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Stern X-Men LE (Magneto) Part 1

Don't Panic Flip·video·1h 27m·analyzed·Jul 27, 2019
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TL;DR

Don't Panic Flip streams X-Men LE gameplay with custom audio, discusses game design and collection decisions.

Summary

Don't Panic Flip hosts George and Todd (Titanix) stream gameplay of a Stern X-Men LE (Magneto) machine equipped with a custom sound package from Pinball Mix. The episode features casual gameplay commentary, chat interaction, discussion of their personal pinball collections, and tangential conversations about other recent games like Jurassic Park and Knight: Sword of Rage. They reflect on game design philosophy, theme licensing impact on machine selection, and share personal anecdotes about pinball ownership and collection habits.

Key Claims

  • X-Men machine has Wolverine mode that 'does not work very well'

    high confidence · George states directly during gameplay: 'I think we're still in a place where Wolverine does not work. Does not work very well.'

  • George is selling an Iron Maiden machine to raise cash for an upcoming Jurassic Park purchase

    high confidence · George explains: 'I have one person who is going to get back to me on Sunday, and I just put an ad up... I just want it gone so I have the cash ready to put down on Jurassic Park when it comes out in a few days.'

  • George backed out of a Deadpool machine purchase at the last second, affecting distributor relationships

    high confidence · George: 'I was even more hyped about Deadpool, and Deadpool was a complete success. I backed out of at the last second and Sam may have ruined a relationship with the distributor, but that's fine.'

  • George owns seven pinball machines total: six at his house and one at Pin Burglars location

    high confidence · George states: 'Wolfman, I have seven machines. I have six at the house here, and then I have one more machine over at the pin burglars.'

  • George is potentially acquiring The Lord of the Rings pinball machine

    high confidence · George: 'Not yet, hopefully I find out next week if I'm getting The Lord of the Rings.'

  • X-Men left lock switch and Wolverine mode have mechanical issues affecting gameplay

    high confidence · George: 'So Wolverine and left lock switch are not nice. I wonder if we just have the pitch too high.'

  • George scored 15 out of 20 points in league play but had to replace X-Men with 8-Ball Deluxe during a Wednesday league night

    high confidence · George: 'League Night on Wednesday, I actually played okay. I scored 15 points out of a possible 20... We ended up having to replace a game which was going to be X-Men and we replaced it with 8-Ball.'

  • George is planning to attend Pinbird tournament in Pittsburgh

    high confidence · George mentions: 'I tried to order another one and get it here before I fly out to Pittsburgh for Pinbird.'

Notable Quotes

  • “Wolverine does not work. Does not work very well.”

    George@ 6:49 — Direct observation of a mechanical/code issue with X-Men's Wolverine mode affecting gameplay quality

  • “I'm just going to be Pro Edition from this point forward... If there's one absolute about pinball and me, it's that there are no absolutes.”

    George@ 28:03 — Humorous acknowledgment of changing equipment preferences and the unpredictability of personal pinball collecting habits

  • “Knight: Sword of Rage is a greasy, juicy fast food cheeseburger, and sometimes that's exactly what you want.”

    Lord Howard Hertz (chat)@ 39:57 — Apt characterization of Knight's design philosophy as fun but simple, validating George's earlier criticism of limited design innovation

  • “Why would they put it in the game as long as they know you're going to blow an extra $5 to have the shiny?”

    George@ 34:40 — Criticism of DLC monetization practices in pinball, expressing concern about incomplete shipped products

  • “Dinosaurs is the end of any argument right there.”

    George@ 26:00 — Reflects George's enthusiasm for Jurassic Park's theme and demonstrates how theme licensing drives purchase decisions

  • “I think I understand a little bit more about why Stern chooses the things they do... after an illuminating conversation with Jack Danger on stream where he talked about what kind of themes that Gary Stern would approve.”

    George@ 33:36 — References Jack Danger's insider knowledge of Stern's theme selection criteria based on executive approval

Entities

GeorgepersonTodd (Titanix)personJack DangerpersonGary SternpersonZach SharpepersonSampersonPinball MixcompanyGreat American PinballcompanyPin Burglarsorganization

Signals

  • ?

    business_signal: Theme licensing drives purchasing decisions more than mechanical innovation; consumers buying based on IP attachment rather than gameplay quality

    medium · George reflects on owning Deadpool long-term due to theme attachment despite gameplay repetition: 'Theme will keep a pin here for a lot longer' and 'every time I play it... I'm like, it's an amazing pin and I love the theme'

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: Chat community and hosts debate game design quality vs. accessibility/fun factor, suggesting healthy critical discourse

    medium · Extended discussion about Knight: Sword of Rage with Lord Howard Hertz's 'fast food burger' characterization being embraced by George as valid perspective

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Knight: Sword of Rage criticized as lacking innovative playfield design with all mechanical focus on flail mechanism

    high · George: 'It just doesn't seem like the playfield is not doing anything unique. I mean, the splitting flail was kind of cool, but is that where all the design went in the game?'

  • ?

    licensing_signal: Stern's theme selection is controlled by Gary Stern's executive approval, which Jack Danger has illuminated in prior discussions

    medium · George references learning about Stern's approval process from Jack Danger podcast: 'I think I understand a little bit more about why Stern chooses the things they do... after an illuminating conversation with Jack Danger'

  • $

    market_signal: Secondary market pricing for Knight: Sword of Rage mentioned as low ($5,700), suggesting depreciation or overstock

Transcript

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0:00
you Probably turn on the mic. Hi. Oh, wow. Perfectly timed. Did you do that on purpose? I think I was about to. Oh my gosh. You said it louder. Yeah, I did, yeah. So, hi, I'm George. This is Ty, otherwise known as Titanix. And this show is Don't Panic Flip. Tonight we are playing some X-Men. We've got the volume turned up loud because we have a custom sound package from Pinball Mix on here.
5:23
Without further ado, let's just show it. It's gorgeous. It's beautiful, and it should be a lot of fun. Feel free to throw out questions if you have them, and we'll walk you through the rules that we do know. Otherwise, we're just going to play some pinball.
5:41
Oh, and we have a pinball on here now. And I should grab one of these so we don't trip on the wire. There we go. Cool. Let's play.
6:01
Oh, that's right. I don't like going into the pops. Here we go. Oh. Oh, there was... It's perfect. That's how we do that.
6:23
Oh, I'm taller. Nice. The Psylocke... Psylocke? Is that how you pronounce her name? Yes. The Psylocke skill shot.

  • Knight: Sword of Rage is 'kind of subpar' in playfield design with limited unique mechanics beyond the flail

    high confidence · George: 'I gotta say, it really feels like to me that Knight: Sword of Rage is kind of subpar. Subpar. It just doesn't seem like the playfield is not doing anything unique. I mean, the splitting flail was kind of cool, but is that where all the design went in the game?'

  • George came within one mode of reaching the first true wizard mode on Deadpool multiple times

    high confidence · George: 'Like, every time I play it, with the exception of Monday, I think that was my worst night on Deadpool. But I came within a mode of getting to the first, like, actual true wizard mode.'

    • Don't Panic Flip
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    X-Men (Stern Pinball)game
    Jurassic Park (Stern Pinball)game
    Deadpoolgame
    Iron Maidengame
    Knight: Sword of Ragegame
    The Lord of the Ringsgame
    Metallicagame
    Ghostbustersgame
    The Simpsons Pinball Partygame
    Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdownevent
    Pinbirdevent
    Wibby Brewingorganization

    medium · George: 'It's a $5,700 pin' when discussing cost relative to collection size

  • ?

    community_signal: Potential distributor network shift: George created better relationship with Great American Pinball after backing out of Deadpool deal that affected another distributor (Sam)

    medium · George: 'I backed out of at the last second and Sam may have ruined a relationship with the distributor, but that's fine. I created a much better relationship with Great American Pinball'

  • ?

    announcement: Jurassic Park pinball machine is launching within days of stream date

    high · George states: 'I have the cash ready to put down on Jurassic Park when it comes out in a few days'

  • ?

    product_concern: X-Men Wolverine mode does not function properly and left lock switch has reliability issues

    high · George explicitly states 'Wolverine does not work very well' and later 'Wolverine and left lock switch are not nice'

    • 6:49
    I think we're still in a place where Wolverine does not work. Does not work very well. Congratulations Let's try that again Ooh, that worked Nice job That combo was amazing Dirty Toes, welcome to the stream Thank you very much for that, host That's a hat's off right there Dirty Toes, how are you and Sari doing? Wolfman, welcome to the stream. Good to see ya.
    7:29
    The problem with multiple modes is we don't get to hear the music as long. Oh. Yeah, okay, maybe that's justification for going in and putting it into difficult modes. Also, this feels a lot easier. Like, a lot easier. It's a what? It's a lot easier. Oh, yeah.
    7:50
    I mean, I would actually, I take it back, If it's that much easier, let's actually get to... I almost called it the don't panic flip room. Let's get to danger zone, danger room. I don't know what the hell the name of it is.
    8:08
    Tired but good. I'm good. The color on your player cam is faded on purpose. It is. I feel like people look better in black and white. Would you prefer full black? I don't know what I'm... Oh, I'm Magneto Mokubo?
    8:25
    How did that happen? I can go full black and white. Oh, you said you would send me one of those. I did! That was a... It's on the way. I now have your address. Because you texted it to me when I came over.
    8:39
    So I am sending you one of these shirts. I tried to order another one and get it here before I fly out to Pittsburgh for Pinbird. Because this one's a little old.
    8:56
    And it wasn't going to get here in time. All right. Nice little lock shot there. We're going to do the thing. You are so naive.
    9:25
    Did that take an auto-plunge? Yes. Yeah. I mean, not on purpose. It got... It got hung up. I smell weed. All the clutter. I don't smell weed. Okay.
    10:09
    It's the cucumber beer. Also, for some reason, the pixelation is more apparent on drop frames when there are less colors. Or, at least in my mind, that's true. Okay, so you're saying you get a better... You get a more lossless, better-looking image on black and white. In that case, I'm going full black and white. Screw this, like, slight bit of color. We don't need that.
    10:36
    All right. Get to the black. Camera players. No, I mean, color is better? I don't know about that I can go really high saturation Boom Look at that Alright we'll try color Titan X I'm finally going to be building Your former Totan I stole That's awesome Do it Okay Over color I did I pushed the slider up to 210. I know that number is without context when I just say a number, but that's what it's at.
    11:31
    So, League Night on Wednesday, I actually played okay. I got 15 points out of a possible 20. and first place in our group got 16 points.
    11:46
    And I feel... Actually, no. We ended up having to replace a game which was going to be X-Men and we replaced it with 8-Ball.
    11:56
    Was it 8-Ball? It was 8-Ball. 8-Ball Deluxe. And I have never had a good game on 8-Ball Deluxe ever. It's always awful. Titanix has a sunburn. Do you have a sunburn? No? Okay.
    12:12
    I think it's just the over-coloring. Never had a good game ever, and I put up 1.4 million. Why are we so colorful? We're colorful because I over-saturated. I know it's your favorite thing. The sunburn is from probably the reflection from the red. Oh, that's probably true. You look pink. All right, nice and easy. Let's see if we can hit Xavier. Nope. That was good. Please give me a ball save. Not when you talk to the stream.
    12:51
    Yes, I missed winning by... No, no, no. I'm happy with that. Because I was already in the top group. So I got second place in the top group, which is second place overall in the league, I guess, when you compare it that way. Although that is not how head-to-head points work, even a little bit.
    13:08
    Titan doesn't like the color, doesn't want us to know what color his hair is. So, my wife is 40, and I'm 36. Don't tell your... Huh? Don't say that on stream. No, no, no. she hates how much younger I am than she is so anytime it'll make sense in a minute as we're talking about hair color but whenever wow that flew out of there whenever she sees a white hair show up she gets like giddy and then has to tell our daughter about it so that way my daughter points out that I have a white hair so my daughter then says dad you're getting ugh Tiki Pinball welcome to the stream.
    13:59
    I didn't realize you were older than me. Thank you. I'll take that as a compliment. I was at a I was at the Longmont Brewery Festival for Wibby Brewing. Wibby. W-I-B-B. This weekend. Last weekend. And it was really cool because it was super hot outside. And the theme of the night. Wow, you watched that happen. It just kind of like passed and said, I'm going into that outline, don't worry. And you didn't do anything about it. So, it's like 100 degrees outside. Oh, look at that. I was obviously the second player.
    14:42
    No, you got first game. Oh, yeah. And now you're up. So, I'll continue with the story. And it's like 100 degrees outside, super hot, but the theme of the whole brewery festival thing is kids' tide pools or little kids' pools. So you can get a beer and then wait around in like two and a half feet of water. It's really cold and it made it really refreshing the whole day to just walk around in like two and a half feet of water. They just had them all over the place and it was great.
    15:16
    There was a reason I was actually going to bring that up. I don't remember why anymore. Did you just call out your White Yats Wolf fan? I did. But she doesn't watch the stream, so it's very unlikely that I'll get shit for that.
    15:32
    Oh, and it's the age. So anyway, I'm sitting in line to go to the bathroom, and there's got to be like 600-700 people at this place, and they have four toilets. So I'm sitting in line for the bathroom for a while, and there's a couple in front of me that we end up chatting with, And they're, like, I would say we're about the same age. And they're talking about the fact that they have four kids, and they're so excited because they feel like they did it right. There are four kids, and when their fourth is 18, they'll both be 42 years old. I'm like, damn. That's like, you guys really had to think that out. And he goes, oh, man, it's the whole family. Everybody has kids a little bit younger, and then they really get to enjoy their 40s. Anyway, long story short, at the end of that, I mentioned the fact that, well, you know, my wife was already 40, and they both stopped and like, holy shit, how old are you? Because they thought I was in like my maybe early... Did you get another ball?
    16:37
    It sounded like you just got another ball. You're just staring at me? You got another ball! I shouldn't have, though. You should not have that fall.
    16:51
    Titan is cheating. Right now. Right now, cheater. I walked away. You made me come back. I was done. Yes, they started very young.
    17:05
    Yeah, but hopefully the camera doesn't over-age me. Because apparently I looked really young in real life. Was what I was going to get there. That was a really long, convoluted story.
    17:17
    Dirty Toast, I have no kids. I do whatever I want. It's registering Magneto Shots. What are you doing? I'm not doing anything. It's registering Magneto Shots.
    17:35
    Wow, Titan is really killing it here. Is that just... I'll just do that. Don't call Machida, he will rip you in half like a Pirates of the Caribbean pinball machine.
    17:55
    There can be only one Titan. are you trying to trigger extra shots now that's so loud they're in for a big surprise when they find out gen z-ers don't leave home till they're 40 All right. Cool. Well, I'm expecting at least a similar situation to happen, right?
    18:43
    Super skill, Scott. That was a super. 500,000. Cool. Awesome. It's fine. Ball two's where it's at. Ball two. Wolfman says suckas.
    19:00
    Yes, and dirty toes. I get it. You and Sari can do whatever you want. Whoa! You didn't see that. That's completely illegal.
    19:12
    Yeah, it's not like amphibious marmots. Anyone here, can anyone get that quote about amphibious marmots not being legal.
    19:35
    Nothing? No takers? I'll give it another minute. It seems great on paper, but most of the time it just means we watch anime and don't have to be careful about fapping.
    19:57
    Yes, Walter. Thank you. Somebody gets it. And amphibious marmots, dude. I don't think those are legal either.
    20:11
    I'm not going to call the effing park ranger. There we go. Oh, working according to plan. Here we go, lock shot. Boom. Called it, nailed it. Oh, that felt awesome.
    20:32
    Three-hit combo felt amazing. Amazing. Uh-oh, uh-oh, here we go. Excuse me. Yes! Get up there!
    21:08
    There we go. Mr. Xavier. Let's get them all started. There it is. Phoenix was done. Get in there! There we go. No! Get out of there! Alright, alright, we're getting there. We're getting there. I'm catching up to your 18 million. I catching up to your 18 million
    21:58
    I got that fair and square. I'm gonna have kids when I'm 96, so they'll have to take care of themselves.
    22:05
    They are not legal. Fun fact. At one point, I owned five... I want to call them marmots now, but I owned five ferrets. I had the ferret hotel.
    22:25
    Absolutely love those little guys. They smell really bad. And they will steal your stuff. Especially shiny things like keys. you need to make sure you set those always someplace high.
    22:50
    But now we are pet free. And I'm very proud to say that now because we have a child. And who needs any extra responsibility when you have a child?
    23:02
    Alright, here we go. Here we go. 6 million. I need 12 million. That's easy. Super easy. I think dogs are worth it. nope oh my god What a dork And I say that I don't say that lightly I'll take that
    24:12
    This is a heavy machine I'll have you know, we just brought it downstairs. Have ferrets just get a dog.
    24:22
    I'm trying to think of any reason you would go for a ferret over a dog. And really, there is. They're a bigger pain in the butt to maintain.
    24:31
    They need, they're very, they need, no, actually, dogs need more attention, but it's easier to give a dog attention because you don't have to leave them caged the majority of the time.
    24:43
    Lockshot. So, Jurassic Park. I know, I get a lot of crap for going through pinball machines so quickly. But, I have played a lot of the newer machines. A lot in-house. So there's an Iron Maiden behind me. Hopefully that's already sold. We'll see.
    25:22
    I got one person who is going to get back to me on Sunday, and I just put an ad up. And on top of that, apparently there was a conversation on Facebook about how cheap my Iron Maiden was, and if somebody was, I guess, within the area, they would have picked it up. And I did put it up cheat because I don't want to haggle. I just want it gone so I have the cast ready to put down on Jurassic Park when it comes out in a few days.
    25:52
    CNK, welcome to the stream. Party people! It does. It looks packed. It's got dinosaurs. And I feel like that's the end of any argument right there. It's themed to me. What'd you do? Nightcrawler is causing Magneto to trigger Oh I noticed you didn't hit You didn't take a stab at him At who?
    26:23
    At Magneto? Uh, no At Nightcrawler I don't know what he's gonna do I don't even know why he turned on Dirty Toes, why would I wait to play Jurassic Park first? it's got dinosaurs you were just as hyped about I was no no no you're right I was even more hyped about Deadpool and Deadpool was a complete success Black Knight I backed out of at the last second and may have ruined a relationship with the distributor but that's fine I created a much better relationship with Great American Pinball in doing so um yeah and if after i play it and it hasn't been shipped i will back out i guess and then and start running through the gambit of different distributors maybe i'll work with uh with with zach many over at flipping out um let's see puff's line of cheeto dust there is no drummer greater than neil pert LordHowardHertz, welcome to the stream. And dinosaurs is the end of all arguments, so then you are buying the Barney? I would definitely buy a Barney pin. Oh my gosh, you could put that at any kid- Actually, I don't know that any kids nowadays know Barney at all. I don't know.
    27:53
    I refuse to believe any game is 8K great and- Oh, no, no, no. Dude, I'm going pro. I'm only pros from this point forward.
    28:03
    He's lying. If there's one absolute about pinball and me, it's that there are no absolutes. Power drain.
    28:16
    Ever playing an Ellie Van Mead? Well, I mean, I didn't buy this one new in box, and it was an amazing deal. Oh, get up there!
    28:34
    This game hates me right now. So Wolverine and left lock switch are not nice. I wonder if we just have the pitch too high.
    28:46
    I don't think so. Barney claps of rage. Twit Podcast is getting progressively more annoying every time I listen to it. I'm loony! It's dinosaurs! and it's got Nedry on the playfield.
    29:01
    Nedry, like, almost single-handedly made that movie amazing. I haven't even started a villain. He's totally lying. Nope, Barney is extinct.
    29:14
    Nice. What do you guys think of Wrecking Ball for... Oh, that sucks. For Juggernaut, Wrecking... That's great. dinosaur pin it doesn't thrill me one bit but it's packed it is packed it's gorgeous there we go oh this is taking forever three more hits for magneto multiball Oh, what?
    29:59
    Hey, one more. away with you so who gives an s that's right i didn't say it what's on the play field if all the shots are garbage but wait okay i mean i was i was in a dinosaur kind of whoever like if it was gomez I was in because I really, apparently I really like Gomez pins.
    30:58
    You just said you were in a dinosaur. Sorry, I was... I'm not going there. But, I mean, it's an Elwynn design. It seems like Elwynn's going to make an amazing pin again. And the only thing to me that makes Iron Maiden suck is the fact that the theme doesn't keep making. I really don't like Iron Maiden. whereas with Deadpool not only is the pin fun but I'm at the point where I've played it probably about two maybe 250 times and I'm starting to think like man I don't want to play it but every time I say that I'm like it's an amazing pin and I love the theme is there ever going to be a theme that gets anywhere close to Deadpool for me like theme will keep a pin here for a lot longer wait a second so wrecking ball would fit if you were playing Junkyard so there's a thomas the tank engine sonic rom hack and it has a triple remix of the sonic one boss muci the thomas the tank engine theme and wrecking ball okay i think it okay this is a dirty toes i think it looks great but impulse buys don't perpetuate a culture of better and better pinball machines why do they care how great the play is if they can just throw back to the future or some other nostalgic theme on it to grab you I mean, that's really well thought out and hard to argue with, Dirty Toast.
    32:33
    I mean, what you're saying is that we as consumers, it's our job to make sure that we don't just buy silly stuff and ultimately reward shoddy manufacturing or shoddy design. I gotta say it really feels like to me that Black Knight is kind of subpar it just doesn't seem like the play field is not doing anything unique I mean the splitting flail was kind of cool but is that where all the design went in the game I'd rather have a 2000 Black Knight 2000 thank you Dirty Toast for the heart That sentiment is really hard to argue with, sir.
    33:19
    Archer is awesome. I like Iron Maiden because I really loved Archer. So Archer, if you're unfamiliar, was the original theme that Keith Elwin and his brother, I think, designed the Iron Maiden pin for. And I think after an illuminating conversation with Jack Danger on stream where he talked about what kind of themes that Gary Stern would approve. I think I understand a little bit more about why Stern chooses the things they do.
    34:00
    CMK, oh, just shut up and take my money. That's the way I feel, but now I feel like I'm not doing my job as a part of the capitalistic consumerism regime.
    34:12
    Oh, that's good. Of making sure that Stern feels, I guess, how awful life can be if they don't try hard.
    34:32
    That was mean. I hate going into those pops. And Tiki Pinball agrees Black Knight is lacking. And it's the same thing with DLC. why would they put it in the game as long as they know you're going to blow an extra $5 to have the shiny I agree, I don't like DLCs unless it's amazing and also I guess on the software side having spent so much time in that I get that, like put out a core product that is tested, that's functional that works really really well and then add the additional content at a later time, I think that works well with software development DLC is fine, it just depends on what it is CNK really likes Black Knight so I feel like objectively there's ingenuity maybe lacking in that, and I'm not an engineer so I look at the backplate with the cool fire and I think that's great but it doesn't affect gameplay but what went into that? That was some amazing lighting and who knows, that's some over the top engineering to get that to work at the price point they were looking for, plus to flail and to have that work consistently enough. I'm shitting, I guess, when I say that I don't like the game or I didn't think it pushed the boundaries of pinball design any further. But honestly, at the end of the day, man, I write software. I don't engineer pinball. So, you know, take everything I'm saying with an awful grain of salt.
    36:02
    But at the same time, the one game that I kept going back to... That's awesome. the one game I kept going back to at Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown over an early rev of Willy Wonka even was Black Knight the music was amazing it kept you pumped and it's an aggressive game I don't want to own it at home I think because I would get bored of it quickly but at the show to me I went back and played that way more than I did Willy Wonka Well, Wonka had a much longer line. There's only one Wonka and there's three Black Knights. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Don't bring, like, logic into the argument. Also, all the other games there, there weren't anything... There wasn't anything that was, like, super spectacular that other people had brought. So, of course you're going to drift to the things you haven't played. I mean, someone brought an amazing Totan and, uh... You've played it. A lot.
    37:03
    Yeah. The shots are kind of boring. Tiki Pinball, I get that. You know, honestly, it feels like, to me, a bit of a reskin of Game of Thrones.
    37:12
    With the shot layout, like a bunch of lanes. Did you play the one hooked up? Yes. Lord Howard Hurts. So I actually preferred playing the pro, but the one on the big speakers, the premium, or the LE that they had there, I mean, that felt amazing to play that.
    37:33
    But you know, dinosaurs are bleeding edge. Whoa! That was cool. You know... Oh. I'm an X-Man. You waited for it. So, here, I'll throw down dinosaurs. So, growing up, one of my earlier memories is... And you guys, I don't know if you guys have kids, or if you remember being a kid recently enough, but, like, when you go to the grocery store, there was always that, oh, can I get something kind of thing. And it wasn't for me candy, and it wasn't a toy of any sort. It was always a pack of dinosaur stickers. Because I purchased, or my parents would get me these books where you had to get a random assortment of stickers and fill up the book with all of the appropriate dinosaur stickers under like the full color pictures of these amazing dinosaurs. It was a collecting kind of thing.
    38:40
    And I'm trying to think of what else you, sorry, not the never-ending story. What's that great movie from the 80s that was a George Lucas cartoon about, what is it?
    38:54
    Huh? Dinosaur cartoon from the 80s about Littlefoot and Sarah. Yes, The Land Before Time. So like the land before time was my it was my childhood gig yeah no no i know exactly what you're talking about um i'm sorry what was the what was the cartoon the dinosaur cartoon again And four times? Yeah. 12? 1 through 12? Yeah, 1 through 15. Sacrifice is what we made. My dreams are true. Have you got her watch shows yet? Yes, she has.
    39:40
    It was one of the first movies I let Zoe watch. It's a play. It's amazing. But I still... That's awesome. I still love all of those cartoons.
    39:55
    By the way, this is going really nice. so Black Knight Sword of Rage is a greasy juicy fast food cheeseburger and sometimes that's exactly what you want Lord Howard Hurts I think I've lost every game you have, I have Lord Howard Hurts, I could not have said that any better that is exactly it dude it's a five guys burger or if you're in California and you don't like five guys you like In-N-Out it's an In-N-Out when you don't have a lot of time and that's what you want for the moment. Absolutely. That was so perfectly said. What are we talking about again?
    40:32
    Describing Black Knight, I guess, as a food. Like, it's not sushi. It's the, sorry, what did you say? It's the greasy, juicy fast food burger and sometimes that's exactly what you want. I don't know.
    40:47
    Black Knight 2000 fits that perfectly for me. I would take a Black Knight 2000 over a Black Knight sort of rate. it's more fun so you're saying you still can afford stickers so a 10k pin will fix that feeling it will yes wolfman I am justified oh my god I'm going pro it's a $5700 pin shit okay black knight sword of the rage just fun to play on location, but not something I would buy for home. Okay, that's another really good way to say that.
    41:33
    Deadpool, however. Deadpool's great. I am going to, as soon as, I don't know if I'm going to keep the game once I hit the final two wizard foes.
    41:42
    That's the, I don't know how I'm going to feel after that, because once we hit end of the line the second time with Metallica, I was kind of done with it.
    41:54
    Let's see. I had the plastic green and gray army men. The crazy ADHD kid that would miss his meds a lot has dinosaurs he would torture. How many machines? Wolfman, I have seven machines.
    42:08
    I have six at the house here, and then I have one more machine over at the pin burglars. Not yet. hopefully I find out next week if that I'm getting Lord of the Rings.
    42:33
    There's a lock shot. Come back. You got this. There it is. I don't know how long Lord of the Rings is allowed.
    42:46
    It feels really good. But also feels kind of easy. Um, I don't know. I have a feeling that Lord of the Rings might be that game that sticks around potentially longer than all the rest, because when you put a good game on it, you can get dangerously close to Valinor but not get there. kind of like Deadpool right now. Like, every time I play it, with the exception of Monday, I think that was my worst night on Deadpool. But I got within a mode of getting to the first, like, actual true wizard mode.
    43:26
    And I feel like that always happens now. And does each one have a sticker backstory? so x i don know about you guys but saturday mornings uh i would watch x growing up so that one kind of had to happen for theme Uh I played Uh I played Dungeons Dragons all throughout college I'll take that.
    44:12
    And we lit a villain. Let's see if we can bring a villain into this. Maybe get some points. I don't know. Play the game.
    44:19
    Boom. There's no center button I want to hit. As in the unstoppable Juggernaut? It totally is. I came in like a wrecking ball. It's so good. It's so perfect.
    44:36
    Get up there. Those who would love Pagada. You can't stop the Juggernaut. I hope that lady luck is among you all.
    45:05
    Totally meant to do that. No one gets in my way! I hit the hell out of that lock target just there. There's like no health. I think I'm just going to run there.
    45:35
    There it is. Oh, now you actually have to attack. Okay. There we go. That felt good. That felt really good. Oh my gosh.
    46:18
    I'm going to take that and not feel awful about it, honestly. It's your standards, so... All right, so we got an Adaball over there.
    46:42
    There we go. All right, I've got to catch up on chat at some point here, too. Sorry, we had a good conversation going, and then I started playing pinball.
    47:12
    Oh, wow, I have a lot of shoot again. Thankfully! Uh-oh, somebody did something. Oh, I got you. I should check that really quick, right? Oh!
    47:54
    Wow. Okay, we'll start up another villain. That's fine. Who just... Bertzilla. Thank you. Did you guys see that? He subbed and then wanted me to check.
    48:13
    I can't start over. No, it should maintain Wow I might actually win a game Who knows? Alright, what just happened? Oh, okay Lord of the Rings is the game you'll get rid of Then miss and get another I'm already feeling that way about Ghostbusters I'm currently feeling that way about the Simpsons pinball party God of War 547 welcome to the stream for 12 months you have been a subscriber Vertzilla you're awesome that's a hat's off in person I can't see you oh no Al Anonymous welcome to the stream Dirty Toes is back now we can start playing for real also I want to throw this out there somebody subscribed to that thing and got the shirt I everybody else on the internet got pictures of Jurassic Park before anybody did on the Stern Insider program totally worth its weight in gold
    49:57
    what's that Rock? I bet it's the same as that right there Oh, that was a good ball. Oh. Ah! Uh-oh. Al-Anonymous! Dirty Toes! Thank you much for gifting Al-Anonymous. anonymous welcome to whatever whatever this is yes he has dirty toes 19 gifted subs in the channel that's a that's a hat that's worth going upstairs grabbing another beer and the hat and doing an official hats off we're gonna need to take two seconds i'm sorry probably a good 60 seconds to go grab beer we'll be right back because I'm out. Boom. You can check out that amazing-looking DMD. That's a sweet transition.
    51:20
    Did you reset the... Oh, to install the music. Yeah. Thank you. Nope. Chat. Dirty Toes, this is for you. Thank you very much for those gifted subs. And Dirty Toes gifted a sub to CNK. Oh my gosh. You get a second.
    52:59
    with the actual hat. Now I've got to take the hat off because the reason I cut my hair is because my head gets really hot.
    53:09
    Also, really quick, what are we drinking? I should switch this over to Maine before I forget. That is Gold Cliff IPA, and that is a pineapple IPA, and what are you drinking? This is good. Ballast Point, Tower Wrench.
    53:25
    I like it. Do you want to go first or second? You won. I want, oh my god, I won! I won, I get to go first! Sari, welcome to the stream! And I gotta catch up. I see Zmax initial up there.
    53:38
    Watch his deadflip teach him how to play pinball due to anonymous. Don't forget the contribution, Sari, thank you. Sorry, whoa, whoa, whoa.
    53:48
    Sari, thank you as well. That is super appreciated. Look at this Leia, you fancy! You do the, no, Oh, I did not do the animations. I just spotted a theme that I really like.
    54:06
    Nice little lock shot there. And 84,000. Cool, cool, cool, cool. It forgot to kick out a ball. Yeah, it does that.
    54:19
    Look, you got a 19-up there. All right, let's go round two. Yep All about that Magneto There's the Magneto hit Oh And it ended my ball This is where it gives me like three multi-balls Uh yeah right I don't know if I've said it Al But your game room looks fantastic It reminds me of a Japanese arcade It really does and I had Al show me at one point he's got like this crazy tube going along the floor and then he's got like rope lights inside of that so that way the whole room looks amazing. It is absolutely gorgeous.
    55:15
    HVAC tubing, sorry. Yes, CMK, enjoy those cool new emotes. and whoa that's a that's a pinbot emote right there that's an anonymous emote i like it i stole that idea from portal pinball okay well i was thinking about doing the same but then remembered that i'm actually really lazy and i'm surprised that i went through today and vacuumed my basement Which has no carpet, just a ton of dust.
    55:58
    Nice villain. Fine, I'll do it for you. The only problem is you have to have the games that put away from the wall. Yep.
    56:12
    I regret my decision already. I hate it. Yes, that's right. Baby Shark for Sentinels. Because that's how we roll.
    56:32
    Yes. Almonimous. We did a pinball mix. So we put together a custom ROM from pinball mix, or a custom sound package. And I got to pick out all the songs, and then work with him to pick out better versions of all the songs. And it's been awesome.
    56:55
    You dare attack the master of magnetism? A master of magnetism? Power drain. Yeah, I don't have any music playing. This is all in the game.
    57:25
    Cool! No! Sue the world. Get in there. Jurassic Park looks amazing. I can't wait to flip it. George.
    58:24
    Dirty Toes, you and Sari come out to Colorado after I get it, and you will be able to flip it here. No problem.
    58:42
    Nice and easy. There we go, little Iceman. God, that feels awesome! I can't believe... Oh, wow. Oh, it was specifically not combo shots in the straight down the middle. Wow. Straight down the middle did a show on the best shots in pinball, and it was the top ten.
    59:09
    And I was thinking, that right there, that combo, is, it just feels absolutely amazing. Which one is it?
    59:19
    Oh, Cyclops. I guess any combo to the left ramp. I don't know. I don't have words anymore. Well, Deadflip's computer is dead. What are they going to do? I can't do the games one feet away from the wall in my space. But we nerded out in some other ways. Oh, yeah.
    59:43
    Giant table. The place we went to when you were in town, we'll have it first, George. They had the first West Coast Willy Wonka. Okay. Very true.
    59:55
    Giant table? They have an awesome gaming table. Oh. I thought you meant a Hercules. No, gosh, that would be cool, right?
    60:11
    Ah, that's it right there. I can't believe that thing even exists. The Hercules? Yeah. Am I not beautiful? Oh!
    60:24
    Rejected? Do you not feel me? Hashtag move to Portland. Portland was cool. I gotta say, Portland was really cool. Seattle was awesome. Vancouver was weird, but also cool. all of the places in Alaska I would never want to live.
    60:46
    Awful internet. Like, no people. Really expensive avocados. What? Yeah, in Skagway an avocado costs $8. Whoa. Yeah.
    61:03
    How are people going to make their avocado toast? Yeah, now I feel awful for my... My wife makes a balsamic vinaigrette avocado salad, which is just avocado covered in balsamic vinaigrette. It's so good.
    61:30
    Expensive. Exactly. Like, that is... That's rough. Now, while we were in Skagway, we got to do an actual... Sorry, where dogs pull a sled. Sled dogs? We got to do one of those little mini-adventures. Super cool. Peppers! Welcome to the stream!
    61:51
    And we have a 5x8 gaming table with a removable cover to reveal a purple felt playfield and cup holders, Titan. Yes. Did they make it, or did they buy it? I think they bought it. Yeah, there was a cool story about that.
    62:07
    Ooh. Hit that extra ball and a villain. One go. Don't drain. That would suck. Oh my gosh. Oh no! Don't do this. Don't drain. Don't drain. Don't do it. That was ball three and you've already won. That's fine. You nail it now. spent cash money. It's cool if a company's screwing you over. It's cool. That's right. I remember the story now.
    62:49
    But that is Dirty Toes' story. Was it a Geek Chic table? Mm-mm. Because that would have sucked. Yes.
    62:59
    I don't know that... So I had a Geek Chic table. Did you ever play here when I had it downstairs? Mm-mm. Sold that and bought... A pinball machine? Yes. uh know what's better than chips and dip pork rinds and guac i have never had pork rinds and guacamole but cnk cool bit of information whoa extra ball oh extra ball i thought you may have started Wolverine there's there's a lot of issues with this table right now guys i'm not gonna oh you got brotherhood and hellfire But let's be honest, this is the only choice. No! The other ones have cool music too!
    63:51
    Nah. I mean, this is perfect. There you go, this was the, uh, what was the award? Wait a second, I'm gonna go grab it.
    64:09
    This X-Men won this ribbon at Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown. 2009 Pinball Showdown and Game Room Expo. Second place, crowd pleaser. Yes, it lost to Willy Wonka. Willy Wonka got first. This music choice. uh al anonymous we've had this one for i don't know maybe about five months now yes al anonymous i am going to pinbird i assume you are going to pinbird oh sorry there is a restaurant in uh estes park colorado that makes fresh pork rinds and when they bring them out uh it's a total dive bar it's awful uh but when they bring them out It's amazing. They are still cracking. Like, popping and cracking when they bring them out. So good.
    65:13
    There's a Mexican grocery that makes them here and now. Really? In Fort Collins? Yeah, they're on the north side. I'm in. Near that North King Soopers.
    65:24
    They're really good. I suddenly want nothing but pork rinds and guacamole right now. This is with your weird Yes it is the very weird music choices Now remember it all themed to different X Oh, that sucks. You had already beat me, so I wasn't against it. Nice, okay, Owl is going. Awesome! Beards!
    66:00
    Did you just say Beards and run away? Sorry. What? Do that again. Wait a second. Guacamole! And then just, like, run out of the camera. No. I was saying, sorry, to Al Anonymous, he's going to be at Pinburg Let's Have Beers.
    66:24
    Or something else if you don't drink. What? That lock was lit, and it went full orbit. There. Second time's a charm.
    66:46
    Cool. Cool, cool, cool, cool. You got better. I did double your score. You're winning.
    66:53
    You have a Mexican grocery? How quaint. How many fantasy points are you guys? And do you have what it takes to win? Wait a second. I don't get that question, CNK. Is that a fantasy football thing?
    67:11
    How many... Oh! Wait, is this a pinbird question? Because I definitely don't have what it takes to win. What is a fantasy point? I don't know what fantasy points are. He seems to be pounding them down today. I'm very confused I feel like maybe I'm just not reading that right that happens in fact somebody was telling me did you know that in the background of Deadpool and I missed the follow up where he said of Deadpool those are real pinball machines and I look behind me and I see Batman in Total Nuclear Annihilation and I'm like yeah those are real pinball machines They're not fake. So, I definitely misread stuff.
    68:02
    Oh, Pinberg Training. No, I don't have what it takes to win. I'm just going to enjoy myself and hope that I happen to have amazing games every time I play for the duration of my being there.
    68:22
    I agree. You know that... You know that one guy you work with who doesn't like to plan things out and just prefers to wing it? I mean, in work, that's not me at all, but... In anything non-work related, that is completely me.
    68:42
    I just like to wing it and assume everything is going to go okay. There's fantasy pinball. There's fantasy... Oh, really? Really?
    69:12
    You're as cold as ice. huh there's fantasy pinball play in pin side that's cool i gotta check that out um if it's if it's fantasy if it's fantasy kind of like that one week stuff where you get to choose i i would be one of the cheapest options i feel like to purchase which means you might get a bit of a reward. Like, if I have a couple of decent games right at the beginning and end up in a higher class, that would be cool.
    69:54
    I would actually much prefer to get an E and feel like I'm a better player because of it. Although I imagine even E is going to be super competitive.
    70:11
    Yeah! No one can stop my vision of the future now. I am Storm, and for me there are no such things as a legend.
    70:24
    I'm an infant, and I'll stay until here. I am angry. Lightning, strike at my foe. I suggest you renounce your evil ways. If you do not, I shall be very angry.
    70:47
    Alright. Ball three. I just need 200,000. How many drifting do I need to give out? Get up there! Boom!
    71:25
    Storm is the biggest dork in this game! That Blackbird is so loud. Alright, what are we doing? Sabertooth we've already done. Shadow King Omega Red? Yeah, let's do Omega Red. Oh, there's nothing in the center. I don't remember what Omega Red is.
    71:51
    What is it? Is this Crazy Train? I do think it's Crazy Train. Cyclops. Nope. I'll take an Xavier. I'll take another Xavier.
    72:59
    Yes! What do I need to hit now? A lock shot? Wolverine, here we go. Ah! I don't want to work tomorrow. Dirty Toes says that. And CMK wants to know why. Yeah, Dirty Toes, is there a specific reason? I won! Thank you. Thank you for letting me win two games out of, like, eight. And what time is it? It's only 1143.
    73:43
    I have to go first, don't I? So is there a specific reason you don't want to work, or is it just that you don't want to work?
    73:59
    Get up there. Not even worth trying to slap that one out of there. Seems to me like the DMV is a little too dark. It's not bright enough. Yes, the reason is that I'm not filthy rich or independently wealthy.
    74:24
    That you don't want to go to work tomorrow? What was the... I didn't even get a chance to play with the camera! wait camera game hold on a second we're gonna play with the colors make it a little bit brighter that's very red we're gonna turn up the gain a little bit that's a little bit brighter okay and then the white balance no there we go okay yeah that's a little better it's a little better stop it it's all fine stop effing with things you don't understand toto bn 74 welcome to the stream we're playing i mean technically you could consider or call what we're doing playing we are streaming pinball on X-Men.
    75:30
    Yeah. We'll get better. We just need more alcohol and or more time on the game. There we go. Let's initiate some rogue. That was actually really cool. I don't know if anybody saw that.
    76:08
    It's, uh, whatever his name is. He got out of the way just in time for me to make that combo. I'll take that. Is that an add-a-ball? That felt like an add-a-ball!
    76:36
    You get an add-a-ball, and you get an add-a-ball! You will perish. Your X-Men face trial by fire. Uh-oh. Let's see, is that going to push it?
    76:55
    It did! That's not good. There we go. Yeah! There we go. We're doing the things. Some semblance of control. I imagine this is super boring to watch. There we go. Let's see if we can hit some Xavier. Actually, we want Beast.
    78:16
    Alright, alright. Woo! Get up there. Get up there. Do something. Pretend like you know what you're doing.
    78:47
    Yeah! Oh, we got an edible, or something. Is that an edible? Yeah! Woo! Air defense. Called it. Damn it.
    79:41
    I could not... Ah! After all of that! Ah! the neighbor's uh the neighbor's tree just had a huge 20-foot branch fall and missed my roof by a few feet uh it's cover most of the front of my house geez that's that's a real issue sounded crazy it does sound crazy i thought pins no dirty toes no pinsomniac the pinsomniac moved about 45 minutes away. So he is, I imagine it's going to be pretty rare when he comes here for streams. That said, the Pinsomniac is investing in gear to begin streaming from his first pinball machine whenever he gets that. Or potentially on location. He lives really close to three amazing pinball locations, including Endo, the place that we've streamed from that just has LE and Collector's Edition pins.
    80:45
    Nice. It's too bad. That pinsomniac isn't here. Are we still centered on the screen? We're doing things. We're... So, who's excited?
    81:17
    Okay. Who's excited about Guns N' Roses from Jersey Jack? Honestly, I'm kind of in... I mean, if it's Queen or Beastie Boys at this point. Just give it a sec.
    81:46
    I wear my sunglasses at night. I'm not a good singer, so I'm going to stop. But you know the song. You know it.
    82:01
    I always think it's Sweet Dreams. Oh. It's really similar. It is kind of similar, I'll give you that.
    82:17
    Boom! All of Earth's elements are at my best and call. Power! I will show you the meaning of the word.
    82:36
    All right, we're making some shots. Do you dare to trifle with one who controls the elements? No place on earth can hide you from my wrath. What do we got? We got something going on right there. Let's hit that. It's lit.
    83:02
    Finish that crawler for extra firepower. Charles, you are so naive. Darn it. Do nothing to start a multiple.
    83:13
    It's going to drop it right down the middle when he drops. You got to drop, dude. Really? Our show must be live.
    83:27
    Now you know that my powers are not to be trifled with. Cotton hammer, you hit me! I'll do it! That's a twat thing. My code name is Iceman.
    83:49
    There's another geek. You're as cold as ice! Boom! Alright, who haven't we done yet?
    84:08
    I mean, Sentinels, though. Uh, there is... Wait a second. Let's try that again. Mommy shark do do do do do do. Oh, come on. That's what you get.
    84:58
    For picking that song. the world does not need two guns and roses pins but whatever um if jgp turns out toy story i'll play it but that oh sorry but that's about it okay and is gnr official okay so uh slash has said a pinball machine is coming out at the end of this year and jjp was already rumored to to be working on guns and roses and jgp says that they are going to release one more pin before the end of the year all of those things put together it seems like it's not technically official but really leaning heavily that direction and oh yes oh r.a. slash already spilled the beans of course one could say we don't need another jurassic park wolfman you're not wrong i'm happy about it because i don't want an older game is that 27 million to one okay just checking I'm first again I had a good game that's my stance Dirty Toes, Sari you guys have a wonderful evening thank you again for the subs and for joining us on the journey that is Don't Panic Flip which was originally the tagline now if you see is let's celebrate mediocrity together which I think is a much more fitting tagline for the stream originally it was come watch the journey from muggle to wizard pinball muggle to wizard that the wizard's never happening thus the change to let's celebrate mediocrity get up there nope there we go we got it that time Don't panic, Cliff. Someone has done it better at some point. Are you talking about Jurassic Park?
    87:04
    You don't know this song? I'm in love with a sociopath. It used to be I hate Kate, but then they changed their name because I think Kate got upset.
    87:24
    Yeah! Woo!