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Stern X-Men LE (Magneto) Part 2

Don't Panic Flip·video·31m 8s·analyzed·Jul 27, 2019
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TL;DR

Don't Panic Flip streams X-Men LE gameplay with focus on design observations and industry diversity concerns.

Summary

George from Don't Panic Flip streams gameplay of Stern X-Men LE (Magneto) while discussing game design, playfield ergonomics, and broader industry issues including representation of women in pinball design and themes. The stream includes casual gameplay commentary, discussion of game rules and features, and tangential conversations about accents, languages, and other pinball games.

Key Claims

  • There are no female lead programmers or designers with controlling capability at Stern Pinball (Gary Stern/Sam Stern level)

    medium confidence · George (Don't Panic Flip host), during X-Men LE gameplay commentary, noting absence of women in leadership positions

  • There are no feminine-themed pinball tables currently available from manufacturers

    medium confidence · George (Don't Panic Flip host), speculating on lack of female-focused game themes

  • The lack of female representation in pinball design and themes may be limiting market appeal and preventing the game from becoming more popular

    low confidence · George (Don't Panic Flip host), opinion expressed during gameplay

  • Harry Williams designed Indiana Jones pinball machine (referenced as 'Harry Williams Indiana Jones')

    low confidence · Chat message from Wolfman during stream, appears to be a factual claim about game history but presented informally

  • Pinball ergonomics/spacing issues on X-Men LE are noteworthy enough to discuss on stream (gap between targets)

    medium confidence · George repeatedly comments on playfield gaps and spacing during gameplay: 'that's like that's huge'

Notable Quotes

  • “It seems like there's nobody up at the top. Like, there's no lead programmers or designers or, I guess, anyone who has any kind of controlling capability at Sam Stern who's female. And you gotta wonder why there's no themes or pinball tables that are meant to bring anyone... There's no feminine-themed tables out there at all.”

    George (Don't Panic Flip host)@ 5:22 — Primary commentary on industry diversity concerns and representation gaps at Stern

  • “If they released a strong female role model pinball machine, I'd buy that in a heartbeat for my six-year-old daughter.”

    George (Don't Panic Flip host)@ 7:28 — Personal motivation for wanting more diverse pinball themes, market expansion argument

  • “If Jersey Jack Pinball remade the Harry Williams Indiana Jones, but with LCD seats in the movie, instant buy.”

    Wolfman (chat/discord user)@ 24:24 — Game remake/revival interest from community member

  • “Sam Stern Indiana Jones is an instant non-buy. Wolfman, you couldn't be more right, man. That is an instant non-buy. I do not like that game.”

    George (Don't Panic Flip host)@ 25:26 — Direct negative assessment of Stern Indiana Jones game

  • “This show is Don't Panic Flip. We stream Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday really late at night at these god-awful hours because I work until really late at night.”

    George (Don't Panic Flip host)@ 28:23 — Show structure and streaming schedule information

Entities

GeorgepersonStern PinballcompanySam SternpersonGary SternpersonWolfmanpersonStern X-Men LE (Magneto)gameJack DangerpersonWe Love Pinballperson

Signals

  • ?

    business_signal: Potential market expansion concern: lack of female-focused pinball themes may limit addressable market and appeal to female players/gift buyers

    low · George argues lack of female representation in design and themes is limiting market appeal: 'It can't get less popular that way'

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: Negative sentiment toward Stern Indiana Jones; George and Wolfman both express strong dislike for the game

    high · George: 'Sam Stern Indiana Jones is an instant non-buy... I do not like that game.' Wolfman agrees

  • ?

    community_signal: Pittsburgh (Pinberg location) continues to be active pinball hub; George streaming multiple platforms and attending events there

    medium · George plans to attend Pinberg (Pittsburgh) for streaming purposes, suggesting active tournament/event infrastructure

  • ?

    design_philosophy: George repeatedly comments on playfield spacing gaps on X-Men LE as 'huge' and notably problematic, suggesting ergonomic or ball routing design issues

    medium · Multiple references to visible gaps: 'that's like that's huge' and discussion of ball drains related to playfield spacing

  • ?

    community_signal: Jack Danger's prominence in design discussions; George references watching releases with Jack Danger specifically, suggesting significant community visibility

    medium · George: 'I've watched all the, obviously, all the releases with Jack Danger'

  • ?

Transcript

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0:00
What happened? I guess I pissed off the OBS, or the internet, or the Twitch gods. One of the above. And, let's see, a couple months ago, grabbed that one. No, that's the, okay, I guess in that case, yes, I would totally go for the new in box original. But I'm happy with the LCDs. and the artwork from what's the new artist's name is jack crap or something like that it's a really odd artist's name the dinosaurs hate the dinosaurs hate me i'll never get my sticker book filled that's my that's my issue okay we're and i think we're back seems to think we're back no idea what happened there you tried to death save have you seen the gap there that's like that's huge not nope not touching that one huge yeah i i don't even know i yeah we can all get you stay johnny crap jack crap yeah it's something like that wolfman yeah some old school 1980s style uh dinosaur stickers in an assorted pack where like no matter how many packs you buy you never get the stegosaurus you dare to attack the master of magnetism
1:52
You can't have too much training. That, by the way, is Tenacious D. If you're unfamiliar with it, that was Wonder Boy for Cyclops.
2:18
Hey, my wife is coming back home. Apparently it was a girl's night tonight. Ah, well, we'll get you a Stegosaurus or whatever that is. Stegosaurus, it's the one with the back plates.
2:35
Are dinosaurs just birds? They have feathers? Apparently some of them did. Alright, Xavier, let's do this.
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product_strategy: Implication that X-Men LE may have had post-release adjustments to address playfield spacing/routing issues that are still noticeable

low · George's focused attention on gaps suggests these were known issues; fits pattern from KB of post-release upgrades addressing ergonomics

2:48
Super skill shot. We'll hit Xavier again. It was Cyclops. Yeah, I got it. Alright No Like is that aiming It looks like it's aiming It went over there She's coming home after hearing you aged her And she's heading right back out I didn't age her. That is her actual age.
3:56
Oh, no. That's a ball ball. Nice save. Oh. But can you save it twice? I'm just going to move it really quick. Back that way a hair. Ignore these marks on the floor.
4:17
Yeah, yeah. Let's ignore those marks. Oh, we got all the time! Whoa, you got a free game. I think you've caught up. Maybe? I feel like I'm still down a game or two. There were some really, really bad ones in there at the beginning.
4:45
So, here's a funky thought. You know, I've watched all the, obviously, all the releases with Jack Danger.
4:56
And then hearing Jack talk about the games that Gary Stern would approve. And, oh my gosh. Something that I felt the need to point out and still feel a little like, wow, if there's something I really never realized.
5:18
It seems like there's nobody up at the top. Like, there's no lead programmers or designers or, I guess, anyone who has any kind of controlling capability at Stern who's female.
5:36
And you gotta wonder why there's no themes or pinball tables that are meant to bring anyone... There's no feminine-themed tables out there at all, and I wonder if that has something to do with it.
5:53
Because every time it's always like, here's this designer with this lead programmer. It just seems a little odd.
6:10
That's such a stupid attempt. That's a... Oh, nice! That counted. Two more for Wolverine. That could be the first Wolverine multiball!
6:33
And you qualified Hellfire Club. Oh, no. Alright, maybe we make that the new goal of tonight Start Wolverine Yes Could Let's Keep No man, come on If you want pinball to become popular There's a whole other Marketable area Think about how They've been trying to target Women in football and things like that Like, it's, I would prefer the game to be way more diverse. I think that it'd be more enjoyable.
7:19
And it can't get less popular that way. Or, shit, we'd get some pins that, like, if they released a strong female role model pinball machine, I'd buy that in a heartbeat for my six-year-old daughter.
7:45
I feel like that may have counted maybe I suggest you renounce your evil name If you do not, I shall be very angry. Not familiar. Oh, Avatar the Last Airbender. Oh yeah, that would be very cool. Or less than a four hour. That's a good one. Right.
8:12
I swear I'm going for Wolverine. Alright, so we've done them all. And this is my favorite. We're just not going to get a flip before the guy's late, dude.
8:39
Do-do-do-do-do, baby shark, do-do-do-do-do-do. Get it around, get it around. Nice! I actually started Magneto, for real.
9:00
Like a... Oh, wow! Look at me, X-Men! Oh, that was weak. He just said to stop panicking and save the world.
9:58
Don't panic flip. He-Man or She-Ra. Sure, Wolfman. Welcome to my lab. Don't know what happened there. I don't think I'll ever find out.
10:32
All right, I'll take the lock. I'm good with that. Why do you not like Baby Shark? What's wrong with Baby Shark?
10:57
I'm happy right now. if we can't learn to live together we shall surely die apart oh my god that's i don't know what i am anymore i feel like i played for a while without actually making a lot of points we'll see a lot okay that was okay it was ball two it was ball two i'd buy a totanix so i could play the bucket mode that's the the acid bucket for people who weren't here that one night oh it's been in the stream oh no it's been referenced
11:53
uh speaking about strong female leads uh i want wow that was good uh i watched alita battle angel uh the other night and that um while it didn't seem like it was uh like it just kind of ended prematurely it was a it was kind of a fun ride that's literally where the term bucket list came from I don't know if I believe that. I don't know that I believe that either.
12:28
It's the last thing you get before you die a boiling death. Oh, wow. I did not expect that. I saw that going down the middle, and I thought, cool, I better warm up the hands I'm about to jump in And thankfully I went through the motions Here we go You are an idealist, Charles Get up there I am a realist Alright You're an idealist, Charles.
13:27
Wolverine. I hit him twice! Alright, that was the goal. This is our Wolverine. Oh my god. By the way, have you really tried that tea in the bucket? I don't know the tea in the bucket. oh you're talking about oh cat wolfman you weren't on i don't think you're on our discord um there was a discussion today with aj uh by the way at aj clark oh man there should be a couple of shout outs we love pinball speaking of shout outs uh welcome to the stream good morning if you like watching pinball you should check out Al-Nonymous. You should check out We Love Pinball, who is here right now. And MPT3K would be another really good one. If you like watching... Oh, you got Wolverine! God! He won. Regardless of my amazing score and his crappy score, he wins this one. It's still ball three. Come on.
14:32
I call on the power of lightning. Anyway. And you're welcome. Yes. Wolfman is still expecting some bacon and eggs.
14:49
I'm sure. Got it. Did I get it? You got the edible? Nice. Good. Excellent drain right off the bat. I like that. That's smart, right? Because you get an extra shot up the top there. Yeah, the tactical drain is on purpose. Yep.
15:18
I can't come up with better justification for that drain, though. Simon Grouper Hype! The loser has to talk like Wolverine Like Canadian Is that uh Is that what we have to talk all about
15:39
Is that racist? Racist? Yeah. Does a Canadian say a boot? Am I kind of Canadian? It's just Canadians! And it's also Wisconsinians.
15:52
And, uh, and people from Minnesota. I don't know, I'm leaving that one up to you guys. Is speaking with a Canadian accent racist?
16:09
Because that sucks! Because that's definitely one of my go-to voices and accents when I roleplay and when I read books to my daughter.
16:23
It's funny because she occasionally now pulls out crazy accents and they're always really southern. Why isn't this working? Wolverine! Is it not Wolverine? No, it's not Wolverine. He's not flashing. That's Wolverine right there. Huh?
16:42
I mean, Wolverine is right there and he's dabbing, by the way. I can stream in my leader hose next time. We love pinball. I gotta do it. And that movie with sickly Wolverine, oh gosh i didn't like you didn't like the new one oh what just happened that was my entire wednesday night by the way every game we played somebody won by some minuscule amount all right you go first you earned it so you're teaching your daughter how to be a racist i don't think that's racist i think it's just an accent like us like in an accent that i can't do is Australian. But I love the Australian, like, in fact we just had a fun conversation about how people with an Australian accent say the word boulevard because my Siri, when I get directions I have Siri's direction or voice set to an Australian female and she says it like boulevard.
17:52
No, George, it's boulevard. It's never boulevard. Anyway, she says it boulevard. Or I thought originally it was more like the word fuel. Like she was saying boulevard. And I can't help it, every time I hear her say make a left turn on something boulevard, I have to repeat it in a very exaggerated tone afterwards.
18:19
Kind of like Irish people love their Lucky Charms commercials. Exactly, that's it. It's just fun because accents are awesome. I'm just giving you crap.
18:32
That head-to-head Joe with idea. WTF is that? Head-to-head Joe? I'm not sure what that is. We're... Are we aligned?
18:46
Kind of aligned. We're okay. Okay. Alright, here we go. Ball one. Good start. All right, let's do it.
19:16
That's how you're qualified. There we go. Cool. Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. What's that? Oh, the left outline's qualified.
19:24
The left outline is qualified. Thank you. Yeah, that would suck because I feel like I have an amazing Russian accent.
19:43
I can't do German, though. That one's really hard. We love pinball. I can't do a German. If Russian is really easy, I can do Irish, Scottish.
19:53
I mean, British I have a hard time refocusing on. I don't have a phrase that's entirely British. No Australian, no Jamaican. I think Canadian. Can't do that one easy. I'm going to think of what other ones.
20:11
No, yeah. See, when I read books to my daughter, I have to give everyone a very distinct accent, which limits me to about six primary characters for every book. Otherwise, I have to loop through and start giving people similar accents.
20:26
Wow, four ball, huh? Kind of like the Australian Day to East. One, so a particular word that has really got me recently with the where the emphasis is on a very different syllable. is controversy as opposed to controversy.
21:06
Somebody said it on the Great British Baking Show and now I can't hear it any other way. Anytime somebody says controversy, I think to myself, controversy.
21:17
And WeLovePinball says, the German language is easy. First lesson, just say. You know what? I can't say that. No, sorry. I can't say that the English language is easy. I feel like the English language must be one of the hardest languages out there. There's so many weird rules.
21:42
Well, that was unexpected. Boom. Start some Phoenix up My favorite song Uh oh, uh oh, here we go Nice, Phoenix done. So is Beast. Alright, let's go Iceman.
22:31
I'm at Xavier. Ice Xavier. There we go. There's Iceman. I've heard it's available. I'll take a lock shot. We're good there.
23:01
Uh. Cool. Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. I don't know what just happened there, but we got two balls and then one of them disappeared.
23:14
Oh Brotherhood Perfect Relax man Soon we'll all be free Your brotherhood is coming My God Get it! Get it! Oh, no! Oh, my God.
23:51
I had edible ready! Let's see. First lesson, just say rinfleischte... Kitterung... Nope, not going to say that. That is a lot of consonants and a lot of letters. I took German, but didn't do well. I don't like all the masculine-feminine stuff. That's the longest word we have, which is 63 letters. And German girls, no matter how good looking, sure don't sound it.
24:23
See it today. If Jersey Jack remade the Williams pinball, sorry, the Williams Indiana Jones, but with LCD seats in the movie, instant buy. Thank you for that wonderful topic change, Wolfman. I, any, any Indiana Jones, I guess at this point, would be, would be pretty close to an amazing insta-buy. Wow. We gotta shoot again.
24:51
That's true. And what is that word? Oh my god, it's a run-on word. Uh, easy German sentence. Hello, hello, Luente, what's a spieling with flipper? I don't know what I just said, hopefully I did not offend any other German people.
25:11
Oh, you were just in Wolverine again? My name is Hank McCoy, but my friends call me B.S. I said perfect. Stern Indiana Jones is an instant non-buy. Wolfman, you couldn't be more right, man. That is an instant non-buy. I do not like that game. I came in like a wrecking ball.
25:41
I said, hello folks, we're playing pinball today. Nice! Hello, Luente. Huete spienen wir flipper. I like that. I'm not going to memorize it, unfortunately. Is the word for pinball flipping? I'm sorry? What is the word for pinball? Uh, that's a good one. Huete spienen wir flipper?
26:02
I'm guessing flipper is pinball. That's awesome. Just like Indiana Jones, Numbskull Mountain isn't a real movie. I am always Jean. And I am always Jean. Is that it? Yeah.
26:19
Oh, for you it's it. I won? That's awesome! What time is it? Oh no, I've got to go. It's so unfortunate that I could not stay for this last round.
26:32
Give me a ball safe. Thank you. Ball lock number three! This is, by the way, this song is the reason I even thought about doing something with pinball mix in the first place.
27:02
Nice. Nice, Ataball. It is an add-a-ball, but there's only four balls on the pin. Increase the ball third time.
27:15
Ah, there we go. I get an add-a-ball as soon as it drops. Wow. There we go. I hit a shot. I knew I could do it.
27:52
Oh my god! Like the king of double drains tonight. Ugh. Flipper equals pinball and bumpers equals Schlag-Tier-Ming.
28:06
Schlag- Ah! Schlag-Tier-Ming. Wow, that's hard to say. Guys, we're gonna call it. It is almost 1230. I'm gonna go back to the chatting view. Thank you so much for hanging with us tonight. My name is George. This show is Don't Panic Flip. We stream Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday really late at night at these god-awful hours because I work until really late at night, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. So this is me after work, and typically the rest of the family's gone to sleep. Titanic's joined us tonight. He's there. You can see a hand. He was here. If you were here, you got to see him. And hopefully we'll be back over at his place at some point soon in order to play some more Pirates of the Caribbean.
28:53
Amazing, amazing pinball game. And maybe at some point in the near future we'll get to play some Jurassic Park. hopefully get to see some of that at Pinberg next week we will throw up a couple of maybe mini streams just walking around Pinberg while we're out in Pittsburgh Thursday Friday Saturday and or Sunday at some point we'll see what happens you guys have a wonderful weekend and yeah we'll see you around
29:29
We'll be right back.