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Firepower Battle: Real Pinball vs. Virtual Pinball

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000·video·1h 5m·analyzed·Nov 16, 2022
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TL;DR

Manu and Lynn stream physical vs virtual Firepower comparison with gameplay challenges.

Summary

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 hosts Lynn Denver for a live-streamed comparison battle between physical and virtual Firepower pinball, using the Third Axis Firepower versus AI recreation. The stream features high-score games and multi-stage challenges including lighting specific targets (FIRE, POWER, SHIELD), with discussion of gameplay mechanics, virtual accuracy, and the quarter-crunching nature of the original 1980 arcade game.

Key Claims

  • The Third Axis version of Firepower versus AI is 'highly endorsed' by both Manu and Lynn Denver

    high confidence · Manu explicitly states 'highly endorsed by myself and lynn denver i am using the third axis version of Harry Williams multi-ball firepower'

  • Firepower was one of the first pinball games with flipper lane switches (single lane change on right flipper)

    high confidence · Lynn confirms 'The only flipper, this is one of the first The Games that had flipper lane switches, correct? Yes, it had a single flipper lane change'

  • Firepower is a 'quarter crunching' game with fast gameplay (approximately one game per minute)

    high confidence · Mystery J notes 'this game is not a long playing game' and discussion about spending $20 gets ~20 minutes of play

  • There is no Powerball option available yet in the virtual version of Firepower

    high confidence · Manu states 'I don't think there's a selectable option yet to do Powerballs in the virtual version of firepower'

  • Lynn Denver has a physical Firepower machine in her home, while Manu plays virtually

    high confidence · Direct statement: 'This is a physical machine. You're seeing here' and 'I have a physical firepower right here, but I still have the third axis versus AI installed'

Notable Quotes

  • “I'm the only streamer on Twitch who would say, oh, great, we started a fucking hype drain.”

    Manu@ 8:46 — Self-deprecating humor about pinball terminology and streamer personality

  • “This is one of the first The Games that had flipper lane switches, correct? Yes, it had a single flipper lane change.”

    Lynn Denver / Manu@ 18:16 — Educational content about Firepower's historical significance in pinball design

  • “We're just friends playing pinball, right? Very much so.”

    Manu / Lynn Denver@ 17:10 — Reinforces the light-hearted, friendly nature of the competition

  • “Firepower runs quick for sure but yeah but mystery j is right this game is not a long playing game.”

    Lynn Denver@ 35:31 — Confirms the quarter-crunching arcade design of the original 1980 game

  • “Feel the rhythm. Eat the stuff. I forget what it is.”

    Manu@ 30:29 — Humorous moment where host cannot recall famous Firepower callout phrase

Entities

ManupersonLynn DenverpersonMystery Pinball Theater 3000mediaThird AxispersonGame Club CentralmediaDeadFlipmediaFirepowergame

Signals

  • ?

    community_signal: Multi-streamer collaborative broadcast with Game Club Central and Fliptronic creating integrated chat and community participation across platforms

    high · Dual chat setup, streamer participation, coordinated challenge commentary, viewer engagement through multiple channels

  • ?

    community_signal: Charitable fundraiser integration for Elijah Gilbert (pinball player with leukemia) through Project Pinball and Fred Marco Pinball with raffle incentives

    high · Stream feature promoting $25+ donations with Avengers topper raffle entries; charitable cause clearly communicated with donation link in chat

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Discussion of Firepower as quarter-crunching arcade game with fast play times (roughly 1 minute per game) reflecting original 1980s commercial arcade design intent

    high · Multiple references to quick gameplay, quarter consumption, and comparison to modern machines; explicit statement 'this game is not a long playing game'

  • ?

    historical_signal: Firepower confirmed as early adopter of flipper lane-change mechanics, representing innovation in 1980 pinball design

    high · Lynn confirms 'one of the first The Games that had flipper lane switches' with 'single flipper lane change' on right flipper

  • ?

    product_strategy: Public streaming demonstration of virtual vs physical pinball accuracy using Third Axis Firepower versus AI recreation

    high · Direct head-to-head gameplay comparison between physical Firepower and virtual V-pin version; explicit endorsement of virtual recreation accuracy

Transcript

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0:00
Boy I hope this works. Hello welcome Mr Pinball Theater 3000 here Manu. Damn you boy Manu. I got company. have guests there they are hang on open it up to the voice in my head right now is the lovely lynn denver just the voice in your head so far just the voice in my head right now that's whenever i whenever i do a redemption and one of someone does a redemption of like me thinking it's Lynn.
0:56
Let's switch over to the dual chat. Hello everybody. Hey fiends. How you doing? Let's switch over to the dual chat scene so you guys can see my buddy. Oh yeah.
1:07
Hi Lynn. Hi Manu. How are you? VP fiends. Alright here comes Game Club Central. Marty's in the house.
1:21
Marty is very much in the house. Let me make sure the levels are correct. We have a special thing. What are we doing today, Lynn? What are we doing?
1:34
We're doing the virtual versus physical that I've always wanted to do. Fire power. Hell yeah. This should be fun. All right. Hi, Paladin. Marty, are you sure that you don't want to lose that money? $100 on Lynn oh damn well thank you Paul you're really going to do that to our host people Ellie's here what up Ellie Ellie's here I was putting the word in a few places too so team Lynn y'all are mean well it's pinball is being let's face it especially firepower that's true that's true um so Lynn and I go team Lynn you guys suck well so Lynn and I decided to try... This was a while ago, right, Len? Like a while ago we were talking about doing a... I think... It's only been a couple weeks.
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    technology_signal: Third Axis Firepower versus AI confirmed as latest version (3.36) of Multiball Firepower recreation available on VPU; gaps in feature parity (Powerball option not yet implemented)

    high · Manu states 'latest version...3.36 of Multiball Firepower versus AI' and 'no selectable option yet to do Powerballs in the virtual version'

    • 2:56
    I think I just offhanded put out a couple weeks ago when you were streaming about let's put Firepower up to it.
    3:04
    Yeah. I felt maybe I was just waiting for it. Probably. I was just eagerly waiting to try this. I mean, this is a... Thank you, Marty. Love it. This is a really challenging game. A while ago, I streamed. Now, the version I'm using, which was also endorsed by Lynn, is the latest Firepower versus AI.
    3:41
    Yeah, that's what I have on the virtual cab I have. It's still on there in spite of having a real physical firepower in this house.
    3:51
    Yeah, this one... This one is... If you're going to play along, if you want to play along, go to VPU and download the latest version. I think it's 3.36 of Multiball Firepower versus AI. I will not be using... I was going to mess with you tonight, Lynn, and like fire up the AI.
    4:16
    And I was like, no, because they could tell that I'm not that good. Well, especially since it flashes. It calls the shots on the six bank. Yeah, it calls the shots. And I can't tell it specifically to do the challenges we have set up. There's Fliptronic.
    4:39
    Fliptronic! AI troll. Wow, this is a lot of people. Hi, everybody. So I'm here. We have... Do I do this right? Right there. Lynn in Denver's here. We're going to battle a little bit on... So Lynn has a fireball physical. I am rocking the fireball virtual.
    5:10
    A physical firepower. So I'm not saying fireball. I'll be playing. Yeah. It's happened a few times. Not just you. There's been a bunch of people trying to remember if it was Paladin or Mudderfutter who did. Screw it up, too. It's a completely different game, too. fireball very much a completely different game it's such a different game shots of fireball for everybody heard it what's up second place andy wild dog is here i'll say y'all all here to watch lynch just kick my butt right all right cool that's fine so so members of the imperial stormtrooper pinball league in fact i'm the founding member of it so right here it's right here Wild Dog, thank you for the sub for three months Love you guys Wild Dog, how are you both doing though? I heard one of you was I heard both of them were sick actually Oh really?
    6:19
    Yeah, Gary got sick after Ed did Alright, what up Ill? See my man Ill is here, now I got some power Tilt is here What was that? I think overall from what I've been hearing About COVID and the Pinball Expo Is that it kind of muted my jealousy over not going I was kind of envious of everyone I mean, here's the thing It really depends Like I went and I didn't get anything So I guess if you're in teflon for the most part with regards to that i don't know what it is you're coated in teflon with regards to the sea i got it once i got it once and then i got boosted and i got boosted again and i when i planned it i a month before expo i went and got another booster like a month before expo when i got another booster yeah we did it a couple weeks before the pinball show down here so we were fully fully immune by the time we went in right they're much better though there's flip tronic all right so lynn what are we doing today we're gonna queen dark lady says i did not get the rona my shirona so we should start basic shut up marty which is which is we just start with seeing who can get the highest scores and we start doing more specific challenges okay cool flip tronic thank you for the sub tier one love you hey tracy so yeah so lynn i guess let's just get started right let's just roll into uh and and and hopefully you guys when you're done watching the stream not only had you have you seen a very light-hearted and good-natured battle between two streamer buddies.
    8:18
    I'm keeping it cool. I'm keeping it cool because I don't want to get mad at the end of this. Right? Not only have you watched that... It's just a game. Maybe you should just relax. Maybe it's just a game. Just relax. Relax.
    8:39
    But, hopefully... We started a hype train. Great. This is the only... No, no, Lynn. I'm the only streamer on Twitch who would say, oh, great, we started a fucking hype train.
    8:54
    I don't know why. I'm sorry. You call it a scam train right out of the gate. Oh, my God. I'm so sorry. Thank you. I'm going to say thank you. But hopefully you learn a little something about the game as we throw down. You ready to throw?
    9:11
    Really big thank you for the bits. Wilt, thank you for the sub FluteAZ, we guarantee you get the run This game got me in the pinball Nice, Tualrus, awesome Teardown time, bye Fliptronic I get Fliptronic for like 10 seconds, but it's okay He's still my buddy Well, this is a physical machine You're seeing here, there is no let to trip That's true Throwdown with Manu He throws like a girl That's a compliment Shoot I wish I could throw like a girl Wild Dog Arcade Thank you for the 100 biddies Len you need to adjust your LUT Yeah Press your Magna Save button And get your LUT going This doesn't have Magna Save It's just blank side rail right here That's right. Where's Manny's virtual Powerball for his firepower? Oh, we... I made the decision to do just straight steel balls. I don't think there's a selectable option yet to do Powerballs in the virtual version of firepower. We should send that to Third Axis and see if he's willing to implement it. There are different colored balls, but there aren't anything in Powerballs. So if you guys take a look at Lynn's high score and take a look at my high score. I tried really hard.
    10:47
    I was so impressed. I was going to go to Lynn and say, hey, what's your high score? I got 760,000. I looked and I went, oh, I'm not going to ask the question anymore.
    10:59
    Well, it's also my Powerball high score. Which is like doubly hard. Because I did that week's stream where I put Powerballs in Firepower. Because I got 15 subscribers at the time. As in full on paying money.
    11:15
    Of course I'm down to far less subscribers but eh, it happens. It happens. Second place Andy, no I do not have an additional digit. Alright, Lynn you ready to flip it? We're going to flip this. We're going to do just a high score game.
    11:32
    And I'll let you count it off and get us flipping. Alright. 3, 2, 1, punch! Alright. So I think my strategy for high score is... That's not a good way to get a high score. And I tilted.
    11:55
    Did you really? Yeah. I loosen up the tilt as much as I can. But then again, I'm used to nudging. I'm used to nudging Radiant Silver Ball, which is actually heavier.
    12:13
    I had the worst rain ever. All right, let's see. Ooh, managed to keep that one in, barely. Son of a gun. Okay, easy, everybody, easy.
    12:29
    All right. I did one of our goals, which was light the spinner, and I'm going to rip that spinner. Yeah, you always rip the spinner when it's lit.
    12:42
    That was the sloppiest post-pass I've ever done. I don't think that in a monologue worked, Marty. It gave you the sound, but it didn't give you the... Spinner ripping.
    13:04
    Okay. This is the warm-up, by the way, guys. This is the warm-up for both me and Lynn. We've got to do a warm-up. Warm-up game.
    13:21
    All right, see if I can get that score. We have challenges coming up, too. So it's not going to be all straight high-score games. It's going to be challenge games. There we go Dead flip what are you doing baby Oh my god Jack did you come here to see me Get my butt kicked At least I didn't tilt it By the time I get my bonus Dead flip Love you mean it
    14:02
    I'm here with Lynn in Denver by the way everybody please give Lynn a follow like right the prick now please give Lynn a follow because Lynn is kind of my inspiration for doing stuff like this and a seriously good sport and a professional so Lynn this is how I know you're a professional Because I said I was setting up the audio And I said hey Lynn Can you say something And Lynn not only Lynn this is how people usually do it Hey can you say something They go hi Keep going But no Lynn was perfect Because you were like well So here's what I did And you just, like, made up a story. And I was like, oh, my God. You're the best.
    15:06
    Okay, where am I right now? Did you finish your game? Yes, I did. Only 158,000. Bam in your face. I'm sorry. No, no, no. I'm sorry.
    15:22
    Forgive me. Okay. All right. alright so that's the warm up game I'm going to drain out because I'm at 274 I got to rip that sprint a few times by the way thank you for that hype train ladies and gentlemen make sure please you guys go and follow Lynn in Denver URL is right up on the screen we got a lot more fun happening we're going to oh by the way Jack New York pizza It's alright. We're going to... Someone who lived out there. Look, I'm not defending New York pizza. Seriously. My husband spent time in New York and he says that I really need to have New York pizza in New York to really get the full experience Here how you get the full experience You become a New Yorker you eat New York pizza all your life and then you can say New York pizza is the best pizza. It's okay.
    16:28
    I've actually had better pizza in California. I can definitely see that. It's all taste buds at that point. It's like tasting movies.
    16:40
    I just made a lot of people really angry I just made a lot of people angry Pizza my heart is not New York pizza Okay let's get off I don't want Jack's stream became very divisive I don't want to go there Lynn We're just friends playing pinball, right?
    17:14
    Very much so. What's our first challenge? What do you think we should just write on to the first challenge?
    17:25
    We do have a handful here. I mean, we have a staged challenge here. It's actually three separate challenges, but they're staged in that the first one is we light fire. basically that oblong there the second challenge would be light power can be a couple of different games and the third is in one game you have to light both of them okay so let's do hey grammy what's up welcome to the theater so let's see lighting fire in firepower how do we do it we'll take a look at this fanciness right here Lighting fire means shooting the ball up to the top lanes and then lighting all lanes to light the word fire, where Lynn showed on the bottom of the play field. The only flipper, this is one of the first games that had flipper lane switches, correct?
    18:22
    Yes, it had a single flipper lane change. The right flipper changes your lane. So it's really one direction.
    18:32
    cool and and and yes marty i know you can point but but they don't pay me to point all right that's an awful way to point with the cameras all in the way yeah that's true i i could do this yeah but that's that's you know what am i a neanderthal um let's see uh wilt says is this third axis firepower versus ai yes uh highly endorsed by myself and lynn in denver i am using the third axis version of williams multi-ball firepower versus ai yeah and this is the virtual machine that i actually have installed on my v-pin Yes, I have a physical firepower right here, but I still have the third axis versus AI installed.
    19:29
    Actually in the menu, because, well. Did you see what Fiends wrote? Yes, I saw that. Wow, the views are getting heaped tonight.
    19:42
    We're going to look past that. All right, Len. So we're going to be trying to go for the first person to light fire. Okay, so it's going to be a lot of shots up to the top lanes. Or a lot of luck. That can be a lot of luck up there. If it stays in the pops and goes up into the lanes as it,
    20:01
    then, yeah, you can sometimes get it all. You can get it all, yeah. We're going to ask you guys in chat to be very, very, watch us very closely. Lynn is going to shout fire When Lynn gets fire But if I get fire first I'm going to shout fire Alright so we're going to keep it fair We can't just shout fire in a theater So I'm going to be in trouble But Lynn's going to shout fire Because it's not a theater It's an arcade yeah so we're in the arcade Watch as man in spots No Marty we caught the rat We caught the rat that's a whole different story We caught the rat Alright Lynn, you let us know when to go Alright So in 3 2 1 Plunge I got an F and an I got 2 And I drain Oh, you got 3, no No!
    21:11
    No! I missed my roll-up. Oh, one more, one more, one more. I need one more. So I'm trying to get it up there.
    21:22
    Do we have to do it in one game? Yes. Okay. Oh, I didn't set my lane. Hang on, I got this. That was my first ball. and fire oh oh good for you actually i'm not keeping score properly so that's a one-to-one isn't it yes it is okay so one foot away and one for home all right good job len save my baby fire yeah i think i may have managed to hit the r from the left flipper between the pops once or twice but it's not typical so here's the thing i'm gonna go ahead and drain this out man who got fired so here's the thing here's the takeaway from um from that whenever you go to launch a ball in firepower make sure you set your lanes um i think you want to set your lanes so that what i generally do is i set it so that like i'm at the f like if the f is lit i don't have it lit uh because the ball seems to go all the way over to the f but it might bounce over you know what i mean to the ire just be very clear about where your lanes are don't just plunge that was my mistake in that game well done Lynn we got a game going F that lane alright so our second stage challenge is to light all of power it's fewer targets but it's a doozy of a set of targets I actually did in that last round Yeah Those are Tough Those are really tough The lowest Stand up is going to give me trouble On this game It gives me trouble too You practically have to come at it From an oblique angle Because you can't really The plastic right here Is practically in the way Yeah So maybe a slingshot Maybe a slingshot will bounce it in there Sometimes I've gotten the slingshot to do it Yes I've hit the R Wait, Grammy said I've hit the R Then put the ball Into the top saucer Yeah Oh that's going to be harder I can see that That top saucer is kind of a pain Anyway We're shooting for power right now So we're going to try first person to light power Wow we did it at the same point of the attract mode The exact same Attract mode point Alright so you ready Okay yeah I was born ready Alright 3, 2, 1 Plunge Come on down, come on down, come on down Come on, I don't need fire anymore, come on down Ah, ah That went badly I'm gonna cheat, and I'm gonna backhand it Shoot Ah Aye That's one No, no, no, no Backhand it, backhand it, backhand it Oh, on the backhand Boop No, no I'm okay They stole it How many does he have? Lynn has one Okay, I got two But the hard one at that Oh, son of a gun You know, I've honestly never soft plunged on this machine Until tonight Ah And I drained Let's go Tanner, you got it, basically Well, I want to see if I can actually get it Yeah You got more lights than I did I've already drained out I want Can I actually get it though?
    26:00
    Yeah Nicely done Thank you, thank you, thank you I'm going to pop this up there But while we have your attention notice this is a super fun match right now learning so much tonight thank you Game Club Central you can do your tutorial after this you can put something up on the YouTubes man who has the power I just want to mention a charity that's going on right now Emoto from Marco Pinball and Project Pinball are looking for you guys to give donations to a particular charity where you're going to help uh gilbert elia elijah gilbert elijah he's a he's a he's a pinball player we're trying to raise some money um in a fight for leukemia they're trying to raise some money for elijah um so uh the link is in the uh chat right now if you guys can go and donate and help out um project pinball uh does a lot of these fundraisers for kids who uh you know are unfortunately so uh anyway you guys know about project pinball this is the latest thing that they're doing elijah's a great kid um and if you donate 25 bucks you could win um you're entered into a raffle to win an avengers topper uh you can get one entry for 25 have two entries for 50 so please you know help those less fortunate elijah loves pinball and arcades and stuff like that so all the information is right there in the link you guys and thank you so much for uh thank you so much just just thank you thank you for being you all right um well and bent the thing is it's a physical pinball and i'm running the video over discord to manu right now so there's the additional steps to get into obs yeah yeah this is incredibly tricky to do but but lynn and i think we got it on lock a little bit um let's see thank you for the follow uh ambant am okay wilt this table gets air balls i am not playing with the glass off like i ain't going out like that um that's right lynn is getting physical with virtual manu that is correct what's up terry yeah i do not want my husband to come down in the morning like paladin got with his wife you find me unconscious under the pin gap wow is that really what happened wow uh my understanding is that was the one night he got really drunk on stream oh yeah yeah i guess uh robert ennis what's up all right let's go back to our little duel scene right here um death by multi-ball double trap paladin was drinking all right lynn what's the next thing do you want to do do you want to go for the light fire power thing or do you want to do another high score game uh we can do another high score game then move into the third tier of that challenge alright I think I'm ready alright get your wagers in everybody oh I need more oh I got a credit I was almost out of credits clean my glass thank you see my fans want me to win my firepower is set to free play everything I have in the arcade I set to free play whenever possible That's right, there you go Battle stream with me, he couldn't hang Try to tilt Now you're in my crosshairs Tilt Now you're Tilt Name it baby I'm there Tilt can hold his liquor That's right Let me know when you're ready to flip Flip and fly Alright, I'm ready. Did you want to count down this time? I'll count it down this time. This is a high score of a game.
    30:29
    Feel the rhythm. Eat the stuff. I forget what it is. Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, eat the stuff, and something else. I don't know. Three, two, one, plunge. I can't remember the old saying I used to use.
    30:42
    Somebody call Don't Panic Flip and ask him to remind me. Damn it! Those targets! Oh my god! There goes ball one.
    31:02
    So... Alright. Oh my god. Okay. Where's my multiplier? Oh, come on. Got your multiplier ready. I need two more stand-ups! Son of a gun!
    31:25
    I'm on ball three. But I have two locks lit. Come on. Two locks lit. Alright, here we go.
    31:43
    Boom. One lock. Ah! Come on. Oh, that was damn cruel of you, game. And two. I gotta drop all the targets again, though. Crap.
    32:00
    I don't know if I get to do it. I gotta drop all the targets again. You know what? I'm gonna go for some bonus.
    32:08
    I'm gonna do the cheat thing and get my fire up again. Oh! Oh, that was so close. Let's go for some fire. Are you done? Yes, unfortunately I'm done. That was a brutal game this time Yeah but you got me on points right now I got get something else oh boy okay i think i might feel like 14 000 away i gonna go for that firepower bonus oh nicely done that they just get you up where you need to be uh-oh
    32:56
    uh uh post post pass post pass post pass there you go oh did i do it oh no yes you did it okay it is a brutal game it is a brutal game this is one of those that is very clearly that should have come in latex and wielding a whip well done lynn well done um what are we looking at in chat right now let's see uh i wish i could say i wish i could say that as i spend 20 in like 20 minutes on a real cap.
    33:46
    Yeah. Wow. Even on a modern cap, that's still, that's like a game a minute. I don't think that's a pinball problem. That's a math problem. Yeah.
    34:04
    No, you know, I'm trying to say this correctly. Am-bamped. Keep playing because you do get better. I used to go to Free Gold Watch with five dollars and i would last maybe you know half an hour but now i played a lot five dollars can actually get me through like an hour now you know um um and and i have significantly improved playing five hours of pinball a week even on a virtual cab yeah that's why i have a good excellent excellent learn those rules and that learn those rules and you will increase your uh What does he call it? R-OI? Not ROI.
    34:51
    Return on investment? That's return on investment. Well, what is it in pinball, do they say? R-O-I. Thank you, Ryshak. Yeah.
    35:01
    Well, no. Is it ROI in pinball? What does Escher always say? Well, the more time you put in, the longer you can make your games last. but i mean the get those get those uh return on flips ppm points per minute thank you higher peanut yes ppm it's all about the ppm it's points per minute like like um um figure out what shots will give you the most points then you get the replays then you get to play longer um firepower runs quick for sure but yeah but mystery j is right this game is not a long playing game. Yeah, this was a game that was deeply in the quarter crunching territory.
    35:47
    Yeah. And it's one of those that, thank you sir, may I have another when you're done with the game. Tilt says I'm being attacked in stereo help, it may be time for a team battle. Paladin slash manual versus Tilt and somebody jump on Tilt's team. Tilt, why can't you and I'd be on a team. What the frack, dude? Alright, so Lynn, what's our next challenge?
    36:13
    Oh, we should go ahead and do the full-on light both fire and power. Oh. Which is the four rollovers, the three targets, and as a note,
    36:25
    when you do that, it increases the bonus for that target. Up in the center between the of fire lanes.
    36:38
    That's for fire. That's for power. And then Lynn was showing you guys that it will show once you do that, then you it increases the bonus. I don't actually have that, but you were pointing to this guy up here, right? Yeah. So this value goes up every time you complete firepower, and that's your firepower bonus. and that target gets huge. Yeah, you notice that's one of those, that's a highly dangerous target because you're trying to fire a dead center through the pops, and there's a chance it's going to come just straight down the middle. Yeah, there you go. That's that thing right there. Astro says, my game looks real, and yours is looking pretty fake, Lynn, so let's work on that a little bit. Well, my setup is not exactly optimized for the physical pinball.
    37:35
    All right. Can't get any more physical. Can't get any more physical than what Lynn's got. Yeah, that's it. That's the real thing right there. All right. Ball in the shooter lane.
    37:51
    And Lynn, I'm going to let you count us off. All right. Three, two, one, plunge. What are you trying for first, Lynn? Fire or power? Well fire is usually the easiest to get Yeah What's nice is if you use the right orbit You might get lucky and hit power Let's go let's go let's go You might get lucky and hit power oh there's fire oh crap you got fire oh i'm down to ball three this sucks okay i'll get fire now i know i'll get fire now i'm gonna shoot oh i'm down to ball three too okay so i got fire nope how far are you We tied. Fire? We tied. Two targets on power. All right. So that's a tie. Should we run it back? Let's run it back.
    39:17
    Let's run it back. They say run it back. Hyah Penis says run it back. We tied up on that one. All right.
    39:24
    To be really fair, we need Manu to play the physical against the virtual now. Yeah. I will have to go to Free Gold Watch. But I can stream from Free Gold Watch. A dual stream from Free Gold Watch, yeah.
    39:39
    Let's see. Do you all remember Manu versus the Firepower AI stream? Yeah, that was a while ago. That was a lot more brutal.
    39:48
    Lynn, that was literally me watching a gameplay itself for like 45 minutes. and I was like, wow, this is the stupidest stream ever. I bet they had done that. I don't do the AI portion on stream anymore. Yeah, it's just boring.
    40:05
    It's just me standing there trying to make witty commentary. Hey, it took the... You guys are... Alright. You guys are doing all the redemptions. Lane, we're going to roll this back. Let's do it. Let's get a ball and shoot a lane. All right. How you doing, Flipstream? How you doing, buddy?
    40:29
    We're lighting firepower once again. All right. Feel the rhythm. All right. Feel the rhyme. Three, two, one.
    40:41
    Plunge it. All right. I'm going to go for fire first now. I'm going to go for fire. Boom, boom. Send it. okay oh I got to the other way thank you thank you nope stop it stop it right there I almost got my fire I'm just gonna fire oh mama come on Dang it.
    41:22
    Three to fire. Two to power. Fire's done. Fire's getting done again. I don't need it. Oh.
    41:43
    Two to fire. Two to power. after you got me there you've managed to get more of the power than i did oh and i just drained did i really yeah you got one more than i did yep i don't know is the ruling really to be closer to the end or to actually complete because i feel like i feel like it's we thought you're doing actually complete we may be here all night you want to come back to that one yeah we can come back to that all right well thank you for throwing that uh link up in the chat yeah if you want to grab this table check it out on vpu uh it'll be there so we're gonna we're gonna we're gonna we're gonna hold off on that one let's do another challenge let's do i got an idea let's do Let's do Light Shield. Do you know how to light the shield? I learned how to light the shield. First one to light the shield. Let's see. I believe that is if we do all six targets.
    42:51
    Actually. Lighting Shield comes with that. Actually. Oh, either three bank. Either three bank will light shield. And here's the tricky part about it. even if you've um if they're if the three banks are not complete the game still tracks to see if you hit all three does that make sense so if it's like if it's like four and six are flashing but you drain out right you got to hit four and six again and five so you have to actually get all three this one might be a little trickier so either bank as long as you bash three of them in that bank, you light shield. But this may be tricky because we're going to need chat to really keep a look at our shield lights.
    43:37
    And we're going to look at our shield light too. So once we light shield, we're going to yell shield.
    43:43
    So I guess it's just a matter of bashing the stand-ups. That's it. Pick a bank and destroy it. You ready?
    43:55
    I need to drain out. Oh from the last game? Yeah. Alright I think I'm good. Okay. Wildman Backlass. I don't remember which Backlass I have. Okay. So Len do you have a ball in the chute Elaine? Yep. Alright. Okay we're going to try and light our shield. Ready? And 3, 2, 1. Light your shield. two, one, light your shield.
    44:27
    And you're going to holler shield once it's lit. Oh, that was annoying. I tried to soft plunge and it just went straight down the drain. Oh, that's a good idea to soft plunge. Okay, here we go.
    44:41
    Yeah, trying to... Ah! I haven't hit one of those yet. come on man come on man come on man one more oh i missed it why are you cleaning my glass now got it yeah you got it first wow hey let me see you complete a let me see if you can complete Okay, it's going to drain on you. Yeah, and that was my third ball. I had two house balls for all intents and purposes. Oh, my God. All right.
    45:27
    Yeah, supposedly this is set to default settings, so everything, Flipstream said I think Lynn got it.
    45:34
    Did you really? Did you really, Flipstream? All right. Lynn, you're going to make up for it right now with this next match. It's another high score game.
    45:48
    I gotta do that. Another high score game. Alright. Looks like you still gotta drain out. Yeah, I did actually, right? Alright.
    46:01
    Another high score game. Then we're gonna do... Actually, I'll let you call it. Are we doing a high score game now? Are we doing light locks and stuff? let's just go ahead and do the light locks let's go ahead and do the light locks and the challenge here is to light the locks it's a two stage process to light all three locks but to do it without locking any balls in the process alright I do have a tutorial, it's kind of redundant though because there's not a lot of shots on this table but it's a fun table, so all those light the locks as you can see the locks are the green arrows that show up one, two, and three. There's one on the left, lower left. There's one on the right and one way up at the top. Way up at the top. That is either a really clean left orbit shot or a lucky bounce.
    46:56
    The trick is, and Lynn taught me this, once you hit the six bank, it only lights two of the locks. So you've got to clear the six bank. That's only on the first pass. so everything after that is single lock only so multiple successive attempts to multi-ball on this table you have to do the banks three times yeah that's because it will only light one at a time at that point that's brutal so let's go for brutality now Len is this a multiple game mode or a single game mode what do you want to do I think we had established the idea of it's going to be a single game. Okay. One game challenge. One game challenge was achieve multi-ball or furthest progression towards multi-ball. Oh, I see. I just said, light all three locks without locking any balls. Light all three locks without locking any balls. That's the trick. No accidental locks. That one-two-lock-and-roll.
    48:00
    It's done. You may as well drain out. Alright. I'm ready. I was born ready Alright get a ball in the shooter lane Oh I don't think the Two hours later thing works Right now S-Flex train mine is A physical table It looks good doesn't it
    48:28
    Alright here we go We are lighting locks But not locking balls in 3 2 1 plunge I just did the short plunge thing and that is very dangerous It a brutal Steve Ritchie table
    48:53
    Oh man, it just wanted out. Okay, I got two more. Two more. Uh oh. There we go. So. Five. Ah! What? Okay.
    49:21
    Two locks lit. I gotta do it again. Well, it looks like you got lucky there. You got the two upper locks lit, so. I did, I did, yeah. So I don't have to be worried about the lower one. Have you seen a grown man naked?
    49:34
    I have. I have seen a grown man naked. Thank you. In your mirror. Yeah, I'm so glad you asked me during a very stressful pinball game how many people I've seen naked.
    49:48
    Nope. It's very appropriate. Who did that? I'm really pissed off. There's two. Of course, I get the hard set.
    50:02
    What am I on? That's two. Hi, Mima. Ah. No! All right, we both got two lit? We both got two lit. Crap, Lynn's got one more to go?
    50:26
    Yeah, I'm down to one target. I just gotta hit it. Missed it five that much. I missed it. Come on, give me that five.
    50:37
    Got it. Give me that five. Oh, give me that five. Give me the five. I got three lit with no lock. What? I didn't hear you, Lynn. What? I didn't hear you. I got all three. I not. What? I got it.
    50:54
    All right, five. I just needed the five. I just needed one five Alright cool good job We lost your camera it looks like Oh that's weird Oh god Number five is alive VPP That's bad Wow Why did I disappear Maybe I'll see if I can I cut myself to come back. Hey, Lynn, can you let everybody know while I'm trying to fix this? When do you stream on Twitch?
    51:41
    I stream Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 6 p.m. Mountain Time. Nice. I usually go for an hour to 90 minutes.
    51:53
    Oh, nice. Let's see. Can I bring my camera back? That's weird There's some interesting That was interesting Blackness Really confirmed Fiends knows that They're the only one that can get away with Junk like that on my stream Alright we got time for maybe One or two more um let's do another high score game let's just go for it right see who gets multi-ball is this going to be a multiple game let's so we're almost at the end we maybe we should just go for whoever gets multi-ball yeah that's going to be a specifically one game challenge whoever gets closest to achieving multi-ball okay all right so basically it's locks lit balton locks can i show the i want to show the one tutorial that we didn't get to which was to light the spinner did we get to light the spinner no we have not done a light the spinner because it's technically involved in some of the other challenges it is it's just part of some of all the challenges there's your spinner the only spinner in the game is on the left orbit and it's 100 value if it's not lit if it's lit it's a thousand so oh what you want to do is once again hit all the banks and once you hit all the banks the spinner is lit for one thousand points one million dollars one bazillion uh krona and uh about a gazillion uh euros big money big money no whammies big money no whammies all right here we go this is us racing for multiball myself and lynn in denver lynn i will hand it to you for the uh The handoff.
    54:14
    Alright. 3, 2, 1. Lunch! Alright. No prisoners. No prisoners this time. Flip stream. How much is this game worth? How many points is this game worth? Flip stream. Tell me how many points this game is worth.
    54:42
    Now I know just by the usual progression with this when I light my multi-ball locks, the upper one is going to be one of the ones lit. Ooh. And this is not going well. Damn it. This game is worth three points. I already drained the first ball. How's Lynn doing? Lynn's doing, Lynn's actually doing pretty good. The outline got hungry. I jinxed you because I said, how are you doing?
    55:19
    I was already deep in the hole. All you gotta do is light locks and you're done. Uh, me? Yes. I drained out. Oh, did you really? Oh, wow. Okay, let me see.
    55:37
    This is a brutal whole game. You cannot have your ego tied in this game because it will spank you. Well, that was not a nice game.
    55:52
    It's firepower. It's not nice. You got your locks. You have enough progression to beat me. I feel like we should run it back again because I feel like we both need to get closer. I feel like we both need to get closer We're going to do that one more time Alright We're going to do that one more time Here we go Hercules everybody Don't forget Follow Lynn in Denver right now That is too fair I'm telling you man This game is brutal It's not like we're both going to be like Multiball we're done you know manage your expectations when you fire this up on your VP cap trust me you will play fast games yeah this was designed to eat quarters by the hour yeah like many dollars worth of quarters by the hour many bonfins died yeah this is Steve Ritchie at his most sadistic yeah pretty much if he could put in voice call outs saying you suck He would have He totally would have Alright Len Last time, here we go We're going to multi-ball In 3, 2, 1 Launch We're going to multi-ball I'm going to show you guys multi-ball now It's so mean If you hit one of the lock holes It just ejects it immediately It's like, no, not yet.
    57:45
    And if you guys want to have fun, then don't play this game. No, if you want to have fun, play the versus AI version against yourself. Like, try and beat the AI. make sure you go into the script and set it to the proper difficulty and stuff because it could get very difficult all right here we go yeah
    58:31
    I have two locks lit. I got two. I see you've got one locked. Oh, shield! Yes! Shield. Oh, no! No!
    58:55
    I got all three locks lit. And one locked. And I drained out already. Alright, let's see if I can get there. Again, this is brutality.
    59:10
    Let's see if I can get there. Oh! And you realize that my attitude with this game was partly cut on having Solarite as our pinball for several years. Oh, really?
    59:27
    Yeah. That was our first pinball machine. our first physical pinball machine. One more lock. One more lock, we will see multiball. I'll turn my volume up.
    59:39
    Maybe. Missed it by that much. Get it. Oh, so close. Yeah. Get it. Got it. Multiball.
    59:56
    Now, Lynn, can you please explain what happens during multiball? You get three balls. What do you mean? No jackpots? And they all leave. How are you? All the kids are out of the pool.
    60:13
    That's typical for my performance when I get a multi-ball is at least half the time they will just all go down. Oh, man. So wait, but Lynn, you mean to tell me... You lose. good day sir Lynn you mean to tell me there are no jackpots no playfield multipliers no nope nothing nope just extra chances to hit lots of targets true multi ball keep track of wow points to Lynn let's go let's go let's get points to Lynn just because Lynn is a super awesome sport and an incredibly patient person to deal with my shit during setup.
    61:08
    And Lynn was there when we caught the freaking rat. That's right. I heard you in the murder garage through your microphone in the theater.
    61:27
    Clearly. It was, we got the rat! I was so happy. I think my kids were like, dude, it's a rat. Chill.
    61:46
    Dad, it's just a rat. Easy. Oh, Kyle, we watched you freak out in the murder garage the other night. Because the rat was in there. You knew it was in there. I did That was crazy My new Tari Lynn once again thank you guys Guys make sure you go follow Lynn in Denver Amazing streamer Super creative Built all the things And a maker too You're an incredible maker Correct?
    62:15
    Yeah I built a lot of things in this house at this point Radiant Silver Ball is just one of the projects I've built One So good Love it So once again, thank you, Len, for being a sport. And we're going to do something again at some point. Have some fun with you kids. Oh, very much. Thanks for having me on the stream.
    62:37
    It's definitely a lot of fun. Who's... I don't get the Rattigan joke. Rest in peace, Rattigan. Rest in peace, Ratt... What's Rattigan?
    62:48
    I don't get it. I think he's trying to be cute. Oh. It's a rat, right? It's a rat. Chill, buddy. All right, kids. Yeah, Lynn, thanks a lot.
    63:00
    I'm going to come back over to here and say to you, lovely people, thank you for joining. Once again, I am Manu. This is Mr. PimpleBot3. I'll see you on Thursday from Free Go Watch where we might play something new. Something new might come in.
    63:21
    It might be a 007. it might be something else. I'm not sure. Bye-bye. Bye. Hey guys, we're gonna go We're gonna go raid Aborelia Throw some MPT3K love in the chat Aborelia suggested by Lynn We're gonna go over and see what they're doing See you guys later, bye Nice I can't wait to see this Thanks for watching!