Wizards & Warriors Presents "MasterClass" - Rush (Stern) ft. Gregory Kennedy & Preston Currie

Wizards & Warriors·podcast_episode·1h 16m·analyzed·Nov 24, 2025

Analysis

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TL;DR

Gregory Kennedy's 5-minute Rush tutorial covers modes, multiballs, instruments, and combos.

Summary

Gregory Kennedy presents a rapid 5-minute tutorial on Rush (Stern) covering core gameplay mechanics: hitting blinking records to start modes with 2x shot multipliers, the time machine ramp system for multiball qualification, instrument targets similar to Walking Dead's blood bath mechanic, combo building and jackpot collection, and multiball variants (Fly by Night, Subdivisions, Red Barchetta, Free Will, Far Cry). The instruction is presented as an educational masterclass focused on essential rules and shot sequences.

Key Claims

Hitting the same record twice does not collect it; only blinking records count as new collection
high confidence · Direct gameplay demonstration and explicit instruction during tutorial
Two records equal one mode start, indicated by a red blinking light on the time machine
high confidence · Direct gameplay mechanic shown and explained with visual indicators
Time machine requires three hits on default settings to raise and qualify multiball
high confidence · Explicitly stated: 'You only have to hit it three times on default settings for it to raise up'
Three different time machine multiballs exist: Fly by Night, Subdivisions, and Red Barchetta
high confidence · Named directly during gameplay: 'There's three different time machine multiballs. You'll either get fly by night, subdivisions, or red baretta.'
On Rush, instruments activate perks when shot behind the drop targets, unlike Walking Dead where they are passive
high confidence · Comparison stated: 'The only difference with Walking Dead is uh on Rush, the instruments actually do something.'

Notable Quotes

“Hitting the same one doesn't collect records. You must hit blinking records.”
Gregory Kennedy @ ~0:30 — Core tutorial rule explaining the record-hitting mechanic
“It means every shot there scores double. That's all it means. It means every shot there scores double just for lighting a mode.”
Gregory Kennedy @ ~1:15 — Explanation of rainbow record/2x shot multiplier mechanic
“You only have to hit it three times on default settings for it to raise up.”
Gregory Kennedy @ ~2:00 — Specifies time machine qualification requirement
“There's three different time machine multiballs. You'll either get fly by night, subdivisions, or red baretta.”
Gregory Kennedy @ ~2:15 — Names the three multiball variants
“The only difference with Walking Dead is uh on Rush, the instruments actually do something.”
Gregory Kennedy @ ~3:45 — Distinguishes Rush's instrument mechanic from the predecessor game

Entities

Gregory KennedypersonPreston CurriepersonRushgameStern PinballcompanyWizards & WarriorsorganizationWalking DeadgameFly by NightproductSubdivisionsproductRed BarchettaproductFree WillproductFar Cry Multiballproduct

Signals

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community_signal: Stern/Wizards & Warriors producing educational masterclass content series to teach casual players Rush mechanics
high · Structured 5-minute tutorial format explicitly designed to cover essential gameplay quickly and clearly for new players

Transcript

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0:03

All right, welcome to my super quick fiveminute rush tutorial. Let's jump right in. Start the ball. What do you hit? Look at the blinking records. See all those blinking? Blinking. Blinking. Blinking. Blinking. Any of those? You hit two. There's one. Uh, what if I hit it again? Nothing. That's right. That just tells you that that you have that record. So, hitting the same one doesn't collect records. You must hit blinking records. So, let's hit this one. Boom. two records equals mode. So now you can see the red light is blinking on top of the time machine which tells you that is your mode. Your mode is ready to go. Another way to tell that you have a mode lit is all the arrows are now blinking rainbow. What does the rainbow mean? Well, it means if you shoot that shot now you've placed a rainbow record, which just means it's a 2x shot multiplier. That's all it means. It means every shot there scores double. That's right. It's a 2x shot multiplier just for lighting a mode. All right. Blinking red light means I shoot that, it's going to start a mode. What mode it starts? Well, it'll be whatever one you have the most colors of. So, if you really like a certain mode, shoot a bunch of records of that color. Uh, all right. That's a mode. How do I start a multiball? Well, you just shoot the time machine. Boom. I hit the time machine. Boom. I hit the time machine again. And now, look, it's ready to go. You only have to hit it three times on default settings for it to raise up. And since I started a mode, that counted as one time. And then I just hit it two more times. And now you can see this light up here is blinking green. That's right. Blinking green light means multiball is ready. And you uh next shot to that time machine will start multiball.

1:48

Woo! I started multiball. Uh there's three different time machine multiballs. You'll either get fly by night, subdivisions, or red baretta. Uh, if I would have shot this shot before the multiball started. That will let you change between which of the multiballs you start. The instrument targets over here. You ever played Walking Dead? Well, they're just like the blood bath targets. You wait for them to land on the instrument you want. You hit any target. And now that target is stopped. So, if I hit the other two, it'll give me that target. If you hit a white arrow, that will raise the drop targets again. So, you can't get any more instruments until you hit a white arrow.

2:39

The only difference with Walking Dead is uh on Rush, the instruments actually do something. So, if you see them pulsing here, you can actually shoot behind here and that activates your instruments. You start jamming on them, you get cool perks. Stuff happens. I'm not going to go into the perks. That's for a more in-depth video. This is just the quick video. Uh, so I'm going to hit another white arrow. They're going to come back up. I'm going to wait for my last one. Boom. Boom. Boom. All right. Once you have all the instruments, you'll see them blinking really fast. You'll also see this blinking really, really fast. That means multiball is lit. If I shoot behind there, it will throw free will. One thing to note, if I start a new ball and the drops come up, that multiball is still lit, the way you can tell it's lit once again is by this blinking light. So get behind those drops and shoot it in there. I'm not going to start that multiball cuz we don't have time. The next one, hit the two green targets, turns this light green. Then you shoot the ramp when that light is green. It says light lock. That's exactly what it does. It lights lock on this blinking green. You see blinking green on your scoop, that means lock is lit. Best way to do it is probably to scoop the left orbit, hold it the flipper. There you go. You've locked a ball. And now you see the light is solid green. Solid green means you have a ball locked. And the next time you do this light, light ramp.