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Episode 211 – Killer Sheep

Slam Tilt Podcast·podcast_episode·1h 6m·analyzed·Jul 31, 2023
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TL;DR

Slam Tilt 211: Tournament wins, RPC updates, and Venom impressions.

Summary

Slam Tilt Podcast episode 211 features hosts Ron and Bruce discussing recent tournament results, the Rochester Pinball Collective's game acquisitions (including Pinball Brothers' Alien), upcoming events (The Beast tournament in Buffalo, Saratoga Pinball Show), and newly released Venom pinball by Stern. The hosts cover tournament formats, game selections, and early impressions of Venom's design while also discussing tournament organization and co-op competition between arcade venues.

Key Claims

  • Venom was licensed and developed within the past year, not held back from prior release

    medium confidence · Ron references George Gomez interview discussing Brian Eddy and Dwight's Whitewood as concurrent development, arguing Venom wasn't held back but rather recently licensed

  • Rochester Pinball Collective will have 50 games soon via rotation; currently operates 49 games

    high confidence · Direct statement: 'We are one up on them, and we will be to 50 soon with rotation.' Latest game count confirmed as 49.

  • Pinball Brothers' Alien game has been at RPC for one day without breaking

    high confidence · Bruce asks 'Has it broken yet?' Ron responds 'Nope, not yet. One day.'

  • A Spooky Alice Cooper game at RPC will not boot at all

    high confidence · Direct statement about machine malfunction; TNA reference suggests a separate Spooky game.

  • Bruce won a '90s tournament at RPC in a best-of-five finals match against Zach

    high confidence · Detailed tournament recap: Bruce was top qualifier, beat Zach 3-2 in head-to-head finals across five games (Getaway, Whitewater, Star Wars, Monopoly, Judge Dredd).

  • Ron won the Final Four at Saratoga Pinball Show and Iron Maiden high-score competition

    high confidence · Ron describes final-four play (Spider-Man, Battle Royale multiball success) and Iron Maiden single-ball high score victory where he 'paid for three entries but only used two.'

  • Post-COVID flipper rubber quality has degraded; black and red rubbers are shedding/powdering

    medium confidence · Bruce observes powder developing on black flipper rubber on Iron Maiden and shedding on Marco red flipper rubbers; attributes to post-COVID supply issues.

  • RPC has expanded tournament registration from 40 to 44 players; sold out in one hour

    high confidence · Ron confirms expansion to 44 with top 20 making finals; notes rapid sellout and requests people listen to podcast for future announcements.

Notable Quotes

  • “I finally won a game. Yay!”

    Ron @ mid-episode — Celebratory moment reflecting Ron's tournament success after recent competitive resurgence

  • “It was not ready last year. I think they got the license. Like they just secured the license. Everything was good. And then they had their year to make it go.”

    Ron @ Venom discussion — Directly addresses rumor that Venom was delayed/held back; argues it was newly licensed instead

  • “This game you hit it and balls just fly around all over the place like on wire force and stuff...so fan it has so many shots.”

    Bruce @ Venom playfield analysis — Early playfield design impression of Venom's shot density and ball movement

  • “You've heard it here, folks. The count's going to be 44.”

    Ron @ Tournament registration — Confirms final tournament player cap after on-air negotiation with Bruce

  • “I'm going to try to get some hat flipper rubbers...finally yes good answer.”

    Ron and Bruce @ Equipment discussion — Planning solution to post-COVID flipper rubber quality degradation

Entities

Rochester Pinball CollectiveorganizationThe BeasteventSaratoga Pinball ShoweventVenomgamePinball BrotherscompanySpooky PinballcompanyRonpersonBruceperson

Signals

  • ?

    event_signal: Multiple tournaments and shows generating tournament circuit activity; RPC emerging as tournament hub with competitive depth

    high · RPC hosting 44-player tournament; Beast tournament in Buffalo; Saratoga Pinball Show; players competing at multiple venues

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Tournament format diversification: golf format, goal-based modes, and regular scoring variations in use at different venues

    medium · Ron describes goal-based tournament format at The Local; Saratoga used golf qualifying with standard scoring playoffs; RPC uses head-to-head formats

  • ?

    licensing_signal: Venom licensing timing suggests recent acquisition rather than long-held license

    medium · Ron argues: 'I think they got the license...they just secured the license. Everything was good. And then they had their year to make it go'

  • ?

    operational_signal: Pinball Brothers' Alien showing strong reliability at RPC after one day; Spooky Alice Cooper offline; other Spooky machines stable long-term

    high · Ron: Alien 'not yet' broken after one day; Alice Cooper 'will not boot at all'; S.T.A.R.S., Black Rose, TNA referenced as historically reliable

  • $

    market_signal: RPC expanding game capacity and tournament registration demand indicating strong local market health

    high · Tournament sold out in one hour; player count expanded from 40 to 44; game count growing from 49 to 50

  • ?

Transcript

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0:00
Whoa. So, like, everybody who's ever been on MTV is gonna be on in the next three hours. Really? Everybody in three hours? Yeah. Dammit. So why did we have to watch for the last 20 years? I have better things to do. That's 20 years of my life I'll never have back. I could've been, um, I could've been doing, um, like some, uh, other, um, I don't know.
0:25
We wasted our lives. Oh, yeah. Hello. Hello. And this is episode 211. Wow. We're doing some new tech stuff in this episode.
1:07
I gave a lot of outtakes to Ron. Well, and Ron already screwed up. Yep. So we're using the paid version of this product that we've been using, which allows full multi-track recording. but it also the old version of it it would just take your system settings for whatever your mic was and the new version lets you select whatever you want which in bruce's case it defaulted to like his laptop mic which we have to probably be careful whenever we get a guest on now uh yeah we'll have to tell them well you think that would be easier actually just click under your name and pick whatever microphone you want it's easier than telling them go into your windows System settings, find where it is and change it. Yeah, I know. Yeah.
1:52
Yeah, this is all about exciting pinball. Yeah, yeah. And this is going to be a unique episode, folks. I already have the title for it. It's going to be called I Didn't Have Time to Edit. Or just No Time to Edit. Yeah, I think it's No Time to Edit. No time, no time. Because I'm on vacation this upcoming week. Tomorrow I'm actually going to be going to the fun spot in Laconia, New Hampshire. so I need to get this podcast out immediately.

  • Venom Premium tier features doppelganger art on playfield and more content than Pro model

    high confidence · Ron compares tiers: 'There is way more shit on the premium...the art is different on the playfield...the one has the doppelganger.'

    • Zach
    person
    George Gomezperson
    Brian Eddyperson
    The Localorganization
    Quicksilvergame
    Monster Bashgame
    Fun Spotorganization

    personnel_signal: George Gomez's involvement in Venom development timeline discussion; Zombie Yeti credited on Whitewood art

    medium · Ron cites George Gomez interview discussing concurrent Whitewood development; implies Venom licensing was recent rather than long-held

  • ?

    product_strategy: Venom Premium tier features additional playfield art and doppelganger visual not in Pro model

    high · Ron compares tiers: 'There is way more shit on the premium...the art is different on the playfield, I guess. Because the one has the doppelganger'

  • ?

    product_concern: Post-COVID flipper rubber degradation affecting multiple brands and colors

    high · Bruce observes powder development on black rubbers (Iron Maiden), shedding on Marco red rubbers; attributes to post-COVID supply chain issues

    • 2:17
    So please, Bruce, no, don't get really offensive. Fuck yeah! Yeah, okay. So what you been up to? Getting games ready for the Beast. And we have a wow news. News breaking.
    2:35
    No countdown. No countdown? Oh yeah, you said you were going to bring countdown? Yep. And you said you were going to bring a hot tip. Well, what happened? What's wrong, Countdown? Nothing. We're all right.
    2:50
    We're setting a squad up. Nothing to see here. Just a small coolant leak. Nothing to see here. How are you doing?
    3:00
    Who is this? What is your operating number? Damn it. So why no Countdown? Everyone loves Countdown. You can't turn off extra balls on the original board set.
    3:13
    Okay. So what do you bring it in its place? What does everyone love? Okay. What does everyone love? Beer? I don't know. No, for pinball. What does everyone love to do when they're playing pinball? Flip the flippers. And?
    3:34
    Hit stuff. Get fisted. Oh, God. dragon fist 301 we know seven of them do you believe that i know like eight or nine people now with fists uh well hopefully everyone you know has a fist or but do they use it properly i don't know bruce i don't know oh my yeah i'm looking at i'm looking at our um show notes here and i have porno name I always wonder, what would be my porno name? You know those things they have on Facebook all the time? You go, combine this with this. Combine your first name with your social security number and whatever. And your ID. And it should be your porn name. Yeah. So what would be yours? Bruce the Ass Man.
    4:28
    Ass Man. How about Ben Dover? Ben Dover. Ben. Yeah, Ben Dover. I always like Eric Everhard, but I'm not Eric, so that doesn't work. That could be CNY Eric, Russell. There you go. I'm sure he would love to hear that.
    4:44
    I'm thinking like Ronnie Ramstein. There you go. Like that? Mm-hmm. We haven't talked anything about pinball, have we? Not one word. No, we did. We did talk about it. We talked about games coming. Oh, games coming. Yes, the Beast. So when is the Beast, Russ? It's coming up this weekend. This weekend. This weekend, which will be the date of August. I'm waiting for my calendar to come up, and then my computer's really slow. It's August 4th through the 6th. Yes, in beautiful Buffalo, New York. At Pocketeer Billiards.
    5:17
    So I'm bringing two games. So it should be a good time. I'm going to tech a lot. I'm just going to play the classics. I'm going to hang out with my brother, Ron. Ever since you've retired, you have had a complete career renaissance and been winning everything lately. I know. What the hell's going on?
    5:36
    Don't worry, folks. We'll talk about Venom. But just going over. Everyone else talked about Venom first. We were way behind on that one. So, yeah, you won something again. I beat Zach again. What the hell? I know. And head-to-head, too.
    5:53
    Finals. Head-to-head. Oh, my goodness. So what tournament was this, Bruce? This was the 90s. So all of our 90s games, except for one was 2000 and one was 89. But we won't go there. Okay, wait a minute. So the 90s, oh, was Monopoly probably? Yes, it was. That's more than 2000. That's like 2001. Yeah. 2001.
    6:16
    And we have 189 in there. Wait a minute. Was this at the world-famous Rochester Pinball Collective? The world-famous Rochester Pinball.
    6:25
    29-65 West Commercial Street. No, you screwed it up again. Oh, my God. Let me get you started. Again, no editing, folks. 349 West Commercial Street, East Rochester, New York. What's the suite number, Bruce?
    6:38
    2965. There you go. Check it out. When are you open? We're open Thursdays, Saturdays, and some Fridays.
    6:47
    So, yes. So I'll be out at the Beast probably Friday morning. You're coming in Thursday night, right? Yeah, sometime Thursday. Yeah, I'll see you probably. I'll probably be at the world-famous Rochester Pinball Collective Thursday. I might be because I have to drop off a game Thursday morning, Thursday after work at 1. I'll be there as a happy paying customer. Yeah, you don't pay. Happily supporting RPC. Yes, you don't pay though. You've donated enough time and effort into other stuff. He refuses to let me pay, so I usually pay when he's not around so he can't see it. I'll kick your ass.
    7:25
    Is any of this money from Ron? Tell me now! I'm telling you, folks, this ain't going to happen. No, no, no, no.
    7:36
    What do you mean, tell me now? Yeah! I'm telling you, folks, this is not going to happen. Yeah. You ain't paying. No. That's wrong, baby. I'm going to pay all I want because I'm the American Dream, and I'm here to support the American Dream. The American Dream of pinball at RPC, baby. Well, he's going to be probably at the East. Oh, Dave Bix. He should be. The American Dream of American Pinball? Yep. He should be at the beast. That's right, baby. Is he like Pot-Ona, Pot-Katea, something like that, baby? No, he owns some of the games there. Oh, okay. Yes. So I would expect him to be there, I hope. Mm-hmm. Unless the production line's overflowing with games. Overflowing with GTFs. Yes. Hey, we do have some new games at the RPC.
    8:19
    What would they be? We have a return game of Mini Pool. Ooh, I like Mini Pool. Love Mini Pool. And it's better than Target Pool because the art's better. Yes. Art's much better. And? We have our first game from a new company.
    8:41
    Your first game. Okay. So you have a game from a company that you have not previously had. Yes. Okay.
    8:50
    Hankin. No. Okay. What are you guessing? Come on. Oh, I have to guess. You know we have everything almost else, so what's we missing? Zachariah? Did he get a Zachariah? No. I would love to have a Zachariah. Oh. That was my guess first. What is it? It's Pinball Brothers.
    9:09
    Oh, the Alien, which we mentioned in the last episode. Duh. Alien, Aliens. Has it broken yet? Nope, not yet. Okay. How long has it been on the floor? One day. Okay. I'll do the best I can to break it. Yes. because Spooky Game died.
    9:28
    TNA? Nope. Oh. Alice Cooper. Yep. Will not boot at all. Well, to be fair, that was working for a long time. Yeah. So, hey, use breakdown. As far as Spooky, that has been working every single time I've been there over the last couple of years. I guess so is S.T.A.R.S.
    9:49
    Okay. Well, one is slightly more complicated than the other, Bruce. Let's be fair here. Okay. And so is Black Rose. That's pretty complicated. Okay.
    10:00
    So we just kind of skipped right over the 90s tournament. What was the 90s? So you played 90s games. And you said head-to-head. Best of what?
    10:09
    So you had to get the best scores. So you got your best scores. It was 100 points for top score, 90 for second. Okay. So you did actual qualifying stuff. So what position did you qualify in? I was top qualifier. Oh, so not Zach. Where was Zach? Third or fourth. It's funny. If someone's listening to this for the first time, they're like, who the fuck is Zach? What are they talking about? Zach is one of the owners of the RPC, and he is our world-famous other host. And he's always right, 100%. Dead silence.
    10:45
    There we go. Okay, so you ended up in the finals. What did you play? Is it three out of five? Three out of five. So you're a good guess there. Yeah, three out of five. It was three out of five. How many games did it go?
    10:57
    Four. Oh, didn't even take you to the final game. No. Or maybe it was five. Hold on. I'm trying to think now. I have to think now. First game, he beat me on getaway.
    11:10
    I took him on whitewater. Oh, okay. He then picked... Black Rose? No. Star Wars. Oh, no, he can't pick that. Sorry. He can pick that. It's in the 90s. It was something else. I forget what he picked. Oh, no, he didn't pick Judge Dredd. Judge Dredd was last. I forget the third game. Fourth game was Monopoly, so I came back. It was 2-2, and I beat him on Judge Dredd. Okay, for those at home, that is five games. Five games. It was five. I forgot it was. So a five-game thriller. Yes. And anyone but Zach came through again. He can't win there anymore, obviously. I've taken him two in a row. hmm all right uh i'll go through my tournament exploits yes you had a couple of them didn't yes i mentioned the last episode i was gonna be playing in a tournament at the local where yeah the name of the place is the local yeah i know it's local too but where is it who's on first what i know he's on second i don't know third base okay very good uh i used to be able to do the whole routine just myself like back and forth yeah it was golf format we did was there a finals yeah there was a final so we did golf nine holes and most of them were um realistic yeah really most of them were um what am i thinking not not score based but stuff you actually have to do in the game goals goal base there you go wow yes brain is not working at all yes goal based so they had things like um i'm trying to defeat the castle like in a medieval madness or something like that i mean there's no medieval madness there but they had they had ones like oh the funny one is um legends of valhalla it was like get so many weapons and so many um so many something else so many battles something and i'm like i have no idea how to do how to do that it's like i'll read the instruction card like oh right i can't because you can't read it it's not the but it's not readable. Yikes.
    13:15
    So you just played and played and played until Sunday. He just turned around and was like, did I make it? Yeah, I didn't do very good in that game.
    13:21
    Things like the best Jersey Jack game ever, dialed in, of course, is there. And it was play a mode, start a mode, and a multiball. Or no. It might have been, no, it was just start multiball. So you just start a mode, time it out, and then lock a ball, and start multiball. Dun, dun, dun. Yeah. Toy Story was get two of the main inserts across, which are all the different things you're supposed to do to get to the wizard mode. So I just went for the Buzz Lightyear multiball and then the, was it Road Trip multiball?
    13:53
    And then other ones were scores and things like that. So I ended up in the Final Four, and we played, what did we play? We played three games, and it was still the golf scoring and all that stuff. And I won. I won something. The final countdown.
    14:15
    I finally won a game. Yay. I finally won something. Yay. So then we just had, yesterday, I just came back from it, the Saratoga Pinball Show. What game did you bring out to Saratoga, Ron? It was a game that's very fast, very quick game. It's a very quick game. Based off an X-Men character. is it? no Quicksilver there's an X-Men character named Quicksilver really there is? yes there is okay so Quicksilver I brought Quicksilver the game with the what Doug Watson Penises yeah Doug Watson ripped the cover what is it it's from Heavy Metal cover Doug Watson ripped off a lot of different things yeah Barracora's ripped off from something what's going on with that?
    15:05
    oh well let it be Let it be. So, yeah, the tournament was, the qualifying was golf format. And I finished, I was two over.
    15:19
    I think Zach was there. He was one over. He brought three games. Let me guess. Lethal. No, wrong one. The other one. Yes, deadly weapon. Deadly weapon he always brings everywhere.
    15:34
    Fleet. Oh, he did bring Fleet. And Kingpin. About three games. Okay. And we were just – it looks like according to IPDB, there was only two games with weapon in the title. We need a third one. We need like a weapon tournament. Deadly weapon, lethal weapon, something else weapon.
    15:52
    But, yeah, I was – yeah, two over, he was one over. There was two players that were two under. They were top qualifiers. So they did a thing where it was like top six. The first two get a bye, and then they play. But they didn't do golf scoring for like the playoffs. That's weird. So we just did regular. And then they did 7-5-3-1.
    16:11
    7-5-3-0. And the first game we played was Bounty Hunter, Gottlieb's Bounty Hunter. First alphanumeric from Gottlieb. Ah, very good. And Zach did something I've never seen before. He actually lost Oh he definitely lost But he did something I have never seen Did he rage tilt No He did tilt though Okay And he tilted through Ooh. Twice. Twice? A double tilt through. I've never seen this.
    16:45
    So he made a – it wasn't even like a slide or anything. It was just literally just a quick nudge, boom, and it tilted, tilted through the next player, and then tilted through the next player. So he tilted players two and three. Nice. So he was booted out, like, you're out of here. And because it was ball one, we just started a new three-player game. Yeah, of course. And it turns out we wanted to look at the tilt-bop first, though. It's like, is this thing on the cylinder or something? It wasn't on the cylinder, but it wasn't centered. It was way up front. So it was like almost touching the cylinder in the front, but lots of room in the back. I love when I touch the cylinder in the front. Ah.
    17:26
    So you could hit it really hard certain ways and no problem, but then other ways. Yeah. Yikes. So that put him in the hole. The hole. Yeah. You put him at one instead of seven. Yes. Or you get zero. Well, he got one. Okay. So I can't remember what the next two games were, but I advanced. Zach didn't. He was out. So you took out Zach. Nice job. I didn't really take it. we kind of all took out Zach and he kind of took himself out on inadvertently, I guess. Uh, I'm giving all the props to you. Okay. So then, okay, we're to the final four. And because I'm not, I'm not a top seed. I don't get to pay. I don't get to pick anything. Well, at least I didn't think I was going to get to pick anything. Did everyone defer? Uh, well, no, not at first. First, there was, um, T2 we played and I finished second.
    18:19
    Then sorcerer, sorcerer. I finished second. and we had a situation where out of the four of us, three of us had 10.
    18:27
    And the other person was out, kind of out, yeah. So the person who had the pick, they deferred for the last game. I'm like, really? So it went to me because I was second the last game. And I was just like, Spider-Man, no hesitation. Bad call. Bad call for the Emberists. Yes, of course. That's what I said. So, yeah, they should have picked a game. that was not... First of all, I didn't do much. I had like, I don't know, 30 million. Another guy in our group, his name is Ron, also. He had like 40-something million. But I was setting everything up, trying to work on my villains, because I want to get to Battle Royale. And the second game, I got... The second game. The second ball, I got to Battle Royale. Nice. And did absolutely nothing. That's the worst thing. Well, I got the four weapon i get four i in battle royale you get the four villains and then you hit the right ramp well i got the four villains but i couldn't hit the right ramp missed it like five times then drain out to one ball and then just just reflex back try to backhand and the flippers had like a ton of travel on this particular spider-man so i backhanded the right ramp which got me the jackpot and add as adds a ball well so you then continue and then i then i continued on and got like five more jackpots nice i ended up with like 260 something million the guy that was in that was going to be fourth anyway he was like yeah i'm good can i just have my fourth place file leave like while i was playing i turn around like he's gone because it was it was getting near the end of the show too yeah at that point um but yeah so i won that and they also had the project pinball tournament or the project pinball like when they you just play a game and it had like one ball you play one ball on iron maiden oh there you go yeah so i I played Iron Maiden. I paid for three entries, but I only used two. I had the high score. Zach didn't play it. He hates Iron Maiden. Yeah, I know. He hates Iron Maiden. Lucky for me. So he didn't play it. So my score held. And, yeah, I won that. And then I told him the usual. It's just like, yeah, just whatever I won, just donate it. Donate it back. So there you go. And that was very successful. And my game didn't break. It made it back. I mean, it's here in the living room. I got to get it back downstairs again. You just leave it up for me. I'll just grab it from you.
    20:49
    And we need it for stop. Stop. Stop? Stop. 32. We actually have 43 people wanting to play. 32 are in right now.
    21:03
    Now, I know the boss has given me some direction here, but I'm going to get it right from the horse's mouth right now. You're going to do this. What a dick. Yes, what a dick. I said expand it to 40. You did. And then you never did. I know I didn't yet, but I want to make it sound like Ron was being the hard ass, which he was, you know. So you're going to make it to the three people on like a complete asshole. Yep. Two. Two people will think you're an asshole. Yep. It's all Ron's fault. Always is Ron's fault. He is Mr. Power and Demander. Okay. You've heard it here, folks.
    21:35
    The count's going to be 44. 44? 44. You're going to do 44? Do 44. Because you said it was 40 with. 40. There's a couple more people. Yeah, so I will be asking people then probably another week for money because with all the beasts coming on and moving games, I might be able to ask, but it's going to be a little while. But 44 players, top 20, will make it into the finals. Yeah, we sold out in like an hour. Yeah, it was amazing. I was like, Ron, we're already over. I've had so many people come up to me like, oh, I didn't know that. I didn't know that the tickets went out or whatever. I did not know the tickets. Yeah, I had a lot of people too. And I'm like, so obviously you haven't listened to the last two or three episodes of the podcast, have you? Because we have been mentioning this. We have given the date multiple times. Yep. And you have given it before we even started tickets. So, you know, if you think you know the date, you should have said, hey. You know, just saying. Just saying. Listen to the podcast, folks. Listen to the podcast. Now, I'll be honest. We had 48 one year, and that was too much. Too many. 40 was okay. 44 is probably going to be a little too much, but we'll see what we can do here. Yep. We will have a game upstairs. We're going to have countdown, and I'm going to see, and he doesn't know this yet, but he'll know it because he listens, Scott, who's coming over on Friday. He was asking, like, do you need any help with anything? And it's like, you know what? Yes, Scott. Could you help me set up ACDC? We can set that up upstairs. Because if we're doing different eras, we're going to need different eras upstairs. and maybe we can even have acdc is in the moderate modern and the super modern like it's in both so you can play it every round so so at least four people to eight people will be upstairs every round so they don't get all claustrophobic yes so i'll be contacting these people probably wednesday wednesday will probably be today i'll be contacting so get prepared if you paid you're in already some people already paid before this like i'm gonna pay anyway i'm Like, I don't want you to pay yet. They paid. So they're in already. You can't stop me from paying. Yes, I can just refund you your money.
    23:48
    Damn kids these days. They don't want to take my money. They don't want to listen. But thanks, everyone. Can't wait for some. I will begin the one-month preparation as I go through every single game. I'm going to try. I'm going to get some hat flipper rubbers. We're going to try them out. Nice. finally yes good answer good answer because like on my iron maiden with the wonderful black flipper rubbers they're already starting to you can see the powder developing on top of the flipper bat i don't know what they they used black flipper rubber before that and i never had this issue it's all like post-covid it's like during covid people forgot how to make rubber oh my even the marco flipper rubbers i always used to get and never had an issue with they're shedding red now my red flipper rubber so some post-covid uh supply issues i think going on there i don't so we're gonna try hap and we'll see how that goes whatever happens happens ah whatever happens happens very good bruce what else do i have here the local saratoga nightly sermons beast porno name uh yagpin yagpin was was a big event in uh was edmonton yes edmonton a yeah a what a they basically try to recreate pinberg yes the wood balls out to they do the same format 10 rounds for the finals they make their games brutally hard yes which some people complain about but you know what bruce what you know what one of my favorite golf tournaments is well Masters is my favorite, but my second favorite golf tournament is the U.S. Open. Because they always try to make it ridiculously hard. Where if you're even par, you might win.
    25:42
    And I'm sick of watching the best players in the world play Godzilla for like an hour. I love seeing the pain. Of course, if I was playing in it, I might have a different attitude. But just from a spectator, I love it. I'll admit it. I love it. I love seeing just the pain.
    26:03
    I mean, some of it's ridiculous. They got games there. They look like they're jacked up so high. It looks like you're playing the upper play field of Banzai Run. Oh, well, hold on. Me and Zach now purchase four-inch leg levelers.
    26:17
    Why? For what? What's wrong with three-inch leg levelers? No, part of our floor is not even. Oh, okay. So you get a little, you know, you're offsetting the floor, and you're like, oh, I lost almost like a half inch or an inch already.
    26:35
    So four-inch leg levers we now have. Yes. Got to straighten out that floor. Yeah, I can't do anything about that. It's 105 years old. Yeah. Damn old building. You know, it's probably all those pianos, because it was the Piano Works. It was the Piano Works. That makes sense, actually. The big grand piano is probably right there, and just, like, making the floor sag. what else do i got here well we got a new game came out i think we might as well get to it everyone else has gotten to it oh my well we'll see you later guys bye venom came out venom came out a year after boy all those guys that picked venom last year here's the thing i don't understand i keep hearing people saying things like it was ready for a year before but they held off on it and all that stuff no i know they did i listened to i think it was um Yeah, it was Marco's show that they do. And they had George Gomez on. And this was like a year ago, probably less than a year ago. And he said, I just came from Brian Eddy's office. So I was looking at Brian and Dwight's new game, the Whitewood. Yeah. So if they're trying to say that Venom was already done for a year, then what was that Whitewood? Exactly. The next game. Don't you know anything? I don't think so because I think that was the same interview. He said it was like Dwight and Eddie and Zombie Eddie was on art. Yeah. So I just don't. No. Yeah. It was not ready last year. I think they got the license. Like they just secured the license. Everything was good. And then they had their year to make it go.
    28:08
    You know what's really depressing? No, I will say before we get to Venom. What? Seeing all my Facebook feeds of all the Pimberg stuff. Oh. It is. It's like, ugh. Ugh. Yeah, you were in that one big picture of all the people. Zach was there. Eric CNY was there Tim I didn't see me yeah we ignore you well I was probably out playing games at the time not watching but yeah I miss it I miss Pinnberg Venom yes Venom hey your PC is getting one baby of course you are okay what model what do you think Ellie. You got it. Of course. Jesus.
    28:55
    Man, you guys get to play everything. Yep. Why don't the local buy one? Well, they might. Actually, no, they are. That's right. The guy told me they were getting a Venom, and there was some other one they were getting, too. Some other new game. I don't remember what it was.
    29:12
    But, yeah, there you go, Bruce. So, bite me. Let's see. I'm at thisweekinpinball.com. Hi, thisweekinpinball.com. Hello. Oh, I have to say, remember last week I was making fun of everyone who did not support us for – Yes, you're making fun of everyone. Yes, Bruce. I was making fun of everyone saying they did not support me. Well, I forgot. What's it called? The Pinball Show. Pinball Show, yes. Yep. They did also talk us up very well. So I forgot about you boys. They also mentioned RPC the last episode. And I think they're trying to say, oh, does Delaware have a better co-op than RPC? It's like, oh, God. They're trying to say, like, the co-op battle, the battle of the co-ops. Nope. I don't know who does because I've never been there, but I hear great things about the Delaware show. I think they got more games than you do, Bruce. I don't know about that. I think they got more games than 49.
    30:07
    It's 50 now. Wait a minute. I was told it was still at 49. It is actually now ready to be tested. What's ready? the game 50 is ready to be tested but i still think you should stay with 49 that could literally be your gimmick that could be the gimmick never 50 or something i don't know let's see how many let's see their game list man you really don't even have a list of games you really don't want to get into vatmd no i really don't what did you think of it uh i'm looking at the play field now i watched the stream it seemed like it played fast as a mother oh fast as mother holy shit yeah i really like the whole like roller games you know roller games you need to lock a ball and it's kind of sitting there it would just fire it out every once in a while trying to simulate like it's going around a track so you're just playing and all of a sudden the ball just like fly like whoa what the hell was that this game you hit it and balls just fly around all over the place like on wire force and stuff around all over the place of course you do so i like that it looks like if you were hoping for a more shadow like eddie designed you didn't get it this is this is as fan as fan can be this is like um it kind of reminds me it's what was it no fear so fan it has so many shots i'm just looking at the number of of shots here One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. All just fan, fanny, fan, fan. Okay, going by their website, guess how many games they have. How many? 49. Oh, I love it. They have 50 coming, which is coming soon, Ripley's, believe it or not. Oh, actually, they have 48. They have Ripley's and Safecracker coming soon. That would bring them up to 50. So they're at 48. We are one up on them, and we will be to 50 soon with rotation. How about Vermont? See, they patented the name just the pinball co-op. You see, they don't have – yeah. I think they have less, though, even with the expansion.
    32:09
    It's almost like the pinball show is trying to start this co-op battle. That's so unlike Zach Manning to try to stir things up. I know two of the owners from the thing, so. Yeah, Bruce knows everyone, so. I know everyone, unfortunately. I think that's the other way around, actually. You should do a thing like the Ultimate Golf Tournament where it's nine holes at each co-op. So you have to travel to each one. Yeah, that'd be actually funny. That'd be interesting. Or some kind of like depending on where you are, you go to that co-op and there's some kind of combined scoring or something. I don't know how you would do that. It sounds cool. No list of games at the pinball co-op website. So let's see. I'm looking at Venom here. Yep, Venom. I mean, the art is... I mean, there's actual – there's missing shots, I guess. It feels like a little bit like the old Led Zeppelin.
    33:01
    Well it Yeah it does Nothing looks as barren as that No But I see we got the turnaround We got the horseshoe Yep It Hurry hurry hurry Like Star Wars, man, except on the other side. Yeah, I know. Great. Just what I'm looking forward to.
    33:19
    Yeah, wow. There is way more shit on the premium. Oh, totally. Damn. It is... And the art is different on the playfield, I guess. Because the one has the doppelganger and the other one doesn't. Yep. And the doppelganger is this Spider-Man with like four arms and his butt sticking out. So you're going to buy it? You already in? No. I don't know anything about Venom.
    33:43
    It's the black suit. And you already have the black. Well, yeah, that's true. So you've got to match them. Yeah, I already have that. You've got to match them.
    33:52
    A match set. What do you think of the whole, like you can save your progress stuff that they're doing? With Insider Connected.
    34:00
    I think that's pretty neat. I think it's neat, but I'm afraid that if somebody doesn't turn it off in a town-setting tournament. Oh, tournament. Yeah.
    34:09
    If you don't get to turn it off, then you know what's going to happen? Hey, look at this guy. He's leveled up. He finished this mode way faster than you did. Faster than me. Yeah, you're going to have to turn that off. For stop, I will have Insider Connect to turn off.
    34:27
    Save the internet. No, I'm doing it for the simple reason, and I explained this on the podcast once before. I was in the middle of a game, and they had a server crash somewhere in Insider Connected land, and it locked up my game because it couldn't talk to the server to update my stats in the middle of the game, and I had to reboot the game. I can't take a chance of that happening in a tournament. Save the server. Yeah, save the server. I like that there's a lot more stuff. Yeah, and you can shoot. How do you think the whole – you can choose your host. Yeah. I'm looking forward to the expert stuff like, you know, Hulk and that kind of, you know, that'd be, you know. But like it actually changes, physically changes stuff on the game depending on which host. Which shot. Because of what, you're a symbiote or whatever? Yes, it's symbiote, yeah. It's a change. Choose your host. Change the game. Or whatever voice they're doing. I think this is what their goal is eventually for some games. It was like, you know, multi, really expanding the Insider Connected and the possibilities for how you can play a game. Mariana, choose your host. Change the game. You know, pinball players, they'll always find the strongest person. Oh, the strongest person to take over? And then exploit it. So you're blaming tournament players once again? Yes. Okay. Am I wrong? Choose your host. Change the game. propane will make you winner I took over hand kill I win I'll tell you what man gotta choose your host man gotta go up down rest go around pick the Hulk man so it looks cool can't wait to play it I hope I'm not blinded I gotta get some sunglasses for this Dwight Sullivan on code he's pushing the envelope again Bruce he pushes the envelope how many more flashers can we turn off and on at one time well i i saw it on stream bruce there was nothing that looked like it was blinding anyone yes not yet not yet oh he's he's still coming up with that oh of course he is because he did that to foo fighters what do you think return to the video mode did you see the video actually don't mind that i don't mind at all it it reminded me it's just what was it again like his tongue comes out and grabs yeah yeah you just go back and forth yep like the wolves in dracula or something I'm up for that. That's fine. So am I. I don't mind that at all. I know some people hate video modes. Yes, they do. I just think it should be either two level of points. If you get it, it's like, say, 10 million points. And if you fail, it's worth 2 million points. Get what? That's it. Make it to the end. Make it to the end of the video mode, it's 10 million points. If you don't make it, it's 2 million.
    37:11
    So it's not a humongous difference. You don't get anything. Screw you. Like, get away. Hey, look, that guy just did video mode. Oh, he got it in video mode from the mystery. Hey, look at that. I'm already down 60 million.
    37:25
    You shouldn't have got a video mode from the history if it was on mystery, if it was on tournament mode. If it was on tournament mode, you would not. But if it was not on tournament mode, you know it's going to happen.
    37:36
    Now I'm looking here. I like the artwork. Artwork looks really cool. It is very bright. What do you think of the swinging? I thought Venom was supposed to be, like, dark. He is supposed to be dark, but it's a lot of color. Oh, you mean the swinging targets? Yes. You mean the one that they took from Mandalorian, but now they have three of them? Yeah. It's basically, what was it called? The crest? Yeah, the crest. The center shot? Yeah, I'm not really wowed on that one. I think somebody took, like, the Mandalorian shots and mapped them over this. Yes, exactly the same. Yeah, that's what some people say. and people are like, you guys, you have way too much time on your hands. I will say the center Lorian shot is in the same spot. It looks like he even goes in the same spot, actually. Yes, and it loops around. Yeah. I know.
    38:26
    I know. It looks good. It looks great. I think the artwork is awesome. I think Zombie Yeti really knocked it out of the park. Depends on how it plays. That's the key. I like things. Is this on the Pro 2? It is. So they did the same thing with Turtles. the little thing right by the shooter lane where it's got all the characters oh yeah I love that like an actual physical thing they did that on Turtles and they did it on Pro which I was surprised but they've done it again I like little touches like that yep I can't wait to play it that's the next thing a lot of people got to play it at here's the weird thing a lot of people went to Comic Con and it was there but I haven't heard a lot of people say wow or like I played it it's awesome so i don't know you know kind of was expecting more of a feedback us well we have jerry thompson on sound sounds yep lean animations paul shimnam kit i'm probably saying that wrong yeah mechanical engineers kevin collodridge and tom capera the maker of the johnny mnemonic glove don't forget that one of the greatest toys every day ever oh come on it's awesome uh music tracks mark tramani so basically if you're a celebrity musician who likes pinball you're in you you get to be in every manufacturer's game because he's in godfather also still not really got into that game at all godfather yeah let's see the prices are exactly the same as foo fighters was so Nothing changed there. Hey, for once. Let's see. I'll put my announcer voice on here. Stern's Venom Pinball Games will immerse players into the mayhem of this anti-heroes Marvel universe. Featuring more than 20 characters, including Eddie Brock, Flash Thompson, Gwen Stacy, Peter Parker, Black Suit Spider-Man, just like my game, Miles Morales, Riot, Agony, Lasher, Phage? Yep, Phage. doppelganger venomized hulk hulk hulk venomized wolverine and venomized captain america venom's arch enemy carnage is collecting codices yep codex codice codex to awaken canal canal null null god of the symbiotes venom must stop carnage by battling through his army of symbiotes and the infected to prevent him from taking over the world.
    41:00
    Okay. Yep. Canvassing the Venom Pinball game experience is a... Blah, blah, blah, blah. Yes, you got it. It's a lifestyle thing for 40 years. They're not doing lifestyle brand anymore. I think they dropped that. Yeah, God, that was pretty bad. Yeah, it looks great. I think it'll be good. Has LE sold out? That's the other thing. I don't think they did. Does it have like a very target thing here?
    41:23
    It's got a... It's like a captive ball. You hit it, and the thing moves back a certain amount. Very nice. It's got a bell with an actual bell. Although I heard it, it's just like kind of ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Yeah.
    41:35
    Not as cool as the ACDC bell. Sorry. Yeah, looking at the pictures. You've been fanboy now. You've been buying all these new sterns, so I expect you to buy this one too. I buy – yeah. I don't buy the new – well, if you consider – Yes, you do. Well, no, wait a minute. If you consider Maiden, the new Stern, that was out like five years ago. Okay. Deadpool you bought?
    41:58
    After it was out for like a year or two years. Okay. Jurassic Park you bought? That was out for a while, too. Godzilla you bought? Godzilla I actually bought the closest to when it came out. I didn't get it right away because it's Godzilla and they sold a crap load of them. But, yeah, so you're just fanboy now. And Rush I got pretty quickly. Yeah, you're fanboy now. When I hear people, they're saying that they think Godzilla might have sold like 10K. No. I can tell you from people we know in the industry that these games do not sell as much as you think they do. No. They do not. And if they ever sold 10,000 of something, they would say something. They would be doing backflips. They would be like, ladies and gentlemen, we've sold our 10,000th Godzilla. This is the first time since. Since what game? Blah, blah, blah. Since what game, Bruce? Come on, trivia. Lethal Weapon 3. No. For them? Oh, maybe for them. For them, yes. I'm talking about the last game. They would say the last game to sell 10,000. No, they would say themselves. Nah, no. Yes, they would. They would say themselves. We have not sold this many games since 1990, you know, 192, 93. You know, that's what they would say. What came out first, Star Wars or Lethal Weapon? I think Star Wars. Okay, because they sold 10,000. Actually, that was the biggest seller they ever had. Really? Yeah, the first Star Wars. shoot the death star uh it was star trek next gen for those at home oh the last 10k yeah i'm thinking if if they get like six or seven k if they get near meteor numbers they would be ecstatic yeah i think they've sold five fifty five hundred i'll go six i'll say six k and they're still selling them oh yeah that's the good thing oh yeah they're selling them as long as they can as long as that license is out there. And they're going to get the move soon, coming up. Yeah, the move. They're going to be moving in August. Yep.
    43:53
    Moving on up, moving on up to the east side. Perhaps one of the greatest theme songs for a show ever. The deluxe apartment in the sky.
    44:05
    We're moving on now. Trying is a three-syllable word. I don't know how they did that. we finally got a piece of this pie yeah all right uh sorry oh yes yes let's see le model what was the le model gets you it gets you it's limited to 1 000 machines wow they're stuck on that 1 000 number now again aren't they it comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by seth davis who was on the stream when they uh their first stream and he doesn't double flip or anything that was good to see individually autographed by designer brian eddie venom versus carnage mirrored back glass basically the same as the premium back glass i believe except it's uh well it's not a translate it's a glass inner art blades they should say like um custom or specific because usually their le art blades are specific to the le like you can't buy them they should say something like that Expression lights. Oh, no.
    45:12
    It would be actually cool, like a punch coming towards you. Like, you know. Boom. Venom-inspired goo powder-coated armor. Oh, God. Way to be cheesy. Oh, my God. That's got to be a little Gary. It looks pretty cool. It's got to be a little Gary in there. Shaker motor, anti-reflection playfield glass, and upgraded audio system.
    45:34
    That's almost saying, like, our regular audio system sucks. Sucks. So this one is the upgraded one that you want. That you can't tell any difference on.
    45:44
    Choose your host. Change the game. Yeah, I'll have to see it. You know, I'm excited to play it. I'm excited to play all new games. Every new game? Every new game. Every new game? Every new game. Well, I don't know about excited, but... So you're going to be so excited to play Spinal Tap. Curiosity. Maybe not excited. No, no, no. You heard it here, folks. First. Ron's going to be super excited to play Spinal Tap. Do you know it goes to 11? It does, but unfortunately the game goes to negative one. Negative one. This might go to 11, but the game is negative one. Negative one.
    46:22
    But, you know, if we don't like it, according to Mike from HomePen, we're just uninformed idiots. Yes, we are. And probably Americans. The worst country in the world. Yes.
    46:32
    Okay, what else do I have here? Oh, this little tidbit. Pulp Fiction. Yes. You know why they announced that when they announced it? Why did they announce what? When they announced what? When they announced that it was Pulp Fiction. They announced it. Remember, they announced it around Texas Pinball Festival. Yes, they did. Even though they couldn't actually make them to when. Never. We don't know yet. They still haven't. Yes. Because they had to announce it before March 31st. Wow. Or some kind of licensing bad thing would happen. Bad. Yeah. Bad thing. Bad, bad thing. Yes. I'm reading this from Nap Arcade. Hi, Nap Arcade. Hello, Nap Arcade. What does it say? They would have been forced to amend the licensing agreement. So we can't have that. Amen. And what else? Oh, Joe Kamikow. He's at it again. Oh, God. He's saying when he was trying to get that Harry Potter license, it was $4 million.
    47:24
    You know, they offered over $4 million and it still wasn't enough. $1 million, not enough. We go $4 million.
    47:33
    Yikes. So do you think what J.J.P. has is going to be the movie ones? I don't know. I mean, it better be. It better be or it'll be screwed. Because Jack Guarneri is Mr. like, we have full assets. We won't do it if we don't have blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Which a lot of that's bullshit because, I mean, look at Pirates. Oh. Yeah. Or we did Toy Story 4 because that's what we wanted to do. Yeah, of course we did. And no one of their employees. We did Toy Story 4 because Disney said we had to. True, yes. We didn't have a choice with the other three, which were a lot better. I know.
    48:07
    It's a Yagpin. I talked about that. That's about it. Let's go to the ball bag. Ball bag. Oh, no. Thunderbird is installing your updates, and we'll start in a few moments. Thunderbird. Not Thunderbird. Go. Wait a minute. It says I have to spell international rescue before I can read any of these emails. Damn it.
    48:31
    Fuck. I'm screwed. That was pretty good, actually. But let's see. This email is from Jimmy. So I heard some talk about DoodleBug last episode. We have two smiley faces. Yeah. Yes, they do. I see that. Yes. Ron still was too lazy. I was too lazy. Zach did make fun of you about that also. Oh, I totally. I deserved it. Yes. I mean, it was in freaking Wilton. I know. $300. Even if it didn't work, it still. It still was worth it. Yeah. Like, why did you grab this? I still say the bug part looks like a red scrotum. It keeps on getting slapped around. Yeah. Or it's building up the power. It's building up your... The orgasm meter is racing.
    49:18
    Why must I always take it to that? Welcome to my life. Yeah, it's not just Bruce, folks. See? Ronnie's a sick fuck, too. Okay, here. Justin! Justin? Justin! Remember our Justin, our guest? Remember he was waiting for his Godzilla? Yes. We'll have an update. He says hi boys I finally got my Godzilla premium from Project Pinball a few weeks back Hallelujah It took a year It took a year but it was well worth the wait Listeners love Tech Talk and Repair, so I have one for you. Oh, God, don't tell me it's broken already. It probably is. No, I'm sorry. They said I had a lot of good guesses. I'll leave this one for you. I'm not a spike expert. Let's see. After about 200 plays. Oh, no. I played it way too much. That's the problem. Yeah, that's the problem. You've already burned it out. After 200 plays, both of my magnets stopped working on Godzilla, the Magnet Grab, and Mecha. Neither will energize during the coil test. They connect to Node Board 9, which all connectors are tight, and no issues show on the Node Board test. Everything else works fine, and both magnets worked perfectly for the first 200 or so plays. I checked settings, and the magnets are enabled in the software. I even tried unplugging the machine and restoring factory settings. Any ideas on what I could look at next? It could be a transistor. It could be, you know, from the node board. Wouldn't they have one for each magnet? Yes. So they would both go bad? Maybe. I don't know. Node boards are very finicky, very... Blown fuses somewhere? Oh, they don't have fuses, do they? They don't have fuses anymore. Yay. That was our rocket scientist fucking thinking that one up. Yeah, I don't know what would cause that. That's a call now to our new person at Stern. Call 1-800-KICKERS. Yep, and leave a message. And leave a message. Well, the only thing I can think of are the note boards. I know some of the lighting ones are custom, but it's like the actual note boards themselves are a lot of the same. If you have a different spike there and if the 9 is the same. Another spike game, yeah. And if you have a number 9, you might be able to swap it. Yeah, maybe swap it. Just make sure they have the dip switch things on. Yeah, the dip switch. Make sure they're exactly the same as the one you took out and see if that works. If it does, then it's your note board. Yeah. If it doesn't, maybe it's not your note board. Then I have no idea. 1-800-KICKERS. Kick them in the ass. Kick them in the junk. Kick them in the ass. Kick them in the junk. Kick the ass in the junk. Okay. Thanks, and have a great rest of the show. So, Justin from episode 190. Wow. Thank you, Justin. Congrats on your Godzilla. Yes. Although the magnet, at least the one magnet really needs to work. Yes. The hat catch on the side. Yeah. Otherwise, it's very important for that to work. Let's see. I think that's all I got for the ball bag. Very short, sweet, right to the point. Short and sweet and right to the point. Let's see. What else? Maybe we should have asked the listeners for questions. We didn't. But don't forget, come to the Beast this weekend and see a rare dual appearance. Dual appearance. Yes. Of the Slam Tilt Boys. Just the good old boys. Never meeting no home. Thank you, Waylon.
    52:46
    I did have a couple of people come up to me during the show. Like, love the podcast. They must be talking about Silver Bowl Chronicles. They were both talking about – thank you for mentioning it. Of course. See, I'm the one that plugged it this time, so you can't. Silver Ball Chronicles, also on TPN, my other podcast that I do. Yep. No, not Bruce. The other one I do. There you go. Bruce gave the shout-out. Yes. But it was funny. I really liked when you did Michael McDonald.
    53:15
    Wow. I should do it again. You don't know me, but I'm your brother. Hey. Telling me the things you want to do for me. Yes, Bruce. We'll have to listen to some Yacht Rock while we're out there. Yacht Rock.
    53:35
    I'll be listening to my books, actually, when I'm driving out there. Your books? Yeah, I listen to books when I'm driving out there. What kind of books does Bruce listen to? I'm actually listening to Wool.
    53:45
    Wool. It's about sheep? No. Oh. It's a three-part book series. have you seen the TV show Silo? No. It's based off after nuclear war they knew it was coming and they built these silos underground and it's very controlling and at the time people think they're the only silo but there's a lot more and the books are really good. I watched the TV show is ugh compared to the books. The books are fucking awesome. So I'm getting ready to get the second book before I go on my trip this week. So I'll listen to the next book. Although I do think if you had a movie about killer sheep, wool would be a great title. I'm just saying. Bob!
    54:31
    There was some kind of horror movie about a guy that was like half sheep, half something like that. I'm like, oh God, how'd that even happen? I don't want to know. Oh yeah. And you get to see the golden voice himself this weekend. Do I want to see the golden voice or do I want to hear the golden voice? You want to see him first and give him a big hug. Don't forget, hugs are free this weekend only at the Beast. Come get your hug from Ron. No, no. Yes, yes. No hugging. And, Ron, I guarantee you will not need your sweatshirt. Oh, is it going to be really hot? Probably will be warm. It was 110 people and 86 games.
    55:14
    It was probably pretty warm. It was comfortable at Saratoga until yesterday it poured. And it went from 90 degrees to like 65 or 70 outside. But they kept the air conditioning at the same level. Oh, level, yeah. So it ended up freezing at the end. Like, holy shit. Did they have more games this time? About the same. That stinks. I wish they would combine the shows there. They really need to just have one show. Just one show. One show. I mean, they probably had less games. I would say they had less games there that will be at Stomp. Wow. Yeah. And they had a lot of people. I mean, there's like lines. People want to play the game. So even my old Quicksilver was constantly being played. You don't know me, but I like Quicksilver.
    56:07
    I will trade. I'll take Quicksilver. You can have Countdown for a while. Mm-hmm. If you don't know me by now, you will never, never, never go away.
    56:24
    Okay, we're just going to be doing karaoke duets now for the rest of the show. What do you want to hear? I'm past my bedtime. Oh, yes. I'm going to turn into a pumpkin soon. Yes, Bruce was there like, can we do earlier? It's like, I'm not home yet. I was busy getting an ice cream, Bruce. Oh, gee. A delicious ice cream. I see where your priorities are. Oh, yeah. I was at Gopthal's when you messaged me. Like, no, not back yet. I had my ice cream tonight. I had my mint chipwich. Mint chipwich? Yes. So mint and what? Cookies on the outside with chocolate chip cookies, you know, chocolate chips on the outside. As long as there's some chocolate in there, we know it's good. There's chocolate in there. Right.
    57:07
    So I will see you on Friday, probably. Or Thursday. But you'll definitely see me on Friday. Yeah, maybe Thursday, but definitely Friday. And you get to play now a fully with legs on rotation eight. Ooh. And it will rotate? It will rotate. It rotates and everything. Oh, yeah, it plays. And I've been told that it's actually a decent game. Like, it's not just a gimmick. Is this true? It's actually not a bad bat. And the shots are actually harder than I thought they were going to be. Okay. You've got to use the tip of the flip. Oh, sorry. Just the tip. hey what about that beavis and butthead how many people emailed you about the beavis and butthead oh yeah there's a beavis and butthead homebrew a guy's making and it was supposedly at the southern fried gaming expo which we didn't talk about at all which was this weekend yes it was so we don't know who won yet so that's why we don't talk about it so hopefully that and there's some other bunch of tournaments going on at anterium in chicago in chicago yes yeah at a big yeah it was still going on when i was looking they're trying to beat the Whopper Fest. Oh, yes. Beat the Whopper Fest.
    58:16
    But yeah, if anyone played it, let me know. It has a screen on it, so I assume it shows episodes and stuff. Yeah, I'm assuming. But again, pinball manifesto. Okay, let's cut the shit. Stern. Stern, I want you to make this. Please. Yes. Please. Beavis and Budhead. The second season it just ended was probably one of the best seasons I've ever seen them have. They are fucking awesome. Do this. Do this now, please. They are elf-wicked. I promise I will buy the LE. I will get the LE. I will get it. I want LE number one. I want LE. No, no, no. Number two. No, no, no. No, actually, that's not bad. But no, 69. I want 69. You want 69? 69. Yes, definitely 69.
    59:04
    Oh, Beavis and Butthead, stop playing that pinball machine. Wow. Hey, I've got to do Mick Vicker because Mike Judge can't do him anymore I know He's getting old Yes, he is Even his Beavis is getting a little gravelly Yeah, a little gravelly It's still there, but it's... Yeah, I am Cornholio I need TP for my bunghole Yes, we've got Cornholio You've got to have all the... Yeah, it's got to happen Everything It's got to happen Just get Mike Judge in there You do all the voices What? Zach messaged you? Zach's messaged me I'm looking right now we're going to read his private messages on the air. Nope. I'm just looking at what he sent me. Uh-huh.
    59:47
    Yeah? This is scintillating, Bruce. Yes, it is. Well, you can continue on your stuff. I'm done with my stuff. I said that before. We went through everything. Unless you have, let's see. Well, plugs, you already did Silver Ball Chronicles. I did. I did the Silver Ball Chronicles. So, ball bag, that's done. Repairs. Did you have any repairs? I don't think so. Everything is just working so incredibly. It actually has been. I'm working on bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad. Oh, I've got to bring you the side panel stuff for that. Yes, you do. Bad girls, for those at home who don't know what it's – because bad doesn't really help. It could be bad cats. Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad. But it works mostly. I've just got to rebuild the flippers. They're a little sloppy.
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    Even when it sounds like she's saying, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe. yep so yeah so i think that's it um yeah probably gonna try to get this out tonight or early tomorrow morning and then i will be heading off to laconia new hampshire check out fun spot and see their new pinball area i noticed fire was in there i saw the bell fire i saw a picture and i I saw the bell from a distance, and they have a fire champagne edition. Ooh, champagne-y. And at least the first time I ever saw it there, the back box effect actually worked. It's got the rotating thingamabobies in there, so it looks like shit's on fire, but it has it in the back box, and it looks so cool. Cool. It literally looks like the back box is on fire. Fire. Yes. So this has been episode 211 of the Slamtail Podcast. You can email us at slam till podcast at gmail.com. Are you G man? I'm G man. You G a Gmail G. GG. Oh, I want to say I'm, I'm upset. Friend of the show. Gene Hex Wong. Yes. He got, he got raped. He got completely, he got, he got butt fucked. They took away his ex. For those who don't know, Jean, Jean knew all the guys that started. Yes. Um, Twitter, Twitter. He lives in the San Francisco area and all that. So when they started it, they asked him, like, hey, what do you want your Twitter handle to be? And he's like, can I use just one letter? Like, sure. Well, his name's X Wong, so he's like, X, at X. Yeah. Well, as we know, Twitter, and what's his face? Change names. Yeah, what's the guy's name again?
    62:24
    Musk. Musk, yeah. He's changed the name of Twitter. Now it's just going to be X. so poor gene just got an email saying oh yeah we're taking your handle sorry thanks yeah thanks thank you come again boo such bullshit yeah that was douchey that was very douchey but we are not douchey here at the slam till podcast oh yes we are you check out our website at www.slamtillpodcast.com all our links are in the upper right hand corner i don't know i think I'm done with the plugs. You are done, mentally and physically. Thanks to everyone in the Cluster Vogue. Hi, Zach. Hi, FOMO Bonus.
    63:02
    Everyone else. All our supporters. Again, we'll see you at the Beast. Me and Bruce will be there. Do not hug me. You can hug Bruce. No, don't do that. Crisp high five from me. Crisp high five. Okay. Alright. Thanks, everybody. Until next time, say goodbye, Bruce. Goodbye, Ken Walker. Hold my mind, hold my mind Can you boogie, can you slide? Hold my mind, hold my mind You can boogie if you try Hold my mind, hold my mind Guaranteed to keep you alive
    63:53
    Meteor! Level Zero! Clusterfuck! Joystickai! Timballs! Bruce Isms! Tournament Talk! Carholer! Cheetah! Xanadu! Cash Grab! ELO! Ball Pay! What You Buy It! Game You Love! Game You Hate! Tournament Talk! Pinball Princess!
    64:23
    Oh my. so i get the couch the big boy gets the yeah you get the couch or the loves the love seat oh love seat love seat baby all right well on the bright side on the bright side if it doesn't work it was a very short podcast so it won't be as big a deal there you go love seat baby love seat Baby, love seat. Love seat. Get the fuck out of my room. I'm going to go to sleep. You sound like the guy from Love Shock Baby.
    65:30
    What was it? Up in my penis. It's as big as a whale and it's about to set sail. Up on my crotch. It seats about 20. So come on and bring your two bucks money.
    65:47
    Yes, very classy, Bruce. Yes, that is always me. All right. Ready to rock. Thanks, everybody. Until next time, say goodbye, Bruce.
    65:59
    Goodbye. I just had it. Fuck me. Hold on. Fail. I had it, and then all of a sudden my feet kept. Okay. Say it again. Okay.