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Episode 26 – Brown Lava Lamp

Slam Tilt Podcast·podcast_episode·analyzed·Jan 12, 2017
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TL;DR

Slam Tilt Ep26: Eric Russell interview, Aerosmith/Batman news, state finals updates, Keith Elwyn at Stern.

Summary

Slam Tilt Podcast Episode 26 features interviews with Eric Russell (CNY pinball player and league organizer) discussing his entry into competitive pinball, collection of 12+ machines, and involvement in Central New York pinball leagues. The hosts cover news including Stern's Aerosmith announcement, Batman 66 reception, new designer announcements at Jersey Jack and Stern (Keith Elwyn joining as designer), upcoming state championship tournaments, and discussion of various pinball games and themes.

Key Claims

  • Keith Elwyn, described as 'the best pinball player in the world,' has been hired as a designer at Stern Pinball starting March 1st, announced via his own Facebook post.

    high confidence · Ron Hallett and Bruce Nightingale discussing Keith Elwyn's hire; confirmed as official announcement by Keith himself on Facebook

  • Aerosmith is priced at $5,200 for the Pro model and is described as having similar playfield layout to KISS (designed by same designer), featuring an elevator mini-playfield on Premium, LCD screen instead of DMD, and cartoon-style artwork.

    high confidence · Ron and Bruce discussing Aerosmith specs after CES reveal; multiple playfield design details confirmed

  • Batman 66 is priced significantly higher than Aerosmith (~$8,000) and received criticism for slow/long ball times despite good animation and backbox design.

    high confidence · Ron comparing Batman 66 to Aerosmith pricing and gameplay; describes feedback from CES attendees (Tim Sexton mentioned)

  • Eric Russell (CNY) is currently ranked #292 in IFPA, Bruce Nightingale at #316, and Ron Hallett has dropped to the 400s.

    high confidence · Ron stating current rankings during interview segment with Eric Russell

  • A new designer from Jersey Jack (who worked as understudy on Dialed In with Pat Waller) has been promoted and will design Jersey Jack's next game.

    medium confidence · Ron discussing new designer announcement; specific name not clearly stated in transcript

  • Eric Russell owns 12+ pinball machines including Star Trek, Paragon, Future Spa, Pinball Pool, Flash Gordon, Judge Dredd, Diner, Getaway, Spider-Man, Last Action Hero, AC/DC, Metallica, Giant Demon, and No Fear.

    high confidence · Eric Russell inventory listing during interview; machines distributed across kitchen, living room, and garage

  • Arcade Expo in Banning required schedule adjustments due to building renovation approval issues, coordinating with INDS (It Never Drains in Southern California) tournament.

    medium confidence · Ron explaining Arcade Expo logistics and final circuit event details

Notable Quotes

  • “Star Trek is definitely my favorite kitchen appliance as I like to say”

    Eric Russell @ early segment — Humorous self-description of Eric's pinball machine placement situation

  • “Aerosmith, or as many people are calling it, KISS 2.0, with a playfield that looks very similar to KISS, especially the pro looks like a carbon copy of KISS.”

    Ron Hallett @ news segment — Community nickname for Aerosmith reflecting design similarities; indicates mild concern about design originality

  • “I want a Keith Elwyn Lyman Sheets Pinball Machine. Wow, that's like mind-blowing.”

    Bruce Nightingale @ Keith Elwyn discussion — Hypothetical collaboration excitement; reflects community enthusiasm for Keith Elwyn as designer

  • “he's gonna have to maneuver the political minefield that is playfield design and coordinate an entire team”

    Ron Hallett @ Keith Elwyn discussion — Acknowledges complexity of designer role at large manufacturer beyond competitive skill

  • “everyone at the CES show said Batman was slow and long playing, which it is both ways, and Aerosmith was fun and enjoyable. So for $8,000 or for $5,200, what do you think I'm going to pick?”

    Ron Hallett @ game comparison — Price-to-value analysis; indicates Aerosmith positioned more favorably than Batman 66 at CES

  • “I haven't had a new designer at a major pinball company in 20 years... Spooky and Highway not withstanding... you really haven't had a new designer in at least 20 years.”

    Ron Hallett @ designer news — Documents long drought of new designer talent at major manufacturers prior to Keith Elwyn hire

  • “Within about five minutes you save the princess and then you're like, okay, what else do I do? And you realize that's it and you just do it over and over and over again”

    Eric Russell @ Super Mario game discussion — Critique of Super Mario pinball's game depth and replayability

Entities

Eric RussellpersonRon HallettpersonBruce NightingalepersonKeith ElwynpersonLyman SheetspersonPat WallerpersonTim SextonpersonStern Pinballcompany

Signals

  • ?

    personnel_signal: Keith Elwyn, competitive player ranked #1 world/currently #270 IFPA, hired as designer at Stern Pinball starting March 1st, announced via his personal Facebook post rather than official Stern announcement.

    high · Ron: 'Keith Elwyn, basically the best pinball player in the world, will now be designing games for Stern' and 'employed at Stern Pinball, occupation designer starting March 1st'

  • ?

    personnel_signal: Unnamed designer at Jersey Jack who worked as understudy on Dialed In with Pat Waller has been promoted; will design next Jersey Jack game.

    medium · Ron: 'He's been at Jersey Jack for I believe four years... he worked a lot with Pat Waller on Dialed In as like his understudy... I believe the next game is going to be designed by him'

  • ?

    product_launch: Aerosmith officially announced; Stern game priced at $5,200 (Pro model), features elevator mini-playfield on Premium, LCD screen, cartoon artwork, rock/band theme.

    high · Bruce: 'Aerosmith was announced, one of the worst kept secrets in pinball' and detailed specs provided by hosts after CES reveal

  • ?

    product_concern: Batman 66 criticized for slow/long ball times despite positive animation and backbox design; pricing (~$8,000) considered not justified versus Aerosmith ($5,200).

    high · Ron: 'slow and long playing... Aerosmith was fun and enjoyable. So for $8,000 or for $5,200, what do you think I'm going to pick?' and 'Both' when asked if he thinks it sucks or isn't worth price

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Extended discussion of pop bumper design issues in Stern games: pop bumpers dumping balls down center drain is poor design; hosts contrast with Williams approach which 'learned lessons' and improved over time.

Transcript

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Coming to you from beautiful upstate New York, this is the Slam Tilt Podcast, the show about all things pinball. I'm your host Ron Hallett, here with my co-host Bruce Nightingale. Hello, I'm back, back in the New York groove. Dun dun, I'm back. Back in the New Yorkgroove. And welcome to episode 26, You Only Live Twice. capitale text First Testament 붙 Dialog A Major Willis, Pinball встрinct Initначала tiveraso I will invite Mr. Mark
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Hello I feel like we're on a fucking dating game laughter Bachelor number one Someone is losing if I'm behind all three doors laughter It's funny all you Erics sound exactly alike it's amazing They do they really do So Eric, welcome I've known Eric for almost three years now, right? A little over three actually. Yeah, so Eric, we're going to ask you like we ask all of our guests. How did you get into pinball and what are your likes and dislikes and let's just get a little history behind yourself. Well, I came into being a sort of hardcore pinball player through video games. I was a big time gamer most of my life and a few years back, Some of the incomes that I have to pay RMそれ этих 금액 technique有何企�

  • New York State Championships are set for January 21st (Upstate) with 16 competitors confirmed, featuring Eric Russell (CNY) as #1 seed, Tim Sexton #2, Levy Naiman #3.

    high confidence · Ron detailing state championship seeding and matchups

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    high · Ron discussing Batman 66: 'getting your bonuses off your pop bumpers... Not pop-bumpering it right down the center of the drain' and comparing to Williams design philosophy

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    competitive_signal: New York State Championship Upstate finals (Jan 21st) has 16 competitors seeded: Eric Russell (CNY) #1, Tim Sexton #2, Levy Naiman #3, Steve Bowden #5. Double elimination format. Additional uncommitted entries possible through Feb 14th.

    high · Ron detailed seeding and matchup brackets, noting uncommitted players could change rankings

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    competitive_signal: Illinois state championship finals has top players: Zach Sharp #1, Josh Sharp #2, Keith Johnson #3, Keith Elwyn #4, Fred Cochran (Pennsylvania) #5. Suggests strong player concentration and multi-state movement.

    high · Ron: 'Number one, Zach Sharp. Number two, Josh Sharp. Number three, Keith Johnson. Number four, Keith Elwyn... Fred Cochran... he's from Pennsylvania... he is playing in Illinois... he is the fifth seed'

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    event_signal: Arcade Expo in Banning experienced building renovation approval delays; coordinated solution with INDS tournament to maintain schedule; set as final IFPA circuit event for season (Feb 11th).

    medium · Ron: 'they made renovations to the building and they did not get the proper approval... they made an arrangement... so they are going to still have the tournament there but in a very small part of the facility'

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    gameplay_signal: Super Mario Brothers pinball described as shallow/repetitive: single objective (save princess) completed within ~5 minutes, lacks depth for sustained play; player reports desire to finish game despite scoring potential.

    medium · Eric Russell: 'within about five minutes you save the princess and then you're like, okay, what else do I do?... you just do it over and over and over again... I just wanted the game to be over'

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    collector_signal: Eric Russell owns 12+ machines including Star Trek (kitchen), Paragon (living room), Future Spa, Pinball Pool, Flash Gordon, Judge Dredd, Diner, Getaway, Spider-Man, Last Action Hero, AC/DC, Metallica, Giant Demon, No Fear.

    high · Eric's detailed inventory breakdown during interview: kitchen, living room, and garage locations specified

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    market_signal: Aerosmith Pro at $5,200 positioned favorably against Batman 66 at ~$8,000; hosts suggest price parity would improve Batman's appeal; indicates price sensitivity in market.

    high · Ron: 'For $5,200 compared to $5,200, I might enjoy it more' and preference analysis based purely on pricing

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    design_innovation: Aerosmith Premium features elevator mechanism with mini-playfield and single flipper; Pro version redesigned ramp flow to avoid Game of Thrones slowdown issue; toy box feature for 'Toys in the Attic' theme integration.

    high · Ron/Bruce describing elevator feature, ramp redesign, and toy box components

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    remember 2015 weekend January Ушлики др ز Superman, пр gef תطolanτι плリASH sweepimize TV заб ж coisas uhh sägeremerني étant یه س bath Werder and uh... what was your first tournament? yeah, my first tournament was uh... the uh... IFPA Owlsler fundraiser at your house oh wow, surprise surprise Ron was there, I remember uh... playing against Ron and uh... his father quite a bit that day actually that was back in uh... May of 2014 and uh... I really had no idea what was going on I was just happy to be someplace with all these I'm a fan of pinball machines that work great and people to play against. I was just excited to be there. And now Eric just has fun beating us. Yes, he does because actually, Eric, do you know your ranking right now? Oh, I think with the points that I got from the leagues at the end of the season, I crept back up inside the top 300. You are. You are actually below 300. You are at 292 right now as we speak. Yeah, probably a little overstated from where I really belong, but I'll take it. I myself is at, where am I, 316 and let's see where Mr. Hallett is right now. I think Ron has dropped a little. He has dropped, oh, oh my, folks, you're not going to want to hear this. Mr. Hallett is in the 400s. Woohoo, yes! I care so much about my ranking. Come on, you can get points off your mortgage with that ranking. I can? Okay. Yes, you didn't know that. I did not know that. Did not know that. That's the Metzler program, right? It is. Metzler program. Yes. Eric, you've been playing with up in the Central New York. You actually are one of the founding members of the Central New York Pinball League. Yep. Founding fathers. He actually is one of the admins of Western New York Pinball. The Statistician and also I call him the vice president even though he doesn't have the title He actually does as almost as much work as I do so I'm very grateful for him there He's been in the Buffalo Pinball League. He's actually gone down to Binghamton So he's done the full New York State Gambit like we all have also rock fantasy and where huh down to
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    The world famous rock fantasy Do you own any games? Yeah a few. Do you have a basement? Yes. Or any of the games in the basement? Not at the moment. Do you have any games in your kitchen? Uh, yes. Okay. How many games are you loosing? Star Trek is definitely my favorite kitchen appliance as I like to say. Well, the living room is almost back to normal-ish. Oh, fail. Got the 8-ball back over to Mike's shop and pinball pool is going to be going over there shortly. So, yeah, there are currently still three in the living room. There you go. So, here's the funny thing. I've sold games to both of you, haven't I? Oh, yeah. And I've never bought games from either of you. You sons of bitches. I've only sold one game ever. I'm kind of a hoarder in that respect, I guess. Yes, okay, well that's a good thing. Really? So I think I'm ahead of you then, because I've sold two. Got him. How many have you sold, Bruce? Oh God, don't even count. Well, lately, a lot. I'm on a fire sale, folks. I've actually sold four games in the past week, and I also have Monster Bash up, and I'm selling my Platinum Monopoly, I know, perish the thought. The But you if you look on If you look on Facebook and you look up, you know, you'll see my if you go look me as a friend You'll see stuff for pinball for sale. I have my list up still Freedom firewood still up. Come on guys. Take the freedom firewood. If not, I'm gonna part it out and then it will become firewood It really will actually like advertisement it is because that I'll have a transformer. I'll have a CPU board I'll have a light LED board. I'll have LED I'm going to show a big bonfire of it being thrown on the freaking, uh, on it, definitely. Oh, the Sea Witch, I did trace out the transformer and rectifier board that's in that. It's from a bally. Yes. Because I did some searching on eBay and I found the exact unit that is installed in the SeaWitch and it is from a bally. The Transformer and the Rectifier Board are both on a steel plate. And it looks like what they used is they took like a drawer from like a dresser, the front of it, and that's what they used for the board that they mounted everything on. Okay, so you can actually put your clothes in it.
    9:17
    Which is interesting. I wonder how that, I mean, even if the original RectifierBoard was burned beyond all comprehension, why would you just use an entire new board? I would think somebody probably stole it out of there for another game. I'm assuming that. So Eric, what are the games? You didn't say what was in your living room, did you? In the living room right now is Paragon that I recently acquired, which I'm very happy with, and Future Spa, Go Together Well, and then that nice pinball pool, which the people in central New York will be able to play shop pretty soon here. And which shop is that? That is Wizards Pinball in North Syracuse. Well, there you go. The proprietor, Mike Smith, he's got a nice collection going there. Come in and play the games and some of them are going up for sale soon, so some good opportunities for more pinball in people's lives around Syracuse. Remember when we had Mike on our show? It was an awesome episode. It was. It was a great episode. That was the lost episode. That's going to be episode zero that you'll see someday. I couldn't get him on every time I asked him to come on. He was like, oh, I got this to do, I got that to do. Okay.
    10:33
    That's not all you got though, Eric. You have a garage. Oh, yeah. Out in the garage, we have Flash Gordon, Judge Dredd, Diner, Getaway, Spider-Man and Last Action Hero. I guess I might as well finish off the back room, the last four. okie, I've got some more. Some of my favorites, ACDC, Metallica,Giant demonic and NoFear. Very nice, I love Eric's collection, it's a very fun collection. Now I'm almost up to your number now, I'm down to your guys numbers. God, he's going down to our level. Yeah, well Ron you're past me already. Oh really? I'm going down to twelve. Wow! Twelve, plus the company games. Don't forget, now when you saw, when you, when I had 35 at the beginning of this podcast beginning, four were the company games and five were my parent, my father's games. So nine out of the 35 were not my game. So we go to that, it's down 26. We're going down to 12 for myself. I know it's, yeah, some people are listening like, oh, really? Like 12? I could barely, I can't fit one in my apartment. Fuck you. That's what they're saying. Yes, they are. So, wanna get into the news? Cuz we actually have some juicy news tidbits this week that everybody already knows, I'm sure, but... Are they shaken, not stirred? Shaken, not stirred. So we got... well, we'll start with some of the new games. First, Aerosmith was announced, one of the worst kept secrets in pinball. Yeah, like I announced how many months ago, guys? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Arrowsmith, or as many people are calling it, KISS 2.0, with a playfield that looks very similar to KISS, especially the pro looks like a carbon copy of KISS. I mean, almost exactly the same, which is, I mean, I know it's the same designer, but literally KISS was his last game. It's almost like they said, you know, the other one didn't go, come out quite the way we want it, let's try it again. I think we had a good playfield. Let's try it again. Okay with that. Yeah, I am too. Yeah, in the premium, I actually like the way Kiss plays. In the premium, they added a little mini upper playfield thing. Yeah. I think it's the elevator, as in loving an elevator. Yes, it is. And then the pro to loving the elevator is down in the bottom middle almost, like the bottom middle right biased a little bit. Yeah. And they removed the gene head and there's two shots in its place. maime tim raan Zur οι Obviously IN recorded Megan
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    Phuong Anastasia Koesch hun Corner Ms дел avait Martyn bye Why the heck only nag mãe Girls Detlef soand 그렇 Pipers Will Hyde, director- tapping or A. WPPR D. Yes, you remember like my favorite games from episodes and I listen to them and they're totally something else. C. But I still remember them. D. You still remember...okay. C. Is there like an archive someplace where we can see all these? D. Of course there are. Yes, they are. They are all archived on Soundgarden and also on iTunes. C. Podcastgarden. D. Podcastgarden. C. Yes, the Spoonman is not taking our podcast down. I mean like, you know, just a listing of, you know, what the games to like, games to hate, you know. You're gonna make me actually write it out and actually do this? I can do it. Well, Bruce originally said he had a spreadsheet he was keeping track of, which obviously was not true. I stopped at 12. I stopped at 12. You stopped at 12. I did. Actually, Eric, you can be our official statistician. You love spreadsheets. Oh, yes, he does. Oh, I do love spreadsheets, but I'm not a huge fan of homework. Oh. Oh, oh, your homework is to watch the podcast. Listen to the podcast, is what I'm saying. I have listened to all the podcasts. Very good. So, uh, music in Aerosmith is from the 70s mostly, which is good. Well, except Loving an Elevator, which would be the 80s, but yeah. I know, but most of it is from the 70s. Yep, yep. I also, Back in the Saddle was there, so I was happy. The artwork is incredible. Like, I saw a glimpse of it months ago and I thought it was incredible. The I really like it even more now. It's got the 70 motif. What I was surprised about was no live action like no live animation It's all cartoon, which is kind of cool too actually makes it a different little flavor Yes, no more DMD. We got the LCD screen. Yes, it almost looks like if you saw the The the Archer game that Keith was working on it almost looks like that kind of animation. It does It looks eerily similar to that. I wonder why. Well, we'll get into that later. But Aerosmith for $5,200 I think they're saying now is a pretty good deal. I like it for the pro. So for those who haven't seen it, which probably most people listening to this have seen it, but we'll just go over some of the features. It features a, well on the premium it has an elevator that actually goes up to a very small like mini playfield. Like a single flipper and it looks like you can just hit targets. And then a hole to like exit the area. That's about all I saw. There's more to it, I didn't see it. Yeah, they designed it in a way where the right ramp or that that area will flow the same as the pro it looks like they made it so it'll come around the same way. That's good. They don't want the Game of Thrones slowdown issue up there. Yeah. And then they did the, they have a toy box for obviously toys in the attic. I don't know if there's a magnet in the toy box to make sure it actually goes away. X field project for audiobook commitments controversyë and that was actually debuted at the show, the what is it called now? CES. Okay, the CES, consumer electronics something. Yes. Super show? It can't just be show. It can't be. Showcase. Oh, that's probably, that sounds better. So they had that there in their booth, which their booth looked pretty impressive. They had a neat looking booth. They actually posted it on their Facebook. What do you think of our booth? It actually looked pretty nice. Yeah, actually, it looked like they put some money and time into it. It was pretty good. And they were showing off the games, and then Aerosmith was there waiting for some better footage of it. That's pretty much all I have on Aerosmith. I saw their display at the show. They had, like, some huge, like, pinball wireform display thing that looked really cool. It was, like, 15 feet higher. The pop bumper. It was a pop bumper with a wireform around it. It was really cool, actually. I agree. © Declaration Also. me ask I hope you think I always started Twitter will want to tell you are you dab and martin, who's Mir viewers are sleptão I did, actually a luck, we I gotta see of explain in ourор tenner i wonse он lasted in butour can over died, and a We цен Pete he showed anotherinding a photo. Robots got to move the software when they yesterday was a trailer for a sus of this son of a bitch or not fail to take me in two. Jay Sz Impf. Opal is giving him the first time also og ona- I thought that I brought up s namely. I'm not felt. We went to his house and he's got an impressive collection with both Jersey Jack games. He has a lot of new Sterns, ACDC, Metallica, Game of Thrones LE, Star Trek Premium. He's also got a couple Williams with Monster Bash and AFM and he got the Batman. He got a Batman Premium. Unboxed it that day. No problems out of the box. Played pretty good. Unit Ah dying s Til demander Well I think in our Matrix episode we kind of determined that was No no no no no no no If I put an Aerosmith like I heard me and Tim Sexton were talking about this Tim Balls of course We were talking about this a couple of days ago saying, I said, what's your thoughts on between Aerosmith and Batman? He said, everyone at the CES show said Batman was slow and long playing, which it is both ways, and Aerosmith was fun and enjoyable. So for $8,000 or for $5,200, what do you think I'm going to pick? And I haven't even played Aerosmith yet. Let's see, slow and long. They mean like it played slow or they mean just slow as in long? Long, very long ball times. Actually, it is kind of slow in some parts. Like if you hit a ramp, the ramps are very fast on it. And it has the typical stern, which it seems like it's ever Sound explosiveness, It's a great way to get your bonuses off your pop bumpers and getting, you know, multipliers or anything else. It should be a benefit for you. Not pop-bumpering it right down the center of the drain. Eh. Williams didn't do this. Oh. Really? Really. Really? Really? Come on. Really? Let's go there. Come on. William Williams that did that. Probably any old EM. Okay. Okay. Gee. Sixties. Wow. They learned their lessons after that and they actually got smart. Stern going backwards again. Again. How about your Paragon with the Beastlayer pop-up or its whole sole purpose is to screw with you? I don't get it. Bally. Okay. Well, what does Williams have to do with Stern? Well, Williams was the biggest seller in the late 80s, early 90s, right or wrong? Williams and the... Oh, yeah. Williams, yes. Yeah. So you have to go by the best. and then Stern has this total opposite model. And I think somebody said today to me actually, this person's on the podcast said it should be in the matrix. They're selling matrix stating that this should be one of their fixes. You know, this is a new option. Wasn't that somebody I know that's on the podcast right now? Yeah, I may have been joking around about that. Oh, I don't think so. What was your... that's an option to have pop-upers? Yes or no? No, it's not. The Could be a how did I put it a slap save training mode the pop bumpers dumping it down the middle every time Oh, yeah, I like that. Oh, it's call it a feature and you're good to go. Yeah, it's terrible The animation was incredible though. The animation is good The scoring is still a little screwy I may be it may be why we will tweak it a little bit and we have to talk about Lyman later on The end. I'm going to tell you something else we have to talk about, but that will be later on. So Batman 66, so not overlyimpressed? Or is it more like you think it sucks or you think it's just not worth the price tag that was on it? Both. Okay. If it was $5,200 compared to $5,200, I might enjoy it more. Wait a minute, it was $5,200 compared to $5,200? Like comparing to Aerosmith. Okay. $5,200. If it was the same price as Aerosmith, I would be more inclined. Well, not, not even. The premiums are how much more than a normal premium? But the, it's not really a premium, no. That's the problem. The premium is really a pro. The pro is really, you know, the, the L, the, the LE is really the premium and the Super LE is really the LE. It really is. It really is. The backbox new design is really cool. I got to see inside that last night. I was really digging that. But then, you know, it's just like one step forward, two steps back. The, the, uh, the translate being a little smaller, very nice, you know, of course, Stern still has not figured out how to lay a translate down flat on a piece of plastic. That would happen with my game of Thrones and a couple other game of Thrones. This Batman had a wibble or like a nice air, not air bubble, but like a crease almost like, like a, not flat.
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    Just killed. Hi, KFC. Well, how are the decals? Are the decals alright? Perfect. Perfect. Perfect. The good decal cue was on. The guy wasn't drinking during lunch. He was good. He was good. Did a good job. So that was Batman 66! Thank you, Ben, again for letting us come out and enjoy it! Unfortunately, Eric was… Yeah, I really wish I could have made it out there. I know, Eric was supposed to make it out there, but unfortunately last night in New York, We had a major ice storm. Major. And today now it's 50 degrees outside. Yeah, yes it is. It's 50 degrees outside. It's crazy. It's gonna be back down to single digits by the weekend. Yeah, I know. Lovely. Well, not in my area, but you guys have fun. Gee, thanks. You're welcome. Let's go through MAGFest. Oh, yes. Good time had by all for an IFPA second to last circuit finals. Levy finished second in a slugfest on Monster Bash.
    26:39
    Tim Balls and Mr. Bowden Tim Balls finished 5th. Bowden took 45 points of the magical and poofed them right out the window. Steve Bowden did, from a bonus. Tim Balls finished 7th or 8th. The semi-finals and they were in the same foursome and they were the two that didn't get, they both got eliminated and the other two continued. Yes. Now we're doing this week is the PDQ. Pinball done quick. Yep, Kevin Manny now flying down to join the boys down there for the rest of the week on the pinball done quick. So Tim Balls is down there now. I believe Mister Bowden will be down there for the weekend. So please go to their websites. Final bonus. Yes. Go to Tim Balls, look for him on TwitchTV. If you go to either Tim Balls or you go to Buffalo Pinball Twitchfeeds, they'll both feed I believe right now into the PinballJoe feed which is the stream for Pinball Done Quick. So give that a look-see. Also in news, we had a couple of new designers. A lot of people complain about, you know, lack of new blood when it comes to the designers, because, let's face it, you haven't had a new designer at a major pinball company in 20 years? Eh, sounds about right. I mean, Spooky and Highway not withstanding. No. But I'm talking like larger pinball company, you really haven't had a new designer in at least 20 years. www. publications. Heh we're made of a whisky vaccine, so I want you to try it out. He's been at Jersey Jack for I believe four years. Pretty much near the beginning. Yes. Yup, and he's been coming up through the ranks and he worked a lot with Pat Waller on Dialed In as like his understudy. So I guess they feel he is ready and I believe the next game is going to be designed by him. Cool. So we'll see how that goes. Not soon after that, and it wasn't actually announced by Stern, it was announced by the man himself on his Facebook. Have you seen the wikileaks arne subject to summation be much people's films as well? You not The following is a story from a Facebook page, basically say, employed at Stern Pinball Occupation Designer Starting March 1st.
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    So Keith Elwyn, basically the best pinball player in the world, will now be designing games for Stern. Yeah. Which is really cool. Maybe we'll get an Archer. I like Archer. Yeah, they'll never do Archer. They'll never do that theme. They'll never do that theme. They did it on Zen Pinball, Pinball Effectss. I just don't see it. I would love to see it. You think it has enough appeal? It's a quality show. I like it. I know, but do you think it was as big as Family Guy? No, no. I think that's the issue there. I mean, is Aerosmith huge right now? Yeah, really, think about it. Aerosmith is an old 70s, 80s band, maybe early 90s. Yep, plenty of rich 40-year-olds are forking over their money for that. Not this one. Yeah, yeah. But Archer, I don't, I just don't see it. I'm excited to see him there either way just, just for the influence that he can have on them. Yes, yes. I want a, I want a Keith Elwin Lyman Sheets Pinball Machine. Wow, that's like mind-blowing. That's a mind-blowing possibility right there. I am the first demanding this. I'm sure a lot of people are demanding that. No, but I'm the first one to friggin', you know, my soapbox. I want this game! Okay. He wants this game. So, I mean, it can go one of two ways. He's gonna have to maneuver the political minefield that is playfield design and coordinate an entire team and probably deal with, you know, management type things. Yes. Ahora comenta o The New York State Championships have been sort of filled. Right now we have our 16 people. You mean the real New York State Championships? The real New York State where we actually include everyone in the state. Everyone, not just modern pinball. Everyone. Yes, yes. And all three of us are in there. We are. There's no collusion. We earned it, damn it. We earned it. I am seated number one, Mr. Eric Russell. Which one is this now? Is this Eric Russell S, Eric Russell Regular, or Eric RussellCNY? CNY Well, it's IFBA, so I guess it's the latter. Okay, CNY. He is number two with Tim Sexton right now in third, Levy Naiman in fourth, Steve Bowden fifth, Howard Levine sixth, Jeff Tule is seventh, Ron Hallett eighth. Now, Ron Hallett gets to play right now, Alberto Santana. Woohoo! That's a hard first round there, killer. Yeah, he's probably one of the top five players in New York State. Yes, he is. So, yeah. And he's always in a good mood. He's always smiling. He'll be smiling as he beats me. But it's double elimination, so I will be back in the loser's bracket. I actually played him in the first state finals. He was ranked number one, and I was ranked 16th, and he took me out in the seven games. We went seven. So I felt pretty good about that, too. Zach plays Jeff right now. Greg Pavarelli plays Howard right now. Ian plays Steve Bowden. That's another hard match. Now, poor Dave Cohen gets to play Levy. Tim Sexton gets to play Dave Romanowski right now. Jason Plourde plays Mr. Eric Russell himself. And I get to play Stephanie right now, who has been playing very well. So I'm hoping some things change up a little bit. Yeah, but right now our 16 are in but with people still have until the 14th to tell me if they're coming in and we have some still that are not it are still uncommitted we have one two three four five six seven uncommitted so those rankings can change. So when you played Alberto that was... First one, the first year. Yeah that was the first year at Jack Bar. Jack Bar, that's right. The State Finals have also been going on. The New York City Finals are all top 16 people are from... Super League. Super League! Yep. I just picture like the Super Friends. They love like the Justice League of America. They got like the hall and they're just all in there playing pinball. Yep. The only one who did not attend of course was Steve Bowden going to New Jersey. Now if we go to, if we go to, Ronnie we were just talking about the Illinois one. Here is the top five people in the, and I'm surprised about number five also too, you guys probably didn't even see this. Number one, Zach Sharp. Number two, Josh Sharp. Number three, Keith Johnson. Number four, Keith Elwin. So right then and there, you have the third, seventeenth, Keith actually has slapped down a little bit, he's down to 270 but still A great player and number one ranked in the world. Now here's gonna be a surprise for you guess who's number fifth and he's from Pennsylvania.
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    From Pennsylvania, I don't know. Fred Cochran. He's gonna be fifth. He's playing in the Illinois. Not in Pennsylvania? He didn't make it in Pennsylvania? I don't know if he made it in Pennsylvania or not, but he is playing in Illinois. He is the fifth seed.
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    Okay. So you see five excellent players right there. It should be a pretty good tournament for that one. And all these are going to be going on in February. Yes, February 11th. But the Upstate will be on January 21st. Yes it is. Now, the person that's not in that group, who lives in Illinois, is Lyman Sheets. Where, pray tell, may he be playing? He's actually picked Massachusetts. You talked about last podcast, you should have never picked Massachusetts, you said, right? The Wicked Pizza Pinball Pit Chuck Webster's House K.A. No. 3. K.A. McQuay, I think it is. K.A. McQuay, okay. No. 7, Lyman Sheets. He's going home because he grew up in Massachusetts, you know, so he's going to be No. 7. And guess who's playing him in Massachusetts? K.A. Eric Russell, too. No. K.A. Me. Revenge. Do you? K.A. You. K.A. That's a surf goal. K.A. Cool, you'll lose again. It's going to be awesome. The only one that went five games. He had to pick his own games to beat you. The did so see the I don't think Chuck has many of his games so I'm in and he's got a lot of older games so I have a feeling you'll be taking him over to like I don't know Nugent or something or no he'll be picking those too because I've seen him play the old games he crushed me on Harlem and papa oh my god did he crush me on Harlem would you rather play him on Harlem or would you rather play him on Medieval Madness Harlem exactly the Mark Hammer, finnishristianr Mail, PION意思R pancakesilipp HOPEPSID 오늘도 The KingcesPinball Defender ventilato
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    ias utaS ring advice Come on, Eric. Fear pressure. Right on the podcast, we are openly pressuring you to go to the Arcade Expo in Banning. Come on. Lots of classic Sterns. Almost every classic Stern. Almost every one of them. Come on. Almost every classic valley. We'll give you a salad maybe. Right. That's better than no. It's going to be fun, man. It's just a long plane ride. Kevinollanduddy, Sarah
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    Rosead LGBTQ devientcip��서일� Hotel실 indicators Jamesơneang Scott McGure Charles James Keisch Frank Free ulate uju and it date it they were making renovations to the building and they did not get the proper from okay you know so they made an arrangement with the uh... in this case which that stands for it never drains in southern california cuz they were scheduled to have their tournament there at the same time the show's going on so they are going to still have the tournament there but in a very small part of the facility so they didn't have to move their schedule So that will be the final circuit event. There's a good interview on Jeff Teolis' pinball podcast. Called Pinball Profile. From pro... We can edit that too, right? Of course. Not. So yes, and he talks to... What's his name? God, help me! Help me! Yeah, I know, I'm looking right now.
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    Uh, I can't find it. Can find it Fail Fail This will be an edit No this won This will be a burn for me A burn A burn that you failed Yeah let not edit this Unidentified effectively the Whose name is it? Can't you remember? I can't remember. Whose name is it you can't remember? I can't remember. Jim Belsito. How can you not remember Jim Belsito's name? I know, I know. That's an easy one.
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    Fail. The nicest man in pinball and you can't remember his name. That's just... He's actually one of the nicest men. So he has a good interview. He just posted up actually Monday. Jim about the in-desk and all the stuff that leading up to him prepping for it. Definitely check that out. Ball profile is on iTunes. Go check him out. Hopefully Jeff's gonna buy a couple pinball machines for me too. Hi Jeff. Hi Jeff. Let's see what else do we have? Stave Miss, A-finals, Aerosmith. We covered the news. Yeah. Good. For once. For once. For once. All right. Let's just go right Eric, as our guest, you get to make the call.
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    Now is this the big one or the small one? This is not Mushroom World. This is actually... Not Mushroom World. Well that one is not so great either but... Great. The regular Super Mario Brothers, the premiere game, played it at Robot City and you know you walk up to it and you're like, Oh Super Mario Brothers, this is a great theme, I played the game a ton, you know, okay the playfield, a little bit simplistic but it's got a little upper playfield, looks interesting. So you start playing it and you're like, okay, it's kind of a one-trick pony and within about five minutes you save the princess and then you're like, okay, what else do I do? And you realize that's it and you just do it over and over and over again I actually got to the point playing it where I just wanted the game to be over I like had a you know high score going so I wanted to get as many points as I could but I really just wanted it to be done I agree. So it was very difficult so The game I like, and this is one that is not really popular with a lot of people, but El Dorado City of Gold. Oh, I love El Dorado because it's just... And all the El Dorado EM and all the other clones of it, they're all cool too, but I really just enjoy that layout and sniping at those drop targets way on the back row. Repeatào・ turned off subtitles by
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    Hmm. Hmm. Well, I have to say, you know, G-Galib games prior to like, you know, 1984 are usually pretty cool. Some. Well, I think, I think Eldorado, I thought Eldorado was like 84. It was a couple, it was a couple years after like Jungle Lord and all those games, so. Jungle Lord, yeah, I know what I'm talking about, but uh, Grand Lizard was 84, 85 around there too, so that's what I'm saying. Yes. Yes. So to sound. When you get past the mid-80s, they really, you know, kind of went downhill. TX sector. There's a couple of bright lights in that turd bowl. Bright lights in that turd bowl. I gotta write that down. Like a fucking disco ball, you know. It's like, there's a piece of corn there that I didn't chew up. Maybe that should be the title, bright lights in the turd bowl. That could be the title of the episode. Brown lava lamp or something. Brown lava lamp. Brown lava lamp. Okay.
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    I like that. I think it was brown lava lamp. That sounds good. So Ron, are you want to go next or would you like me to go next? I'll go. I'll go. Okay. Brown lava lamp. Congratulations. Thank you, Eric. You just made the title. Because people will see that and like, like, what the hell does that what? What does that mean? I have to listen to find out what that means. And then they'll be terribly disappointed when they find out what it means. They will. My games. Uh, I played this, actually, at Zach's house. It's another Sonic game. Super straight. Very good game. Excellent game. Wow. Excellent game. I get the approval from Bruce, I feel. Oh my fucking god, I'm the one that told him to buy that game. Let's see, and four games... Why do you like it, though? You gotta fucking tell us. Not just fucking shoot it out and go, ha ha! Ha ha? Oh. Oh, I need an explanation? What the fuck? The Spell your cards out spell the cards out. It's got a place fastest. Hell. It's got one of those That's a sonic game. So it's got that for getting your whatever clear coat on it. It was fast as hell It's just it's got the spinner there Love the spinners, you know spinners are good
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    It's just I mean it's an EM right that much to it But it's fun to play. I enjoyed it games to hate well I always pick these classic Sterns as games I like. I'll pick one in the hate category.
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    Iron Maiden. Not the one that Stern's coming out with. Yeah, whoa, whoa, how do you know that? They... Yeah, yeah. At Stern's party at Expo, they played music videos. In order, they played Rolling Stones, ACDC, then Metallica, then
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    Aerosmith, then The Iron Maiden I like that. Yeah, there was a little subtleness there. Yes. Or not subtleness. The Iron Maiden, it's got a great back glass, the artwork's cool, but it just, it's kind of like Viper. It looks great, but it just, I never liked the way it played. I agree. I didn't feel, I don't feel it plays like, when you think of how a classic Stern plays, I never felt this played like that. So that's my games for this week. How about you, Bruce? Oh, you know where I'm going. Oh, you're not gonna pick another Gottlieb System 3. Yes, I am. Why don't you just like, do you have a list and you're just going down like yeah shit shit shit shit shit. So are you set for like how many more weeks now? Oh, I'm set. Okay. So what do we got? Let's do the game you like first. Okay, I'll do the game I like first. I'm actually going weird a little bit. It's actually, I play this, every time I play this I like this game. It's not a great game, but it's a fun game. Kings of steel. Kings of Right Target? Yes, Kings of RightTarget and also DropTargets and you know it just has a great art, I like the artwork, it just keeps you in the game, it is a basic game, trust me you can, in tournaments you can rape and pillage it all you want and freaking just you know hit anything you want, trust me it happens. But it's a fun game, I like it a lot. or Chris
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    The Gottlieb I hate the most now this week. Brooks and Dunn? No, I already said that. You can't use that one. I already used it. No, you, you, no, you, you called it, what did you call it? You called it like Garth Brooks or something like that. Yeah, something like that. It's like wrong country art. It's that bad. This one actually goes with the theme we were talking about a few minutes ago with Eric how, you know, back when I, Indy 500 was being put out by Williams, Gottlieb went, let's Let's try to find somebody bigger and better. Let's bring out Mario Andretti and make our pinball machine. Not a fan, huh? Bad game. Every time I play it at a pop-up, I walk away from it. It's like, I'll try again and no. I've been told it's terrible. I played it at Howard Levine's place. I didn't hate it. Terrible. Last game designed by John Norris. Thank God. Wow! Wow. Sorry, John. Sorry, Don. I don't think I've ever played that.
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    You're better off, Eric. You've just saved yourself a whole bunch of time and effort. Don't listen to Bruce. It's got a cool thing that rotates. I mean, it's got terrible Gottlieb rules, though, you know, like you plunge a skill shot and get multiball immediately and other, you know, seemingly random crap that gives you high scores for no reason. But don't blame bad software. Play the playfield. I don't think it plays that bad. Terrible. Everyone, don't listen to Bruce. Make up your own mind.
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    Terrible. So we have one email in the ball bag. The slam ball bag is not as full. No, it's not. We spent it last week on the five emails we had. But it's our buddy out in Albany that we got introduced to a couple weeks ago. Remember that was? Do you? Do you? Uh, Tim? Yes it is. Very good. Tim S. I remember. Uh, he said pretty damn drastic there Bruce. He liked our history lesson on Williams and the Stern connection. And he found out that Seaburg was actually owned by Williams back in the 60s. He said good news, two places in New York will have Batman 66, Rock Fantasy and Robot City Games. It's pretty cool that two locations in Rochester and upstate New York actually have Batman 66. I'm Batman. I'm yawning already. I'm yawning. Yawning count. Yawning count is one. No, it's two actually. I had one before. I snuck it in. Oh, okay. So, Eric, what do you see in the future of pinball in the next ten years, five years? Oh, boy. You see... I betcha there'll be price increases. Oh yes, cause I always got it. We're gonna be at 25,000 by next year. Yep, you can call me Nostradamus. Yes. You know, I think, you know, there's so many different manufacturers popping up or trying to pop up now. I see some shifting and maybe eventual, you know, contracting back down, you know. We're just not thinking that we'll all make it. Pretty excited about a couple of them. Highway, that looks like this. You like The Alien? I do. Aliens? Sorry, I should say it right.2 Oh yeah, you had the right the first time. It's Alien. Well, I was right and then I was wrong. Even when you're right you're wrong. I am. I think, uh... I think somebody's going to come along and make a You know, a more reasonably pricedmachine and undercut. It might, maybe those home pin guys or who knows who, but I think that'll happen eventually. Maybe through China or something. Yeah. Like have it built there for ridiculously lower prices or something. And I think competitive pinball will continue to expand pretty well. At least for a while. It seems to be kind of a, you know, hip-in thing right now for people to get into. It's a good time. Are we going to be on ESPN Ocho? You never know. Some of the stuff they put on ESPN these days, you know. Oh, God, it's terrible. We could be right after darts. It would be great. Yes. Hey, darts is big in England, man. The UK. It is very big. It's insane. I was watching that.
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    They put the like video game competitions on there now too. Yes, they do. Yeah, that I saw. It's like, wow, really? Man, okay. I never thought I'd see that. Although they did have Starcade in the 80s. Yes, and it's coming back, Starcade. It's coming back. Cannot wait. But what are they going to play? Call of Duty? I don't know. I do not know. Yeah, I don't know what's going to happen in the future, but I hope they can keep the prices down. Subtitles by the Amara.org community What else? Well, Spooky's coming out with a new game. The Jetsons. That's... you think it's gonna be the Jetsons? Oh, yeah, it is. It is. Like, you're calling it here. Calling it here. Because I've heard some people say that was like another Elvira game. No, Jetsons. Spooky Pinball's next game is the Jetsons. Yep. Okay. That's what I'm going with. We'll see if Bruce is right in March. I don't have any inside information, but everyone has been talking about it and I people who I trust in them It sounds like it's a Jetsons Really? Yeah, is there a new Jetsons movie coming out? That's a tie-in to or is it?
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    I love to see a Flintstones again. Yeah, they already did that Yeah bad Not a fan, huh? No. No. Did you use that one as one of your games yet? No. All right Angelic Leone JK Albert Duncan Bei God
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    Cat Yes, they did. Yes, they did. It'll be Jetsons versus Flintstones, the final battle. There can be only one Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Like the upper plate field area be like the Jetsons stuff and the lower be bedrock? Brilliant. I think we have another designer in our hands, folks. I think we do. I think he's in. You need to put your resume in right now. I don't know. I think they have some better candidates coming in right now. No, they're all pushovers. Wait a while. They're all pushovers. You know, if you're talking about cartoons, the theme that is just like there for the taking is Futurama. I know, I'd agree totally. I've heard that for like the last ten or fifteen years and it hasn't happened. Yeah, but nobody's done it yet. I'm right with ya. I'd love to see that. Love to see it. It'd be great. The game close enough with the Simpsons. No. It's back raining. It's the same thing. Come on. No. I just hear the one, the woman, and I'm just thinking, married with children. It's Peg. What's Peg doing on this show? I know. It's a pops in my head every time I see it. The theme that Eric Russell wants to see. Yes. Along with many other people. I do too. Yep. Well, what, okay, other than Futurama, Bruce, what theme do you want to see? Oh, definitely Spaceballs. Spaceballs? Spaceballs. It's not even an if and or buts. Speaking of that, speaking of butts, mine will never happen because it's past its time anyway, but I still want to see the Beavis and Butthead Machine. I wish they would have done that in the 90s with Williams that could have been so killer. As long as it came out after DCS. I would have hated to hear the voices in shitty pre-DCS. The That was the era where you could get everybody even though in that show it doesn't really matter you get my judge you get Pretty much everybody that you need You have like a little trailer bash toy. Oh
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    Just be the cornholio mode cornholio multiball. Oh just the things you could do with that Very fun. They're great great game. It's people for the beginning of the show. No, leave us some, but it's kind of my thing I have been I've been known to wear my Beavis and Butthead ACDC shirt, which is one of my prized possessions. I try not to wear it too often because it is disintegrating. But don't you, don't forget you owe me a shirt. Yes, I actually have your shirt right in the living room on, just sitting there so I don't forget it. Good. Yup. Because how's your shirt? I haven't worn it yet. I haven't hung up. Okay, good. Well, maybe, maybe I'll wear that. I'll wear that, um, not this weekend. Next, when we have the, uh... Next, next Saturday? Yeah. And no one will see it, because I'll have my sweater on the whole time, because it'll be cold. Really? You? Yeah. Stop it. Yep. If anyone's ever seen me at a show, I almost always have my sweater on, because it's always cold. To me, it's gonna be, like, 74 or above before the sweater comes on. I'm the exact opposite. I'm always hot wherever I need it to be, like, 60 or below. And, for those who, uh, Eric is quite the player. Don D femaleMaximitt, OL Ryan with Estado Fire Steve go buddy are you game The station weight I think JT might take over. No, he's Last Ball Jeff. Okay. I thought of him. I was going to say Last Ball Eric, but I don't want to do gimmick infringement. So your Last Ball, yeah, I just said it. Third Ball Eric. Well, I do appreciate that. I've, you know, since I've gotten into pinball, I've tried to match up against guys like Bruce and Nick and yourself as best I can. Well, I've seen it Eric will have these games especially and it happened a lot on a game like Like Star Trek or maybe spider-man where he's just so far behind It's like it's gonna take 20 minutes for him to catch up and on the third ball He'll play for 20 minutes then catch up and then I'm winning the game. Yes, you will which most people would just If they knew they were that far behind it was gonna take that long. They would just give up Target, let's go to the next game just or mentally give up like there's no way I'm catching this and his mental strength. He's ready to win PinBerg. I don't know about that. B Division. BDivision. You could do it. Yeah. What I usually tell myself when I walk up in a big deficit like that is, you know, what the heck just go for it You probably going to lose but hey you never know crazy stuff happens it does like that uh game four against bruce over and batman at the laundromat i was down huge going last ball you know came back in this barely squeak me out probably should have tilted like four different times says flat that they are not you're talking about yes like god so you say that there was a little It was a little bit loose, not horribly, but I had double danger for the whole ball and I was still nudging the... And he rammed it in the wall once again. Oh.
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    The game. Was it like, oh, yes. The game into the wall. Okay. Yeah, he wedged it into the wall one time, saving the ball. Well, keep in mind that the game is like, you know, a quarter of an inch from the wall to begin with. Yes, but I mean, he banged against the wall. You'd think the jar would have tilted and got the third tilt. Nope. Not at all. So he's admitting to property damage on the air. Yes, of course. All right. Nothing to fear. Attempted property damage. There you go. Attempted property damage. But, yeah, I was just like, holy crap, what the fuck? But it was a good match. He did beat me on that and he also beat me on the Central New York League. He finally got the championship. Yes. Finally not fourth. Yes. Finished fourth like a lot of times in a row. Three times in a row, actually. Every time Eric was the first or second qualifier, but this time he came through. You crushedMe3Nothing on the finals. Well, you did kinda get screwed on that 8-ball game. I did, but guess what? Shit happens. It's pinball. Eric is quite the Hallett killer. He used to beat me and my father almost every time. Yeah, that first tournament back at Bruce's house, I got matched up against both of you during the regular part of the tournament and then had to play your father twice at the end. Back when he was in competitive pinball, he's since retired. Yes. But actually speaking of competitiveness, and my father said if I didn't mention this, my mother would get pissed. Over the holidays, my parents were over to the level zero arcade, and we did like a family tournament, and we figured like what kind of format could we do that would be fair to everyone, because my mother doesn't really play at all. You know, so we did a thing where my mother got to play three balls a game. I got to play one ball and my father got to play two balls. Okay, and? To even out and then we we just use the random.org to randomly pick any game.
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    Yeah. And then we said we'll play four games and we'll do it like a pinball format like three two one zero.
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    And my mother won. The She is the challenge the champion of the Hallett family Queen of the Hallett's Queen of the Hallett's Wow
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    So there you go mom Hi mom. Hi mom So repairs any repairs this week repairs, uh What did I meant did I mention anything about the firepower last week? No I think I thought I did. You started you were started at a seven-digit conversion And you got the, you're waiting on the e-prompt from, uh... Yeah, I got the, I got the e-prompts from Scott. Put them in there, and they're doing some kind of bizarre behavior. And we're trying to figure out exactly what the heck's going on. Like, the seven-digit part works, but some of the rule changes that were put in are doing wonky things. Like, it does the thing where when you turn the game on, the very first ball you play, the first switch you hit, it, like, lights everything. Like, your bonus is already maxed out, and if you drain, it just counts up. It's very bizarre, but then it's fine for every other ball you play. It only does that particular thing at the beginning. And then the other thing, it's not, like, when you start multiball, you get 4x scoring. When you drain one of the three balls, you can go down to two balls, it's supposed to go down to 2x scoring, and it doesn't. It keeps going to 4x, and if you lose the second ball, so you're just down to one ball again, it's still at 4x. Hmm. It's just, it's the things involving that. And it, it might randomly go back to 2X or it might say it's 4X when it's actually only doing 2X. And he thinks it's, it's something where it's not initializing the RAM properly. He's using a lot of terms that I don't really know what he's talking about. Okie dokie. But the weirdest thing is the board I'm using is one of the pinballpcb.com boards, the, the coalt boards. Yes. Zu Out to Zach so we can mention him on the podcast. Yes. We had a minor little fix. On 8 Ball we replaced the flipper bats and Mike did over his shop earlier this week. The ones that came with it, the rod coming out of the flipper, it was so chewed through down there, down where the paw bolts sit on it and it was not really, it would shift Producer growing interest in routinely sl an пог하러 calling and the やって 디테 спокойarti 옵 크 � cryptocurrencies 포근 꼬 ꩹꩹ꩥ You know it's and steDAY and he sy G me and as a LES and it into the setting Space I'm paintinginBasementWallsAndFloor. I'm halfway through the... The front wall's all done, the side wall's all done by the garage. Now I'm on the back wall...painting it. Painting and ceiling. And ceiling, and then I'm gonna do floor painting and ceiling. Yep, fun stuff. That sounds like very, very fun stuff that I would not wanna do. I don't wanna do it either, but I gotta. Yeah, I'm with you guys. I'm with you there, Ron. Not fun. I'm gonna have to do that in my basement if I ever wanna get these games out of the living room. Yes, that'd be nice. So, uh, what else we got? Any, what do you, what do you wanna put in your, uh, tool bag? Hey Eric, what do you wanna put in your tool bag? Uh, my, my tool? Oh my! Um, you guys already used all the good ones before, um, I like to keep an adjustable wrench around just because it comes in handy for various sorts of things, you know, breaking frozen leg levelers loose and stuff like that. Mr. Ron? Switch adjuster. I use that on Metallico. That's a very good one to have. Switch adjuster is a very good tool to have. Damn. Took mine. Okay. Ron? Or you want me to go next? Uh, well, uh, oh. This I just started. I got a set of these. Magnetic nut drivers. Yes, they're very good. Long, long style. I mean long, long shaft magnetic nut drivers. Yep, oh my. Yes. I wonder if I could say that without getting an oh my. Oh my. They're extremely long shafted. They have the nice Klein ones at like Home Depot and Moe's and stuff. Yeah, I think that's what I got. Your turn, Bruce. Me? I'm actually gonna go something really, really weird. Yes, that's me always. 3D goggles. Logic probe. Yep. Testing probe. Testing for signals on your board when test when doing stuff for troubleshooting. Very important if you're going to go that deep into it. Logic probe your friend. Number four. Is that right next to your anal probe? It is next to my inner probe and I use it all the time. Ba dum bum shhh. Oh my. Oh by. Your turn. Wait, my turn? I already said mine. No, I'm saying your third turn again. Go ahead. More. More? No, just one. If I keep naming them off, come on. Okay, Flexstone. Flexstone file. They must if you own older games. Yes, it is. And whatever you do, don't file the wrong contacts. Yes, Flexstone. Flexstone file. www.pinballlifter.com Kleinろうéis.com Design perpetual страшик Las aides Zebra Best bagus schorr Howard Todos Hihi! Hihi! February 11th is the state championship for all 40 of the 50 states, some states still not involved, and also our Canadian providences north, eh, take off eh? Yeah eh? Yeah, take off, to the great wide north, take off! and uh... i think on the twenty sixth of uh... january is ryan's one year anniversary of uh... what is this group that was this group called eric syracuse pinheads yes he's having a uh... tournament comic book shop there cloud city comics and toys and shopping town mall you don't even know the name of the mall that's really scary Very impressive. Is there a name for this event? It is called the Syracuse Pinhead One Year Anniversary Bash. Wait a minute, isn't this the one that usually has the really cool names? Yes, he's really slacked off lately. Oh, that's slacking off, come on! Come on! That's January 26th from 4.30 to 8.30. And it'll be cake. And you can eat it too. Yep. And you can actually team up with your friends at the Creosel Cafe, limited menu just for the event. The what? It's one of the restaurants in the mall. It's the only restaurant that's in the mall. It's the only one that's ever opened. Yeah, I know. One year of Ryan vending at this place I think is really what the whole thing is about. And he's brought how many games now there? Seven or eight? Yeah, at least seven. Yeah, so. Space Station, Grand Lizard, I think seven. So just think, a year ago you had no places really with locations in pinball in Syracuse, New York, and now you have two. Yeah, we've really been a big improvement. First we had a couple of bars with two and then Ryan built up the Syracuse Pinhead Collection, Mike opened the Wizards Pinball, so we're doing pretty well now. It is, I'm very impressed. I like it, I like going out there. And on March 4th in Buffalo, New York, there is the Turdament. That is Turdament. Yes. As in plop. Yes. An interesting concept. Have you guys registered for this yet? No, I still need to do that. Yeah, I haven't either. It's in Buffalo. The games... It's too far away for me. It's actually, yeah, it's featuring games called AvaTurd, Avengers, Big Bug Hunt-a-Turd, Break Shot, Fireball Classic, Gilligan's Island, Goldeneye, Hook, Independence Day, NASCAR, Rollercoasterd, Tycoon, South Park, WrestleMania, and many more of the turd you'll be able to play in a match play event. I haven't seen Nick and Kevin in a while. I need to get out there to that. So I was thinking some of those like NASCAR I hope I don't gain weight just pretending moviesмоving just кожepoeder Inforz ability Fahrenheit Superintendent of the Koutch into the hangoutblogs �ens expansion OMG the chance for the Not a good people out there though. Fun to go out there and play. Well, this is at Pocketeer, right? Yes, it is. This will be at the Pocketeer Billiards? Yes, it will. From 11 to 4. I think it is 11 to 3, 11 to 4. So, good day of match play. 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    Hiroos Early graduate 界 jing Inspector uno So, Eric, anything else you want to bring up, go over, talk about?
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    Well, thank you guys for having me on the show. I'm sure I'm setting a record for your least esteemed guest or maybe a three-way tie depending on how you count how many Erics there are. I'm not sure.
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    Definitely a good time. No, you're always welcome on here again, of course, Eric. I, you know, I actually might actually ask you or Tim one of these times coming up soon to take a week of, I might need a vacation soon. Ooh. All this. Ooh, a guest artist? Yeah. Formerly known as Prince. So it'll be like the, it'll be the Mark II lineup. So then you'll have... No, no, no. 2-23 July киноB insider David Link, When it's going to be more like the last years of Johnny Carson on The TonightShow. He had Joan Rivers on, he had all these other people on. So we need Joan Rivers or Don Rickles or one of the other guest hosts he had. Yes, even Gary Shandling was on a couple times. I got you. I got what you're going for. Yeah I might need a week or two off, so I might throw Eric underneath the fire or maybe Mr. Tim Balls one time. Tim would be good, Tim was very good Timmy loves His Pinball and we need to get him back, he hasn't been on in like what? We need his love of pinball to reinvigorate and infuse us. Yeah Yeah Yeah I listen to him talk about pinball and it's like yeah ences comes across ox energizing context thatところ 17004 I need to get back yes Because you are rated site format I guess we shall have tohydrogen forever by pedir into the there I don't want to play him anymore. It's not fun. The last time I watched one of his streams, he got like 500 million on Kiss like twice in 20 minutes. I was like, jeez. Yeah, that's scary. Or one of his, whatever, six, seven billion game, like World Cup Soccer games. Oh yeah, he annihilated me and DJ in the tiebreaker at Buffalo Pinball Open. He had like three and a half billion or something like that. He did. But we won't hold it against him. It's okay. It's okay, Timmy.
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    Okay, thanks everyone for listening to episode 26. You only live ten times. You only live twice. Thanks again to Eric Russell, Eric S. Russell, and Eric RussellCNY for all appearing. I can't believe we were able to coordinate all three of them, but we got them all on. Awesome. That was confusing for me as all hell. 34 vouett Triơ toddler Dendyleon, You have seen 30 vocalist, Old Language WATCHOUT I'm gonna have to go with the box set. Okay, cause I watched that for 20 minutes and I had to turn it off. Oh really? I always thought it was pretty funny. It was all terrible. It was like a, it was like a Pink Panther box. He's talking about Casino Royale, the one with Peter Sellers in it. Which, which Peter, well the problem was Peter Sellers quit like halfway through the movie. So they had to kinda rewrite it. It was bad. Alright, so this is episode 26. You've only lived twice. Thanks again to Eric Russell. Thank you Eric. You can find us on Facebook, just search for Slam Tilt Podcast. Find us on YouTube, just search for Slam Tilt Podcast. You can send us correspondence at our email address, slamtiltpodcast at gmail dot com. Again, thanks everyone. Say goodbye, Bruce. Goodbye, J. Fairbrother. Subtitles by the Amara.org community