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Day 3 of FISH TALES BATTLE!! Jan '15 - 2 / 2

Dead Flip·video·23m 15s·analyzed·Feb 3, 2015
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TL;DR

Fish Tales tournament play session with casual commentary on mechanics and local tournament results.

Summary

Dead Flip hosts a casual, multi-day Fish Tales tournament gameplay session on day 3. The stream features extended pinball play with commentary on Fish Tales mechanics, playfield leveling issues, and tournament results from a local venue. Hosts discuss game design quirks (notably a bearded character art inconsistency) and share tournament bracket details from a local event.

Key Claims

  • Fish Tales machine is sensitive to weather and currently has leveling problems causing unusual orbit center drain patterns

    high confidence · Direct observation during gameplay; hosts note back feet are rusted and affecting ball routing

  • Steve Ritchie designed Fish Tales

    high confidence · Host directly states this when discussing the game's design philosophy

  • Local tournament had Bob Twitchel win first place, Jerry in second, and unnamed player in third

    high confidence · Direct tournament results reported by stream participants

  • Fish Tales playfield art has a continuity error where a bearded character on the playfield differs from the back glass version

    high confidence · Hosts extensively discuss and point out the beard styling inconsistency between playfield character and back glass artwork

  • Local pinball venue has specific machine roster including Star Trek, Stern AC/DC Premium, X-Men, Mustang, Demolition Man, Theater of Magic, Twilight Zone, The Shadow, Metallica, Avengers, and Avatar Limited Edition

    high confidence · Complete pin list enumerated near end of stream

Notable Quotes

  • “I heard that this machine is super sensitive to the weather. Oh, absolutely. We have it set up a little drifty right now because the back feet are rusted.”

    Dead Flip host@ 1:38 — Explains mechanical issues affecting Fish Tales performance and gameplay consistency

  • “I think my favorite part of this whole game is how they had a character on the playfield in the back left, okay? And they're like, this guy looks great. And then after every piece of art was done they're like you know what this guy needs a beard?”

    Dead Flip host@ 10:47 — Points out notable Fish Tales playfield art design inconsistency suggesting late-stage design changes

  • “Who made this game? Uh, Steve Ritchie. Steve Ritchie designed this game.”

    Dead Flip host@ 16:21 — Confirms designer credit for Fish Tales

  • “First place was Bob. Bob won it. Twitchel won it. Hell yeah.”

    Dead Flip participant@ 21:07 — Local tournament winner announcement

Entities

Dead FliporganizationFish TalesgameSteve RitchiepersonSuper Duper Extra Awesome Pinball ShowproductBob TwitchelpersonJerrypersonStern AC/DCgameX-MengameMetallicagameAvatar Limited Edition

Signals

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    design_philosophy: Fish Tales features apparent playfield art continuity error: character has inconsistent beard styling between playfield and back glass, suggesting late-stage art direction changes or quality control inconsistency

    high · Hosts extensively detail the beard design discrepancy, noting the character appears to have had beard added after main art was completed

  • ?

    operational_signal: Fish Tales machine at venue exhibits leveling problems caused by rusted back feet, resulting in unusual ball routing and center drain issues

    high · Host notes machine is 'super sensitive to the weather' and back feet rust is causing 'drifty' setup and orbit center drain problems

Transcript

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0:00
Oops. Nice. Oh baby, that's too... she uh... She uh... It's coming for the Super Duper. Oh, that shot has changed over the... Yeah. Over the week. Over the week, absolutely. It used to come a lot higher on the flip. Nice. That was sexy. Completed!
0:39
Whoops. Oh man, just a bunch of doinking right now. So once I'm one away, I'm just going to go for more multi-balls because then I could get my supers.
1:24
Oops. What? I heard that this machine is super sensitive to the weather. Oh, absolutely. We have it set up a little drifty right now because the back feet are rusted. But, yeah, definitely this game needs to be level. The reason we're having that weird, like, orbit center drain problem with this rubber is because of potential level problems.
2:03
Leveling problems? Skill shot! Skill shot! Yo, jump every, jump every play. Oh, see that chassis? Dude, I'm telling you, that would be a workout. I'm already sweating from doing that. Skill shot! I'm not doing that shit at all anymore.
2:24
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Four million. Right. What ball is this, two? Ball two, folks. Oh, why do you, why you gotta do me like that? Don't do me like that. Oh, why do you keep doing me like that? Don't do me like that. And I want it, baby. Don't do me like that. Don't, don't, don't, don't. Um, so the reason I'm going for old-fashioned multiball and not instant multiball is because I don't care.
2:57
You can feel it. And I got a fucking, a freaking, ah, don't eat the kids. The Skrillex shot. Squish me, squish me. Squish me. Laughing plowder. They're all move. They're all fishing. We're even messing.
3:41
I just tried to type into chat and I'm not logged into Twitch. Fire, baby. You're my little baby. You're my baby.
4:01
I'm going to log into Twitch real quick. One shot would have been multiple balls. Multiple? That would have been my super. It would have been multiple balls. More table balls. We're just gonna refresh this just to be safe.
4:15
Oh, God. I love this call-out, by the way. It does... It reminds you. You're fucking around. I mean, you're doinking around. I mean, you're screwing around. You're fucking around. Don't... Donate to kids.
4:36
We're playing incognito mode here, kids. Unibomber mode? Unibomber mode. Wait, we're playing for points. What am I doing?
4:49
Was that ball three? No! I forgot. Halfway through. Winners go far. Oh, do you want to play one more?
4:58
What's our goal? Alright. We need a new goal. I think the lock shot is an important goal. How many center multiballs can you start? Center multiballs. Well, there's only one ever in your entire game. No, you can relight it up. No, you can't. Why not? Once you get everything, that shot's worth 5 million and increases 500,000 if you can hit it. All right, first one is center multiball then.
5:31
First one is center multiball. Center multiball is the only goal, folks. Good start. Both monster fishes. Ooh, we can go for monster fish. It's kind of hard to actually go for that though. How do you get them These targets here Oh gross And then this lights up and then you get the Uncle Carmy Oh boy Lowest score possible Alright, I'm all about that. I think we've already played that way. I think I just won.
6:01
I'm gonna make the game a little more tricky. Am I allowed to take the glass off and just flip this wheel?
6:07
Flippity do da! Ah! We could go for a monster fish as a goal. One day of sunshine in my way. We could do the boat. Just flip the boat, man. I thought you said it was the fish on the side.
6:28
This gives you monster fish? Yeah. This gives you these four fish? No. Yeah, but how do you keep getting monster fish? You keep hitting the boat. Oh, let's do that. Monster fish all day. All right. Monster fish all day. Here we go. One day sunshine, in my way. Zippity do da. Mr. Bluebird on my shoulder. Is it true, this fact too? Every day is better than this. It's a fuming frenzy. Ugh!
7:13
Ugh! Backhand, backhand, backhand! Hup! The backhand? Ugh! Oh no. Oh no! The only objective we set for ourselves.
7:33
He gets it and shits it. Donate to kids. This boat has a lot of cool stuff in it. Yeah. There's like a dynamite. It's also got a nose print on it.
7:54
Alright. Go ahead. Thanks, Dad. Oh, this game is awesome. I should adjust that. Wiggle it. Alright, so I got to one fish. I did not get the full fish. Full fish. The full fish.
8:17
Ooh, good stall almost. Stallmost? Oh my lanta. Okay. I'm gonna try that old stall move again. Whoopsie.
8:35
Do be dumb. Dumb up. Don't be dumb. Okay. Thanks, dude. I'll fix the camera. No way. What are you doing? You're just like, yep, that'll fix it.
9:00
Man, close enough. Stamosed? What? Yo, you got Stamos, dog. Oh, not feeding frenzy. Alright, we're gonna life catch this.
9:18
You have to do a body jerk. You have to. You have to do a full clinch. No, don't run out. You slapped him. Oh, boy.
9:53
Yo, stop. Oh, look at that. No clench. At least you got it. You're just shooting the water. So what are those supposed to be? Torpedoes? Beer canes? Oh, that, I think, is what I want it to be. They're bushlight canes.
10:47
I think my favorite part of this whole game is how they had a character on the playfield in the back left, okay?
10:59
And they're like, this guy looks great. and then after every piece of art was done they're like you know what this guy needs a beard so if you look on the back glass it's a cool dude smiling you can see they obviously slapped a beard on him because his smile comes up out of his beard and on the play field there is a cigar coming out of the top of his mustache Ash.
11:29
Carcoons, perhaps? That looks like a sticker You see that Maybe that his style man Maybe this guy has such a badass beard There absolutely no Dude okay hold on His mouth is closed up there They slapped a smiley beard on his face. But they can see this.
11:47
He's got a cigar coming out of the top of his beard. And you can tell, like, he had, like, an ornery, like, little... little smile thing going on there. Same with the top. He had, like, this ornery little... Ornery? Is that... Was that where you live? It's close to where you live, right? Honoré?
12:08
Wait, what are we playing for? Ghostfish. Yeah, ghostfish. How many skeletonfish? Gefiltefish. How many gefiltefish can you eat?
12:16
I attempted one and did not get it. You are halfway to your first one. Love you. You saved it! Nobody wins. But you got closest? Yeah, I guess we'll try it again.
12:41
Monster fish. We got zero. We gotta get something. We gotta do monster... Monster fish! I got all the way to one and then screwed up. Get old.
13:00
Gulpy. So folks, just so you know. Does that count? Oh, geez. Yo, good shiver. Shiver me timbers. Oh, there you go, Iggy. thanks for posting that, man.
13:24
What? The play field so they can see the cigar coming out of the dude's mustache. Catch the ball! Oh my god.
13:41
Look at the back glass too, Iggy. It's ridiculous. It just looks like someone slapped a beard on the dude's face.
13:50
Ooh, hold that bonus. I'm not happy. Hold that bonus. Don't move! Oh, god. As soon as you put your hips into it, it's over. Don't move! Oh, that's out. Oh, if you don't. So, the only shot I love doesn't work anymore. Your backhand is screwing. Oh, my backhands are gone! I'm not happy. Alright, we'll do cross, crisscross applesauce.
14:32
Truth be done. Is that what he's saying? I don't know. It's like some religious stuff. Truth be done.
14:43
Alright. Too soon. Truth be done! Want my ball, please. Too fast. Good drop. Oh, that sounds good. Just need that.
15:15
Oh. That was it, too. Nice money. Alright, 15-6. 15-6 is the monster to beat so far. 15-6 monster, folks.
15:31
Alright, let's get another one here. Nice. 15 CX. Good monster. Just gotta hit my shots here, folks. They just smelt that way.
16:01
Old fishermen never die. They just conk out. Did it conk fish? Yeah, you're right. The side beards look a little strange too. Totally. Who made this game? Uh, Mark Ritchie. Mark Ritchie designed this game. Oh, ho ho ho ho. I missed it by seconds. I get zero.
16:43
Some fishtail he got. What the hell was that? Praise you, Pep. Praise be to Pep? Praise be on to Pep. Your second monster fish, I don't know if you had to have gotten the first one, but it's supposed to be 30 million. I did not get the first one. But I don't know if that matters. I don't actually know. Here comes the clip. No
17:25
The flip tip pass oh my god that two in a row now The flipsy tipsy. Does that count as your goal? I don't think so. Both port and starboarder play, which is interesting.
17:44
Can't eat either. Nows, be done! A big butt-champ. That counts. Oh. Ah! He's the Mario. Oh. I hit it. He says I think you have to claim it in order to get it to the next level. All right. Cool.
18:19
We'll see. Potentially. It's a me. It's a Mario. Why would you do that? Hit the port. Oh, 30 straight. So 30 is the new number.
18:52
30 is the high number. Damn. Right into the microphone, my man. You're welcome. Here we go. Catch. No respect, I tell you.
19:13
Oh, boy. What is... There you go. Good self-control. Because you were ready to wrap this game. No love, man, no love, you know? Well, let's see if we can beat 30. Just for future reference. Yeah, what's the biggest monster fish you can afford? That you can afford? I want the biggest monster fish I can afford. I hate one-way in-lane lights, man.
20:23
This was the largest automobile I could afford. Oh, you ding. You ding. How did you guys do in the tournament last night? I didn't go, Nick. I got fourth. Fourth place. Who took first?
20:41
First was... Not a ding-dong. Bozzy? Bozzy got knocked out in the first round. Really? The winner was... The battle was between... Jim? The guy that did really well at bottom lunch. Got to third place. I want to say... Jerry?
21:03
Yeah. He got, I think, second. And first place was Bob. Bob won it. Twitchel won it. Hell yeah. Jerry second third place was who did I play Bob nice guy it was a little turn out but it was it was fun made it to the fourth round fourth round oh yeah and I got late yeah I had to work late unfortunately what does he say there hit the net what does that mean or get the net get the net like fish oh they're when fishing I get it telling stories like no he's saying no he's saying hit the net as in like the internet so you can look up how to blow this game up so you look up his beard hit the net figure out why my beard looks crazy glass is pretty good what pins did you play there they have Star Trek, ACDC, X-Men, Mustang, Dermatology, Demolition Man, Addams Family, Yep. Theater of Magic, Yep. Twilight Zone, Shadow, Metallica, Avengers, and Avatar. Yep. That is the complete pin list. well done shit um the games were not working that happens at emporium but it's all right that is our home bar we love them all right i gotta i gotta roll i got i got uh internet i got net to net to search you have to go search the internet yeah i gotta go look at my aol keywords like butt stuff butt stuff thanks again folks we'll see you tomorrow five o'clock Nice win right there. You guys are great. Dude. 802? 802. I'm sorry. I don't want to high five you again. No. Why? No, I like high fives. You like high fives? My bad. Oh, that was wimpy, though. All right, kids. Have a good night. I love you. Bye-bye. Bye, internet. Bye.