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The Walking Dead Pinball with Brandon and Greg! - Straight Down the Middle - 7/25/2017

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TL;DR

SDTM streams Walking Dead Pinball with analysis of shots, modes, and comparison to Ghostbusters and Star Wars.

Summary

Greg and Chris Brandon from Straight Down the Middle stream The Walking Dead Pinball, discussing gameplay mechanics, shot difficulty, strategy, and comparisons to other Stern machines like Ghostbusters and Star Wars. Zach Sharpe joins the stream and explains why he traded his Star Wars for Walking Dead, citing frustration with Star Wars' multiplier management and the tedious tie-fighter mode. The hosts discuss tournament play, machine modifications, and streaming setup.

Key Claims

  • Zach Sharpe traded his Star Wars for Walking Dead because Star Wars will 'kill on location just because it's Star Wars' but lacks depth for solo play and the tie-fighter assault mode is tedious and buttonmashy.

    high confidence · Zach Sharpe direct statement during stream gameplay

  • Walking Dead's well shot has a 30-second (or very long) ball save/slip duration.

    medium confidence · Host discussing well mechanics during gameplay; imprecise on exact timing ('not 30 seconds but I know it's super long')

  • On Walking Dead, you can stack Bloodbath with either Well or Prison multiball, but cannot stack Well and Prison together.

    medium confidence · Host explaining multiball stacking rules during gameplay

  • Ghostbusters requires constant nudging due to its flipper gap design—'you literally cannot play the game unless you move that game.'

    high confidence · Greg direct statement; Chris Brandon agrees from experience

  • Star Wars is primarily valuable for its IP license on location; tournament players prefer it for high-point single-shot potential via multiplier stacking.

    high confidence · Zach Sharpe analysis of Star Wars market positioning

  • Walking Dead's CDC shot is one of the tightest shots on the game; most other shots are also tight, making it 'not designed as well' compared to Ghostbusters.

    medium confidence · Host opinion during gameplay; notes CDC can be hit from backhand but is 'Papa Duke steep'

  • Ghostbusters extra ball mechanics allow players to accumulate multiple extra balls easily, but players can lose all of them in a single mode attempt.

    medium confidence · Greg explaining Ghostbusters ball management frustration; cites personal experience

  • Walking Dead's arena ramp is 'one of the most satisfying ramps' and the game's ramps feel 'buttery or smooth-feeling shots.'

    medium confidence · Host subjective gameplay commentary

Notable Quotes

  • “a lot of the reason I got rid of Star Wars is I think it's gonna kill on location just because it's Star Wars uh and that's about all it has going for it”

    Zach Sharpe @ approx 35-40min — Direct critique of Star Wars' shallow depth and reliance on IP licensing; key insight into why collectors prefer Walking Dead for personal play

  • “the tie fighter assault where you have to just keep mashing that damn button because it gets really annoying after the 900th time you do it plus that button's gonna break like no time”

    Zach Sharpe @ approx 38-42min — Specific design criticism of Star Wars mode; cites mechanical durability concern with button wear

  • “you literally cannot play the game unless you move that game [Ghostbusters]”

    Greg @ approx 25-30min — Highlights Ghostbusters' mechanical requirement for nudging; suggests poor playfield layout ergonomics

  • “I love Ghostbusters, but it's just a... I don't care. It's different.”

    Host (initial comment) @ early stream — Mixed sentiment on Ghostbusters: appreciates it but finds Walking Dead more engaging for personal play

  • “Walking Dead... 99% of the time with this game, I'm like, fuck, Walking Dead. And then that 1%, it's like, I love this table more than anything in the world.”

    Greg @ late stream — Expresses frustration with Walking Dead's difficulty and unpredictability; compares to 'high school relationship' metaphor for good games

  • “if you're going for points, it's all fine. But if you're trying to make through modes, just close, close, close [PKE frenzy]”

    Greg @ mid-stream — Explains Walking Dead mode progression vs scoring strategy trade-off; PKE mode disrupts multiball stacking

  • “Ghostbusters, I feel, is a game of patience. Like, it's a lot of just dead flipping... whereas Walking Dead is more of a shots game.”

    Greg @ late stream — Articulates design philosophy difference between two Stern machines; influences player preference

Entities

Zach SharpepersonGregpersonChris BrandonpersonStraight Down the MiddleorganizationThe Walking Dead PinballproductStar Wars PinballproductGhostbusters Pinballproduct

Signals

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    community_signal: Straight Down the Middle's first Twitch stream draws active chat participation from pinball community members (Penn2D, Zach Sharpe, Steve); validates platform and community interest in live pinball content

    high · Multiple community members joining chat, answering questions, providing gameplay tips; Penn2D praised for 'This Week in Pinball' website; organic community interaction during gameplay

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    sentiment_shift: Star Wars Pinball perceived as location-viable IP-dependent title with shallow gameplay depth and tedious modes; attractive for casual players and location operators but frustrating for engaged solo players

    high · Zach Sharpe: 'it's gonna kill on location just because it's Star Wars uh and that's about all it has going for it'; criticism of tie-fighter mode repetitiveness; traded away due to solo play boredom

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: Walking Dead Pinball generates mixed but engaged reaction from collector-players; beloved for shot design and ramp feel despite frustrating difficulty and variance

    high · Greg's repeated statements about loving the game 1% of the time but hating it 99%; appreciation for arena ramp and smooth ramps; ongoing engagement despite difficulty

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    community_signal: Pinball streaming community (Straight Down the Middle, streaming infrastructure) positioning as primary content format for engaging broader audience and building community connection

    medium · First official SDTM Twitch stream; hosts mention YouTube channel with 'over five years' of content; streaming schedule announced (Tuesday/Wednesday 8 PM ET)

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Topics

Walking Dead Pinball game design, mechanics, and strategyprimaryComparison of Stern Pinball machines (Walking Dead vs Ghostbusters vs Star Wars)primaryMultiball stacking and tournament strategysecondaryPinball streaming setup and Twitch platform logisticssecondaryMachine maintenance, modifications, and durability concernssecondaryCompetitive pinball and IFPA tournament participationsecondaryPinball community personalities and content creatorsmentionedStern manufacturing quality (flipper coil issues)mentioned

Sentiment

mixed(0.58)— Hosts express genuine enjoyment of Walking Dead gameplay and ramp feel, but frustration with difficulty and variance (the '99% bad, 1% good' sentiment). Positive reception to Ghostbusters' depth but acknowledgment of its demanding play style. Zach Sharpe's critique of Star Wars is critical but measured—not hostile. Overall tone is enthusiastic about pinball culture and camaraderie, with good-natured ribbing about gameplay and beer choices. No major negativity toward manufacturers or games; disagreements are about design philosophy (shots vs flow, multiplier complexity).

Transcript

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The cat shut Brandon's computer off. But we are back now. Okay, so we're going to restart. Oh shit, I put three games up. I think I said that about that. Maybe I had to start to watch The Walking Dead and not do... Like, I was busting Zach's balls about that and then watch Walking Dead. The one game I played that won't do that for. because usually on Ghostbusters and stuff as long as you end ball one you're fine to restart it like that and it won't add another player yeah it won't add another like when the ball drains but it hasn't gave you all your bonuses and everything yet then it'll start up a second player or something but normally as long as you've started that well maybe I had to start second player because it was on two player I guess that's the problem because I need to drain my ball first for it to do it. Look at that massive bloodbath champion score. It's 18 million. It's not bad. Okay, you ready? Yeah. You're good? I'll do this first ball on this one. I need to practice. So you still ain't liking it, or are you enjoying it a little more since you're learning it? yeah like Ghostbusters man fuck Ghostbusters will it is going to make you way more mad than what this pen ever could. Damn. Oh, yeah, man. The shots are a lot tighter. It's just not designed as well, too. Like, I don't know. I love the game. I love Ghostbusters, but it's just a... I don't care. It's different. You're up. I'm up. I think we are back. And I am certainly hosting. if anyone's still in chat could you give us a thumbs up yeah let us know let us know oh damn cat there we go so yeah they got that ok the catastrophe I love dumbass puns like that alright let's take the lead real quick so I remember when I first started playing this game I was like what the hell are these little flashing symbols here the little okay the little stars there and then I was watching different shows yeah and you don't see that much on on pins anymore no those rollovers like that Star Wars I feel like we're pretty level I think I got that down pretty well nothing seemed real real bad I wish you had a cop-out brought that little yeah I need to just get there are three books I need to buy just buy one I think I will say those that arena is in my opinion one of the most satisfying satisfying rants. Yeah, it is. Oh, I accidentally got the X. All right, so I'm going to try to start out mode here. No, no, no, no. I know, I was right on. I think you understood what I was talking about. Like, I was trying to tell Emory to nudge up. Like, because I guess it was Kearns who was, Bowen who was talking, and he was talking about how you just want to drive that ball forward. Like, you don't want to try to go side to side to keep it out of those lanes. You just want to bounce it off that rubber and get it up in the play field. Get a little bit on there. Yeah, to get it out of there. And so she was like, what? And she was like, what? So do you have any place around here to play? You have no place to play on location, do you? Not at all. So you're kind of like in the situation's accident. You've got to just rotate the shit out of games. Yes. If I were to drive up to Louisville or something like that, I'd be in a Zanzibar in my leggings. Oh, yeah. I'm a three-pointer at Zanzibar. All the time. Oh, come on. Those outlings. Yeah, those outlings are wide open. I should move those down for a while. Come on. You've got to start off. I like that. I mean, that's kind of Emily gets mad because she drains, and it's like, well, I mean, that's part of enjoying pinball is you beat the table, you know. It's difficult, but you learn the shots to take and what not to take. Yeah. No, I agree. I don't think anything is tough. That's what, like, I'd love to start doing some competitive stuff. I played in a couple little tournament stuff, but nothing big. I don't feel I'm good enough. Do you have any IFPA points yet? No, no, no, no, no. I've played a couple things over at Zanzibar. They have some really good tournaments. They have some really good players. But I just get freaked out, man. You get the nerves going. Yeah, it's so bad. So for the guys that are just joining us, I've got Greg here with me from Straight Down the Middle Football Show. Search that on YouTube and you'll find Greg, you'll find Zach's videos. He's down here, we're starting up the stream. You can see the schedule right now of me, Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 o'clock Eastern Time. Greg, around August 1st, he said, should get his streaming set up. He'll start streaming around the day of the week as well. Are we going to be off the hook? It's going to be off the hook. He said. Oh, man. Are we going to blow three of them? Do you on Twitch? Okay, you might be able to answer this. And if Brandon can't, any of you other Twitch people, what's Twitch's regulations and rules against music? Like as a copyright material and stuff. Do you know? I mean. Do they flag you and stuff? They used to, but not anymore. Now, like, you can just play me. Okay. At least that's my understanding. I used to play music all the time, and I'm like, okay. I never heard anything from anybody about it. This is my, what I'm going to do. I'm going to psyche mount by asking him a bunch of fucked up questions all night when he's playing, so he feels obligated to answer them. His brain's all over the place. What's up, Zentron? Who won that one? I think you won that one. Look at those scores. We're the pros, man. We're just getting warmed up, man. We were setting technical stuff up. We didn't have time to get warmed up. Hey, Tuna, what's up, man? How you doing? Hey, what's up, Tuna? I have to say, man, is it Mixer Tuna? Yeah, it is. I am a freaking hedgehog fan now. I literally, after you told me that they were a lot easier than the guinea pigs do, like, I'm going to keep the guinea pig because I'm not that kind of person, but I've tried to talk to the wife into getting a hedgehog now for the kids. I would like that hedgehog more than that shitty cat. Yeah, I like something docile, man. right? Oh, he's getting ejected by the tunnel shot. That prison shot. Oh, I think you got a ball shot there. Now, what caused you to have another save there? I have no idea. Now, I've noticed on several machines a lot of times. I don't know if it was something maybe with hitting the prison. Oh, I mean, that's possible. I used to, when I play this machine, and like I said, I'm not a big tournament guy. I've been out playing a lot of tournaments, but some of the... Oh, shit, shit. No, shit. I would, no matter who I was going against, like, if I knew they weren't just, like, a top-ranked player, like, I would just do multi-balls. I would just drill Wellwalker in prison because you're guaranteed, like, I'd always walk with 55, you know, 60 million points or so easy, and normally that was enough to beat somebody at least in one round. Now what's funny about that is, oh shit, I could say that too. My sister-in-law's wife, yesterday we played games and she came out. I watched her tearing up. Yeah, hitting that well walker. I saw her tearing it up. Like we ended the game, it was like six to five. In every game she just kept going for the well walker. Yeah. I mean, it's a good strategy unless you're playing against somebody who really knows what they're doing. It has good aim. Yeah. Then you're kind of screwed. I'm going to try for that riot. Oh! Okay. Who brought the dog? See, what's crazy, dude, is like, I mean, I'm fairly proficient on Ghostbusters. And you would think that I would be able to shoot this pin pretty good. but it's just not being a custom. Yeah. I mean, the only shot on this table that is not tight is the CDC shot. And it's at such a weird angle. It's still hard to hit. Yeah. It's a good, good shooting table. I mean, you didn't do wrong. Yeah. I cleaned it up. I tried to make sure everything was going well. Who's Robin, Zentron? Oh, those outlings are huge. Got bit, fever hit. So it's my friend Robin. Who is Robin? My friend is Greg, straight down the middle of football. I already said that, Zentron. Who won this one? So guys, how's everybody doing tonight? And again, if you all missed it, This is Brandon. What up? We brought him in. He's fairly new to pinball. He's helping us set up with Twitch and everything. Brandon's going to be streaming Tuesdays and Wednesday nights. I kind of said it wrong in my YouTube video. I said Monday, Tuesdays, and then I went to Tuesday, Wednesdays. Zach had to correct me because he's so fucking technical. I just kind of wing it. That's my life. That's the way to be. You've got to wing it. That's my life. He's too staunch. He wears his pants a little too high. Fair enough. I told him he's got to loosen up a little bit, enjoy life a little more. Stop being so uptight. Gotcha. Yeah, yeah. Not everything's got to have a plan. Just live life and love it. There we go. Who ended up winning that last one? Did you see? Okay. I didn't even look at it. So I've got to be honest with you, Tuna. I was watching your Walking Dead, the last one you did, the last Walking Dead video you did a little earlier today. I'm still trying to learn the rules on this guy. Zach is straight dank, he says. What's up, Zach? Pale albino. Whose table? This is my table. I traded my Star Wars because I wasn't enjoying it so much. I traded my Star Wars for this and some other goodies. So tell everybody, Zach, your opinion of Star Wars and what made you get rid of it. a lot of the reason I got rid of Star Wars is I think it's gonna kill on location just because it's Star Wars uh and that's about all it has going for it is it's Star Wars now if you're a tournament player you like making huge points off of one shot you're probably gonna love Star Wars but here's the main reason I got rid of it I have one table right now and it's Walking Dead I have no one to play with except my wife and she rarely ever plays with me so really all I was doing was chasing my own score and it got really cumbersome moving around those multipliers all the time and honestly my most hated part of that table was the tie fighter assault where you have to just keep mashing that damn button because it gets really annoying after the 900th time you do it plus that button's gonna break like no time you had a good ball going too bad did you get any modes going you were doing cdc weren't you i thought so but it wouldn't keep lightning cd it would keep i don't know what it was i did cdc it was doing something but it shut it off i had that happen that just sounds like an excuse to me i can't believe you drink a pbr man you've had some weird uh some good beers ponder foundries and stuff pbr is good stuff when you're when you're when you're working with a budget, PBR is about the best. Oh my God. Okay, so I'll drink PBR like when I'm at the bar or something. Playing pinball, pinball bar. Like I'm not a bar. Sure. And then we drink it on vacation, like family vacation. Because when we're on vacation, you got to drink beer. Of course. It's so fucking expensive when you're on vacation. PBR is the only thing because we drink so much that we got to buy. So it's like our tradition on vacation is we buy PBR the entire time. Nothing wrong with that. I like the taste of it. I do too. Now, I don't really care so much for Budweiser. Oh, I don't like Budweiser. I'm not a big fan of that. Emily loves it. My wife, Emily, she's like, I'll take that over about anything. I'll drink Bud Light, but not Budweiser. I can't. I'm okay with Corona sometimes. Yeah, Corona's not bad. All right, let's see if we can't. See, we like these domestic beers. It shows that we're country boys. I told Zach I said Brandon beat the hell out of Star Wars brand new machine Brandon beat the hell out of Summer Bitch it'd be out of frame and I said he gets this machine and I don't even hardly see him move it I'm like what the fuck's wrong with you man of a machine that you've got to move around it's this machine you've got to beat the hell out of it Ghostbusters with that flipper gap it is you literally cannot play the game unless you move that game. Yeah, it's no lie. Pale Albino has just Dread, Demoman, Fishtails, and Ghostbusters. That's a nice lineup. Yeah, it really is. I like Dread. Oh, yeah, I do too. So it looks like you started the modes, but you didn't actually, you qualified them, but you didn't start one. Okay, so now how do I start? So I qualified these two, so I need to hit barn or tunnel? No, so you're going to need to hit either weapons or food when they're spotted. Then it'll spot your inserts here. They'll light up. Then you've got to hit the appropriate shot to start the mode up. Oh, you could have saved that. I know. A little bit more of a hit. All right, it's time to let the monster out. We're warmed up. Time to let out the monster. Yeah. Okay. Appreciate that What'd he say? Come on man, a baseball bat doesn't have a pussy That's fucking great You barely play your Ghostbusters? Why's that tradition? If you're looking for a walking dead What? What? I might have a trade in mind for you. How do you barely play that, man? Dude that game is still like the only reason I play it is because it so fucking hard Oh no I was just gonna Did you get an extra ball I thought I was gonna tilt Like is the game over or I think it's over. I don't think it's over. I'm gonna win before the night's over. I beat you again? Yeah. Oh, come on. You said first game and stuff. Come on, Andrew. I got first left. I gotta go with my, uh... What do you mean, I beat you again? Come on. Well, tradition, you're welcome to come down and hang out with us tonight, man. Like, I think you're maybe an hour and 20 minutes away. It's a family. If you're in Cincinnati, that's what, like an hour and a half? Yeah, I don't think it's too bad for you. Yeah. Load her up and bring her down. We're probably equal distance from there. This fucker's going to screw me. Oh, no, it didn't. Good. Okay, so let's do... I personally don't have a yes or no answer to that. Now, I know that Trent had it in his showroom. That's all I know for sure. That's about the best I can tell you. I can also tell you that there's... It's a clean game. Yeah. and I got some mods coming for it too which if you were to want it obviously I would just give to you and I got a brand new shaker motor to install as well did features or lit all right so now there you go you started arena arena is my favorite. Oh, bicycle girls. Well, boys, I'm not winning this game. Oh, the slaps. Okay, now we're doing some shit. Slap it like it's my wife. I get intense on any game I play. I get the fucking jitters and I get all. Shit, you got the extra ball too. God Damn. That extra ball shot's a bitch. Yeah, it really is. But you didn't, man, I've watched yours, and it doesn't seem like you have a problem with it at all. You didn't get a hold of Star Trek, man, because that's how you start other modes, is like a real tight shot that's already a flipper. The waiting shot? Yeah. And even that other shot's pretty crazy. Who's going to 100 mil first? I've only hit 100 mil twice, so it probably won't be me. Can you backhand? The CDC? The CDC, yeah. I've been able to do it from a back foot, but that's it. That's a pretty steep route. Yeah, it is. It's so smooth. Like, the ramps on this game are like butter. I love the route. I always wanted to get one set up at my house. You know, like when you go bowling, get that fan over top of your balls. That's what I always feel like I need. Have to buy a whirlwind. Now let me ask you this. Can I drill those drop targets in multiball towards bloodbath? Yes. Yes, you can. So you've got about three, I think four more drop targets in your bloodbath, I think. Now you can't stack. Oh, he did it. So I will say, though, you can't stack Well Walker and Prison. Yeah. But you can stack Bloodbath with either one. Okay, cool. Oh, damn. Oh, you. Oh, wait. I was about to say, you did a one player. Oh. Damn, you're already at 40 million, Greg. Jesus. I don't think I got a chance this time, boys, but never count me out, because ten balls all about that one ball three, man, that can change it all. All right. So I'm going to play slow and methodical this time. Most of the time, I have a really bad ball one. You didn't that time. It was my other balls. This thing about Ghostbusters, me and Zach were talking about it, and I'm like, it's fairly easily achievable to get multi-extra balls. But it don't matter if you are on ball two with three extra balls. Oh, wait. Oh, you're playing extra. It's okay. Go ahead. Go ahead. I ain't mad at it. It was my fault that I stepped away. I didn't even think about it. Go ahead. Play. I didn't even think about having an extra ball. But you will literally squander on one mode four freaking balls. Like, it is just. Really? Yeah. Oh, my God. I mean, you will just be progressing and going like crazy. And then all of a sudden it just fucks you over. I know the Scolari brothers are a bitch. They are. They're not as bad as, I'll tell you what I hate, it's the PKE. Like, it runs at the worst time. The frenzy? Yeah. And it screws up starting other modes and different shit. Like, it just screws your progression up. Now, if you're going for points, it's all fine. But if you're trying to make through modes, just close, close, close. Yeah, tradition, man. Feel free to send me a whisper if you want to come hang with us, man. We'll be here. I don't know how long Greg's going to be here, but I'm going to be here forever. He's only here until 9. He's here until 9. And when Greg leaves, I'm still going to be streaming, so you're more than welcome to come. No! I thought I was going to be able to. That ball won, though, man. You dominated that ball. No. And then I stole your extra ball. I was wondering why Reno was staying. Yeah, he knew. He knew what he was doing. But wait, I've already got 40 million! Alright, so I'm going to try to go for a move this time. I'm going to stop trying to shoot a wall walker right away. There we go. Oh, baby! Here it comes! Don't you do it! Alright. Alright, still got a while to go before I can... I should have just let that dead chill out there. This game, you want to keep making shots because it feels good, but you can't because you're putting it in. I thought that was it. I don't like shooting for the wall walker off the left flip. No, that's bad. Oh, one more I think. Come on baby. Yeah, give it to dad. Now can I hit arena ever? Or I could just try to go for bloodbath. One of the good things about Well Walker though is the ball slip on Well Walker is ridiculous. It's like 30 seconds long. Really? Yeah. It may not be 30 seconds but I know it's super long. Not long enough for me apparently. 100,000 arena mode. Bam. There you go. That's called beginner's level. Deja vu. All right, let's see if we can get a million out of this. All right. That was a lot of fun. Damn. Hey, what's up, Penn2D, man? What's up, Penn2D? Good to see you. Thank you for tuning in to our very first SDTM Twitch stream. Yeah, man. And you're right. This is a great game. And brutal. Absolutely. Okay. I think I'm gaining on you. I also said that extra balls are going to butt me in the ass. You got me a couple million, though. I think a couple is right. Ooh. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Okay, okay, okay. I'm sweating, sweating. All right, so let's hit that first day. There we go, that's the Brandon I know you love. Come on, get up there. Worst case scenario, we start a prison multiple ball and then start that moment. Oh, we're doing it. Ooh. Ooh. Got that extra ball, Greg. Ooh. I might win one. I can't say that because then I'll lose immediately. Come on, give me that first aid. This way. Did I even get a danger like that? Slap I did the second again? I loosened it up. Yeah, you did. Well, oh, no. I was going to say, unless that tilt-bob fell off. All right. Bicycle girl, maybe. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Damn. Oh. Look at that. You got that extra ball. Man. Replay. Replay. I love the DMV on this game. That really is nice. Alright, so I got about 15 million left to catch up. So let's catch up. Damn, I thought you had as good a ball as what I did. I did too. Sadly, no. Hey, if any of you guys watching are big, big time pinball people, man, Pin2D has got an amazing website that he started called This Week in Pinball. it really is fabulous because he's got some hard hitting pinball news it's not just the same old random stuff he usually gets pretty hot topics and some news that I haven't seen anywhere else so if you guys get a chance man go over to his website and check it out it's really really well done I just got blood bath in for a couple months ago and that's my dead tits so hope for the best Oh, that's hard. Cross the ball. Damn. Greg, your goose is cooked. I don't know what that means, but... I still got another ball. Okay, let's try to hold on to these guys here. Super Jackpot. Oh, Zach says keep hitting drop targets to add holes. Oh, yeah, there's a ball. Thanks, Zach. You shut your face. Shut up, Zach. All right, let's see if you can do that part. Yeah, if you keep hitting those drop targets during that multiball like that and you keep dropping them, You can get basically infinite balls at it. I got a multi-kill. I think that's right. Oh, is it infinite? You can get infinite balls at it? I think that as long as you keep hitting them, then I think that it'll keep adding. I could be wrong exactly what it's doing. Look at that score! Son of a bitch. More dance back here. Dance, dance, too much booty in your pants. Dance, dance, too much booty in your pants. You remember that song? I don't actually one of my favorites as a youth when I was a young lad when I was a young lad I listened to dance dance too much booty in your pants now one thing I will say is you were right man when you get a game going that's actually going that adrenaline man yeah it feels good don't it hey what do I want to do Holy bitch Oh my god That was so terrible So do I win no matter what? Oh I think that that yeah I think that's it So I'm gonna Zach, this is up to you. Should I play the ball three or should I give him the tournament? Who gives a shit? Oh, I'll play the ball three to see what kind of score I'm going to get. You never know if it's going to be the game of your life. That's one of my favorite things, though, man, when it's like, they're just like, I know. And Papa, I think it was the Game of Thrones when Keith Elwin, was it Josh Sharpe that he beat? He just like, later. All right. So, we got to hit weapons, or we're not going to start the mode. We got to knock down a... There we go. That bug. I think I need a flipper rebuild. That's one thing I do think I need. Oh, man. I don't think we're weak at all. Is that normal? The hump? Yeah. Okay. It's my second gift that I run down. And sometimes it'll be there in a real way. I think some of the sterns are prone to it, too. That's what I read on Pennside. Everybody was like, well, oh, fedge. Sterns are bad for that. Like, at least before they did the dual-wound coils. Yeah, it's, yeah. You get used to things. There's just certain things that somewhat are. See? What'd I tell you? Boys, I did it. Everybody can have a lucky game every once in a while, right? so my GC is only like 135 combo champ I don't know what I've ever got to you got the combo champ I didn't even know they had a combo champ poor Zach he got a when I had Star Wars he got a hyperspace multiball champion and an update came out that night I wiped it I hate that man I wish there was something you could do to still keep it on there. You probably said you were going to another one? Oh yeah, I'll keep going. I'm warmed up now. I'm feeling ready. Let's see if we can't put port on the table. That's a wishful thinking. That's a very wishful thinking. I think we can pull it out. Pig sticker? I'd like to at least have a blood bath or something. Coil buzz is normal. I've heard of people putting electrical tape on the coil stop and it can insulate. I don't even know what the coil stop is. I'm going to assume it's like that little weird felt piece. Is that right? Is that the coil stop? Or is this a 24-hour stream? As long as we got beer, we got pinball. Hey, man, I know that on straight down the middle of YouTube, Zach's got a whole video up because I was watching it the other day. Yeah, it's a pretty good video. The bastard had to stand out The garage was peaked the hell out of me the other night. I got that $10 million around Ghostbusters. He went and freaking had to top it with $11 million. Really? Oh, Steve. What's up, man? For anybody that doesn't know, Castle Steve. He's, uh, he sells, he shops and sells pinball machines. He's actually where I got my first. Oh, down in Lexington. Yeah Awesome guy Awesome guy I grabbing another beer Is that okay man How about it man Me costas you costa Alright so you wouldn do that okay You want me to what? He told me not to put electrical tape on the coil stop. I don't know if that's anything. That humming's not... Nothing to be concerned about? No, you don't... I guess if there was something wrong, the flipper would be super weak, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. They wouldn't be snapping, you wouldn't have... Plus, I know how to solder, so if I need to change them, I can. You ain't got a man. Everybody tells me. Flippers will find out. I don't. Oh, fuck. I don't. I honestly don't feel anything weird or off about it. Everybody has told me that if I know how to solder, I can repair like 95% of problems. I'll have to get you down here, Steve. Alright, so... Got that extra ball? No. Alright. Oh damn. Boom, boom. Seeing the ball going side to side on this machine is probably the scariest thing in the world. CDC! So, shot CDC, then we're going to try to hit another shot. So are you a lot happier having like a shots game? Yes. Not so much flow? Yes. I mean, when you hit those ramps, though, that's flow. It is flow. No, there's flow. You can combo. Obviously, you can't do it. Yeah. See, that's the bad thing about Ghostbusters. And, man, you guys may play it a lot different than me, but Ghostbusters, I feel, is a game of patience. Like, it's a lot of just dead flipping. It's a lot of just stopping the ball and holding, and it's a lot of just playing it out in your shots. Now, some things you can combo and hit pretty smooth, but for the most part, I feel it's a lot of stop and go. That's what I like, though. I don't like math pinball. That's why I didn't like Star Wars. I love games like this where it's like you've got to stop and be like, well, what the fuck should I be shooting for? I like it too. A little more where it takes some strategy. You've got strategy with all the multipliers and stuff too, but it's a different kind of strategy, I guess. I prefer this shit. Ghostbusters is a lot of fun. Who said that? Steve. Oh, yeah. I love it. Yeah, Greg owns the Ghostbusters. So does Zach, and I think they both have theirs modded out pretty good. I just got some projector stuff. Now, Zach's got a bunch of mods and stuff. I love that he did EL wiring, that he made himself. Yeah, he was selling them for a while. They were really nice. They were hard to make and time-consuming. They were pretty. I mean, it looks really good on this game. Yeah, I want a Ghostbusters, Steve. Right back. I love it. I just get so frustrated with it. When I have a good game, I wouldn't trade it for anything. It's kind of like this game. I always compare it to a high school relationship. You know how it's like, oh, when it's good, it's so good. Yeah. But when it's bad, I hate that son of a bitch. It's like 99% of the time with this game, I'm like, fuck, walking dead. And then that 1%, it's like, I love this table more than anything in the world. Yeah. I think that's a sign of a good table. Oh, can't call it a table. that gets mad when you call it a table. It is a machine. A machine, Gregory. Well, it's like operators of equipment. You can't call them like dump trucks. It's a... You're not a dump truck driver, you're an operator. Yeah. Some guy said he was a dishwasher and he was like, I am a china technician. A fine china. This will probably cause me a tilt. This bastard will screw me and then I'm going to have to... So one of these streams, guys, we're going to have to get, like, as far as Walking Dead goes, we're going to have to get both Zach and Greg down here and have a three-way. I mean that in more than one way, by the way. Manage it. That's a lot of damn work for such a pitiful score. You need to, I mean, I can load up some videos for you to watch if you need some help. Or I'm about to put on a clinic. I screwed up those drop targets. I can load up Zach's forgery. You can see how to get some stuff out of it. Alright, let's see if I can get that extra ball. I mean, my cat's pissed, man. Tough shit. Shouldn't turn off my computer. Hold on, what? My cat's pissed, man. He said, tough shit. Maybe you shouldn't turn off my computer, cat. Alright, let's see if we can't post pass back over to the left there and get that extra ball. Oh, that's how you do it. Where did Emily go to get you food? I don't know, I asked her to get me some Taco Bell. I think she said she was going to go somewhere else to look around. You're going to grow up south of the border to get you a burrito, man? Get me a burrito in Chalupa. Get her that burrito. Are you hungry? I can have some. No, no, no, not at all. I can have some. I can have some. I can have some. I can have some. I can have some. I can have some. I can have some. I can have some. I can have some. I can have some. No, no, no, not at all. I got a steak waiting on me at home. I'm coming back for you then. Woman makes a good steak. Oh, there we go. Or at least I have to say that. I have to say that. She might be watching. You know how marriage is. Yes, I do. I'm on number three. I told you. I know how marriage isn't as well. All right, so what do we want to shoot for? We got CDC. We got Barn Radio. Let's wrap it up. See you're getting those slaps down good. That's my favorite. Just hitting a ditch? Yeah. I would actually kind of like to, let's see how far from well and what, six shots away? That was a, that's a work. It worked. There we go. I love shooting those. I love aiming at things. They don't have a color D&D for the walking dead, do they? Oh yes they do. They do? Does it look good? Yeah. It seems weird to me, though, to have a color DMV, though, because, like, what all colors do they have? Because, look, the majority of the machine is, like, a brownish green and red. And then tans. Fair enough. It seems weird to throw something that looks good up. They did a good job, yeah. I know Tuna's got one. Oh, man. I'll have to watch his video. Oh, that was not a skill show. That was a beautiful show. So, Steve, have you gotten any more new machines since last time we spoke? I remember last time we talked, you had sold your Theater of Magic. Or was it Arabian Nights? It was Arabian Nights, right? That's a pretty good game. Yeah, that's a good game. Oh, good save. Board seems so far away. And it is, too. Sold. Oh, you got all three sold. Nice. I know you had gophers. I wish I could have gotten that gopher from you. I love no good gophers. Old buzz and bug. And that, my friends, is why a lot of people get mad at the walking dead. I wouldn't even be able to save that for another day. So does the level seem okay to you? Yeah, nothing seems off to me. It could be, but it doesn't seem off to me at all. Yeah, that's perfect. Now, can I go into a mode in multiball for multiballing? Yes. Oh, that's awesome, Steve. If you ever have another one of your pinball parties, man, shoot me a message. I'm going to be going up to Eric's on the 12th on his league night. I know he's got a Lethal Weapon 3. I'm pretty stoked for that. Oh, I tried to buy it from him. Oh, is that Chuck Wirt? Yeah. He went and sold it to me. He's like, you find me a Royal Rumble and I'll sell it to you. He goes, I'll trade you. So I'm on the hunt for a Royal Rumble so I can get that Lethal Weapon. God, I love Royal Rumble. There was one on Craigslist recently for $2,000. Not, wait, $3,000. I had a guy write me an arrest and trade me for my Ghostbusters. Obviously some cash. Right. But I was, dude, I was dead serious about it because I wanted to get that Lethal Weapon. You would get rid of Ghostbusters for Lethal Weapon? No, no, just, I mean, but I could go pick up another game I wanted. It would give me a solid, good Lethal Weapon. Everybody talks shit about my poor Lethal Weapon. I love Lethal Weapon. He lives in Newport. I love the where you got to fucking shoot. Steve might have you there. Steve is a good guy. Steve is a real good guy. Steve, if it weren't for Steve, I never would have been able to get my first machine, actually. Steve went through hell to help me get my first machine. That's awesome. Yeah. It's hard, man. That's the bad thing about this. I think I won again. I think I won again. Oh, yeah. You blew me out. I think you blew me out of the water. Oh, no, no, no. I didn't think I thought it was going to be. That's the bad thing about this hobby, man. It's fun as hell. It's addictive. But, man, stuff is so expensive anymore. It's like you just got to do what you got to do. You got to get a price, get you at least one machine, and then just trade. And work your way up, you know. Move around. So, Steve, from that Game of Thrones, I went to a Star Wars to a Walking Dead and cash. So I'm hoping to turn this walk. I want to go to Spushness. And then I think the next machine I'm going to try to get is going to be a World Cup soccer. Everybody loves World Cup soccer. Yeah. I'm not a big fan of it, but everybody loves it. And I want to judge Dredd. I'd like to give that to Dredd. It's just so hard to find one for, like, a really good price. Yeah. Like, I know that you can find it for, like... Well, or that's clean. Yeah. You've got a World Cup soccer? I don't even know what happened with that. If you've got a World Cup soccer, well, see, there's a problem, though. I don't have, I've got a chunk of money to put towards the machine right now, but I don't have the full amount, and I doubt I have enough to give you for the World Cup soccer right now. I don't know how much they sell for, but I'm fairly certain they probably sell for more than I have. It takes time. That's why I finally worked up to, like, my third. Well, I worked up, I had two machines, and then I worked up and upgraded my second one. That's how I got Ghostbusters. And now I've got enough that I can buy me a cheap pen, like a Daddy East. That's why I'm eyeing Lethal Weapons so much. Yeah, I want to tell some of the crypts. Tell some of the crypts. I really want one, and there was a guy that contacted me, or we kind of mutually contacted each other. I just wasn't too wild about the powder coat on it and stuff. I really want one, man. I heard it's a pretty good table. So what do you think about Maywatch? I want one. It is the best Sega made. It shoots like a Bally Williams. Like, people are going to go crazy about that man. And they're very well-proud. Yeah, the modes are good. And you can get a clean one for $22 to $25. Really? Yeah. See, I thought it was more like close to $3. Oh, well, it depends. That right shot. You can find one. But yeah, I want one. That's my number one pin I'm looking for. Hey. What's it good? Do you like one warning? So number one. You can set multiple warnings. You can. I've got to set the two. That's my number one second. That's honestly my number one game of mine for my next game, for my third pin. But I'm having a hard time finding a good one. See, I'm not a big fan of Frankenstein, Steve. Yeah, I'm not either. It's cool that it. It's cool that you can pick your music, I guess. Pick your whatever is meant. It's good music. Yeah. I mean, honestly, I want a Metallica. That guy that offered me a Metallica for Star Wars, if he hadn't have backed out, I would probably have a Metallica right now. Because he sent me the video, and it was so pretty. But he thought I lived in Philadelphia, which is where he lives. And then he was like, don't you live in Philly? I was like, no, I'm in Kentucky. He was like, that's not worth it for me to drive. And I was like, okay. I do love that ramp. It feels like it's not going to make it, and then it just drifts all around there. It's so fucking beautiful. Okay, you think I'm going to hit that? The CDC? Oh! I was going to say no, and then you didn't. No, I was going for that drop target, so I can start it. Oh, am I not able to start it again? I thought I just had to hit those targets to actually start a mode. I can start tunnel, can't I? No you can't start anything yet I mean you could start a multiball and then start But you cannot start a mode Until you've got So you've got food like spotted right now So if you knock down all three I'd already Will you shoot for that extra ball No Godzilla is fun but rare Wasn't Godzilla like a Oh was it Yeah it's based on the Matthew Broderick one Like that weird like the Godzilla that you know what I'm talking about from the 90's or 2000 I've seen the one from the well it was early 2000 it was the one that was decent the one that I remember the one where he had laid the eggs in Madison Square Garden or something see the one I remember is the one that had that Foo Fighters song that's the one I remember I don't remember the music oh god I love it when it grazes all When it grades us all of the drop targets at once. Get some more. We're not having bad games, but we're not having good games. We're having down the middle. We're having movie games. We're doing what we do best. And I don't want to let everybody know, hate on me all you want, but I'm wearing Crocs. Greg can attest to that. I'm wearing Crocs, and I'm okay with that. Only a real man wears Crocs. I'm comfortable enough in my sexuality to wear Crocs. I don't know if it's a sexuality thing, or if it's just a... Maybe it's a personality flaw. Okay, now I can start something. If I can hold this damn ball. One thing I will say, too, about Walking Dead, and this is probably true for any table, it's so much more fun when you're playing with someone. Oh, yeah, yeah. That's like, yeah, it's most any table. What's up, Hypercoaster? Yes, that would be cool. Like, he just made a custom one for himself, though, right? What was it off of a, was it a Fireball 2 or a Firepower 2? I forget which one it was. By the way, if you haven't seen the spooky documentary, you should get on board. Oh, yes. Things that go bump in the night. It's so good. Watch it. One of the best pinball documentaries I've seen. Now the one about Robert Dagnon was real good too. Yeah, really good. Special one there? Yeah. Or Wizard Mode. Wizard Mode, yes. I apologize. Yeah, man. I heard he's a really great guy. I've met the meeting. Oh, you've met him? No, I haven't got the meeting, but I've heard really good stuff about him. Oh, it looks like the table is getting blown up right now, boys. I remember that extra ball this time. Damn it. I was hoping you would forget. Now I'll tell you another table I'd like to have is GoldenEye. Oh, yeah. That satellite. I like a lot of them. Zach is such a damn pinball snob I love about any pinball machine There been very few that I just would not want to play Yeah, oh yeah, I just like pinball. Yeah, I do too. Like, I don't care how new or old the machine is. If it's fun, I'll play it. And I honestly thought that that would wear. Like, I thought that I would get, I thought that I would turn into that person and get, shit, get to where that I, I kind of became snobby like that and I only had to play the best because I played so much and everything. But it hasn't, man. I love to freaking play. I will just play the shit out of any game there is. Absolutely. Scoring, modes, I don't give a hell. I mean, there's games I prefer. Yeah. Obviously. Like this game. This is one of the best games ever. I've not played that many, but I can tell you that it probably is one of the best games ever. Oh, yeah. It's fantastic. I think it's even the Stern's best table. I've heard a lot of people say this is Stern's absolute best. Ryman Sheets is the shit, though. This is, who, was this Borg? Yeah, it might have been Borg. See, that's where Zach comes in. That's why our chemistry is so good, because Zach is so technical and studious. And I'm just like, yeah, man, that's a great game. Zach's like, yeah, well, Borg designed this table. Zach's playing figure of magic. He's an asshole. Oh, you prick. Dude, it's beautiful. You ought to see it. It is so pretty. He would. Oh, I said I was going to remember it. That's it. So, I know you guys have got a Star Wars review coming. When is that going to be on the market? Us? Yeah. we are working on some a certain aspect of that that we're going to do so we're hoping to actually do the review this week but it's there's a few factors that go into this one Zendron says it was not safe that was a save and you doubled the fish tank shop Very nice. Come on, man. Give me a chance at least. You're about to like Bloodbath, too. You got one more insect. Oh. Wait, it may be three. If I can get that prison started. So, Tradition, you still around? Yeah, I am. I'm telling you, I want the Ghostbusters. I'm trying to talk Greg out of his. See, Riot, to me, is like the perfect multiball. I like Riot. Like because it's such a hard shot to hit if you're in a multiball you have to do it accidentally Oh, you got bloodbath with three more and you got it Just gotta get those three drop targets. That's a dangerous statement. I just gotta do this See I have to play this game on location and it breaks me So I don't get a lot of time on it Come on. Those fucking targets. Oh. You got two more. Can he do it? Oh, my God. Oh, no. Oh, no. Will it win? God damn, I still haven't got two of them? Oh, shit. I think you started real bad. Something happened. Yeah, I got a lot more balls. What happened, people? Somebody tell me. Woo! I just want to make something known real quick. So far, I'm the only one that's played a multi-kill. I just want to throw that out there. Oh, fuck. I got him. Get somebody in. Damn. Don't tilt it out. Oh, you're about to take GC, Greg. Oh, yeah. Zach told me I had a lot of bunch of weapons. I'm not lighting a bunch of weapons but I feel like I'm doing something now you can also light weapons from well walker by getting a bunch of jackpots you just got 100 oh my god you are 20 million away from a new GC was that our last ball too? I think it was damn it that was a good game that was a good game you rocked the hell out of that Thank you. You may have took it. This is the kind of thing that just tickles my balls. Oh, that wasn't our last ball. Oh, you took GC anyway. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Sorry to blow your machine up. Well, that's not really blowing it up. Somebody had to. But sorry to put it on there. Somebody had to. In all honesty, though, you've played this for, what, two days? Two days. I've played it quite a few times over. So you have it on location where you live? Yeah, we got a premium. Yeah, it's Ants Bar. There's a premium. Oh, really? Yeah, it's nice. Or L.E. Why? I apologize. Yeah, dude, Ants Bar is just almost nothing but L.E.'s. Like, it's freaking fantastic. He's got a Batman 66 Super L.E. Oh, I saw you post that. Yeah, that's nice. All right, guys, I got a hill to climb here. I'm going to go for this extra ball. And it's probably going to end up costing me the game here, but I'm going to go for it anyways. That's about the only chance I have. Zenfron says you can't sell until you take GC back. You watch me. Okay. Okay. I gotta get that extra ball. I can't let that extra ball go. Because I've lost about... Don't you start right. Oh, we started to run out. Hey, come on, get around there. Ooh, got the crossbow shot. No! I don't care for the crossbow shot. Like, there's certain things on the premium and shit that I don't like. Walker bomb's the only thing I like in the well walker magazine. Just because if you're draining, bam, got it back. Yeah, and I used to hate the ramp because it raises up to a bicycle girl, and that's pretty cool, but it was always really clunky and reject you a lot, but there's actually, somebody told me, and actually a good friend of mine, Indie pin It's a flap that extends And it's a lot smoother Because that was one of the reasons I hated a premium Was because of that clunky ramp So that's why I prefer the pro Because I don't want that ramp to raise up I just want a smooth ramp I didn't like it much until I saw Zach's Because I didn't know how much I cared For all the Freaking natural white Lighting and stuff Yeah the GI's Zach put a lot of reds in his and like I said he took and put some blues back there to look like it was moonlight on the prison and it looked outstanding I was like dude I'm kind of sold on this pen y'all you didn't put your initials in oh I'm A for the ass so I got a beat A beat A you gonna play some more? yeah right on Oh yeah, I'll play one more. I'll play one more. One more. Okay, let's make it a good one then. Ah, that's too fast. I'm off work for the next two days, so I'm excited. I know. That's what, like, because my work allows me to be off a lot of the winter. So that's why I can't wait to start streaming because I can stream. because I play pinball anyway, so I might as well turn the camera on. There you go. No, that's a – oh, whoop. I almost wasted a danger on that. That's a pro tip, by the way, guys, that I've learned. Don't waste the danger if you've got a ball save. Yeah, that's very true. Come on. He takes it out of control. Oh. Yeah, any time a ball goes down, it's like, I've got to save it. Oh, come on now. That's three. Let the ball drain, Daniel-san. Oh, don't do it. Woo! Come on, 2-2-6! I'll get there. Eventually, maybe. Let's get it. Or I'll do that. I love my poor wife. I try to teach her to be patient and hold the ball. So she'll hold the flipper and then roll, but it's still rolling. and then she feels like she needs to hit it instead of just letting it come to rest to pick her shot. I'm like, just calm down, woman. Woo! So when you had that last game, what was your goal? Like, were you shooting for modes or were you just trying to live multi-balls? I was trying for modes on that one. Okay. I just didn't know how well that showed me. That's my worst thing. It's like my mind doesn't process fast enough of my angle to decide which way to smack the machine sometimes. So mass hysteria probably fucks with you. No, I actually do pretty good on mass hysteria. The problem with mass hysteria is when that last ball's left and your fucking flippers switch back. They go back. And it's down here around your flipper area then you drain and it's normally close to your last wall so then you're just pissed at the world that that just happened did you did you watch that video like he was doing so well he might have beat our bet so i was like shut that bitch down i want to see more of that all right so we didn't get to the mode so let's try to get to a mode Oh, no! Okay. I almost went to the danger again. Come on, baby. Be good for day. Be good for day. There we go. Ooh, got that back. There we go. So, we want to shoot CDC, then a different shot. CDC, then a different shot. CDC, then a different shot. and that's for more points right uh yes oh this is bad cancel it yes oh that cdc worked up it's at such a weird angle it's like it looks like you could just no problem such a big shot but then you shoot it now sometimes i feel like i have a like i can hit arena sometimes easier than what i can that so far out of every pinball table I played. Arena is my favorite ramp. Wait until you get that Ghostbusters, that right ramp. Well, actually it's shit. Because it's sometimes you're on, sometimes you're not. And when you can't hit it, it's the worst thing in the world. Dude, it's probably about that wide. Really? It's literally, you take a third off of that off Arena's ramp. Oh shit. So it feels real good, dude. It feels amazing when you hit it. I will say, other than the arena, my second favorite shot is backhanding the start ramp on Game of Thrones. Yes. And it's not even necessarily because it's a hard shot to hit. It's just because of how it feels. I like that pro so much. Oh, yeah. We got one. Oh! We got one. It's not on location. It's just bowling alley. It opened up. It's really nice. Strikes and spares or something. But the bad thing is, I don't want to mess with their machine, but it's flat. Oh, really? It needs to be pitched more. but I like it man is that because I'm crazy that I prefer it to the premium or the L.E. East Wifeinator went to go do something and to get food she was she was afraid that we wouldn't want her on stream she went to get food like an hour and a half ago yeah I know and I was like you're fine and she was like I don't want you guys to I wanted to yell at her about where my food was yeah Jared was like bitch he is he has not given me that opportunity he didn't actually call me I will never come back. I ain't coming back. She did not bring shit. Imagine if I would have said I wanted something to eat. There you go. I would have had you covered, Greg. It probably didn't require all that movement, but that was a good save. At least I didn't tell her, right? I got two dangers. Whoa. There it was. Look at this. There's his wife and aunt. I went to Walmart to look around. How much money did you spend? $30. I had to stay on everything, and I got the ruler. On a credit card or a card? Walmart will kill you. Did you get my box? Yes. So I've beaten Greg, what, twice? Or once? Greg took the grand champion on. What an asshole, right? Good question. Why is that? I'm still doing my side with my wife. Sorry, babe. Yeah, your name is the wife-inator. Oh, man, pocket knives there for a dollar. Oh, I think you're working the machine a lot more now that you're at a chance to sell a dollar. Look at my two three. Oh, my God. I used to obsess over that. Wait, did I win again? Or did you win? Did you? I don't know who was first player. I think I was first. Yeah, because you just won, so I would have been first. Oh, there you go. I lost by 800,000. Come on. Well, guys, I've got to head out. I absolutely appreciate everyone for tuning in to SDTM's premiere on Twitch. It's greatly appreciated. Be sure to tune in tomorrow night as Brandon streams on The Walking Dead at 8 o'clock. And then, like I said, August 1st, I should be up and running. I'm going to stream whatever I have. I might still have Ghostbusters. I might not. So my wife got me a ruler to check the leveling of the machine. But look at this ruler. What's wrong with it? How am I supposed to check a flat surface for its leveling when the ruler... You can't hold it flat. You can't check a surface. You need a level, not a ruler. A ruler? So I was suggested to put this on, like a flat ruler, on the slings, then put a ball on it, then tip it. No, just get a... That doesn't work? No. Just get you a torpedo. It's a torpedo level. so yeah I mean Greg's leaving but I'm going to be around until 10 so I'm still going to be playing and again I'll be back after tonight tomorrow at 8pm eastern definitely thank you guys again for tuning in we're going to cut the feed and then Brandon will be back up I'm going to say my goodbyes and my thank yous and then you're going to stream on Waspinier you're going to be back on SDTM so stay tuned here in about 10 minutes I'll be out Brandon I'll be back on thank you guys again yeah guys thanks for watching again if you like what you saw please please follow this channel we'll be streaming here a lot more and make sure to go to youtube search straight down the middle pinball and you will find a lot of videos from greg and zach and uh maybe one day you'll catch me on one of those shows so yeah i'll be back in about 10 minutes guys stay tuned
  • Some Stern machines are 'prone to' flipper coil hum/noise issues; this is discussed as a known Stern manufacturing characteristic on Pinside forums.

    medium confidence · Host references Pinside community discussion; cites reading about dual-wound coil improvements

  • Walking Dead is a 'shots game' requiring strategic decision-making on which shots to pursue, whereas Ghostbusters is more of a 'flow game' requiring dead-flipping and patience.

    medium confidence · Greg and Chris Brandon comparing game design philosophy during stream

  • “the ball slip on the well is ridiculous. It's like 30 seconds long.”

    Host @ mid-stream — Describes Walking Dead well mechanic's extended ball save; may be imprecise but indicates notable feature

  • “I love the DMV on this game. That really is nice.”

    Greg @ late game — Praise for Walking Dead's extra ball ('Damn Missed Value') mechanic or feature

  • “I'm not a big tournament guy... some of the... I would, no matter who I was going against, like, if I knew they weren't just, like, a top-ranked player, like, I would just do multi-balls... drilling the well in there in prison because you're guaranteed, like, I'd always walk with 55, you know, 60 million points.”

    Host (discussing Walking Dead tournament strategy) @ early-mid stream — Reveals well-prison multiball stacking as dominant tournament strategy on Walking Dead; suggests potential balance concern or optimal play pattern

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    competitive_signal: Well-prison-bloodbath multiball stacking is dominant tournament strategy on Walking Dead; drilling well guarantees 55-60 million points; suggests potential balance or strategy depth concern

    high · Host explains using multiball drilling strategy vs top-ranked players; notes it was 'guaranteed' point generation unless opponent knew ruleset

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    design_philosophy: Walking Dead's tight shots (especially CDC) create high difficulty barrier and shot execution frustration; makes game feel 'not designed as well' in some areas

    medium · Host states 'The only shot on this table that is not tight is the CDC shot'; CDC described as difficult from flipper but 'Papa Duke steep' when backhand attempted

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    design_philosophy: Walking Dead's extreme difficulty and ball variance ('99% frustration, 1% triumph') is viewed as sign of good table design, suggesting community values challenge and emotional engagement over accessibility

    medium · Greg: 'I think that's a sign of a good table' referring to frustrating/rewarding dynamic; compares to 'high school relationship' metaphor for engagement quality

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    design_philosophy: Walking Dead vs Ghostbusters represent two design philosophies: shots-based strategy vs flow/dead-flip patience; host preference for Walking Dead's shot variety over Ghostbusters' rhythm gameplay

    high · Greg explicitly states 'I prefer this shit' regarding shots-based gameplay; characterizes Ghostbusters as 'stop and go' vs Walking Dead's strategic shot selection

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    market_signal: Secondary market activity: Machines being traded/sold between collectors based on gameplay preferences rather than newly purchased; indicates mature collector market with game-specific positioning

    low · Zach Sharpe's trade; discussion of mods and customization investment; Steve's machine brokerage business mentioned as source of Greg's original machine

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    community_signal: Zach Sharpe's machine trade from Star Wars to Walking Dead reflects broader community preference shift toward depth-focused gameplay for home collectors vs IP-dependent location appeal

    medium · Sharpe's explicit reasoning: Star Wars 'will kill on location' but lacks solo play depth; Walking Dead better for ongoing personal engagement and rule learning

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    product_strategy: Stern differentiates Pinball machines by design philosophy (flow vs shots-based), shot difficulty, and mode depth rather than hardware innovation; collectors value gameplay quality over platform novelty

    medium · No discussion of Pro/Premium/LE tiers or hardware features; focus entirely on shot difficulty, mode design, and playability experience

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    technology_signal: Stern Pinball machines exhibit flipper coil hum/buzz issues; community discusses electrical tape insulation fixes; may indicate manufacturing variance or design limitation

    medium · Host discusses coil buzz as 'normal' issue; references Pinside forum discussions about Sterns being 'prone to it'; mentions dual-wound coil improvements