inside playing pinball. Maybe not. I will be your guide. All right, Uncle Carmy. I wish we had, like, a taller duel or a chair or something. Eh, we're all right. I'll look down. Stack modes with vengeance and regular multiball. Yeah, well, replay looked cool, but I was way too far from it, man. Dude, I so doubt that you have a diner here, I can't even stand it. Yeah, I hadn't even heard of it before, until you got it. Really? It's a fun one. I love it. This one's okay. Yeah. Head for the blinking light. Ah, Brad Smith. What's up, buddy? Are you at Logan Arcade right now? I think there's like a Logan thing going on right now, but I'm trying to get some nerds over here before that starts. Home base, man. Ah, yeah, for you folks that don't know, this is also our home bar when it comes to the Pinball Chicago League. In a lineup here, we have a WrestleMania, a Walking Dead, Star Trek, Diner, Demolition Man, Theater of Magic, Adam's Family, Shadow, Twilight Zone, and a handful of arcade games like Joust and Killer Instinct and stuff. Killer Instinct. and in the back I believe is where Big Guns is, Metallica, and... What is that last game over there? Mustang. Mustang, that's right. Need to make it to Seattle one of these days. I agree, man. Two-wide. skillshot.com Should have played WWF. We already played that. Turn drop went off and we played it. Wow, here's some replays in the background here. All right, Papa. Thanks for coming, buddy. Nicely done, sir. Yeah folks, we gotta stream and then get out of here before a live band starts so I don't get trampled. Yeah, whatever you're using dude, that looks like it's doing its job. soapies. The stuff they're using is TLC. Is that a joke? Yes, I hope it's a joke. 10 to 11 K, ladies and gentlemen. Going to Seattle and Portland in June. I'm super jazzed to hit up some pinball places. That's awesome, Crystal. Buffalo Pinball, thanks for the host, buddy My man You have the magic Well here, I'll show you where we're at So we can slide it into place here Folks, don't have a seizure, please So, why is that? Hell yeah, dude, that's great Yeah. Perfect. Perfect enough. Well, it's because it's aimed down, and I'm standing next to you. That might be it. It's the height thing. Oh, wow. We are a duck. I have a light in here somewhere. Again, folks, this is very impromptu. me doing this so we're just I'm doing this by the seat of my pants here oh that just makes me look spooky and the host the road trip your office looks different a beer snobbery what's going on Wow I already blasted through this beer Um, yeah, if you folks, if any of you are going to MGC this week, I'm telling you, this weekend, I'm sorry, um, Deadflip will be in attendance. Nick Campbell will not be there, but, uh, I will. Um, Brad Zac Stark will be there. Um, but I know a lot of big-name, like, people go to MGC because it's such a fun tournament. It's, like, the most incredibly fun tournament you can play. Alright, um, I got a free pocket of tokens. This is a token bar, by the way. But it's only one. Yeah, let's just put a crap load of tokens in, so I don't have to keep doing this crap. So that was everyone's, uh, that was everyone's weekend. I got fried in Florida. Painfully fried. Like, I'm covered in aloe right now. The sound is great. Good to know. That green screen is amazing. Yeah, we're actually in my bathroom right now. That's why it's so dark. I don't want to turn the lights on and scare everybody. I think they need to turn the volume up on Theater of Magic. Can you hear it okay? Alright, so here's... You've got to be kidding me. It just gave me two balls. Hold on. We're gonna restart this real quick. I know I didn't just set up on this thing for it to start having the old double ball. One ball. I hate your guts. Why is it doing that? I'm gonna play this out really quick to try to trick it into remembering one ball here, folks. We just got to get it to drain. Alright, now it's going to end my game. Yep, that's not good. Not good, not good. Does anyone know a trick to stopping this naturally? To just stop it from doing this whole double ball crap? Do I have to drain both at the same time? One ball, you son of a bitch. One ball. One. Give me one ball. I'll kill you. Oh my god, why are you doing this? What is the secret to fixing this, kids? I don't know. Malfunction freaking square one, dude. No. Oh my god, my life is over. The two ball bug, man. Alright, let's see. We'll turn it off one more time. It's the trough switches. Yeah. Ask Lance Armstrong. Ah, Mr. One Ball. I know I didn't just set all this up on this game for it to fucking break. Donate to kids. One ball You All right All right I got an idea I got an idea I got an idea Is it so by trough switch is it the switch in the trough or is it the switch in the shooter lane Free multiball. It's not free if the flippers die on you, folks. Yeah, this is what is called cheating in the pinball world. Look at this. Flipper is dead. Look at that crap. One. Unplug the trough board. Yeah. Yeah, that's not gonna be it. Unplug the trough board, then plug it back in. Um, keys. Let me grab Roper. I'm calling for Roper right now. Hold on. Uh, internet. Don't go anywhere. I'm afraid to leave my rig here. Kill it, buddy. You'd think they would code something to know it's not gonna do this over and over again. Alright, here's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna shake the shit out of this game. No! And then yell at it. You gotta say no. One ball. No! I just want... Alright, we might be moving over to Walking Dead like right now. Galactic Away Team shoot vengeance, huh? Damn it, I wanted to learn this freaking code, too. Oh, well. Tilt. There you go. Maybe that'll help. One ball, you sad... Oh, my God. All right, well... Yo, Roper. Can I steal the keys for this real quick? Thanks man. All right we'll we'll take a look at this real quick. Make sure Walking Dead doesn't have the same problem. It's giving two balls every single time into the shooter lane. Yeah. People are saying there might be a trough switch problem or I don't even know what. You cleaned it too good. Yeah, it's just dumping balls in. Yeah, shut her down. I know Forrest Gump, I know Forrest Gump. Dude. Two, three, four, five. Five balls, right? That's one too many? Yeah. My man. Fucking Manny, how you doing, buddy? You guys still won, and that's all that matters. That's rough, man. But, listen, we got, uh, we're trying to get, oh, wait, don't say that. We're on the internet right now. Keep it a secret. I got the glass, man. You're going to have to open that back up. I think I need a beer. Another beer. Music's not spotty. Oh, God, no. Internet, is the music too loud? If it is, tough break. This is what you get. Woo! One ball! Dude, thanks for slaying whatever was wrong. What happened to your team? Theater of Magic and Reclosure of the Stars? Too many balls. It's magic. It's real magic. It's real freaking magic. We were all nice. Music's fine, music's okay, alright. There's a good chance the music's going to get... I just want to see some pins. Yeah, we're getting there, we're getting there. Manny here, who's been helping Deadflip sort of slay in the Pinball Chicago League, actually works here at Emporium. And we're going to see him work his magic, because he's going to go first. Alright. The ball's just appeared on the drain real quick. On the drain. Kill it, buddy. Roper, mind freak. Yeah, dude, I... It took me like 20 minutes to set up on this thing, and then the game started freaking out. I was about to flip this damn pinball machine over. Woo! Ha-ha! Yep. So tonight, I am the only audio source you folks get is a lapel mic attached to my body. I apologize if later on I start burping really loud. Alright, here we go. Pinball, do a soundtrack. So, we're going to start with Prime Directive. So working Prime Directive down to Space Jump and then down to Save the Enterprise from when I remember playing gives you Super Ramps. And Super Ramps are like a crap load of money every time you hit one of these bad boys. They'll start flashing white lights on you. I forget what the skill shot is on this game. Oh my god. So the slingshots are a little wimpy. That's fine. We'll just deal with that. Get! Oh my god. Oh, right. There's that problem too. I gotta check to make sure we stay on the screen because I'm shaking the game so much. So what does hitting the away team... That's fine. I tilted, I'm not sweating it. So as you can see after hitting one shot in the mode the away team is lit. Hitting that gives you a different goal. Oh! Alright. Someone at Bulligan's right here last night tried to scope you guys out. Yeah? Aw man. Lose agains? What's up? What's up? Soft points to the upper warp shot. Okay. Skill shot. All right. I'll explain that once I get in there. Also, this game does have a virtual kickback. So when the far left T is flashing, that means if the ball drains out there, you get the ball back. Crystal says, yo, Manny. Sup? Sup? How's it going, man? Doing great. That is bright and scary. So soft plunge and then miss it. I got it. Okay. You have to miss it, though. That's key. Alright, I gotta actually Feel these shots out Usually Oh, Viagra target What the hell Usually before a dead flip broadcast We have time to play on the game I'm doing this By the seat of my pants here I gotta try to get a hold of that away team shot. You can hold the left flipper for a skill shot. Okay. Blue Continental. Oh, yeah. They want to know how you played last night, Manny. How did you guys play last night? Yeah. I think the final score was maybe 11-5. 11-5? Oh, it was 11-5. It was 11-5. Oh, God. My life. Please tell me it chose Space Jump, or I'm going to be livid. So, away team is super important on this game now, apparently. And only the left slingshot does anything. That makes it really hard to understand what the hell I'm doing. Alright, we're going to find that shot kids, don't you worry. Shoot the, alright, shoot vengeance. Okay, so that's the new goal I have in this mode. Uncle Carmi with the hookups here. That didn't work. That didn't work. Oh my gosh, calm down. So I shot it, now I guess it tells me something else. Oh, I got a medal! Yeah, girl! I like the medals, kid, what's up? Like it's my job. Let me get a medal. Let me get a medal, let me get a medal girl And I believe that hitting the Black hole target up there next to Vengeance Awards an add a ball, yep there it is Okay we are just trying to get some control here And with four balls in play that is not easy Alright, we should start trapping up here. Alright, there we go. Alright. Stream has buffered out twice. Looks good for me. Sorry, owl. Oh, that was nice. Alright, bounce over. I love you. Bounce the brick over. Or bounce out the L-Wing. That's also fun. Oh, God. Oh, God. Alright, don't freak out. Well, not good. Not good. I gotta replay. Not good. Oh, hell yeah, dude. I think I'm learning an entirely new machine. Yeah, me too. Screw you, Jaded. I really don't have a lot of time on Star Trek. I know how to get... What the hell did you just do? How'd you do that? I know how to start my multi-balls, and I know how to time out to get to Kobayashi, but I'm trying to figure out the whole metal thing. And yes, I probably could have looked at a video before I came out here, but what fun is that? This ain't ACDC, bro. Seems fine now, girl. All right, so if you shoot the away team, it gives you a separate objective on what you're shooting for. Ah. That's part of the new code there, apparently. So away team wasn't designed there for style? Right. Oh, you sad piece of crap. Alright, we are missing all of our shots. I should be taking shots. Alright. So, so you folks know with this new code, you're able to get half a billion points. And I have, I think, 20 million. Bronze medal, I don't know how. I will accept this medal. And I will not ask questions. Get up, Dan. Hit. That's okay. That's okay. What worries you? Like you're not going to react in time after it's bounced a piece of the time? I can't. I'll just stand there and let it bounce around. Alright, well, that sucked. We can do ten times that. Alright. I got a token. I'm not hitting the games, folks. I'm only hitting the games. Go for it, buddy. Alright. Away team has been around since one point. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You have to hit the target to restart the timer, I think. You made three shots in the mode. Okay. So making three shots in the mode awards a bronze medal. All right, you got a bronze medal. So if you keep making shots... Did you put me in? No. Oh, we're in. Okay. We're all good. That was weird. That was weird that it said that. That was some good trust, man. You're a little too trusting. By the way, can you folks actually hear the music? I just want to know that you're enjoying Michael Jackson with me. Yeah, the black hole will give you more time for hitting the away team track. Okay, cool. Cool, cool, cool, cool. Oh my god. Worst. Worst. So my third shot should award a bronze medal is what you're saying. Okay. Okay. Okay. I'm getting this. I'm getting this. All right. So if you make three shots during a mode, I'm guessing you get... Okay, you do get bronze. Like, what are the awards? Like, five for silver, all of them for gold? We hear it very well. Awesome. What the fuck? What the funk was that? The magnet threw it over the target. Whoa, nice. Rip VOD for sure. I ain't sweating it. Twitch is muting the feed. So you hold left flipper in, shoot it around and immediately hit the target. Ain't nobody's business. That's great. That means we're doing it. Shoot the top planes. Well that was easy. Can you backhand the spinner? We're about to find out. Yes you can. Didn't seem possible. Alright so, shooting the away team gives you a hundred percent different objective on what you're shooting for. Oh, get up there. Uh, that's tilt territory here, kids. Enough! Gold medal, baby! Million points for that. Holy crap. Now I see why people are getting... So can you keep getting the same medal? Like, is every shot in this mode now worth a gold medal? Give me some stuff. I don't know words. Lyrics, I think they're called. Oh my god. Worst slingshot. You can do orbits or ramps as the skill as well. Okay, cool. Cool, cool, cool. Um, so, okay, if I hit a few more of these gold shots, they should give me a bronze. Except I can't hit them because I'm an idiot. Mom Wow that was gross There we go So that should be bronze I thought Unless there a time limit on hitting your shots Wow, that was interesting. Interesting. So do you want to hit away team on every mode to get this alternate thing here? So you want to shoot vengeance. Alright. Vengeance is also my lock. War 3 gives an extra ball and I drain. Alright, we're getting somewhere here, kids. Hit the one that flashes two colors for max points. Ah. Yo, them scores climbing. So, away team's lit. Hit it whenever you want to to start an alternate way of scoring points, I guess. Whoa, that adds some spin on it. Or you can go for your locks to like, start your multiball, I guess. Yeah, sorry for all the dad noises, folks. It's been a while since I've been miked. Nice chopstick save, buddy. Good, slap. Damn, man, you've been practicing some. Crystal, start a pinball zine if you want one, buddy. Cooey, thanks for coming, man. So, the vengeance shot's worth your most money right now. Or it was, at least. There you go. Two more locks. Where your money at? Need another strong boot, girl. Oh, dude, you had the right idea. Clear tube. Save the Enterprise is exactly what I want. Skill shot! Yo mama. A million points. and my extra ball. I believe extra balls are turned on on this game. And we're in the Klingon multiball. And we drain. That's right. I love you. I love the internet. I love you. Never forget the internet. Alright, we're hitting nothing. I think that's worse stuff. Crap. Barf. Barf. Frick. Everybody. Not everybody out. Aw. Add a ball at the last freaking second. Oh my god, that was beautiful. Add a single ball, apparently. Not all the balls. No! Oh, but you were my favorite ball. I want to send a few of our players down to Portland for a long time. Yeah, man. Vengeance multiball is ready. All right. So, we now have super ramps going in our multiball. I just beat the crap out of the ship with my missiles. I think that's a good thing to do. I don't know. I can never tell with this new coat. Get in there! There you go, buddy. Alright, we're doing something here. We're doing something. So we need that far left lock, I guess. Far left saucer, sorry. There it is. Let's start getting some ramps here. We're getting ripped off a little bit, it seems. 81. Holy Moses. Where did that money come from? Holy shards. Live. I love you. I've never loved anyone else. Oh my God. You're my favorite. Level 100 complete. We should always have loud hip hop playing when we're playing pinball. Maybe not. I don't know. Nope. Nope. All right, climbing that hill. How's it going, brother? Just hanging out. Streaming live to the internet. Say hi. Everyone on the internet's a huge angry jerk, and it is what it is. Are you familiar with this new Star Trek code at all? No. The game is not new, but the code update is new. played this game before. Yeah. So, updating the code on Stern's newer games are as simple as downloading it and just sticking a thumb drive in it and updating it. Oh, my man. Thanks, brother. And to stop people from exploiting something in this game where they were just timing all the modes to get to the wizard mode, now there's this whole metal system thing. So, like, three shots, you get a bronze metal, however many shots, blah, blah, blah. It's interesting. Yeah. Awesome. Well, if you guys got nothing going on, you're welcome to come over here and fight me. Get in there, you shit. Yeah. Dead flip. Dead underscore flip. That 5X is good. Yeah, man. This code is on point. A few months ago, if I was getting 80 million on this game, I would have been shitting my pants. Donate to kids. Oh, what the freaking airball crap is this? Alright, so it looks like we have our virtual kickback lit again. We're on our way. What happened to the Dead Folk Studio? We still have the studio. It's just we're going to MGC this weekend, and we didn't want to keep showing you guys the same game So we're going to stream at a couple of the bars here in Chicago Also having a bunch of random camera equipment around gets people's attention like it just did pinball for everybody virtual kickback my man oh and i think that was a danger for no reason son of a bitch what's going on i'm jack i'm simon nice to meet you simon absolutely are you from the area yeah yeah oh yeah i was just checking out the channel That's really cool. Thanks, man. Yeah, we have an animation studio not too far from here. We've been doing this Monday through Friday, 5 p.m. till whenever we're done, on just different machines. And in the pinball league here in Chicago, this is our home bar. Oh, okay. So we figured we'd stop in. Yeah, I was thinking about jumping in that next fall. Yeah, right on. My usual crew is not here because usually when we do this at work they can just walk in but It is what it is. I just I haven't played this new code yet, so I'm trying to figure it out Then once we're done we might play The Walking Dead or diner or something. I'm not sure Agreed it's also really hard to find Blue Continental, I think I'm going to Logan arcade tomorrow Zespi said it was okay for me to stop by, so I'm going to swing by and knock it out. All right, so we're at 100 extra balls. Oh, this is, okay, so. You know, I'm going to do the old timeout Kobayashi thing, because, I mean, I'm seeing a lot of points, but. All right, you know, let's do the away team stuff. You're right, you're right, you're right. You're right. I cannot hit that freaking shot if you paid me. Nero's over? Holy crap. Got to grab a few hours of sleep. Good night. Lord Squeak, thanks for coming, buddy. We'll see you tomorrow. We're going to be at another bar not too far from here, playing on some older EMs, hopefully. And Logan's definitely got some sexy EMs. Emporium has a lot of great sterns here, that's for sure. Jack, it won't let you time out the mode. Oh, it doesn't do that anymore, huh? Alright, good to know. So we'll just stay the course here, then. There's a bronze medal, so that means three shots, I guess. And, uh, weight team, hopefully? God, I cannot make that shot. Oh, get, get, get, get. Ah, yes. Shoot the spinner. Done. Did that not count? Did that not count? Did that not count? Oh, my God. 75K spin. I will take that. I think. I don't know if that's good money. Yeah, don't look at my pro away team hitting skills. Alright, give me the ball. Calm down. Give me the ball. Nice and clean. Oh my god. Nice and easy. Alright. Engine scoring is lit. You guys can hear that Kraftwerk is playing in the background. Yeah, there's a good... This video will not have any audio on the backup, that's for sure. Oh, the slingshot screwed me. Okay, well... regardless of the new code, that is the highest freaking score I've had on Star Trek. Niek kraftwerk. As long as you guys are happy. Folks, I need to grab a beer. I think I'm going to leave the game unattended. Tell me if anyone steals anything. Actually, let's... Yeah, let me grab a beer. Hold on. If you guys want to play a game of Star Trek, I just need to go grab a beer, but you're welcome to, you know, do what you gotta do. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Hey! I don't know what I was drinking, but I'll have another one. Can I have a drink? Yeah. Thank you. 10.6 makes you forget things. Also, this bar has cool Super Nintendo commercials playing right now. Let's see, that's some sort of Mario thing. I think that's Mario. Mario's the big gorilla that throws barrels. Thank you. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Come on. What's that? Come on. We'll watch it here. Yeah, so if you're familiar with Star Trek and it all, man, the newer code encourages you to play out all these modes instead of waiting it out. it out. So if you're actually, the second you start a mode, if you hit a weight team, it gives you an extra objective while you're playing and starts just cashing out money. Whippin, what's up, buddy? I generally don't know the Stern one very well. I usually, mostly I just play Whitewater. Oh, right around. Well, dude, Whitewater is a great game to Yeah, man, I love that game. Where do you play it, at the Emporium in Logan? Yeah, yeah. Right on. I worked for Rivermaster for a while, and this last night just stole my support bag. Do you know the initials? It's AJR. Huh. I think he's the same guy who's got Rivermaster over at Logan. Yeah. Yeah. H-A-R. AJR. Oh, AJR. AJR. I have no idea. I've seen you on a lot of stuff before. Oh, really? Yeah. That's awesome, man. So, pinball. Are you going to MGC this weekend? No, I didn't know what that is. Dude, okay. So, check this out. If you're not doing anything Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, go to Milwaukee. Okay. It's only like an hour away. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Probably the most fun you'll have in a pinball tournament ever, and some of the biggest names in pinball will be there waiting to beat your ass. Yeah. Might as well. but it's a blast, and it's not only pinball, but they have, like, council gaming challenges and the gathering and stuff like that, too. But it's a huge pinball scene, especially here for the Midwest, and it's the shit. Just Google, like, Midwest Gaming Classic, and I think you have to pay just to get in, but everything's free. The tournaments, because Wisconsin considers all that stuff gambling, you just need to pay for entry, and then you're free to do whatever the hell you want. And it's a blast. What was your name again? I'm sorry. Simon. Nice to meet you, man. Yeah, Magic the Gathering, kids. Are you excited? Council gaming? You guys don't like council gaming? Swoosh. Wait, what are you guys hearing? Alright, so I think after beer two I might forget that I am urinating with a microphone on. Um, okay, back to the grind here. So my goal, I know people can get half a billion on this. I just received maybe the highest score I've ever had, like 120. I want to get at least a quarter billion on this thing, trying to figure out the, you know... Medals, man, that beer's going right to my head. Preacher Castle, brother. Pinball and the Beach Boys. Who doesn't love those two, huh? God only knows what I'd be without shoes. I know lyrics. So Nick said he was going to chime in to let me know how the stream is looking And he has not I am sad And I moved the game about four inches So I'm going to have to check that out Tell me you know what I'd be Also, I'm probably the best singer on Twitch. I'm just guessing. You pissed with the mic on? No, I haven't done that yet. I'm sure it's coming, though. Oh, so I got rejected out of the frickin' lock there. I have to say, for a bar internet setup, they've got some good wifi in here. Um, because I'm streaming my ass off right now, and uh, no problems so far. Um, can anyone tell me what the final verdict was? Do people want to see Diner, or do they want to see The Walking Dead? That was a terrible first ball. The old danger slide. Yeah, sorry guys. I got to remember that these games do not have the rubber booties that we bought to prevent Jack from sliding the games to that. So if I move it too much it actually loses sight of the camera there. Get up there, you dip. Oh, get up there. Busted ass right slingshot. Also, folks, there are no donate-to-kids moments here. I'm going to be drinking way too much to even keep track of all that swearing. We're just here to have fun, right? We're here to have fun. Also, if you end up following me, chat, I need you to welcome people that follow me because I can't hear anything that's going on. Chill Okay No swearing No swearing All the swearing I got ripped off there, huh? Kids aren't old enough to be in the bar, so no donations. Yeah, you're right. No donations tonight. You're not old enough to watch this stream if you can't be in the bar. Now if we ever stream at a Chuck E. Cheese... Well first off, I don't think we'd ever make it in there. Don't you have to be accompanied by a child in order to get in? That slingshot is angry. It's a magic diner that phases in and out of existence. Yeah. The diner is pretty cool. I wonder if I can show you guys really quick. Yeah, I'm a fan of the high alphabet. Well, whatever. Talking's for suckers. Oh, Silas, you tried that? Oh, man. You'll get followed around. They're just... Yeah, I mean... Pedophiles, man. What are you gonna do? Get... Get... Nope, that doesn't work. Oh! Okay, so that was practice. Don't sweat it. We'll get there. Jada, there's a Chuck E Cheese here! And I could go there, I just guarantee they will have security guards sort of making sure I'm not looking around at children. Do you have an empty stomach, JD? Yes? Crystal? Hey, Crystal, if you're nearby, come by, dude. I didn't eat today. I didn't eat. I'm drinking. I'm sorry. I love you guys. I love you guys. I love that a guy was walking by and just heard some random guy play... Well, here's the deal. I can kind of do whatever I want. I'm not going to get kicked out of here. but I will get kicked off the Twitch, so you guys need to make sure I don't take off my shirt. Destroy the drill. All right, can someone answer this for me? I know the three on the right, if you light them up, get three in a row, that's super ramps. Is the bottom Super Spinner and then the top left is Super Pops? Maybe? I don't know. Fun fact, the guy that co-founded and created Atari was also the co-founder and creator of Chuck E. Cheese. Look it up. Look it up. Yo mama, look it up. Man, all this hip-hop has me, uh, I'm like angry or something. Is that a thing? I'll pound my next beer. Don't think I won't. Um, I do know that 10.6% alcohol beverages are not cheap. But, uh, you know, I'm an internet celebrity at this point, right? No? Mom? No? My mom said I'm awesome. Get in there. Oh, my God. I'm having some terrible kitchen problems here, folks. Yeah, we've got to get Crystal back in here. Pretty soon, Crystal... Well, I don't want to spill the beans, but there might be an all-girls stream soon. We're trying to set it up so she gets a bunch of ladies in. I'm not even going to be in it. I'm just going to be manning the controls. And, yeah. She's trying to get a good ladies tournament going on. I think I had MGC also. That'd be awesome. There's the super skill shot. Man, this game is giving me some crazy air balls. Nailed it. Get up, dear. Gold medal merino. Rippin' pepperonis. What? The frickin' right slingshot actually did something that time. Rippin', rippin' pepperonis. Not what I wanted. That's fine. Ah, weapon, I'm sorry. Ah, free beer. I'm paying for it. I mean, you know, I'm here paying for it. There's no such thing as free beer, right? Isn't that a quote somewhere? Oh, my God, the air balls on this thing are incredible. Oh, God, all right. Hell, yeah, Crystal, that's awesome. Oh, my life. Get in there. Get in there. Internet. Internet, this isn't working. Internet, this isn't working at all. That's good to me. Alcohol, am I right? So, was that the mode? Oh my god, so I did nothing on that mode. I get you. Well done. Alright, so I'm shooting for that. Alright, let's soft plunge this thing. Or moderate plunge into trash I don't want. You're wasting my time. So if you don't hit the ball that's in there in time, you get a really crappy multiball out of this. Versus hitting it where you actually get a ball save and another ball added to the play field here. I got a woman. Well, all right, no singing. Your mic. Am I making all the monies right now? I can't tell. Alright. Oh, crap. That was lightning. Get in there. Get in there. I hate you. Wow, that's a stall up there. Nick Campbell says the stream looks good. And if Nick says it looks good, that means it looks good. Had a little Lazarus there. That's fine. We are throwing every freaking ball down the trash. What is going on? Stop buzzing my wrist. Okay, hold on. I'm heading there now. Nick's on his way, kids. Can we stream on Whitewater tomorrow? Man, that'd be fun. Yeah, dude. Listen, 5 o'clock. Show up at Logan Arcade tomorrow. I'll be there. Yep. And there's a good chance we'll be on Whitewater. Because the internet said so. You can't not listen to the internet. I know, man. Listen. They're gonna start posting all these fake dick pics of me And that's never good The Mega Elven Three on one, one on the other I like Mega Elven, that's pretty great Come on, baby Dude, the geometry on this game is wrong Absolutely I mean, Stern. This is a great game. I love Stern. Okay, so. In there. Nailed it. Didn't actually nail it. Nice. Nice. Nice. Not good. Not good at all. Wait. I feel like Super Ramps is lasting a lot longer than it used to. Alright, Owl. Thanks for coming, buddy. Have a good night. Ah, crap. Crap, crap, crap. So, Warp 3 is extra ball lit, and there's the extra ball. Right up in by is B.O.B., yeah. I gotta say, I would love to do more bars if, one, the stream wasn't something someone could easily just kick over. Or two, I mean, if there's really strong beers around, I have a real hard time not drinking them all. Donate, I don't know, donate to me, man. I need stronger beers. So how many shops is gold? Does anyone know? Liv, you son of a bitch! Oh, yeah, I know. The one bounced in the outline. Mega LW. All right, it's time to make some crazy money. Are you ready? All right, we got to turn off this drill, apparently. My dad's done something about a drill. Chopsticks time. Yeah, Garrison. My man. All right, so listen, I got some locks here. Let's utilize these because I'm tired of the script. By the way, the right flipper button in this game feels like a dog was chewing on it. Or a very, very... Never mind. I'm trying not to be rude. God, these beers are strong. Get in the fudging shop. Thank you. Five? Five seems low. I know three is bronze for sure. And is the warp ramp part of the Klingon shots that you have to collect? I do not know that. All right. Focus. Focus, focus, focus. Focus. Come on, dummy. Get in there. Oh, that would have been nice. No, no, no. Oh, you son of a... You son of a biscuit. Oh, my God. Give me something. Let me hit a button somewhere. Punch next stream, see Jack get drunken Punch through the glass Oh my god, yes The answer is yes You're gonna see this I do what I want 75, my scores are going down Okay So I don't know how many to gold But if you get silver, then away team And complete that goal, you get gold But how did... So, I saw a video where people were getting multiple bronze, multiple gold, and multiple silver on the back end during their bonus. How is that, like... They're getting all the medals for every mode, and it just sticks with you on the bonus? Yeah, I'm not drunk, and I'm not breaking anything. Don't worry about it. What's your high so far? Um, you saw it when you were here. Really? Yeah. Uh, shit is just draining. So, Nick is on his way here. Is he? Yeah. Um, we're gonna stream on this for a little while longer and then move over to, I think The Walking Dead? The Walking Dad? Yeah. I need another beer. Though. Um, internet, hold tight. I'm going to Logan on Thursday for some practice. I'm going to Logan tomorrow for practice. Are you? I'm going to Logan tomorrow to stream. Oh, okay. And then I'll just be there all night. Okay. Because we play on their home turf, right? Yeah. Bunch of dills, man. I got my motorcycle class. Oh, dude. Slay that shit, dude. I need you out there riding your motorcycle. So we can high-five as we're driving past each other. Breaking Dad, what's up, buddy? Thanks for coming, man. Give me a second, I gotta grab a beer. If you folks see tokens, by the way, I have an army of these things. That's awesome, thanks. They're showing a commercial for Gremlins 2. We're back. They got white. So, I'm standing at the bar talking to myself, and it looks like I'm crazy. There's a lot of people here. Yep. Hey, what's going on, buddy? Gremlins 2. Uh, same thing, please. Yeah, thank you. Wait, it's a... Oh, shit, it's a commercial for the video game. I look like a psychopath talking to myself right now. Alright, we're good. Calm down. Everyone's fine. Internet, I'm so glad you came out today. And then tomorrow, we'll be at Logan Arcade. Super awesome bar that has a lot of electromechanical machines. Emporium here is mostly Stern-based. They have a handful of Williams machines. Damn. Pouring the beer over? Aw, I could've drank that. Thank you very much. That's alright. I'll lick the glass off. I'mma lick your glass off. Uh, yeah. Uh, yeah. all right I'm back all night stream you know folks I would stream all night if there wasn't a show going on because I'm pretty sure people would kick over my computer so it's gonna Jack Jack's equipment no the only people around here to steal my equipment seem seem fairly reasonable they're not gonna steal my stuff yeah right you play it cool and then you're just gone computers out of here I'm talking to myself for no reason when you folks are done come battle me get over here and fight me I need all of you over here yeah no when you guys are done come come you guys are not related Wait, oh wait, yes, yes, you are related. We both had the highest scores on the Whitewater. Pretty much we only played Whitewater. Why? I mean, okay, first off, yes, it's a great game. The flow of that game is just so enjoyable. If you can manage, like, there's a, if you can manage to line the multiball up with a 5x and just open that game wide up, it's like, you know, smoking crack for the first time or something. or something. I don't know. If that's a thing, I don't know. Yeah. So you're just playing all night. Yeah. Okay. The one at Emporium Logan is notoriously not in the best condition at all times. It's been like that for a long time. I actually just played it like two weeks ago and I finally got it back. Really? Right on. Like everything's real snappy again. Yeah. I like it. I'm not sure if this bar stream is weirder for Jack or for us watching. Oh. I mean if this is weird for you guys we can turn it off. I'm just trying to listen to... What is this? Big and frickin' little? It's getting really dark in here, though. You should know. I never even touched it at all. No one's signing NDAs. Don't worry about it, kids. Love me a good crack reference. Oh, my God. All right. Anyway. Alright, so, we are going to... Prime Directive into Super Skill Shot. Missed it. Love it. This is fine. Wait, I got it anyway? Yes, I did. Oh, my man. I don't know what the song is, but it's playing that... A clip from that dude that eats food in his car? Where he just keeps saying damn all the time? you

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