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Godzilla Pinball v.90 - Planet X Multiball 12+ Billion Game

IE Pinball·video·1h 33m·analyzed·Jan 29, 2022
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TL;DR

IE Pinball streams Godzilla v.90 gameplay with strategic multiball and bonus multiplier tactics.

Summary

IE Pinball plays Godzilla Pinball v.90 in a lengthy gameplay stream, demonstrating advanced strategies for building multipliers, managing city bonuses, and attempting high-value modes. The stream includes commentary on game mechanics, software changes, upcoming conventions, and tangential discussions about Rush, Star Wars, and other Stern releases.

Key Claims

  • Godzilla v.90 has new additions compared to beta streams, including contest mechanics involving magna grab and flipper-release precision shots

    high confidence · IE Pinball, early in stream: 'if it's going to be possible. What that is, is you have a lit magna grab, you shoot the magnet, the ball sticks, and then as the ball is swinging, you have to press both flippers to release the ball'

  • Rush has scoop protector durability issues, with protectors bending after just a few games

    high confidence · IE Pinball discussing Rush: 'On Rush, your scoop protector is already bent after just a few The Games of what you're saying. That's kind of scary.'

  • Star Wars and Avatar (Limited Edition) Stern machines are currently shipping or delayed

    medium confidence · IE Pinball: 'Yeah, Stern Edition are all that shipping right now. The LA's, the James Camerons Avatar (Limited Edition)'s I believe are delayed even, right?'

  • Stern has been building Star Wars Mandalorian and Deadpool while waiting for parts

    high confidence · IE Pinball: 'They've been building Star Wars The Mandalorian and Deadpool while waiting for parts.'

  • An upcoming pinball convention has strict no food/no drink policies and COVID-related sanitation requirements (chair wiping, bag searches)

    high confidence · IE Pinball discussing convention rules: 'They have a very strict no food, no drink policy' and 'we have to wipe down the chairs. After someone leaves, the chair has to be... clean, basically'

  • The convention venue requires split registration (downstairs) and show (upstairs) due to facility constraints

    high confidence · IE Pinball: 'We're being forced to put it downstairs and then the show's upstairs, which is really messing with us'

  • IE Pinball is working on software for Godzilla and other games while streaming more frequently to increase chances of Twitch partnership before major pinball events

    high confidence · IE Pinball: 'I'm working on software. It's a fun month' and 'trying to stream more to have the, you know, the minuscule chance of getting partner after Texas Pinball Festival'

Notable Quotes

  • “So if you jumped into the beta streams earlier, it's mostly the same. There are some, just a few additions, and one of those has to do with today's contest.”

    IE Pinball @ early stream — Confirms Godzilla v.90 is evolved from earlier beta versions with new competitive contest features

  • “I think going too heavy on risk-reward things can make the game worse for tournaments. Yes, it can. Just because of the length it takes to build that risk-reward.”

    IE Pinball @ mid-stream — Design philosophy concern: balance between challenging mechanics and tournament viability

  • “They've been building Star Wars The Mandalorian and Deadpool while waiting for parts.”

    IE Pinball @ mid-stream — Confirms Stern has unannounced games (Mandalorian, Deadpool) in production pipeline

  • “On Rush, your scoop protector is already bent after just a few The Games of what you're saying. That's kind of scary.”

    IE Pinball @ mid-stream — Quality concern flagging mechanical durability issue on recently released Rush machine

  • “We're being forced to put it downstairs and then the show's upstairs, which is really messing with us.”

    IE Pinball @ late stream — Operational challenges for upcoming convention/tournament event

  • “I know this one's going to be a long-term keeper.”

    IE Pinball @ late stream — IE Pinball views Godzilla Pinball as a definitive personal collection piece

  • “The damage to the city is astronomical.”

    IE Pinball @ late stream — Comments on game balance and destruction jackpot value generation mechanics

  • “It's your preference. To me, The Games... They just wear over time. So I'm never overly concerned with things breaking. I mean, my plastic on the bridge broke. It's pinball. It happens.”

    IE Pinball @ late stream — Operator/player philosophy on wear and maintenance of machines

Entities

IE PinballpersonGodzilla PinballgameRushgameStar WarsgameAvatar (Limited Edition)gameStar Wars The MandaloriangameDeadpoolgameStern PinballcompanySpooky Pinball

Signals

  • ?

    community_signal: IE Pinball actively testing Godzilla tournament-ready code on-stream and preparing machines for competitive play; plans multiple test sessions via streaming

    high · IE Pinball: 'I gotta test this game...And we're going to move to this for the tournament, so I gotta do this after this...It even works on Diner!'

  • ?

    design_philosophy: IE Pinball (software developer/designer) concerned that excessive risk-reward mechanics in Godzilla could negatively impact tournament viability due to extended game length and reduced ball save accessibility

    high · IE Pinball: 'I think going too heavy on risk-reward things can make the game worse for tournaments...the ball saves are going to have to be reduced to nothing'

  • ?

    event_signal: Major pinball convention with strict operational policies: no food/drink, mandatory chair sanitation, bag searches, split registration/venue layout, COVID-related restrictions

    high · IE Pinball: 'Very strict no food, no drink policy' and 'we have to wipe down the chairs' and 'We're being forced to put it downstairs and then the show's upstairs'

  • $

    market_signal: Stern currently shipping Star Wars and other premium machines while managing production constraints and part availability issues affecting multiple titles

    high · IE Pinball: 'Yeah, Stern Edition are all that shipping right now' and reference to building games 'while waiting for parts'

  • ?

    personnel_signal: IE Pinball transitioning to increased streaming frequency and Twitch partnership pursuit, leveraging major pinball events (Texas Pinball Festival, Pinball Expo) as platform milestones

Topics

Godzilla Pinball v.90 code and balance refinementprimaryGame mechanics: destruction jackpots, city bonuses, multiplier managementprimaryTournament-readiness and competitive software tuningprimaryRush machine durability concerns (scoop protector)secondaryStern production pipeline and part constraintssecondaryUpcoming pinball convention logistics and COVID restrictionssecondaryContent creation strategy and Twitch partnership goalsmentionedMachine wear and collector philosophy on maintenancementioned

Sentiment

positive(0.72)— IE Pinball is enthusiastic about Godzilla's gameplay and mechanics, frequently praising the game and indicating it as a long-term keeper. However, moments of frustration with gameplay mistakes, drain timing, and code balance concerns temper the overall positivity. Discussion of convention logistics and operational challenges adds slight negative undertones. Stream maintains engaging, conversational tone despite challenges.

Transcript

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You should focus on completing everything in each city and hopefully you don't drain out. So like every time I shoot a tank shot right now, that's an annihilation bonus, it's going to build towards the carnage value when I change cities. Now if I don't drain between finishing all these tasks, and I finished all the tasks, so I can, here, I'll show you right now. I'm only going to have it. We will return after these messages from Bonus. I would have only had a 2x multiplier on there. Way to show you, I know. Training is bad. This is the Sturdy Radio Network. day. Exciting stuff. So if you jumped into the beta streams earlier, it's mostly the same. There are some, just a few additions, and one of those has to do with today's contest. So will we get the Impostor Battle Award 4? Honestly, I have no idea if it's going to be possible. What that is, is you have a lit magna grab, you shoot the magnet, the ball sticks, and then as the ball is swinging, you have to press both flippers to release the ball and then get it to slide down the lane behind the flipper, the lane with the spinner. It's gonna be different. Alright, I have to play a game in the cone now since since, uh... Fan ad magic hits on your Godzilla. Exactly. And the quiet fan kits are Great. I play in a quiet room and you can really hear the things spin up with the regular kit. Great product. Alright. Keep trying what I was trying. Get the cone for a ball. Thank you, Dalton. I deserved it. I did deserve it. And you're going to see me doing this a lot. shoot the ramps we're just gonna try the same thing just try and build these annihilation bonuses to you know as high as we can you can get out if we do all three of those uh all three on the same ball if we don't rain out I'm pretty sure it's a 5x bonus in the city Email's good Email is good Pinball profile welcome I didn't see Oh perfect timing yeah perfect timing Happy birthday You know what I'm going to play Gigan Because it's kind of the shots are easier for me to See right now Normally not the first This guy can be the first kaiju I get. Now I want to make sure that I don't get five jet fighters. You know, actually I'm going to take my uh... my uh... my uh... ally right now. I'll probably get one through jet fighters. I don't want to stack them and lose them. Crap. Another direct hit to the bridge. All right. I'm going to stop these jet fighters, and then I'll get that destruction jackpot. Godzilla now controls Tokyo. All right. One more. Gotta go for the softball. Gotta do it. Alright, I'm not getting that jet fighter. We'll take the destruction. Try for it at least. Mr. Freeze! Thank you for the tier one sub! I need a super Vinny Star so I can still enjoy it. Never do it. ready take cover in three two one oh no no no no no no it's gone all right no percentage point loose there 50 integrity bridge how many tanks i have i only have three i need more tanks That thing had some spin on it right there. That's why I said it was bad. All right, let's get more tanks. Let's try and get a tank before the main multiple. Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no. So this is the danger. What you just saw right there, there. The bridge, you know, if you're on a train of war, three, five, ten, and the locks are lit, it diverts to the bridge, and it drops the bridge, so the ball goes out of control. You gotta, you have to pay attention to that. I forget all the time. Those tanks are closing in on Godzilla. I don't want... I'm not shooting the screw for that tank because I want to save my 2x until I start the tank. How many more tanks? One more tank. One more tank. Alright. Thanks. I want two. It's either 2x or out of ball. Tough decision, really. We're going to take 2x. We're going to take the miss the scoop, actually. Alright. Alright. All you're seeing is Grumman and Doggone. Yep, that's right. This is actually a board game. If you want your own cone, you can look for the Cone of Shame board game. Sold at Amazon. And other places. I know everyone wants their own cone. damn it alright destruction jackpot now yes yes Zmack had a cone sent to him he knows all about the cone why can't I hit this shot right now With 2x running. There we go. Oh, my back. I blame the cone. Two misses in a row. Definitely can't be me. There we go, got it. Alright, there's a percentage point. For the annihilation. Rage combo is lit. But it's not lit. It's not lit because the building's down. Secret combo two. I can hit the Paul Mazur cannon now to light the smog monster. Maybe I should right now. What am I wearing? Incredible. Why am I wearing the cone? I made a flipper fumble and we had Dalton and Chath redeem the cone. The cone is there for when I make Bad mistakes. It originated on when I was playing Big Buck Hunter. I want to start to Hedera before I get the Multimon. Should just be the Paul Mazur. Cannon. Yes. Start Hedera. Hedera. Hedera has been dispatched to Tokyo. I'm going to ignore that right now. the saucer. I'll light it again at some point and get that extra ball. Mark, welcome! Alright. That shot. That's where tanks are. That's gonna be fun. Oh, I got the saucer. Nice. Great. Oh, I got the animal already. That's not bad. Oh, well. I think I'm going to have to... Dead. Godzilla is headed towards the power lines. Jackpot! Double jackpot. This just in. Triple jackpot. Taking it easy Alright Oh boy Super jackpot is lit Shoot the building Double super jackpot Alright I want that shot because that's where the tank is I just want to hit the tank Kind of flying blind right here. Six supers. Not that super right now. Three mil is my minus. Okay. Oh, boy. I'm also in power line right now. Don't worry, the person who takes out the basket I will compete in this. No, I'm not going to break it. It crossed my mind. It really did, but it crossed my mind to give away his prizes and stuff, but it's kind of rude. Where are you going, Paul? Big site. Oh, that Subaru's gotten too early for the big value. Ok. Don't want the super. Wait, I got this. Oh, okay, that's it. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Alright, where am I in Test of Strike here? How many shots left? Three. Three. Three. one left here the bridge has been destroyed all right I want to finish I want to finish test the strike before I start bridge I don't want to shoot that right ramp right now I'm fortunate because I'm going to lose my Godzilla has been thrown into a rage. I'll lose my jet fighters. I might not finish. I want the destruction jackpot for this first. I shot that too soon, I think, didn't I? Did I? Oh, no, I didn't. So I lost the jet fighters there. If I wanted to finish Tesla Strike, I'd get the destruction jackpot lit. I could work on another multiplier Or another boost to the percentages. Just take the cone off. Entire ball. Entire ball. I missed. Oh, I had a chance there. Alright, what am I doing here? I have bridge attack lit, right? Right ramp for Bridge Attack. So let's get over there. The bridge is out. And here comes the train. I can't watch. Bridge Attack Multiball. If Dalton says I can take it off, I'll take it off. Yeah, Dalton's probably not around anymore, right? Bridge Attack Jackpot. Again, have that ball staged on the left flipper there when you start this so you can shoot that super right away. Super jackpot! he's gone! Dalton is gone! I can take it off when I do a tap pass he'll take it off when I leave the city if he's gone I can take it off. Okay, everyone wants me to take it off, I'll take it off I'm not going to argue anymore. Oh, boy. Nothing's fun. Ugh. He should have to be in chat for the duration of the con. I agree. We'll have to give Dalton a hard time. All right. Where am I going? That's gone No it's not Ridge attack jackpot 2 2x 2 2x jackpot Bridge attack, double jackpot! Go that way, I want you to go left. Left, left, left, left. Thank you! The bridge is down. All people are advised to stay away. Good. Get some good value out of this bridge, that's for sure. Godzilla has now turned his attention towards the neighboring bridge. Bridge attack, Jackpot! This is going to make for some very juicy annihilation bonuses. No. No. Okay. Let's do this. probably too late for it oh it gave me him okay alright oh boy is the tilt bump the tilt bump is still it is it is alright um what I really want now is another Godzilla multivolve that's really great after getting this it's not long now and the building will give way take cover in three two one damn it Damn it. Oh my gosh. Oh, the pain. I lost several hundred million points right there. Several, several hundred million. The city is astronomical. That's what's making this game great now. That risk reward. I should have left the cone on, huh? Because now I'm only going to have a 2x multiplier when I change cities. So I don't even know if I should build this up anymore. Well. I want to at least see what my... Let's get one bridge. Collect. Okay, see what that value is. Because I'll still get double that. So everything I get right now for Annihilation Mode is that I'm collecting it once now and then I'll double it right there. So it's like three times whatever it is. Yeah, this is going to have to be made really difficult. I can't see. 14 mil. All right. That is solid. Now, if I hadn't drained right now, that would have been tripled. Tripled the entire time. I would have gotten 5x this. It's London, all right. It's going to need the software changes. to, you know, things set to hard and just be made nasty down here. There's just no other way around it. Don't want lightning flippers, you know. Close to rampage. Oh, no, that's not good. Rage combo. No, it's not. It's super train. It's not. I think going too heavy on risk-reward things can make the game worse for tournaments. Yes, it can. Just because of the length it takes to build that risk-reward. Yeah, the ball saves are going to have to be reduced to nothing, pretty much, I think. Oh, no! Brian Saucer! Gonna have to fiddle with the outlings anyway. It's actually one of my jobs, the outlings. So I may fiddle with that tomorrow on stream or Saturday on stream. You know, play with different configurations, see what makes the game play difficult. This is not the Godzilla that's gonna be a Dimnus. JPW, how are you doing? The contest is over, unfortunately. Well, I made Lord of the Rings by making that thing so nasty. Probably too nasty, to be honest. I've kind of softened over the years, I think. As to how mean I want games to play. Ooh, a city combo. oh that's a dead-end shot when the buildings like that all right that'll end it two more streams right four months in yeah I rage combo this is an ally Oh boy that scared me there That scared me. Who owns a diner that's gonna be Adindus? Diner? Adindus? What are you talking about? No tilt debuffs! Yeah, that's one way to do it. We've never had diners, just kinda know what you're talking about. Alright, I want my Mothra back. Four more for train award. The train award will be a 1x multiplier on the destruction jackpot. And I missed the switch again. Oh boy Boo's back Wait Boo didn't show up in the first place Boo how are you doing? How's League going? Um I forgot that I played Gigan already I'll take Titanosaurus Because it got multiball lit The I hope the convention center Okay so I do have Bad news for some people for the convention center It is uh They have a very strict no food, no drink Ryan Policky. Very strict. Oh, yeah, the food off-site is great. But it's one of those, you know, There's going to be some other fun stuff there too I'll have to say There are Some COVID related things That they're making us do that are Really bizarre Sounds like we're eating gummies Godzilla multiball Ha! I saw that No, like, we have to wipe down the chairs. After someone leaves a chair, the chair has to be... Damn it, I didn't want 2X. Oh, well. The chair has to be clean, basically. Oh. I'm in a mode, aren't I? I am. I'm in Titanosaurus. I need to hit some stuff. That's why that thing's blinking at me. Why is the laser cannon blinking like crazy? That's what I was thinking. Titanosaurus is... There's just some strange rules that California came up with recently that they're having to abide by. So it's going to be interesting. Hopefully we get some change. before the show. That extra ball is for beating the Kaiju. That's the perk for the city. For the second Kaiju. Not the city. The city should be a plus 4 million addition to the Destructive Jackpot permanent. Alright, Vu. Enjoy. Good luck. Yes. Rocco, I need to send out an email to everybody. We absolutely do need help. Our registration is going to be split. We're being forced to put it downstairs and then the show's upstairs, which is really messing with us. Or for things, as you can imagine. Oh no! Damn it. Godzilla has been thrown into a rage. Oh well. That rage combo has no grace period on it. That's too bad. Let me get some mecha prepped here. I wouldn't believe it if I wasn't seeing it. Yeah, pre-registration emails should be coming through the weekend. I've been torn in multiple directions, as you can imagine. I've been trying to get these streams in. My thing is ready. I will take that tier two battle. Fires are breaking out in the building. That was a weird bounce up there. Oh, I need this. I need this a jet fighter I'll take Jeff either before now oh I'm in rampage why at the same time damn it to explore up to the table I have to use the right I got to get the next ball Jeff fighters right now all right there it is I go for a rampage Incredible, the contest is over. I'm sorry. I wish I could... I take that down sometimes on Twitch, and it doesn't take it down. First 30 minutes of the stream is when we're doing the contest. It's two more streams. Probably this Saturday and Sunday. Or possibly tomorrow. But yeah. Is this ball one? It says ball one. Is this actually ball one, though? No, because I had Hedera and I drained, right? So it's not the real ball one. And that's two warnings, right? I'm really pushing that game. This game. I must have lowered it too much. Baby finally sleeping Oh yeah I remember those days Alright I have the extra ball Rampage does increase the value Of the destruction jackpot So you do kind of want to keep going another extra ball, yep lots of E.B.s in this game oh, I almost lost that there nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope nope, not good oh well yeah, happy new year to you I'm just busy right now. I'm not, you know... I'm trying to stream more to have the, you know, the minuscule chance of getting partner after Indisc. Try to use Indisc as a jumping platform, so we'll see. We'll see. So it's been straining me there, and I'm working on software. It's a fun month. At least I'm off of work next week. No work. Because we start setting up on Monday for Indisc. Alright. Tier 2 battle. Tier 2 battle. Let's take King Ghidorah again. It's really messed up. Yeah, Beeruship has been looking good. It has been. Thanks to Pimmon, I'm sure a lot. You know. I mean, 12 days of prizes is incredible. All right. I'll take the left ramp right now. Because if I miss it, I can get that. Now I don't have to worry about that shot anymore. I want to get them all to red. And then I can use the button for the last hit. Or I can save the button for the next round. Which might be what I do here. If I can get two more solid shots here, I've got plenty of time. Damn it. That was kind of my... Well, I've got one more clean shot there. I don't know if that was kind of it right there. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Brian O'Neill! Welcome, Brian! With your party of 13. Playing the new Godzilla code. What were you playing? We are tallying up the damage done to the city thus far. And thank you, Brian, for the bits. I'm very much looking forward to using score a bit on every game in the Open. I mean, it just helped out so much with the scoring, so thanks to you and thanks to Jay for that. I gotta test this game. I need to test this game. I've got my score on. I need to test it. Because I know the code just changed on this, right? And we're going to move to this for the tournament, so I gotta do this after this. It even works on Diner! Alright. What am I doing here? I have lots of extra balls sitting here. I've got Mecha kind of sitting there running. Close to the tank. I'm trying to drain the art thing. I wanted to hit my bridge right there. Well, actually, yeah. Two more tanks. Okay. Oh, you're playing Rush. Awesome. How do you like it? It really does look like a fun game. I don't know how much more damage this building can take. And remain standing. Penn Stadium. Thank you for the bits as well. Times two, I see. what's the code version shipping with rest it looked pretty pretty complete on that stream tanks have assembled to try and stop Godzilla alright let's take tank let's not tank on tank and then move on let's have another at least I didn't start it and then drain out because I really want to get that massive multiplier Shoot again. Oh, that would have been nice to get. Top story tonight, skill shot. How many sauces do I have? Oh, I'm in sauce right now. That's how many I have. .85 Alright. Yeah, pros are all that shipping right now. The LA's, the LE's I believe are delayed even, right? Alright. One of the cities gives a 2 million point boost on base jackpot values on this. I don't know which one it is though. That was in the notes. Oh no. Where did I get one tail whip? One tail whip. Alright, I saw a tank lift. Thanks. They've been building Mando and Deadpool while waiting for parts. You should be able to bring water and there will be some water on site. I believe. Don't quote me on that right now. We're having a meeting next week that's going to clarify a bunch of stuff. One of our sponsors for the event, not our site, but the Festival of Fight site, is Liquid Death. If you know what Liquid Death is, it's water in a can. has destroyed another tank. Damn it. So much for a big tank value. 12 million. Whoopee. There will be, um... I mean, there'll be bag searches. The defenders make us do bag searches. Or they're gonna do bag searches. radar indicates another saucer in the area all right let's be four more to the destruction yes destruction jackpot ready take cover in three two one No bottle service as far as I know. Oh, no. I got it. I got it. Come on. I had... Come on. Come on. Give it to me. That was it. That was it. VAP lounge. No VAP lounge. Nope. Even for our staff, we're not allowed to bring anything in the green room. Godzilla disagrees. Absolutely, I know. It sure did look like it, though. One more for train award. Okay, let me get the select city. Let me get the scoop so I can light my last train to get my boosted multiplier. I'm going to stay in London. Without advanced trains. I can use that now. another city. That'll give me a plus 1x on the destruction jackpot. And life! Destruction jackpot. Look at that. Destruction jackpot builds. Oh. Alright. Destruction jackpot is lit. Get ready in 3, 2, One. On rush, your scoop protector is already bent after just a few games of what you're saying. That's kind of scary. I need switch hits to get to bridge. And I need to play multi-balls, really, for the safety of... Use that for the safety of hitting the power line targets. Oh, my gosh. Don't drain. Oh my gosh. Alright, let's take bridge first. Then I've got mecha ready to go. That would be nice. Godzilla is heading towards the power lines. Oh, wait. I'm on the supers now. Okay. Thank you for coming back. All right. Stop on that ball. Win that flipper. Oh. Well, I'm going to have the multipliers. My value is just not that great. Like, if I did it right now, it's only $35 million. Well, I haven't actually collected any bonuses here. I got a city combo. Oh, my destruction jackpots are not always easy. I've messed up. These are stock flipper bands. Mechagodzilla must be stopped. Jackpot! Mechagodzilla! Jackpot! Alright, good. Alright, you should finish to build the value here. and collect once the timer runs out. Ideally, you shoot a ball into that area with the super just before it lights. Oh, no. And I didn't do it. I got power line, right? That's good. Yeah, no super jackpot's lit. I need a tail whip right now. Bummer. I'm trying for it, I really am. He's headed towards the power line. Five, four, three, two, one. Time is up. Did it give it to me? It did. Last minute. Oh, boy. Are we on the way to Planet X? I don't know if we are. I'm only at the second city, and I'm trying to fill up all the cities for maximum points. I'm not doing the best at it, but... My multipliers aren't great. Or my Annihilation bonuses haven't been great. They keep draining at inopportune times. Huh. So the Scoop Protectors on Rush seems like it's going to be an issue, huh? That's... that's bad. Oh, no. Come on, give it to me, give it to me! That's, that's, that's sad to me. That's twice now I feel like I made that shot legitimately and didn't give me the imposter. Let me have the destructive jackpot here. Oh no, let me not, let me miss it again. I want to get it before I finish Tesla Strike. Damn. Oh, see? There went my multiplier again. Poof, poof, poof. How's my shooter lane? It's starting to crack a little. I have a protector. It just came in today, actually. I bought the plastic one. Let's see how it goes. Are my flipper tips aligned with the holes? Yes, they are aligned with the holes. Well, that was a very unfortunate timing on that train. Now where I'd have 5x multiplier, I'm now going to have just 2x. jackpot ready yeah reduce yeah I've reduced it in the past three issues without another games where it doesn't it's gone it's gone I don't want the multivariate now I want to change cities and then do the Multimath in the next city. We can only speculate as to where... I don't know what the perks for each city are. The damage to the city is astronomical. I mean, if you... It's your preference. To me, games... They just wear over time. So I'm never overly concerned with things breaking. I mean, my plastic on the bridge broke. It's pinball. It happens. That's kind of how I look at it. Oh, no. I'm on ball, too. What are you getting trapped? Three shitty combos. That's nice. I'm going to take Eberra because it won't force me to shoot the middle I may be forced to shoot the building I don't really want Megalon doing that it's also funny The games that I think I'm going to keep a long time, I care less about the conditions. Weird as that is. And I know this one's going to be a long-term keeper. Oh. Trouble. Trouble. No such thing as a main game if you've ever played... Exactly, Pinball. exactly Godzilla controls blue value boost destruction jackpot refi no idea how I resist the urge to hit Luke well I'm doing the more than I used to be honest I'm trying to decide right now if I want to take that what ally I want because I get a 2x destruction jackpot I mean it worth points but I I think I going to take the add also I have it for the tank when I go in the next tank I want that saucer. Now I'm only one alley path away from the Destruction Jackpot increase. One letter to the next rampage too. I do want to get my destructive jackpot. One more for train award, so that's one more to super train. Again. Getting worse at that as the night goes on. Nope, that's not. Alright, where are my tanks? Oh no! take up the scoop that's gonna be oh there's only one tanklet now um that's gonna be a two or two battle now right yeah i have my yeah okay let's take it commence monster selection godzilla and anguirus i keep moving this game Another secret, thanks. Alright, this is hit switches to light the shots. So shoot the spinner. The loop. Ooh, that's an interesting combo that I just got done. Everyone, evacuate the city! Switch Hits also builds a value here. I don't want to go in the building until I'm at 40 seconds, otherwise I'm losing value because I want to build up to that point. Because I get 35 seconds of extra time. When I go into the building. So that was a good one. And we fight. We fight. So right now, I feel like that even dropped in the code. Maybe not. Alright. Every loop up at the top is 12 switches. Don't do that. Ah, but that was the last one we needed for Destruction Jackpot. So now I've got my heat ray ready for when I light these next ones. Where's the next one? You only get one heat ray now. I've got time. I won't use it yet. Where are you going? Down. Ramp, ramp, lane in the middle. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Nope, nope, nope, nope, stop, stop that, stop it! Those saucers are controlling the monsters! I had to do that because that was my Destruction Jackpot multiplier. Destruction Jackpot builds. Dammit, look at this shot. Not that hard a shot! That's funny. Alright, I'm just gonna take the middle now, because I'm running out. Dammit, I'm running low on time. I just screwed this one up. No! No! No! After only three games tonight, you found yourself in Brick City with no bus ticket. We are tallying up the damage done to the... Oh, boy. Another secret combo, huh? Alright, my multiplier is pretty good on the destruction jackpots now, but this is my last ball. My last ball. I want to get the tank, though. I want to get the thing. Hit tank trucking while it's... Oh, good. Okay. So I actually want to get the destructing jackpot now before I start tanking. Ugh. Destruction jackpot ready. Get ready in 3, 2, 1. I've missed the last... The last three or four or five of those, haven't I? That really sucks. Oh, that's a... Tilt, tilt, tilt. Deserve it. I deserve it. One second. No, I don't really want to play Super Train right now. I'm going to shoot at the middle and stop this mode. Oh, another combo. Oh, there was a lock, too. That's right. Carl getting tired. Yep, yep. It's about that time, isn't it? What, two and a half hours I've been on? Yeah. Yeah, my endurance is not what it used to be. That's for sure. Start making a lot more mistakes. All right, I've got out of ball. Let's get deep and tank. I want to get a demon tank. I also want to use my heat rain tank. There's no reason not to. Destroy tanks to light Mesa Cannon Super Jackpot. Come on, stop. Just stop. Where are my shots at? At a bomb. See, something like that. I fumbled that. Yeah, here's the thing. This late in the game, you have to hit a lot more tanks, it seems. Here, I'm going to use this. to get that super jackpot lit. Godzilla has destroyed it. Godzilla is making short work of those tanks. There's only one tank shot there right now. Oh boy That stays lit There's no timer on that Roughly right there Alright so that was a good tank That was a good tank It should earn me some good value if I don't mess this up. Up the middle. Oh boy. Big value. Missed again. Missed again. Oh goodness, and that's been drained. Alright, that sucks. I want to get bridge. I can't see how many switches I need because of Becca. Joe, how are you doing? I haven't seen you in a while. What's my tank? What is that? 17 million. So if I can get a multiplier on that thing. I mean, you know, if I pull in bridge and power on the same ball, that turns into 3x. It's 50 million-ish. Only 3.7. Yep, slacker. exactly it's like ball seven it is it is it is and there's another extra ball sitting somewhere in here that I don't remember um I should take the regular multiball thinking about it ball two walk in the scoop nope alright let's take the multiball Yeah, I need an espresso, yeah. Like jalopy, welcome. Thanks for the follow. Alright. See, at this point, in this part of the game, why shoot jackpots when I have a 17 million point shot that's roaming around the playfield that then I can get bigger value on when I leave the city. Right? I'm going to hit the shots, though. Alright, thanks, thanks, thanks Don't care, I want thanks Thanks Cause that's what I get for thanks Jackpot Double jackpot Triple jackpot What color is this roaming shot? With the tank shot? So it's the tank insert that's pulsing. Alright. Go across. Go across. No, not good. All right. All right. All right, good, good, good. Get that ball out of the way. To the next tank. Oh, this is a tank. That's not a tank either, but these are good values, right? Okay. Oh, boy. So I can leave the city right now. Where am I? I can't see where I am on... I'm bridge, can I? Oh, 55%. 5%. That's a long way to go. That's a long way to go. Do I take it or do I change cities now? It would just be a 2x. We'll play it though right now. I'll wait. It's my last call. All right. So that just increased everything by 1%. No, no, no, no, no. I'd love the rage combo, but I didn't get it. All right. Bridge, no, missed bridge. It only moves when you hit it, yes. Yeah, exactly, like multi-kills, yeah. It's playing it hard. Missed bridge is really taking a pounding. Alright, by the rage combo. See, you see the increase there for now 20 mil? Damn it. Missed another rage combo. Oh, it gave it to me. Because Alright I need basically switch hits right now To get towards bridge Let me get that train I don't know what the next train award is Two more for it Then I only need one more for another jet fighter I don't think there's another X-Ball There's another X-Ball and Rampage. I might have Rampage right there. But it's a lot of shots. It's a lot of shots. Best way to advance bridge now is just hit a lot of switches. So there is another extra in this. Through the city. But if you miss much on it You're not going to get it I've probably missed too much already 15 more for extra ball Yeah uh huh That gave him to me. That Great Spirit is very, very kind. All right. All saves out. Got to be careful now. One more on this shot. All right. Not good. That's over. No. 7 more oh it might get this it just might 6 more I should be able to get one more shot in this ramp before it moves yes alright 5 more oh no oh no that's trouble What's that give me? Light Destruction Jackpot. Ooh. So as long as I get one more, I can use my Heat Ray. I got to bail out there. Come on, I just need one more. Oh my gosh. Are you kidding me? Alright, there's my extra ball. That should be at least. Oh my goodness. That was intense. Alright, I'm going to get to see the value for changing cities right now. Oh no, I'm not. I thought it was. I thought it was. Oh boy. now we're going alright oh that's trouble alright um tank let's see what my tank value is right now 23 alright um I don't like that Mega's up there because I can't see everything. I can't see my Switch hits. All right, Bridge is lit there. Let's take that hit. No. Alright, what's the next train award? I'm right there if I can get it Damn it 20 trains is... Oh, 19, damn it Alright Alright. More switches. Okay, I'm getting to see the value now. So, I went 355, and that's just with a 2x multiplier. I haven't played bridge or power, so I'm going to keep building this. Try to, at least. I mean, why not? Could end in disaster any moment now, but I'd rather end in disaster than not try. I am missing a lot of shots there. That's a lot of points every time I get that. Because every shot, every time I make that, it's building that value. But I can't change cities now until I start bridge or power. I really should show up the middle to try and get the building for that multiball also. I want to see what the 20th train award is. I just don't know what I thought in my head. If I could ever make that shot again. That lit the last jet fighter right here. Two Godzilla power-ups. That does nothing. All right, we're going to be in jet fighter now. Oh, another Destruction Jackpot. Okay. We will go for that. Sure. Plus one X on that. Bounce us over. Just do right ramp for this. So maybe I should be shooting the middle and trying to get another Godzilla multiple going. Light ally. But I don't have enough for that. Let's get another multiple going, I guess. Hopefully building the magnets will completely destroy me. Bridge is lit, actually. Let's go for that. Gotta hit that every time the bridge is lit. 10% left on bridge. So just one more advance does it. I'll go for that. 5 billion, you can do better. Rage combo lit. Alright. I'm betting that 25 trains is Super Train. Yeah, I said that. Ah, damn it. If I get the Rage Combo, I get another ally. Alright, more spins. Is that enough switches yet? No. You need so many switches when you get this deep. That's why that fourth city bridge is going to be really difficult. Uh-oh. Oh, no. Don't like that one bit. Okay. The saucers do nothing for me now. I'm out of awards on them. So no more saucers. Looks like I don't get any stuff for going... Just hitting the building now, too. I have to actually go through it, huh? Yep. Okay, Magnet tried to kill me. Magnet tried to kill me. All right. Bridge is... The shot is lit to hit the... so it reduces the integrity oh boy all right bridge is dead i gotta shoot the right ramp shoot the right ramp the bridge is out and here comes all right another multiball bridge attack multiball Bridge attack double jackpot With the bridge gone The train is surely doomed Bridge super jackpot Now I really ought to work on Targets too right now For the next power line I mean I assume I just accidentally hit them during this but I didn hit enough of them though Alright, so now that multiplier Will be at 3x If I go in the city right now Oh boy Oh boy Alright And then the Annihilation Jackpots were boosted. So now my tank is going to be worth more. I'm going to shoot the middle to try and get the Godzilla multiball. Got to be close. Passively. Trying to get control here. Darn you. I could have cashed out a 3x right there. I still can if I bring in power lines. Alright. I really want Godzilla multiple right now. Come back. The building? Yeah, I was going to say that has to be destroyed soon. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. He did better. Alright. I'd like to focus on tanks here. I want tanks. Tank shots. Because those are worth massive amounts of points right now. the bridge if I light it it's worth something but it takes a lot of switches to light those so I don't know if I can get them either during this whole thing but I do want to start I want to hit those power line shots I want to hit those targets to start that mode test the strike and I'm in test the strike excellent Excellent. All right. You can see I should trap up now, but that didn't work. Good golly, Miss Molly, double jackpot. All right, I actually like the finish power line during this. Then I come out of it, and I'm set. Can you probably, well, you see me doing that, yeah. Absolutely you can. All right. Once I let the Tesla. Just at the right lane. You know what? I might use my heat ray right now. because that will finish off my Tesla strike. Bridge attack. So I should have 2x now on the Annihilation Bump. No, just 1x because I didn't finish them off. My mistake. All right. I'll be taking the Destruction Jack button now and then trying to cash out. Destruction jackpot ready Take cover in 3, 2, 1 Alright Now it's cash out Just get the scoop Get the scoop Oh, damn it. Come on. Oh, my gosh. I'm not going to get the scoop, am I? That's going to be it. All right. This value. We can only speculate as to where Godzilla will strike next. 1.2 billion. Look at the tanks. That's what I was looking for. That was it. Alright, so... I can recollect that again if I get the Planet X. So, maybe I should just... Oh, I'm on Megalon now. Get the Megalon. Finish Megalon. I mean, this is my last ball. Don't worry about playing anything there. And then I'll get the value again when I start Planet X. If I can do that. If I can shoot the ramps again. That is. Megalon, though. Ugh. Come on. Left ramp's right there. Right there. There it is. All right. Scoop. All right. final tier 1 battle Megalon. I'm not gonna try for value here I'm just gonna try and benefit. Well I guess it's not much of a difference between the two is there? No bad things. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, I'd love to save that 2x. Well, I can't really save the 2x, can I? Alright, one more for Megalon, I believe. Yes Alright Oh a destruction jackpot Oh I could If I'm being greedy I shoot a destruction jackpot At 2x right That's what I do right now Oh and it's been boosted again I have to right I have to go for that I have to I have to try the 2x Yeah Keith is 10 billion I know, I saw that. I watched part of the stream. Alright. Oh, it's low. I forgot to reset. Get ready in 3, 2, 1. Here in my brain I'm thinking, oh, it's going to be the same value as last time. It's still a good value. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. All right, two ramps. Two ramps. City. Kaiju. Oh, Super Train. Are you kidding me? Where's time for Super Train? Let's end it. Learn going up the middle ends it. Is the stream of Keith? Yeah, it's archived on... It's on HotNudge. So go to their Twitch channel. I don't know if they're putting it on YouTube, but go to their Twitch channel. See it there. Oh, boy. Oh, an extra ball. I maxed out extra balls. That was the fifth city combo. This is a multiball, so I'm safe. I'm going to get that. Close. Close here. Oh boy. So this is called Don't Triple Drain. That's all this mode is called to me. Don't Triple Drain. In fact, if I want to be real I should just drain this out I should light my heat ray at least and then drain this out Godzilla's heat ray is building Extra ball tees exactly You know, if I can get a ball trapped on my left flipper, I'll just let the one on the right drain at this point. If this one stops, stop, stop for me. Yeah, I'm going to let this go because I'll have select city lit right now. This would be a low value city, but... Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my goodness. Oh, go to Planet X. Oh look, the score goes right away. How are the flippers? The flippers have fans on them. They feel fine. They feel fine. Oh, boy. So you'll see the Planet X countdown here. It's not going to show right now. Or, you know, after the Earth bonus. There it is. So I get the 1.2 again. Oh, man. Which it already calculated, as you saw. Oh, boy. First officer, get us out of here and back to Planet X. The Exilians appear to be retreating back to their planet. All right, so power lines, tanks, bridge, arrows. So I hit the power line targets to start here. We must stop the Exilians and King Ghidorah. 5x power line jackpot why is it 5x Keith said something about these values being higher if you didn't drain out of everything or if you did better on it but I didn't know what exactly it meant Obviously Shot spotted though, thank you Alright, major cannon I need to hit the bridge bridge target a ton before I died the first time playing this that's up to you thanks Still no... You know, but the imposter, it looks like I should have gotten that twice. I think I was robbed out of it two times. I really do. Ah, bad shot. Right in the hand. I have, I have Ball State. Alright, arrows. Now this does go to single ball. You can play this in single ball if you're down to one. Got greedy there. Had to finish it too soon. Take your time. No rush. All right. 5X arrows. I wonder what the 5X is from, to be honest. Okay, so now I'm back at the beginning. So it loops over. Fireline targets. Attention, earthlings. We were just joking. Friends? Friends. We must escape. Escape into the future. Alright, so that's Planet X Is there an actual Captain Ball on the magnet? I think that there is You went out to your workshop Oh yeah 10x? Oh, so the radio's up. I didn't even see that. And there's no heat ray in this if you didn't notice. Godzilla loses his heat ray. All right. We'll be right back. And the end of this will be 500 million if I can do it. Right? Uh-oh. Uh-oh. My music just went out here. I lost music. Lost all... Did that happen to you? I assume it did because I heard it. Okay, it came back. Maybe it loops right there. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Give me my 500. No. Okay. All right. So this is where it bugged out of me last time when I started a new mode here. Because the game didn't know what to do. The question is, is it still going to do that? I don't think so. I've gone past the end of music. Raid combo. So I have to assume that bug was fixed before this was released. Go! Oh, well. We're not going to find out. I have failed. You think I have failed? I have crashed already. Alright. Marathon in Z. It wasn't on Insider alone. No achievements. No new achievements yet. This Carl robot is pretty good. All right. That was fun. That was long. All right. When and where will Godzilla appear again? All right, everyone. I'm going to call it quits now. Carl robot. Best score ever. Yeah, best score with that. Well, no, I had a higher score with the Super Train before it changed. And rightfully so. I mean, you get hundreds of billions off that thing. When is Stern going to add GameLink to the High Square 2? Oh, that would be interesting. That really would be. All right. There's two more streams, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. I don't know the exact days, so keep an eye out for the notifications. I'll probably do this again because I need to... Let me go back to that. I need to figure out how to make this game harder within this coming up. So I'm going to be fiddling with some stuff down here and some softer things. And I'll probably, I'm thinking I'll just do a direct stream of that to figure that out. And I'm not playing it in Disturban. You don't have to worry. I'm just streaming. I'm there to run the software and to stream and make sure everything goes right. I don't play. But, yeah, two more streams. Try and remember everything in the past streams if you haven't. I'm just giving you the hint right there to, you know, try and remember things. Take off right flipper. I like that. Take off the right flipper. Best suggestion yet. Where's the trivia question on stream? They're scattered everywhere. Scattered everywhere. All right. Let's find someone to raid here. I'm going to go send you over to Hot Nudge. Put super bands. Nope, nope, no way. So we'll get bouncier rubbers. So I know white rubbers on the slings, ultra-sensitive slings. These slings aren't very sensitive. Red flipper rubber, you know, right bouncy. Remove the outlane rubber on the right, one of them. Left one goes all the way to the top. Start there. I think the scoop is one of the things. If the scoop is too controllable on this, it has to be uncontrollable when it comes out. You can't drop catch it every time. Turn the power on slings. Yeah, that could do it. Why make it harder? Because at Indisc, we need the games to be five to seven minutes max, and this game can play very long, as you see. Very long. And that's just next week. Got to do it soon. And the Flipper fan kit from this game will be coming with me to Indisc. So, yes, there will be fans on the Flippers. All right. I did max out the extra balls. I did. alright take care have a good weekend and I hope to see you next week if I don't see you well I'll be back over the weekend good night
  • Godzilla's destruction jackpot values are being reduced/adjusted in recent code versions due to balance concerns

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  • IE Pinball believes excessive risk-reward mechanics in Godzilla could negatively impact tournament playability due to extended game length

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  • Godzilla Pinball code is moving to a test version that IE Pinball will use for upcoming tournaments

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    product_strategy: Avatar (Limited Edition) Stern pinball machine currently delayed in production/shipping phase

    medium · IE Pinball: 'The LA's, the James Camerons Avatar (Limited Edition)'s I believe are delayed even, right?'

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    product_concern: Rush pinball experiencing scoop protector durability issues, with protective plastic bending after minimal play sessions

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    product_strategy: Godzilla Pinball v.90 undergoing active code refinement and balance adjustments for tournament play; destruction jackpot values being reduced/retuned across multiple recent versions

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    technology_signal: Game design balance concern: risk-reward mechanics creating extended gameplay that may reduce competitive tournament appeal and playability

    high · IE Pinball discussing Godzilla design: 'going too heavy on risk-reward things can make the game worse for tournaments. Yes, it can. Just because of the length it takes to build that risk-reward.'