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FNO Pinball Ep 28: Stranger Things Pinball Stream

Flip n Out Pinball·video·3h 0m·analyzed·Jan 2, 2020
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TL;DR

Ken Cromwell and Steve Beattie debut Stranger Things Pinball on fresh 0.75 code with live first-play reactions.

Summary

Ken Cromwell and Steve Beattie stream their first-ever gameplay of Stern's Stranger Things Pinball on code version 0.75, just released hours before. They unbox, set up, and immediately begin playing on stream without prior testing, discovering a fast, demanding game with an effective Demogorgon shot mechanic. The broadcast captures real-time first impressions of a Brian Eddy-designed game with strong audio, animations, and playfield flow, though outlanes present difficulty.

Key Claims

  • Stern released code update 0.75 for Stranger Things approximately 2-3 hours before this stream, upgrading from version 0.64

    high confidence · Ken explicitly states: 'stern did a code update on this game like two or three hours ago bringing the game from like 0.64 to 0.74' and later confirms '.75' version installed

  • Ken and Steve had never played Stranger Things before this stream—they literally unboxed the machine, leveled it, installed the code update, and immediately started streaming

    high confidence · Ken: 'this machine was literally unboxed legs were put on it...we have not plunged one ball on this on this pinball machine nope we read the instruction card and that's it' and later 'we're literally going to see us plunge our very first ball on Stranger Things'

  • Stranger Things Pinball is designed by Brian Eddy with code by Mike Vinacore and Lonnie Roth

    high confidence · Ken states: 'this is a Brian Eddy designed game, right? We have, and consequently, you've got Brian Eddy, Mike Vinicore, and you have Lonnie Roth that's on code'

  • The Demogorgon shot is fast and comes back quickly to the flippers, creating high risk/reward dynamics

    high confidence · Ken: 'center shot is there's a high risk versus reward for hitting those center targets because it's coming right back at your flippers' and multiple comments about speed of ball return

  • Both Ken and Steve experienced different difficulty levels with the Demogorgon shot despite playing the same game (Ken hitting it successfully ~50%, Steve struggling)

    high confidence · Ken: 'I'm two for four with my Demogorgon shots' vs Steve's complaints about missing the shot repeatedly

  • The outlanes on the test machine are positioned 'all the way up' at their hardest setting from factory

    high confidence · Ken: 'Outlanes are...That right outlane is kind of...Kind of hurting there. Yeah, they are both all the way up. They are both all the way up.'

  • Ken purchased a Stranger Things Premium edition machine because it's his dream theme but he's 'priced out' of the LE tier

    high confidence · Ken: 'I can't go LE because I'm priced out of that level. But premium I can handle on occasion, and this would be a premium game for me'

Notable Quotes

  • “this machine was literally unboxed legs were put on it...stern did a code update on this game like two or three hours ago bringing the game from like 0.64 to 0.74 we uploaded and installed the code update so we're running 0.74 put the balls in set up the stream and honest to god we have not plunged one ball on this on this pinball machine”

    Ken Cromwell@ 16:00 — Establishes the unprecedented nature of the stream—first play on fresh code release

  • “I've had one dream theme that I've really been waiting for in pinball...my dream theme has been another new stuff...Stranger Things. And here it is, alive and in the flesh, right? It's here.”

    Ken Cromwell@ 15:32 — Establishes Ken's strong personal attachment to the Stranger Things IP and explains his motivation for purchasing the game

  • “This is going to be fun for us because you're literally going to see us plunge our very first ball on Stranger Things. But to be fair, you could also witness an epic fail because if this machine, for whatever reason, isn't set up correctly, I mean, we have it leveled, but we haven't played the game.”

    Ken Cromwell@ 16:38 — Sets expectation-managing tone about real-time discovery and potential technical issues

  • “The Demogorgon shot I'm not having concerns with as far as it getting into the mouth. That's a relief for me.”

    Ken Cromwell@ 40:07 — Addresses and resolves a pre-release concern about the Demogorgon mechanic being problematic

  • “It's fast. That Demogorgon shot I thought was going to be a lot easier...The game seems real close to the flippers. If you miss a shot, it's coming right back. It's coming back fast. Those outlings are a little brutal.”

    Steve Beattie@ 43:37 — Captures initial gameplay impressions highlighting speed and difficulty

Entities

Ken CromwellpersonSteve BeattiepersonStranger Things PinballgameStern PinballcompanyBrian EddypersonMike VinacorepersonLonnie RothpersonZach Minney

Signals

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    community_signal: Flippin' Out Pinball leveraging day-one code release access to build streaming audience and brand loyalty; immediate live gameplay on fresh code version creates content exclusivity

    high · Ken and Steve unbox, update code, and stream within hours of 0.75 release; Ken notes 'we might be one of the first to stream .75 because it just was released...around 5 o'clock Central Time'

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Stranger Things Pinball requires disciplined trap-and-aim gameplay strategy rather than freestyle flipper action; Demogorgon shot presents variable difficulty even among experienced players

    high · Ken and Steve, playing identical game with 12 balls total, have opposite assessments of Demogorgon difficulty; Ken emphasizes: 'Until you get your shots down on this game, this is not the game to do that on'

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Outlane positioning at factory hardest setting creates frustration during early play; multiple ball drains attributed to aggressive outlane geometry

    medium · Steve repeatedly complains: 'These outlanes are killing me. Killing me.' Ken acknowledges both outlanes are positioned 'all the way up' at hardest difficulty from factory

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Stranger Things Pinball exhibits a fast, demanding design philosophy prioritizing quick ball returns and shot precision over casual accessibility; outlanes set to hardest factory position

    high · Ken: 'This is not the game you play heavily buzzed or slightly intoxicated' and 'You need to trap up and you need to figure out your shots...you will pay the price if you are not taking the time to consider lining up your shots'

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Transcript

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13:00
you HEAR UNPRINTED No R nied So, this is Monday night, I behave as we have dugone I turn on switch, works in fields above us Everychatole, older, a nih rond, I am... Jim Dillon, TV, and television. I'm from Chicago, it's time to take flight. Monday Night Pinball, coming on tonight.
14:09
Are you ready for some pinball? Oh, go on and have fun, yeah. Let's see it now. Oh, buddy, just get me to the top. Sorry, y'all. Woo! I'm blowing a pinball ball. I don't want to be right. All my friends are here for Monday night.
14:49
What is going on, Pinball Land? Welcome to the Flippin' Out Streaming Network Monday Night Pinball. It seems like it's been forever. I'm Ken Cromwell. With me today is Steve Beattie. What's up, man? Good to be back, man. Merry Christmas. Happy holidays. Happy New Year. Come on out. I'm pumped up today. Same here, man. Because for those of you that may have followed me in general, just with the podcast or anything else, I've had one dream theme that I've really been waiting for in pinball. And thank you for the subscribers. Thanks, Kerry. I appreciate it. Four months on a four-month streak. That's great. So anyways, going back to it, my dream theme has been another new stuff. Pinbeam 23. Just subscribe. Thank you so much. Subscribe to tier one. Welcome to the Flippin' Out family here. I've been waiting for my dream theme, and it's been Stranger Things. And here it is, alive and in the flesh, right? It's here. I'm going to let you guys know this. It was been, it's, all right, we've got some bits coming in. I appreciate it. Say boop, guys. 100 bits. Thank you so much.

  • Stranger Things Pinball plays significantly faster than Black Knight, requiring immediate reaction time and penalizing missed shots with quick ball returns

    medium confidence · Steve: 'faster than Black Knight yeah' and Ken: 'The game is like, it's right in front of your face. It's coming right back at you. It's like you don't have a whole lot of time to figure out what you want to be doing'

  • “This is not the game you play heavily buzzed or slightly intoxicated...You've got to be on your toes. If you miss a shot, it's coming right back.”

    Ken Cromwell@ 39:19 — Emphatic characterization of game difficulty and required focus

  • “the two of us playing the same game with 12 consecutive balls have completely different opinions on how this Demogorgon shot is”

    Ken Cromwell@ 43:59 — Highlights variability in player skill/perception affecting same mechanic

  • “Until you get your shots down on this game, this is not the game to do that on. You need to trap up and you need to figure out your shots. because you will pay the price if you are not taking the time to consider lining up your shots there.”

    Ken Cromwell@ 55:17 — Provides coaching on required discipline and strategy for Stranger Things

  • “I can't go LE because I'm priced out of that level. But premium I can handle on occasion, and this would be a premium game for me. I am a premium fellow for sure.”

    Ken Cromwell@ 59:25 — Reveals pricing sensitivity and tier selection—Ken chose Premium, not LE

  • “I don't know that the stream is doing the play field justice as far as how it presents in person. It's a very colorful play field, but it's not overly vivid where it looks ridiculous.”

    Ken Cromwell@ 59:01 — Caveat about stream representation vs. in-person playfield presentation quality

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    Flippin' Out Pinballcompany
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    Demogorgonproduct
    Hoppercharacter
    Black Knightgame
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    Kerry Hardyperson
    Star Wars Pinballgame
    Iceman44person
    Penn Stadium Extreme LED lighting systemproduct

    market_signal: Ken Cromwell's purchasing tier decision shows price sensitivity at LE level; Premium tier is accessible target for enthusiasts with strong theme attachment

    high · Ken: 'I can't go LE because I'm priced out of that level. But premium I can handle on occasion, and this would be a premium game for me'

  • ?

    announcement: Stern Pinball released code version 0.75 for Stranger Things Pinball approximately 2-3 hours before this stream broadcast

    high · Ken explicitly confirms: 'stern did a code update on this game like two or three hours ago bringing the game from like 0.64 to 0.74' with installation and gameplay on the new version immediately after

  • ?

    product_concern: Code update package included incorrect file count documentation (readme indicated 3 files but extract contained only 2 files), creating potential confusion during installation

    high · Ken explains: 'When I downloaded the code update for Stranger Things going to .75...you have two files that you will be updating your game...the readme says you're looking for three files and it is two'

  • ?

    technology_signal: Stranger Things Pinball code updates currently require USB installation; Wi-Fi update capability not yet implemented, limiting remote update convenience

    medium · Ken clarifies to audience: 'The update we did was via USB. As far as I know, it's not Wi-Fi enabled for code updates yet, although it would be nice'

    • 15:48
    This is going to be kind of unique for streaming. this machine was literally unboxed legs were put on it the head has been raised stern did a code update on this game like two or three hours ago bringing the game from like 0.64 to 0.74 we uploaded and installed the code update so we're running 0.74 put the balls in set up the stream and honest to god we have not plunged one ball on this on this pinball machine nope we read the instruction card and that's it. W.J. Yeager has to subscribe. Coming in. So, Pirate Captain Ronnie, what's going on? Straight down the middle. Really likes the code structure. So this is the deal, guys. This is going to be fun for us because you're literally going to see us plunge our very first ball on Stranger Things. But to be fair, you could also witness an epic fail because if this machine, for whatever reason, isn't set up correctly, I mean, we have it leveled, but we haven't played the game. We don't know. There could be some minor adjustments. A couple of technical difficulties. It's not on Stern for that. Oh, re-subscribe. Replica X. ReproJerk. MoodJerk. Subscribe with Twitch Prime for two months. Thank you guys for coming back and visiting us. So, man, it's rocking. You guys are coming in with some new time. MoodJerk has just subscribed with Twitch Prime. If you guys have Twitch Prime, you can link it to your Twitch account, or if you have Amazon Prime, and you get one free sub a month. So you can actually use that sub every month for your favorite streamer, or just if you want to support somebody else, rotate those subs every month, that free Amazon Twitch Prime sub. So, anyways, we're happy to see you guys. Hope everybody had a good Christmas, had a good holiday. Franchise here, what's going on? Lord of the Ring Breath, we see you in chat. I feel like it's, it's like, what was that show? Like Romper Room? Not Romper Room. Where she's like, I see you, and I see you. She had the mirror. Sure. What's going on, TurboGrafx-7? Ryan's here. Yeah, buddy. Awesome. So this is, we're going to get into the game. This is a Brian Eddy designed game, right? We have, and consequently, you've got Brian Eddy, Mike Vinicore, and you have Lonnie Roth that's on code. So we're going to experience this first.
    17:55
    I am so excited. So we're going to get ready to plunge here. Do you have anything before we go into the upside down here, Steve? No, let's get upside down. And you are taking ball one of your favorite theme. Oh, my dream theme, stranger theme. Oh, man, there's a lot of pressure here. Let's get into the pinball machine. What do you guys say? Do it up. All right. Thank you. I don't know. Here we go. Stranger Things is here. So listen, Pinball Nurse Podcast, thank you for subscribing on the seven-month stream. That's awesome. Elmer, thank you so much. We have a banner you're going to see here in the player cam. You'll see, which is that little center cam. The Stranger Things banner is brought to you by Flippin' Out Pinball. This being the Flippin' Out stream, Zach has a Flippin' Out Pinball banner, or a Stranger Things banner that he'll be giving away tonight. I'm not sure how that's going to work or what the giveaway is going to entail or how you can win it, But it's here in the studio, and we're going to get it shipped out to you right after New Year. In two weeks, so to speak. But let's play some pinball, guys. And other than glancing at the rule card, don't really know much about the game, so this will be fun. Yeah, I'm looking forward to it, man. You ready, man? Good luck. I'm excited. Hey. Woo! T-W-U-T-R-X. Oh, Replicax. Thank you guys so much. That's awesome. Here we go. All right. For the drink. Thanks for the subscription.
    20:14
    I hope it works. All right. You can win it by being nice to Flipadown. He is such a handsome man. Oh, dude.
    20:23
    Yes. I just love this music. Just the music. Oh, that was loud. That might be a little loud.
    20:31
    What a burger drink. Offer a seat. Here we go. Into the upside down. Oh, that's nice and loud. Let's try that again.
    20:42
    Cat is pumped. All right, so let's get an idea if we got some flow going here. Yeah, buddy. Okay, so this is actually a pretty fast game.
    21:06
    Pretty fast game, huh? My typical outstanding ball one on stream tonight. I'm pretty excited, Lord Hellman. I'm not going to lie to you. That being said, I am not going to let my bias for the theme sway my judgment on if I think it's a fun game.
    21:25
    So I'm coming at this completely open-minded. And it's going to be hard for me not to be biased, because I'm a big Brian Eddy fan too, guys. Yeah, the sound is killer. testing those out there yeah I haven't seen if they changed anything up here
    22:04
    That was fast, Pete. Now this is the highly prominent Demogorgon mouth shot. Oh, in and out. Oh, love it.
    22:25
    Love it. I'm looking at our auto chat. Greg Perez is not here in the stream tonight, so. We need to update that at some point. That is my fault.
    22:46
    How was it, man? It looked real easy. It looked super easy. Player one is up. How did you have a higher score from your first ball? Well, that was like four times longer. I don't know.
    23:01
    Alright. Oh. So I believe, Steve, that you've got a skill shot up here, right? With the moving... Yeah, yeah, you want to... But there's also a skill shot, I believe, that comes across. Okay. That's probably your super... That's probably your super, Dan.
    23:22
    Yeah, we were running .75. .75, .75 code in there. Skill shoot. Another Demogorgon shot. I don't know, it's kind of, a little air ball, air ball-y for me up here.
    23:44
    There we go, alright. Let's see, just knock it out. All right. Yeah, I like that. No, we're in for the basketball.
    24:15
    Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, I'm just trying to find my way around the floor. First ball, first ball. It'll only get worse from here. All right. Upside down. Upside down, ladies.
    24:40
    Dude. Big score for... So, this is the thing. It very well could have been like a beginner's luck thing, but I think like a point of concern for some people has been that Demogorgon shot. Yeah. And the best way to approach it is to kind of trap up and center it. For the first time ever me taking an attempt at it. Trap up, yeah, yeah. Well, I mean, it came right off the flipper I didn't trap up. So, again, I mean, that could be anything. I could miss my next 30 of those, but that was reassuring for me because that was a concern I had. I hit it about five times and none of them were dead center, though. Well, you've got to have another beer. So the other thing I'm noticing with this game is that it's fast coming back at the flippers.
    25:28
    And you don't have a lot of time to react, so you've got to be on your toes. Oh, yeah. Yeah, beginner's luck for show, Neil of Pink West says.
    25:41
    Maybe I'm kind of good at pinball when it comes to shooting it in the mouth. Hey, Southwest Pennsylvania Pinhead. What's going on? Thanks for coming to the stream. TVA reminds me of the Buggy Transformers crotch shot toy.
    25:59
    I love the sound on this game, guys. Nice outlaying save right there. Not that time. Player one is up. You're all chilly or what? Yeah, I'm chilling.
    26:22
    I'm a little chilly. It is howling out there in Chicago. Yeah, that ball comes back fast from those drops. That's fine.
    26:49
    Is there a reason none of you dressed up as 11s? I had the current 11 haircut from season one, so I would have been the one to do that.
    27:15
    Oh, yeah, looking forward to seeing that projected, man. You know, it's kind of crazy. He's like, so immediately you realize that the center shot is there's a high risk versus reward for hitting those center targets because it's coming right back at your flippers. You've got a lot of nice, it seems to be flowy ramp shots, but for some reason I'm still drawn to trying to hit those center targets, which probably look like the most dangerous shot in the game. Oh, they are. Thank you for following Riku. Appreciate it. For those who come in late in the chat, we've got Stranger Things tonight. We just updated code, so we are at .7, version .75. I believe that the prior version was .64.
    27:52
    Fall Grand 520, subscribe with Tier 1. Thank you, Dave. This is literally the first three balls we've ever plunged on this game. We didn't even plunge on this game before setting it up, which is kind of nice to realize that a stern pinball machine right out of the box is functioning as it should so far. Wow, you came back and you hit $25 million. What the hell did you do?
    28:21
    Stern's been chipping with their outlanes all the way up at the hardest positions. Yeah, which is a bummer on Elvira because for me to move the outlanes, I've got to pick all the ramps and we're just going to leave it. It's like you feel like you're cheating if you change what it comes from the factory. All right, so that was game one. That was our first three balls. I think instead of giving it our first impression yet, we can play a couple more games. Yeah, we've got to play it. It doesn't even matter what our impression is tonight, because we're going to have to put 100, 200 games on this at some point. So let's get another game going.
    28:54
    Outlanes are... That right outlane is kind of... Kind of hurting there. Yeah, they are both all the way up. They are both all the way up. Player two. Level three, hardness.
    29:11
    Hey, Ryan, what's up, man? Thanks for the bet. Cheers. You're right, Lord. I could see that. Or at least by January 1st, I'm going to have at least that one other two. Wow, what's going on here?
    29:35
    I'm kicking some ass in the pops, Dave. That's cool. That was a little tough. I like that. So, Crono, your JPE came in middle position.
    29:49
    And I think it was, I don't remember who was here. It might have been Chuck. Chuck Ernst. He said they had initially shipped Elvira in the middle position and then decided to move them up. Don't know why, but they did.
    30:09
    What's the key to hit that back ramp? Never figured that one out. I mean... Hang on, what's... You have to take a look at that.
    30:29
    Nice. How's it going, guys? Is the game coming through well? All right. Good stuff. Man, it's right back at your flippers, man. It's like you've got to be on your toes. See if we can backhand that. It reminds me of the Star Wars. Tie fighter. Shots.
    31:16
    Sounds good, sounds good. Player two is up. It's got low, but it's fast. The game is like, it's right in front of your face. It's coming right back at you. It's like you don't have a whole lot of time to figure out what you want to be doing. If you miss a shot, it's like you're going to get punished.
    31:37
    Absolutely. faster than Black Knight yeah I don't know the game seems like it's encroached more in your face than Black Knight was for me yeah the left ramp is Bat Cannibals' pin quest I had it going I just rigged it and then right to the right outline what the hey Coz thanks for the bits and thanks for coming in and supporting the stream bud I appreciate it Player one, you're up.
    32:10
    All right, so I think I'm two for four with my Demogorgon shots. I'm just keeping a mental note here. So if you can hit that at like a 50% clip. And again, guys, I am not a competitive pinball player, or I don't consider myself even barely a serviceable pinball player. So eat your board, 67. Hey, Ryan, thanks for the bits, bud. Thanks for coming in. Hey, Ryan.
    32:33
    Hey, Wes, I thought you joined up, man. What's up, buddy? Oh, no. Scattered your JPL-E. Oh, sorry to hear, man.
    32:47
    That's not good. Shopper, you always get it. What's up, man? Oh, look at this. Look at this fun mode.
    33:15
    Arcades style. What do we do? Sorry. I'm kind of watching this game, man. Trying to keep up with chat here, guys.
    33:31
    Hey, man. Thanks. I had a great birthday and Christmas. Still trying to recover from that stream, man. That 24-hour charity stream was brutal. And a lot of celebrations between then and today.
    33:53
    You know, I don't know. I don't think we're going to be able to show you guys the center. I know what you're talking about there, but... I think that would be more pertinent on a premium or an LE where you want to see those animations.
    34:17
    Oh, right out. Lay. Rebel guts. Thanks. Woo. Cheers. Plan two. I got to find the center shot, man. So those are our car, baby.
    34:31
    Yeah, Steve's chilly because he's on keto, right? Yeah. So he's in Studio C and he's like, can we please put the heat on? I'm like, the heat on?
    34:42
    He's like a snowman today. We were 62 degrees here in Chicago yesterday, and it's like 28 and like a freaking ice storm out here today. Let's try that again. I want to thank everybody for coming in the chat here tonight. We're streaming Stranger Things. It's literally game two on this pin that we just unboxed and set up. We didn't even plunge a ball before we fired up the stream tonight. So we're learning the game on the fly, and we literally both have like five, six balls on the pin. Player one, you're up. Tiki Pinball. What's up, Tiki Pinball? Here with 100 Bits. Thanks, bud. I appreciate it. I need to warm up. Tiki Pinball, are you going back? Are you going to be at TPF? I had to use the lockdown bar to scrape my window. Chicago weather is officially here, man. Let's crap out.
    35:50
    You got a pit bull machine coming next to stir? Bacon and mayonnaise. All right, so we've got a... Nice. We've got a mojo on.
    36:13
    And the dumb is working multiple. Hey, thanks, Jeff. Merry Christmas, man. Happy New Year. Have a good year, everybody.
    36:27
    I'm assuming lots of pinball will be played tomorrow night. Ooh. Brutal. Ball two, locks. Cutting off the A's B once it hits 47.
    37:02
    Here we go. I like that. He says multiple. Hear this retro animation. Cool. Thanks, guys.
    37:28
    Yeah, we get the happy birthday on... Oh, look at that ball. That's just killing up there. There we go.
    37:38
    I always get the happy birthday on Christmas as well. Nice. Mystery Award. Oh, look at that. You got a little Mystery Award.
    38:13
    Mystery is lit. Where's this mystery trap? Let's look in the left. Where's this mystery trap? Zach, this cat is on fire!
    38:40
    Nicely done, everybody. Riddle me this. Just for that, Stranger Things Pro plus cash or mystery projections premium LE. I want to see that premium. I want to see what the projection looks like.
    38:59
    All right, all right. Pro for location. For sure, for sure. I'm wondering how the projector will look in a more well-lit room. Dude.
    39:17
    That's a fast game, man. It's ball, man. This is not the game you play heavily buzzed or slightly intoxicated. Oops. Too late. Is it too late for you, bud? That's my 1.9 to your 86. It's a rush, man. You've got to be on your toes. If I keep hitting that ramp, that left ramp, target.
    39:41
    Anyhow. So, hey, what's up? Rebel Guitars is here. Good to see anybody. We have .75 installed tonight for the pro version.
    39:53
    And it's hard for me to really compare from .64 because this is our second game that we've ever played on Stranger Things tonight. Tony Spoofs, thanks, man.
    40:04
    Still finding my shot, so six balls in. The Demogorgon shot I'm not having concerns with as far as it getting into the mouth. That's a relief for me.
    40:21
    Hey, Jeff Sear from This League in Pinball. I feel like the premium LE will need to be in person to make a judgment. I agree.
    40:30
    How is that audio for the machine, guys? Is it too loud or is it okay? And I can stop talking, too. So I apologize.
    40:42
    Lord Helmet, thanks buddy Has anyone other than Mr. Deploy played the Premier L.E.S.? Keep talking, it's great Westside's all good Tony Scoops is perfect it's an audio rush, guys. Like, this is a game I can definitely see a difference if you step up to this game on location.
    41:21
    Or maybe the audio's not kicking. Here in the studio, it's loud as shit right now. And it's like, it's intense. Like, I want to go bite the corner off the floor mats in my house and whip a bottle at my garage door. Yeah, I've hit them like 30 times. You can't get them in there.
    41:39
    That's been a problem of yours. your whole life there, Steve. Hey! That's awesome. I would have thought that the premium LE, even if the pro is a damn good shooter, would surprise the hell out of me.
    42:00
    So Zach can flip it up him. Lord Helmet, hooking up an external sub would be awesome for this game? Yeah. I love external subs on just about every game. It doesn't lend itself well to streaming, though, That's all you hear is that face.
    42:15
    That's what she said. Hello! Enter initials. This might be the only time I get an A. Maybe I'll get my initials. How many times can you hit the Demogorgon before completing it? Demogorgon hits.
    42:40
    That's pretty cool. Whee! What'd you get? High score? No, no. High score three. Their stock's fine, obviously. All right.
    43:00
    I would like to get some real... I don't want to bore everybody with a quick, speedy review of this game. Sure. Because we're just going to keep playing it, and then if time allows, we'll jump into after hours. We can take some calls or just talk pinball in general. But after playing six balls, literally on Stranger Things, what kind of feedback do you have right now? What are you thinking?
    43:23
    It's fast. That Demogorgon shot I thought was going to be a lot easier. Yeah. And I'm liking it. I mean, right now I want to get up and play again. So what are your thoughts? And then let's play. I agree. The game seems real close to the flippers. If you miss a shot, it's coming right back. It's coming back fast. Those outlings are a little brutal. You really have to make sure that you're being on your A game. Now, for me, the Demogorgon, and again, not because I'm a good pinball player, I haven't had an issue with the Demogorgon. So I'm pleased with how the Demogorgon is playing. So it's interesting that the two of us playing the same game with 12 consecutive balls have completely different opinions on how this Demogorgon shot is. I'm liking it, but let's just play another game. Let's keep going. I want to see more of it. Definitely. Yes, Iceman7135. We are on updated code tonight, .75. So we might be one of the first to stream .75 because it just was released, I think, around 5 o'clock Central Time. So it's like three, three and a half hours. So it's awesome that you guys are here. We do appreciate you coming in. I know there are a lot of streaming services and channels, and support all those guys. Support your favorite streamer. And we thank you for stopping in on ours tonight, right? Yeah, thanks, guys. So let's go ahead. Let's play another game. of Stranger Things. And then again, that Stranger Things banner is here. It's going to be given away tonight. I don't know how Zach at Flippin' Out Pinball is going to do that, but he's going to come up with a contest, and we're going to give that banner away. We'll ship it out this week.
    44:47
    All right, so drop some chum shot outside of Ball Save. Focus on the ramps and the orbit. You know, I haven't been doing that. I've been kind of just going straight down the middle here.
    44:56
    But yeah I want to start down on these ramps Ooooooh So you light lock on that left ramp the left and the right target And then you can lock.
    45:11
    And that's your first multi-ball, that's your telekinesis multi-ball. Oh, my wife is terrible. She hits it out within a few shots. Thanks, man. That makes me feel great. Awesome.
    45:37
    I'll dial it in. It's these outlanes that are killing me. Killing me. It reminds me of Stevie. What about Whitewater?
    45:54
    Left target, right target. Center. Any adjustments needed yet? No, I think we're good. I thought for a second we might be leaning a little right.
    46:16
    But no, it's just been playing flawlessly. Oh nice, you got an escalator right across. Sweet! So that left ramp has like a little popper that pops up to hold the ball. And I don't believe there's a gate.
    46:54
    Music. Nancy! Where are you? Here we go. Wall 2 locks. So the season 1 chapters are on that left side of the play field. Right, right, right. Season two is on that right side of the plate. We're looking to get into those modes.
    47:19
    Nice save. Ooh, that is nice. Offside down. Yes, right? They left stacking pretty simplified, which is great. I love that. Same.
    48:12
    GST in the house. Jackpot. All right. Jackpot. Super jackpot. What's up, guys?
    48:40
    We are streaming Stranger Things Pro tonight. Curtis here, flipping out pinball. And we just threw in the latest coach, .75.
    48:54
    Kevin's having a ball. Having a ball. Yeah, loud cut. Thanks, man. And welcome. Jackpot! Alright, Chrono. Thanks for joining, man.
    49:16
    Good evening. Alright. What? We're not playing for money today. Uh-oh. Oh, oh. Sweet.
    49:52
    It's like that one time that the gate kept going. Do I run back? What happened? Nice ball. All right, all right, all right.
    50:08
    Yeah, so this is not... The update we did was via USB. As far as I know, it's not Wi-Fi enabled for code updates yet, although it would be nice.
    50:17
    Hey, so one thing I'll let you guys know, just in case this messes you up, at least this is how it happened with me today. When I downloaded the code update for Stranger Things going to .75, you're used to extracting that folder and having three files inside to update your game on Stranger Things version .75 when you extract that folder you have two files that you will be updating your game not three in the readme hey replica x with 500 bit thank you so much buddy the readme says you're looking for three files and it is two just in case because we were under the gun and I wanted to make sure that this was all going to work out right, and it just did, but it was two files and not three that's in the extracted folder. So that's what she said.
    51:07
    So you just saw some brutal drop target action there. That was rude. Waiting on my Ellie. Let's try that again. Brutal. They haven't got a multi-ball yet.
    51:29
    I don't like that. No good. No, they dropped down. I know, but... Boom! Reminds me of Elvira when he gets trapped under that center rim. Left.
    51:51
    You sure you want him at Pemburg after a ball like that? You're up. What's that? Albert, Albert 70 million, ball one, legit You should come to Pinberg and do some sharpshooting like that Freaking Pinberg, Pinberg won't have me, man Uh, yeah, so 70 mil is a decent game alone, oh good Thanks, man It's fast, those have a little bit of air coming back too on some of these shots like you get a little some air ball action So I'm wondering if we kind of break the game in a little bit if it calms itself down Not sure how that's going to work.
    52:29
    I am liking the audio in this game. Now, we're illuminating this game tonight with the Penn Stadium Extreme.
    52:38
    And we have them set at about 40% power, because I think the light show is important to kind of see in this game. And I wanted to be able to see the light show effects for improvements over 0.65 or 0.64. Tonight, this is 0.75.
    52:53
    Animations are awesome. Hey, what's up, Lermont? It's King of Steve. First time I've seen the game. Are there call-outs from the show's characters? Haven't heard much. The call-outs are from Hopper.
    53:04
    But there are video and audio clips in the game, and some of those are synced. So I think the assets are there. It's just a matter of how they want to implement them.
    53:14
    So Hopper is doing the call-outs, and I couldn't think of anybody better, really, than Hopper. He's pretty universally liked in the series. I love Stranger Things. So, yeah, the animations are really nice. Scott, that just has an 80s vibe to it. Player one, you're up. So I just tried to backhand that left ramp. Iceman, 71-35. 500 bet. Thank you, Iceman. I appreciate it, buddy. Iceman. Yeah, so you backhanded it. So I tried to backhand that left ramp, hit off the bottom of the sling, and it shot out to the right out lane. The right out lane is the culprit so far for me tonight. It's the right out lane for sure. What a waste. Yeah.
    53:53
    Really picking the lights on this game. So far. So far, digging it. Art Vandelay, 1990. Oh, I missed it. Something about a camera above the apron.
    54:28
    I'm assuming to get that centered. Oh, yeah, that was brutal. Oh, that was brutal, too. Wow. So fast, man. Wow.
    54:50
    Thanks, buddy. Cheers. Player two, you're up. Thank you for following Chasm669. There's several ways to approach gameplay in any pinball machine that you step up to. And a lot of times it's fun to not trap up and instead all your shots, and it's just kind of fun to flip around and get some flow going.
    55:17
    Until you get your shots down on this game, this is not the game to do that on. You need to trap up and you need to figure out your shots. because you will pay the price if you are not taking the time to consider lining up your shots there. Lord of the Ring breathless 50 bits. Thank you, Lord of the Ring breathless. Very nicely done. I'm back.
    55:41
    Back up. Like death. Copper's really coming through. Pirate Cat Red Eye. Courtney, thank you for the 1,000 bits, buddy. Always been supporting, man, and I really, really appreciate it. Thank you so much. Anybody that's just stopping by the channel tonight, we stream every single Monday for Monday Night Pinball. So go ahead and follow the channel. You'll know when we go live. We're streaming newer pinball machines as they get released from Flippin' Out Pinball.
    56:15
    Zach and Nicole Menny, the owners of Flippin' Out Pinball, ship these games when they are released, and we get a chance to rock them out. So, Rodcom69, where is my guy? What's up, Rodcom? Rod-ay. Want that 100 bits? All right, man. So, we each have nine balls on Stranger Things.
    56:32
    Yeah. GM0230, thanks for the follow. That's what it's all about. Just follow. Come into the Flippin' Out family. Let's play and talk some pinball together. Now, later on in the evening here, we're going to do our after hours. We've been doing after hours since we started the channel earlier this year. And it's actually, we're just talking pinball. We've got a call-in segment. You can come in and just talk some pinball tonight. So we've been doing that for a little bit, and it's been fun. It's been a good time. It's catching on. Rebel Guitars. What's up? Thank you so much, bud. Thank you very much.
    57:01
    Ready for another game? Start it up. I am pumped up. Just listen to the music in the background. Okay, that's the thing. That's the thing. As soon as that music kicks, you're ready to go. I really, really like it.
    57:16
    I'm going to grab a beer real fast, and then you want to reverse the order, or do you want to keep going the way we are? We can reverse. It doesn't matter. Let me grab a refresher real quick. You want to start it up?
    57:28
    Whoa. Give me ten seconds. Damn. You can start it off if you want. No, you know what? Why don't you grab your beer and you start it up. Let's keep the same order going.
    57:39
    Let the purple wash over you. Feels good. Yeah. This game's cool, man. Well, and in all fairness, just about every game you ever step up to is pretty cool for the first nine balls. It is. Right? I'm naked.
    57:59
    Can you please pass me that bottle opener? Thanks, man. But let's go. Let's reverse the order. Let's go with some more action here. Cool.
    58:09
    What's your approach on this? Are you going to try to take more like a ball control? I mean, ball control is the name of the game, but are you going to try to trap up and hit some shots, or are you just flailing? You know, the flailing's not working out. I mean, the only time you want to flail is if you want to get that ramp down right away because you've got that ball safe. Hit as many of those targets as you can on the par. Sure, sure, sure. And when that ball timer goes out, then you've got to cool your jets, right? That's it. So if you're going to take that high-risk shot, do that with the ball timer, the ball save timer still active.
    58:38
    And Greg Ferrer is not in the stream tonight, so Streamlabs is giving us information from the live stream.
    58:44
    Our fault. Hope everybody had a Merry Christmas and getting ready to rock out the new year, so that's going to be fun. Thank you, Iceman7135, for following the channel. I appreciate that. Thank you very much.
    59:01
    I'll also say, I don't know that the stream is doing the play field justice as far as how it presents in person.
    59:09
    It's a very colorful play field, but it's not overly vivid where it looks ridiculous. Wes, I'm going to have to go premium, assuming the projector is not a mess.
    59:25
    Again, this being a dream theme for me, I can't go LE because I'm priced out of that level. But premium I can handle on occasion, and this would be a premium game for me.
    59:39
    I am a premium fellow for sure. Yeah, that is a lot of answers. Never checked it out on YouTube yet.
    60:04
    Totally agree. Riku Rinku! This is the bitch area. Right here. When I say bitch, I mean it is a bitch. Right here. That right-hand lane is killing me. No, I'm kind of 50-50 on left and right.
    60:28
    Oh, you're 50-50? Hey, that's good. Equal opportunity out lane. The right out lane is getting me. We got muffler. Yeah, premium is where I'm at. Ellie with Too Far, Sets You in Australia. Yeah, absolutely.
    60:47
    Wes, what are you jumping in at? Are you in on Stranger Things? And if you are, what level are you looking at?
    60:56
    He's nuts. He's a competition player. There are no competition players here tonight. Now, this is the nice thing about stopping into the stream, guys. You'll get an idea of how the game plays.
    61:08
    We will not be blowing this game up, so when you get your game, you will have a lot to discover on your own. So you're in no risk of seeing everything happen on the stream tonight. So at least you got that. Certainly not our style or our skill set to blow up the game and get into all the wizard modes of a .75 code. You know, if I owned this, I'd drop those. No spoilers and flip it out. I'd drop the outlanes down. Yeah, maybe one peg. I think every game should be in the middle. It's like that's your medium.
    61:36
    Your game's hard or medium or easy. This is not like an easy playing game where you would expect them to make the effort to open up the outlanes. Right. Like I can kind of see an Elvira, let's open up the outlanes a little bit because it's such a smooth scooter. Yeah. And there's not a ton of risk in Elvira. This game is a lot of risk. You have a little more control with the nudging in Elvira than...
    61:59
    Tough but fair. Yeah. There we go. Oh, you get that scoop? Super skill, one mil. Nice, that's findable. Now we're talking.
    62:23
    Damn it. Hey-oh! Player one is up. Don't go up to the left ramp with 50% power. That's coming right back at you.
    62:39
    All right, all right. Hey, now. All right, everybody. Hey, Buffalo Pinball, just rated with 28 viewers. Buffalo Pinball, what's going on? Thank you, guys. Thanks for the support, guys. If you have not checked out Buffalo Pinball, check out Buffalo Pinball. They're not just streaming one or two nights a week. They're all the time. They're always there. It's always good to have a Buffalo raise, and it's always good to check in with those guys over there.
    63:12
    It's unbelievable. Nick Lane, and you've got Mr. Kevin Manning, and Kevin Manning, Rudy Stoof, and Little Skip Natty. Thank you, guys. Thanks for following Fatty057.
    63:26
    Good times. Yeah, so this is the new code, guys. This is version .75. It was uploaded to the internet by Stern Pinball late this afternoon, early evening. I think it was maybe around 5 o'clock Central Time.
    63:38
    So we have it going on. Good times. So, hey, so welcome aboard, everybody from Buffalo Pinball. It's great having you guys here. I'm Ken Caramo. My buddy Steve Beattie is on the pin. This is our fourth game of Stranger Things ever. So we're both on, you know, ball 11 or 12 here.
    64:00
    We unboxed the game and literally did not plunge a ball until we fired up the screen. And everything seems to be working just fine.
    64:11
    So let's see where this night's going to take us. Demogorgon has been a point of contention for Steve tonight. He's had a rough time hitting it. I have not been having as rough of a time hitting the Demogorgon. I think I'm hitting it at about a 50% clip.
    64:33
    So it's kind of fun watching Steve get frustrated with the shot. You're going to do it. It's a fast game. It's a fast game. I want to ask him if he's even trying to put it in the mouth there.
    64:54
    All right, you know what? All right, let's see it. Let's see it. Oh, a little bit left. Get that multi-ball going here.
    65:01
    Hey, there you go, bud. Nice job, nice job. You hit the goal post, or you went left there on that first shot. You squared it up on the second one. I like it. We're all upside down tonight. Go for something here. Oh, that doesn't help.
    65:27
    Let's go. Where you at? The audio is pretty killer on this game. Hey, we got a new follow. F.S. Lawson, 24. Thanks for following the Flippin' Up Pinball channel. Welcome aboard to the Flippin' Up family.
    65:59
    Flippin' Up. First time seeing this. Yeah, this is our first time playing this. This is our fourth game on this pinball machine.
    66:12
    Can you now end the Demogorgon mode by just bashing it? Or do you still need to sink it? I'm assuming you need to sink it, right? So, hey, nice ball, man. Nice job.
    66:26
    Bits and beer. Thanks for the follow. Thanks for coming into the stream. Hey, where are we at here? It's just like European, man.
    66:37
    Oh, we're talking a little bit about the Bios. Wow! Super slows down two in a row? Dialed in. Yeah, baby.
    66:59
    All right, let's see how many shots it takes down. I average about 15. One, two, three. Get that. You want some toast? You need some hot white cloth. It's so fancy. Four. Oh.
    67:42
    Come on. I'm good, man. I'll tell you what, though. It got real. So yesterday. Dude, I never got control of the ball there, and I was just flipping like an idiot. Really? So yesterday it was like 62 in Chicago. Yeah. Today it's like 20 out. 62 to 20. Like I'm outside in my shorts yesterday. I came over. And today I'm like flipping down the driveway. I had my garage open all day. I was working on pins. Yeah. This is great. Yeah, I know, right? Great. Is that it? Yeah, that's it. Oh, man. I was ready to open that game up. We're going to go to game five here in just a second.
    68:22
    So you're right, we're like game five, right? So we've got 16 balls in on Stranger Things. Let's get another game as we hit the 9 o'clock hour here on the Central Time. Listen, you're on that good addition multiplication again. That'd be 12 balls. Five games times three. Did we play five or four? I thought that was our fourth game. If those are four, it would be 12. Yeah, it would be 12. All right.
    68:44
    Well, multiball. I don't know what's going on. 46 degrees over there, Lord of the Ring Breath. Sorry, man. Actually, 46 would be a nice balmy 46 out here. You want to keep it up? We'll stay in the same order. You want to start it off? Sounds good. Hey, Replica X. Thank you so much. 1,000 bits, Replica X. So nice of you to not only be here but supporting the stream, man. I really appreciate it. Thank you so very much.
    69:08
    Bitties, says Lord of the Ring Breath. Dude, you can have that one back. Eat 467, just subbed tier one. Thank you, Ryan. I appreciate it, man. Thanks for coming in and subbing to the channel.
    69:23
    So my dream theme, guys, and it's here. If you would have asked me two years ago if there'd be a Stranger Things pinball machine here in the studio, I would have been like, you're nuts. Like, I still can't get over the fact that I'm going to do it. Is it kind of like racing right now? It was a little bit now. Well, now it's racing because I know I'm going to get up there and the ball's going to be coming back in my flippers. It is. At twice the speed that I'm flipping it. Skip Natty, hoping you can count the exclamation points in the play field next time you're up. Yeah, that's cool. I'm not good at counting tonight, guys. That's all it is.
    69:53
    Oh, that's action hero. Nice. Good game. Oh, wow. It's moving fast. 32, definitely 32. Taco Pizza, thanks for the subscription, buddy! Now I'm hungry.
    70:37
    I don't know, I should not even try for that, but it's like, it's just looking at me, man. Yep, there you go.
    70:48
    Oh, ball control. Ball control. Uh-oh. The upside down. Got to hit those five drop targets, four drop targets.
    71:02
    Hold some hip and trip. There it is. Oh, my God. This game allows you to lose your concentration. Like, you want to slow the game down. You want to get control of the ball. But everything's coming back pretty quick. So you get into, like, this defensive reaction type mode. And then everything's all over the place. I need to learn to settle it down.
    71:53
    That's totally on me. Oh, come on. This game has less than 20 exclamation points. I'd be shocked. I never got to look.
    72:04
    Stop doing that. I like that you tilted it, though. At least we know that word. Right now, player two is up. This game is an exclamation point. It's just like panic excitement.
    72:21
    I know. It's like, oh my gosh. See you two. Hey, stop doing that. All right. Oh, shit. There are a lot of exclamation points. I can't unsee it now. All right. Let the countdown begin.
    73:02
    Boom. One shot. Done. Spooker, the one I played when the balls came back from the Orvis, they didn't trigger the sling. Set it up that way, it should make it easier. Yeah, slings give it a little fun randomness.
    73:28
    Yeah, I can see that, though. Any game, any game that's set up. Should play a little easier. And then better.
    73:44
    All one lot. Arc Mecca, thanks for following. Hey, thanks for the follow. Woo! This tree is lit. Oh, boy.
    74:04
    Man, Barb does not look good, dude. Mystery. What's the mystery? I like the extra ball. I like that. That's a good ball.
    74:18
    So I caught something on the stream. There was a... So right now there's no video mode. But I saw that there was a video mode in that mystery award. So I wanted to plan to take it up a risk. Sir.
    74:37
    That could be pretty cool. Oh, upset down. I love how it's just random and the game just changes and you're going for... Now the most dangerous shots. Hit that. You're there. Come back.
    74:54
    Hey! What? Nice. It's pretty intense, man. There's a lot going on. Like, I want to keep looking up.
    75:23
    Extra floor. Whoa, hey. Hey, Mark. Could be there. Did you see that? Was that an alien? I missed it. Was it an alien?
    75:30
    Oh, nice. That was awesome. I'm going to cut that out of the corner of my eye. All right, see, I've got to stop doing that. Yes, I love it too. It's all random. Hey. I've got to get off.
    75:52
    Free game. I love that animation. Great. I love that animation. I really like that Extra ball is lit. Yeah, that makes sense
    76:27
    There we go. Extra ball. Now we have a game. Can't get a gorgon going. Whoa. Oh, bad bounce there. Oh, yeah, bad bounce.
    77:35
    Right out, Lane. I hate it. Ooh, check out those tunes. Oh! It's kind of like a retro type tune. That's cool. I like that. haven't heard that yet believe you got an extra ball sure yeah now that makes sense
    78:18
    Some more fun music. Sweet. How cool is that? They incorporated the arcade into the game. Wow. Ah, that's a ball.
    79:22
    I'm just going to watch you play so I can experience more of the game. I'm like, I'm fatigued from that, man. It's like, oh, no. It's like I'm emotionally drained from that ball.
    79:39
    Zach, thanks, man. Yeah, the theme is calling me. It's like calling to my inner pinball player. I have no idea what a decent score is on this. But it feels good to be able to keep a ball in play for a while.
    79:54
    Come on. For those of you just joining us, thanks for coming in to the Flippin' Out Streaming Network. Tonight we're streaming Stranger Things from Stern Pinballs.
    80:05
    Freshly released code today, version .75. This is a Brian Eddy designed pin with Brian Eddy, Lonnie Roth, and Mike Vinacore on code. With the code being at .75, the game has a lot to evolve, but already it has a pretty nice feeling as far as variety that you can do within the machine and exploring. It doesn't feel like it's extremely limited right now. And that could just be because this is literally like our fifth game, but it's like so far I'm satisfied with what I'm playing.
    80:38
    Default high score is 130 million. Okay. What do you guys like most about the pin so far? Brutal. And I'll let Steve answer this. For me so far, it's the... I'm going to think about that.
    80:57
    What's that? What are we at? Kenneth's killing it tonight. Greg got 300 bucks. Hey! What do you guys like most about it? I want to say, number one, just the sounds, the call-outs.
    81:09
    I love that. Obviously, there's just a bunch of things. theme, but there are some other fun retro tunes in here that really make the game pretty exciting.
    81:27
    Uh-oh. Whatever it is that can't hurt you, so don't turn away from it this time. Yeah, I mean, think about this. Total isolation. What's next? Total isolation. This is new. Oh, dude.
    81:42
    Holy smokes, that's cool! Wow! Oh, my. If only Ken could watch these animations, because this is freaking sweet. The lighting's great. There's no doubt about that.
    82:19
    Yeah, this is a monster game. That was pretty nice. I think that might have been like a little like a mini wizard. That was awesome. That was fun.
    82:47
    Oh, right into upside down mode. Dude, I forgot there were pop bumpers up there. Yep. Oh, nice save.
    82:58
    points to the benefit. One left. Boom! 19 mil. Yep. I haven't seen this yet either. Very cool. Boom! Fuck. Sweet.
    83:36
    Couple of guys, audio and lighting correction for the theme is up there with Tron Legacy. Dude, it's there, man!
    83:46
    Yes, an NS pinball! This is Ken's green theme! Right. Good luck getting this thing back. Yeah, Zach, that might be a problem, man. Mystery is lit.
    84:08
    Isn't that crazy? It's not even near completion. And look what we're getting. Oh, man. Thank you for following ModDoc. And thank you for following PandeGosa. PandeGosa? PandeGosa.
    84:42
    Enter your initials. Very cool. Man, that's pretty cool. Good. I like the color. How awesome was that? That was a fun game. See, you weren't able to see the animations going in those modes. No. Oh, my gosh. They were crazy. What? But you get that audio reward. You know stuff's going on. Yep. But it's like you're right. You can't really look up at anything like that. Like the Ringbrow? The Ringbrow. 270 bits. Thank you, man. Appreciate it. Ken, with this being the dream theme, are you getting the Pro to get one ASAP or holding out for premium? No, so we've got this one here in the studio that compliments of flipping out pinball. So we're going to stream this, guys, for you guys for like the next, I don't know, three, four weeks probably. Like the next three years. And then, yeah, when the premium comes out, man, again, this is what, our fifth game tonight? Like ever. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're rocking probably game five, dude. So assuming that, ah, it feels good. It feels good. I'm having trouble, man. Having trouble. So, yeah, assuming that the projector's not... See, because I don't want to be a beta tester for a projector.
    85:56
    That being said, I have to believe that these guys went through this and would realize what would work and what wouldn't work. So I'm going to hold out and see how that projector goes.
    86:06
    But I thought, what, the pro's playing fine, man. It's pretty fun. I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about kind of like a decal that's got Hawkins Lab up there. It looks good. It works. You're not really obstructed. Your view's not obstructed terribly from the back part of the play field, too. That was my other thing. Yeah, no, you're not when you're standing above it. Right, right, exactly. So you still have a view of what's going on behind that.
    86:27
    But, yeah, no, it's good. So far, so good. I think you want to jump on another game here? I'm down for another one, two, three, four, five. And then, Zach, if you guys want to figure out, because we do have a Stranger Things banner here, and, again, that is also compliments of flipping out pinball. If somebody would like to win the Stranger Things banner, we can go ahead and we'll give that away. I don't know how Zach's going to do that. But we're going to definitely give that away. This or that, incomplete code and pinball machine ready to ship at release. Or pinball delay two months for code. So this is a version 1.0, this or that. Flipping out. Straight down the middle style. Tony Q's pin stadium might not work with the checker mouth. That's it. Exactly. I think that's a big reason why maybe Stern didn't want to stream that right off the bat. Because I think it would lend itself well to be in a super controlled environment. And unless you have that down, I don't know that it would have been as contagious to stream a projector style with camera angles and lighting and whatnot.
    87:19
    Incomplete can also not suck, see Jurassic Park. Absolutely true. Anti-preparation. Yep. Banner hype. But if I win, since I'm in Canada, I'll just grab it from Ken at Pinberg. I would love to go to Pinberg.
    87:29
    Correction, I would be at Replay FX. I have no reason to be in Pinberg. Code is easy to upgrade, says Lord Helmet. It's 10.75.
    87:41
    Equals 1.0 for other manufacturers. I don't know if I agree with that, Lord of the Rings. Orby on fire tonight. I love it. I'm stoked for my trading card. Hashtag honor.
    87:52
    That's right. Orby's got the trading cards going on. I should mess with Steve with the GI lighting here.
    88:02
    Tony Scoots, thanks for sharing 100 bits, buddy. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you. I've got the Penn Stadium Extreme kit hooked up here.
    88:13
    Let's see if I can turn it off while I play. This is so bad. Here we go. Now I'll turn it back on. Uh-oh.
    88:24
    Whoa, what was that? What mode was that, Steve? I don't know. The lights were on. That was nuts. It was like you were in the upside down, but you were still right side up. That was jacked up.
    88:36
    Nice job, buddy. Nice job. What's that? Player two is up. Hey, what's up, Dennis? It's honest here, Dennis. I'm like the game is broadcast. Love it. Oh, man, the beady wiggle.
    88:53
    It's like a Super Bowl shuffle. The beady wiggle. Ah. That's so sweet. Let's try that again. I forgot there was a left out lane until this time.
    89:22
    You're right. Jerusal 48-150 says, This stream caused me to sign up for Twitter to take my first post on Twitter. Great job, guys. Thank you, Jerusal. Thank you for joining up on Twitter. Thank you for supporting this channel, man. That's awesome. Welcome.
    89:48
    And cheers. Cheers. Very cool What up Slappy White Let put down one little bit in his head And sure as And blown it up. Right off the bat.
    90:14
    Dude, like I need to relax. I need to like take the notes here. This is like heart attack feeling. You're right though. It's like a panic feeling. Wait, now that you said it's like defensive play. It is. It's like holy smokes. It is. Wow. All right. Yes.
    90:38
    I agree with that. Thank you, Chad, for being badass tonight. Per usual, but especially badass tonight.
    90:51
    Even that music, man, is like... No! Alright. Once you go Zach, you never go back. And one shot. Double Gorgon. Boom.
    91:12
    Shrugging up. Switch. Hit. Only one flip it off him. Yeah. Player one. You're on. I'm starting to get a... I'm in a fight or flight mode, bro. That's what it comes down to. It's like, oh my gosh.
    91:32
    I know, I've got to play better, guys. This is our sixth game ever on Stranger Things. Learning the game. Still finding our shots.
    91:42
    I keep forgetting that there's pop bumpers up there. Let's see if we can get the Demogorgon. A little left, a little left. That was not a square on the shot. A little right that time.
    92:09
    Oh, oh, oh. Hey, there we go. Nicely done, bro. There we go. That right inner orbit shot is on fire. Oh, yeah.
    92:29
    Keep getting the groove here. Man, the audio is killer on this game. Come on. Keeps it upside down, upside down. Mode here, you got to try to get all those drops.
    92:47
    I'm having fun watching the stream. I've got a monitor here. I'm just watching the stream. I forgot to chat. I'm sorry.
    93:12
    Fast-moving pan. Audio is... pretty good right now, and the animations are nice. With this being .75 code, I'm super excited to see where the game will go as it progresses towards a version 1.0.
    93:39
    What do you have to hit during the demo dogs mode? You've got to hit those stand-ups. I am going to because I'm OCD the machine's on a slight tilt I'm going to try to move it over Oh, you're seeing a little tilt there on the screen Let me know when it's good The dog You ready?
    94:04
    Dumbbell dogs are the little turquoise, right? Yeah, that looks good Oh, man. That was horrible. Player one is up. That was not good. Ball three? Yeah, ball three. Close it out, man. Take it over right here, buddy. Take it over right here.
    94:53
    The unsolved mystery music. Yeah, Greg's not supposed to be here tonight. I just simply forgot to change the auto message here.
    95:04
    We'll just get Greg's in the bathroom right now. If you guys are coming to follow the stream, you know that we always make an attempt to get some of the pinball team in to talk about their game. And with this being Stranger Things from Star Pinball, rest assured there is no difference.
    95:28
    We will probably reach out to have some guests on the next couple weeks. We're streaming Stranger Things. And if all goes as I feel it will, I think you guys would be pleasantly surprised on who we have coming in.
    96:05
    Oh, come on. Why did I do that? I knew you were going for the Thunder. Yeah, no, it's tough. It's tough. Good job, man. Good job.
    96:19
    Bye, Thumbug. Layer two is up. Oh, that was it? Bill can't take Ken down. No, he could be out earlier. Ah.
    96:35
    Oh, we haven't seen this one yet. So you can stack a multi-ball with a mode as long as you're in a mode already. Yeah. Yes.
    97:25
    Yeah, this soundtrack will never get old. Guaranteed. Uh-oh. Ooh, death face. I forgot we're going out with that compass.
    97:58
    Follow the compass. Yeah, I wasn't really paying attention. I'm assuming there's a shot that's kind of going.
    98:06
    Right. Follow the compass on the LCD screen. Yeah. Ball's coming back at you like 900 miles an hour.
    98:13
    Sweet. Man. What's up, Mrs. Lord Helmet? Hey, Mrs. Lord Helmet's here. Nice. Always good to have you. Always good to have Mrs. Lord Helmet. Good to see you, J.G. No, there was literally a compass mode here going on. So everything gets repetitive at some point. God's talking to Lord Helmet. You want to go another one? I'm down. You good? Yeah, I'm good. Let's do it. Let's go do it.
    98:39
    Again, for those of you just coming in, if you get a chance, if you haven't followed the channel, just follow us. And then when we go live, you'll be notified. You can stop in and say hi. We stream on Monday nights for Monday Night Pinball. We're flipping out streaming network.
    98:54
    And it's, what's that? Please do, man. Help yourself over there. Hey, we got a follow coming in. Got to appreciate that. Dante, 721, thanks for the follow, Dante. I appreciate it.
    99:07
    Yeah, if you're dropping in on a pinball stream and you appreciate the efforts of that streamer, at the very least, follow that channel so that you can continue to support them, whether it be in chat or with a sub or with a follow. It means a lot to anybody that's out there that's putting out some content. It's fun.
    99:24
    Voting opens January 1. I'm assuming that's Twippies. Let's do this, Steve. Let's pause for station identification on the Flippin' Out Streaming Network.
    99:31
    And we are back. So we're going to go for, is it game number seven tonight, right? I kind of lost track. I wasn't really paying attention. Yeah, it feels like. Right about seven. I feel like around seven. Right about seven.
    99:52
    Player two. I would love to have that banner just moved to my new place and the walls are bare. Nothing said housewarming gifts like a Stranger Things banner in your newly purchased house or apartment. Oh, we have a tilt.
    100:13
    What's going on in there? What happened there? It's going down the inlet. Can I not just visit it and walk down the inlet? I should have said.
    100:32
    Dressos says, what's this I hear about a banner giveaway? Zach, do we have any info on that banner giveaway? Okay. Any thoughts?
    100:44
    Any thoughts going to that yet? No. Easy there, buddy. We're getting some new tilt call-outs, I feel like.
    100:57
    Yeah, some of the tilt call-outs are some of the best call-outs. Caller one is up. Riki Rinki would like to place that banner next to the DVD racks.
    101:11
    Yeah, right? DVD racks or Blu-ray racks? Please. Liking the new updated code, says Cosmix Games. That dirty pool needs to have a save, right? I totally agree. Banner giveaway during the call-in segment. We're going to play one or two more games of Stranger Things, and then we can move into call-ins. Or we can keep playing.
    101:34
    Just to think, would tomorrow be a New Year's Eve? I'm sure a lot of you guys don't want to be up too late tonight, but we definitely wanted to bring you this game and this code update tonight on the Flippin' On Streaming Network, so we appreciate you guys stopping in.
    101:46
    Trending up, Stern Banner. Taco Pizza's here, one of my favorites. Favorite names in Twitch. Taco Pizza. And every time Taco Pizza comes in, I crave Taco Pizza.
    101:57
    Need something to go next to the VHS. That's right. Hey, ReplicaX, thank you so much for everything. You've been a huge supporter of the channel and that charity stream that we did. I couldn't say thank you more than I suppose I could. But thank you. Thank you. Have a good night. Keep playing the game until 11.
    102:28
    Yeah, four speed can't have tacos. He's on keto. He can have like tofu tacos. Virtual tacos. That means something completely different though. Never mind. Jackpot!
    102:40
    Jackpot! After Hours is normally fun, but we got a late start tonight. Thanks, Tito. Nice. 160 DVDs, 130 Blu-rays.
    103:04
    Do you have any laser discs? Andrew Kett, subscribe to Tier 1 for six months. on a six-month stream. Thank you, Andrew. I think we've only been streaming for seven months, so that's awesome that you're with us from the beginning, from the ground up. I appreciate that.
    103:20
    Jabba's talking about some laser disc days that he has. The Bass Lord. Thank you for following. The Bass Lord. Explain that name. I don't even know. That's crazy. I like it. Tony Scoots. I like the wood wall in the background. I think it might do the same in the wall in my cave. Yeah, it's a burnt wall. I just got a bunch of strip lap that was untreated, and I bought one of those big flamethrowers that you would kill weeds with, and I torched the wall. Not on the wall. Do that on the ground, and then put it up.
    103:58
    That's a mistake if you torch the wall while it's on the wall. Nice job, buddy. That was a good ball.
    104:05
    And then I threw some poly on it to kind of protect it. Nice job, man. I think you got me this game.
    104:11
    You got bonus too. I hit player two. I went upside down in multiball. That was like a 30 million bonus almost.
    104:21
    Woo! Oh, yeah, that's fine. That makes sense, guys. That makes sense. All right. I'm way behind the chat. I have no idea which talk.
    104:38
    The premiums teamed outdoors. Yeah, I'm really interested to see that premium. Oh, here we go. Here we go.
    105:04
    You know what I don't like right now is what comes out of this orbit. I'm still getting a feed to the left sling. I've got to set that up. I've got to bend that rail a little bit. A little bendy. Yep. Because that was killing me on Elvira, and I finally adjusted that so it doesn't do it anymore. But I don't like it getting a sling coming out of that left orbit. Yeah, for sure. Actually, somebody was talking about that earlier. Somebody was talking about that earlier. Hey, now.
    105:34
    I'm the lucky guy that gets the gains that feed to the left sling. Which, on an outlane to the right, that's completely wide open. It's like it's awesome. Hey, thank you for following. Come on. Pint hearted. All right.
    105:52
    Charity auction outdoor stream. I like your style, Team Little Prizes. When are we streaming Cosmic Carnival, Jack? Another new follow coming in the channel tonight. I want to say thanks to FZanona.
    106:07
    That's the Nona. Unless my bumper stumpers is off. That could be FDA Nona or... Is that Nona? Is it on person? Is it really? Is it on person?
    106:29
    I hope that's not the case. I hope the design is not to feed the left flank. That's a big mess in my book.
    106:38
    I don't know when we're going to stream Frozen pinball. We've got to wait for them to let it go. I'll be here all night.
    106:56
    I'm a dog attack. Easy to tweak the feeds from the Orbitz. Usually it is. I had a little bit of an issue on Elvira.
    107:14
    There's no loosening of a screw to move it over. It's like hammered into the play field, so you've got to do a little manual manipulation.
    107:22
    Mr. Bill is like, did you just reference the great TV game show Bumper Stumpers? Yes, I did. Bumper Stumpers. More of your time, bro.
    107:31
    Yep. Yep, yep, yep, yep. Steve, nice game, man. Killing me here. Nah. About time. Open up a little bit.
    107:42
    Nice. One shot, one shot. Two shots. Three shots. I think I had like 15. Four shots. And we'll be right back. And again, it's just setting up a pin, right? You get a pinball machine and you kind of tweak it to how you expect it to play.
    108:45
    But I don't know. I would be curious to ask Brian Eddy if this design out of the left orbit is meant to hit the left lane. If it is, then I guess I won't move it. Yeah.
    109:00
    Well, I'll tell you what, man. It's been a fun night, but let's play another game of Stranger. Okay. All right, let's go. And I had to twist your arm there. Let's go. Maybe we can ask Brian Eddie soon enough.
    109:13
    Foreshadowing. Brian was very clear when we became friends that I am not to call him after 9 p.m. Ever.
    109:26
    Ever. I'm not even allowed to text him after 9. Try and watch. Thank you for following the stream, the Flippin' Out Football stream. Thank you so much.
    109:43
    I'm not allowed to. There's no communication open to Brian Denny for me after 9 p.m. And sometimes he floats the time zones. So I have to really be exact. There it is.
    109:55
    Hi, Lance. Thank you for following the Flippin' Out Streaming Network. Thanks for following. I love seeing new follows coming.
    110:01
    Follows are good times. Yeah, I can have Dennis call him. Dennis might have the open line of communication after 9 o'clock. Played Stranger Things for about an hour tonight. Loved it. Way better than Elvira for what it's worth. Only hit the monster's mouth like twice. It's way harder than it looks. I agree. And the ramps on Stranger Things do not show up on stream very well. I was very surprised when stepping up to the game. Left orbit is awesome.
    110:27
    This chat is fucking amazing. Great game, and I'm following for the first time. Awesome. Well, thanks for coming. Yeah, drumming. Woo-hoo. I'm a good time. You're a good time, man. Keep hanging.
    110:44
    Yeah, that left outer orbit, you don't really... Yeah, you're right. Stream doesn't really capture that too well.
    110:55
    Relax, relax, relax. No, you know what? I'm really digging Elvira, too, though. So, I don't know. I'm going to have a lot more time on O'Leary.
    111:18
    Oh, yeah. That's not a good time to be here. Oh, one block. Uh-oh. All right, all right, all right. There we go. Oh, a little Popeye fail going on.
    111:44
    All right. The countdown begins. Oh, a lot of flailing going on. All right. Oh! An actual tilt. Player three. Come on, man!
    112:26
    Let's flip with player three. Sure, let's do it. Now you go for it man, here we go. Alright, I'm gonna go for the steel. Yeah, this is really odd. Right.
    113:14
    Nice, nice, nice, nice. All right, you're starting season one, or season two. Um, whatever it is. Yeah, that's not good.
    113:44
    It's our best quarter, though, right now. I can know, right? Player one. Yeah, so our apologies. We accidentally had started a three-player game. Not even sure how that really happened, so... We thought we'd split that player three. Just kind of help you learn a little bit of strategy, too, playing from one side of the machine.
    114:10
    Yep, stay down sounds remind me of G1 Transformers. It's us, right? Just watch Stern string Stranger Things. The ball coming down on left orbit does not hit the sling most of the time. Oh, there you go. Man killing.
    114:23
    Nice and done. Enjoy what I see. I appreciate the host. Don't try to get too clever or pretend to be professional broadcasters. No, no, no, no, no. This is a very amateur show. Come on. Trust me about that.
    114:40
    Unless you're not talking about us. I have no idea. I'm like walking in this gap here. D-Rosu, 48150. Does right orbit shot go right around or stop into the box?
    114:53
    It's a good question. I think I have to see what it does. Tony Scoose, subscribe to Tier 1. Thank you, Tony Scoose. That's awesome that you subbed to the channel. It's very much appreciated, so cheers to you.
    115:11
    Let's hit that right orbit. and see where that ball goes. I'm still just trying to take it in here all night.
    115:18
    All right, be right back. Who's up? Toast to you. Thank you. Thank you for the bits, man.
    115:39
    Cheers to you. Cheers to all the chat. as well. You need to use the sugar drink. Come on! Beep! God damn it, that sounded like Transformers. That's messing me up. Uh-oh.
    116:01
    Long day tomorrow, buddy. Well, that ain't gonna stop me. Oh, oh. You think when you should have tagged?
    116:24
    Oh, I guess we got to. Here we go. Straight, flip, flip. Player three. You're up. Hold on, hold on. I got to do this correctly.
    116:40
    All right. Oh, sorry. Sorry about that. All right, let's go. I keep expecting it to come back, because it just hangs up a little bit.
    117:28
    Yeah. It always goes to the left. Yeah. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. A little off on this angle.
    117:55
    You want the ball for multi-ball? What do you think? That's out? Nope, nope, nope, nope. Oh, we're going to take this one, huh? Oh, oh.
    118:11
    That was awesome! What is that after a few minutes? That's a second go! Oh no. Nice. Here we go! There you go. One shot. Yeah! Holy crap!
    118:41
    Where do you want to go? Here. Yeah, we can start a boat over here. All right. Hey, Penn Stadium's down. Sorry, guys.
    119:04
    Penn Stadium Extreme Kid down. there you go you career Oh, that's a lot of people. Yeah, everything's going crazy. Let's get upside down. Oh, that doesn't help. Yeah, we got another here. Come on.
    120:32
    That's pretty cool, man, when she's just going through the memories of her life and trying to figure out how it's linked to Eleven. That's a pretty powerful mode if you were following the series. And listen, if you haven't watched Stranger Things, I highly recommend just binging it on Netflix, right? This game is season one and season two. Season three is not in this game.
    120:58
    Each shot's a different keyword. Okay. because I think I collected a sunflower in a game prior. So, yeah, that's pretty awesome. Don't Panic Clip says, cool, what's your email to get a premium order started? Welcome aboard. Good seeing you here, Don't Panic Clip.
    121:13
    Too busy watching The Expanse, though? Yeah. I've been streaming the hell out of Rick and Morty, so I'm on season four, like episode three right now.
    121:25
    Rinku says they did a great job implementing Elvirus. Elvira's telekinesis. Eleven's telekinesis. Absolutely. Can I borrow someone's Netflix password? Let's ask for a few little prizes.
    121:45
    Player two, you're up. How does it feel not being able to drink IPAs on keto? Sucks. You're probably so much better off.
    121:55
    Sucks. But you know what you don't get? You don't get the morning when you wake up and you smell like an IPA. Yeah. Because it's very floral. That's a good point.
    122:04
    I'll smell like straight bourbon. Oh. Getting on the first round of premiums. Clubbing out pinball, guys.
    122:24
    Yep. This game is growing. It's growing on me. Yeah, I get it. White Claw for days, too. Also not a bad thing.
    122:41
    Dude, Zach, you flip it out, man. Oh. That's what sucks. The risk versus reward. Don't go up the middle. I don't know why I did that. Oh, you flipper in. Player three. Oh, player three. Grab your drinks.
    122:56
    Everybody in chat, grab your drinks. Player drink. Dude, ironically, that's the best game we've had on this. Isn't that crazy? Like, I was like, I want this one to be able to get over the roof. All right.
    123:24
    We had like two deaths today, it's crazy. Oh, I see him up there. There you go. Yeah. Your time is up.
    124:54
    I'm gonna mess up. I feel not in your right side, or at least that. Did you break out the lid? Yeah. Oh, I see you. I'm gonna let you go too.
    125:24
    The block is lit. That's my ball. It's hard to not. Oh, that was good. That was good. That's pretty impressive. For a two-player game. I was thinking I was flipping. Brigade. 70 million plus on a flip. It's kind of fun.
    125:58
    Rika Rika is now hosting our channel. Thank you so much, buddy. Very, very nice. I appreciate it. Woo! Good times. We're at 9.56 p.m. here in a central town in the Chicago land area. Thanks, everybody, for joining us on the Flippin' Out Streaming Network. Why don't we do one more game of Stranger Things? We'll take it to 10 o'clock. We'll open up after hours for maybe 30 minutes, and then we'll call it a night here. Sounds good. Does that sound good? We appreciate everybody that's been coming in here. Thank you for following Tony Scoots. Really do appreciate you following the channel. Hey, guys, if you're just stopping by to say hi, that's great. Just follow the channel because we get together every single week and it's a good time. Bambi Platfus. Whoa, I like that. Thank you for following Bambi Platfus. That's awesome. How do I enter the giveaway? We're going to get into the giveaway as we get past this next game of Stranger Things. Zach will let us know what we're going to do to give that banner away because it's still here. And if you're sticking around because of the banner, don't blame me one bit because the banner is pretty badass. It's here. It's over six feet tall. It's 74 inches by about 30 inches wide. It's a big banner. It is grommeted in the corner, so you can hang it up on the wall. It's got some tacks or nails. Or if you have one of those floor banner stands, which is how we have it displayed, you can do that too.
    127:13
    Man, so Stranger Things is fun. I can't wait to kind of talk about feedback of the game here after this last game of the night before we get into after hours. And curious to hear your feedback on the game.
    127:25
    It's surprising me in a couple different ways, and I'll talk to you guys about that in a little bit. Steve jumped inside to use the restroom, I believe. He should be back in a second.
    127:36
    Fire up another beer, and we'll get the stream going into the night. Hopefully everybody has some good New Year's plans. New Year's Eve is tomorrow. and I know what I'm going to be doing.
    127:47
    I'm going to be bunkered down in the studio here putting about 50 games on Stranger Things. It is not a double-sided banner.
    128:00
    This is a single-sided banner, so you wouldn't hang this from a ceiling. It's just like a floor graphic or a wall graphic, so it's not double-sided.
    128:08
    If you'd like it to be double-sided, for $98, no, I'm kidding. this is donated by Flippin' Out Pinball, Zach and Nicole Many so I appreciate it, guys again, thanks again for coming into the chat tonight, good to see everybody here and we're streaming Stranger Things, it's version, code version .75 so it's the newest version that was just released today, at the end of the evening, at the end of the work day, somebody at Stern hit upload and around 5 o'clock that Stranger Things .75 came out, so it's fun live catch Pinball here, what's going on, good seeing you last game of the evening thank you for following SKL Arcades Thank you for following the channel, SKL Arcades Is it autographed? Not yet, but I'm getting ready to do it No, I'm kidding, it's not autographed There's nobody here to autograph the banner Jack has not signed the banner But if you want his signature I can sign Zach's name for you Because I don't know that anybody knows the difference What it actually looks like Great way to close out the year, great work guys Thank you. Marlon, I appreciate it, buddy. I really, really do.
    129:15
    Yeah, so if you want to update the fans, you're going to go to sternpinball.com. You're going to go into, like, support, and you're going to look for code updates. You'll find the game in which you want to update. You'll download a file that will be like a little zip folder.
    129:30
    You'll then extract that zip folder, which will create another folder with three files inside. and you want to copy that over to an SD card or a USB stick, rather, or a thumb drive, and then you power your game off, plug in the USB or the thumb drive with the three files that are on it, turn the game on, and the game updates itself.
    129:50
    And then you would take that out, and you're ready to play some pinball. And if you go to Stern Pinball, while you're in that section, there's a readme file that tells you exactly how you can do all this. So if I went through that pretty fast, it's not very difficult. You just want to make sure that you have a thumb drive that's, you know, if you have a nice little 8-gigabyte thumb drive, I think you're in good shape. Like the code update on this was about 2.5 gigabytes.
    130:19
    Yeah, so if you open up the back box or you take the Translight out where the back box would be, on the Spike 2 board, you'll see two ports for USB connectivity, and you'll plug it in one of those ports, and that's how you're going to go ahead and update your game.
    130:34
    Last game tonight, buddy. Dirty Toes! What up, Dirty Toes B? Yeah, updating, uh, modern games is quite simple.
    131:01
    Hmm. Midwestern. It's like we're getting into that after hours pretty fast, huh? Yeah, right? The new Stranger Things .75 is roughly two and a half gigs. Yep.
    131:24
    Dirty Toes B is here just enjoying the holidays. It's good to have Dirty Toes. Dirty Toes called in, boss.
    131:32
    It's good having Dirty Toes on. FrankMac101, I can't tell you how much I appreciate the 300 bits. Thank you so very much. It's very, very nice of you. It's very generous. Thank you so much for supporting the channel. You can have that one back. You know.
    131:51
    Does Zach give out hugs? When Zach delivers a game, does he hug the owner? That's a good question. Uh-oh.
    132:03
    That could be a race. It's a whole new version of white glove service that Zach's offering complete with physical hugs
    132:13
    Depending on your delivery tier who knows what happens And then I have not met my I knew it was gonna go there somewhere. I'll give it to broke kiss of its premium and
    132:30
    open mouth tongue if it's the only right Oh Hoosiers Jackpot! Like our kids as well. Oh, here we go.
    132:40
    You would need some white gloves for that delivery service. Jackpot! Hi, cheer pops. Oh. Jackpot!
    133:01
    Jackpot! The stream was going well tonight. All in all, a very nice stream tonight, guys. Can I ask you to miss the thing that's here today? All right.
    133:17
    I might need to change my pinball provider. Oh, no. Lodging Dolphin is here. What's up, Lodging Dolphin? Good to see you in chat.
    133:58
    Time is up, bud. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm loving the hopper call outs on this pin man. It feels like he's in the machine talking to me. I dig it. Hey, nice ball, Steve.
    134:08
    Very nicely done. Wow, look at that bonus too, man. Another 11 mil or so. Player two, you're up. Stop. This gets fun.
    134:24
    Latching dolphin. Flip it out. Why aren't you again? And by the way, thank you all for flipping out with us tonight, guys. We're having a blast. Thank you, Zach and Nicole, for bringing this game in and allowing us to stream. This is freaking cool, man. And I hope everybody here has enjoyed it as much as we have And I really enjoy kind Ken missing those demogorgon shots That might be my favorite part of the evening Boo Boo.
    135:28
    Yeah. Dun, dun, dun. Ah, Zach, man, love you, dude. No worries. Let's go. Penis is streaming again soon. I would believe next Monday. This is Monday Night Pinball after all.
    136:08
    You heard it here first. Next Monday we'll start from there. And thanks for following. One, one, one, one. I like that.
    136:29
    Lord of the Rings breath. Peace out, man. Glad you could join us. Thanks for hanging out. Always good to see you around here, man.
    136:45
    Is Lord of the Rings breath out? Lord of the Rings breath. See you, buddy. He says peace out? Yeah, peace out. Good seeing you. Always good seeing you in chat.
    136:54
    So the upside down is actually can be lucrative. You can make up some points there pretty quickly, actually.
    137:02
    Backflipping a telekinesis lock is the best shot in the game. See if Steve can hit it. He's had his issues with that Demogorgon tonight.
    137:40
    Sorry, man. There's always next Monday Night Pinball. There's always next Monday. Player two, you're up.
    137:51
    Hot dog. That is not the way I wanted to go out. Uh-oh. Yep. There we go. Lock her up. Wall to the box.
    138:28
    Ooh, turn up the heat. Oh. Have not seen this one yet. Dude, what is that? That's turn up the heat. Oh, they're trying to get the mind player out of will. Yep.
    138:47
    Ooh, and he got a little multi-ball going in the middle. Woo! Big points. Big points, baby. Jack.
    139:01
    Yeah, oh. That is really loud. It's kind of creepy. I was like, what is that? I thought the game was like, oh my God.
    139:14
    Oh, dude, that was classic. Double Jack Fox. Turn it turn up a piece of Sweet You can't stop you broke you yelling back what is that?
    139:49
    Oh. Uh-oh. Here we go. Nice finish, man. That's fun. It is fun. Fun, fun, fun. Holy smokes.
    140:41
    I'm down for one more, but we'd have to cut after hours a little bit. Yeah, nobody gets to do an after hours tomorrow. Anyways, I am going to make a quick pit stop, though. Cool. Give me one second. Yeah, well, let's play another one. Dirty Toast B, thanks. Go pit stop.
    141:01
    One more game over after hours. I just got here. Combo champion, 25 combos. That's great. All right, we have votes for one more game. Where's Bill? Bill was here earlier. Where is Bill?
    141:16
    He'd be a good t-shirt. Where's Bill? It is. This machine's totally addictive. Come on, Ken. Come on back. I need to play some Stranger Things.
    141:31
    Bill? Oh, yeah. Bill's probably playing pinball in his basement. Heard us say his name and drained. Insta-drained.
    141:42
    Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do. All right, yeah. This game is way cooler than I thought it was going to be just from the initial stream that I watched maybe 10, 15 minutes of the stream to reveal.
    141:59
    But it's really cool in person. Really, really good, guys. Come on, King. Come on. You got some strange things playing, man.
    142:13
    All right. I think I'm going to turn this heater off because it's getting toasty. Dude, I think we just had to turn the heat up mode going because it's getting hot in here. So it was like making the electric sound like... I don't know. It was uncomfortable. A heater would come up. Right. I saw the heater. And I know that part of it was like... Right. It sounded like coils were stuck on or something. I was like, oh, my gosh. No, right? This game's going to light on fire on the stream. How hard is it to hit demo? I had trouble in the beginning. Now I'm down to like 70%. Try to get 11 moms mode again. Absolutely. That is a really cool mode. Thank you for the 200 bits. I appreciate it. Yeah. I wish that I could accept the 200 bits with the guarantee that we'll get to that mode again because I don't even know how we got to that mode. What was the one like the silent one?
    143:12
    I don't know. You weren't. I mean, you were playing. Silent one? She goes into like her dream, you know, like where she can. Oh, I think. She goes into like the black mode. I think that was a mini wizard mode. It was called like total isolation. Total isolation, yeah. Yeah, that was creepy, man. I love it. Dude, that was sweet. All right, let's play one more game, and then I'm excited to take 15 minutes and just kind of recap our experience tonight on Stranger Things from Stern Pinball. And then we'll give away that banner, guys, because for those of you that have been sticking around tonight, we're going to give away that Stranger Things banner. Compliments of flipping out pinball. Is that going to call many? Thank you, guys.
    143:46
    I thought that noise was the bass dying like it does in CNA. Total isolation. That's a great mode, guys. This is a fun technology.
    143:56
    Here, you can have that one back. Kim Bonder's podcast. Orbital Albert says, yep, total isolation, I think, is a mini wizard mode.
    144:06
    And it was nice because I hit total isolation in, like, my fourth game. So, I mean, it's like these wizard modes are, I mean, it's a mini wizard mode. You're not blowing up the game necessarily, but there's a lot of fun that you can have in the game.
    144:22
    Question, Ken, are you going to wait for the premium if it's a dream team for you? Play 2 is up. Yeah, so, and we can talk about this a little bit later on. I think ideally the premium will be where I want to be, and if that projector is working up to standard or up to par, what an incredible thing, what an incredible game it's going to be. Think about that. But if that projector's running, I cannot wait. I'll be back. Can't wait to see it. Horrible first ball. First ball of the night.
    144:55
    Fair. Are we in front yet? I kicked it a little right. There you go. All right. I think the modes are started by your three main shots on the left.
    145:18
    You have your left move, your ramp, and then your inner loop. And that's going to be season one. And the same goes for the right side. It's going to be season two. I think you just, right at the start of mode, you just hit those shots over and over. Yeah, so I mean for the... What, three shots for the outer loop? Four shots for the... Think Brian Eddy designs where you're hitting a ramp four times to get into a moat. Four times, yeah. Four times to get into a moat. Three times to light it up, and that fourth thing to get into the moat. It's kind of similar to that. Same thing with Elvira. You know, you want to hit these shots. Yep. It's this. I'm going to mod my Stranger Things projector to just play a loop video of Steve. Oh. Sounds helpful. Now, Albert had given you some props on his podcast. He said that of the people, especially when lit, he appreciated us all. But if he had to pick one person that he would want to maybe hang out with and party with, he thinks that he would probably get along with you the best, Steve. So for what it's worth. We all get along. We all like to party. It's all good. That's what I think. Let's party. But I think Orby's clicking with you a little bit more than everybody else.
    146:29
    Uh-oh. See this thing? The alley armor can be sweet. But you can go ahead and get any armor you want on your game, and you can get some custom-powered armor.
    146:47
    It's almost like Lighting President Madness, Dazzle, etc. Yeah. Yep. Now, that being said, it doesn't necessarily limit you to that as far as simplicity, because with the code evolving, There might be more complex ways in which you can kind of get into different modes and whatnot. But to start like chapters, that's what you would do. I want to play Party with Steve and play Pemberg with Ken and have lunch with Bill and hug Zach. Oh, my gosh.
    147:20
    Yeah, I know. But I got some catching up to do here. Party with Steve. Play Pemberg with Ken and have lunch with Bill. And hug Zach.
    147:37
    That's awesome, man. Zach says, hug granted. And I also say party granted. Alright, one shot, one shot, one shot.
    148:07
    Oh, one shot. Oh, two shots. There we go. Third time's the charm, baby. Woo! Yeah! Ouch! You're on your one. I don't know. I've been on that Demogorgon all night, though. I mean, it hasn't really frustrated me. No.
    148:45
    I like my new shot. Projector with the right lighting creates an atmosphere that the pro cannot replicate.
    148:59
    If I had to go pro, probably Jurassic Park would be the one. Jurassic Park pro is great game. It's funny, on Jurassic Park pro, a lot of people upgrade to the premium for the moving T-Rex head. I prefer the premium for the virtual ball lock and the raptor pen. As odd as that sounds.
    149:22
    Maybe instead of have lunch with Bill, figure out where he went. It's like, where's Waldo, except you never find him. He's not hiding anywhere. He's just not here.
    149:30
    Bill's a busy guy. He's got a lot going on. 4057, also wanted to say thank you on vacation from work. I never get to watch you live. I usually have to catch you when you're uploading to YouTube. So thank you for providing great content. 4057, thanks for watching the content. It's being uploaded to YouTube. I think that's awesome, man. When you're here to stop in, make sure that you're coming in and saying hi, because it's always good seeing you. I appreciate it. Thank you.
    149:55
    Taco Pizza. I'm actually starting to fear for Bill. Nobody's saying anything. Yeah, I can't forget about the goat feature in the T-Rex family.
    150:16
    Finally. Did you get him? Good, that's not better, finally. Hey, that's okay. It's a Demogorgon, man. It's not supposed to just like... You know, right? You just lightly get him and he gives away. It's like the freaking main thing.
    150:36
    Ice Man 7135 said, yeah, it's not supposed to be easy to kill him. I've hit him from the right and the left tonight. Love recording with the bone. If you're straight down the middle, video likely tomorrow, it may get strange. Oh, do we have a little announcement? Are we getting some straight down the middle stranger things, Mike? I hope so.
    150:56
    He squared up that right liver shot. I've hit the ball. I've hit the Demogorgon without trapping up tonight a couple times, too. So, I don't know.
    151:08
    There was only maybe two or three times where I hit the Demogorgon square that I thought should have gone in, and it didn't.
    151:16
    But for the other times, if I missed it, it's because I knew I didn't take a good shot. Wow, we're still going?
    151:26
    Last ball. Make it count. Let's see if we can get into that sunflower mode. Yeah, I need to try to make a profile. For sale, for sale.
    151:56
    Whoa. That left outer loop shot right there. That ramp. That's nice. Two more. Boom! Oh! You dropped out already. Ziggler, sit back. Danger. I'm pretty sure that was going down the in lane. And he got... Like your... He got a little jumpy. I was practicing my nudging. Play a little defensive. Practicing my nudging.
    152:39
    Well, guys, that was fun. That was super fun, man. That was awesome. That was a pleasure to do that tonight.
    152:46
    We can actually, you want to knock out a little bit of after hours real fast? Yeah. Okay. You, you, you.
    152:57
    So what we will do here, ladies and gentlemen, is we will, this concludes the pinball portion of the evening, as far as pinball playing goes. But we're going to stick around for a little bit longer. So this is the thing. This is what I'm going to ask.
    153:13
    As we get into after hours, after hours is just kind of an off-the-cuff segment where we talk pinball, anything pinball. But you have the ability to call in, okay? Now, we've got our regulars that call in all the time. And we appreciate our regulars. It's awesome hearing those guys each and every week. But I'm going to ask those guys to sit back and relax tonight, and let's get some fresh blood on the line. So if you've always considered calling in the Flippin' Out Pinball, and you just want to talk some pinball, let's do that. If you've called in before, let's take a break tonight, and let's see if we can get some new guys on the line. What do you say about that, Steve? Sounds good to me. All right, we're going to transition over there in just a second.
    153:59
    All right, so we're in the studio now. You can call us at 630-283-2888. International rates apply. Stranger Things, man. All right, let's go play some Stranger Things. We need to get Zach on here, and Zach needs to explain this banner contest. So, Zach, if you are here, as a matter of fact. All right. legend of vaults 13 thank you for following man for the follow man we do appreciate it
    154:35
    what's up my dude Oh, shot down in flames. That was not good. It's windy outside. I can, like, hear the wind kicking. Yeah, it's bad. See if we can't call this guy back.
    155:07
    It's living out them ball. Hey, I'd like to order a Stranger Things premium, please. I'll take three.
    155:14
    What's up, Zach? You're going to the right place. Hey, what's up, buddy? Hey, what a fun stream tonight, man. There was a lot of energy in chat, like the whole night long. The machine is fun. I couldn't be happier to have played this game tonight. Same. I'm so freaking elated with you getting your dream theme. I almost want to, like, stop and sing the never-ending story with you. Right, dude? You have no idea how happy I am. That's what I was. I was happy to be here.
    155:43
    Is that not like the greatest part of season three ever? Oh, it gets me every time. It gets you every time. It gets you every single time. So listen, man, let's cut down the business real quick. Okay, let's do it. All right. How can people get to Stranger Things? Do you have stock? What's the wait time if you're looking for a premium LE? Like, what's all going on with that? And then, before we take more calls, I think there are some people here that would like to win that Stranger Things banner. So maybe we could talk a little bit about how you can grab that. All right. Stern Pinball's newest release, Stranger Things. The return of Brian Eddy. 20-plus years, he made the classics of Medieval Madness, Attacks from Mars, and my personal favorite, The Shadow. He's back, and he's back in a big way. along with the the chuck ernst or boy chuck ernst on animations we got sound by i think it's ted hale correct me if i'm wrong creasel the pro premium le model this thing you guys have seen in chat this thing is a blast to shoot codes what 0.75 and only getting better yeah everybody i think this is a bye-bye-bye bye-bye-bye the pros or uh quick acknowledgement zach like a lot of people offering kudos for the stream tonight. So congratulations to you and your streaming channel and the products that you're bringing in here. And congratulations to everybody that's just hanging out. It was a fun, fun stream. So I didn't mean to cut you off. But thank you for the nice words. Yeah, man. Thank you so much. It's the chat that makes that stream so much more fun than just a couple guys playing pinball. Yeah. A hundred percent. Absolutely. And this is my hashtag no bullshit that I always say. But no bullshit.
    157:24
    None of this is happening if it's not for Tim Cromwell. Oh, no. No, no, no. I totally agree. None of this is happening in the chat. Come on. That's not what's going on. I promise you that. That and this chat, I dare anybody to find a better freaking pinball chat on stream. I dare them. It's a fun chat for sure. Hey, we got a new follower. Jackson Art. Oh, yeah. Or Jackson Art. Thanks for following. Yeah, buddy.
    157:50
    Sorry, Zach. As we were saying before, no, no problem. The pros, first time I've ever heard Stern announces a pin, and damned if there isn't pros sitting in the flipping out warehouse ready to go. So those are already shipping out. We sold out of the first shipment. We got more coming mid-January. LEs are going to start rolling off the line at the end of January. You're probably going to see those at the end of January. I just had a fella, one of our awesome customers, something came up, he had to back out of the LE. So, hashtag one more left. No way. So you have an LE, huh? Yeah. Wow.
    158:29
    We'll be looking for Groupons tomorrow. A little. My Stern Pinball Groupon. Groupons. Right. One of the contests is side art. You got that beautiful purple powder coat. And who doesn't love the mirror back glass? Upgraded speaker. Shaker motor. And visibly, I just keep going. Yeah. The HP gas is nice. Premiums roll out, I'm thinking, into February. I think they're online mid-end of February. So I've been telling people end of February, beginning of March. And if you call or if you order one of those premiums now, I think we can get you in on the first run of premiums so you don't have to wait for that restock that's turned us. So that would be really cool. We try to provide the best customer support in all of pinball. And we're a small operations system. My wife and I and our lovely children. So you're helping support us, which we love. And I'm ready to give away a banner, unless you want to sing some more, Tim. No, no, but I'm singing. If you want to get a hold of Zach, if you want to get one of these pins, the numbers on the screen, it's 812-457-9711. It's in the lower left-hand corner. If you're not the type of person that wants to jump on the phone and talk to somebody late at night, call or email Zach, Z-A-C-H, Z-A-C-H at Flippin' Out Pinball. That's flip the letter N out to pinball, all one word, Zach at FlippinOutPinball.com. He'll be happy to take care of you. But, yeah, let's give away the banner, man, because we've been teasing it all night long. and we've got Rebel Guitars who is rocking it out with 400 bits. Thanks, man. Man, you're our guy, dude. You know we appreciate you. Thanks, love. And thanks for the bitty love. We love it. Great stream tonight. Thank you. But yeah, let's give away the banner, man. How are we going to do it? Okay. So here's what we're going to do. Okay. For all of those still hanging out, I love each and every one of you except for that guy right there. Frank Mac 101 cheering 300 bits. Frank Mac 101. Thank you, Tony Scoots. Tony's coos with 100 for flipping out. As a reminder, before we give away the banner, as a reminder, all the bits, everything that comes in bit-wise, sub-wise, all goes to King Cromwell, the special lit team, for supporting us and helping us each and every week. So don't think that goes to my part. Steve Biddy over here. That's for you all's hard work. All right. So let's give away the banner. All right. Let's give away the banner.
    160:40
    BD Cromwell, I'm going to need your help on this. You guys are going to have to be the eye in the sky here in chat because I'm about to announce what you need to enter into chat to win this. Please, everybody, for decency purposes, only reply once because you guys are trying to follow along. Zambuca with 100 bits, Zach. Zambuca with 100 bits. Thank you. Okay. And actually, you guys are going to know the answer, so I'm going to have to watch chat. Damn it. Okay, so the winner of the banner will be the first person to type into chat the combo champion winner and how many combos they have. Whoa! That is a great question. I know the answer to that. All right. Both. Okay, good. All right, so that's good. So I'm looking into chat right now, and we've got... There it is. Oh, no, it's not. Oh!
    161:28
    Oh!
    161:34
    I am freaking impressed. This chat is on tonight. You know, Ken, with a response like that, I'm sure that Captain Pirate Redeye got that first damn Rick and Morty off the line. Can I get some? All right. Zach, let me ask you this, because it was answered so quickly, right? What would you do if I told you that I had a second banner here that we could give away?
    162:00
    We had two strangers. Tell me more. So, because we have the one that's on display here, right? But there's another one. There's one more. And because that one went so fast, and because everybody was just chilling out all night long and it was so cool, I think we gave away one more. But that's up to you. Doggone, man. But we do have two that can ship out of here. Orange and the... So, if you're up for it, maybe we take a minute and we think about another trivia question. And Zach's good at the trivia.
    162:28
    Hell yeah, man. Look, I'd be happy to be the, you and I being the banner Oprah of pinball. Everybody gets banners. Hey, everybody in chat. You get a banner. Let's do one more. Let's give away one more banner. You want to take a minute and think about this, or what do you want to do?
    162:45
    I've got a really bad one, if you want to do a really bad one. Whatever it takes, buddy. Whatever you got. That's fine. Let's go. What do you mean, bad one? You can put me on the sponsor. You got a bad one?
    162:54
    You can put me on the sponsor. How about this, Zach? I got it. okay let's do it when i hang up the first person that calls and sings the never-ending story oh that's the best we'll get that second theater does that and they got it look you guys you got no here's oh here's the deal that's uh that's a fucking fantastic idea but here's the thing all right like like america got america got talent you all will x their asses if they don't buzz And they don't have the lyrics, the tone, the cadence, and everything. The banner deserves a damn good, dusty song. It's the whole chorus. You've got to go through the whole chorus. Oh, my God. I'll let you guys go. But last time I checked, this machine isn't bad. But for some people, that damn Demogorgon is almost hard to get balls into his mouth. Somewhat similar. Like Steve Beatty's girlfriend. Hey! No! I knew that was coming. We'd both do it. I know. The buildup. As soon as you want it for the balls in the mouth. It's filled up. Oh, classic. All right, so listen, we gave away one banner tonight, and it was for the correct answer to the question. So, Pirate Captain Red Eye, we've got a banner coming out to you. Message us with your address, and we'll get that out to you. But secondly, if somebody wants to call in, is they in the chorus for Never Ending Story, which at the end of Season 3, that's what you heard.
    164:20
    Thanks for joining us on the Flippin' Out Streaming Network with Ken and Steve. Okay, this is Christopher, so let me do my best. Uh-oh.
    164:30
    Nope. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Christopher, you broke rule number one tonight, and that was we need new people to call in tonight. I appreciate it. That was awesome. Now, that being said, we prerequisite. We need new people calling in. I'm sorry, Jabber, but it's like, all right. W. Gunnett has shared 100 bits, so thank you, W. Gunnett. I appreciate it. Thank you.
    164:58
    Jobber, there will be other contests in which you will be eligible. This one, you're not eligible, and it's not because we don't like you. It's because we are asking for fresh people to come in tonight in the stream. So if you want to sing the chorus of Never Ending Story and receive that banner, you're absolutely welcome. And plus, there's a prize thing, too. If you won a prize within the last, like, six months, let's not call in and get more prizes. Sure. It's not fun to double that. What are your thoughts on Stranger Things? Now, we've been thinking about or anticipating the arrival of this pin for a few days. It's here now. It's been a dream theme of mine, and for it to be sitting in front of me is like, I still don't know that I can get over it or not. And I want to look at the pin without a biased approach to the theme, which is why I'm going to throw it to you first and kind of get just your general feedback. It can be pros or cons or just a general feeling.
    165:47
    What is this Stranger Things pro to you? I think it's a one more game. For sure, I want to keep playing it. It's fast. It's faster than I thought it was going to be.
    165:57
    The outlanes are kind of brutal, but they're set at level three. They're set at the hardest. Yeah. The rams are all the way up. There's a lot of satisfying shots. I mean, dude, the colors, the sound. Come on, the sound. The audio is pretty killer. The audio. Yep. But, yeah, overall, I want more time on it. It's great so far. It's a great first impression.
    166:20
    I would agree with you that the first impression is positive. And you had such high expectations, it being your dream theme. So where are you coming in right now? So this is the thing, right? Like it's a catch-22 if you're going into a dream theme and you're giving it a review. Because I hold the theme in such high regard that if it missed, I feel like I would be overly critical. Right? So it's like I almost didn't want to go into this with too high of expectations because I just thought that I would naturally let myself down. Makes sense, yeah. And I can say that tonight my initial impressions, first couple games, was that it was so fast and it felt a little bit wild to me that I was like, it was a little bit overwhelming for me to step up and play it. Kind of take it all in. Absolutely. Because you're still trying to find your shots, but at the same time, you're almost in a defensive game trying to make sure that you're able to track the ball coming back to the flippers. Okay? Now, that being said, as we kind of got into the night, we played, what, seven or eight games tonight? You started realizing where your safe shots were and where they were at the time. And it makes a huge difference on how you're able to approach the game.
    167:28
    Hey, thanks for calling Flippin' Out Football Network. We're Ken and Steve tonight. What's going on?
    167:33
    Hey, Tony Scoots here. Hey, Tony Scoots. What's up, my brother? How are you, man? Love the show, man. Great stream, guys. Man, I love seeing you in chat. When I see Tony's goose in chat, I'm like, this is all right tonight. I love it. It's going to be a good night. What's going on? How are you? Anyone sing the song yet? Because I'll give it a go. You know what, man? No. All yours. There's nobody I'd rather hear sing this than Tony's goose. The floor is yours, Tony. So let's open it up whenever you're ready.
    168:03
    All right. I mean, just a few lyrics or I've got to do the whole thing? You've just got to do the full chorus. You can't just be like, never ending story. Like, you got to go into it a little bit. Turn around and look at what you see.
    168:20
    Interface the mirror of your dreams. Make believe I'm everywhere. Given in the light. Writing on the pages is the answer to a never-ending story.
    168:36
    Reach the stars. Fly a fantasy. Dream a dream, and what you see. How's that, guys? Dude, that was unbelievable. That was great, man. Let's close it out with the ah.
    168:51
    Ah. Tony! You freaking earned that banner, man. That's awesome. We might even send you a stern pro. It's like that was that word. You guys are the best. I got to come hang out with you guys one night. Oh, man. Absolutely. Where are you calling from? Where are you at, Tony? I'm in Marlowe's Park. I'm a firefighter in Marlowe's Park. Oh, dude.
    169:15
    Listen, in the next couple weeks, man, if you want to come out to St. Charles, there's a couple other local guys, too, that want to come out. Let's do a stream and have you come out with a couple other guys. It'll be fun. It'll be a good time.
    169:27
    Legitimately, if you want to come out, you've got to take it. Yeah. I also, my family, we own a Italian bakery and deli in Marlowe's Park. Oh, nice. I could bring some nice big sheets of pizza, some sub trays. Just what Steve needs on a keto. I love Tony. I'll eat Steve's portion. I'll take that cheese right off. Take that cheese right off. Oh, you're going to eat it.
    169:50
    Hey, Tony, that's awesome, man. I appreciate that. Do me a favor. Thanks, guys. Do you know how to message us your address? You got me on Facebook or on, like, the Special Inlet Gmail or anything?
    170:04
    Yeah, yeah, I have you on Facebook. I'll private message you. Yeah, PM me your address, and I'll either get the banner out to you, or if you want to just come pick it up, man, come in, hang out in Studio C, play some pinball, have a couple beers. That would be fine, man. That would be a good time. Oh, that would be awesome. Let's do it. That's for sure. Do it. Let's do it. Hit me up tonight, and if I don't get back to you tonight, I'll get back to you tomorrow, but we'll set it up. All right, guys. Awesome job tonight. Love that stream.
    170:29
    You're my guy, Tony. Thanks for everything. Awesome job on your part, man. That was awesome. That made the whole night for me. That really did. Tony, you're the best. Thanks, buddy.
    170:37
    All right, guys. Have a good New Year. Happy New Year. You too, man. Happy New Year. See you, bud. Bye. That was so awesome. Oh, dude. I like how he's like, well, just how much do I need to sing here?
    170:50
    I'm like, you've got to go all in. All of it. And it was a very good take of that theme. I thought it was awesome. But getting back to Stranger Things, as I played more games and I got more familiar with kind of areas of the play field that I considered safe versus areas of the play field that I considered risky, it really helped me to kind of zone in my shot selection. Yeah, big time. Now, the thing with the pin is this. At some point, you're in a defensive mode where you're just flipping to avoid a drain, and when the ball is jumping out of control, it's hard to harness myself back in to try to gain control because then I start trying to think, all right, I just need to hit a ramp to give me some time or I need to hit a target because I've lost control. And I think this game is going to require a little bit of reaction. It's going to require a little bit of patience. But it's also going to make you a better pinball player, I think, because you need to really figure out where you're going to go with your shots. So my first impressions on the game, eight, nine games in, is it's a positive experience. The code is .75. We've got a lot more to go.
    171:49
    Would I recommend this to everybody at this point? No, because I just don't have enough time on it. But I can't wait to play more. And I'm so happy tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Ah, man. Because guess what I'm going to be doing? I'll be flinging by. For so much time tomorrow, I'm going to be putting a lot on this. That's cool. I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. I mean, just seeing the little mini wizard mode that you made it to. I was like, oh, my gosh, that's really cool. And for those of you that are kind of looking at this from an overhead perspective or you're comparing this layout to other pins, I think that you will be more surprised than you think. This does not feel like I'm shooting a medieval madness. Not by any means. It does not feel like I'm shooting Attack from Mars. It obviously doesn't feel like I'm shooting Shadow. No. But where this is considered a fan layout, this is not a version 2.0 of either of the pins that I had just discussed. It is fresh. It is different. When I was talking to Zach, he had an interesting perspective because where he was saying, it's like, you know what, he's not sure how this game may be received for some people. But it's obvious that Brian Eddy took some risks here, and he feels that the risks that he took absolutely paid off. Yeah. But until you can sit down and play the game, you're not going to appreciate how the game flows. Got to play it. Yeah. So it's not what you would consider your stereotypical fan layout. There's some other stuff going on. And I keep forgetting there's bumpers up there in the upper right corner. I mean, you've got to hit that far right.
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    You've got to hit the right orbit. The right orbit, yeah. It's like the only shot to get it up there. I do love hitting the left orbit where it comes around and it comes back down that huge ramp. And that plastic rampant drops it into the inland for the winners. And they were saying, like on stream, you don't really see that on camera. No, no. But that's a nice shot. You don't. So anyway, so this is what we're going to do. If you're going to be tuning into the Flippin' Out streaming network over the next couple weeks, you're going to see Stern employees that are going to come in and help us kind of go through the game. I've reached out to a few people that were go-to, in my opinion, and they're on board. So without me getting specific on who's going to be coming in, because I don't like to put that added pressure on somebody, I can say that you'll be pleasantly surprised on who's excited about coming in and sharing this game with everybody in chat and on the stream. Be a good couple weeks, man. Yeah, man. It's going to be exciting. Let's finish up with Chad here, and then we're going to call it a night here.
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    Just looked up the video to Never Ending Story. Is that the singer of Cajagogo who sang, You're too shy, shy, hush, hush, eye to eye. Looks like I learned something more than features and strange things pinball. Taco Pizza, been a great stream, and end of a great year. That's a good point, man. This is our last stream of the year. Yes. Dude. I am. I couldn't be more happy to, like, sit down and do this with you on Monday nights. Same here. Have everybody here on Monday nights. It's been a staple, and I know it's been, like, kind of hit or miss the last couple weeks just for the way things have played out. Yeah, holidays. Holidays. Yeah, but we're back on track, and we're going to bring it hard in 2020. Happy New Year, everybody. Taco Pizza says, let's keep it rolling. It's 2020. Absolutely. Oh, oh. And for those of you that are still here, Timo Price says, outdoor stream. Can't wait for next week. We did do an outdoor stream. We streamed Black Knight Sword of Rage LE outside. We could have done one yesterday. Literally. We could have done a midday outdoor stream. We absolutely could have done it. Glen O570, you guys are killing it. I wish I could have been there to be part of it more often. Glen O, anytime, man. You've got to come in and hang out with us.
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    But this is exciting news. So as we get into 2020, you're going to see satellite streams from Steve Beattie's house, from Bill Webb's house. We're always going to be here on Flippin' Out. Because of the money that had come in with subs and with bits for this channel, we were able to put a significant amount of money into upgrading cameras. And this stuff was ordered a few weeks ago, and it's in, and I have to implement the cameras. you're going to see a significant upgrade to the quality of the stream over the next week or two. And we couldn't have done that without you guys. I just wanted to make sure that everybody knew that any bits or subs that came in here, we weren't going out and buying pizza or anything like that. Like, we're legitimately improving the stream because if you're supporting us, we want to support you with a quality improvement. And it was almost, it was about a couple thousand dollars. Yeah, looking forward to that. That's going to be a big upgrade. That we put back into the stream. and I can't wait to show you guys this. So thank you, thank you, thank you.
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    Your contribution has helped improve our ability to bring pinball to you guys, so it's awesome. Damn, I ain't feeling so good. I feel like throwing up. Oh, my gosh. Hey. What happened? Hey. Oh. Great for you guys. 300 bits. Thank you so much. Thanks, Frank. If you guys bought pizza and beer, you'd have earned it. Well, thank you. Thank you. At some point, we'll have everybody out here that can make it and we'll have some pizza and beer. 2020 is going to be huge. Huge. In more ways than you know. 2020 is pinball landscape from the content provider side is going to be shaking. A little shaking. We'll leave it at that. A little shaking. So I think we're going to shut this down. I want to thank everybody that was here tonight. You guys are awesome. I want to thank Scott from Penn Stadium for allowing us to use the Penn Stadium Extreme Kit. Scott. It's the external way to illuminate pinball for streaming for the serious streamer. I don't know how serious you are, but we have a kit, so thank you, Scott. And I want to thank Zach and Nicole Mennie for being just badass distributors that have kind of given us an outlet to show these new games. And they've been so supportive of that and trusting us with streaming the games. Couldn't ask for anything more. So, Zach and Nicole, thank you guys so much. Happy New Year's, guys. And I want to thank you, buddy. Hey. Because, I mean, you've been a staple. And it's so fun streaming on Monday nights with you, man. Like, I wouldn't have it any other way. Seriously love hanging out. I freaking love hanging out, too. I'm loving everything right now. So, everybody, I'm in love. It's good times. We will let this go, right? Yeah. So, you got anything in closing? No, dudes. Nothing? No. I'm good. Happy New Year's, everybody. Yeah, Happy New Year's. We will see you next Monday night on the Flippin' Out Streaming Network. For Speed Media, I'm Ken Cromwell. Don't forget to take some time out of your day and watch some pinball. So long, everybody. Nice. Night.
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    Thank you. you