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Episode 87 – Spectrum Sucks

Slam Tilt Podcast·podcast_episode·analyzed·Apr 18, 2018
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TL;DR

Slam Tilt Ep87 announces new podcast launch, discusses MGC experiences and Pirates mechanical downgrades.

Summary

Slam Tilt Podcast Episode 87 features guests Steph Gaida and Crystal Gemnick from Chicago, discussing their experiences at Midwest Gaming Classic. Crystal announces she's launching the Riptide Pinball Podcast with Zach Sharpe, while the hosts discuss news including Iron Maiden code updates, Pirates of the Caribbean mechanical feature changes (trunk and triple-disc spinner downgrades), and various pinball topics. Internet connectivity issues dominate the episode, with "Spectrum sucks" becoming a running joke.

Key Claims

  • Pirates of the Caribbean trunk feature has been changed from an interactive lock mechanism to a static open lid due to reliability issues

    high confidence · Ron describes Bowen's explanation of changes to Pirates at MGC; stated as confirmed news from the manufacturer

  • Pirates of the Caribbean triple-disc spinner is being replaced with a single spinner similar to Whirlwind due to reliability concerns

    high confidence · Ron reports this change directly from MGC booth demonstration and Bowen's communication

  • Iron Maiden received new code version .92 and is awaiting final approval

    high confidence · Ron cites a Straight Down the Middle seminar where this was announced

  • Crystal placed 8th overall at Midwest Gaming Classic after qualifying 46th

    high confidence · Crystal directly states her tournament result

  • Billy Constantino Mitchell was present at Midwest Gaming Classic

    high confidence · Crystal and Ron both confirm his presence and provide anecdotal observations

  • Bowen successfully beat Reactor 9 on the whitewood, which had never been done before

    medium confidence · Crystal reports witnessing this at MGC, stating 'I saw Bowen blow up Reactor 9 on the whitewood which has never been done'

  • Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle has new code being developed by Bowen and team

    medium confidence · Crystal mentions 'Bowen and team are working on some new code for it' at MGC

  • Batman 66 received a backlit translite panel that is backlit during play

    medium confidence · Ron mentions this in news segment but context suggests this may be confirmation rather than new announcement

Notable Quotes

  • “Spectrum fucking sucks”

    Bruce Nightingale @ early episode — Running joke throughout episode about internet service provider reliability issues affecting podcast recording

  • “It's going to be called the Riptide Pinball Podcast in honor of Sea Witch, naturally.”

    Crystal Gemnick @ podcast announcement segment — Official announcement of new podcast venture with Zach Sharpe

  • “I'm six foot tall. Not.”

    Steph Gaida @ logo discussion segment — Humorous callout of height difference between Steph and Crystal relevant to podcast branding

  • “Do not buy a game till you can get it in your hands. I thought the number one rule of Slam Tilt Podcast was you didn't talk about Slam Tilt Podcast. No, that's the second rule of Slam Tilt Podcast.”

    Ron Hallett / Bruce Nightingale @ Pirates discussion — Meta-reference to show's running gag about prototypes vs final products, using Fight Club reference

  • “The lid is just open. Yeah. We're going to get the machine next month. Cool. So, we're just, we're all good.”

    Ron Hallett (discussing Pirates trunk change) @ Pirates news segment — Casual acceptance of Pirates mechanical downgrade, suggesting this is acceptable compromise for reliability

  • “I kind of want it to be done... It's been a lot better since they added the minor Villain modes.”

    Ron Hallett (regarding Batman 66 code) @ Batman 66 news segment — Assessment of code update quality improving gameplay variety in Batman 66

Entities

Crystal GemnickpersonSteph GaidapersonRon HallettpersonBruce NightingalepersonZach SharpepersonBowenpersonBilly Constantino MitchellpersonLyman Sheetsperson

Signals

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    product_concern: Pirates of the Caribbean experiencing reliability issues requiring removal of complex mechanical features (trunk interactive lock, triple-disc spinner) in favor of simplified versions

    high · Ron reports trunk mechanism changed to static open lid and triple-disc spinner downgraded to single spinner due to reliability problems discovered during production

  • ?

    code_update: Batman 66 receiving minor villain mode additions improving gameplay variety and strategic depth beyond repetitive shot sequences

    high · Ron states 'It's been a lot better since they added the minor Villain modes. It's not hit the same shots over and over again and take your life. It's actually some strategy to it'

  • ?

    code_update: Iron Maiden code version .92 in final approval stages, approaching 1.0 release with four major villain modes being added

    high · Ron cites Straight Down the Middle seminar reporting Iron Maiden .92 awaiting final approval and includes 'Four major villain modes'

  • ?

    design_innovation: Jersey Jack Pinball encountering manufacturing challenges with complex mechanical features, forced to simplify designs mid-production cycle

    high · Pirates trunk and spinner features both downgraded; Ron notes 'This is the problem when you're selling the games based off the prototype' and recommends rule: 'Do not buy a game till you can get it in your hands'

  • ?

    product_strategy: Jersey Jack Pinball's marketing heavily featured complex mechanical features in prototype that proved unreliable in production, requiring mid-cycle redesign

Transcript

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0:00
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1:02
Bruce! Where'd he go? I'm going to go. Bruce. He's gone. Bruce. Get off the mute. He went back to call Ryan. Jesus. Oh, and he dropped just like I figured he would. Oh no. Yes. His internet sucks at the bar. All right. Well, screw him. We're going to get started here because I'm not waiting for him. Okay. So welcome. We have two guests this week. We have the pinball princess, Steph Gaida is here. And we also have, why don't you do the intro for this, Steph? Let's get some practice.
1:53
Um, okay. Well, shit. I'm so used to you doing it that it's like, wait. I'm used to Bruce doing it, so... Okay, so basically what you're telling me is I have to pretend to be Bruce.
2:10
Okay, so actually the next person actually is actually from Chicago, but she's actually from Canada, actually. Actually. For real.
2:23
Anyway, here we go. We're gonna do great. Yeah. It's me. And so I'm proud to introduce the second woman to be on the Slam Tilt Podcast, Crystal. Hello. Hello Crystal. Crystal Gemnick, right? Gemnick. Gemnicks. Yes. And actually that's why I didn't introduce her because I wasn't sure how to say her last name. Nice. And I didn't want to screw that up. And I figured you would know. And then you screwed it up. Yep. She was close. I was thinking of the Facebook pronunciation that you had down except I just realized GE can be soft or hard. Oh, like GIF and JIF. Yeah. Yeah. And Bruce isn't here to like, oh my this. Oh my that, yep. Oh my. How does it feel to be going solo suddenly? It's quite liberating actually. See what you don't know is that we've hijacked it so now it's our show and we're interviewing you. Oh. Woosh. So Crystal, why don't you tell us a little about yourself? I live in Chicago. I am a junior tech at Logan Arcade on the northwest side of Chicago. We've got 25 games. It's a great place. I play pinball. I like pinball. And yeah, and also I'm Canadian. Excellent.
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Midwest Gaming Classicevent
Logan Arcadevenue
Pirates of the Caribbeangame
Iron Maidengame
Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castlegame
Batman 66game
Sea Witchgame
Riptide Pinball Podcastproduct
Taxigame
Whirlwindgame
Straight Down the Middle: a pinball showmedia
Chicago Pinball Leagueorganization
Reactor 9game

high · Ron states 'Folks at the point where they actually had the spinner was on a table next to...so you could check it out how cool this thing was and a lot of the marketing was based on that'

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Crystal achieved significant tournament improvement at MGC, placing 8th overall after qualifying 46th

    high · Crystal states 'I placed eighth in the overall tournament which was a big deal for me because I qualified 46th'

  • ?

    event_signal: Midwest Gaming Classic featured 30 Iron Maiden machines (all pre-sold), multiple tournament opportunities, and rare machine demonstrations

    high · Crystal reports Iron Maidens, Reactor 9 whitewood beating, and Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle gameplay; Ron mentions Billy Constantino Mitchell appearance

  • ?

    content_signal: New Riptide Pinball Podcast launching with flexible non-schedule format, co-hosted by Crystal Gemnick and Zach Sharpe

    high · Crystal announces 'It's going to be called the Riptide Pinball Podcast in honor of Sea Witch, naturally' with target release date anniversary of her first Slam Tilt appearance (April 20)

  • ?

    community_signal: Emerging trend of women-fronted pinball content; Steph notes awareness of female-hosted podcasts including Skillshot, Slam Tilt Forums, Mrs. Pin, and new Riptide Pinball Podcast

    medium · Steph discusses awareness of women podcast hosts and notes new Riptide launch will add to this growing demographic

  • ?

    design_innovation: Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle receiving active code development by Bowen and team to expand gameplay features and depth

    medium · Crystal reports 'Bowen and team are working on some new code for it. They're going to do a lot more with it'

  • ?

    operational_signal: EOS switch adjustment is common field maintenance challenge for home collectors, with proper tools and technique critical to avoid damage

    medium · Steph describes spending hour troubleshooting EOS switch after someone over-adjusted it, learning adjustment technique through trial and error

  • ?

    industry_signal: Industry pattern of prototypes featuring advanced mechanical concepts that prove unreliable in full production, forcing post-announcement simplifications

    medium · Ron discusses how game features are marketed based on prototypes but 'prototypes are not always led to believe as the final product will be coming out the same way'

    • 3:46
    That's some fucking shot. Oh, what's what's going on, Bruce? Come back. Fucking that's what I'm gonna say every fucking five minutes. Fucking spectrum sucks. Spectrum sucks. Fucking fucking sucks. The time and time again November don 찾 me�남신대 manufacturers arrested Pacific bild Nous worldly is one of the few Bedifall, Studios, witch replenished offers to hookseens, trestle, etc업� gry. slothnase, or Lightroom all different professional and these are theithe factors of our his susceptibility design the To tackle. In fact, it may not be還有ut 막 technologies but. Enensa and Adam Wilkinson放ía 95 00 or constancer 당시 storm� contam athlético사�كان Олимп edits 양도 fo13 je jegon Orta hitbox in Chichake Lol Outlaid alipar mes wherever It so happens we have someone here that went to the Midwest Gamingumbing Classic. Isn't that right, Crystal? That's right, it was me. So how was it? It was great. It was fantastic. There was Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle, which I got to play for the first time. It's pretty awesome. And I know Bowen's working on some, Bowen and team are working on some new code for it. They're going to do a lot more with it. So it's going to be really great. There were a whole bunch of Iron Maidens that Marco brought and a bunch of tournaments and it was good fun. And also I saw Bowen blow up Reactor 9 on the Whitewood which has never been done. Nice. Yeah, it was very cool. Yeah, and I placed eighth in the overall tournament which was a big deal for me because I qualified 46th. Yes, congratulations. Yeah, that's awesome. I'm actually going to record Sunday, but then Crystal had to go and do good in the tournament and messed everything up. Oh yeah, this is all my fault. What a problem to have. Yeah. So Bruce, you still there? I'm here. Okay. Because Spectrum fucking sucks. Is that going to be the title of the episode? Spectrum Sucks. Oh, it is going to be the fucking episode. Okay. I mean, I believe we have Spectrum down here and Ron? I think we call him Rectum. I'm on Spectrum right now and it's just fine. Yeah. I want a new router and they keep on going, nobody ruled the router, nobody ruled at all. Wait, Spectrum? What is Spectrum? Is that like Comcast? It's Time Warner. It used to be Time Warner. Okay. So we went from shitty to shittier. I haven't, I've had increase in speed since Spectrum took over. Honestly, my service has ruled. Oh yeah, I've had increase in speed but our area around here just, you know, just fucking sucks. Eh, I think you just need an IT person to look at all your shit and get it going right. Well, when's that fucking IT person going out here? Oh, that's right, you're coming out this weekend for Termin, right? No. Fail. Okay, Bruce, back to our guests. So, so Crystal, how was Iron Maiden? Knapp Arcade, David Van Es. Welly Horneft Show me shieldlemejviloy Áe. SHET Are you tired we ain't out here? Sh Sally I greenhouse they said the I importantly fell asleep cutihin non 짉oof bieó Поэтому кино Knapp Arcade, David Van Es. Closed Caption by The Closed Caption Project www.deTiffany.com www.deOSSTALK.com You're on the hard line. Okay. I have the big hard line. I think it's called a landline, but I never heard hard line. No, I'm still cellular. I'm still cellular. Or do we want to save the announcement for another time? I mean, I guess we could say it. Yeah, we could do it. Yeah. I'm down. So, Crystal and I are starting. You and Ron are getting married. Sorry? Good job ruining everything, Bruce. Okay, please start again. I forget. Okay, so Crystal and I will be starting our own podcast. Yay! Woo! Do we have a name for this podcast? Yep. It's going to be called the Riptide Pinball Podcast in honor of Sea Witch, naturally. Nice, Riptide. Okay. That sound effect better be in that or I will be very highly disappointed. Oh, it will. Zach and I are on that, don't worry. Yeah.
    10:03
    Okay, what kind of frequency do you think this will be? Well, we're not going for like a definite rule. I'm following Jeff Teolis. I just realized saying Jeff with the podcast would be really unhelpful. The end of the day, I'm going to be a fan of the pinball. Jeff T. Olis had said to me several times from the first Stephanie Dewitt to the pinball profile that I should do it when I feel like it, like not to make myself stick to a schedule and considering my current recording setup is awkwardly holding a snowball in my family's living room. Oh, I'm doing the same thing. No way. Yeah. You're in Steph's family's room? What? Yeah. A. behavioral sneaking This week in Pinball, Johnny Pneumonic, Black Water, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, Twippies Awards, transliteelectronic I'm Roni and you have a sea witch. Yeah. I live six hours away. This isn't fair. I know. Get your ass up here. Get moving. You got Zach and me up here. Come on. You'll be all set. So this podcast will be when you feel like it. Yeah. Like a Kaneda thing. Canada? Canada. Yes, it is a Canada thing. It is a Canada thing. Crystal's from Canada. And New York is adjacent to Canada even though Canada is very far away from Canada. Knapp Arcade, David Van Es. I'm totally welcome. Are you kidding? You guys are my podcast dads. You are welcome. My dad dad is also slated to be on. You guys are like my podcast extended cousins. Woohoo! There you go. Of in New York. Freaking sweet. So, alright. So the Riptide. Riptide podcast. Got a logo yet? Any ideas? Um, it, well, I mean, the cover page that I'm using is literally a picture I took of the riptide text on my Sea Witch playfield. Very cool. I'm trying to think like, is it good to have like, like our logo has our faces on it. I don't know if that's necessarily a good thing. Yeah, because I would never wear that like on a shirt, because I would never wear a shirt with my own face on it, because that's just weird. I have an unhealthy podcast obsession and listen to pretty much every pinball podcast out there. So let me just look and see. Most of them are text logos. Head to Head has got their faces on it too. Yeah, Head to Head has their faces. Pinheads has the people. Mrs. Pin is a picture of Magic Girl. The spinner is lit. Looks like it's the Ghostbusters goggles. Little Kings is the Well Walker. Pinball profiles got the pop bumper kind of looking thing. Yeah. Yep. Skillshot has an S. So my idea is you should do the picture underneath the pinball machine, like that same pose, but with the camera ground level. And then Crystal could do one and you splice them together. You can either look at each other or look up and then you put the title above it. Well, I mean. Or point up. You guys know the joke about that, right? I'm assuming that's what you're referring to? The joke about... The fact that Crystal and I are a foot apart in height. Oh, okay. I do remember that. I think Crystal was taller than me. I do remember that. I am six foot tall. Yep. I am... Not. Yeah. I am Timmy is tall in comparison to me. Yeah. Tall. So maybe that could be the logo. You're just standing next to each other. That alone would guard you. Subtitles by the Amara.org community I know woman fronted podcast and I mentioned the three podcasts that I know that have a woman host which would be Skillshare tilt through and oh my god I'm fucking blanking Jessica Jessica's podcast podcast yes yeah and everyone immediately took that as Stephanie you should do a podcast and I went what okay and then Mrs. Pin happened and it was like oh my god yes also oh my god yes Knapp Arcade, David Van Es. This week's session on PimbalРuby shows the
    16:48
    existing Pim Ball gymnastics Schools Facebook GronsBook Team Yep, yep. We talked about it last week and we're like, okay, let's see if we could do this and like what we like what we want to put together and how we want the how we want the show to run. So we have we have a deadline to have one out soon. So should we tell them when or should we? I mean, we still have to record it. Yeah, but my initial thought would be the anniversary of the day that I was on this podcast for the first time. This week's episode is a bit long, but it's going to be a day. My first episode with you guys was on 420. You guys also got me on episode 69, so I mean... Nice. But hopefully we'll be recording something imminently then. There you go. Alright. Very cool. Definitely by me. Weing, S pests건, Kristo, J. S món, łyiańs, Jarosz Patron, in MARCYа' at��pcsgüter in this segment of the commercials. Knapp Arcade, David Van Es. Any games in your future that you'd like to purchase? Uh, so many. I think my- Okay, we're gonna ask you now, we're gonna ask you the famous question. If you had one machine you'd like to have, the desert island pin, what would you like? Oh boy, um... We all know Stephanie's, which is of course Sea Witch, which you don't have. Yeah. It would probably be Taxi. Mmm, Taxi, comrade, how you doing? Taxi! Hey, yes. It's tough. I really like System Eleven's a lot. They're like my absolute favorite. And Whirlwind was number one for a long time. And I think it's kind of a tough call because like I love Whirlwind too. I feel like I could play Whirlwind for a lot longer whereas I feel like Taxi might kind of get bored with it which I don't want to get bored with Taxi because I love it so much. But... You never get bored of Taxi. It's so great. So how long you been playing pinball? I've been playing pinball for... See, since 2012 I think. 2012. Yeah. And what got you into this wacky hobby? What got me into what? This wacky hobby. Wow, I thought you said slappy happy. I'm like that's what we're calling it. Slappy happy? I love slappy happy. It's my favorite thing. Slappy happy. My ex-boyfriend actually got me into pinball. He was playing, he and a friend of mine and I were all playing together just shortly before the breakup and when we broke up I said, I like this a lot. This makes me really happy so I'm going to keep playing even though he sucks and he's not around but it doesn't matter. So yeah. How did you get hooked up with Jack Danger? He was on the Chicago Pinball League. Pinball Chicago is the name of the league. It's our city league. I think there's about 12 teams right now. And that started just shortly after I got into the hobby. And he was on Dead Flip, which was the original name of his pinball team with Nick Campbell and a couple of other guys. I think Dave Kiss and Brad Stark. I don't know if you guys know any of those people. And they were all so positive and really Dr.Sobne Gutgres, Inter- vent. I, Jacob Rand, Marc, Dave E. 8343 vaccinas Assistance, defense player Tobiasiramon, spite clinician at Twin Princess F NF, Vopheending, diSt味 Ш hitch PS. That's for flying sociallingес. I have basically hair and span. I have a hair, so I'm not coming into it. That one was created specifically in my brand выд��. Atейчас for funding reasons I don't know how, however, why I used such an ice cream. My first game I sold it in China. In the kids Следجа Knapp Arcade David Van Es Definitely gotta be on a lot Yes And I think that that part of his whole thing is you know it is like his personality and he wants to do like like announce like commentating on eSports and stuff and he can he his range is is pretty wide So yeah, yeah, definitely. Absolutely agree. Anytime he like leaves the room to get a beer or go to the bathroom, he's like, talk to the internet. And I'm like, uh, whoa. Hey guys, playing pinball. Hi internet. Yeah. Right. Hi Internet, I'm Jack Danger. Hello. Flippers and butts. Flippers and butts, oh my. I actually got recognized about three or four times at MGC this weekend as Crystal from Deadflip and it was weird. And nice, but weird. Oop, I think I cut off there. Alright. Oh, by the way, this is episode 87, All Monsters Attack. Oh no, what have we done with this crap? What have we done with this crap? We're almost to the 70s. There's just not that many more. Come on, Bruce. I'm following through with this and we're only going through the ones in the 70s. We're not going through any of the new ones. So we just have to get through it. I have to do MCU. I cannot wait. Yeah, he's doing Marvel. Like every Marvel thing. Even like the TV shows and stuff. Oh my god. Not the TV shows. No, only movies. Okay, but All Monsters Attack is the one and I read the synopsis like, oh yeah, I remember this one. This is the one where the kid's like getting bullied and he like dreams a lot and he dreams about the monsters and the monsters like give him confidence to take on the bullies in the end of the movie. And if you are, go tilt the, tilt the... It sounds really stupid, I'll say, but he hangs out with like Godzilla's son, you know, and they, they, whatever. I think they were low on budget. I'm sorry. So they just use monster fighting scenes from previous movies in the dream sequences so it was kind of lame but there you go. All monsters attack. Was it Mistied? Uh, no. That one was not Mistied. That was not Mistied. So, why don't we do some news? Well, hold on first before we do that. Oh.
    23:54
    Spectrum fucking sucks. Oh, okay. Spectrum sucks. We get it. Alright, time for a piece of news. Time for a piece of news. We had the Midwest Gaming Classic, which we mentioned. I'm trying to think, did any like industry type news really happen there other than they had 30 friggin Iron Maidens there? They're all pre-sold. I don't think there was any news really. Oh, Billy Mitchell was there. I actually had that on my list. And he made a statement, I guess. The disgraced Billy Mitchell. Oh, God, he's so gross. Knapp Arcade, David Van Es. This week in Pinball, Johnny Pneumonic, Black Water, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, Twippies Awards, transliteregon I remember him walking around the convention center and like he'd have a pic like you take a picture with somebody with the thumbs up and then he would just like walk away and be on his cell phone and I was pretty sure that he wasn't really talking to anybody he was just kind of pretending to talk on his cell phone. It just seemed really just like a strange man. It was actually phone sex. He was just listening. 100% how Billy Mitchell would have phone sex. I was on the phone go off once and it was the Pacman sound effect. Oh God. That's true story. I don't know, if someone like me with a legitimate world record, I am insulted that he would cheat for so long. What is your world record? I am the Karate Champ champ. Oh. Which is the old 1984 Data East Karate Champ game, which is at Replay FX. Okay. I did not know that about you. I'm more than he's beaten me.
    26:33
    Is that like a special slam tilt challenge? Beat the karate champ champ? Cool. Yeah. Could be a new segment. The thing is the, I mean, I have the plaque thing or whatever from Twin Galaxies and all that. But the yeah, Billy Mitchell was stripped of everything due to him using Mame to get the Donkey Kong record. Do they go to his house and actually take all the things away from him? No, no, no, no.
    27:00
    The big deal is in MAME you can do save states where you can just keep playing the same thing over and over until you get it just right and then you can just splice them all together and that's basically what he did. Fail.
    27:14
    Fail. So yeah, he was around and about. It's so hilarious that I had that on my list. Billy Mitchell, I don't even know why I wrote that. There was a really funny moment where I was standing playing pinball and just hanging out with some buds and Bowen comes over and he's like, www.clippinnab念.com
    28:00
    Knapp Arcade, David Van Es. Sign stump Out NAShtropy cněkpczas evenly Ast송undred Vayidak is the one with the pigeons in boy's It's coming out in a couple weeks, right? Two features have been cut or reduced. What? Yes. One was the trunk. There is a trunk that opens and closes in the back of the game. It is not like the Aerosmith trunk thing where it opens and a ball goes into it. It is like you shoot into the trunk and it either comes around to the upper flipper or it gets diverted and locks in the trunk. You can do whatever you want, right? Just do whatever you want, right? Yeah, just do whatever you want. OK, exactly. So what if you lock a pinball? Yeah, so I'm gonna do whatever I can. And I'll close the lid and I'll let it dry off. I guess as a little like the lid would open and close. Just like an effect, like whenever you lock it, like it would close. So like Pirates of the Caribbean right now, the old one. Yeah, kind of, except you actually lock a ball in there. It was more for effect than anything else, but I guess they had issues with the lid. So they just changed it to it's just a static statically open lid now. Okay, that's not bad. So not a huge deal. The lid is rusted open. Yeah. We're going to get the machine next month. Cool. So, we're just, we're all good. Yeah, yes, Bruce, you're going to keep up with that. Okay. The second thing was they are the three concentric circles spinner Mac, I guess just was not reliable enough and they are going to replace it with a single spinner like you would find on Whirlwind, No Good Gophers, etc. Re ver Flip baskas itu acad眼 Folks atturkan dan click sariv mainkduction at To the point where they actually had the Mac was on a table next to, like, in their booth so you could check it out how cool this thing was and a lot of the marketing was based on that. That's, you know, those those discs that they were supposed to stop. They would stop on a dime and you get different awards, etc. This week on Pinball, Johnny Pneumonic, Black Water, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, Twippies Awards, transliteropolitan and a couple of other things. It's a great way to get your money back. Oh yeah, that was, you know, do we get money back and the game's going to be cheaper now, right? Of course, right? This is the problem when you're selling the games based off the prototype. Hmm. And they could always argue like, it was a prototype, things can change. Yes, prototypes are not always led to believe as the final product will be coming out the same way. Mm hmm. Yeah. That's why you go by rule number one of the Slamtail Podcast. Do not buy a game till you can get it in your hands. I thought the number one rule of Slamtail Podcast was you didn't talk about Slamtail Podcast. No, that's the second rule of Slamtail Podcast. And at least you have to have one Bruce-ism in every show. Yeah, that's true. So that's a bummer. I mean, that kind of sucks for them. I mean that that that had to be a painful decision to do that. At least the ship still works knock on wood. Yeah. I honestly I thought that the I thought that the ship was going to be the the biggest issue because it's just like that mechanism just seems like like huge and difficult but I didn't know anything about the mech the circular disc mechs until you just told me but Thank you for watching.
    33:40
    In The pin siders would argue like you know you're paying a premium for these games It's supposed to 30 zillion toys at them and then you you know you you you have to pull it out of the game I think I might be wrong on this but I I'm not 100% but I think the one that's at level 27 is a test game, too Yes, yeah, yeah Yeah, I believe that's yeah, they had a dialed in that was the test game. Yep. That was there. I guess the test failed. I just don't know. I can just say I don't know why they have to do wide bodies for everything. Agreed. The best game they've had was a nonlicensed conventional size game. Yep. That I would think sold fairly well. I don't know what the sales numbers are, but I mean, it won a Twippy. So it's got to be great, right? Talking about dialed in, of course. Yeah. I'm also a little biased because I'm not a tremendous fan of white bodies in general. Kind of in the minority there, but... No, I don't know if you're in a minority. It's hard to make a good playing wide body. But cheetah. There you go. But cheetah. Cheetah. And big game. And Flight 2000. Flight 2000 is my jam. Yep. See, Stern knew how to do it. Old Stern. Paragon's really good too. There you go. But that's it. The end. Well, here you go. I mean, they've gone with the whole rule like all their games are wide bodies. You know what other manufacturer had that mantra where all their games were wide bodies? Atari. Yes. Correct. And Highway Pinball. Well, and Highway too. Yeah, that's yeah. But look what it did for Atari. When they did Pinball Highway. Yeah. I mean, all the Atari games suck other than Superman. And actually Hercules isn't that bad. But pretty much all their other games suck. Yeah but Hercules is a twin bed novelty. That is true. I mean that is... Hercules, Hercules, Hercules. Ultra super wide body. It's your casket for your, for your, when you're ready to be in a funeral, you can have your casket. Yep, you can be buried in Hercules. Oh god. Oh man that didn't sound right, I'm sorry. I can bury it in the Hercules. Oh, God. Okay, so Iron Maiden. We talked about Iron Maiden.
    36:34
    Billy Mitchell I had in here. Jersey Jack. Wasn't that much news, really. We have new code. You had... Iron Maiden already has new code. .92 And I watched, they had a seminar at the show and I guess they said they were awaiting approval.
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    They're still awaiting final approval This week in Pinball, Johnny Pneumonic, Black Water, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, Twippies Awards, transliteMale The code update. We're to .90. Getting closer to 1.0. Almost there. It's away. It includes a... Nope, negative. Nope, negative. Just tacked it on the surface. Four major villain modes. So, looks like some pretty big updates on that one. I really want to wait to play this until it's totally done. I played like the alpha version of this because rock fantasy has it. I think I played it at the launch party and I've never played it since. I don't blame you. Because I kind of want it to be done. Yeah. I think so. It's been a lot better since they added the minor Villain modes in. It's not hit the same shots over and over again and take your life. It's actually got some strategy to it but *** Oh shoot, what's her name? Oh gosh, the cat woman who did the oh, why can't I think of her name? Eartha Kitt. Eartha Kitt. Thank you very much. Yep, Eartha Kitt's there, which is awesome. It is
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    Perfect. I can't trill the R. You need to know you gotta go There you go, so great so Yeah, it's speaking of Batman 66 This week in Pinball, Johnny Pneumonic, Black Water, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, Twippies Awards, transliteelectronic panel in backbox that is backlit during playLAUSE So is this segment Ron Wasn't wrong? I wasn't wrong. I put him over. I said he kicked our asses on no fear. And somehow I got called out for that. I call you out. Yeah. Let's see Batman 66.
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    I think that's it for news. Okay. So let's start a little new thing. Seth, how was your week in pinball?
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    My week in pinball? What week is it? Um, it's the 107th day of the month of the year. So 107, 100 through one, one Oh seven. Oh, um, I had not league on Thursday. Not Lee. Wow. Yes, there's a private collection that we that is not included in the OCPC that we went to on Thursday. I think. Yes. Very nice collection has a lot of good games like Is Black Panther System 6 or System 8? System 7? System 7. Thank you. So you know how you have all those two tiered System 7s? Yes, four of them. Yeah, I got to play those. Oh, all four? Yeah. Okay. And I also got to play your favorite Gottlieb. What era? What's my favorite Gottlieb? Buck Rogers's. No, it's an 80... 80, okay. Probably an 80 actually. Would it happen to be a widebody? I think so, yeah. Would it happen to have an extra button on the left side of the cabinet?
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    Wouldn't that be Devil's Dare? Yeah. No, it's the other one. The other one? It's not Black Hole, is it? Yeah. God. Ugh. And guess what I found out about Black Hole? It's really that bad and should be all burned? The pin and the butt to work on? See, there you go. No, if you're me and you accidentally shats things and you accidentally shats the right in-lean, it's gonna hit that gate. The gate will be like, oh, I'll open, let the ball out into the out-lean, and then close. Bye bye ball. Isn't it a great game? Didn't you want to play more? I was not thrilled. I was like, this black hole is beautiful, but I think I might hate it. It sucks. It's a terrible game. Honestly, if you want a game with the cool rotating back glass, play Spirit. Spirit is so much better. Are you kidding? Yeah, Spirit is so good. So good. It's a super rare game but for some reason Zach has one in his bedroom. That's an ADA meaning that Black Hole is possibly also an ADA? No, it's an 80. It's an 80? I thought it was an ADA. According to IPDB it's flat out an 80. Okay, I remember Spirit. Why did they call it System 80 instead of System 2? Did they have to take the year that they released it and make that instead of 2? You don't want to follow one. Then why did they go to three? I don't know. I mean at least Williams went in order. I mean they would skip numbers because there'd be like one prototype or one game and then it would go to the next number but for the most part at least all the way up to 11 they kept the number thing going but well how about Bally? I mean what is it even called? It's the Bally system. 17 and then 35. Yeah. Exactly. So what different, you know, then Stern is what? MPU 100, MPU 200. Well, at least that has logic to it. So well, then Gottlieb was like the Microsoft, you know, Xbox, Xbox One. I think 360 came first but So out of the four those four bi system seven games Jason Person What's the best? Um, I actually thought about this for a while while playing it. I think I actually like Pharaoh most. Fail. Followed by Black Knight. Fail. Followed by Solar... Fire. You're getting to a good one. You finally got the good one. Yes, you finally got the good one. Look, I'm probably mad at Solar Fire because I had to play it in competition and it kicked my ass as it always does. and then jungle Lord was cool but it annoyed me. Be JungleLord. So Crystal, have you played all four? I haven't played any of those. Any of those? I've played Black Knight. Okay. But, I've, no, I haven't, no. No. I feel, I feel awful. Well, you're going to replay effects though, right? I am, yes. Okay. So that's, that's a task. You must play all four of the systems. Did they have all four? Now that I'm thinking about it. They have JungleLord. They have SolarFire. They have SolarFire. I don't remember Pharaoh. I don't think they have Pharaoh. Damn, Pharaoh is so good. Pharaoh, rah,rah. Ooh, JungleFire looks cool. It's cool until you realize that your ability to lock balls is all due to a bagatelle random thing on the upper left. Hmm. Terrible. So like toast only less cool. Toast. It kind of reminds me a little bit of the Zachariah pinball machines.
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    Like the way that the upper playfield is with the like the ramps, but I guess it's kind of like the way that those machines were with those like the ramps and then that like upper playfield.
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    Am I wrong? No, let's let's get real pinball geeky something only pinball geeks could actually answer. What's your favorite Zachariah game? Oh, God. Oh, God, it's so hard. It's gotta be Farfalla. The two for farfella um That's three I think I Like the motorcycle one. I like the devil devil writers. Yep. No, right. It's pretty good. All right the the devil writers that I've played and some Annoyed me so Not sure. I'm a fan so anything else step this week I
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    Didn't go to a new bar league. That's I'm not playing pinball. Also known as I need to get myself to a place where I can just play Sea Witch constantly. Come on down. You're in an epic game. I'm not playing pinball. Knapp Arcade, David Van Es. So I was trying to adjust the switch, then someone comes by and like adjusts it for me. Spent the next hour trying to figure out how to make the game flip again. They adjusted it too far and that's how I learned how to adjust an EOS switch. An hour of, Zach, what the hell am I doing? Do you have a good Leaf Switch adjuster? Eventually I found out that Howard had one. I forgot to ask for one and I was stubborn and used my finger like an idiot. Did he actually have one? Yes, he has one. Awwww. I know, I can't tell you how many times I've been to people like, you have a switch adjuster and they look at me like, huh? Like really? You don't have a switch adjuster. You own like 10 games. How do you not have a switch adjuster? That's silly. I would actually eventually figure it out how to adjust it properly and I'm just like, I don't know what I'm doing and I'm scared because I don't want to blow a fuse. Awwww. So Crystal, besides MGC, anything else? Uh-huh. Anything else? What happened in your week in pinball? I, actually, after, so it was really funny at MGC my entire, uh, pinball team, we were all there together like we caravaned and we stayed in the hotel together and we tournamented together and it was a lot of bonding but we, uh, last, Kumbaya. Yeah. Kumbaya. And a lot of drinking and playing board games in the hotel room. Knapp Arcade, David Van Es. I'm not going to be able to make it because I was just so freaking tired from the weekend and being on my feet and playing so much pinball. But we managed to carry that energy into our league night, which was awesome. Yeah, no, other than that, there's nothing else really. I'm missing a tournament tonight to be on this podcast. Wow. Oh my goodness. Thank you for your sacrifice. It's worth it. attorneyrome Oopsworthit Thanks. Okay. So Bruce, you wanna know what I did? No? Bruce Spectrum sucks, BRUCE Survival Right here, here's gonna have to shoot greets Okay I had League, Sunday What's a league for you? uh what league that there? We had like Ten people there! That's the most we've ever had!
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    Did they get away free food? No? went and all to play the two games we get to play yes and what two games were there again? well thank god roadshow's no longer there otherwise I'd still be there playing they have a well they still have the Demoman thank goodness and Twilight Zone oh god yeah I kind of remembered why i really don't like Twilightzone that much Clunky stop and go and but at least it played hard enough where the ball times were short so things kept moving which is the most important thing but yeah we had over ten people there was I was so excited we've never had that many people that is I mean we actually had rounds where I didn't play because you know we do you know ten people two games foursome so I had to sit out a couple rounds that's never happened So what did you do Bruce? No, hold on. Hold on. Did you win? Did I win? What do you mean did I win? Did you win league night? Did I win league night? I don't know. We play and they use the match play software. Let's see. I played Twilight Zone. I finished last, first, then on Demoman I finished I think second and first. So I have no idea where that puts me. Don't know either. Fail. Nope, sorry. Bruce gets on my case because I don't look at stats. I don't look at the standings. Wait, was it actually on MatchPlay? Yes, MatchPlay events. So I guess I could go there and try to find it and see what my record is. And I think there's a standings page somewhere but I've never looked at it. I'm there for the fun, Bruce. What's that? It's a pinball. There is no fun. So Bruce, any takers on the house yet? Uh, yes, it is sold again. Okay. It is on a contingent sale, but they just sold their house today. Oh, okay. So, uh, we have to go through the inspections for both houses. Once that's done, we gotta make a final date and then hopefully go from there. So, I gotta start moving more shit. I gotta get my shit out of my house. But I got extra shit. I got extra shit today in the mail. Oh, you got a new game in the mail? No, I got, I got two big packages in the mail. Oh my. And what would they be? George Takei would be so jealous. Yeah, he still hasn't answered us yet. I know, what the fuck? We actually emailed George Takei. Asked him to come on the show for like our 100th show. For the 100th. Yeah. Yes. Pastor didn't say yes or didn't say no. Just ignored us. Yes. Bruce's letter was actually quite well written. See? Yeah. I was impressed. Uh, no, I got two. I got two big packages. One you knew about and one you did not know about.
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    So I'm gonna go to one you did not know about first. Okay. I got a translate today for a kingpin. Number 66.
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    Ooh, does that mean you're in line? I'm in line, baby. He's in line for a kingpin. Wow. I get first dibs on number 66, which is really freaking sweet. And then the next thing is I got a big package. And? I didn't get to see it yet, but it's home. I have an NOS cheetah playfield at my house. Ron was very jealous of me. Yep. Ron was very jealous. I said you're bringing it over, right? Yeah, of course I am. Yeah. No. Oh. Yep, I missed out on the one that uh, what's his name, uh, coinop warehouse was selling. I was number two in line and he, the number one guy did take it. And then about a week later somebody emailed me and said, hey, I heard you were looking for a playfield. And I said, yes I am and I'll sell it to you for this much. And I said, okie dokie. And guess what? It is now in my possession. I can't wait to go home. It's like Christmas tonight. I'm going to open up a brand new playfield. Yay! Thank you. That's another advantage of having a podcast. You may get better leads. Just saying. Yeah. You'll get a lot better leads. Just saying. Like $21 freaking... 23.10. I still can't believe that happened. $23.10. Ron still can't believe I drove 2,400 miles for it. No. Yeah. That's... I don't think anyone can believe it. No. That's stupid. So Ron, how's the podcast...how's our podcast website going? Okay. Yes. Just go to slam tilt podcast.com. Everything is up there. Everything is done. It is it looks beautiful. Really? Go to the upper right hand, upper right hand corner of the site, you will see the links for pretty much everything we have our Twitch page, our YouTube page, Facebook, our email address, everything is there. Oh, my numbers. And yes, the stats are set up. We've had about eight downloads. Excellent. Being that we're not having advertised anything, I am the next few, what are we on? 87. Okay, so I will for 87, 88 and 89, I will continue to upload at Podcast Garden and our site and reminding our listenership, each podcast that we're moving. We're moving after Knapp Arcade, David Van Es. We will be using the new site exclusively. So people won't have to suck it. Yeah. So speaking of that, for the Riptide podcast, you guys know where you're going to be hosting it? Probably going to have to submit to Podcast Gardens Gardening. Start new. Start fresh. Don't settle. It's not bad. I mean, I can't fault it. I mean, if it depends how often you post, I think if you don't post super frequently, you can actually do it for free, I think. Yeah, monthly is free. Yeah. So if that was the issue with us is we're weekly plus we're on a schedule. So when they're constantly down, I mean, if you're monthly and you post it, it's like it'll be up eventually. You're assuming that podcast garden will remember to renew all of itself and Knapp Arcade, David Van Es. I am the audio engineer of the people. I will take on full social media responsibility if I have to. There you go. This sounds familiar with the one tech person. So who's going to get all the guests? Equal. It's a partnership. I get all the guests mostly. Yes. Yes, Bruce, you get all the guests because you're far more social than I am. Except for George Takei. Yeah, he won't come on. He won't come on. If you keep calling him Takei, he's not going to come on. Yeah, it's George Takei, Bruce. Say his name right. What is it? He says Takei as in pay, not Takei as in pie? Or is that wrong? Sounds like that. Yes, that is correct. Bruce, you did not say my name right. Blow me. Oh my! Okay guys, are you ready for your first bit? The first bit? Yep. Would you or would you not buy that? Oh god, we're gonna do this? Okay. Now remember, remember they have snowball mics so we'll get to hear all the keyboard clicking. We will. It's gonna be great. I was just thinking of that. Like okay. I'm sure you guys have loved me like looking up random things trying to find Ron's tournament. I'm ready. You got it. All right. eBay, right? This, yeah, again, eBay it is. for those who have not seen the segment before, go to eBay. Bruce is going to give you a auction number and we will investigate to see would we or would we not buy that?
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    First auction is 152-805-210-136. Hot course is a hot tip. Ooh, hot tip. That's a solid state though. Damn. Williams1977 hot tip works great. Super fun to play with a very good rating on IPDB. Flicking. We feel good. Are those flippers okay? Am I bugging or are they like severely misaligned? Or it's a picture? Yeah, they're misaligned. Really? Well, where do you see that? I just take the picture.
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    Fourth one, fourth picture, right to high. Fourth picture. Oh boy. Also, they like that that is the shiniest glass to ever glass.
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    Oh, and they left it on. Yes, of course. Ron loves when eBay pictures when they leave the glass on. The last picture, the close-up of the backglass. One, that horse has a lot of wear. Two, why do they all have like really suggestive looks? Like, they're all like looking coyly at something on the right playfield. I'm not quite sure what it is. What is going on on this playfield? Um, Steph, this is a pinball machine. If there's a bunch of guys looking at something like that, what do you think they're looking at? They're actually fighting a dude whose horse is like a U-turn. The horse's neck is in a frickin' C-shape. Knapp Arcade, David Van Es. I'm going to go with the pinball. Would you? $900? I mean, what's wrong with it, Bruce? The back glass is kind of shot. All right. There's some severe wear. Okay. So, would you guys buy that? Hard pass. Yeah, I'm looking at the left saucer. It's worn, it looks like it's worn down to the wood in front of it right above where it says advanced bonus. It could be a problem. So, Riptide would not buy that. Not buy that. Nope, wash it away. Ready for the next number guys. Hit me. 142 760
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    878 795 Ooh! Joust pinball, but not the one you think. Ooh. It is a bally joust EM. With zipper flippers. Good old zipper flippers. Oh, the playfield looks pretty good. More horses. Is this a horse theme, Bruce? It could be. Only $1,050 made. Oh yeah, I would, I would, mmm, I like this. But do you like it for $2,100? Yeah, mmm. I like it for about half that price.
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    Yeah. But it's rare, like it says. And the baguette towel on the right-hand side gets me a little bit too.
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    You got to go for it, Steph. It's by Orange County Pinballs. Probably the wrong Orange County. The wrong Orange County. It's the one that tried to sell that bottomless raven. Bottomless raven. Okay. You could have just said raven and probably had the same reaction. Not even with no with no bottom number to what Raven
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    but it's white glove ship white glove in Home Delivery Nationwide so we'll bring it in your house will drive with a white glove up and we'll stick it right in there. Oh, sorry.
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    it's $500 shipping? Yeah First bah or less be or less the face on that hypothesis I'm really concerned. Which one? The knight that has the broken stick and looks very suggestively. This is really... I'm getting some really disturbing innuendos here. A lot of suggestive horses. The horses are in love. That's very obvious. Clearly. Yeah. And they call it horsey love. Oh man. So he's looking over, I mean, is he looking at the guy or is he looking over at the audience? I can't really tell. Well, one horse is like side-eyeing the other. Like they're, those horses are definitely having a conversation. Yep. Those guys are trading glances and I'm very confused. It doesn't really look like a joust just happened. It looked like it was like, like a run-in. Knapp Arcade David Van Es www
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    Knapp Arcade, David Van Es. Okay, ready for the next game? The next game, okay. Now Steph, do you want something that's gonna make you mad or do you want something that's gonna make you sad? Oh god. Um, let's make me mad first. Ticket number 142760086467. I'm wrong. Iron Maiden. It's sold out. L.E. I don't get it. Wait, who is selling this? Oh, wait. Okay, so is it like it's saying it's sold out, but they have one and they're going to charge you $12,000 for it? This person has one now. He's asking $12,000, which first is crack money for a game we don't even know what it looks like, right? This week in Pinball, Johnny Pneumonic, Black Water, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, Twippies Awards, transliteEERING New York New York likes to buy LE games and tries to sell them real fast Stephanie.
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    Is it Kaneda? Oh God, don't. Is that who this is? That's who it is. See, so some guy with the gold standard podcast has terrible feedback rating on eBay.
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    And it's trying to make the $2,000 or $3,000 markup on a game no one's seen. That's our gold standard, boy. Oh boy. I also like that the font in the description is like .200. Yes. It's so big. Oh come on. Any comments, Steph? Any comments? I'm... I don't know. You're speechless, aren't you? Hey, Bruce says it to me all the time, so don't worry about it. Okay, good. Okay, next one. Last one.
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    This is good. This is the good one. This is the one that will make you kind of laugh and sad at the same time. Ticket number 253
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    563 723 928 What? Arcade coin operated answer machine ask the judge. This is like the magic eight ball of arcade games. Do I need more exercise? Will money solve my problems? Should I do it today? Am I sexy? Is this a good day for love? Real question is, is the picture taker naked? What? Oh my, yes, he is hot looking. He is really hot looking. He sure is. Holy creepy. Also, wait, is this sitting on his sink? It looks like it. What is happening? On his toilet. Maybe the decision machine didn't do very much for him. Maybe, maybe he was going by his dating. I just got that, yeah, he's like got no shirt on. Oh buddy. Oh, oh my. Cannot unsee. It's on a sink. It is on a sink. Well that's another one down the drain. It's only $85 though. It is. I would actually buy this. Oh wait, so this description is one very long sentence. Okay, here we go. This is a rare version of this astajots entry machine coin operated bin. This Ask the Juts. entry machine coin operated plays the coin in the slot push button on top it picks the question and on the bottom will give you a decision answer from the 1970s works good tested three times before leaving the shipping plugged into the wall paypal only usbidders only low starting price about one foot tall about 10 inches wide will fit just about anywhere rate for your collection man cave or store. Thank you. That was one sentence. It's like a yahoo ask. But luckily you tested it three times. Oh goodness. That was the Ronanius sentence that I've ever heard. Also, there's a picture of Curly in the corner. Yeah, the more you look at it, the worse it gets. Yeah. It is great. You get the three stooges in the end for your decisions. I keep wanting to look at the reflection to see what's in this person's sink, but I also don't know if I want to know. Oh, very good, Bruce. I thought you liked that one. I'd buy that. $85? But the shipping's $35. Yeah. Oh, it's in New Jersey. You can just pick it up, Bruce. Exactly. Where in New Jersey? He's got a shirt on then. Okay, it's in Woodbridge, New Jersey. It's off of 1 and 9. It's about the middle of the state. Okay. Steph, it could be yours. It could be yours. Um... No? No. He's got 100% positive feedback. 554 things he sold too. Yeah. Just saying. I don't need decision. Okay. If I need a decision, I'll use random.org. That's a great decision maker. Time for the slam ball bag. We only have two of them this week. Yeah, I'm on the podcast. I'm not writing in. Yeah, one of them's for just a press release. For immediate release, It's from Never Beef. I never beef. Yeah. Crystal, what does Never Beef mean to you? Does that have any meaning? Is that like something a vegetarian says a lot? Oh, there you go. See? There you go. Why did they come up with this name? No one gets it. Because it's a New York City of regionalism. Yes, there are pinball, jargon, regionalism, so much of it. But like Never Beef, I don't know. When I was a kid, beef meant to fart. Like, you know, did you just beef? Yeah, that that was that so when I saw this just palace coffee opening Between Pink playing for only one guy joining inter-team For on air interviews. Oh my. Hi, I'm Jeff Teobis. I have pro talents for interviews. Did you interview me? Oh, and they plugged his prop podcast Pinball Profile. Oh wait a minute, we can't plug prop podcast, right? No, we do not plug podcast until we are officially accepted. You know what's gonna happen? I hate to say this, but... Okay, okay, officially, hold on, officially accepted for those who don't know what you're talking about. And I wonder if um, Stephanie Crystal will now be eligible for this. Not yet. Not until they actually make a broad until they make a broadcast. Yeah, I might not be eligible even if our podcast gets nominated. Why? Um, I may have been asked to be a ringer. Oh, no one's asked me yet. So this is the podcast bloodbath invitational that will be at That replay effects after the finals are over and we have not been selected. You know that blogs are eligible now apparently. Yeah, I know. Anyway. Next will be a guy down the road that says I like pinball. But you guys know who has a pinball blog? You do. I do. Why don't you tell us about your pinball. Is that going to continue? I'm assuming that's going to continue. It is, yeah. It is. I don't really have a whole lot of time to do it, but I do it when I can. But yeah, it's a... Oh god, I always forget the URL. I'm so bad at plugging my own stuff. Isn't it pbtoots? I think it's pinballtoots.tumblr.com. So what could I expect to read on this blog? I do explanations of rulesets and I kind of like, I'll pick like a tutorial video and I'll post it I'm going to go ahead and write my own thoughts and break down the rules. Break down. Go ahead and give it to me. Break down. Give it to me now. Don't give up your day job, Bruce. Yeah. Right now my day job is cooking. I'm cooking right now while I'm talking to you guys. You are so versatile, Bruce. You're cooking. You're telling Ryan C how to fix machines. It's great. It's wonderful. Jack of all trades. Master of none. The selection committee has already selected a blogger. Oh, who is that? They selected This Week in Pinball. Yeah, that went out, what, like yesterday? Yeah. Two days ago? I have no sense of time, in case you couldn't tell. Nobody wants that, God. They selected him since they said all the podcasters rip him off anyway, so boom, he's in. You realize that the committee is going to make you beg, right? No, I'm not gonna beg you. They can go scratch my ass. And remember, Chuck Webster is just, he's just the messenger. He's not the committee. Yeah. Yeah, he's just not the committee at all.
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    Chowder fucking head. Wow. I guess I'm the only one that trash talks in this fucking thing, you know, and I'm the, we're the ones that are only being ignored. I love how this fucking works. I want to see actual trash talking during this. I'll trash talk. We are picked. It's gonna fucking happen. Cuz when I went to the trash talker invitation, I was surprised how like there was no trash talking going on. Yeah, it was all, although Augie and I did some Yankees Red Sox banter. Yeah. But I want like someone's playing like, oh, nice shot. Oh, another miss. Oh, good job. Oh, another miss. Fail. Yeah, we're too nice when it gets down to it. Yeah, it is like no one wants to say anything. It's like it's for fun It's just not like this is not the IFPA Invitational or something come on. But guess what? There's no points involved. I mean, there's no rules I'll be right there. I'll be right there with you Bruce if I mean if I get accepted, but I can trash talk Bruce Sissons will be coming into my ass my ass and my mouth all fucking weeks. Are you gonna make people cry Bruce? of course This crop dust them
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    what's that where could this drafted question that you quote which gays he owns and a rio Kw he goes through his history Blackout, Ant's House when I was 11, Mata Hari, Parents Home when I was 14, Blackout, my first home game 2014ish, Getaway, traded Blackout for it, still have it, Paragon, second home game, still have it, Central Park, third home game, Lancers, fourth home game, still have it, and Genie, sold Central Park and added Genie. So I have a Getaway, Paragon, Genie, and Lancers. I'm hoping to trade a getaway for a World Cup Soccer and sell Lancers to add a firepower. So heading to Cactus Jack Silverball Showdown tomorrow morning with Colin. Just found out they were going to have an Iron Maiden in TNA. Wish me luck.
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    Player 164. P.S. I was disappointed we didn't do I'd Buy That on my episode. Fail. I know. I didn't have any good one. I didn't have any good one. P.P.S. Pinballs has a Hercules at all three of their locations. They do play well but I hate when someone selects them for match play league games. Buck fifty a game, ouch. That would suck. Speaking of firepower, and hopefully Scott is listening. This is for you Scott C. I was trying out his beta software on my firepower and I don't know if this is because you gave me an updated beta software It's the best thing I've ever seen. It's the best thing I've ever had. I mean, I have it on my mind. I don't know if I'm going to play it, but I'm going to be playing it because of my complaints of the sound cutting out deal. But I can tell you, I was unable to get through a four-player game before it locked up on me. Very weird behavior. It will like, the four, the six targets that you hit, the light locks, they were strobing and all of a sudden they would just start really strobing fast for no apparent reason, but they still worked. But then like there'd be weird sound cutouts, like it would count up the bonus, it would Knapp Arcade, David Van Es. Let me know every word you want to do. It's easier to say during a podcast than to try to write a two paragraph email. on exactly what happened. So, there you go. Bruce, you're talking through your butt. I can barely hear you. Yeah, he is the butthead of the two of you. Isn't he? I guess so. He's the leader. You're Beavis and he's Butthead? I guess he'd have to be. He's the leader. Yeah, yeah. Even though he does beavis, as you can hear, because no one does butthead. Yeah. Multitasking. So Steph, Crystal. Yes. Want to plug the podcast, your new upcoming podcast?
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    Okay. So, it's the Riptide Pinball Podcast. Riptide is two words. Follow us on Facebook at Riptide Pinball Podcast. We also have a Twitter. I believe it's Riptide Podcast. I will post on Facebook, Pinside and Tilt forums when we actually have a feed and an episode. Excellent. Everyone, listen. Listen to them. We're throwing our power at you. Please listen to the Riptide Podcast. All 72 of our listeners are listening to you guys. This Week in PinballJessica脊 wcze� forward tilde I look forward to listening to the podcast. Me too. Very much so. So check them out. It's the Riptide Podcast. We are the Slam Tilt Podcast. We can be found at slamtiltpodcast.com. I just love saying that. Everything is there. But I'll still go through all the other crap. Yes, we're on Facebook. We're on YouTube. We're on Twitch. Just search for Slam Tilt Podcast and you will find us. You can send correspondence to slamtiltpodcast at gmail.com. We are, this has been episode 87. We will not go through all the other podcasts because the, you know, the blog, podcast or bloodbath. We are waiting for the bloodbath invitation. Chuck Webster, you're killing everyone else's mojo. Yep. So give us the invitation because then we can you know, put over all the other podcasts. Don't forget pblifter.com. We're not going to Allentown for selling but we are going to be there so if you need something, I'm bringing down two things already so if anyone wants me to bring down anything, I'm going to be able to bring stuff down. And very quickly, friends of the show, we have Joe Newhart of Pinball Star Amusements. He sells, let's see, Jersey Jack, Spooky, American Pinball and Home Pin Games. We have Mike Pupo of Flipper Fidelity. and all your pinball sound needs. He is also a Stern distributor. Once again thank you to all our listeners. Don't forget, we will be moving off Podcast Garden in a couple of episodes. When I post this, I'm going to start actually leaving our slamtilt podcast site URL, instead of the PodcastGarden one, although I will still be uploading in both places. Again, thank you to Steph and Crystal. Check them out. Riptide Podcast, it's gonna rock. Goodbye Bruce.
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    Huh? Spectrum fucking sucks! Alright! Spectrum! Goodbye Bruce. Goodbye Spectrum.
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    On its clubs Hello I'm Francis Video SUBSCRIBE Music The following is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is coincidental and unintentional. The author of the work is responsible for the content of this video. If you would like to give a shoutout to the author, contact him on Facebook, Twitter, or Twitter. Thank you for watching. Oh shit, now Ryan C.'s messaging me. Oh jeez. Hold on. Good day, mate. What's going on, mate? It's a podcast party. Hold on. Chaos. Yeah, he usually calls when something's broken. I tested the LED. It works fine in another socket. I measured the temperature. It's not that bad. I don't think it's that bad. I'm not sure. I measured the, I got a multimeter put it on, I believe is where the voltage should be coming from. What's his problem? What does he need work on? I know Crystal, you could help him. Yeah. Check the fuses. Check the fuses. Reboot. Turn it off and turn it back on again. There you go.