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The Walking Dead Launch Party "B" Finals

IE Pinball·video·23m 38s·analyzed·Nov 7, 2014
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TL;DR

IE Pinball streams The Walking Dead B Finals tournament with gameplay analysis and community interaction.

Summary

IE Pinball streams The Walking Dead pinball tournament B Finals, featuring gameplay commentary on four competitors (Kevin Nichols, Matt Young, Mark Vandard, Eugene Lewis) competing for $50, $25, $15, and $10 prizes. The broadcast discusses The Walking Dead machine mechanics, multiball strategies, 2x scoring multipliers, and tournament format considerations, with live audience interaction via chat.

Key Claims

  • The Walking Dead machine right playfield is harder than the left playfield

    medium confidence · Host notes playing the machine earlier and observing the right game felt harder

  • To start 2x scoring multiplier on The Walking Dead, you need to hit two targets and activate through the end lane

    medium confidence · Commentary during Eugene Lewis's multiball play, though commentators acknowledge uncertainty about exact mechanics ('flying on the blind')

  • Prison needs to be spelled twice before it opens on The Walking Dead

    high confidence · Direct commentary during Eugene Lewis's play: 'You gotta spell expelled to prison twice before it opens'

  • Tournament organizers are considering adjusting format from 5 out of 9 games to 6 out of 9, and potentially moving from 4 to 6 finals games

    medium confidence · Early tournament discussion about addressing scoring consistency issues when players only score 25 baseline points

  • The Walking Dead machine has optical switches that require proper ball control to register hits

    high confidence · Multiple references to 'Optos are actually behaving' and 'didn't register' during gameplay

Notable Quotes

  • “We'd rather run our tournament how we want rather than change it to the guidelines to get maximum points.”

    Host (tournament organizer) @ early broadcast — Reflects tournament organizer philosophy on independence from standardized formats

  • “We can't be having a world-class pinball tournament that gets half the points. 75% or 80% of the time.”

    Host @ early broadcast — Identifies core tournament design problem: low scoring consistency requiring format adjustments

  • “Was it fate? Was it skill? What was it? Fate.”

    Host interviewing Eugene Lewis @ mid-broadcast — Post-match interview capturing player's perspective on a critical drain during multiball attempt

  • “This is like, I'd rather have this than the 50.”

    Eugene Lewis (second place finisher) @ end of broadcast — Prize commentary showing preferential value of The Walking Dead machine collectible over cash prize

  • “So randomness is Beetlejuice. I mean, you haven't hit these two targets so many times. But how many times?”

    Host @ mid-broadcast — Acknowledges uncertainty about The Walking Dead rules mechanics despite tournament play

Entities

The Walking DeadgameKevin NicholspersonMatt YoungpersonMark VandardpersonEugene LewispersonIE PinballorganizationFish RacepersonKarl DeAngeloperson

Signals

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    event_signal: The Walking Dead Launch Party B Finals is a tournament event with live streaming, multiple competitors, and prize distribution

    high · Structured tournament format with four named players competing for $50/$25/$15/$10 prizes

  • ?

    competitive_signal: The Walking Dead tournament meta shows emphasis on prison multiball unlocking and 2x scoring multiplier optimization as primary scoring strategies

    high · Repeated commentary on prison spelling, multiball start conditions, and 2x multiplier shot sequences during all four players' turns

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    design_philosophy: The Walking Dead machine has inconsistent optical switch behavior that affects gameplay reliability and player success registration

    medium · Multiple instances of shots 'not registered' and references to Optos 'behaving' or not during gameplay

  • ?

    product_concern: The Walking Dead machines may have playfield asymmetry issues with one side reported as harder than the other

    low · Host observation that 'the right game is harder' after playing earlier; unclear if calibration issue or design

Transcript

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0:00
Welcome to the World of Boating in the Bay Area. This is the first game we've got for this property. It's called the Boat Trap. It's really a great ball and arrow. It's a ball and arrow and not a football and a ball and arrow. It's a ball and arrow and it's actually a real ball like the last of your customers. Here's the funny part. Sometimes I need to put a bottle on the teacher voice if they want to put it on. I should like to put it on. I don't know if the coach wants I don't know if I can bang it right in the game and score that target. The target is so close, and I can just bang the game. I'm right at the target, but I can bang it three, four times. And it's back, back, back. So when you tell... I got the counter with yellow. Stop doing that! ...run and... ...and...
0:59
I just feel like now my girlfriend is unlike me, you know. I got the only one that's there. You know, I promised the point. Hey, why are you molesting my boyfriend?
1:19
No, but it's limited like at 30 or 40 points. Do you mind if we go back to two? You are correct. Don't tell me what he is up there.
1:49
But when you get like a half a point, it doesn't really matter. So how are we going to adjust in Nevergreens to get maximum points for the... I don't think we are. Why don't you just do like... We'd rather run our tournament how we want rather than change it to the guidelines to get maximum points. But all you'd have to do is just like make two qualifying plays per game. But then you're forced to play. Yeah, exactly. You're not forced just to play two. You're forced to get two good scores in that game. Doubling the amount of play you have to do. And all the way to decrease the line so we don't have 670.
2:39
We've got to do something, though. We can't be having a world-class pinball tournament that gets half the points. 75% or 80% of the time. That's the most we're going to miss? 75-80? If we keep our state from it. We might go to four games for finals.
2:54
We're probably going to go to six out of nine instead of five out of nine. Fuck the power. I know. It's not a perfect system, is it? No, it's not.
3:10
I like some of what they've done. I like the fact that you don't have to. I like the socialism part, Colin. Everybody gets 25 points no matter what.
3:19
But I don't like the... He has a problem on every game. That's Carl D'Angelo looking fishy. Hey, Mike.
4:06
What? Just hello. Good, how are you? Thanks for running that tournament. Thanks for running the tournament.
4:25
You helped. If you want to commentate, you're welcome. I said, that's Carl D'Angelo looking fishy. I'm sorry, though. I've never seen a game where you do this and break three games. I mean, that was amazing. I'm not seeing the combos are what raised the multiplier, right?
4:58
You know what I'm guessing a lot of people don't know? It seems like it. Once they get the gates open,
5:04
to spell the letters, they can shoot any of the kills. I don't know what to draw. I can draw it. How much am I? Bang, bang, bang.
5:23
All of them. What do you think of this fat door? Where is the apron? Sir, do you have a large? Here it is.
5:47
I love the ability to do this It just that this game doesn lend it You know it like for a 2x multiplier you want to go there and there and then you have to shoot this loop
6:04
Other games will lend better to it. I got the first note of that. That's just recording.
7:16
How could that ever happen? If one translator I want, it doesn't get picked, but the three guys in front of me.
7:33
Are you going to go and get some parking? I'm going. All right. I can't move anything else around. Thank you. I'm recording all this so I can post it later. Oh, all right. If you care.
10:29
Are we final? That's it. So that bounce out is nasty. That's it. Huh? The whole thing, that's just nasty. Oh, that is cool. Are you serious? So you're going to have to say, well. Press the escape key to erase it. Make sure you're talking to the mic. Hold on, I'm just testing. So you can say, okay, he's going to shoot for this. And he's going to go over here. And then from here, he's going to try to shoot the ramp. Like that. Okay.
10:56
Oh, that's really cool. All right. How did you do that? All right, so somebody's online, you say. Seven people online. You got to be a little closer to the mic to get a good view. Like right here? I made it last time.
11:13
Over there. Alright. Alright, is anybody online? If everybody's online and watching this, send some kind of text.
11:23
Send a message. Anybody. Tell me I'm not alone. Please, tell me. Okay, screw it. Even if I'm alone, I'm still going to talk to myself.
11:41
Yeah, nobody's on. I don't think anybody. Now the delay is how much when I looking at the video A minute It could be So when I doing the Okay. We'll be right back. We do have somebody online.
12:28
Who's Fish Race? K3 V2 is watching as well. What's going on, fellow pinheads? Somebody's watching. Fish Race. Oh, yeah. Fish Race is Mike. Mike, I'm going.
12:46
Mike. He's having a... Let's take a look at the tool. Ask them if the dual set up is too much.
13:14
If they can see the screen well? I'm curious if the dual set up is too much. If it's too much information, we're going to like it.
13:22
Hey, how do you guys like the two screens? Is there too much information, or do you like it like that?
13:45
Hey, Carl, what's the delay on the video? I'm trying to find it. I want to put it right here so I can see the video.
14:04
Okay, just talk to him. Yeah, he's on the phone. So is the video and the voice at St. Guilain? The video you see is. Oh, so the video. Okay, so what. Your secret is this. Yeah, you're live with this. Oh, okay, perfect. Okay, so that's fine. When I'm talking, they see what I'm saying. Oh, okay, that's cool.
14:24
Okay, they say it's good. Fish, Ray says it's good. Yeah, this set up lets us use less cameras for more games. Okay, so is this the finals going on right now or what's going on? This is the finals. Aha.
14:44
All right, guys, we're watching the B finals. Is it exciting or what? On one end we have the magician. He's trying to pull something. Some kind of magic.
14:55
We've got serious money here for B. We're looking at $50. $25, $15, and $10 respectively. Of course, tax forms, $10.99s are going to be given out to all the players for these kind of prizes.
15:13
Actually, believe it or not, the right game is... Oh, wait a second. It's flipped. You're right. The right game is harder. I was playing it earlier, and there was something wrong about it. I don't know. Like the feel.
15:39
Is Gene in it or not? Yeah. Gene is in it. He's playing, but he's on right now. He's on right now? He's player four.
15:55
All right, so who are the guys? Okay, so we got Kevin Nichols. So we got Matt Young was player one. Kevin Nichols, player two. Mark Vandard, player three. Gene Lewis. And Gene Lewis, player four.
16:11
So Kevin just wasted his ball seat over there. Well, I don't know if it's wasted. I guess that's what it's for.
16:17
Let's see what he's going to try to do. I'm sure he's probably going to try to go for the prison. He's got a hit on it. Got two hits on it.
16:27
The Optos are actually behaving for him right now. Got the ball in control. Got another hit on the prison. Now it's starting to blink a little bit faster. Uh-oh, it's ready. It's ready to go.
16:42
See if he can get the hit in there. Oh, denied And he didn't register And we hear the frustration Just the frustration of Kevin Nickel Hey, Kevin He's awesome That's when I want his commentary When he's raw This is raw and censored You guys want to feel raw and censored commentary It's okay, it's after 1030 FCC is okay right?
17:14
Okay, so now who do we have next? Who do we have next? Paul. We got Paul next here. The underdog trying to be a contender. Let's see if he can do anything here.
17:32
He got one of the ramp shots. He's going for the bike girl. Oh, and it just drained. He got bit Here Gene There you go fish race This is your guy right here
17:53
Okay he gets a skill for a million. Gonna go for prison. Got the hit. Got another hit. Another hit for the prison. There it is. Opto's working for him too.
18:19
Yeah, 49 million, especially in the playoffs, is pretty good. Yeah, let's see if Jake can get the ball in control. He still has two more letters he's got to spell on prison. to start his multi ball. He's got a credo on the right. Oh, tried for the hit but hit the target. It's gonna help him anyways later on for the scoring. Still no hit. Get control, get control, stop the ball. There you go. He's actually going for the low. Oh.
18:58
There you go. Got the big fat ugly guy. Re-control. Oh, not registered. A little flailing. Trying to get that prison. He wants that multi-ball. He wants it bad.
19:18
Oh, got the hit on it. Multi-ball is ready. Can he hit it in there? Can he start it? Or would he choke? There it is. Multiball for James. Let's see if he can make it happen now. Now at this point, he's probably going to try to hit the, the well, is it the well mark? Or what is that guy called? Well walker. He's going to try to hit the well walker and try to combine the two multiballs. Let's see if that's going to be his strategy here. Because basically the idea right now is you want to try to hit a wall walker. After you combine that multi-ball then, you want to try to get your 2x scoring by basically... He already hit these two. So once he goes through the end lane there, activate the 2x scoring, and then he can start scoring some serious points.
20:10
So let's see. How can you tell he's got the 2x left? because there is right here a salt lighting up. But it's not lit. It's not lit right now. So how do you know that this is going to actually start the 2X? I don't know. I did it randomly, and it worked. So randomness is always good.
20:28
I mean, you haven't hit these two targets so many times. But how many times? I know this starts it, but how many times have you hit the one? That is a good question, Carl. But please, I think you know the answer, so tell us. I don't. He doesn't know the answer, so there we go. We're flying on the blind. But we just know that you gotta hit those two targets and you gotta hit the in lane I don't know how many times but it'll give you a 2x. So far it's always good to me though when I was... Not always for me. Not always for you?
20:59
Maybe I was missing the prison shot so often and hitting the targets way more often than you. Yeah, because you actually have to hit the target way over there. That's right. So let's see, so Gene, he had a okay multiball. I think he probably scored better. Since he used both.
21:17
31 million chasing first place right now. First place is what? A 40... 49. He got bit, which is nice when you have a multiball.
21:35
Oh boy, now he's gonna try to reopen up prison. Which is tough. Very tough. You gotta get expelled to prison twice before it opens. Twice you gotta spell it, right. Exactly. And that didn't register and that's what happens. That's right. Snap. Snap of frustration for Gene. Gene. Gene, come here. I need to know firsthand the frustration that you felt when that ball went down the middle. You were close to getting first. You were getting there. It looks like I was. I thought I might get it. And then what happened? Ball drained. The ball drained. Was it fate? Was it skill? What was it? Fate. It was fate, huh? So it wasn't skill. It was out of your control. Out of my control. Because you had the skills, right? You could have made it happen. Could have made it happen. And you didn't make it happen. I wasn't last. At least I came in second. You weren't last. You came in second. That's right. Nothing wrong with second. You placed. Good job. Good job, Thing. Thanks a lot. I really appreciate your comments. I'm sure the millions of people that are hearing us right now are very appreciative of that. Millions of people worldwide. Worldwide. Thanks, Chief.
23:06
Is that my prize? Man. Yes! Fuck yeah! Hey, I better know magicians first. This is, I don't care, I love zombies. This is like, I'd rather have this than the 50. Good job.
23:23
Come see it? Oh, nice. Oh, the walkie-talkie one, too. Well done, sir. Thank you, man. I am so glad to be here. Let's go. I've been unable to fix it. Very nice.