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The 3rd Annual TWIPY Pinball Awards: A Celebration of the Hobby

Cary Hardy·video·1h 57m·held·Mar 29, 2020
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TL;DR

3rd Annual TWIPPY Awards celebrate pinball excellence with Stern, Jersey Jack, and homebrew games winning major categories.

Summary

The 3rd Annual TWIPPY Pinball Awards ceremony, hosted by Emoto and Cary Hardy and sponsored by This Week in Pinball, Marco Specialties, and Cointaker, celebrates pinball excellence across multiple categories including music/sound design, homebrew machines, toys/gimmicks, locations, and publications. The event features industry figures presenting awards and acceptance speeches, with Marco Specialties leadership discussing the company's 30-year mission to preserve pinball machines and support community shows.

Key Claims

  • Marco Specialties has grown community pinball shows from a couple of small shows to over 20 shows throughout the country with thousands of games and hundreds of thousands of attendees over the last 10 years

    high confidence · Marco Specialties leadership speaking at TWIPPY Awards broadcast

  • This Week in Pinball does over $1,000 in giveaways each month through partnerships with major industry vendors

    high confidence · Repeated in multiple sponsor read-outs during TWIPPY Awards broadcast

  • Pinball machines are described as 'little pieces of history' with most games never to be made again, requiring preservation for future generations

    high confidence · Marco Specialties leadership philosophy statement at TWIPPY Awards

  • Black Knight Sword of Rage features voice talent from Steve Ritchie, Scott Ian, Brendon Small, and others, with music by Scott Ian and Brendon Small

    high confidence · Scott Danesi and Steve Ritchie acceptance speeches for Best Music and Sound Effects award

  • Deadflip by Jack Danger won Best Homebrew Pinball Machine, with the creator involving the community in its design through streaming and feedback

    high confidence · Jack Danger (called Jack Danger in some references) acceptance speech for Best Homebrew award

Notable Quotes

  • “Pinball is a special entertainment device. It's kinetic art. It's really not a toy or a game, it's really a medium. And as such, it's open to endless creative talents by the collaborative efforts of the designers and the engineers who make the things.”

    [name withheld pending review] @ N/A — Philosophical statement on pinball's cultural and artistic significance, framing it as a collaborative medium rather than entertainment product

  • “30 years ago, before we got started, if you found a pinball machine, people would say, there's nowhere to get those parts. Just, we don't know what to do. And so now, with Marco around, our customers are confident that they can call us and get those games working.”

    [name withheld pending review] @ N/A — Historical context on Marco Specialties' founding impact and mission to enable machine preservation

  • “This trophy, I'm going to scratch my name out and just put a big smiley face. Thank you. I love you guys.”

    Zach Danger (Deadflip creator) @ N/A — Reflects homebrew community ethos of collective creation and shared ownership of accomplishment

  • “Black Knight, baby, best sound and music. I didn't make the music, but I'd like to make a special shout-out to Steve Ritchie for voice talent.”

    Scott Danesi @ N/A — Recognition of collaborative team effort on award-winning game audio design

  • “You stupid idiots you should have voted for Coin of Carnival.”

    Jonathan, Editor of Pinball Magazine @ N/A — Humorous acceptance speech deflecting own award win while promoting competing publication

Entities

This Week in PinballorganizationMarco SpecialtiescompanyCointakercompanyCary HardypersonEmotopersonStern PinballcompanyJersey Jack Pinball

Signals

  • ?

    event_signal: Third annual TWIPPY Pinball Awards ceremony held digitally in 2019, celebrating excellence across music/sound, homebrew machines, toys/gimmicks, locations, and publications

    high · Full ceremony with multiple award categories, presenters, and acceptance speeches documented

  • ?

    community_signal: Community voting model for TWIPPY Awards reflects grassroots industry recognition and democratic participation across pinball hobbyists

    high · Emoto states 'You voted for these people. This is People's Choice Awards, guys. And we have an online committee that securely takes these votes'

  • $

    market_signal: Pinball community shows have grown from a small number to over 20 shows nationally with hundreds of thousands of attendees over past decade

    high · Marco Specialties leadership: 'we've seen that grow from just a couple little shows to now there's over 20 shows throughout the country with thousands of games being represented with hundreds of thousands of people attending these events'

  • ?

    business_signal: This Week in Pinball distributing $1,000+ monthly in giveaways through partnerships with 15+ industry vendors including manufacturers, distributors, and specialty retailers

    high · Repeated sponsor read-outs listing Pin Stadium, Pinsound, Comet Pinball, Titan Pinball, P3 Multimorphic, Jersey Jack Pinball and others

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Marco Specialties frames pinball preservation as cultural/historical mission, emphasizing machines as irreplaceable art and limited resources requiring stewardship

Transcript

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0:00
This show is sponsored by Cointaker, distributor of brand new, full-size, authentic Stern pinball, Chicago game, raw thrills, arcade games, and much more. Also, a full line of dramatic pinball mods, LED flipper kits, speaker lights, custom laser LED toppers, playfield protectors, Valley Williams parts, pinball apparel, and much more. Get the latest releases and glam out your game room with Cointaker. Everything at your fingertips at Cointaker.com.
0:28
Get your game on. Thank you. This Week in Pinball is proud to sponsor and present the Twippy Pinball Awards. Check out This Week in Pinball for weekly pinball news, exclusive game reveals, interviews, deep dives into new game releases, and exclusive content and stories from everything pinball. This Week in Pinball also does over $1,000 in giveaways each and every month from partnerships with Pin Stadium, Pinsound, Comet Pinball, Titan Pinball, Pinball Photos, Silver Ball Swag, Pinball Life, Pinquest, Hookton Pinball, P3 Multimorphic, Stun Pinball, Jersey Jack Pinball, and many more. To be automatically entered to win the giveaways each month and to keep this week in pinball going, consider supporting TWIP with a small monthly donation on Patreon. Stay tuned for the TWIPPY Pinball Awards. We will be starting shortly.
2:28
So we believe that Marcos Specialties is perceived in the market as a partner to our customers. We want to be able to give customers confidence that whenever a game they run across, they can call us and get that machine working and beautiful again. Thirty years ago, before we got started, if you found a pinball machine, people would say there's nowhere to get those parts, just we don't know what to do. And so now, with Marco around, our customers are confident that they can call us and get those games working. Pinballs are little pieces of history. Most games will never get made again. So part of our mission is to make sure that these games are preserved for future generations to play. Pinball is a special entertainment device. It's kinetic art. It's really not a toy or a game, it's really a medium. And as such, it's open to endless creative talents by the collaborative efforts of the designers and the engineers who make the things. Pinball is a very limited resource. There's not many machines out there. are the people that dedicate lots of time and energy into preserving and upgrading and presenting these games to people and then also letting people play them freely in their communities. Those are our favorite and best customers because they're the ones that are really carrying the torch for the pinball community as a whole. People who own pinball machines are the most interesting people in the world. We have a customer list that includes corporate executives, rock stars, sports figures. They all have game rooms, and they all have pinball machines. We started investing heavily in these pinball community shows that are happening around the world, primarily in the U.S. now, but we're starting to see them grow in the rest of the world as well. And this is where our favorite customers, the collectors that share, bring their games out to a public location and let everyone in the community come out and play for the weekend. It's a really beautiful thing, and we've been spending lots of time and energy of showing up at these shows as well and trying to also bring new games out for people to enjoy and to get those games in people's hands. And we've seen that grow from just a couple of little shows to now there's over 20 shows throughout the country with thousands of games being represented with hundreds of thousands of people attending these events. And it's just really rewarding to see that we've had at least a small part in contributing to the success of that aspect of the pinball community as it's been exploding over the last 10 years.
company
Black Knight Sword of Ragegame
Jurassic Parkgame
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factorygame
Deadflipgame
Jack Dangerperson
Scott Danesiperson
Steve Ritchieperson
Scott Ianperson
Brendon Smallperson
Mike Vinikourperson
Logan Arcadevenue
Pinball Magazineorganization
Justin Kalinowskiperson
Wolf Marchperson
Lauren Grayperson
Poor Man's Pinball Podcastorganization
Coin-Op Carnivalorganization

high · Leadership: 'Pinballs are little pieces of history. Most games will never get made again. So part of our mission is to make sure that these games are preserved for future generations to play'

  • ?

    community_signal: Strong homebrew pinball community with public streaming, collaborative design feedback, and peer recognition through awards; Deadflip creator emphasizes community co-authorship of design

    high · Zach Danger acceptance: 'our game was built with everyone so a lot of people had input on how to design this' and mentions streaming entire process for audience involvement

  • ?

    product_strategy: 2019 Stern Pinball releases (Black Knight Sword of Rage, Jurassic Park) feature high-production audio (celebrity musicians/voice talent) and novel mechanical gimmicks (helicopter spinner, helical ramp with upper flipper) as competitive differentiators

    high · Multiple award wins for music/sound and toys/gimmicks; specific mechanical innovations noted in presenter descriptions

  • ?

    content_signal: Pinball media ecosystem (TWIPPY Awards, This Week in Pinball, Pinball Magazine, Backbox Pinball Podcast) creating industry recognition ceremonies and consolidating community discourse around curated categories

    high · Multiple media outlets hosting/sponsoring awards, publications competing for recognition, podcasts presenting awards

  • ?

    venue_signal: Logan Arcade in Chicago recognized as top pinball location, reflecting bar/arcade venues as key player segment distinct from home collectors

    high · Dedicated award category for 'favorite pinball location' with nominees from multiple states; Cary Hardy notes category spans $10 entry fee arcades to pay-per-game bars

  • ?

    personnel_signal: Game designers (Scott Denisey, Steve Ritchie) and creative teams increasingly visible as public figures presenting awards and accepting recognition on behalf of manufacturers

    high · Scott Denisey presented as 'Pinball Community's favorite designer'; Steve Ritchie and full Stern teams providing recorded acceptance speeches

  • ?

    community_signal: Multiple pinball publications (Pinball Magazine, Coin-Op Carnival, Skill Shot Seattle) competing for reader recognition and industry status through awards

    medium · Pinball Magazine editor's humorous deflection of award while endorsing competitor Coin-Op Carnival reflects tension and rivalry in publishing space

  • ?

    operational_signal: TWIPPY Awards and pinball industry adapting to pandemic constraints through digital-only event format and remote video acceptance speeches; Marco Specialties implementing shift work to maintain facility operations

    high · Emoto acknowledges 'sucks that we can't be at TPF and warm room together'; Crystal and Kyle note working separate shifts at Marco Specialties for safety

    • 5:33
    This show is sponsored by Cointaker, distributor of brand new, full-size, authentic Stern pinball, Chicago game, raw thrills, arcade games, and much more. Also, a full line of dramatic pinball mods, LED flipper kits, speaker lights, custom laser LED toppers, playfield protectors, Valley Williams parts, pinball apparel, and much more. Get the latest releases and glam out your game room with Cointaker. Everything at your fingertips at Cointaker.com. Get your game on.
    6:08
    Thank you. This Week in Pinball is proud to sponsor and present the Twippy Pinball Awards. Check out This Week in Pinball for weekly pinball news, exclusive game reveals, interviews, deep dives into new game releases, and exclusive content and stories from everything pinball. This Week in Pinball also does over $1,000 in giveaways each and every month, from partnerships with Pinstadium, Pinsound, Comic Pinball, Titan Pinball, Pinball Photos, Silverball Swag, Pinball Life, Pinquest, Hookton Pinball, P3 Multimorphic, Stun Pinball, Jersey Jack Pinball, and many more. To be automatically entered to win the giveaways each month and to keep this week in pinball going, consider supporting TWIP with a small monthly donation on Patreon. Stay tuned for the TWIPPY Pinball Awards. We will be starting shortly.
    8:00
    We'll be right back. kits, speaker lights, custom laser LED toppers, playfield protectors, Valley Williams parts, pinball apparel, and much more. Get the latest releases and glam out your game room with Cointaker. Everything at your fingertips at Cointaker.com.
    8:45
    Get your game on. Thank you. This Week in Pinball is proud to sponsor and present the Twippy Pinball Awards. Check out This Week in Pinball for weekly pinball news, exclusive game reveals, interviews, deep dives into new game releases, and exclusive content and stories from everything pinball. This Week in Pinball also does over $1,000 in giveaways each and every month from partnerships with Pin Stadium, Pinsound, Comet Pinball, Titan Pinball, Pinball Photos, Silver Ball Swag, Pinball Life, Pinquest, Hookton Pinball, P3 Multimorphic, Stun Pinball, Jersey Jack Pinball, and many more. To be automatically entered to win the giveaways each month and to keep This Week in Pinball going, consider supporting TWIP with a small monthly donation on Patreon. Stay tuned for the TWIPPY Pinball Awards. We will be starting shortly.
    10:45
    So we believe that Marcos Specialties is perceived in the market as a partner to our customers. We want to be able to give customers confidence that whatever game they run across, they can call us and get that machine working and beautiful again. 30 years ago, before we got started, if you found a pinball machine, people would say, there's nowhere to get those parts. Just, we don't know what to do. And so now, with Marco around, our customers are confident that they can call us and get those games working. Pinballs are little pieces of history. Most games will never get made again. So part of our mission is to make sure that these games are preserved for future generations to play. Pinball is a special entertainment device. It's kinetic art. It's really not a toy or a game, it's really a medium. And as such, it's open to endless creative talents by the collaborative efforts of the designers and the engineers who make the things. Pinball is a very limited resource. There's not many machines out there. And so the people that dedicate lots of time and energy into preserving and upgrading and presenting these games to people, and then also letting people play them freely in their communities, communities. Those are our favorite and best customers because they're the ones that are really carrying the torch for the pinball community as a whole. People who own pinball machines are the most interesting people in the world. We have a customer list that includes corporate executives, rock stars, sports figures. They all have game rooms and they all have pinball machines. We started investing heavily in these pinball community shows that are happening around the world, primarily in the U.S. now, but we're starting to see them grow in the rest of the world as well. And this is where our favorite customers, the collectors that share, bring their games out to a public location and let everyone in the community come out and play for the weekend. It's a really beautiful thing, and we've been spending lots of time and energy showing up at these shows as well and trying to also bring new games out for people to enjoy and to give those games to people's hands. And we've seen that grow from just a couple of little shows to now there's over 20 shows throughout the country with thousands of games being represented with hundreds of thousands of people attending these events. And it's just really rewarding to see that we've had at least a small part in contributing to the success of that aspect of the pinball community as it's been exploding over the last 10 years.
    13:34
    We'll be right back. release and glam out your game room with Cointaker. Everything at your fingertips at Cointaker.com Get your game on.
    14:34
    This Week in Pinball is proud to sponsor and present the Twippy Pinball Awards. Check out This Week in Pinball for weekly pinball news, exclusive game reveals, interviews, deep dives into new game releases, and exclusive content and stories from everything pinball. This Week in Pinball also does over $1,000 in giveaways each and every month from partnerships with Pinstadium, Pinsound, Comet Pinball, Titan Pinball, Pinball Photos, Silver Ball Swag, Pinball Life, Pinquest, Hooked on Pinball, P3 Multimorphic, Stun Pinball, Jersey Jack Pinball, and many more. To be automatically entered to win the giveaways each month and to keep this week in pinball going, consider supporting TWIP with a small monthly donation on Patreon. Stay tuned for the TWIPPY Pinball Awards. We will be starting shortly.
    16:00
    We'll be right back. by Cointaker, distributor of brand new full-size authentic Stern pinball, Chicago game, raw thrills, arcade games, and much more. Also, a full line of dramatic pinball mods, LED clipper kits, speaker lights, custom laser LED toppers, playfield protectors, Valley Williams parts, pinball apparel, and much more. Get the latest releases and glam out your game room with Cointaker. Everything at your fingertips at Cointaker.com. Get your game on.
    17:00
    Thank you. This Week in Pinball is proud to sponsor and present the Twippy Pinball Awards. Check out This Week in Pinball for weekly pinball news, exclusive game reveals, interviews, deep dives into new game releases, and exclusive content and stories from everything pinball. This Week in Pinball also does over $1,000 in giveaways each and every month from partnerships with Pin Stadium, Pinsound, Comet Pinball, Titan Pinball, Pinball Photos, Silver Ball Swag, Pinball Life, Pinquest, Hooked on Pinball, P3 Multimorphic, Stun Pinball, Jersey Jack Pinball, and many more. To be automatically entered to win the giveaways each month and to keep This Week in Pinball going, consider supporting TWIP with a small monthly donation on Patreon. Stay tuned for the TWIPPY Pinball Awards. We will be starting shortly.
    18:56
    So we believe that Marcos Specialties is perceived in the market as a partner to our customers. We want to be able to give customers confidence that whatever game they run across, they can call us and get that machine working and beautiful again. 30 years ago, before we got started, if you found a pinball machine, people would say, there's nowhere to get those parts. Just, we don't know what to do. And so now, with Marco around, our customers are confident that they can call us and get those games working. Pinballs are little pieces of history. Most games will never get made again. So part of our mission is to make sure that these games are preserved for future generations to play. Pinball is a special entertainment device. It's kinetic art. It's really not a toy or a game, it's really a medium. And as such, it's open to endless creative talents by the collaborative efforts of the designers and the engineers who make the things. Pinball is a very limited resource. There's not many machines out there. And so the people that dedicate lots of time and energy into preserving and upgrading and presenting these games to people, and then also letting people play them freely in their communities, communities. Those are our favorite and best customers because they're the ones that are really carrying the torch for the pinball community as a whole. People who own pinball machines are the most interesting people in the world. We have a customer list that includes corporate executives, rock stars, sports figures. They all have game rooms and they all have pinball machines. We started investing heavily in these pinball community shows that are happening around the world, primarily in the U.S. now, but we're starting to see them grow in the rest of the world as well. And this is where our favorite customers, the collectors that share, bring their games out to a public location and let everyone in the community come out and play for the weekend. It's a really beautiful thing, and we've been spending lots of time and energy showing up at these shows as well and trying to also bring new games out for people to enjoy and to get those games in people's hands. And we've seen that grow from just a couple little shows to now there's over 20 shows throughout the country with thousands of games being represented with hundreds of thousands of people attending these events. And it's just really rewarding to see that we've had at least a small part in contributing to the success of that aspect of the pinball community as it's been exploding over the last 10 years.
    21:45
    We'll be right back. Get your fingertips at Cointaker.com. Get your game on. This Week in Pinball is proud to sponsor and present the Twippy Pinball Awards. Check out This Week in Pinball for weekly pinball news, exclusive game reveals, interviews, deep dives into new game releases, and exclusive content and stories from everything pinball. This Week in Pinball also does over $1,000 in giveaways each and every month from partnerships with Pimp Stadium, Pinsound, Comet Pinball, Titan Pinball, Pinball Photos, Silver Ball Swag, Pinball Life, Pinquest, Hooked on Pinball, P3 Multimorphic, Stun Pinball, Jersey Jack Pinball, and many more. To be automatically entered to win the giveaways each month and to keep this week in pinball going, consider supporting TWIP with a small monthly donation on Patreon. Stay tuned for the TWIPPY Pinball Awards. We will be starting shortly.
    24:10
    We'll be right back. authentic Stern pinball, Chicago gaming, raw thrills, arcade games, and much more. Also, a full line of dramatic pinball mods, LED flipper kits, speaker lights, custom laser LED toppers, playfield protectors, Valley Williams parts, pinball apparel, and much more. Get the latest releases and glam out your game room with Cointaker. Everything at your fingertips at Cointaker.com. Get your game on.
    25:10
    Thank you. This Week in Pinball is proud to sponsor and present the Twippy Pinball Awards. Check out This Week in Pinball for weekly pinball news, exclusive game reveals, interviews, deep dives into new game releases, and exclusive content and stories from everything pinball. This Week in Pinball also does over $1,000 in giveaways each and every month, from partnerships with Pinstadium, Pinsound, Comic Pinball, Titan Pinball, Pinball Photos, Silverball Swag, Pinball Life, Pinquest, Hookton Pinball, P3 Multimorphic, Stun Pinball, Jersey Jack Pinball and many more. To be automatically entered to win the giveaways each month and to keep this week in pinball going, consider supporting TWIP with a small monthly donation on Patreon. Stay tuned for the TWIPPY Pinball Awards. We will be starting shortly.
    27:01
    So we believe that Marco Specialties is perceived in the market as a partner to our customers. We want to be able to give customers confidence that whatever game they run across, they can call us. and get that machine working and beautiful again. 30 years ago, before we got started, if you found a pinball machine, people would say, there's nowhere to get those parts. Just, we don't know what to do. And so now, with Marco around, our customers are confident that they can call us and get those games working. Pinballs are little pieces of history. Most games will never get made again. So part of our mission is to make sure that these games are preserved for future generations to play. Pinball is a special entertainment device. It's kinetic art. It's really not a toy or a game. It's really a medium. And as such, it's open to endless creative talents by the collaborative efforts of the designers and the engineers who make the things. Pinball is a very limited resource. There's not many machines out there. And so the people that dedicate lots of time and energy into preserving and upgrading and presenting these games to people and then also letting people play them freely in their communities, those are our favorite and best customers because they're the ones that are really carrying the torch for the pinball community as a whole. People who own pinball machines are the most interesting people in the world. We have a customer list that includes corporate executives, rock stars, sports figures. They all have game rooms, and they all have pinball machines. We started investing heavily in these pinball community shows that are happening around the world, primarily in the U.S. now, but we're starting to see them grow in the rest of the world as well. And this is where our favorite customers, the collectors that share, bring their games out to a public location and let everyone in the community come out and play for the weekend. It a really beautiful thing and we been spending lots of time and energy showing up at these shows as well and trying to also bring new games out for people to enjoy and to get those games in people hands And we seen that grow from just a couple little shows to now there over 20 shows throughout the country with thousands of games being represented with hundreds of thousands of people attending these events and it's just really rewarding to see that we've had at least a small part in the contributing to the success of that aspect of the pinball community as it's been exploding over the last 10 years. Ladies and gentlemen,
    30:03
    this weekend pinball presents a Marcos Specialties production. Welcome to the third annual Twippy Awards. Awards, a celebration of pinball excellence.
    30:18
    Introducing your hosts, Emoto Harney and Carrie Hardy. What's up, guys? And welcome to the third annual Twippy Awards. Here we are digitally. It sucks that we can't be at TPF and warm room together, but we're still glad that we can all be here in this format to celebrate pinball together. We can actually be at TPF right now. Watch this, Carrie. We're in TPS! Hello everybody out in the chat room. Thank you so much for joining us. I'm glad we're all practicing social distancing, yet we can still be here together tonight to celebrate pinball. We want to thank our sponsors, This Week in Pinball, Marcos Specialties, Pinball Star, Silver Ball Swag. Gosh, I can't say that word. Silver Ball Swag. Consider changing your name for Emoto. I'd appreciate that. Thank you. And Coin Taker. You guys are awesome and help make all this happen. So thank you so much. So, Kerry, why don't we tell the audience what the Twippies are all about? So the Twippies are celebrating everything pinball, especially for the year 2019. So a lot of games were brought out and a lot of people did a lot of things. And it's this time where we celebrate all those people that contributed to this hobby. So we have an online committee, secure voting process that people vote. You voted for these people. This is People's Choice Awards, guys. And we have an online committee that securely takes these votes, tallies them all together. And now here we are to show you who was the victor in all of those categories.
    32:05
    And now let's just get on with the show. Our first category is Best Music and Sound Effects, and presenting this is Scott Denisey, Pinball Community's favorite designer.
    32:22
    Best Music and Sound Effects. Oh, hey Dave. I didn't see you there. And the nominees for Best Music and Sound Effects are... are Black Knight, Sword of Rage by Stern Pinball.
    32:54
    Jurassic Park by Stern Pinball. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Jesse Jack Pendle. And the winner is...
    33:26
    Black Knight, Sword of Rage by Stern Pinball. Black Knight, baby, best sound and music. I didn't make the music, but I'd like to make a special shout-out to Steve Ritchie for voice talent. I'd like to also shout-out Jerry Thompson, Scott Ian, Brendan Saval, and Ken Hale for all their work on the music. We also had some extra special speech talent for Brendan Small, Pearl O'Day, Mike Kizibat, and Tom Kizibat for all their voices and the different skeletons in the game. Working on this game was a ton of fun, and the high-energy soundtrack is just too fun not to play along with it. So I had an awesome time. Now let's send it over to you, Steve.
    34:12
    Hey, pinball fans. Steve Ritchie here. Black Knight Sword of Rage won a Twippy Award for Best Music and Sound Effects. How about that? We gratefully accept the award, and I would like to thank Scott Ian and Brendan Small for the outrageous music and sound effects. I would also like to thank Ken Hale, Jerry Thompson, and most of all, Tim Sexton, who hammered the whole thing together into a rich, powerful pinball experience. It's awesome!
    34:42
    Thanks again to everyone, and please stay safe. Oh, hey. Got Ian here. Playing the Black Knight Sword of Rage. And, uh, hey, man. So I guess that won Best Soundtrack at the TWI PYS Awards. Well, thank you very much for that, because it is the best soundtrack. It kicks ass. Thank you. Thanks to everyone. Cheers. Stern Pinball rules!
    35:19
    Congrats to Scott, Ian, and the Stern team for some badass music and some really good sound effects. If I had long enough hair, I would be rocking out, headbanging while I play that game. That is how awesome that soundtrack is. So I think without further ado, we're going to go ahead and go right into our next category. And we're going to bring in none other than Lauren Gray from Backbox Pinball Podcast.
    35:49
    Favorite homebrew pinball machine. I would do it like this. And the people in the cast in this category just said, hold my beard. The nominees for Best Home Roof and Wall Machine are...
    36:30
    Castlevania by Justin Kalinowski. Deadflip by Zach Danger. Spaceballs, The Pin by Wolf March. And the winner is Deadflip by Jack Danger.
    37:12
    Wow, thank you again for voting for me for favorite homebrew. That's insane. collecting this Twippy isn't for me this is for the entire Homebrew community because our game was built with everyone so a lot of people had input on how to design this and I built it for you so that you too can learn how to build a pinball machine and it's been a journey it's been a lot of hair pulling but it's been fun and we have a fully functioning game now but again this is all thanks to you so many of you had your hands in this game even from the get-go when we were first sketching stuff down. People are like, we'll throw a pump off of there. Like, what if there was a splitter here? Try that. Like, you all built this. You just used my hands to put it together. So, again, thank you all so much. And a big shout-out to everyone else who has made amazing homebrew machines out there. There's too many to list, and there's more popping up every single day. So, please keep building. And this trophy, I'm going to scratch my name out and just put a big smiley face. Thank you. I love you guys. Thank you so much. Congratulations, Jackie Boy, for winning Best Homebrew Pinball Machine. And really, I don't know about you, Carrie, but I think Jack should cut that trophy into like a million different pieces and then send them to all of his audience in his stream because he streamed his entire process, is streaming his entire process, and we're all kind of involved in that. So we all kind of just won collectively best homebrew pinball machine. Am I right?
    38:47
    It's definitely good to be able to see the entire process from start to finish. And it's not even finished yet, but we get to see all the intricacies and difficulty behind creating a pinball machine. It's very, very intimidating. I will not be doing it soon. But kudos to all you guys out there that do make your own pinball machines. You're awesome. So, let's continue with the show because we've got a lot of categories to go. And our next category is actually going to be Best Toys and Gimmicks.
    39:19
    Who's presenting, Kerry? The person or people, I should say, that are going to be presenting this award are none other than the Poor Man's Podcast people, Drew and Ian. It's a good thing that we're doing it digitally. that way we don't have to worry about any kind of liability issues of them tripping over stuff or throwing up on the podium or anything like that so thankfully we're doing it this way this year for that good reason right there so drew and ian take it away best toys and gimmicks hi guys i'm ian hey guys i'm drew and we are the four man spinball projects. We talk about pinball news, sometimes we get a little drunk, and we tell great dance jokes like this jam. And the award for best neckwear of the year goes to... It's a tie.
    40:22
    Feels good, doesn't it? They get better all the time. All right, so it's our honor and It's a privilege to be the presenters of Best Toys and Gimmicks. Thank you, Drew. No problem.
    40:43
    And, well, without further ado, these are your nominees. Black Knight, Sword of Rage by Stern Pinball. Magnus Favre, yeah! This game is the only Black Knight where you actually fight the Black Knight. Fight me. Jurassic Park by Stern Pinball.
    41:06
    All-eating T-Rex, and this is going to make a much more fun game. We have four ramps total, a kinetic raptor toy, a first-ever horizontal helicopter spinner, a helical ramp that feeds an upper flipper, which is a first-in-pinball.
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    Just crying of how beautiful it is. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Jersey Jack Penrose. You should open your mouth a little wider when you speak.
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    Stop, don't come back. There it goes. So you get nothing. You lose. Good day, sir. And the winner is...
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    Jurassic Park by Stern Pinball. Hey, this is Mike Vendacore from Stern Pinball. I'm sorry that the rest of the team couldn't be here today, but as a proud member of the Jurassic Park team, thank you all so much for voting for the best toys and gimmicks for Jurassic Park. We really had a lot of fun making it. It was a lot of hard work, but it was very rewarding and a lot of fun in the end. We're very proud of the game, and we're really glad that everybody loves it so much. Thank you again for all your support, and we will be making more games for you in the future. Congrats to Mike Vinacore and team for the very nice toy inside Jurassic Park. Watching that T-Rex munch around on that pinball never gets old. And what else doesn't get old? Location pinball. And that's going to be our next category. So what would you consider locations? Well, that is anywhere where you typically have to pay to play. So a lot of places, even in my Dallas area, it's like $10 to get in and you have a plethora of pinball machines to play on. Or you go to another location, a bar, and it's play per game. That's what it is. So anywhere you go publicly and you play pinball, that is where this is going to be. The arcade!
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    And presenting this awesome category, one of my favorite categories, and one of my favorite presenters, are none other than my Marco Specialties crew, Crystal Genmick and Kyle Stateri. Take it away, guys.
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    Favorite pinball location. Hey, everybody. Crystal and I were supposed to present this award together, but Marco Specialties has us working separate shifts to keep our facilities clean, safe, and fully operational.
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    That's my favorite co-worker. It's like a good boner noise. Okay. Hey everybody. Crystal and I were supposed to... Sorry.
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    Can you see that this skate light is lit out? Can you see that this one's out right here? Everyone's gonna notice that. Everyone's gonna notice that. Hey everyone, Crystal and I were going to present this award together, but Margo Specialties
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    has us working separate shifts to keep our facilities clean, safe, and fully operational. Just like our favorite pinball locations, we're excited to present the nominees for favorite pinball locations. Logan Arcade in Chicago, Illinois.
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    of Pinball Palace in Brunswick, Georgia. Titletown Pinball in De Pere, Wisconsin. And the winner is...
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    Logan Arcade in Chicago, Illinois. Congratulations, Logan Arcade, for winning Best Pinball Location. I personally love Logan Arcade. It's definitely in my top five. Kerry, have you ever been there? I've never been there, but next time I go to Chicago, I will make an appointment to make that happen. Yes. How about right now? Bam. Whoa. We're in an arcade. Yeah. Except we can't play any games right now. So we're just going to move on to our next category, which is favorite pinball publication, writer, or article. Now, this category is anything written with the subject of pinball. You are up to be nominated.
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    Favourite pinball publication, writer or article. Coin-Op Carnival. Pinball Magazine's Newsletters. skill shot Seattle's Kendall Z
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    and the winner is painful magazines newsletters okay I'm really not good with doing these type of videos. Hi, my name is Jonathan, I'm the editor of Pinball Magazine and if you're watching this video that means that I apparently won my second Twippy for best pinball publication. Now normally I would say thank you very much, in this case I would say you stupid idiots you should have voted for Coin of Carnival. So why didn't you? Go get this publication because it really deserves to win the Twippy this year. Now, next year however, Gimbal Magazine number 6 is being in the works, and really I am working on it right now, so I'll be happy to collect my Twippy for 2020, next year, this time around. But, congrats to Nick and Ryan for Coin of Carnival, because They really deserve to win. If I won, I'll be handing over my trophy to them. Thank you. Bye-bye.
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    Congrats, Jonathan, for best pinball publication. And we're going to move on to our next category, which is best theme. Presented by none other than Flippin' Out Pinballs, Zach Minney, and Eclectic Gamers Podcast, Dennis Creasel. best theme hey dennis we get the honor of presenting the best pinball theme of 2019 and buddy they can't all be the hobbit or papa oh geez this was a disaster to get selected for oh oh but you know zach what i always say you don't play the play field you play the theme Oh, well, I guess. Is it a typical, atypical layout? How does that work? Symmetrical versus asymmetrical. Oh, yeah, symmetrical, polynomial. Well, it's funny you should mention themes, Dennis, because the best themes to me are the ones that you and I share, and that is, wait for it, friendship and love.
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    Oh, my. Just move on. All right. And the nominees are... Elvira's House of Horrors by Stern Pinball. Jurassic Park by Stern Pinball. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Jersey Jack Pinball. And the winner is...
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    Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Jersey Jack Pinball. Thank you. On behalf of everybody from Jersey Jack Pinball, everybody that works for the company, we want to thank you all that voted for us for the best team. We really love Willy Wonka. We love the fact that everybody enjoys the game so much. So thank you again to everybody. It's an honor. And we'll be in a world of pure imagination.
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    I'm trying to keep this villainy mode up. All right, fine. So congratulations, Willie Wonka team, for that awesome win. I love that theme. The next category is now favorite competitive pinball player. And presenting this award is Mike Peeve. He's this big. Well, Paris Thamen is the actual actor, and here he is now. favorite competitive pinball player hey everybody how you doing i'm paris femen and a long time ago i played mike tv in willie wonka and the chocolate factory and i'm here with my favorite pinball machine by jersey jacks i'm biased but it's an awesome machine and i'm here to announce the following category For Favorite Competitive Pinball Player, the nominees are... Bo and Karens.
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    Jack Danger. Keith Elwin. And the winner is... Keith Elwin. Congratulations to him and keep playing pinball.
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    Hi, Keith Elwin here, as you can tell by my Loser Kid Pinball Podcast hat and my Stern Pinball t-shirt. So don't believe me? Check out my five Pinbird trophies. I just want to thank everybody for voting for me for favorite competitive pinball player, but I'd like to put it on the record that I voted for Johannes. Thanks, everybody.
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    Congratulations, Keith, for the award. I mean, I thought you were sexy before, but I think you turned it up a notch. Did you get a tan? Is that what I'm seeing there?
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    So what's our next category, Imota? Our next category is favorite pinball convention. And last year, this presenter, Jersey Jack, ripped his shirt off to tell us who the winner was. So let's see what he does this year.
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    Favorite pinball convention. Yes, Jersey Jack, coming to you from the beautiful Jersey Shore. The ocean is like a little man trying to return to the jelly. And the nominees are...
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    Penble Expo. Wing Play FX. Texas Penble Festival. And the winner is... Texas Pinball Festival. Guys and gals, we're really excited to be here this evening and accepting this award on behalf of the Texas Pinball Festival. And I think back to 20 years ago now, when none of us were to get our own option going, oh my god we've got to say pinball what do we do is anybody even going to show up if we put our games together and we got through that first show and it's just kept going and you know here we are 20 years later and you know the important thing is it's not those nine guys anymore it's it's all of you that come to our show it's all of you that volunteer and we share this with you we really appreciate this award and everything that you do for us we appreciate all the love and support You all have been awesome. We're working through it. 2021 is going to be great. So thank you, everyone, for your love and support. We appreciate it so much. Thank you.
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    Bye. That's what I'm talking about, Texas. Keep reeling in all those Twippy Awards. What's going to be our next category, Moda? Our next category is Best Theme Integration. Not to be confused with Best Theme. Theme integration means you don't necessarily have the coolest theme, but it's how you utilize it into your design. And presenting that category is Stephen Young from Pinball Undesirables, someone who is always allowed to stream at our Marcos Specialties booth.
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    Best Theme Integration Theme Integration. It's making sure that all of the elements of the game are influenced by that game's theme. Do it right and you create that cliche world under glass. Our nominees for Best Theme Integration of the Year are...
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    El Flare's House of Horrors by Stern Pinball. Jurassic Park by Stern Pinball. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Jersey Jack Pinball.
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    And the Twippy goes to... Jurassic Park by Stern Pimple When the team came up with the concept of having a new story set in the Jurassic Park universe being about the dinosaurs and trying to escape the park, I really thought it was a great direction because I wanted to go back to the world of Jurassic Park that I kind of grew up watching along with most of us. and the story that the team, Keith in particular, wrote, I thought was just absolutely fantastic and really fit pinball. You know, you play in the game and you really do feel like you're in that park. You're trying to trap these dinosaurs and it really adds a lot of fun and immersion into the Jurassic Park world. On behalf of Stern and the Jurassic Park team, thank you all for your support and for your votes. Congratulations to Keith Elwin and team for Jurassic Park on best theme integration. Speaking of integration, what better way to integrate pinball into society than a website? And our next category is going to be best pinball website. And presenting that category is my big brother from another mother, Jack Danger.
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    Favorite pinball website. And the nominees for favorite pinball website are... Here we go. And the nominees for favorite pinball website are...
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    Match Play Events Pinside This Week in Paintball. And the winner is... Henside. What? Marco's Specialties didn't win Best Website? Aw, come on. I'm just kidding. We all know that Pinside is number one. Well deserved, y'all. Let's move on to our next category, which is Best Animations and Display, and presenting that category is Bare Naked Ladies. What? Hell yeah, that's right. No, no, this is on YouTube. This will, like, demonetize me. so fast it would not be good. Okay.
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    Ed Robertson from the band Bare Naked Ladies. Okay. Yeah. That actually better Alright Let get on with it Best Animations and Display Well hello pinball fans My name is Ed Robertson. I play in a band called Bare Naked Ladies. I eat, sleep, and breathe pinball. I hope you're enjoying this year's Twippy Awards. I am here to say hello to you, to wish you well and hope you're not spreading an ungodly virus just by enjoying pinball.
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    And I'm here to present the award for Best Animations and Display. And the nominees are... Black Knight Sword of Rage by Stern Pinball.
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    Animations by Joshua Clay and Zach Stark. Jurassic Park by Stern Penball Animations by Chuck Ernst and team
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    Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Jersey Jack Penball Animations by John Paul DeWitt And the winner of this year's Twippy Award for Best Animations and Display,
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    you guessed it, it's Big Game. No, it is... It is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Jersey Jack Pinball. Congratulations. Thank you, thank you for voting on Wonka for best animations in Pinball. Wow, three times in a row. First, Dalian, then Pirates of the Caribbean, this year Wonka. Wow. Honestly, I had expected Jurassic Park to win animations, it was great, competition was good, but can't thank you enough. That's why I hired all these guys over there. Saves me some time.
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    Also need to thank Mark Molitor. He's the animator in the Chicago office of New Jersey Jackpinball. He started doing Wonka, learning the stuff in our game. And Olaf Vremie, he's from Amsterdam. He animated all the Oompa Loompas. So thanks to them as well, on behalf of the Jersey Jack pinball team.
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    Working hard on the next game. Hopefully my fourth. JP, for the win. We'll see. Hope to see you next year. Stay healthy.
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    These are bizarre times. I wish the show was live again. Because last year in Texas was great. unfortunately the events this year are not so good so hopefully next year we can see each other again on many pinball shows till next time, thanks congratulations Jean-Paul for best animation display with your Willy Wonka machine moving on to our next category and that's going to be Rookie of the Year, now this deserves a little bit of explanation because Rookie of the Year falls in line to those of us have basically, this is their first time doing something in the pinball industry for the year 2019. Whether it be a first time distributor, first time podcaster, first time designer, the list goes on and on. If this is something new for this individual in the year 2019, then that throws you into the category of Rookie of the Year. Now, the presenter we have for this is none other than Jerry Stellenberg, who just recently announced his new game for his multi-morphic platform, Heist.
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    It looks awesome. Rookie of the Year. These are the people that bring fresh ideas and help move the industry forward. And the nominees are...
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    Jack Danger for Homebrew Designer. 10 Sexton for Lead Coder on Black Knight, Sort of Rage. Zach and Nicole Mini for Distribution with Flippin' Out Pinball.
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    And the winner is... Tim Sexton for Lead Coder on Black Knight, Sword of Rage. Alright, I know I look like a sports broadcaster right now, and it's not just that I miss sports, it's that I miss you, everyone in the pinball community, in these tough times we're living through, but I'd really like to say thank you. This is the best microphone I have so I'm going to wear this to do it. Thank you everyone who nominated me and voted for me for Rookie of the Year this year for the Twippy Awards. It's awesome. I'm very excited to receive it ever since I got involved in this hobby. I've always wanted to make sure I could get the most people the most excited about pitball and I know that we can keep this thing going. There's so much passion and so much enthusiasm in the hobby that this thing's going to keep going for a really long time. Pinball's been around for a long time, and it's just going to stay great. It's going to be awesome. And I'd really like to thank Jeff Patterson, who runs ThisWeekInPinball.com. I'd like to thank the whole Twippy committee for all their work they did and going through all the nominations and votes and everything like that. And I'd love to thank the pinball community just in general for their support, for everything everyone's done to support each other during these times. these fundraisers to help people out of work for, you know, losing their jobs because these pinball places have temporarily gone out of business. Hopefully they'll all bounce back very soon, and we'll have some great times together again. But in the meantime, I just want to make sure everyone does their part. Limit your contact. Be aware of the social distancing. Wash your hands. Practice good hygiene. And together we'll all get through this, and we'll be flipping together once again. So thank you very much.
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    Congratulations, Tim Sexton, for winning Rookie of the Year. We were all rooting for you. I mean, I was personally rooting for you. I'm glad you won. Let's move on to the next category, which is favorite pinball competition or tournament. And the presenter for this award is none other than the man that brought us the Pinbox series, as well as the man that is currently working with Deep Root on his next title, Barry Ausler.
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    Favorite pinball tournament competition. Hi, I'm Barry Ausler. Here are the nominees for the favorite pinball tournament slash competition. IFPA Pinball Olympics 2019 in Volta, Germany.
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    Pimper. Texas Wizards Tournament. How come my home strip pinball tournament wasn't in this list? And the winner is...
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    Pinbird! Congrats, Pinbird, on the award for favorite pinball tournament. And we're moving on to the next category, which is going to be best call-outs. Yeah, baby, you want some fries with that shake?
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    No, Kerry, not cat calls. Best call-outs. Oh, yeah. Presenting this award is Dr. Pin from the Super Awesome Pinball Show and Mrs. Pin from Mrs. Pin Pinball Podcast.
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    Can you guys just do a podcast together? The Dr. and Mrs. Pin Pinball Show? No? Alright, here's the video.
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    Best Callouts Hey everyone, it's the Pins and we're super excited to be here with you tonight celebrating all things pinball You know, this is an awesome way to do the Twippies this year It's like a virtual playdate with thousands of our closest pinball friends And we're here to present one of the coolest parts of any pinball machine Best Pinball Callout Ooh, like when I call out to you and let you know I'm taking your GC again? Yeah, I don't remember that ever happening No babe, it's when you do something really good or really bad, or someone just comes on randomly and says something from the machine like, why didn't Henry do this? Oh, like Wonka, my favorite one. Augustus, save some room for later. Or, I also love Black Knight when Steve Ritchie comes on and verbally abuses you if you miss your shot. That's exactly right. Yeah, why don't we check out all of the awesome nominees. Black Knight, Sword of Rage by Stern Pindle.
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    All I need is a spark. What's that? Have you got it? None! Let me end your ratcheted life. Excellent and extra balls!
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    Empire's House of Horrors by Stan Pinpole. Some might say two heads are better than one, but this thought proves otherwise. Let's put our heads together and get this anatomical aberration back where he belongs. On film. One zombie in a tall glass. Shoot for death.
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    Jurassic Park. It's a unique system. You know this. I hate this hacker crap. Shoot the left ramp. And the winner is...
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    Elvira's House of Horrors by Stern Pinball. Hi everyone, Tim Kitzer here, a.k.a. Mr. Boomstrucker Lager from NBA Jam, NFL Bliss, a whole bunch of other video games, but more importantly, the voice of pinball games from the early days at Williams Valley Midway. But now, back with Stern Pinball. Stern Pinball is killing it! They're on fire! And I just found out that we received a Twippy Award for Best Call-Outs for Elvira's House of Horrors! I play Elvira's sidekick for the third time. I did the first game of the original Elvira, then Scared Stiff, and now the House of Horrors. And I don't know if my character has a name. I'll call him Fred. So anyway, I'm Fred, and I also do all the talking heads, the ghosts, the shout ahead that says, Hey, watch out, you take another shot at me like that, I'll drop you like a rock lobster. You are going down, down, down, my friend. And I want to thank the dream team, the legends, the icons, Lyman Sheets, Greg Ferris, Dennis Nordman, and on sound, Jerry Thompson, and of course, Cassandra Peterson, the ageless, the voluptuous Elvira. And I'm sorry I can't be there tonight, Elvira, but, you know, I never go out before dark. And right now, I'm getting mailed in the coffin big time. You know what I always say, when the coffins are rocking, don't come a-locking. I don't have to tell you twice. Thank you, everyone. What a great award. What a great time to be back in the pinball business while the arcades are surging. We really appreciate this, and we'll see you at the arcade soon. Congratulations to Stern Pinball and their team for Elvira House of Horrors and to Cassandra Peterson who actually did her own call outs and put on her Elvira Mistress of the Dark costume and went over to Stern and recorded all the video assets for the game That's just absolutely amazing It's a very well deserved award Yes Our next category is now going to be favorite pinball YouTube channel. And who's presenting this category today?
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    The people we have presenting for best YouTube pinball channel, or pinball YouTube channel, whichever way you want to say it, is going to be the two guys from American Pinball, Josh Coogler and Joe Shover. favorite pinball YouTube channel I'm Josh Kudlow from American Pinball and like many of you I'm sheltered at home and I hope all of you are staying safe like many of you I'm fortunate enough to have a few of these to keep me company and I'll be spending most of my time over the next few weeks with this guy one thing we're all fortunate for is the wide range of pinball channels on YouTube And whether they're there to entertain, to inform, to educate, or all of the above, they do it with a passion for pinball. And the nice thing is, you can enjoy them all even while sheltered in. And the nominees for Favorite Pinball YouTube Channel are... Papa Pinball!
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    Straight down the middle, a pinball shuttle. TNT Amusement. Good night. You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.
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    And the winner is... Papa Pinball Hey, I'm Bowen. We're here in Salem, Massachusetts to play some Alice Cooper's... Oh, no, I'm sorry. We're just here to accept the award for Favorite YouTube Channel for Papa Pinball. I appreciate all of the support that I've had on Patreon over the years, as well as people who come up to me and ask, just let me know that the series of tutorial videos have helped them learn to play pinball. Also, big thanks to James Emanuel, Doug Polka, and the rest of the folks who are behind the Papa TV Live series that is on just about every week broadcasting new games from Papa headquarters that will be useful for more gameplay videos and preparation for Pinberg and ReplayFX as well. So thank you so much for supporting this channel and for supporting Pinball. Let's all keep in touch with each other over the next few months.
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    What? What's this? I didn't win. Oh. Oh, you found somebody else that makes better videos than me, did you? You creeps. Oh, well, you know, I... Hours. Hours editing. Who did you give the award to anyway? The fool. The stupid fool. Well, just like last year, I made my own award up. I had, look, let me show it to you. Wallace was in charge of the award making.
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    It's my annual Twit Award. Now, it was 2019, but somebody thought it was supposed to be 2020, so they crossed it out and made it 2019 again. There it is. And mine comes with full animation, see? And I am going to treasure this award. Aren't I? Congrats Papa Pinball for winning Favorite Pinball YouTube Channel You know That's how I actually learned how to play Pinball just watching the Papa tutorials And Bowen Curran tutorials Pushing Cramming all these rules into my mind Is it Currans or Cairns Bowen Cairns So Cairns what's the next category Our next category is going to be Best Pinball Mod of the Year 2019. And mod means modification to your pinball machine that is not factory standard. And the nominees are...
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    Favorite Pinball Mod of 2019. Amber Jurassic Park Shooter Rod by Stern Pinball. Chess Mod for JJP Pirates. by the Pimple Mod Company. Wonka Factory Mod by the Mod Couple.
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    And the winner is Amber Dredge Park Studio by Strim Pimple. Wow, that's amazing. That is my favorite rod of 2019. Lights up and everything. I'm not going to touch that. Speaking of lights, our next category is Best Light Show. And none other than Jeff Patterson from This Week in Pinball will be giving us the nominations for Best Light Show.
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    Best Light Show. Hey everybody, it's Jeff from This Week in Pinball. Hope you're enjoying the show. I'm here to present Best Light Show. Last year it was Pirates of the Caribbean, Caribbean and the year before that it was total nuclear annihilation and the nominees for this year are black night sort of rage by Stern pinball
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    Jurassic Park by Stern pinball Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Jersey Jack pinball And the winner is...
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    Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Jersey Jack Pinball. On behalf of everybody in the company, we want to say thank you for this award, Best Light Show. Our games are all amazing. Willy Wonka is an amazing game. And it all started with Wizard of Oz. So we have people in the company that really love what they do, and we do it all for you, the players and the people that vote for us. Thank you very much.
    79:09
    Congratulations, J.J.P., for winning Best Light Show with your Willy Wonka machine. And on to our next category, which is going to be, whoa, nice shades you got there, Emoto. Oh, yeah, you like these? They're my pink shades. They help keep the glare off the games and those blaring light shows for my sensitive little eyes. protects them. So what's our next category? Moving on to the next category is favorite... Streamer? Favorite pinball streamer?
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    So the next category is favorite pinball streamer. And to present this award is someone who can't smash a trophy this year, none other than Christopher Franchi.
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    Favorite pinball streamer. Hello, everybody. This is Christopher Franchi, and I'm here at Studio LaFrance where all the art magic happens. And I'm here to introduce you to the nominees for favorite pinball streamer. Thank God for pinball streaming, because otherwise I'd be sitting around in my underwear and a webcam chat with your sister.
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    Ew. Here's the nominees. Deadflip. All right. It's going off the main shoot. Oh, it's coming down. Oh, dude. Okay, you got it. Okay, you're going to do better than me. Okay, so where were you born?
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    What was life like? Where are you from now? I am from Chicago, Illinois. From Chicago. And I stuck at pinball. Flippin' out pinball.
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    And I pinball tonight to my right, Ryan White, Vice President of Sales at Chicago Game Company. And to his right, Mr. Steve Beattie. Hey, we got some bips. Joe Fox is here. What's up, man? What's up, Joe? Papa TV. And the winner is...
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    Dead Trip. Favorite frickin' pinball streamer for three years in a row. this is the big one. This is the award that means the most to me. This is what we've won for two years in a row, and I can't thank you enough for voting for us again. This is awesome. I do this for you. I do all this crazy crap, building machines, buying new gears, setting up rigs, traveling places. I do this for you guys, and it's reciprocated with you being in chat every day and just saying how much you appreciate what's going on, and then do stuff like this, voting for me for the Twippies. I honestly, it warms my heart, and I can't thank you enough for, you know, just helping me help you is what's happening. Anyway, I love you guys so much. Thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart. This is the award. Three years running. Thank you, thank you, and thank you.
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    That other Twippie's going to look great next to these two little babies. I love you. Thank you. International Pinball Sensation won not one, not two, but three years in a row. Congratulations, Jack. Our next category is Favorite Pinball League. And let me take a moment to remind you guys that this is People's Choice Award. So if you don't see your league listed on the nominees, it's probably because you guys didn't go out and vote or there wasn't enough of you to go out and vote. So remember, you guys voted. These are the winners you guys picked. So, care who's presenting? The presenter for this award is none other than the designer for Pirates of the Caribbean with Jersey Jack Pinballs, Eric Minier.
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    Favorite Pinball League. Thanks, guys. Hey, everyone. Welcome to the third annual Twippy Awards. and thanks for having me back as a presenter. This is pretty cool. I'm filming from my home in Chicago, Illinois, where I am sheltering in place with five or so JJP games and a couple others. And I'm here to present the award for the Best Pinball League while representing the Best Pinball League, in my opinion, the Chicago Pinball Authority.
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    So, your nominees are... are Bells and Chimes in San Antonio, Texas, New England pinball league, Titletown pinball in De Pere, Wisconsin. And congratulations to the winning league.
    84:36
    Bells and Chimes in San Antonio, Texas. Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness! There were no more buddies involved. But we are so excited to give you guys a wish to everyone that voted. We know that this was a vote not only for our chapter, Sing It, Tunga, but for all those chapters across the world. It's exciting to be playing 10-10 Poland with everyone and glad that everyone was represented. I want to say a big thank you to our team and all of the amazing and talented women and other players. We've all had a lot of fun with it. Thank you to everyone in the service of our community and for the support. Oh my gosh, thank you so much for your vote. Big thank you to the Samara family and West Brewery, where we played This Is Our Home. Also, another big thank you to Belton Times Houston. They inspired me to form the San Antonio chapter. Elizabeth Romero, Riley Ellis, and the L.E. guys, they are just that. And another big thank you to the O.D. Bel, herself at this right here, she found the belt in time and we would not need her with a thousand today. Again, thank you to all the women across the world that are playing pinball, more and more women are playing pinball every day and we are just beyond excited that we won. So, the official belt in time for Antonio's sign is, it can also be worth a watch. Love you guys, love you guys, thank you so much. Yay!
    86:04
    Yes, another Texas resident takes home a Twippy Award. Congratulations, Bells and Chimes, for winning. And our next category is going to be Best Rules. But, Imota, why are you so excited about this particular category? Because we've got the best presenter for this. I'm so excited. It's our celebrity presenter.
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    Check it out. Best Rules. Hey there, all you pinball fans. It is Sean Astin here, actor, otherwise known as Samwise Gamgee from The Lord of the Rings, Bob Newby from Stranger Things, and Pinball Aficionado. There's actually also Mikey from the Goonies pinball game that I played in Vegas and lost a lot of money. Anyhow, what can I say?
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    Congratulations to the award show. I would like to present the next category. Ladies and gentlemen, the next category is Best Rules. Best rules.
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    The nominees are... Black Knight, Sword of Rage by Stern Pinball. Rules by Tim Sexenancy. You're like, well, it is the Black Knight. He doesn't want me to win. He wants me to lose. And it's my job to figure out how to advance past him to win the game.
    87:26
    Empty your pockets. Jurassic Park by Stern Pinball. Rules by Keith Elwin and team. This entire game was designed around the truck target here, which toggles back and forth. When I came up with this mech, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Have it navigate the island to get to different paddocks. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Jersey Jack Pinball. Rules by Joe Katz and team. Considering that the factory tour so what you want to do is qualify different sections of that line and play those modes get those awards with the objective of trying to play them all And the winner is...
    88:14
    Jurassic Park by Stern Pinball. Rules by Keith Elwin and Gene. Jurassic Park. Woo-hoo! Go Jurassic Park! It's just an honor to be nominated.
    88:26
    One of the things that constantly amazes me about Keith Elwin, the lead designer of Jurassic Park and Iron Maiden before that, was not only does he design these great play fields, but he designs the whole rule set too.
    88:39
    The two games that he's made have been my favorites and the ones that I keep coming back to long after the games are finished. Keith has designed my favorite rule sets since I've been a CERN employee. And I'm not just saying that because he puts a skill shot in his game named after me that I come up with in each one of his games. And he bought me this fancy suit for this award ceremony. Thank you all for voting for this award. Thank you for your support of Stern Pinball on behalf of the rest of the Jurassic Park team and the entire company. We thank you for your support and look forward to bringing you more fun games in the future. Congratulations, Keith, Owen, and team for the super refreshing rules on Jurassic Park. and Kerry, is that not the coolest thing that we actually got Sean Afton to present an award? Hell yeah. I'm glad that Jeff was able to get him to hop on board this train, and we got a nice celebrity in here. I mean, he's played so many roles, it's kind of hard to pinpoint which one I want to call out. We can go all the way back to the Goonies. I think of Encino Man. I mean, I think of all kinds of stuff that he's been in, but it's really cool to have him in here, though. Definitely. And he says he's looking forward to a Goonies machine, so you never know what that means. Someone made one, but it's just not all over the world type of thing. So I'm up for it. But speaking of like toppers, which is going to be our next category, and introducing the nominees for this category for a favorite topper of 2019 is Josh and Scott from Loser Kid Pinball Podcast.
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    Favorite pinball topper of 2019. Thanks for tuning in to the 2019 Twippies. I am Josh Roop, along with my co-captain, as always. Scott Larson, and we are from the Loser Kid Pinball Podcast. And Josh, why are we here tonight? We are here to present to you the nominees for the 2019 favorite topper. And the nominees are... Black Knight Sword of Rage Topper by Stern Pinball. Medieval Madness Remake Topper by Chicago Gaming Company Star Wars R2-D2 Topper by Stern Pinball And Josh, the winner of the 2019 Best Pinball Topper Twippy is...
    91:05
    Black Knight Sword of Rage Topper by Stern Pinball Wow, the Black Knight Topper won a Twippy for Favorite Pinball Topper of 2019.
    91:18
    I'm Steve Ritchie, and I am happy, proud, and thrilled to work with Team Stern on this topper project. I am so grateful to Elliot Eisman, Harrison Drake, Kevin O'Connor, and Tim Sexton for helping create the best topper ever. Thank you for this award, and stay safe. Congratulations to you, the Black Knight himself, Steve Ritchie, for providing us with an excellent topper for the year of 2019. Such a great addition to the game that I saw on Expo. Definitely caught my eye. Very amazing. And speaking of amazing, let's go on to our next category, which is favorite pinball podcast. Ooh, and I love this category because podcasts hold such a near and dear place in my heart because I drive everywhere. and I listen to podcasts constantly. Shout out to Nate Shivers from Coast to Coast Pinball Podcast. He's one of the reasons why I got so captivated by this awesome community and hobby. So present it.
    92:21
    What the hell is this nose, Barry? Oh, it's your part. Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't. Podcast, what? Well, what do we have here? Well, it's the Swoopy Awards. and the crew's center stage. None other than the grand champion of all pinball media, Macho Pinball. Oh, yeah. Here I am in the flesh. I know you've been wondering, so bad is my macho glory. Hey, sorry to cut you off, Emoto, and whoever you thought was going to present. But what better presenter to announce the favorite pinball podcast than the king of all podcasts, Macho himself. Yeah. favorite pinball podcast canada's pinball podcast special and lit pinball podcast this weekend pinball podcast whoa whoa whoa mr silky smooth mr butter voice before we announce the winner Macho is to pay his respects, my respects to the competition. Only one, only one of you will win favorite pinball podcast. But you're all winners in Macho's book. So I come bearing gifts to all my fellow podcast brethren. Take this. It's dangerous to go alone. Canada, I bestow upon you one free Macho Brand Strategy workshop. May my infinite marketing wisdom help guide your message in the future. Special one-lip pinball podcast. I bestow upon you Big Miss Mona's podcast shovel. Should you ever need to dig up that no-default podcast.
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    And this weekend's pinball podcast. I bestow upon you a coupon for one medium, one topping pizza. Plus two drinks, as well as one card for 45 minutes of play points to Chuck E. Cheese. May this gift, may it help you find the ties that break. So macho bravo to you boys. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be here right now. Hacking the twippies. Your contribution to the hobby, it's an inspiration to many. So, enjoy the spotlight. because 2020 is the year of macho. Oh, yeah. Hey, Jeff, you can have your little show back now because macho is out.
    95:12
    And the winner is Canada's Pendle Podcast. No! No! Thank you. Oh, my God. I don't think that it's over yet!
    97:00
    Oh! Way to that special place that if I dare to run, I'll probably break down and cry. Oh, oh, oh, oh, sweet love of mine.
    97:42
    Oh, oh, oh, oh, sweet love of mine. You've got eyes of the bluest skies As if they thought of rain I'd hate to look into those eyes And see an ounce of pain But every time I feel alone Thank you. Really? Okay, so this just proves my point, guys, that this is obviously people's choice. We didn't pick this. All of you out there picked this guy. He doesn't even own a pinball machine. Not a single one. Nothing. Nothing in his game room at all. Okay? Nothing. And then he calls everybody else, you know, morons for buying machines before they play him. And what's he do? He buys a Rick and Morty, guys. number 50 at that. Fives it. Hadn't played it before. Fives it. But then he wants to call other people dumbasses. Just a little bit hypocritical there, guys. Just a little bit. And then you wonder why Stern doesn't come on your show? You wonder why? Gee, let me just make a three minute video explaining why Stern won't come on my show. And you can obviously tell that he's got nothing else better to do. He's obviously in quarantine because he's got a three minute long video of all of that. I don't even want to explain what all of that was, but it's all in there. You obviously put some time and effort. You know, I digress. It's whatever.
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    So, our next category is Best Artwork, and our presenter is... I don't care who's our next presenter.
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    Our next presenter is Damien, from Haggis Pinball. Best Artwork G'day everybody, I hope you're doing well and enjoying the show. The nominees are Elvira's House of Horrors by Stern Pinball Artwork by Greg Ferris The Monsters by Stern Pinball Artwork by Christopher Franchi And the winner is...
    101:11
    The Monsters by Stern Pinball. On work by Christopher Franchi. Oh, hi. I was asked by the Twitter committee to make this video accepting an award that I have no idea whether I've won or not. For best artwork on the Munsters.
    101:28
    The reason we're pre-recording this video is because of stupid coronavirus. On the other hand, if you're watching me now, that means I won.
    101:38
    So I'd like to thank you for voting, first and foremost. I really appreciate it. I cherish this award more than you'll ever know. I'd also like to thank John Board, Dwight Sullivan, Greg Ferreris, and George Gomez at Stern Pinball for putting out an amazing machine. Thanks very much, and have a great night, everybody.
    101:58
    Congratulations to Christopher Franchi for winning the Trippie Award for Best Artwork. Artwork was great on the Monsters, Chris. It's very well-deserved. And art can go a long way, but what can really push a game is the next category, which is best play-filled gameplay and layout. And presenting this category is my rock star friend. That was my attempt to do a triple mohawk with my braids. You know her as Antoinette Johnson. She doesn't have a mohawk in this video, but she's standing in front of her bonsai run, which she almost died trying to get. Play the video. Best Playfield Gameplay and Layout.
    102:45
    Hi, everyone. This is Antoinette coming to you from Orlando, Florida. And here are your nominees for Best Playfield Gameplay and Layout.
    102:54
    Elvira's House of Horrors by Stern Pinball. Lead Designer, Dennis Nordman. Jurassic Park by Stern Temple. Lead designer, Keith Elwin.
    103:21
    Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Jersey Jack Temple. Lead designer, Pat Lawler. And the winner is... Jurassic Park by Stern Pinball Lead designer, Keith Elwin Much like Iron Man before it When I would go into Keith Elwin's office And play his first Whitewood of Jurassic Park I was smiling the entire time I played it And this was in a state where it's got no artwork No rules, no sound We're just flipping balls around the physical design I would walk out of his office smiling and I would come back the next day looking forward to shooting it again.
    104:11
    Keith and the entire rest of the Jurassic Park team just really did a fantastic job with that design, with the toys and all the different elements on the play field. That spinner on the premium for the helicopter blades, which I like to call the L-spin, that was just such a unique and brilliant design and it was something so simple. The Raptor pen was another thing I thought was just a great use of that space and it really feels like you're capturing a ball in a cage. And, of course, the dinosaur mechanism is probably the best mechanism we may have ever done at Stern. We've done some good ones over the years. On behalf of the entire Jurassic Park team, thank you so much for your support. Thank you for your votes. On behalf of Stern Pinball, thank you also for your continued support and patronage, for playing our games, for your passion that we certainly share with you, and we look forward to bringing more great games to you in the future. congratulations jurassic park team yet again carrie how many awards did they win this year my goodness well we're on our last category of the show last category of the year but before that a quick message from jeff patterson from this week in pinball take it away jeff Hey guys, just a quick round of thank yous. Thank you to our sponsors, Marco Specialty, Coin Taker, Pinball Star, silverballswag.com, and thisweekinpinball.com. Huge thanks to the Twippy Committee members, Joel Reeves, Steve Bowden, Lloyd Olson, Zach Minney, Greg Bone, and Will Auding.
    105:52
    Special huge thanks to Will Auding. He's a super genius who has helped a ton behind the scenes with the security for the Twiggy voting.
    106:02
    Big thanks to Ed Vander Veen and all the people at the Texas Pinball Festival, like Richard and Howard Barnett, that were helping back when we were going to do the live show. So thank you guys.
    106:16
    Huge, huge thank you to Emoto and to Kerry Hardy. You guys rocked it. Thank you for all of your work to make this a great show. Hugely appreciate it from all of us. Thank you all the presenters and everybody that helped with the production of the show. Thank you to all of the pinball content creators, like podcasts and YouTube channels and streamers and all the operators and arcades and tournament directors and everybody else that makes this hobby great. Thank you all. biggest thank you all to the pinball manufacturers and all of you guys that worked creating these amazing machines that we can play, thank you all so much without you we obviously would not be here finally thank you to all of you watching, thank you to all of you people that support and read This Week in Pinball very much appreciate it, I hope you all have enjoyed the show, if you have any feedback you can send it to thisweekinpinball at gmail.com while it's fresh on your mind and don't worry, next year we'll all be at TPF doing the show live again hanging out, going out to eat shaking hands playing pinball together, thanks guys, back to the show and now the moment you've all been waiting for, the biggest award of the year and an award I want all of you manufacturers to strive for and that is Game of the Year And the nominees are...
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    Game of the Year. Elvira's House of Horrors by Stern Pinball. Jurassic Park by Stern Pinball. And the winner is...
    108:37
    Jurassic Park by Stern Pinball. Hi, I'm still Keith Elwin, and I'm here with my award-winning game, Jurassic Park. I'd like to say thanks for everyone for voting, and it's really an honor to win Game of the Year two years in a row. Jurassic Park, I mean park, was truly the best thing I've done so far. But just wait, I've got more coming. Thanks so much from me, definitely Keith Elwin, and this game, Linus McPantz. Thanks, everybody. Bravo. Congratulations to Stern, Keith Elwin, the whole Jurassic Park team for putting together a great game. Was there ever any doubt that this one would win Game of the Year? I never doubted it for a second. So congratulations to all of you out there. Thanks for joining us tonight. That is the end of this award ceremony. I don't know what else I need to say besides thank you for joining us. We had a great time. Emota, do you have anything you want to say? Yeah, we love you guys. Thank you for being with us. Thanks for being in the chat room, for encouraging us to still make this award show with everything going on around us. Stay healthy. Stay safe out there. And we'll see you guys soon, I hope.
    109:55
    Play lots of pinball. Stick around the chat room to chat with us, as well as check out some of our bloopers during this whole recording session. Bye, guys.
    110:04
    Peace out. Congratulations, Papa Pinball, for winning Best YouTube Channel for Pinball Relations. That's not what I want to say either. Okay.
    110:27
    I'm ready. Okay. Yep. Hey! Why are you doing this to me? Almost fell off the stool. I don't know. Favorite competitive football player. Let's do that again. So let me give you a quick overview on how this award ceremony... Alright, hold on. Come with me and we'll be in the world of pure and match. So let me give you a quick overview of how this works. We have an online, this is a people's choice of work, Carrie. Why the hell can't you say that? Our next category is best theme integration. Not to be confused with best, best, best.
    111:23
    Fuck you, Jeff Patterson. Sorry, I'm wrong. What is our next category, honestly? And he's going to go, what's up, internet? it? I was, I got kind of distracted because I thought he would, he grabbed for a bottle of like a bottle of Jameson. That's what it looked like at first. I was like, damn, Jeff. I'll make it fast.
    111:49
    Hey, faster is better. Got shit to do. All right. Not even the top three guys? What, what the fuck? Moving on to the next category is Best Animations and Display and Presenting that Yes, and who we have presenting this award are Dammit My mama says I'm sassy Texas, keep reeling in those awards So, what's our next category? let's move on to the next category which is
    112:31
    tournament competition favorite pinball tournament and competition i know i forgot what it was you jeff patterson is it you're this week in pinball you should know that we should have like a little tally thing every time we say you jeff patterson Jeff's going poopy again next category is I don't know who let the dogs out who you did and that's going to be our next basic someone's mowing the damn lawn like it's Sunday category I couldn't think of the word category I just want to say That is my favorite rod of 2019.
    113:27
    When it comes to best gameplay layout and what the fuck is it supposed to be. And then Jeff talks for about an hour and then... And it really helped the game a lot. So, I hate to say that, but now I feel like the game was shit and the only thing that carried it was the artwork. So, I'm not going to say it that way.
    113:46
    That was kind of lame, right? and this is another good reason why we didn't do this live because of stuff like this could happen my dogs could want to go potty my dogs could want to come barging in here my internet could drop emotos dad could be washing the car this is why we did it this way guys our next category is bam favorite pinball league let me do that one more time i managed to get my daughters with a babysitter, but I just don't know how long. So that is one obstacle that I'm glad I don't have to deal with right now. Round up all your folks and start voting on the Twippies, the 2000, fuck you, Jeff Patterson. Congratulations to you, Jonathan, for best publication. Regards, damn it, we'll do that again. And we'll take a moment right now to remind you guys that this is People's Choice Awards voting.
    114:44
    I need a break. which is something I should mention. All right, let's try that again. 2020 Twippy Awards. It's just waiting for you to log on and vote. It's not really ready yet, but it's not waiting yet. It's not.
    115:00
    All right, another Texas. Last one, whatever I say, we're going to keep it. Don't touch your face. You have COVID. Who wins an award this year for best, not best, favorite? All right. Podcast Watch.
    115:21
    Podcast Watch. When the favorite... God, son of a bitch, Charlotte. Kick! We don't do podcasts, Carrie. We're video.
    115:37
    I'm gonna beat your... Dog. what the hell like she's like one in this room she never wants in this damn room hi you messed up that's number 33 of you jeff patterson thing is absolutely amazing and that's where I just kind of fade off and who do we have presenting that category Kerry because I can't remember right now which leads us to our next podcast really play field layout and gameplay once I saw Jeff doing this I said best. Damn it.
    116:36
    Just look happy. Just look pretty over there, Carrie. Do your best. Takes 65. Best play field gameplay and layout. Wow, I said that.
    116:49
    No one has sort of... Quick and easy, fast and short. I bet I know what I'm seeing on these things is when my dogs come in from outside and they shake off.
    117:05
    Woo! Are we done? I gotta edit all this. We didn't even congratulate Kaneda for winning.