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Game Of Thrones (Pro) - Stern 2015 PT1 #Pinball #Streaming 09/28/15

Dead Flip·video·13m 37s·analyzed·Sep 29, 2015
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TL;DR

Dead Flip gameplay stream of Game of Thrones Pro with designer Steve Ritchie live commentary

Summary

Dead Flip (Jack Danger) streams Game of Thrones Pro (Stern 2015) with designer Steve Ritchie providing live commentary and rules explanation. The stream features interactive gameplay showcasing house selection mechanics, gold collection, battle modes, video modes, and multiball features. Ritchie explains the RPG-style ruleset with purchasing mechanics, house progression, and various shot types including Blackwater multiball.

Key Claims

  • Game of Thrones features RPG mechanics where players buy things, sell things, collect swords and houses, and try to make it to the iron throne

    high confidence · Steve Ritchie explaining ruleset to Dead Flip viewer audience

  • Targaryen house is not selectable as a playable family because the Khaleesi character has a big army, solid gold, and three dragons making her overpowered

    high confidence · Steve Ritchie explicitly explaining design decision during gameplay

  • Gold currency collected carries over from ball to ball

    high confidence · Steve Ritchie confirming mechanic during active gameplay discussion

  • The battering ram toy adds excitement to gameplay by kicking the ball back at the player

    high confidence · Dead Flip observing and praising the mechanical feature during initial gameplay

  • Video mode is optional and players can choose not to play it while still playing the full game

    high confidence · Steve Ritchie explaining video mode mechanics to Dead Flip

Notable Quotes

  • “This game is awesome looking, dude. The shots feel good. Your hand knows where they are.”

    Dead Flip (Jack Danger)@ 5:45 — Initial positive impression of Game of Thrones playfield ergonomics and shot layout

  • “We have some nice rules. The rules are, like, very different from other pinball machines. There's a lot of role playing game stuff here you buy things and sell things and collect swords and houses and try to make it to the iron throne”

    Steve Ritchie@ 6:02 — Defines the unique RPG-style ruleset philosophy for Game of Thrones

  • “Targaryen is like, come on, it's Khaleesi. She has a big giant army and one solid and three dragons. You're gonna lose.”

    Steve Ritchie@ 6:59 — Reveals deliberate design decision to exclude Targaryen as playable house for balance reasons

  • “Good evening, Pinheads, and welcome back to Deadflip Pinball. Today is Monday. It's Super Hype Game of Thrones (Premium Edition) Larry Day.”

    Dead Flip (Jack Danger)@ 4:47 — Sets tone for special Game of Thrones premiere gameplay stream

  • “The video mode is a choice a player can make. You can decide not to play a video mode and play the whole game.”

    Steve Ritchie@ 12:15 — Clarifies optional nature of video mode integration in ruleset

Entities

Jack DangerpersonSteve RitchiepersonGame of ThronesgameStern PinballcompanyDead Fliporganization

Signals

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    event_signal: Dead Flip hosting special premiere gameplay stream of Game of Thrones with live designer commentary from Steve Ritchie, creating exclusive community content experience

    high · Stream structure with designer present, audience interaction, and special 'Larry Day' designation indicating planned event

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Game of Thrones designed with RPG mechanics including optional video modes and balanced house selection (Targaryen excluded for power balance)

    high · Steve Ritchie's explicit explanations of design choices regarding house balance and optional gameplay paths

Transcript

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0:00
I'm Cena! Ba-ba-da-bum! Just because the crowd does not mean it's yours... Or viewers resubscribe. The, um... The noises in the background will go away very shortly, ladies and gentlemen.
0:18
Give me your money! Ba-ba-da-bum! Pinball Wiz! Good to see you, buddy. I ran into him at Pinburg and he sat on the floor in front of us. He's still floored. Literally the moment I launch PFX2 I hear Deadflip's voice. Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to play some pinball?
0:48
Move this so I can speak sexier into the microphone. Todd, good to see you. Lord Squeak, Raz, what the crap's going on?
1:01
Wario Dolby. Hello. Ooh, audio. Come in and take this city! Actual call-outs from the show. And actually...
1:16
What was it, The Hound? The Hound was... Custom call-outs from The Hound. The actor. Rory McCann, ladies and gentlemen.
1:28
Can we go louder if you want? I still need to be able to hear myself talk. It's a fine line, right? Yeah. And I talk a lot.
1:41
Can you guys hear everything? I'm going to hit start, and I just want to know if you can hear. Oh, okay. You're dun-dun-dunning already. You know what's going on.
1:51
In before three house balls and no gameplay. Thanks, Captain Bizarre. It would be a bad thing to die. So I'm going to be dead at the end of this. It's going to be interesting.
2:04
What? Waddle Jr. Jr.? Welcome to the league, brother. You're amazing. Ladies and gentlemen, can I get some flippers and butts up for Waddle Jr. Jr., please? Thank you. Brother, you should return my calls. Mom is really worried about you.
2:20
Tim Balls with five months in a row, brother. Thank you for maintaining your membership to the league. Ladies and gentlemen, more flippers and butts. Good gravy, what the hell's going on? Bloody Drake, thanks for the follow Follow me to victory We also have Invisiglass up on this Peace Oh, it's on replay We're ready Yes, we already set it up, Mr. Ritchie Steve Ritchie's here to coach me It's gonna be great I wonder Oh my god Steve Bowden with Fun With Bonus. Thank you for maintaining your membership to the League, brother. You're amazing. Ladies and gentlemen, can I get some flippers and butts up from my boy Steve, please? GOT hype.
3:07
Guys, I'm not seeing enough flippers and butts, okay? Can we work on this? Ace, good to see you. Is that too loud for you guys?
3:16
Wow. I'm sure. Why didn you tell us this earlier Tell you what Is it loud Are you pissed off you freaking internet I love you guys. How are you? Hold on, let me put my shades back on.
3:33
Ladies. Mic is loud today? You're loud, you piece of... Alright, how does that sound? Pinball Beer Guy? That is a hell of a name, my friend.
3:46
He's pinball. He's beer. He's a guy. It's a little toasty in here, but I'm going to sweat it out. You guys are following like mad. I was very happy in Sand of the King.
4:02
Mic too quiet. Oh, my God, you guys. Get the... Okay, how is that? So, too loud was super loud. It was better loud? Alright.
4:22
We're just going to leave it on one and you're going to deal with it. How's that? Just turn your volume down if you hate me. I love you.
4:29
Guys! Mookie Milkman! Welcome to the League, brother! You're my friend! Ladies and gentlemen, can I get some flippers and blots up from Mookie Milkman, please? Thank you, brother. I love you. I really love you. I really, really love you. So here's what's going to happen, ladies and gentlemen. Good evening!
4:47
Good evening, Pinheads, and welcome back to Deadflip Pinball. Today is Monday. It's Super Hype Game of Thrones Day. You don't get a name like that unless you're dead, do you? And you have not seen any gameplay on this game, and I haven't played it much, so we're going to discover this thing together. It's going to be freaking remarkable. I said freaking. I love you guys. Let's just get the camera over.
5:13
By the way, ladies and gentlemen, you'll notice a gentleman skulking behind me. That is the designer of the game, Steve Ritchie. He will be showing us how to play this game. Pinball Life, thank you for the host. Say hello to the internet. Get over here. Say hi to everyone. I'm here. He's here. He made it. This is going to be fun. I mean, he literally made it. Well, with a lot of help from a lot of other people. Yeah? Are you sure? Yeah. Okay. I dig it, man. So, this game is awesome looking, dude. This is the shots. I got to play a few games early on. The shots feel good. Your hand knows where they are. I tried backhanding a few things. Everything feels just right. It's pretty cool. The battering ram toy is on point. And this dragon kicks that ball right back at you, so it adds a little more excitement to already what's going on here.
6:01
Do you have anything to add? We have some nice rules. The rules are, like, very different from other pinball machines. there's a lot of role playing game stuff here you buy things and sell things and collect swords and houses and try to make it to the iron throne I'm ready man I saw the whole collecting gold and then purchasing things to like up your score make things wow the internet's yelling at us it's going to be fun I think we should just dive in and if you want to like direct me on what's going on what butt disease thank you I love you I'll talk to you in a second Sure. Yeah, let's just get into this, man. Brother, thank you for maintaining your membership to the league. You amazing Ladies and gentlemen can I get some flippers and butts up Here we go So when you start off you immediately First thing you want to do is pick a family Okay you pick one of your houses So you got the Stark Baratheons the Lannisters, the Greyjoys, the Tyriels, Martell, but you don't get to play Targaryen. No, Targaryen is like, come on, it's Khaleesi. She has a big giant army and one solid and three dragons. You're gonna lose. So essentially, she's in your way right now. Right, she's in your way. She comes into play a little bit later in the game. I like it. I like it. Alright. Well, let's get into this. I think we're just going to start off with Stark right out of the game.
7:18
Increase what there's coming. I'll just go through the menu really quick so you can see what's going on, guys. Choose that house with the action buttons. Yeah, we got like a select button here on the lock bar.
7:28
Baratheon, advance wall, multi-ball. Collect more gold. We'll just start with Stark and go with that. So we'll select it.
7:38
See what we can get here. So when you're hitting these little touch targets that are yellow, folks, that is gold you're collecting. They're part of the Lannister house shot. You hit them, and it'll light two red shields adjacent to it, and you make those shots if you're in Lannister. But you're not. You're in Stark. So what you want to do is shoot up the ramp right here that's lit. This guy here. And get a lock, but it's also, well, not a lock this time. This time it's, you know, it's a battle. All right, cool. And you have to choose Stark. In other words, you're going to get initiated into the house. So you have to battle them. All right, so we're going to choose Stark. Right. Now shoot the two ram shots as many times as you can. Fantastic. Let's see if I can shoot them at all. Close it for now.
8:21
Oh. We're not going to tilt the game. There's the pop bumpers choosing the awards that you get. Yep.
8:32
So I'm collecting a lot of gold right now. Good lane change. We got 3x bonus, which is awesome. There you go.
8:44
Ah, I got to find that on the fly. The battering ram. Oh, come on, baby. Late. There it is. Keep alternating them. The more you do that, the more... Oh, so comboing them is good for you. You've got like 16 seconds left, so you can capture a few ram shots and then pick them up by shooting an orbit there. All right, cool. You just completed house start. Oh, excellent. Excellent. So we have House Stark done.
9:10
We have swords lit here. What does that shot do? It's the battery ramp. There's a lot of different features here. You can get wildfire, which is useful during multi-ball, blackwater multi-ball. You can get a playfield, I'm sorry, a jackpot, a playfield multiplier, if you can hit it enough. And also a super jackpot.
9:32
Alright, so your lock shots are here on the right. Yeah, what I do is I pound it once in a while. So we have a lock lit, so that's our first lock. Okay, let's choose the next house you want to battle. Oh, man, let's go Lannister for more gold, I believe. Hit the button or pull the pointer. Oh, there we go.
9:53
Gold targets give two red shots. All right. Two adjacent red shots. I like it. So we're shooting red shots now is what we're looking for. Carefully. That was not a red shot. Now you've got red shot flames. And that was one of them That is not one of them Later There it is Hot Eater Hot Eater That's one. Card Eater. Another gold target and that lit those two red shields on your left there. There we go. And now on the right also. Oh, missed it.
10:33
Nice. Oh, good gravy. All right, so that lit. They give us a lot of gold. So gold is very important in this. And you say it carries over from ball to ball? Yes, it does. Now, if you play Lannister again, you'll have to go back up and start the battle again. Okay. But Lannister will have, I think, three shots left to complete. Okay, cool. Let's go for it.
11:05
advanced wall multiball. Heck yeah, I'll take it. And the mystery award. Um, yeah, go in there. Shoot in the dragon. It's a mystery, thanks.
11:18
Jody with the real knowledge. Keeping it real. All right, here we go. So I'm going to pass this. No, you. Come on, baby.
11:31
This is more just me unable to shoot right now. Oh, there you go. All right. Now you have a chance to spend your gold. There you go. Okay. So we can keep the gold, buy ten wildfire, or get 2x video mode? Yeah, there's a video mode. You can go directly into it from here.
11:48
Yes, please. Okay, advance your guy. Check out what he does with the flipper buttons. There you go. Dodge, parry, parry.
11:58
Get him. Oh, I'm getting chumped. Get him. Eat my sword, nerd! Nooooo! Oh! Look at his face, look at his face. The video mode is a choice a player can make. Oh, right on. You can decide not to play a video mode and play the whole game. Oh, that's great. Or you can play it.
12:26
Oh, come on, baby. Come on, great, Steve. Alright, winter's coming, value grows. So, now... Um, Lannister. We'll do the Lannister battle.
12:39
Oh, come on, baby. You know you want to go up there. Great, there. There you go. Three more shots. Live. Love you.
12:58
So... Got it! Alright, so that house is done. Now, folks, you'll see that below the battering ram, playfield multiplier is lit. Right. I think that, was that ball three?
13:15
Oh, don't mind if I do. Heck yeah. Down to flip. Woo! Heck yeah, dude. Do you want to battle? Say it again please Do you want to fight? Sure Let's go