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Episode 96 – Super Skill Shot

Slam Tilt Podcast·podcast_episode·analyzed·Jun 20, 2018
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TL;DR

Slam Tilt EP96: TTI drama, Deep Root Alice revealed, Spooky TNA sales, Stargazer mods discussed, venue updates.

Summary

Slam Tilt Podcast Episode 96 covers pinball news and community topics including a controversy surrounding the Trash Talker Invitational tournament, updates on Deep Root Pinball's Alice in Wonderland machine ($50,000 theme reveal), TNA sales success for Spooky Pinball, pinball machine modifications for Stargazer, and announcements about the Silver Ball Saloon's 12 Hours of Stomp event and lunch service expansion in East Rochester, New York.

Key Claims

  • Deep Root Pinball revealed Alice in Wonderland as their $50,000 high-end theme game

    high confidence · This Week in Pinball news section; exclusive story on thisweekinpinball.com

  • Spooky Pinball's TNA (Total Nuclear Annihilation) has sold over 430 units

    high confidence · This Week in Pinball news coverage; hosts cite TWIP as source

  • Iron Maiden pinball has four super skill shots plus two regular skill shots (six total)

    high confidence · Listener correction from Bill; detailed explanation of each skill shot provided

  • Iron Man (Stern) game version number is 1.83 and rom file is 'i am too 1.83.bin', indicating it's based on both Iron Man films

    high confidence · Email from Ryan C; hosts analyze rom filename breakdown

  • Two Supreme Pinball ($50,000 machines) are now operating in New York City, including one at Sunshine Laundromat

    high confidence · This Week in Pinball news; confirmed by hosts as heard previously

  • This Week in Pinball's podcast was cancelled after one episode due to time constraints

    high confidence · Quote from Jeff (TWIP editor): 'first and the last episode'; cited workload maintaining website quality

  • Deep Root Pinball is unlikely to have a fully functioning game at Texas Pinball Festival 2019; likely only theme/concept reveal

    medium confidence · Host prediction based on Spooky Pinball's pattern; stated as opinion

  • Scott Denise (Spooky) is working on a new game but development timing is uncertain, proceeding based on inspiration

    medium confidence · Southern Fried Gaming Expo discussion; hosts note lack of concrete timeline

Notable Quotes

  • “It is with much regret that Chuck Webster has been suspended for one week due to gross misconduct and the unauthorized TTI invitation to Scott Wilson.”

    Trash Talker Invitational Selection Committee @ Early segment — Announcement of disciplinary action in Trash Talker Invitational drama; addresses controversial invitation of Scott Wilson in place of Slam Tilt Podcast

  • “The committee would not like that. Well, the committee has not liked us for the past two months.”

    Ron Hallett @ TTI controversy section — Reveals ongoing tension between Slam Tilt and TTI selection committee; implies history of rejection

  • “Although I really wanted to do a podcast, it was just going to be too much to do a weekly podcast and keep up the quality of the TWIP website.”

    Jeff (This Week in Pinball) @ News section — Explains cancellation of TWIP podcast after single episode; cites resource constraints

  • “He's the God of Thunder. Oh, no. And rock and roll. You knew that was coming, didn't you?”

    Ron Hallett / Bruce Nightingale @ Opening segment (Thor discussion) — Playful banter referencing Kiss; establishes show's comedic tone

  • “I think he was just trying to get into the TTI... Yeah, maybe he was just trying to be like, truly, look, I have a podcast. Now you can't fuck with me.”

    Ron Hallett / Bruce Nightingale @ TTI/TWIP podcast section — Speculation that Jeff's podcast launch was motivated by TTI eligibility rather than genuine interest

  • “So we're going for the middle-aged rich audience again, obviously.”

    Ron Hallett @ Deep Root Alice artwork discussion — Commentary on Deep Root's design philosophy and target demographic based on artwork aesthetic

  • “You're saying Q is a better game than the Supreme game? Yeah. You are so high. I am.”

    Bruce Nightingale / Ron Hallett @ Supreme Pinball discussion — Humorous debate over game quality; Bruce defends Q (Harry Williams) over Supreme (stripped-down Spider-Man)

Entities

Ron HallettpersonBruce NightingalepersonSlam Tilt PodcastorganizationDeep Root PinballcompanyJohn PapadukepersonThis Week in PinballorganizationSpooky PinballcompanyScott Denise

Signals

  • ?

    community_signal: Trash Talker Invitational Selection Committee suspended Chuck Webster for one week after he unauthorized invited Scott Wilson in place of Slam Tilt Podcast; allegation of 'gross misconduct'; highlights governance issues and interpersonal tension in competitive pinball community

    high · Official suspension announcement from TTI Selection Committee; multiple quote confirmations from hosts; escalating narrative over two hours with emergency orders

  • ?

    business_signal: This Week in Pinball editor Jeff launched podcast but cancelled after single episode, citing inability to maintain quality while sustaining website; speculation that motivation was TTI eligibility rather than genuine interest

    high · TWIP announcement: 'first and the last episode'; Jeff quote on workload constraints; host speculation about ulterior motives

  • ?

    product_launch: Deep Root Pinball officially revealed Alice in Wonderland as their $50,000 high-end theme machine through exclusive This Week in Pinball story; artwork shown featuring Queen of Hearts and Mad Hatter; production timeline remains uncertain

    high · Exclusive story on thisweekinpinball.com; hosts viewed artwork and analyzed design; hosts predict non-functional prototype at Texas Pinball Festival 2019

  • ?

    product_launch: Spooky Pinball's TNA (Total Nuclear Annihilation) has exceeded 430 units sold, signaling strong market reception for horror/retro-themed boutique machines

    high · This Week in Pinball news coverage; hosts cite this as continuing sales success

  • ?

    venue_signal: Silver Ball Saloon (East Rochester, NY) expanding to lunch service Thursday-Friday-Saturday 11:30am start; hosting 12 Hours of Stomp tournament event July 7; registration at 23/36 capacity; $30-35 entry fee with July 24 deadline

Transcript

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0:00
Boys, we are going to sue the girl, we are going to sue the teacher, we are going to sue the school system, and we are going to sue the girl's parents. What? That rules. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And furthermore, we are going to put a restraining order on that girl, making it illegal for her to come within 100 feet of you boys. Uh, that would suck. Yeah, I need her to be a little closer than that.
0:30
Coming to you from beautiful upstate New York, this is the Slam Tilt Podcast, a show about all things pinball. I'm your host, Ron Hallett, here with my co-host, Bruce Nightingale. Yes, sirree. And welcome to episode 96, Thor. Great movie. Explain to me, what's Thor all about? Remember, I haven't seen any of these. I know you haven't. It's the introduction of Thor to the Marvel Universe. And he gets to battle a big, giant robot.
1:11
And they destroy half a town. That's all. And you get to meet Loki for the first time, too. Okay, what's his superpower?
1:21
He's the God of Thunder. What does that mean? Is he really strong? He's God of Thunder. Oh, no. And rock and roll. You knew that was coming, didn't you? That's right, Bruce. I'm glad you're still playing your Kiss songs.
1:37
Oh, my God. You know Kiss is the greatest band of all time. Of course they are. Do you have a Kiss at the Silver Ball Saloon, Bruce? No, we do not. I can't afford it with all your extra money that you add on to pinball machines. Well, call me after the podcast. Maybe we can arrange something. You sure? Yeah. Maybe I'll have many Kiss come down and play there. That's too much. Still $10 too much.

  • “This week in pinball, last week had the top ten designers by Pinside. Uh-huh. They were all new guys. No Harry Williams. No. None of the EM guys. Nobody.”

    Ron Hallett @ News analysis — Criticism of Pinside's top designer rankings for omitting classic/EM-era designers; framed as 'Pinside snobbery'

    • person
    Stern Pinballcompany
    Silver Ball Saloonvenue
    Trash Talker Invitationalevent
    Chuck Websterperson
    Scott Wilsonperson
    Chicago Gaming Companycompany
    Pinsideorganization
    Mrs. Pinnperson
    Dr. Pinnperson
    Zach Sharpeperson
    Billperson
    Scott C.person
    Ryan C.person

    high · Bruce Nightingale announcement with venue details and website (thesilverwallsaloon.com); explicit event date, capacity, pricing, and menu expansion

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Community collaboration on Stargazer EM machine ROM modifications; Scotty Denise created prototype mod where drop targets light spinners instead of rollovers; hosts soliciting feedback on bonus multiplier reset thresholds and constellation spot mechanics

    high · Detailed email from Scotty Denise describing prototype ROM; hosts discuss alternatives inspired by Sea Witch mechanics; call for listener suggestions

  • ?

    content_signal: Slam Tilt Podcast completed migration from PodcastGarden to new RSS feed; some podcast catchers initially showed old feed; hosts implementing feed redirect in Podcast Garden; expecting full transition by mid-July

    high · Ron Hallett detailed technical explanation of migration; stats showing gradual propagation; continued dual posting during transition period

  • ?

    community_signal: Mrs. Pinn (podcast host) visited Silver Ball Saloon two weeks prior; exchanged merchandise with Bruce Nightingale; committed to featuring Slam Tilt discussion in upcoming Mrs. Pinn podcast episode

    high · Bruce announcement of Mrs. Pinn, Dr. Pinn, Princess, and Pinderella visit; noted upcoming TWIP podcast mention; gift exchange of Iron Maiden merchandise and Silver Ball Saloon shirts

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: Hosts criticized Pinside's top designer rankings for excluding classic/EM-era designers (Harry Williams, Steve Kirk); framed as 'Pinside snobbery' and 'typical' bias toward modern designers

    medium · Ron Hallett: 'This week in pinball, last week had the top ten designers by Pinside... They were all new guys. No Harry Williams. No. None of the EM guys.'; repeated 'Fail' declarations

  • ?

    machine_intel: Two Supreme Pinball machines ($50,000 each) now operating commercially in NYC; second unit placed at Sunshine Laundromat; demand signal for ultra-premium machines in location play

    high · This Week in Pinball news: 'we have two of them in New York City... The second one is at Sunshine Laundromat'; hosts confirm prior knowledge

    • 2:01
    So does he have the hammer or something? Yes, he is. Menor. I think that's the name of the hammer. Menor? Menor. Wait a minute. Isn't that the designer for Jersey Jack? No. Menor? Okay. I'm sorry. I'm getting confused. Let's move on. We digress. So let's see. What do we want to do first? We got a... Oh, it's just us this week. It's just us. Hey, you're stuck with us, you fuckers. Wow. Way to, well.
    2:34
    It's the truth, isn't it? Yeah, it's the truth. So let's see, how did our transition to the new site go?
    2:42
    Not quite as well as I would have liked. It's like Iron Maiden credit scene. We get shot up and then it veers off and crashes.
    2:53
    Yeah. So last week, we put a resubscribe little podcast, little mini two-minute thing on the old site, and just the actual real podcast on the new site. How did that work? Anyone who uses an Apple device, uses like iTunes, and anyone who uses Google Play or Stitcher were treated to an awesome podcast.
    3:18
    And if you did not have those? If you had some other podcatcher, especially a lot of the droid ones, you may not have seen the new episode. You got dry humped. Oh, my. So after some digging, I actually found a way in Podcast Garden you can put the redirect in to the feed.
    3:39
    So I did that. I did that, and I have noticed it's starting to propagate. I noticed several podcatchers that were showing the old stuff are now showing the new stuff. So I think it will be a gradual progression for the next couple of weeks. I will continue to post stuff on both sites. But I can tell now by the stats as the transition is over. So hopefully by the middle of July, we'll be completely off podcast garden. And it's going to be wonderful.
    4:08
    So thank you, listeners, for your patience. If you still see the old stuff, which I guess the old stuff would be if you see a podcast called Resubscribe, you're looking at the old feed. Try resubscribing, seeing if it goes away.
    4:23
    So that's that. That's the tech side. Wow, we're so techie here. We're so techie here. Let's just go to news. Or do we want to go to the controversy first? Because this is like breaking news. The controversy is definitely high on our list. Two hours before. Well, okay. Yesterday, at 7.49 p.m., there was an announcement from the Trash Talker Invitational. We got it. We're in. It had Slam Tilt Podcast that we've been in, but then our name was crossed out and replaced by Scott Wilson. What? I know Scott, but to my knowledge, he doesn't have a podcast. Or a blog or anything else. I mean, he's a great trash talker. I can give him that, yeah. He's got a cool ponytail and all, but he doesn't have a podcast or a blog or anything. How does he get in? That was so weird. It was announced by Chuck Webster.
    5:23
    And then just hot off the presses two hours ago, I'll just read this. Another bulletin came from the Trash Talker Invitational Selection Committee saying, Is it Houdini? It is with much regret that Chuck Webster has been suspended for one week due to gross misconduct and the unauthorized TTI invitation to Scott Wilson. The committee would like to apologize to Mr. Wilson for any anguish this has caused, and we hope he'll earn his way into the Boston Trash Talker Invitational this fall.
    5:58
    Sounds like Chuck overstepped his boundaries there. Yeah, let's see. There's more. All right, since the Transpac Invitational Selection Committee has issued an emergency order of suspension against Chuck Webster and is rescinding Scott Wilson's invitation to the bloodbath, allegations have been brought to the committee of severe misconduct against Mr. Webster. Only the Selection Committee has the authority to send invitations. Chuck was way out of line, said committee member Howard Hertz. The emergency order of suspension is effective immediately, and the Selection Committee will not be elaborating on this subject until it's been fully investigated. Oh, boy. But you notice we still weren't invited. Of course not. It's getting ridiculous, man. And it says, know who to bribe, say no to hookers and blow. Yeah. Yeah, hashtag know who to bribe, say no to hookers and blow. Yep. Wow. I really don't know what to say. I think maybe we should start distancing ourselves from this controversy, you know. Like never mention a trash talker invitational again? Maybe until we are invited. I think we need to just sever it. We need to go silent. No, no. The committee would not like that. Well, the committee has not liked us for the past two months. Well, maybe it's not the committee. Maybe Chuck has been overstepping his bounds, like, on a regular basis. But wait a second. The committee should have then rescinded Scott and put us in right away since it was scratched out. Yeah, you're right. And the committee saw this.
    7:24
    I don't know. I'm just not getting a good feeling, man. Corruption is very rampant here. Rampant. God. But remember, I will possibly be bringing booze to the Pintastic show. But we don't know if they go to the committee. That's true. Chuck could just drink it himself. Exactly. And there goes our loss of money and corruption. Well, hopefully after this suspension, he'll be on a short leash. So, I mean, I'm sure that he said that the selection committee does listen to our podcast. So we say we're bringing booze for them, and they don't get it. They'll know Chuck has done this, and they'll probably suspend him again. Or maybe even fire him. Or even fire him.
    8:05
    Yeah, I doubt it. All right. Enough of that. So that's the controversy. So let's go to This Week in Pinball. News of the Week. Piece of news. Hi, Jeff. The first news is the podcast for him is done. I think he was doing it just to get into the TTI. Huh? What? He had a podcast. Yeah, they just had their first episode. And that's their only episode. What? They announced a couple days ago, this week in pinball, a podcast is not going to be happening.
    8:44
    Wow, one and done. Yes. Wow. It's too busy for him. It's too much work. One and done. So it's like, what is it? Like sex.
    8:55
    Very nice. Yes, of course. Of course. Here we go. Hello, Pinheads. Good news and bad news. We just released the first and the last episode of This Week in Pinball podcast. Although I really wanted to do a podcast, it was just going to be too much to do a weekly podcast and keep up the quality of the TWIP website. So I think he was just trying to get into the TTI. Yeah, but wasn't he in already because of the website? Yeah. Maybe he was just trying to be like, truly, look, I have a podcast. Now you can't fuck with me. Okay.
    9:27
    He woke up because he can call people out. Yeah. Well, we're on his site right now, thisweekinpinball.com, and the scoop, the number one story is exclusive, Deep Root's high-end theme revealed, Alice in Wonderland. Deep Rooting.
    9:47
    How much is it, $50,000? Yeah. You know, I have a question. I'm looking at this artwork. It's the Zombie Yeti artwork. It's like the original artwork that was going to be used for the game. I'm assuming John Papaduke is designing this. Maybe. Okay. Crystal of the Riptide podcast brought this up. Where's Alice on this? Who is supposed to be Alice? Is it the one in the center? No, I think that's the Queen of Hearts, maybe. Well, no, wouldn't the Queen of Hearts be the one sitting with the crown and the heart on her shoulder? hmm maybe that could be it so maybe that's alice in the middle yeah wasn't alice like a girl no this is a girl she's a girl uh this is not a girl bruce this is a woman with big boobs they all become that eventually it's like okay all right she drank that stuff and made big yeah she drank okay she did drink the drink me and that's the all right yeah see sure whatever
    10:49
    So we're going for the middle-aged rich audience again, obviously. Yes, and the Mad Hatter looks like a frigging perv creep. Oh, let me look at that. Let's see. Mad Hatter, where is he at? Next to Alice on the left-hand side. Oh, yeah.
    11:04
    Actually, everyone looks perverted in this. Exactly. Wow. So you think we'll see this in Texas in 2019? No. You don't think so? Nope. You think we'll see something by Dee Bruton in Texas in 2019? Probably not. Really? You don't think? I mean, it's mostly they got games coming. Really? Yep. That's just my fault. Okay. They're going to probably, they won't have a game. They'll tease theme. They'll show a couple things off, but they will not have a fully functioning game. But it's supposed to be about the five days of deep root, Bruce. Yeah, well, you'll get deep rooted later on. Oh. I guess at the Southern Fried Gaming Expo, Scott Denise discusses his new game. kind of.
    11:51
    Just seems like he's going to work on it kind of when inspiration calls. So, who knows when that'll be out. Or what it'll be.
    12:01
    Or how it'll be. So, TNA's continuing to sell. Yep, over 430 units. Huge hit for Spooky. Then we have Todd Tucky pinball books. These could be interesting. No. No? You don't think so? No. I think a lot of his stories are interesting. No, the problem is, the part of the reason why Todd Tuckey is so entertaining is because of the videos. The books will not carry over. You won't get the full ambiance of Todd Tuckey.
    12:38
    So, I'll be looking forward to that. You're a sick bastard. Hopefully, he won't have any color. It says it's, let's see, 10 volumes. It will cover 30 to 40 machines, 200 pages, full color glossy on heavy stock. Hopefully they won't have any pictures of Gottliebs being thrown off roofs because people might lose their shit. Yes, they might. Except Bruce. He'll be cheering. Yes, I will.
    13:02
    Let's see. Orc Lawson gets his Alien limited edition machine. The artist for Alien. Yes. He got it and immediately sold it. Good boy. Sold it within, what, hours of posting that it was there? I think so. Yeah. Did you know Josh Sharp was on head-to-head pinball?
    13:20
    No. You didn't know that? Well, he was. No. Check that out from the head-to-head guys. Oh, God. So we have Supreme Pinball, right? The $50,000 machine, the one that's not named Alice in Wonderland. Now we have two of them in New York City. Yes, I heard. The second one is at Sunshine Laundromat. Yep. So you going to be playing that, Bruce? No. No? Aren't you curious? Not one bit. Not one bit? Not at all? Nope. I'm somewhat curious. I'd like to play it at least once. Nope. No? I mean, I even played Q once, and that was terrible. It's still better. No, Q is not better than the Q. It's a stern. You're saying Q is a better game than the Supreme game? Yeah. You are so high. I am. You are obviously high. Yep. Because isn't the Supreme game just the stripped-down Spider-Man that actually plays decent? Yeah, but the problem is it's still an old Stern classic that you can make more money. You can probably almost get to maybe about the same amount of money on it because people are still looking for cues. And it is the last pinball machine. It's the last pinball machine designed by Harry Williams. Yeah, shitty way to go out, though. Now, I have a problem. You have a problem? This week in pinball, last week had the top ten designers by Pinside. Uh-huh. They were all new guys. No Harry Williams. No. None of the EM guys. Nobody. Yeah. Fail. No Steve Kirk. No Harry Williams. No. Come on. Fail. And that's not six-week in pinball. That is typical Pinside snobbery. Yep. We love Pinside, right, Bruce?
    15:06
    Exactly. You got it. Slam Tilt Podcast has a new RSS feed. I get to look at my ugly mug right on the screen. The Slamtail Podcast has moved away from PodcastGuard and now has a new RSS feed. Resubscribe if necessary. Woo-hoo! Thank you, Jeff. There's a new tutorial out, new Bowen tutorial. This time it's TX Sector. TX, TX, TX. I haven't watched it. I mean, isn't it just hit the spinner when it's lit? Spinner lit, spinner lit. I mean, the multiball isn't even, is it worth it? It is. It can be. Oh, yeah. With the multipliers, yes. All right. Let's see. Papa redesigned their website.
    15:44
    Didn't see it. Actually, I haven't seen it yet. Check it out. So I'm going to click on it here. That's what I'm going to do right now.
    15:50
    Ah. It's just not that much different. The coloring scheme is similar. Mm-hmm. They format it a little different. Yep. So I have a quest for Papa. Papa, can you please, please post the women's finals for the New York City Pinball Championships? Papa, don't preach. I been losing sleep Papa don preach So here hoping we will see it someday What I made up my mind Name the album Keeping my baby Show your 80s knowledge. Beats the fuck out of me. Oh, oh. So am I less cool if I say the name of the album because I know it? Go for it. True Blue. Mm-hmm. Of course, this album is not nearly as good as any Kiss album, Bruce. Of course. Of course it isn't. Did you know Sandra Bullock did not get a Demoman pinball machine? I don't think she got much from that movie.
    16:50
    What do you mean you don't think she got much from that movie? I don't get why she didn't get a machine. I don't get why Benjamin Brack got one.
    16:56
    Why did Benjamin Brack get one? Yeah, I mean, he's hardly in the movie. He was on, like, Law & Order at the time when he was on this film. This was, like, him leaving Law & Order and doing a movie. He's, like, a bit part. What is he? He's a cop at the beginning, and then by the end, and he joins the resistance or whatever, but he's hardly in the movie. You know, Stallone and Wesley Snipes, yes, that makes sense. But Sandra Bullock's on the frigging back glass.
    17:21
    Maybe because she was replaced originally. She was, another Bruce-ism, she was replaced originally. Oh, well. The original actress that was going to do it, yes, left. Yes. And was replaced by Sandra Bullock. Yeah. And that's about it for the news. Kind of light news. Yeah. We have some corrections that people were happy to send. No. About the super skill shot on Iron Maiden. There's actually four, not just one. Yeah, and there was probably ten people that said, wrong, wrong. But one of mine was right. So go fuck your all.
    18:02
    So we got a message from Bill. Hi, Bill. To our Facebook page. I'm sure people have already corrected Bruce, but in case not, here are the real super skill shots on Iron Maiden. So everybody, you don't want to be spoiled. This may take the next hour. No, this may take the next couple of minutes. Ready? Here we go. Short plunge to the right flipper. Shats the left lane and hit the stand up for 30 million and 20 seconds of ball save time. So I guess that's one. sweep the bank as the first three switch hits and get points plus all three bank awards hard plunge and shoot the left orbit versus the loop for some additional loop value plunge the normal super shoot the mini loop and then the super stand up for mega super skill shot wow so there's four secrets plus the original two skill shots yikes okay you can now start listening again?
    19:03
    Oh, that doesn't really work doing it that way, does it? No, it does not. Now you can listen. Okay. So those are the skill shots.
    19:11
    I have another correction. Or not a correction. Hey, Ryan C. He was getting on our case. He was insinuating that we said Iron Man is based on the second movie only for some reason. Did we say that? Nope. I was saying the title of the game was Iron Man 2. Yes. because it has based off both movies. Both movies. But maybe they changed something when you turn it on now. It doesn't say that. But back in the day, when the game came out, when you turned the thing on, it said Iron Man 2.
    19:43
    That's all I said. It turned into this string where he's like, you know, it's based on both movies. Answer. By the way, Marty, how can you not like Demoman?
    19:57
    There's something wrong with you. I just needed to get that out there. Wow. Yeah. He doesn't like Demoman. How do you not like Demoman? But he likes Avatar. I know. He's really, that boy is just fucked up. Yeah. Must be all the moisturizer he said he uses to stay looking so young. Yes, exactly. I think it's seeping into his brain. Mm-hmm.
    20:17
    So I'm going through that. I think those are all the comments we got. So I have a little segment here. It's called Ask the Listener.
    20:28
    We're going to ask the listeners to help us out here. Last week when we had Raymond on, he had a suggestion for Stargazer of changing the rules, which was instead of the rollovers by the flippers lighting the spinners, have the drop targets light the spinners. Like you complete a bank and it lights the corresponding spinner on the left or right sides. So our old Scotty heard the call, and he already has sent a prototype ROM to me to test.
    21:01
    However, he made it so basically you hit one drop target, and it will light the spinner. Because he felt like completing it, it would be too, like the spinners would hardly ever be lit if you did that. So that's what he's done so far. But he built it off of the stock Stargazer ROM. So this does not have the rule where when you go over the rollovers, it doesn't spot Zodiacs. Yeah. And also resetting the bonus multiplier if you get above a certain level. But he was looking for some suggestions.
    21:36
    So I'm going to put it out there. Disable the rollovers themselves completely. Let's see. I'm going to read his email here. Okay. Read away. If you want to test this, it's just Raymond's suggested mod. I thought it would be too hard to complete the banks to light the spinners, so I made it so anytime you get a drop down, it lights it. It lights nothing from the bottom rollovers, just gives you score. None of the other mods are rolled into this yet, the not spotting zodiacs and the bonus multiplier reset. I have some thoughts on that. I think spot the constellations for the first run through only.
    22:15
    Then the subsequent ones, you have to hit them. What do you think about that? It's a suggestion. He says he was never really satisfied with the mod on anything over 4X resets the multiplier back. But maybe you can throw it out there for people to make suggestions to make it better. Maybe just step back a level or two each ball year over 4X. so we're looking for some suggestions for how we can make Stargazer better it's hard to make Stargazer better but you can do it people so just for those again there's a modified ROM where you go over the rollovers it doesn't spark, well he calls them constellations I call them zodiac symbols whatever they are, it doesn't spot them so you actually have to hit all of them it's like you can turn that off And then the other mod is if you get 4X or higher, it resets the multiplier all the way back down to 1X to nothing.
    23:13
    So maybe change how that works a little bit. We had a suggestion from our own Zach. Hi, Zach. Where he wanted to make it, well, what game does this sound like? Stargazer idea. One drop on the bank lights the spinner. two down, blinks it for extra points, and then three resets. Sounds like Sea Witch. Yeah, very Sea Witch-y. Yes, it is. So think about that. You have Stargazer combined with Sea Witch. That may be too much awesomeness for one game to have. I agree. But that's an idea. I like that one. Just have it blank and you hit it for, you complete it for extra points.
    23:56
    I like that idea. Oh, boy. Oh, excuse me. Bruce is tired. A lot of hours. And there's going to be more this week coming up. Why? What's this week, Bruce? We're opening up for lunches. Okay. So you'll be able to get lunch at the Silver Ball Saloon Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. We'll be opening at 1130. And where is it located? In East Rochester, New York, 135 West Commercial Street, East Rochester, New York. We have 26 pinball machines, a ball bowler, darts, pool, foosball, cornhole, and three video games for your enjoyment. Do you have a website? We do. It's www.thesilverwallsaloon.com. And you had some visitors this past week. We did. We had Mr. Ivan, who runs the Allentown Pinball Show. Pinfest? Pinfest. Him and his wife came up. They actually bought a game for one of my buddies. and then they went to Niagara Falls, and on the way back, they saw the bar and checked it all out. So come on up. We still have spots open for Stomp. Twelve hours of Stomp. Yep. Now, originally I said it was going to be the 20th. We're going to cut off. We're going to make it the 24th is cut off, so everyone can hear this last episode when we release it on the 21st, so we get more exposure. I love exposing myself to people. Oh, my. So, 24th, $30. After the 24th, it's $35, or you pay at the door, if there's spots available. It's limited to 36 people. We are at 23 right now. And we had a tournament this weekend. And how'd that go? Not bad. We had 11 people show up for our four-strikes tournament.
    25:44
    Yours truly ended up first. I defeated Andy Cushman, with third place going to Nick Lane, and tied with Jeff Cerenka. and one of our new players. New players are always good. Yes. And this is the 12 hours of stomp that Bruce was talking about. And when is that going to occur? July 7th. Be there or be square, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Full pinball all the time. Meet pinball celebrities, Bruce and Ron of the Slam Tilt Podcast. And meet the Buffalo Pinball Guys of Kevin Manning and Nick Lane. and Steve Bowden and Towley the towel he's been there before I know but you'll meet him you'll meet the towel and you'll wonder where his towel is exactly it's retired so that's going to be the 12 hours of stop but you had another visitor another podcaster visited you oh yes Mrs. Pinn came up yes she did I thought I talked about that last week oh yeah or did you I thought I did you I thought I did, but we'll talk about it again. She was nice enough to talk about us on her podcast coming up. She came up last Saturday. No, last Saturday. Two Saturdays ago.
    27:00
    Mrs. Pinn, Mr. Pinn, well, Dr. Pinn, I call him, and Princess and Pinderella. They came up, enjoyed a fun-filled time at the Silver Ball Saloon.
    27:14
    Doc Pinn was there for a longer time. He came back and played until about 12 o'clock. And he kept on picking games, and I kept on having great games. After the second ball, we had like $2 million, $3 million, and $2 million on Pirates of the Caribbean. Both of us were just – all of us were just having bad games. And after the third ball, I had $209 million. This poor guy who's going there to spend money, support your bar, and you're destroying him on games. Dollar games, baby. Oh, and taking his – wow. Yeah, of course. Just wonderful owner. Yes, but he challenged me. Okay. Oh, then it's fine. And we exchanged shirts, and I have a gift for you too, Mr. Ron. Oh, my. In my possession, but I was lucky enough to get Dr. Pinn and Mrs. Pinn gave me a bottle of Iron Maiden beer and a plastic cup of Iron Maiden beer. So you have a gift coming to you too, and you'll have to check it out. And I gave them a couple of T-shirts to the Silver Bowl Saloon. Cool. So let's see. That was Silver Ball Saloon. I'm just going over my little format here. Cheat sheet. News.
    28:27
    Messenger. Okay, so. Fully moved in now. We sold the house. The house is gone. Shed a tear. Been in that house many times. Yes. We're moving games over from the storage bay. Today, Quicksilver came over, the one that Ron's going to be picking up for me. It's in my garage now. Yes!
    28:47
    He'll have it for a limited time before he gives it back. Yeah, limited time. Yeah. Limited, yeah. Yeah, yeah, that's got to be the thing. He'll never take me alive, copper!
    29:00
    God, I love Quicksilver. Is the flipper replaced? Nope. No. I give you a project. You give me a project. So I have a bent flipper shaft. Yeah. Jeez, you just cut it out. That's all. So I have to cut it out? Yeah. How do I cut it out, Bruce? Dremel. You're assuming I have a Dremel. You need to buy one if you don't have one. They're the best things going. Okay. See, we're finally getting on the same track. Oh, man. So you're giving me a broken game. No, it works perfect. You realize I'm picking it up the weekend before my little event. Yes, I know. So you've got a lot of work to do. No, I don't want a lot of work to do. I'm trying to get everything done. A whole lot of work. Oh, yeah. My event, by the way, is smaller in scope. So it's actually, I think I mentioned it last week. Yes, you did. A little thing for the Orange County folks. A little thank you for all the events of theirs I go to. That's going to be July. I believe it's open for anyone at this point. I'm going out because I'm going to drop off your Galaga there. Oh, thank you. Thank you, Bruce.
    30:04
    So wait a minute. If you're going to do that, why don't you take Quicksilver and Galaga? I can't fit both in my car. I know. Just like you can't fit both in your car. Well, for Galaga, what we're going to have to do, that's got to go in my room. You have room downstairs. No, I'm not bringing it downstairs. Fail. What do you mean fail? If I don't have it down there, that means there's more room for pinball. That's not a fail at all. No, you have plenty of room for pinball and for Galaga. Stop. No, no, no. It's got to go in the room. I might even be bringing up the game station in my room at some point. Oh, my. So then I can put another game, like, you know, where the Metallica is, do like head-to-head. Not the podcast, but you know, back box to back box. I'm bringing two games. Well, actually, they're picking up two games for me for the Buffalo Pinball Open, hopefully sometime in July. So two games will be two games of mine. Is it a mystery? Yep, still a mystery. Oh, so, okay. They're probably for classics. Of course they are. Of course they are. So we know they're old and that narrows it a bit. Mm-hmm. That's all I'm going to say about that. Okay. Next, we will go to the mail ball bag. Oh, mail ball bag. I love the mail ball bag. It's filled with all goodness and flavors. I will say one thing. I do like central air. Oh, yes. Central air is awesome. Mine is on right now because it's like 90 degrees here. Yeah, I don't know what it is out here. We had rain. Did you have a storm come through yet? Yes. We had a storm. Yep. It is 76 right now here. Yeah, it's higher than outside. But the humidity is 84%. Oh, yeah, it's humid as hell. I love it. My kind of weather.
    31:42
    So the first email is from Scott. Scott C. Day, Scott. Hi, Scott. He wants to know if they put his Viper ROM in at the Sanctum, because I said I was there last week. I do not believe so, because when I hit the spinner, it was still worth shit. So he says, the 01 hack was the very first successful hack I ever completed. and he says Stern Pinball is awesome took you guys long enough always an insult you know he's assuming that I played pinball 30 zillion times before now so then the software is exactly the same as Stingray but the game is better I'll agree with that has to be set up the same way as Starz though steep it's boring when it's flat you fall asleep I'll send you Ray Davidson Ron for Stargazer tomorrow and he did and he did he did then he sent a picture of like is this Ron It like some newspaper with some roofer dude who I guess looks vaguely like me No, not at all. No? I think Scott is losing his marbles. This guy is way too buff. Yeah, I was about to say he's way too buff. I think he needs to. Full set of hair and a beard. I don't think you've ever sported a beard that well. Okay, full set of hair. Yeah. A full set of. Wait a minute. I have hair. You have hair, but not a full set.
    33:05
    Yeah, I don't have a full set, that's for sure. Like, I admit it, I don't have hair. Oh, Ryan Seac, it's I, lads. Jericho, Iron Munger, both from the first Iron Man only, not Iron Man 2. It's based off both. Whatever. No, you failed. And he also says, Stargazer sucks, Ron and Bruce, you should sell me yours. And that's a fail. uh iron man he's saying that the rom says whatever where are you reading this you pizza head i am too and it's 1.83 the version yeah exactly in this quote he puts in rom says i am 2183.bin if you break it down it is i am too and then the version is 1.83 if you turn it if you turn it on the machine. So his own busting our balls proves him wrong. I just noticed that, but yes, you are correct. I want to talk about fail. You have failed.
    34:08
    We have someone that Scott Larson also wanted to bring up that the Bills are not alone in their Super Bowl shortcomings. We didn't mention the Vikings. Who else all lost four Super Bowls? Why would we? They didn't do them in a row either. Yeah, those were more spread out, but they were all in the 70s. Yeah. Poor Vikings, poor Bills.
    34:29
    All right, we got an email from Steve Martin. Wild and crazy guy? Yeah, he's got arrows through his head and everything. Excellent. He says, hey, guys, I know how much you hate talking about tournaments. Here's some progress on the CNEPC. Ron, what is the CNEPC? It is the Canadian National Exhibition Pinball Championships. Returning to the CNE, what's the CNE? Yeah, what is the CNE? Return to the C&E this summer. Canadian National Exposition. Oh, sorry. The Canadian National Exposition is running their Gaming Garage event August 24th through the 26th, and pinball will be a big part of it again. Like last year, there will be a limited entry herb-style format, 20 entries with the best score on four machines counted, qualifying on Friday and Saturday, playoffs on Sunday. We're also finalizing – try it again. We're also finalizing – wow. We're also finalizing... You know what? I'm going to leave that one in. I can't say finalizing. We're also finalizing details for the potential of classic and women's events as well. This is an IFBA-sanctioned event, so get your dollars ready, and there will be cash prizes. The Gaming Garage and CNEPC events are all free with admission to the CNA. You read that correctly. The pinball tournament is free to enter. Plans are currently being finalized for special discounted weekend admission for pinball participants. Now, wait a minute. If it's free, who's paying the dollars? Maybe the exposition itself. Damn. Also happening at the CNA that weekend, there is a food truck festival and craft beer fest happening outside the building. Free live bands, including Blood, Sweat, and Tears. If you require further information, just send a quick email to eddie.dorazio at drapinballleague.com. And that would be three L's, like pinball league.
    36:30
    Try it out, man. Canada's got it going on. Free tournament. You can see Blood, Sweat, and Tears. Yep. Oh, man. Did you know they were at Woodstock, Blood, Sweat, and Tears? Did not know that. And did you know they end up not being filmed? Because their agent said, you know, don't film them. So they didn't get to be in the movie. Okay. That's how stupid that was. Yeah. Hey, I got a question for you also. False. True. The Beatles. Did you know that the game plan MPUs or boards, the replacement boards are sold out, but there's maybe a possibility of rebuilding and making more? So they wait until 40 people want these boards.
    37:08
    They're at 38. They need two more people. And Ron, you have always said you wanted a game plan. I have? Cyclops. Oh, yeah, I like Cyclops. Who doesn't like Cyclops? I know, so I'm saying you maybe want to buy a board set, so when you find a Cyclops that has a corroded board, you're ready to rock. Well, for some game plan aficionados who might hear this, where can they go to sign up for this? I don't know.
    37:36
    I'm looking this over. I'm reading it right now. I'm reading the whole thing. Okay, Bruce, did you find it yet? Yep, found it. Jim, I can't even say his last name, France F-A-R-N-C-E-S-A-N-G-E-L-I, Echo Lake Pinball Service and Sales.
    37:57
    His email is jvbuzzard, like the bird, at earthlink.net. So get in touch with him, man, if you want your game plan boards. I won't put his phone around there, but yeah, if you looked up game plan MP or reproductions, You'll find that. Get on the list. He won't put his phone number out there because he's not Gary Stern. We only list Gary Stern's phone number. Of course we do. Gameplay. Yeah, Cyclops and Sharpshooter. Yeah.
    38:28
    Lizard. Oh, Lizard. Lizard's okay. And Loch Ness Monster. Yeah, Loch Ness Monster was good, but there's only one. I do know the owner, but I don't think he's selling. Let's see. last email from Ryan Tidmarsh. Hi, Ryan. Hey, fellow obsessed pinball brothers. I'm not obsessed. Are you obsessed? I'm not obsessed. Oh, you did. When I talk about my pinball weekend, you may question that. How many times do you get asked what your favorite game is? Top three, top five, top ten. I think it changes. Every day at the bar. I think it changes all the time. Pinball rules, by the way. How many games actually are there? I'm too lazy to look it up. Too busy writing this email. Look up how many games there are. Out of that number, how many do you think you've played? I'm in the Pacific Northwest, Vancouver, Canada, and there's pinball everywhere. Lucky you. Thank you, pin maps. But I can only say I've played maybe a fraction of games. I really like how my opinions change and how my tastes change based on my age. No offense, Bruce. I guess that means he's younger than you. My preferred shot, I'm loving orbits at the moment, so games that have sweet orbit shots really call out to me. Example, Ryan C. loves the spinner at the moment. Let's see, and era. I find myself changing what era I enjoy more for time to time. Example, I was all about the 90s era and have just started really appreciating the 70s, 80s sterns and valleys. Kind of sounds like me. Always excited for the new stuff. What used to be your favorite games back in the day, and how has that changed? Maybe you guys have been in this crazy hobby for so long. Does it take a lot to excite you? Oh, my. I just got to find more rare games. That's all I need. Because at this point, based on the number of shows I've gone to, I've probably played just about almost every solid state game you can play. I'm not going to say EM, but as far as solid states, I got to be up there. What about you, Bruce? Close. I know a couple I haven't played, but, yes, close. I mean, I played Loch Ness Monster. There's one. Yeah, I know. I've never played that. I played a Q. You know. I played a Q. Yeah, that's unfortunate. Let's see. Taste changing. I'd definitely say, like, my first couple of games were early solid state Williams games. Then I got on the Williams 90s Bally kick.
    40:51
    And then have kind of gone to the early solid state stern, mostly stern kick. Yeah. I'd say Bally, but I just have the one. Harlem Globetrotters. Well, the good thing is about the Bally Stearns, most of them are interchangeable for parts, so it's really good to have. Yeah, board set-wise. Yeah. Mech-wise, it's different.
    41:11
    I mean, how would you say your tastes have changed, Bruce? Originally, I was a Pat Lawler guy. Then I found the goodness of Steve Ritchie. And then I had almost all the Williams 90s because that was the goal back then. And then just expanded on it and then went to Bally Bruce, and now I'm Bally Stearn. I'm Bruce Stearn. Bruce Stern. Sounds like a good DJ name. Hi, I'm Bruce Stern.
    41:37
    You finally saw the light, Bruce. You realize Steve Virch is the greatest designer of all time. Of course he is. Play better.
    41:45
    So that empties the mail ball bag? Never gets old. So how was your pinball weekend? Oh, my God. So are we doing repairs and weekend?
    41:59
    Sure, sure. Okay, so last Wednesday I got all the parts to rebuild flippers on Demoman. I needed a coil for Addams Family. I needed coils for Getaway.
    42:16
    And I needed to rebuild flippers on Swords of Fury. And I had coils for the Demoman also because the sleeves were frozen into the coils.
    42:26
    You couldn't get them out. The coils were just disformed. So I did all that. Now we have a super strong Demoman. We have a super strong Getaway.
    42:36
    And I started on Swords of Fury, but then another problem popped up. The coil blew up on my Sea Witch, and I finally got it back in. I put the coil back in, the upper left flipper, and I put the proper resistor in. Because my resistor was blown, and it was foobarred. I turned the game back on for the first time. Okay, it flips great. I look up. Display 1 is completely dead, and my credit display is completely dead. Okay, so go back in there, reflow the solder on the 7-digit display. That's back up and running. Reflow the solder on the 6-digit display for the credit display. It doesn't work. Start wiggling the wires, and guess what's happening? The connector's bad. So, repin the connector, and then we're back up and running with that. That night, after I did all this work on Sea Witch, like four hours of it, the guy comes up and he says, oh, the upper left flipper's dead again.
    43:32
    Really? Walk up there. The EOS switch is telling you to go from high to low power. One of the leads actually broke off. So I had to go find a switch, re-solder that back on, take it off, take it back on, and now to see which has been rock solid. then a couple switches on a couple different games waxed a lot of games and I still have to go back to Swords of Fury and then see which will be being put back I don't know if I what would you put back in storage Sea Witch or Stargazer oh I know it's hard isn't it which has been there the longest Stargazer that's what I have a plan to do because eventually I want to get that play field in there.
    44:23
    So I think that's going to be going Stargazer and to see which will stay there with the stars. And Mustangs coming in. Pro or premium? Pro. Okay. Yes.
    44:35
    And hopefully that Walking Dead will be there in a couple of weeks too. So that'll be the, you know, we'll get all those in and then we'll be done for a while.
    44:44
    But yeah, a lot of repairs this week. I still got to do the Swords of Fury lower, a few flippers. and unfortunately he gave me the Williams mechs.
    44:52
    So I'm going to use the Williams newer mechs instead of the older ones. So I'm going to get rid of that. I don't know how I'm going to do that because the Swords of Fury uses a spring around the shaft.
    45:05
    Okay, wait a minute. First he said, I mean, it's a Williams game, so it would use Williams mechs. But no, because they changed the design to the mechs and the links. 87 compared to 90 and up. You're basically going from the conical spring to the extension spring. Yes. Okay. But there's no hole for the other side, so I have to drill a hole. Just drill it. Yeah. Yep. That's my fun I get to do also. And they'll be stronger. Yes, they will. With the extension spring as opposed to the conical spring. Yep. Exactly. And the conical springs sometimes get bound up because the links get worn. Yep. And I think you can use, because the links are tapered for the spring. Yes. And then the later ones are not. Yes. I think they're a little beefier, too. They don't have to be tapered anymore. So that'll be my fun for that. And then once that's done, I might rebuild the flippers on whitewater. All whitewater. Yep. Everyone hates whitewater at my place. Why? It's brutal. I love whitewater, Bruce. I'll never hate whitewater. That's my Desert Island pin.
    46:10
    Really? Yep. And then we had a tournament on Saturday. with 11 players. Very good showing. A couple new players, so we're trying to introduce people to tournament play. We had three people from Buffalo come out, and we had one person from Syracuse, and the rest were Rochester people. So, good time had by all.
    46:31
    I'll pick up the Mustang tomorrow and pull out Stargazer. You said pull out. Pull out. Hard. And that's all for me. How about you, sir? Okay. Well, let's go over the lunacy of Life of a Pinhead. So, my pinball weekend, it involves multiple people, actually. Oh, my. So, Friday, well, our own Zach. Hi, Zach. He is in Rochester, but every so many weekends he comes back to his parents' house in about 50 minutes from me. It's in the hillbillies. Yeah, it's in the sticks. So he came back, and Steph came over, or came up, I guess, from... We'll just say the Orange County area. The Orange County area. And that's like a three, three-and-a-half-hour trek. She doesn't get in until late. They basically play pinball and fix stuff from probably 1130 to like 2 a.m. so then Saturday I'd say probably from like 10am to I guess I don't know 4 or 5 they're like fixing stuff like basically Zach is going through tech stuff with Steph just taking notes and all that showing her how to fix stuff Zach's got a lot of EM's so he's going through like a lot of EM's stuff and they were actually they ended up just shopping out doing a full shop job on a Scorpion I'm sure Bruce is disappointed it wasn't Algar.
    48:09
    So I came down at like 5, 5 p.m., and we just started going through all his games, like playing it like just the three of us, you know, first, second, third, and just played all day, all night. We had pizza. Well, we had to go get the pizza because, again, the sticks, they don't deliver to where he is. Yeah. So after 20 games, then me and Zach are just sitting talking about different pinball stuff. Steph's kind of dozing off a little bit. I look down at my phone at one point at some point and it's four in the morning.
    48:50
    Yeah And they were like you stay over if you want And you know Sunday was Father Day so I had plans If I hadn had plans I would have totally just stayed overnight I probably would have played more. That's pretty crazy. That is pretty crazy. Yeah. So, I mean, I felt good. It was probably some of the most fun I've had in a long time. Good.
    49:15
    Remarkable. Yeah. So, oh, yeah, and I finished last. Zach won handily. And then Steph was second and I was third. I suck. I learned I really suck at EMs. Yep. And Zach is very good at EMs. Yep, yep. I wouldn't be surprised if that's how he got in the A-Pinberg finals last year. It was probably based on EM performance from what I saw. Probably. He won me over on Jungle Lord.
    49:42
    The Jungle Lord. Going through the rules on that, there's a lot more to it than I thought. It was a lot more interesting than I thought. He did not win me over on Black Hole. It still sucks. Very good. Okay. So I know you weren't brainwashed or roofied. No, I wasn't brainwashed. Spanish Ice is still good. Old Chicago was awesome.
    50:03
    Played Spirit until it broke. No, what did you do to break that now? It's a godly, what do you expect? What else is there? Kept blowing solenoid fuses, and it intermittently wouldn't boot up all the way, and just fun. I got to see like a closer look at Zach's homebrew game which was like here we go, you got a head from like a wedge head the game has basically made everything, the playfield it's got reels but it also has like the rest of it's solid state like a shooter button because it's from Spring Break, it was a body from a Spring Break so it has the launcher button and it was just insane like all the wiring he did, he made all his own custom mechs. It's absolutely insane.
    50:47
    One of the games we played was from 1934. Like a pre-war game. You hit marbles into different rockets, and if you hit the hole it fires the rockets, and they go into a higher point value hole.
    51:00
    And the funny thing is, I'd actually played that game before. In Texas. In the pre-war display thing they have, the pre-war section. I'd actually played that game before. It's like, oh, I remember this.
    51:12
    I saw his demo man this Demoman that he got for $500. Yep. Because there was a reason he got it for $500. Yep. He's paying for the boards, that's about it. Let's see, he had to fabricate the speaker panel.
    51:27
    He had to fabricate the several boards that did not exist. He had to take the transformer you gave him, then modify it to work.
    51:37
    It was just insane. But he's a big fan of Demoman, so there you go. So something I can agree with Zach on. Well, Marty isn't from head to head. Well. That shows he's got a screw loose. There's a problem there. Totally. Then we had my repairs is basically just nine ball. I'm trying to get nine ball ready for my little event, get the lights actually working on it. So I'm just replacing all the sockets right now. Did a bunch of them before the podcast today.
    52:07
    So that's pretty much all I'm working on. Once I get that done and back together, I'm probably not going to want to touch anything until the tournament. Makes sense. Yeah.
    52:16
    And that's it. That's all. That's all, folks. And then next week you get to go to Pintastic. Yeah. So, all right. Yeah, we went through the mail ball bag. We did repairs. Coming events. Upcoming events. I said coming events. That sounded weird. So, upcoming events we got. Well, this weekend we have Pin Mania, a staple, I think, pretty much every year since 2007, I think, somewhere around there. So this will be like, yeah, what, the 12th one? It's getting up there. This is JR's, John Reuter's house in Gorham, Maine, I believe. Yeah, Gorham, Maine. I believe they still have spots open if you want to play in this. I highly recommend it, especially if you want to play a lot of the older valleys and sterns. he has a cheetah. Anyone with a cheetah, you know, is good by me.
    53:09
    I believe if they do it the way they used to, they actually start Friday with like a pin golf, and then Saturday is basically the match play. This was kind of a precursor to Pinberg.
    53:22
    A lot of the same type of format. Then Sunday, usually they do something. I don't remember. It's more of kind of laid back Sunday. I think it's less formal. and then the weekend after that will be Pentastic New England. I will be there. It's actually, I think, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
    53:46
    I will be there Friday and Saturday. It's going to be fun. Can't wait. The show gets better every year. I think it's definitely becoming like a staple, and it's like an hour and 40 minutes or something from my house, so I love it. Yeah, that's nice. It's very nice to not have to drive three and a half to four hours or five hours to Buffalo or whatever to go to a show. So that's very cool.
    54:07
    It's a very laid-back show. It's kind of like the old pinball expos were when they were at the Ramada, where the hotel pretty much lets them do anything they want. So you'll see games just kind of rolling down the halls, people putting games in their room. They have like an open bar outside the game room to the wee hours.
    54:25
    That's fantastic. Then the weekend after that is the 12 hours of stop. Mm-hmm. Weekend after that is my event. Weekend after that is a break, right? Yeah, I think so. And then Pinberg. ReplayFX slash Pinberg. I think that's it for the upcoming events.
    54:46
    Did you see who won the Critical Hit Tournament? Was that Mystic Pinball? No, neither did I. I keep looking to see if I can find results. So if anyone knows who won that, please send it in. Of course, by the time this is posted, I probably will see it. But I'm just curious who won. Or I could just check IPA. Maybe the results were posted already. Maybe. I'll ask Joe right now.
    55:08
    Joe Lemire? Mm-hmm. The organizer? Yeah. He was asking me, like, are you coming up? It's like, no, I have other plans, which was the Zach trip. Yeah, I just asked him. But I noticed how I wasn't invited out to the Zach trip, so. Would you have gone, Bruce? No. No, exactly. But I wasn't asked either. We're getting together to play pinball for, like, a day. or two days. You want to come up? Yeah.
    55:35
    This weekend I have Central New York League Finals. I am at the second qualifier, so I get a bye for the first round and then off to the races I go. I'll expect total victory. I've won it twice out of six times, so we'll see. That's not the greatest percentage, Bruce. There's Eric Russell in there, and there's Jason.
    55:59
    There's a lot of good players in there. I don't have the gimmies like you have. Wow. You just insulted my entire league. No, just them, not you. I'm part of the league, man. Come on. I know, but I didn't insult you. I'm sorry, folks. If you're a league player who listens to this, it was Bruce, not me.
    56:21
    Yeah, exactly. So anything else? I don't think so. It's kind of a late week. Yep, very late week. I think once we start with the shows, there'll be more to talk about. Yep. I have nothing even on eBay. I've looked all day yesterday and today. Nothing good. Except for one, but I'm going to show it wrong. This is between us. Oh, this is between us. Yep. I just want to make sure he doesn't outbid me or he, you know. Yeah, exactly. Another stars episode. My should have been $500 stars that ended up being $565. Thanks to you. Yep. Greatest $565 I'll ever spend. Yep. God, I love stars. Who doesn't love stars? God, everyone should be required to have a star. If you want to own pinball, yes. If you want to own pinball. So Ryan C., there's more stars out there than Stargazer. Get our stars and I'll be more impressed than your Quicksilver. Yep. Oop, I just got a message. Hold on. Oh? And the answer is?
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    Jerry Bernard. Jerry Bernard won. Sab. All powerful. That's not a surprise at all. Yep. The only thing that worries me about critical hit tournaments They go after the top guys I'm surprised you survived It adds another element That requires thought And you know how I feel about that Oh you can barely think as it is This is why I prefer playing the older games This is like Why I don't even know what place I'm in In the tournaments half the time until the end Because I just, no, I just want to play pinball I don't want to see In my job, I work in IT and my whole day is figuring out why shit doesn't work. So when I'm playing pinball, the last thing I want to do is think. Does that make any sense? I don't know. I think that would, you know, because then I'd have to figure out, like, what to play, what cards to play. I mean, I was talking to Steph, the pinball princess, the critical tournament she finished second in. One of the reasons was she played a card, and this is cruel. there's a card I guess you can play that was you can give your opponent tilt warnings but if you tilt them then they get a consolation ball so she executed a perfect double danger on the person she played the card on and then the person tilted on their ball executed perfectly it kind of makes you have to be a dick so I would think you would love this format yeah I don't because I'm usually one of the better players so they all attack me But you never get attacked Funny Bruce It took me a while to figure that one out I know So you're saying I'm not a good player I didn't say that at all Actually the way I played at Zax I would agree with you Especially on EMs Just do not play them right I gotta work on that Anything else? Nope Light week Light week. We apologize. We're going to try to work on getting Bruce some more rest. Mm-hmm. God, it's not going to happen. Try to get him a little more energy. Maybe we'll give him some drugs.
    59:33
    You know, Bruce, back in the days of KISS, we found cocaine was a very good way to stay up. Gene, you said in multiple interviews you don't do drugs. Well, I don't. The other members of the band did, so we fired them. But they were very energetic while they were on cocaine. That's what I'm saying. Oh, okay. Thanks, Gene. Okay. By the way, go to kissonline.com. Of course. Get your kiss coffin. You've got to tell everyone that it should be their homepage, right? Their homepage, kissonline.com. Well, it's mine, Bruce. I know it is, Gene. Of course. Oh, I know it is. So, Bruce, when did you realize Kiss were the greatest band of all time? The first time I heard them. And when was that? What was your first Kiss experience?
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    Let's see. Animal Eyes, 1984. Really? So you got into us kind of late. Yes. Well, actually, I remember you being younger, but I thought you guys were like clowns. Then I heard the goodness more and more, and I enjoyed the goodness more and more.
    60:33
    We're not clowns, Bruce. I am a demon, Bruce. I know, but did you dress up like a clown? No, Bruce. I dress like a demon. No, no, no, but were you using face paint like clowns do?
    60:46
    No comment. Okay. Actually, what I use is called Clown White. Mm-hmm. Exactly. Clown. Clowns.
    60:59
    Okay. We are the Slam Tilt Podcast. This has been Episode 96, Thor. Hi, Steve Bowden. Fun with bonus. Yes. Meltdown Pinball Podcast. No, we can't talk about their podcast. We can't talk about their podcast. We can talk about them. Hi. Hi, Steve. check out our friends of the show. We have let's say them in a different order. Let's change it up. Flipper Fidelity, Mike Pupo.
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    Get your sound systems for your pinball machines. He's also a Stern distributor. And then we have Joe Newhart, pinball star for all your spooky American pinball jersey jack and home pin needs. Mm-hmm. Check out our website, slamtiltpodcast.com. has all our links on there, our links to Twitch and YouTube and Facebook. We did have a comment that Ron should stream more. I will try. I can't guarantee anything, honestly. I'd like to try to get some more people maybe to come over. Maybe locals or someone wants to come over for a day and stream that night. Maybe when I come out. When are you coming out, Bruce? When I come out for the drop-off here, Gallagher, for the OCPC. Maybe I'll stay over that night and then the next morning we can do something before I leave. So like a Sunday stream, you mean? Yeah, a Sunday morning stream. Alright. So there you go. When would that be? That would be the 15th? Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. So listeners, what should we play?
    62:29
    Should we play the... Well, Quicksilver probably won't be fixed by then, but... It should be. You've got seven days. I have seven days. No, no. I'm going to shows. I'm busy. The flipper works fine. If it works fine, why does it have to be fixed? It doesn't have to be fixed, but you can't get it out if you need to fix it.
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    Okay. So it works. Well, wait a minute. How do you know you can't get it out? I tried to pull it out, and it wouldn't pull out. So why did you try to pull out, Bruce? Because I could tell when I was trying to get the paw out and the link, I couldn't get it out. But why were you trying to get it out? That denotes something's wrong. Yes, but then I finally snaked it out and replaced the parts and then put it back together. All right. But I couldn't get it passed out of the play field. Okay. Out of the bushing. Yep. Couldn't pull it out of the bushing. I got you. Couldn't pull it out of the bushing. All right. On that note, before I forget, our email address, send correspondence to, and especially for our stargazer ideas. Mm-hmm. Because everyone out there is like, oh, yeah, I totally have a stargazer and would care. But we need some cool ideas out there because I'm fresh out of cool ideas. The email address is slamtiltpodcast at gmail.com. That's slamtiltpodcast at gmail.com. Thank you, everyone. Say goodbye, Bruce. Goodbye, Scott McIntyre.
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    Oh my mind, can you boogie? Can you slide? Oh my mind, oh my mind, you can boogie if you try. Oh my mind, oh my mind, there's guarantee to keep you alive. Oh my
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    coming to you from beautiful i fucked up wow we fucked up for the first time in a long time okay we should leave that in uh no