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The TWIPY's Just Flat Lined...

Cary Hardy·video·25m 41s·analyzed·Dec 6, 2023
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TL;DR

Cary Hardy denounces Twippies category cuts as censorship driven by conflict with Kaneda.

Summary

Cary Hardy criticizes the Twippies Awards for eliminating all content creator categories (YouTube, podcasts, streamers) in response to community conflicts involving Kaneda. Hardy frames this as censorship and cancel culture, arguing it undermines the awards' original purpose of celebrating the pinball community. He calls for reinstatement of the categories and announces a boycott of the event.

Key Claims

  • The Twippies Awards eliminated all content creator categories (YouTube, podcasts, streamers) in recent announcement

    high confidence · Cary Hardy states this as the primary news event prompting his video

  • Colin from Kineticist organized a pinball media mixer and asked Kaneda not to attend based on other creators threatening to boycott the event

    high confidence · Hardy describes the backstory and references Colin sharing details on his website with text message logs

  • Kaneda's Pinball Podcast was removed from the This Week in Pinball database, then the entire database was removed

    high confidence · Hardy describes witnessing the removal and later learning it was targeting rather than a glitch

  • Hardy characterizes the category elimination as censorship and cancel culture motivated by animosity between Colin and Kaneda

    medium confidence · Hardy's interpretation of events, stated as opinion throughout the video

  • The This Week in Pinball database is rarely used by the community and had limited practical value

    medium confidence · Hardy's assessment that no one really uses it and alternatives like Nap's Arcade exist

  • Hardy has never won a Twippies Award and has never actively solicited votes

    high confidence · Direct personal statement by Hardy

  • Hardy is announcing a boycott of the Twippies Awards unless content creator categories are reinstated

    high confidence · Explicit statement near the end of the video

Notable Quotes

  • “can we all agree how absolutely ridiculous this entire thing is?”

    Cary Hardy@ 1:33 — Sets the tone for Hardy's framing of events as absurd

  • “This is not about defending Kaneda's Pinball Podcast. This is a matter of defending all content creators because we are all affected by this.”

    Cary Hardy@ 5:25 — Hardy attempts to reframe the issue as principle over personality

  • “The database was nice so that way you could at least kind of get have another way Tee'd Off get feedback on reviews and stuff like that at all so i saw some benefits of it but being removed from it or whatever i was like i was like that's not really that big of a deal kind of thing”

    Cary Hardy@ 9:26 — Hardy's initial measured take on database removal before interpreting it as targeting

  • “If you only show the positive and you're always bright and bubbly about what's going on, then I don't trust you. because not everything is good.”

    Cary Hardy@ 15:16 — Core philosophy statement on echo chambers and integrity

  • “If you don't like what someone is saying, you don't have Tee'd Off listen Tee'd Off them. You don't have Tee'd Off watch them. That's your own decision.”

    Cary Hardy@ 23:34 — Libertarian framing of the censorship concern

  • “The Twippies Awards were about the people and the industry. And now you've taken out the biggest point of the Twippies Awards. It's all about the people, and you get Tee'd Off choose. But we're taking away your choice.”

    Cary Hardy — Summarizes Hardy's core argument about the awards losing their purpose

Entities

Cary HardypersonKanedapersonColinpersonTwippies AwardseventThis Week in PinballorganizationKineticistorganizationKaneda's Pinball Podcast

Signals

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    business_signal: Twippies Awards credibility damaged by perceived selective enforcement and elimination of half the categories

    high · Hardy frames elimination as 'scorched earth' response rather than structural improvement; questions viability without content creator recognition

  • ?

    community_signal: Major conflict between Kaneda and Colin/Kineticist leadership resulting in exclusion from media mixer, database removal, and category elimination

    high · Detailed backstory of media mixer incident, database targeting, and Twippies category cuts

  • ?

    event_signal: Pinball media mixer organized by Colin to build community but derailed by creator politics and boycott threats

    high · Hardy describes other creators threatening to boycott if Kaneda attended; Colin allegedly asked Kaneda not to come

  • ?

    community_signal: Content creators actively messaging Hardy seeking explanation and validation regarding category cuts

    medium · Hardy mentions phone 'blowing up' with messages from creators wanting him to respond publicly

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Fundamental disagreement on content moderation: censorship vs. open discourse with free choice

    high · Hardy articulates explicit anti-censorship, pro-open-comment philosophy; criticizes echo chambers

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Transcript

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0:00
Holy Mother, my foot! Ow! My other foot! two hours later he hit a vital organ and died oh canada's pinball podcast and also probably the most controversial podcast in pinball but congratulations canada to that sorry i dropped the f-bomb of course you did i'm beers in. We're talking about Canada. In Canada's spirit, I gotta drop an F-bomb with some beers. Poor Jeff is dumping Alka-Seltzer right now and just, poor guy. Canada. Oh my god. Nice job, dude. Great, great job. We all love you. We all hate you at the same time. But you are so damn entertaining. Keep it up. Alright. Pinball drama, pinball drama, and pinball drama. And I'm gonna just try to make this off the cuff right here. Hopefully minimal editing because I do not have the time for it. But mainly, let's just start out by saying, can we all agree how absolutely ridiculous this entire thing is? What's up guys and welcome back to my channel where I talk and do everything pinball. And today we're going to be talking about the upcoming Twippies or maybe the lack thereof. because today it was officially announced that they are going to be slashing pretty close to half of the categories. And those categories have to deal with all of us when it comes to pinball content creation. YouTube, podcasts, streamers, all the favorite categories have been wiped off of the list for us to vote on. But why? That's the big question is why? And my phone is still blowing up here, guys, because people are constantly messaging me and getting back.
2:40
And of course, so I'm going to try to respond to some of these. Yes, people are waiting for me to respond to this. So like, yes, and I'm working on it. Give me some time. It's not a day where I can just sit down and do nothing and record all day. So anyways, this all stems back from literally, and now my phone's going off, so I guess I may have to pause this and then take this call and get back to recording.
3:12
@ 25:15

  • “There's also the possibility of like, maybe we should just figure out a way Tee'd Off be better and Tee'd Off win over the majority. Or scorched earth, let's just knock out all the favorite categories in general.”

    Cary Hardy@ 19:20 — Highlights the disproportionate response to repeated category winners

  • “I am boycotting the Twippies Awards. I'm not a fan of it right now. But luckily, there's still time for them Tee'd Off fix this.”

    Cary Hardy@ 24:12 — Clear statement of Hardy's action and remaining hope for reversal

    • product
    pinball media mixerevent
    Nap's Arcadeorganization
    Tee'd Offproduct

    market_signal: This Week in Pinball database perceived as declining relevance; community migrating to alternatives like Nap's Arcade

    medium · Hardy states database isn't go-to resource anymore and few people use it; notes This Week in Pinball has degraded from original neutral position

  • ?

    community_signal: Kaneda allegedly used audience leverage as negotiating tactic when excluded from media mixer

    medium · Hardy states Kaneda's response was 'if you don't do what I say then I have an audience and I will use them against you'

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    sentiment_shift: Dramatic negative sentiment shift on Twippies Awards credibility and purpose due to content creator category elimination

    high · Hardy describes awards as having 'flatlined' and losing half their audience appeal; calls elimination 'drastic self-suicide'

    • All right. Maybe my phone will be quiet just a little bit longer for this. I don't even know where I was at. But this honestly has been building for years now. And sadly enough, it's more than likely due to one content creator in general. And I can say his name. I will do it right now. It's obviously Kaneda's Pinball Podcast.
    3:45
    For the last three years at least, there has been changes made to the Twippy Awards. And it always tends to be changes that affect that particular category in general. But may not be directed, but it does affect it. Whether it be starting a weighted voting system, and then eventually where he went behind a paywall, then they had to make it to where the only way you can win is if you are not behind a paywall or have so many episodes free to the public.
    4:22
    And basically he's been able to meet every rule every year, giving him the eligibility to be voted on. but things have changed in the course of the last month i want to say and look i'm not here to defend kaneda that's what that's not what this is about the main reason why why i'm doing this is because of the principle behind it the censorship the canceling this is the reason why I'm doing this. It could have been any other content creator or any individual for that matter.
    5:04
    I would still be upset about this, but it definitely does make it more prevalent because of the fact it is a well-known content creator. I mean, it shouldn't be a secret that me and Kaneda have had our little things every once in a while, little tips here and there. So I'm not here to defend him. Let me just get that straight. This is not about defending Kaneda. This is a matter of defending all content creators because we are all affected by this.
    5:35
    But it started, I want to say, a few weeks ago, and no, no, no, I'm wrong. It started all the way back in regards to the pinball media mixer. Guys, this is, like I said, this is so nerdy, pinball nerdish and ridiculous. But if you want to know the backstory, this is what's going to happen. So Colin, with the kineticist, decided to have a pinball media mixer, which basically everyone in the content creation space for pinball was invited to a mixer for all of us to eat, drink, and be merry and stuff like that. evidently other content creators mentioned to Colin that if Kaneda goes to this pinball medium mixer then they are not going to go So this one individual would affect multiple other people from coming to the mixer So Colin was trying to please what he believed to be the majority by telling Kaneda that no you're not invited or it wouldn't be a good idea if you came and reasons now Canada's response was the typical like if you don't do what I say then I have an audience and I will use them against you because of what you're doing to me kind of thing was his response the best no but this goes along with the whole backstory and Colin has shared basically this whole backstory on his website if you want to read through the text message logs and stuff like that or whatever I'll put a link in the video description down below but I'm merely just kind of giving you the highlights here so needless to say things escalated and I'm sure words went back and forth between these two gentlemen and it got to the point to where there's probably animosity or emotional and just discussed with one another for what is going on and I'm not here to defend either of the two for what was said to each other I don't know all that all i know is you know expo happened pinball media mixer happened more time went by things may have happened in the background i don't know but all of a sudden we see on the my lord we see on the this week in pinball database for whatever reason only canada's pinball podcast was removed from the database now of course it's like my lord the my phone is blowing up so obviously it's like okay well that's not a good thing but from my perspective i was like i'm not gonna make a big deal out of this for a couple of reasons you know one it could be just a glitch they may be working on the website and it's going to be back up in no time or whatever so i wasn't going to like blow it up on this but secondly it was also just the database that's that's the way i looked at it also and i think more than likely for a lot of content creators i'm not speaking for you guys but chances are the more i'm just gonna be blank and blunt about it fuck it look no one uses the database No one fucking looks at it. It's there, and whether or not I'm even in it, honestly, if the database came back up and I wasn't in it, I wouldn't shed a tear. I would be fine, as is every other content creator would be fine. the database was nice so that way you could at least kind of get have another way to get feedback on reviews and stuff like that at all so i saw some benefits of it but being removed from it or whatever i was like i was like that's not really that big of a deal kind of thing it's like don't worry about it but then as time passed by another week goes by that's when i see that okay it wasn't a glitch it was targeting an individual to silence them censor cancel or whatever kind of thing and honestly it would be a little bit different also if the website that was doing this was not twip because we are used to this week in pinball being for everyone in the hobby all of us it has been neutral with the deep dives and everything and granted if you look at the history of what twip used to be compared to what it is now there's definitely been degradation because we have other options now that we go to like nap arcade and stuff like that so there has been degradation i'm just saying speaking from the heart here guys it may hurt to hear you me say this but yes TWIP isn't our go-to website anymore so the database is more than likely not a go-to link that people are looking for anymore so I decided to actually step in merely inquire about what is going on when it comes to the database are you censoring are you canceling a certain individual and by the time I reached out at this point, the database had been completely removed.
    11:23
    And so at that time, I was like, okay, at least it's an even playing field because it was specified to me and I'm not going to be sharing messages that were sent to me. I have no problem sharing messages that I have sent out, but I'm not going to share messages that were sent to me.
    11:39
    But I'm like, okay, it affects everybody evenly. And once again, it's just the database. So, but it was specified that changes were going to be made to it.
    11:53
    And that's the thing is that a lot of these messages, guys, some of the words that were used did make me a little concerned.
    12:04
    And which made it to the point where I was anticipating this to happen. Okay? So certain words were used in there, whether it be the word changes. and stuff like that, I was like, okay, I'm just saying you need to be neutral. Remain neutral on this.
    12:28
    And that's the thing is that regardless of what content creators or let's just say, fucking whatever Kaneda has said to you behind it or whatever, like, yes, more than likely it was probably me. and the people that follow him probably said other things that were mean as well We cannot control what people think and what other people say what we can control is how we react to that and from what i can see as just a pinball enthusiast pinball creator aside pinball content creator let me get that right just a pinball enthusiast in general looking at this It definitely feels like you're censoring people because you don't like what they do. And that's the thing is that even if you do not like what people say or what people are doing, how you react to it is going to mean so much more than what the individuals are doing to upset you. So by disliking what an individual is doing and saying, you know what? Scorched earth.
    13:52
    We're going to do it my way. This is all about what I want. I want nothing but positivity in pinball. That's all I want to hear. That's all I want to see. I don't want to think about negative comments, negative feedback. I don't want to see it. That's no way to fucking live life, first of all. Because censoring, canceling, putting up guardrails to only allow what you want, we call that an echo chamber. And that is something I am anti against.
    14:26
    That is why my comment section on my videos is completely open unless they are literally targeting or it's abuse to a drastic extent. I don't delete comments. You can say what you want, whether it be towards me. That's completely fine. I get it. I would love for every video I make to be great and everyone loves it. Nothing but thumbs up. But sadly, I'm also a realist and I know that's not going to happen. By only promoting positivity and only showing positivity, you're basically putting up a facade.
    15:07
    You're losing all integrity at this point. I don't care what you do when it comes to website building, YouTube content creation. If you only show the positive and you're always bright and bubbly about what's going on, then I don't trust you. because not everything is good.
    15:29
    Not everything people create is good, including myself. I put myself in this. Not everything is good.
    15:40
    Not everyone can be pleased. And some people just can't handle that. There are people that have gotten into this hobby, gotten into pinball content creation, and merely a short-lived lifespan of said content creation because the moment they get negative feedback, they can't take it.
    16:08
    They don't know what to do. Oh, this is too hard. People are too mean. I can't handle this. Okay, if you can't handle it, you can't. but whenever you put things out online for everyone else to see,
    16:25
    and then you do not allow feedback, you're not having a conversation. You're merely dictating at that point. So when you have the twippies, I'm hoping I'm trying to stay on topic here. what the Twippies have been about since their inception.
    16:49
    Every single pinball podcaster, every single YouTube show, every single pinball media content puts a lot of time and soul and effort into this. A second, people who don't stream or make YouTube videos, it's hard to conceive the amount of time that those streamers and YouTube videos, everything of what goes into all that. So it's not only is pinball hard, and pinball is rough to make, and it's hard to get right for designers and artists and everything else, but it's hard for the people that's bringing you that gameplay and bringing you that entertainment. They put countless hours and hard work into that. And this gives a recognition to those people. Regardless of whether you win or not, or if your favorite machine wins or not. Exactly. We all are working hard to make this a better day. We're celebrating all of pinball with the Twippies. That's what the Twippies is going to be year after year. It's going to be a celebration of pinball. I don't care if you're last place or first place. Damn it. You made a machine, and you're here, and people love your product. Exactly. Whether you got the least amount of votes or the most amount of votes for your podcast, who cares? You're taking the time to make pinball great and to grow the hobby. Yep. It's exactly what we want. So for you guys, thank you so much for tuning in. So when it comes to the Twippies, it's been about the people. it's been about the industry it's been about both since the beginning of the twippies the very first one in 2017 that's what it's been about you've had the favorites category for the content creation side and you also have machines and the manufacturers in the industry they've always been there and we can argue but the content creation side is the more exciting point of going to the twippies to get to see these personalities that people have favorited and voted on to wonder whether or not their vote actually meant something to eventually watch this particular person go up there and accept an award that the majority voted on.
    19:08
    And just because someone wins an award over and over and over and over again doesn mean you should just create rules to keep them from winning another one There's also the possibility of like, maybe we should just figure out a way to be better and to win over the majority.
    19:30
    Or scorched earth, let's just knock out all the favorite categories in general. No one's a winner. I, I, what? I'm like, I'm like, no, I can't get behind that. And this is coming from someone that has never won a Twippy Award. Like, yes, I've been runner up in second or third place. I don't even remember now. I've got the plaque up there or whatever, but like, I've never won a Twippy Award. and those who have followed me since the beginning, I've never asked for votes either. The only time that I have ever done anything with the Twippy voting process is merely encourage those of you out there to vote for what you believe is your favorite or what machine was best or whatever like that. I have never asked for votes because I feel like if I was to win a Twippy award, I personally would only really enjoy it if I won it because the mass public, on their own accord, came together and felt that I was their favorite YouTuber, pinball content creator, whatever. I don't want to win an award where I have to get out there, ask you to vote for me. I'm merely and that's why I don't even share my own content online I do not like self promoting I'm freaking horrible at doing it because the moment I do I feel the narcissism kind of thing and I'm like look at me look at me kind of thing I don't know it just feels weird and that's probably why I'm not growing as big as I could because I don't really promote and so when it comes to the twippy and you're killing all the content creators granted if you're doing this content creation in hopes of winning a plastic trophy at the beginning of the year you're doing it for all the wrong reasons just saying but i think it's a matter of just the recognition you know just kind of like i got the puppies over here if i want to fit but i think it's the recognition that people also like but the winning of an award or whatever you know to each their own on that but to make it to where no one can win an award i think you just kill the twippies there's still time as of right now i do think that this is a drastic self-suicide for the 12 20 for the twippies um because you've knocked out a lot of the reason why people watch or go to the Twippies.
    22:38
    It's like, hey, let's just kill half of our audience because we're killing at least half of the damn categories. I'm trying to figure out why that decision was made because I was informed that any drastic changes or any changes would get fed to me because I would be able to go from a typical pinball enthusiast to give you feedback. Never got that, but I always assumed. I'm like, we're probably going to be losing this category. So I'm just going to wait. I'm going to wait it out and see if the axe or the hammer actually drops. And lo and behold, it did, and that's why I'm speaking out today because I am against the censorship. I'm against the cancel culture because people don't like what you say.
    23:33
    That's the thing. If you don't like what someone is saying, you don't have to listen to them. You don't have to watch them. That's your own decision. You make the decision to listen to somebody. You make the decision as you're scrolling through Facebook to stop and watch someone's live feed.
    23:55
    You. Yes, granted, the person that you're watching made the decision to say or do certain things. We can't control that. What we can control is how we react to it. So I've got to wrap this up. I've got things to do. But I just want to say as of right now, I am boycotting the Twippies.
    24:22
    I'm not a fan of it right now. But luckily, there's still time for them to fix this. There is still time to right this wrong.
    24:34
    Just open the categories back up for all again, and we're good. I mean, do you think the Twippies are going to be enjoyable as you watch people from Stern Pinball go up and down the stage over and over again?
    24:50
    No. If anything, just have us vote, then post a list up online. And I'm completely aware, guys, that the people that are doing this, that are running the Twippies, that are doing this, they're doing this on their own accord. They're not profiting off of this. I mean, they could technically, if they wanted to, profit off of this. They could start charging tickets for the Twippies to get in, and maybe they should.
    25:15
    But the point is that the Twippies were about the people and the industry. And now you've taken out the biggest point of the Twippies.
    25:31
    It's all about the people, and you get to choose. But we're taking away your choice. you