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Halloween Pins: Monster Bash (CGC 2018)

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000·video·1h 31m·analyzed·Oct 27, 2022
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TL;DR

Manu streams Monster Bash at FGW, meets Wisconsin operator, commits to Pinball Olympics.

Summary

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 stream from Free Gold Watch featuring gameplay of Monster Bash (Chicago Gaming Company 2018 remake). Host Manu plays the Halloween-themed machine while interacting with stream chat and a guest (Hilton Jones from Madison Pinball), discussing pinball community events, machine maintenance, and ultimately committing to attending Pinball Olympics after on-stream persuasion.

Key Claims

  • Pinball Olympics is 'the best pinball event in the world, bar none period'

    high confidence · Guest Hilton Jones makes emphatic claim about event quality after attending multiple major pinball tournaments

  • Madison Pinball operates 21 pinball machines across Madison bars, primarily at I.O. Arcade Bar

    high confidence · Hilton Jones directly states '20 of those 21 [games] are yours' and describes I.O. as 'the biggest bar arcade in Madison' with '21 The Games there'

  • Andrei Masakoff ('Slammin' Cop') won City Champ tournament this year at Free Gold Watch

    high confidence · Host directly states result of annual tournament held at venue with ~80 participants across full weekend of qualifiers and finals

  • HEP (High-End Pins) has restored approximately 10-15 Creature from the Black Lagoon machines

    medium confidence · Hilton Jones estimates HEP restoration count as 'probably restored 10 or 15' with background in auto restoration work

  • Chicago Gaming Company's Monster Bash remake plays well and is well-regarded

    high confidence · Host states 'Chicago Gaming Company just does a good job with this remake' and notes the Elite/Premium version at local venue 'plays like a dream'

Notable Quotes

  • “It's the best pinball event in the world, bar none period. I've been to everything. I've been to VFW. I've been to Texas Pinball. I've been to all this stuff. Pinball Olympics. It does not get any better.”

    Hilton Jones@ 8:42 — Key endorsement of Pinball Olympics that persuades the host to commit to attending

  • “I will be competing in the Special Olympics area... I will be participating in Pinball Olympics with you weirdos.”

    Manu (host)@ 29:49 — Host's formal commitment to attending Pinball Olympics after stream persuasion, major community engagement moment

  • “Pinball 2000 for Whatever... Shot slut was the person walking around Pinball Olympus Green drinks he had a name badge that said shots.”

    Mudder Plunderer (chat)@ 49:32 — Reference to recurring Pinball Olympics participant/character

  • “Setting up for a pinball stream sucks, but playing pinball is fun.”

    Manu (host)@ 41:55 — Host meta-commentary on streaming production challenges versus actual gameplay enjoyment

Entities

Manu SmithpersonHilton JonespersonAndrei MasakoffpersonMatt HenrypersonJordanpersonFree Gold WatchvenueMadison PinballorganizationI.O. Arcade BarvenueHEP (High-End Pins)person

Signals

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    community_signal: Pinball community demonstrates strong social bonding and network effects; on-stream peer pressure and endorsements effectively drive event attendance commitment

    high · Chat community holds host accountable to Pinball Olympics commitment; multiple community figures endorse event to host; on-screen persuasion leads to ticket purchase agreement

  • ?

    community_signal: Free Gold Watch hosts City Champ annual tournament with 80 participants, qualifiers and finals across full weekend; represents significant competitive hub activity

    high · Direct statement of tournament structure and participant count from host

  • ?

    community_signal: Pinball Olympics positioned as premier annual community gathering with exceptional venue, collection access, and host engagement; high-effort tournament format with social components beyond competition

    high · Multiple endorsements from experienced community members (Hilton Jones, Brian O'Neill, Matt Scott Danesi) describing it as 'best pinball event in the world'

  • ?

    operational_signal: Madison Pinball operates route of 21 machines across multiple Wisconsin locations including large arcade bar venue; represents distributed location-based business model

    high · Detailed discussion of I.O. Arcade Bar operations with '21 The Games' across Madison venues

  • ?

    product_concern: Chicago Gaming Company Monster Bash remake receives positive reception for gameplay and mechanical quality compared to original

    high · Host states 'Chicago Gaming Company just does a good job with this remake' and confirms Premium Edition 'plays like a dream'

Topics

Pinball Olympics attendance and event qualityprimaryMadison Pinball operator discussion and route managementprimaryMonster Bash (CGC 2018) gameplay and mechanicsprimaryFree Gold Watch venue operations and tournamentsprimaryPinball machine maintenance and technical troubleshootingsecondaryStreaming production and setup challengessecondaryHalloween pinball machine theme selectionsecondaryPinball community and event cultureprimary

Sentiment

positive(0.82)— Stream maintains upbeat, comedic tone throughout. Host expresses genuine enjoyment of pinball gameplay despite machine technical issues. Positive community engagement with guest and chat. Some self-deprecating humor about pinball skill level but celebratory when successful. Stream culminates in positive commitment to major community event.

Transcript

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Welcome to the One Two One Two One Two Three Check Check Check Here we are once again Here I am One two one two one two three Check check check here we are once again Here I am back at Free Gold Watch. 1, 2, 3. I guess that's good enough. That's as close to my mouth as I'm going to be able to get the mic. Hello everybody. Welcome. I need to set up one thing here because I'm running late. Oh, it's 173. Got it. How is everybody? Oh my gosh. Who's rating us? Oh. I got that glass right out just in the nick of time. Marco Pinball with 34 people. Welcome. Hello, Marco. How are you guys doing? I missed you guys. I think. I think I missed you guys. I'm pretty sure I missed you guys. And there's Matt Henry, ladies and gentlemen. Is everything working? I don't even know. Like, I'm new to this. Welcome to the Supreme Bowl, dude. Let me see. Does my sound work? Yes. Look, it's new pinball. Oh, I wish. New pinball in that box? New pinball in that tiny box. That would have been cool. All right, I think I'm set up. Marco Pinball rating with 34 people Welcome to Mystery Pinball Theater 2000 We are at Free Gold Watch I am at Free Gold Well we are If I include everyone around me I am at Free Gold Manowat Expo next week Yes Yes Can I be on your stream? Marco Pinball can I be on your stream? I'll be good I don't I'm easy I'm easy. I don't do anything crazy. Is that Hilton? Hilton. Did you say Hilton or Hilton? Hilton. Hilton. Ladies and gentlemen, straight from Wisconsin, we have Hilton. What's up, buddy? How many people watching? We got, well, Marco Pimble just rated us 34. What's up, Marco? Emoto promises not to ghost you. Yes, you can have Kyle's job. Emoto ghosted me last time, but that's okay. I forgive him, Odo. Can't help it. Hey, everybody. We've got a guest. Another person I just met literally five minutes ago. His name is Hilton. He is from Wisconsin. I've heard of Madison Pinball. Part of Madison Pinball. Yeah, it's me and two buddies. We've got games on route in Madison. Various bars. I.O. Arcade Bar in Madison. It's the biggest bar arcade in Madison. What's the bar called? I.O., like Input Output. I.O. Oh, I like that. I.O. Arcade. I like that. Awesome. There you go. Yeah, huge place. 21 games there. 21 games. And arcades and everything else. But 20 of those 21 games are yours. 21 are, yeah, Madison Pinball. They're all yours. Yeah, yeah. Oh, okay. All the pinball are. Hilton from Pinside? Yeah. Are you on Pinside? Not really anymore, but I used to be. Nice. What's up, A-Clips? What's up, Pinball Pirate? Sorry, I tuned out. Monster Bash and? What else are you going to stream today? no movement okay because i have my pc down there and it's all mobile but we do have a mobile rig and those see those transmitters and receivers up there those receivers are for when we do screens sweet and then you just move the rig with the time well yeah the rig becomes a little different it's less complicated doesn't have a screen it just has the cameras and um we have a main station that would be back there and the commentators and everything so the last thing we did was called City Champ which happens here every year and it's a huge... How many people? Well about 80 people sign up for it. All day? Yeah it's a full weekend. Qualifiers on one day and finals on the next day. This year's winner was Andrei Masakoff. We called him Slammin' Cop. Nice. He's a local here. He creamed me in Pinburgh like five years ago. Not only did he cream me, he creamed me on the F-14 that has his plaque and his name on it for the one that he blew up like three years before. Did he manage to get that? He was trying to buy it. I think he might. I hope he did. Yeah, I think he did. I hope he did. I think he did, yeah. So Andre is pretty hardcore, so he streams here all the time. What is that? Rupon? Rupon? Do you get that joke? Rupon? Nope. we don't understand that um do you ever do you ever do request men I'd love to watch you play creature one day we don't have a creature here anymore unfortunately that has been out come to Madison I've got an HEP a HEP restored creature on row that's great beautiful wow how many of those did they make I mean HEP I think he's probably restored 10 or 15 I would guess Okay, okay. You know who Hep is? High-end pins? He's like one of the best restoration experts in the world. Wow. Really good. I think he was an auto guy to begin with. So, like, his clear coat, his cabinetry work is just barred on you. Exactly, yeah, because those auto guys are, like, freaking hardcore. Yeah, yeah, and attention to detail. See? Yeah, so we put it out on the road. I mean, we don't put, I mean, we put good stuff out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, of course. And we try to put rare stuff. We always have at least an EM. We've got the Y-server and all the new stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We also put, like, we got a restored diner that's going to go out soon. Nice. I'm excited about the restored Funhaus that we're getting with the Funhaus 2.0. That's sweet. Yeah, we had that. It didn't do great. You mean selling-wise? We had it on route with the Funhaus 2.0 and restored. And it didn't earn so much? I mean, it did better as Funhaus than it did as 2.0. Oh, interesting. All right, we'll see how it does here in San Francisco, because it's a little bit of a different kind of... Is it a tough game? Is it the... I think, if I'm completely honest, I think the voice actor wasn't Rudy. And so he lost what is the essence of part of that game that he really wanted. Part of the game is Rudy, yeah. I mean, it is Rudy, basically. Hey, sucko. Yeah, yeah, the whole weird head thing. Yeah, that is typing. Yeah, that is the typing game. Typing of the Dead, I think. Yeah, it's one and only, I believe. You fight by typing. Yeah, it's amazing, actually. If you watch it. I suck at that game. That's like the Japanese version, too, with the English translation. It's Lupin the Third. There you go. Hey, Mr. Harlock. Yes, everyone's looking. No one's listening to us. All right. I'm going to roll. I got friends. Oh, okay. So I'm not going to play with you. Oh, okay. I just wanted to say hi. Yeah, thank you so much. Thank you so much. if I'm ever in your neighborhood. You're coming out to Expo? I am going to Expo, yeah. I'll be there next weekend. Yeah, you going to Pinball Olympics? I, I, no. Why not? Because I'm not fun. No, no, no. Like, absolutely not fun. Really? Yeah. I went last year and I didn't go to Pinball Olympics. You should go. I'll go some year, yes. It's amazing. The whole experience. I hear you, I hear you. It is the, I've been in pinball for a long time. It's the best pinball event in the world, bar none period. I've been to everything. I've been to VFW. I've been to Texas Pinball. I've been to all this stuff. Pinball Olympics. It does not get any better. Pinball. It was the pure immersion in the pinball world. Okay. Seriously. I've got an extra ticket if you want to go. Do you really? Hit me up. Yeah, they're sold out, but I got one because the wife's not going to go. If you want to go with me, hit me up and let me know. See you later, Chad. MadisonPinball.com. Just find me. MadisonPinball.com? Yeah, just find me. Shoot me an email. Shoot me a text. If you want to go, let me know. Thank you, bro. Cheers, brother. Oh, man. Like, because Scott Denisey was like, hey, you've got to go to Pinball Olympics. I'm like, that's all right. And Brian O'Neill was like, you've got to go. So I got an endorsement from you, Brian O'Neill, and Scott Denisey to go to Pinball Olympics. So it's becoming a hard sell. No, but Scott knows Scott. So it's kind of hard sell right now. You've got to go. Seriously, it's nothing better. And Jay is an amazing host. Jay Brand. He's just like one of the most genuine humans I know. Real guy and it's theatrics to the... It's on Friday or Saturday? It's on Saturday, I think at noon. Saturday at noon, okay. So like if you're big on the tournament that may be... No, no I'm not. Oh wait, I'm gonna hit you up. Hit me up, right? I'm gonna hit you up. Alright. You gonna go? Let me know, otherwise I'll offer it to someone else. Probably. I offered it to Jack and Jack just blew me off. Give me a 12% on the night. All right. Give me a number. You have my word. There's like 40 people in chat. Chat, hold them accountable. The dude says yes. Right on. Dude, say yes. See you, chat. Have a good one. All right. Have a good strike. Thank you. Why, chat? Why am I not fun? Why am I not fun? It is. Hey, was that Clive Fraley? I don't understand. I'm not sure. That's bullshit. I told you last year. Yeah, but he doesn't know you. He knows Scott Danesi and Brian Amir. I'm sorry, Mudder Butter. I'm just saying. You'll regret it for the rest of your life. Oh my God, you guys are ridiculous. Okay, fine. George, oh, not a George said it. Damn it. George, why did you have to say it too? George, look at me. Look at me. George. George. George, look me in the eye. Look me in the eye. George. Motherfucker, get out of the way of the screen. Get out of the way of the screen. George, right here. Look me in the eye and tell me honestly, do I need to go to Pinball Olympics? Marco, shut up. Alright, you know what? I'm going to tell him I'm going. I'll be right back. the lobby. Let's all go to the lobby to get ourselves a drink. The popcorn can't be. I can't find him. He's gone. No, but I'll hit him up. What did he say? Wisconsin.com? What was the... You can hear me laugh all day long. Okay. Did he say... What did he say? Dot com? It's a trap. What was the dot com, you guys? How do I find Hilton from Wisconsin? Do I need to watch this stream? I never watch my own streams. Do I need to watch Madison or something yeah it was something like that Madison pinball okay you'll end up He didn't look like a murderer too much, did he? Ashley I mean, I don't know why I'm even laughing at AshleyMadison.com I don't even know what that is It's just a random person's name, right, Mudderfutter? Not too much I'm here to play pinball, guys Halloween is coming close I'll buy the ticket off for him, alright? I'll buy the damn ticket off. I'll buy... If you go... His friends are still here, so he's probably still here. I'm going to tell him I'm buying the ticket off. Friends, it's Halloween. We have to play some Halloween-themed pins. So Matt Henry was nice enough to offer the quarter game of the month, the 25-cent game of the month. Thank you for the following bling-bling, bling-to-bling. Is this real or virtual? This particular one is real. It doesn't matter if I do this. I need to just tell you that it's a real pinball machine. It's a physical pinball machine. Most of the time you can tell whether it's a physical pin or a virtual pin just by the way the ball reacts. Digital pinballs, although they are very realistic now, tend to react somewhat in that uncanny valley of unrealisticness and realisticness. didn't say murderer but you may see this Christmas pinbird wow literally calling like Pulp Fiction vibes into my head isn't it great that they are so close that we need to ask yes what's up X I love that well part of it is what I do there's no plunger How does this game work? Does anybody know how this game works? Let's go plunger. So I'm going to play some Halloween based... What's up Arnaz? I don't like how dark that back glass is. The DMD is really dark. The DMD is super dark guys, right? It's hard to make it a little lighter. I cleaned this yesterday too. I did, personally. I used Nova 7. Right, Marco? Nova 7. And I used a rotary grinder when I did it on the playfield. That's not bad for the playfield, right? Did he ask about the general health of your kidneys Prior to making the offer Is this your favorite cab, Arnaz? This is a fun one This used to be my favorite And then my mama got a job No, I'm just kidding This used to be my favorite And then it explained how much it hates me And I just reciprocated I said, well, I hate you too We both hate each other If I get this pulled in a tournament, I'm going to find some way to disqualify myself. Nova sounds like an MS3K movie. Nova 7. You really want to get your playbook clean, use a planer. Grammy, I don't know if I should trust you. I'm actually going to bring a... I've got to wipe it down. It's a little dusty. I don't need cleaner. I just need to wipe the dust off. I don't know where we get dust here in the shop. I said I don't need cleaner. Who did that? Motherfucker, I said... Are you happy? I'm going to try a particular strategy right now, and that means going up the middle until I get mosh pit. Now it's clean and dust free. Now it's perfect. Achieve playfield purity with planer and some Novus 7. It's clean as the whitewood. This has a... Oh, this is fun. This has a playfield protector on it. So this has a playfield protector on it. So I don't know what I'm cleaning when I'm cleaning it. Oh, those slings are not sensitive at all anymore. Come on. All this bouncing is not good for my pinball health. Okay. Uh-oh. All right. Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go. I already unlocked an extra ball. I did it first by a bag. Ugh. Oh, get some accuracy, Manu, please. Oh, my God. Ugh. I didn't watch the clip. Yeah. Hey, motherfucker, how you been, buddy? I haven't seen you in a while. At least I get to see you at Expo. That'd be cool. All right, finally. Jeez. Yeah, I want to change this angle or something. I'm not super happy with how that DMD looks. It's so pretty, but you guys can't see it because I think I'm shining too much light on it. One day at a time, bud. Excited to see you guys grow. All right. Yeah, I'm excited. I'm excited. We're going to have some fun, D Woo Nothing but switch hits, right? This guy has nothing but switch hits If I do a lot of switch hits Hey, thank you for the follow Done Done Done, done, done June I'm terrible with Twitch names Thank you for the follow Man, CGC just does a good job With this remake We have an Ellie at my local place Plays like a dream, yeah I don't think this is Ellie I think this is the premium Um That's probably fine, yeah Zero! What's up? Hey X, thank you for the biddies Hi, Zero How are you? Stop cleaning Oh my god Why? Are you guys continuously cleaning it? It's clean, I cleaned it Wait, mosh pit is lit So let's do mosh pit So mosh pit is lit I think I interrupted Mosh Pit by doing the extra ball. I was vouching for you on Twitter the other day, telling people MPT3K is the best channel on Twitter. Thank you, Zero. Wow. I appreciate you. I just got here and didn't realize it was already clean. I thought that was a good job. Well, good job, Shell Shock. Oh, my God. You guys are just murdering this glass and then you're cleaning the glass. Make up your mind. Do you love it or do you hate it? So Mosh Pit is what? Up the middle? I forget what Mosh Pit is. I forget what I'm supposed to do in Mosh Pit. Not that. Oh that was awful Who said that they love this game Please explain to me what I need to do during Mosh Pit Is the new glass clean? It is. It really doesn't look free on the elevator screen. Thank you so much. I'm trying to keep it together, Zero. Currently, though, unfortunately, my theater is not working correct. I've been trying it all week and the movies are still locking up. I just skipped over the freaking thing. So my, um... I may or may not have a theater tomorrow, but I appreciate the compliment because if you know me, I will never stop. Even if I have to build a brand new computer. Even if I have to build a brand new computer, I'm going to get that going again. Well that was kind of fun. What? Yeah, thank you, Battleflip. Battleflip just killed my flipper for a minute. Battleflip killed my flipper for a minute. Um... Um... Can't stop, won't stop. This is a fun little game here. Hey, another time. What's up? You've got the best friggin' sound. Hey, another time! What's up? You've got the best friggin' sound. Oh, boy. Oh, no! Do it! Okay, always take a bad shot. Always take a bad shot. Phantom Flip sucks. I'm trying to hit the orbits and it's not working out. Oh boy. Oh boy. I couldn't do it. I couldn't do it. I couldn't hit an orbit. Why couldn't I hit a freaking orbit? I guess it doesn't look that bad guys. What if I increase the exposure a little more? That looks fine. That looks fine. I'm going to leave it. I'm talking about the DMV camera right above my head. What do I, how do I sound right now? Oh, there you are! Okay, yes. In fact, in fact, if you want, I can Venmo you right now. You sure? Yeah. No, I'm talking to, I'm talking to Hilton. Because if I don't go, everyone in chat... This was the wrong time to be negotiating this deal. Everyone in chat will think I am this dude right here. Alright, you guys. It's official. I will be going to Pinball Expo. Ah, not Pinball Expo. To Pinball Olympics. I will be competing in the Special Olympics area. It's all that area. That's all of it. Olympics. I don't know why I'm not in fun. I promise we'll have a good time. I will. I promise it will be like no other big tournament you have ever experienced before. I know, but maybe that's my problem. Maybe I don't want to experience that level of sensitivity. There was a thing with dildos last year. I don't know what. I don't. Look. Special Olympics. I didn't know that. It's the only year I've met. But I know the game. And there was one, I think, that was lunch with him. And maybe he inverted. Like, he messes with all the games, right? Yeah. But also, his collection is phenomenal. I want to see the collection and do the thing. All right. I appreciate you. Thank you for the offer. I am definitely going. There's like 50 people in chat who can hold me to it. What's up, Anthony? Grab my number. I'll text you. You know, I'll give you the ticket at Expo. Yeah, okay. Just get it online. You'll find me. Okay, okay. Yeah, they were helping me find you again on chat. It's easy. What's up, Beans? Where am I? 39 million and two extra balls I have a five ball game going What did I miss you guys? You need to start on Xenon Okay Pinball Laugh Olympics, something like that You need to finger blast Xenon I won't hold back I'm holding him to it What's up Vidmaster? Beans, thank you for the package I gotta Venmo you also I gotta Venmo anyone I need to Venmo everyone. Wait, no, you said you don't do Venmo. You said you do PayPal. We'll do whatever you do, fiends. Oh, no. Hey, Motherfucker, do you want to tell Fliptronic the news? Do you want to tell Fliptronic the news? I love UpIncredible's T-Rep on stream are they for sale? they are on sale Vinny they're actually on sale what news? I can tell them? your chat isn't showing thank you Fiends alright I'll fix it whenever I'm doing testing Fiends, I'll fix it once the thing is... Once I drain the coffee ball. Got it. That's what I wanted. Thank you, fiends. I won't be able to give the same emphasis in chat. Cliptronic. I was convinced on stream today by my buddy Hilton from Wisconsin, who I just met, to actually go to Pinball Olympics this year. So I will be participating in Pinball Olympics with you weirdos. I will be participating. The dude just sold me a ticket, like, right here on screen. No, he's got a ticket. He said he's got a ticket for me. If you've got a Phantom Flip, actually flip, Phantom. What are you dancing with my balls for? So anyway, that should be fun. I didn't listen to Brian O'Neill. I didn't listen to Mud and Butter and I didn't listen to Scott Denisey, but I listened to Hilton, who I just met from Wisconsin. Oh, boy. Apparently, I'm supposed to do something with Whirlyball while I'm out there. Yes, you can ride with us. Yeah, bro. Can I ride with you guys? Because I don't have a ride. I know I don't have a ride with Jordan. So that should be fun. How long is it to get out there from Expo? See, that should be fun. I get to ride with Jordan and Becca. See, that's the thing that I love. Yes! 45 minutes in the car just BSing. Let's bring it. Then I'll hide when we get there. So no one can approach me with Xenon finger blast things. And then... So no one can ask me to finger blast Xenon. I need two things to show up. I need this. And I need... That. That. Wow, thank you, Beans I don't want to cover up Okay I don't want to cover up any games that anybody wants to play I'm trying to be nice Just be here on my own Apparently I'm supposed to do something with Whirlyball He never listens to me But that's totally understandable Hobbit's Third Flipper, what's up? Welcome to the theater Vinny, Vinny wanted to know where Vinny could buy a Pincredibles t-shirt VP Fiends Do you happen to have the link? Do I have the link? Do I have the link to? Wait a minute, I do Here, right here Congratulations No No, no, Pinbot Pinbot, no one redeemed a t-shirt Pinbot. I want you to show them the merch. There we go. No one redeemed a t-shirt, Pinbot. You got it right. Alright, so Vinny, you can buy a t-shirt right here at the teespring.com stores. There are the shirts. There's Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 shirts and there are the Pin Credibles shirts. You can be a proud member of the Pin Credibles. Let's see. Manu, Jordan and Becca driving in Chicago. That should be streamed. Time to hotbox Manu. No. Oh my god, no. I did, Jordan. I saw that. The other day someone showed me some sneakers for... was it Hello Kitty? Kitty because I have my Hello Kitty t-shirt on and someone here I think it's Matt the other Matt another Matt is buying Hello Kitty sneakers I would definitely get those shown up sneakers man you're awesome yeah oh fiends thank you so much those shoes are badass all Thank you Pin Bot. Pin Bot. Thank you. Alright, fine. Whatever. I don't think we ever shipped your present either, so I'll be more sure to bring it. Oh! Do I get something? No! No! Uh oh. This is not fair because I have Monster Bash lit. This is not fair because I have Monster Bash freaking lit. I see what Matt was telling me about this yesterday. Gay. Glouses. Not fair game. Not fair. Not fair. Alright game, you gonna play like that? Let's go Matt told me about this yesterday And I didn't see exactly what he was talking about So he was talking about The middle lane having something Number one reason to use VPX instead You got something a couple months ago It's hilarious Alright, cool I can't wait to see it Does that mean I have to bring you something too? I mean, I don't know. Is that the game? Is that the game? Is that the game we're going to play? I'm just playing. I don't mean that. Obviously, just being in your guys' presence is enough for me. I'm excited for the car ride up and back. Actually, I honestly am. I'm excited for the car ride up and back. Screw Goodball Olympics. It's your force to be in a car with me now, George. Oh, Carl also? Nice. Wait a minute. Carl? Could we not have Carl? Could we not have Carl in the car too? Yeah. Thank you, fiends. Yeah. Jordan, here's the problem with Carl. Carl is awesome at everything So all It's going to be 50 minutes of us driving up And I'm sitting next to Somebody who Can literally fart better than me Like I fart And it's like oh that was an intermediate fart What's up Hollywood like I fart like okay and then Carl farts and out of nowhere someone gives him an award Pinberg thank you for joining and thank you for having like the best chat ever oh Pinberg you're awesome do a fart Are you serious? Hollywood, you know where I am. Exclamation point, FGW. Free gold watch. Free gold watch. Free gold watch. I thought everyone got awards for farting. Not as high as Carl gets. Free gold watch. Free gold watch. Free gold watch. Thank you, fiends. That's where we are, Polo. We're at free gold watch. And there's a new sign out front, so that means I have to do a new intro video. There's an awesome sign out front that Matt got, an awesome marquee. Fiends! By the way, Fiends, you ain't kidding. The Monster Bash that we have in VPX is pretty freaking solid. Oh no, we have an issue. We have another issue now. Oh! Hey, Jordan. Jordan. Why does the flipper stick? What's on the theater tomorrow? I don't know if we're going to have a theater tomorrow, unfortunately. But let me ask you a question. Why does the flipper stick? This happens a lot on pins. The flipper sticks in the opposition. All right. That sucks. It's doing it now. It's doing it now. Shoot, not on my stream. It's one of those things where it sticks, you fire the other flipper, and it drops. It kind of sucks. Sit back. I'm having fun with this game now, even though this game hates me. I can't do my sweet. If it gets electrical, yeah. Next time it's fixed, let it stay stuck and turn off the machine. If it stays up, it's mechanical. Okay, you got it. We'll do that. I'll do that. We'll see if it's mechanical or if it's electrical. This has turned into a Marco stream. Except without Kyle, who's actually talented at doing stuff. Oh, you're going to leave out the side, huh? Who's Raven? Man, pinball is fun. That's all I gotta say. Setting up for a pinball stream sucks, but playing pinball is fun. Mechanical is usually the nub hitting the end of streets and sticking to it. Oh, yeah. The lighting is great. What's up, weird? What's up, weird? Oh, I had a second chance. Oh, daddy pinball. We might have a stuck flipper issue. Right. It comes and goes. It comes and goes. Mechanically, it's usually the nub hitting the EOS switch and sticking to it. Or the link which is worn and sticking into the coil sleeve. Also possibly a loose or busted coil stop. I'm going to try and make it happen again and then I'm going to shut the machine off and see if it sticks so Jordan, the thing you explained is exactly the thing that was happening on Lebowski the other day the game was completely off and the flipper was up, which is cray cray right? seems like that shouldn't work give it back Don't move! Up the middle. I also found the sticky board that you were talking about. You can do it, Mano. It happens. Give it back. It should be something binding. It's binding. Alright, let's play a little bit more. I don't want this jacket on. Alright, Pinball Olympus. Fine. Fine. The pinball gods just want me to be there. For some reason they want me really to be there. Can we... Are you allowed to video while you're there? Not like stream, but like can I record silly... Can I get people to record me doing silly stuff for the stream later? Is that possible? I hope that's okay. Thank you, Polo. Harlan. Harlan's the man. Harlan put these shirts together. I think Harlan designed them. I gotta make sure the Rockets are at Expo so I can be like, yo, look at what team I'm part of. I'm team Credibles. Alright, let's see if we can get that ultimate stack again. I've given up on getting like the Monster Bash stack. You know what I mean? I don want the stack I just want a decent game That not it We took plenty of videos and pictures last year. Alright, cool, Jordan, thank you. Yo, so he's not like... No, don't record the things. No. Apparently he's what, Oscar the Grouch now. Don't record the things. You can be here, you can have fun, but you can't record everything. No. No. No, I will sue you if you record. No. I love the Hellraiser table. I didn't play the Hellraiser table yet, but I watched Marty play it on Game Club Central. I didn't realize that it is... What game is it based on? What game is Hellraiser? Oz. Yeah, that's right. Gordon, don't sue Manny. That's a hell of a save I'm going to keep that one Keep spinning that puppy Keep getting those tomb treasures Oh man Oh! Oh! Oh! Right past the flipper. Let's take a look at that save though, that was tight. Yeah. That save was, that save was friggin' baller. That one moment where I was a good pinball player. Oh no! Ah, you suck. Alright, that game's not going to happen. But I'm going after Mosh Pit every time. Was it lit? No, it wasn't lit. I'm going after Mosh Pit every time. That moment where you were a good pinball player matters. Unlock! Means, I bet you watch this channel so much I could add two extra zeros to the end of the achievement redemption and you could still fire it off like 20 times. I'm pretty sure. Maybe we don't take pictures of Shot Slut? Without permission? Oh, Shot Slut. Maybe... Okay, Mudderfooter, I will discover what that is, right? I will discover what Shot and Blood is. By the way, that new Roger Sharp movie is excellent. Oh. Cool. What movie? Oh, is that like the Pinball Champ or something like that? I think it's... I think I kind of heard about it. Main character sounds exactly like Scott Danesi. It's... Oh, okay. That's I'm glad to see a pinball movie is good I spend a lot for stream. Oh, that's true. You like rock like to a 2000 for Whatever Shot slut was the person walking around pinball Olympics Green drinks he had a name badge that said shots. Oh, okay. I Thought it was a pinball machine Pinball, the man that saves the game. That's what it's always called. Pinball, the man that saves the game. Is it new, Jordan, or is this the same? I think that I saw... It's new. You wouldn't mention it if it wasn't new. I'm pretty sure. Yeah, it's new. Okay. Something that I'm not aware of. You know what? I've been playing this game for so long, I never realized that there was a Tomb Treasures stand-up Right next to the... I never knew that there was a Tomb Treasure stand up there. So the fact that I'm hitting it because I'm trying to shoot the middle... Did you buy a streaming ticket? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Are we talking about like some special ticket at Expo to stream? to stream? I don't go to Expo to stream at all. Premiere of yesterday. Okay, wow, they aren't streaming at Expo. Yeah, a little bit. If you're talking about streaming at Expo, never will I go to an Expo and stream on my own. I leave that to George. I'm going for fun. Not that this isn't fun, but I'm going to just chill. Maybe they are. I thought I met them earlier. Oh! They got the tilt so tight on this freaking thing right now. That wasn't really fair. He said pinball was fair. Warren bought a streaming ticket. And we watched the big screen. Oh. Maybe they are trying to premiere this. That's definitely something. I mean, Roger Sharp. A movie about Roger Sharp. Right? Expo is mostly Stern. Right? Expo is like a a stirring party, so it should be in there. Yeah, that looping is pretty tight. If you can type, that game is fun. If you can't type, that game is going to destroy you. Mosh pit is lit! Mosh pit is lit! Let's do mosh pit. I know it's a two ball multiball but I should be able to do it. Weird! Is that, yeah, that is a Seiga Lupin. It's a Lupin 2, Lupin 3, whatever it's called. If you can type, go for it. Manu can beat Lupin. I'm sure, no I can't even, I can't touch type really. I'm pretty bad. pretty bad. I think it was Balo. I feel like it wants me to stack. Why does it want me to shoot Frankenstein right now? Staying, staying, staying. I used up two dangers on that board. Oh, that's the add-a-ball. Okay, got it. I almost forgot what is the... The Jackpot here is up the middle, right? Come on. Damn it. Down two. That's it. What's up? I know, I was watching on Tuesday, but the jackpot is all the collapsing ones on that. But if you hit three, it's not when it's open, like when you hit it, it restarts the timing on the balls. There's all the balls on the beat, not on the ball. That's, wow, okay. You know about the red light, right? Yeah, but I didn't know about any of that you just said. Yeah, dude, that's awesome. Oh my god, thank you. I was wondering why I was getting balls back. Yeah, I was like, why did they just open Frankenstein during Mosh Pit? But that's... That's great. That's cool. What's up, Onyx? Yeah, this is for your weapons. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nice! I got to catch up with these guys. This guy does like billions on Twilight Zone. Are you trying to find us to give you another one? Oh man, I never knew that, bro. He better? Thank you so much, man. She said he better. This game working? It was turned off on League Night. Onyx. So, Step Flipper here. I cleaned it yesterday, but... It shouldn't be in on League, because you guys will be, like, taking it out of League immediately. Like, after a few games. Man who won a game. Congrats. So, he just told me a ton of stuff I didn't even know about Monster Bash. But, I just mentioned... I just mentioned that I didn't know that there was this extra stand-up called Tomb Treasures. Men who won a game. I love this game. This game is fun now. Now this game is officially fun. Woo! All right, let's do some Frankenstein then. What the heck? All right, let's do Dracula. Sure, let's do Dracula. Had a no-flip Harlem game. What was my other? Wow. A no-flip Harlem game. You had three house balls? You had three house balls? This game is not working 100% Because it's not stopping the ball Isn't it supposed to stop the ball When the When the When Frankenstein starts Isn't it supposed to like Hold the ball down there I think it is Oh crap Say, say, say. Ah, did you see that go right past the old man? I say old man every time something like that happens. What's your favorite pinball table? Oh! Stop looking at Jack! What's your favorite pinball table? I want to know too. Never make contact with the ball. Yeah, it's supposed to stop it. How does it stop it? Where does it... I don't even remember where it stops the ball. It's a B UK right past the old man Onyx Owing point point X jacks. What is your favorite to move? Oh Godzilla What is my favorite game right now Right now my favorite football game is the Tales of the Arabian Nights that I have at home. I'm trying to find out where... I can't see where it's supposed to trap them all. Believe it or not, I really have fun with Totan. That's a fun game. That was a funny exchange with the right ram. I've never seen anything like that before in my life. It literally just spit the ball back out. Wow! A pin pops up with Dracus. Oh, okay. this needs this needs some repair I never knew ice cold beer was such a spectator sport. Oh yeah we've streamed ice cold beer before that's always a fun time. I also desperately wish they turned Phantom flips off. Do you want me to turn fandom flips off? Not what I just said. Onyx. Onyx. Sammy is into the novelty. It doesn't work. I'll turn it off, but they're going to turn it back on. That's what I'm going to tell Sammy when he finds out that I turned the Phantom Flips off. Yeah, no, Phantom Flips is stupid. If you guys play this in tournament, you have turn off fan of flips you almost have to turn off fan of flips because it actually interrupts your flip it turns off your ability to flip we got mummy i'm not even being intentional kids oh no It's a big wide open hole I can't hit. Yeah, if it does work, it'll start the multiball for you when you don't want it. Yeah. Now, there's a hundred million reasons why you shouldn't have a pinball machine like this flipped for you. It doesn't know what you want to do strategy-wise. I'm shooting too much on the fly. Sorry about that. No worries. I'm also really near to two of the most popular games here in the shop. Can you give us an update on what's happening at Ice Cold Beer? Thank you for the follow, Cheeseburger Cats. That's a cool name, Cheeseburger Cat. I'm not turning it off, Matt. I'm just seeing how easy it is to turn off. I wish I had a camera for you guys so you could watch that. You're here for me! Yeah, Fiends, you wouldn't tattle on me, would you? Oh, come on. You wouldn't tattle on me. I didn't turn it off. It's still on. You won't let me touch the ball, will you? I love that you always get something. That's hilarious. We have a manual and a free punch and pie. Exactly. 1.2 Billy. We have all of our Chicago Gaming Company games in a line. Medieval Madness. Attack of Mars. Monster Bash. You wouldn't download a car. You wouldn't disable a phantom. Ball save? Oh, that's not fair. Yeah, there's some issues with this game that we need to fix. It misfired from the... It misfired from the shooter lane. And thought it was a ball save. The flipper just stuck again. So the flipper just stuck again. I'm gonna walk out of here after playing this game and the game's gonna be like utterly broken. That's how I leave a party. I break all the stuff and I split. So Phantom Flip kind of screwed me right there. I get into Chicago on Thursday night. Well, that's not good. Oh, crap. Now I think I really did break it. Do it again. Do it again. Do it again. Do it again. Now I think I really did break it. All right. So, Jordan, the switch. Let me tell you what just happened there. The switch in the shooter lane is bent. So you have the coil and the wire is bent. so that the ball can actually get in between the ball can actually get in between the switch and then the VUK fire, the coil fire, and the ball was in between the coil Wow So not only that, it gets stuck there a lot. I think this game needs some loving. Needs some good loving. Metal wire switches Those suckers this switch I looking at it right now it just bent So when they do these little metal wire switches Thanks for ruining my mo by the way Thanks for ruining my chances of getting money This is the 25 cent game of the month so it's going to take more damage than it should actually. Mr. Ace, what up? Stuck on Drac, pretty typical. Yeah, Manna is looking genuinely distressed at the state of the game. It's just going down and down and down. Manna misses his mummy. It's just going down and down and down. So if you're part of the Mystery Pinball Theater thing that we do Fridays, I would highly suggest you check the Discord tomorrow. It may not happen. I've been having a lot of movie freezes. The movie freezes a lot and it kills my stream, so I may need to rebuild my computer again. I've been testing the theater over the last every day this week and everything I've done to fix it has not fixed it so it's just it's just kind of broken and I wish I knew why I still don't know why it's not a memory leak I don't I really don't know what it is. I have Surreal looking at the logs and everything. We have an idea, but we don't really know. So, I could have some bad memory on the machine, you know? Something that's not that... No, it's not Sammy. I actually reverted back a version of Sammy. It's not Sammy. I could have bad RAM. I could have whatever. I'm getting a I'm getting a machine from Fiends. And Fiends, what I might do is I might use that machine initially to run tests. Because my OBS is a portable OBS, that means I can move it. I can easily move it to another machine. So I may end up moving it to the machine that I get from Fiends. And test it there and see if I can run the theater a bunch of times. If it works on another machine, then I know it's the machine. My poor machine has taken so much. This streaming machine has taken a lot of damage. So locally, it served me well. Let's put it that way. It served me very well. And I'm not mad at it. Do you have a strong enough power supply on the computer? Oh yeah, it's... Do you have a strong enough power supply on the computer? I do, it's an ATX box, but you could have something there, Fiends, you might have something there. It's a weird thing, right, where maybe I just replace the power supply and it works. You know what I mean? I mean, I know what you mean, not you know what I mean. It's actually you made the suggestion. Shit. Why did I take that shot? Why did I do that shot? You know what I'm looking forward to? This is going to sound really geeky. I'm looking forward to getting on the plane to fly to Chicago. and being forced to do nothing but play my Steam Deck. Like, do nothing but play Cyberpunk 2077 for four hours in a row. I had issues on a computer and freezes when a program was using all threads of the CPU. I was able to limit the program to like four or six threads and it was fine. I had 480 watts on my system. I had no idea it was that weak. I saw the 3070. It's not overheating. Put in a 70 watt now. Yeah. Ain't no sunshine when she's... Well the high score is like 200. The grand champion score of course is Andre with a billion. He got that billion when the game was working 100%. So I'm going to blame it on the game. I will... You know what it means? I will double check the power supply when I get back in a situation where I can take it apart. I'm going to check the power supply again. Make sure I have it... An unnecessary dig. Everything I'm doing right now is absolutely unnecessary. You could almost backhand that shot. Get up, get up! Oh, you son of a gun! Perfect angle. Basically, when you run the theater, have the computer memory die and that's the OPC of the game. Trumbo Champ is pretty great on Steam Deck. But Mudder Plunderer is easier with a mouse. I just gotta get good. I gotta get better. I've been playing No Man's Sky on my Switch. Oh, you really? Dude, I'm into No Man's Sky. I gotta check out your... Did you build a base yet and all that stuff? Do you have like a... What do you call it? Oh, my bad. Although Cyberpunk did take me away, Cyberpunk distracted me. The first game I played on my Steam Deck was No Man's Sky. In fact, when I was at George's house, when I was with George, all I did was play No Man's Sky. And then we'd stream, and then I'd play No Man's Sky, I guess. Monster Bash. Daughter's Fade. Is this original or remake? This is remake, dude. This is a remake. It's a remake. They updated it and everyone went bonkers because they changed a lot of it. Yeah, I saw that. Yeah. It was a six gigabyte update. And I downloaded it. And I fired it up. And I was like, where's all my stuff? Who moved my cheese? Oh, man. I don't care much for base building. Yeah. It's like, move around. What's up, Dom Loves Lobby? I'm going to do my... I'm going to do my run to Mosh Pit again because I like Mosh Pit. Mosh Pit is fun. I want Mosh Pit! Oh, that shot is always late. That sling doesn't even fire anymore. This game needs to go. That sling doesn't even fire. Uh oh, it's coming back. Sorry, late to the stream. I'd like to hear your thoughts on the bash. I like Monster Bash. Oh, you sold it. Oh, nice. Yeah, I would only have been able to like... If you had a buyer, go for it. Oh, what a save. Holy smokes. I'm glad it's going to a local bell. I'm sure that game is hecka fun, man. Jack did a great job on that game. Jack did such a good job on that game. It was ridiculous. I can't wait to see what Jack's cornerstone is going to be. I really can't. I really want to see that guy succeed as a pinball designer. It looks like it's his dream job. I am Francois Dugrim. We tried with all power balls. Jordan, you must be rich. You have all power balls. You must be rich. You must be a billionaire. Yeah, that's the home edition. More room. Yeah, the home edition didn't use up that much space. I'm pretty sure the home edition didn't use up that much space. All right, it's lit. It's lit. It's lit. Let's do it. It's my last Phantom, uh, it's my last Monster, Monster, Monster Mosh Pit today. But you sold it. What's taking its space? He got a, um, what's that other one? Safe, he got a Safe Cracker, Motherfucker. He got a Safe Cracker. That'll fit perfectly in his face. What the what? I just like going up the Frankenstein ramp. That's just the funny part. All right, let's go up the middle. Because we're supposed to go up the middle. Ah, crap. Well, that was fast. I've had better mosh pits. Darn. I should have shot the mosh pit again. What if the Frankenstein ramp doesn't meet Jack Squad in this game? Safecracker, I wish. Safecracker's fun, but the price in that game, yeah. Safecracker's crazy. So who do I got to complete? I'm gonna do Frank- I'm gonna do, um... I'll see if I can do... Let's see if I can do Frankenstein thingy. This game isn't as scary as I remember it to be. Let's just do it. Uh oh, uh oh. Okay. Fire! Oh, it's not stopping the ball ever. Alright, there's some stuff we need to look at on this game. Generally speaking it's working okay. I sure hope it's giving me those shots. That would be unfair if it didn't queue up those shots. Bring me those shots. That would be unfair if it didn't queue up those shots for me. But I legitimately... Oh! Here it fits. I didn't mean it. I would never harm a pinball machine. I did so much work, I have 36 million points. All right, here we go. Boop! Dracula and Mummy. Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go. I got three of them. Those are my . Those are my . Whoa, that was creepy. Thank you. Spooky. Thank you for the follow. Get out of the way, Drac. Thank you. Thank you. Insurance! One hair dryer. Two! Two hair dryers! We're playing this because of Halloween. We're playing spooky spooky based pins. Not spooky the company, but spooky pinball machines. Come on, man. Come on. I got a lot of things going. There are a lot of things going right now. Oh, my God. The ball just wants to leave. I don't want you to leave. It wants to leave. Woo! Woo! Woo! Oh Whoo I just don't have the stamina to play pinball with you young people Oh, I got Instrument, instrument, instrument Who's left? Wolfman, he's the easiest freaking dude We just don't have Wolfman? Uh-oh Uh-oh One more shot to Wolfman Where's Wolfman when I need him? Alright, let's just start Monster Bash. Don't you dare! That was scary. Incoming! Incoming! No! Oh no, here comes Walter. He's going to mess with me so I don't hit the Monster Bash shot. Hi, Walter. How are you, buddy? I'm doing great. Okay, get in the backhand. You can do it! Oh, it's my turn now, huh? Oh, okay. I was going to let you. Don't lie. I woke up aching in several places this morning. I will have you know. Yeah, but Jordan, it'll go away for you. For us old guys. For us old guys. I'm only 28. What the hell are you talking about? For this old guy. It stays forever and ever and ever. It lasts for a really long time. Hey, I got an achievement. I don't know what I just did, but I got it. Thank you. See what I can do? Let's go up the middle. Damn it. Monster bag. I know there's a... There's a... Oh, really? Oh. Wow. Oh, my God. Walter. I saw that. I saw that. You know what? You're not playing fast enough. I know. Something on your mind? Maybe you need to like... Yeah, there's something on my mind. Something's always on my mind. You need water? Are you hydrated? Did you eat lunch? How many, what is that like 12 drains? Like I know the ball, the game only has like four or five balls, but that was like seven balls a drain. That was three balls that went down like that. 109 is the best I could do today. You know what? I need a professional cooler. I need a cooler? Yeah, professional cooler. I come over there, three balls, like in a multiball, just go down right in the middle. Oh yeah. It happens. It happens all the time around me. I go into a place, you know, and just like, you know, William H. Macy. So as I go through the place, everybody's balls just drain, you know. Oh yeah. Wow, is that an analogy you actually want to use? Somebody's on a ladder, they fall. That's just me going to work. Okay, go, go, go. Alright, I'm done. Bye. See you guys. Check the Discord. That is Pimpad. Check the Discord. We'll see if we have a thing tomorrow. But if we do have a movie tomorrow, it'll be Metal Man for Mr. Hardlock. I really hope we have a movie tomorrow. I don't know. We'll see. Just why it's a good moment before I go to bed. Dom! Dom! Love you guys. Peace! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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    technology_signal: Monster Bash unit at Free Gold Watch experiencing intermittent flipper sticking issue; troubleshooting reveals potential mechanical or electrical cause (flipper nub, EOS switch, coil stop, or Dave Link wear)

    high · Host and Jordan discuss recurring flipper stick problem, test methodology, and potential causes including mechanical binding and electrical faults

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    venue_signal: Free Gold Watch maintains technical setup for streaming and tournament operations including mobile rigs, camera systems, commentator stations, and screen integration for multi-location tournament coordination

    high · Host describes transmitters, receivers, mobile rig setup, and main station infrastructure for streaming and tournament operations

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    venue_signal: Free Gold Watch operates multi-operator communal model with staff managing machine maintenance, playfield cleaning protocols, and gameplay troubleshooting

    medium · Host discusses Novus 7 cleaning of playfield, flipper mechanical issues, and Jordan's technical knowledge of machine problems