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IE Pinball streams The Hobbit v1.90 gameplay focusing on Battle of Five Armies and Smaug modes.
The Hobbit features over 32 interactive game modes, six high-scoring multiballs, and three epic Wizard modes
high confidence · Official game description read at end of stream by IE Pinball
The game has over 1,000 call-outs total
high confidence · Official game description read at end of stream
There is supposed to be a super Wizard mode in the game eventually but it's not implemented in v1.90
high confidence · IE Pinball directly states: 'I don't believe there is a finish all the modes The Wizard mode yet. There's some super The Wizard mode that's supposed to be in the game eventually. I don't believe it's in here yet.'
The center post removal has a more significant effect on The Hobbit than it did on The Wizard of Oz
medium confidence · IE Pinball: 'Missing the center post is a lot more than what I expected on this game I took it out on The Wizard of Oz also I didn't find it had as much of the effect on that game as it does on this game'
Victory lap shots are worth 10,000 points each
medium confidence · IE Pinball: 'I believe the victory laps are 10,000 apiece, I think.'
The game is set to only one extra ball for this stream to prevent it from being too easy
high confidence · IE Pinball: 'I'm also running this game set to only one extra ball, which will prevent me from doing everything I want to do, of course. But I don't want this game to be too easy.'
IE Pinball is moving the camera setup away from The Hobbit after this Friday stream
high confidence · IE Pinball: 'And this is the last Friday I'm streaming this. I think I'm gonna move the camera setup over to different games after today.'
IE Pinball has only played Battle of the Five Armies recorded on this machine, and has not played it outside of streaming
high confidence · IE Pinball: 'I only ran one game with Battle of the Five Armies recorded. Well, actually, I only played. I have not done it outside of that either.'
“I don't believe there is a finish all the modes The Wizard mode yet. There's some super The Wizard mode that's supposed to be in the game eventually.”
IE Pinball @ ~07:15 — Confirms future content planned for The Hobbit but not yet implemented in v1.90
“The battle for the mountain is about to begin.”
The Hobbit game (narrator) @ ~54:00 — In-game callout marking start of Battle of Five Armies sequence
“And this is the last Friday I'm streaming this. I think I'm gonna move the camera setup over to different games after today.”
IE Pinball @ ~32:15 — Announcement that The Hobbit streams are ending for this channel
“Smaug is dead.”
IE Pinball @ ~49:45 — Major mode accomplishment - Smaug Defeated sequence completed
“I wish I had progressed further in the battle with five armies.”
IE Pinball @ ~58:30 — Reflects on not reaching full completion of Battle of Five Armies wizard mode
community_signal: IE Pinball soliciting community feedback on streaming preferences and next game to feature; planning to increase streaming frequency
high · IE Pinball: 'What would you like to see? I'm thinking of putting it out to a vote. I'm running five other games in here... I'm going to try and stream more often than I have been.'
product_concern: Specific playfield issues identified: certain drain patterns occurring 'occasionally' that IE Pinball has attempted to fix with rubber modifications; center post removal interaction differs significantly from The Wizard of Oz
medium · IE Pinball: 'I hate that drain. Happens occasionally. I've tried a couple things. I think what I need to do is add a little piece of rubber on the front of the ring there to stop the ball from spinning.'
product_strategy: Future wizard mode content planned but not yet implemented in v1.90; super wizard mode referenced as eventual addition
high · IE Pinball: 'There's some super The Wizard mode that's supposed to be in the game eventually. I don't believe it's in here yet.'
technology_signal: Display integration challenges: Game uses DVI back box monitor and VGA book display requiring HDMI duplicator conversion setup; complex cable routing with amplification
high · IE Pinball detailed technical setup: 'The monitor is DVI and the book displays VGA. I've had to add an HDMI duplicator... DVI to HDMI cables running from the computer to that, then HDMI to DVI cable running to the back box.'
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