Domino Pinball: more The Walking Dead Remastered!

Neil McRae / Great British Pinball Podcast·video·36m 1s·analyzed·Jan 18, 2026

Analysis

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TL;DR

Neil McRae plays Walking Dead Remastered while discussing forum ban and game design feedback.

Summary

Neil McRae streams gameplay of The Walking Dead Remastered pinball machine while discussing community forum drama, his ban from the UK pinball forum, and observations about the remastered game's design changes including scoring adjustments, call-outs, and mechanical issues. He reflects on forum moderation, freedom of speech tensions, and the impact of his absence on forum culture.

Key Claims

The Walking Dead Remastered has different scoring on Barn than the previous version, appearing to award fewer points for shots
medium confidence · Neil McRae commenting on gameplay: 'So, have they changed the scoring in barn? Cuz that looks [] awful cuz I must have got like I don't know quite a few quite a few shots.'
The straight ramp in the middle of The Walking Dead machine is still problematic in the new version
medium confidence · Neil McRae: 'So, it's still that annoying um straight there in the middle even on the new game.'
Premium version of The Walking Dead Remastered has more power/different physics than Pro version
medium confidence · Neil McRae: 'That's why the premium is always better than the pro. It's just what you saw.'
Lyman added code to The Walking Dead Remastered so flipper button presses pulse the magnet differently
medium confidence · Neil McRae: 'I'm sure Lyman told me that he added code so that if you pressed flipper buttons it pulsed the magnet in a different way'
Neil McRae was banned from UK pinball forum for multiple reasons: challenging moderation decisions, operating two accounts, and allegedly being accused of cheating in his own tournament
high confidence · Neil McRae: 'I got banned for the Jaffa challenge and I got banned for having two accounts. And then the final final ban was um I was accused of cheating in my own tournament'

Notable Quotes

“So, it's still that annoying um straight there in the middle even on the new game.”
Neil McRae@ 8:03 — Identifies persisting mechanical design issue in Walking Dead Remastered
“I'm sure Lyman told me that he added code so that if you pressed flipper buttons it pulsed the magnet in a different way”
Neil McRae@ 29:33 — References code updates and designer communication about machine improvements
“the thing that got me finally banned was um I was accused of cheating in my own tournament and I basically told that person he was exactly what I thought of thinking”
Neil McRae@ 33:01 — Explains final banishment reason and defends his response
“I think like I don't know, 70% found it funny. Um, and like 30% didn't, but the guy who made the gag about, he thought it was hilarious.”
Neil McRae@ 30:55 — References disputed forum incident and community sentiment split
“because no one's doing that, you got like the dumb ruling the place. That that is the saddest thing about it.”
Neil McRae@ 34:22 — Reflects on impact of his absence on forum moderation balance and community health

Entities

Neil McRaeperson The Walking Dead Remasteredgame LymanpersonUK pinball forumorganizationPaulpersonCalamoreipersonJeffpersonDeadpoolgame

Signals

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code_update: Lyman reportedly added code to The Walking Dead Remastered to pulse the flipper magnet differently based on button presses
medium · Neil McRae: 'I'm sure Lyman told me that he added code so that if you pressed flipper buttons it pulsed the magnet in a different way'
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product_concern: The straight ramp in the middle remains problematic in the remastered version, suggesting a persistent mechanical design flaw
medium · Neil McRae: 'So, it's still that annoying um straight there in the middle even on the new game.'
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product_concern: Barn scoring on The Walking Dead Remastered appears to have changed and now awards fewer points than expected
medium · Neil McRae observing he got several shots but the score didn't reflect it appropriately
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community_signal: Forum moderation decisions questioned regarding freedom of speech vs. community safety; Neil's absence creating imbalance in discourse quality
high · Neil McRae: 'there's no balance to the stupidity' and 'the dumb ruling the place' after his ban
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community_signal: Forum community degradation post-ban, with increased low-quality posts and reduced moderating pushback on poor advice
high · Neil McRae: 'The forums just I mean some of the threads made want to cry. People getting very poor advice.'
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Topics

The Walking Dead Remastered design and gameplayprimaryForum moderation and community managementprimaryNeil McRae's ban and forum dramaprimaryCode updates and designer communicationsecondaryMachine mechanics and playfield designsecondaryFreedom of speech in online communitiessecondary

Sentiment

neutral(0)

Transcript

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can John Youssi me? Hear me? Let me know. Player one. It's um a lot more pinball on today than me. Good luck to all the ladies in the ladies. Wax. Player one. Player one. be good. Player one. We got about half an hour to play. That's what happens when you don't pay attention. I got your back. One second. I'm going to run out of power. Player one. Cool. Lost everything. Player one. I lost. Don't know who's the top. Good, right? Yeah, I lost the player count. She's coming back. I bet that sounds felt good, huh? I bet that felt good, huh? Combo. Trying to get the five walkers for uh the actual ball. Normally there's an extra ball on five. Must be set higher. We're almost there. Come on. Shoot the ramp. Bicycle girl. Didn't really want to start CC. Shoot that ramp again. The dude collects heads and puts them in a tank. Extra balls left. So, it's still that annoying um straight there in the middle even on the new game. The only way is through dead is a door. down. Don't look like you're going to last very long. They need to fix [clears throat] the prison. They need to change the guy. I don't know if they can, but they need to change the the guy. Whoops. Turn doors open. Door closed. They need to change the guy. So, it's slimeing with a gun. I don't know how much of a challenge that would be, but I was trying to trying to start riot. Totally [ __ ] up. Hey, ping jam. How are you mate? Not watching the ladies. That sounded a bit creepy, didn't it? Not watching the ladies pinball. What said I'm playing like a to I I'm so out of practice playing pinball. Come back for some more and I'm a bit tired. It's just never a good thing. They're all dead. Here we go. Some barnage. I'm saying I'm not getting points for that. Shim CDC in it. I bet that felt good, huh? Combo. I bought you more time. Use it. Shoot the ramp. There's a bunch of points on that ramp now. So, have they changed the scoring in barn? Cuz that looks [ __ ] awful cuz I must have got like I don't know quite a few quite a few shots. That was awful in the end. [clears throat] Come on corpses. Extra ball is lit. Verse number eight. We're going to have to kill it. We're going to have to kill it. I definitely I mean, I like that there's more call outs, but I prefer the older the previous guy. I don't know what anyone else thinks about that. Oh, come on. Thank you, Lyman. The dude collects heads and puts them in a tank. Oh, that was close. Good thing they can't run. That was close. That's the closest I've ever had that all the way around. that I feel that must that feels like this has got a lot more power. That shot's got easier. Oh, that was cool. That's why the premium is always better than the pro. It's just what you saw. Okay, we got Riot going. Now we are cooking with gas. That's a whole lot of ugly rotten corpse right there. That was a decent ball. Finally. Hey, Mad Neil. How are you, mate? I'm good, mate. How are you? Finally had a decent game on this. So hard, so fast. Good game, man. Good game, man. Ed Boon. 103 million bar. I mean, there's something barn only seems to do the spinner, Let's go again. [groaning] Oh, I knew you couldn't resist. What's new in your pinball world, Mad Neil? I'm hoping that everyone can hear me. Can you hear me? I'm playing Deadpool. Cool. Good game. Sorry, I just wasn't sure anyone could hear me there cuz [laughter] no one was replying. How's the volume? How's the audio? Let me know. We got the the Is your dead kill a real one or a virtual one? Pretty sure it's real, right? again. Extra ball is lit. Dead features are lit. Come on, help me on in here. Oh yeah, that'll stop him. Yeah. Okay, cool. Shoot again. Yeah, Jaws is an epic game, mate. I have to say it's one of the best. I uh I might get the rig on Jaws. Such a good game. Have you seen the latest on UK forum? Is this is this um is this the poll to get me reinstated? Uh a few folks have pointed out to me. I'm kind of uh disappointed that more people haven't voted against. I clearly wasn't winding people up enough. We got him. Ah, rubbish. No, I didn't want to do that. Well, I did want to j whilst I was in multiball. yeah, I don't know if anyone's noticed, but there's um high score achieved. Well done. It's you can vote multiple times, so the poll's a bit of a scam, but I think people have figured that out. Anyway, yes, at one point it was like 90%. Um, I don't think the mods will ever let me back. Don't you couldn't resist. So, it's a bit I'm quite um touched if people want me to join, but um I don't think the mods will let me back. Certainly Calamorei won't. Jeff won't. He does. He doesn't like me. He can't cope with the uh can't cope with the fact that I'm a lot smarter than him. [laughter] Damn features are lit. Here we go. Features. I want to get blood bath. That's a barn full of walkers. Barnacles. You want some? they just have they just don't have anyone know who's all these people that are like negative and Shoot the tower. Ah, bollocks. Yeah, it's touching. I'm appreciate uh Fubar for uh asking the question, but uh nah. Do not waste a bullet. They need to fix it. I don't I'm sure Lyman told me that he added code so that if you pressed flipper buttons it pulsed the magnet in a different way Yeah, mate. I mean, all this kind of started with the whole Jaffa thing. Oh, we are freedom of speech. Uh, okay. Freedom of speech. Unless I upset people, then it's not freedom of speech. Do Do you know the Jaffa story? [laughter] H maybe laugh. Even the guy it was about saw the funny side of it. So, I don't know. Apparently, there was lots of complaints raised. So, so actually I didn't get banned for the Jaffa thing. I got banned for challenging the fact that they they there was a question about it. player one. Yeah. I mean, I think like I don't know, 70% found it funny. Um, and like 30% didn't, but the guy who made the gag about, he thought it was hilarious. Well, he thought it was amusing. At least he wasn't he wasn't upset about it. Yes. Although, come on. You know why anyone's talking about their ability to reproduce on a pinball forum is almost where I kind of start like start the story. Like, why are you talking about that on a pinball forum, mate? If you if if you're going to erase something like that in a forum like that, you know, you're going to get some uh amusement. We're going to have to kill it. We're going to have to kill it. Trying to get dead mode ready before I start M. I'm failing. Yeah. Yeah, I mean what annoyed me was is and I have to say up to that point I had a huge amount of respect for Paul who runs a forum cuz he very much was free freedom of speech. Come back for some more and then and then it was like people who like they're too chicken to say what they think. So they say in a way that's like it's aimed clearly aimed at me but they don't mention me specifically. And and then I'm not a chicken. So if someone's a dick, I'll say, "Hey, you're a dick." Um, and it was like the thing that got me the thing that got me finally banned was well, I got so I got banned for the Jaffa challenge and I got banned for having two accounts. And then the final final ban was um I was accused of cheating in my own tournament and I basically told that person he was exactly what I thought of thinking they can't run. Anyway, now that's got to hurt. Yeah, the forums just I mean some of the threads made want to cry. People getting very poor advice. Shoot the ramp. See that should be John B. All right everyone when I start see that. No. Yeah. I mean it's kind of funny cuz even though I'm banned the forum's always talking about [ __ ] I'm doing. It's like [laughter] that kind of amuses me. But there's a there's a bunch of folks on there that like cuz I'm not there, they're they're a bit more braver than they would be. And that's like there's no balance to the stupidity. So, a lot of other people have left because like people like say something dumb uh to challenge someone and I would like normally pile in and say what the hell and and because no one's doing that, you got like the dumb ruling the place. That that is the saddest thing about it. But it's not easy to run a forum.