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Day 2 of Bram Stoker's Dracula week! pt3.

Dead Flip·video·35m 20s·analyzed·Oct 24, 2014
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TL;DR

Dead Flip Day 2 Dracula gameplay: competitive matches with rule explanations and strategic commentary.

Summary

Dead Flip streams gameplay of Bram Stoker's Dracula pinball across multiple competitive matches. The host and guests (Jack Danger, Bob, Erica, and Richie Townsend from Pinsanity) play first-to-five games, discussing Dracula mechanics including mist add-a-ball features, ramp shots, bats modes, and ball safety strategies. The stream emphasizes ball three as critical for high scoring and features technical commentary on shot timing and playfield layout.

Key Claims

  • Ball three is where the game's at on Dracula - early balls are less valuable than final ball

    high confidence · Direct gameplay commentary: 'You know, as you saw and demonstrated, ball three is where the game's at' and 'You just, you might as well just drain your first two balls because you can get the shot'

  • Mist lights up during multiball acts as an add-a-ball feature

    high confidence · Rules explanation during gameplay: 'So when mist lights up again during a multiball, it acts as an add-a-ball. Which I missed.'

  • Hitting the ramp pauses the timer on Dracula

    high confidence · Strategic advice: 'Oh, shh. Also, yeah, hitting the ramp pauses the timer.'

  • Coffin shot placement helps achieve quick switch hits by directing ball to middle pop bumper

    high confidence · Gameplay strategy explanation: 'when you shoot your coffin, it puts it right in the middle of the pop. So it just helps get all those switch hits really quick'

  • Richie Townsend from Pinsanity showed up to participate in Day 2 games

    high confidence · Host introduction: 'Richie Townsend from Pinsanity is here with us. Just showed up late. Hello, Internet. You'll remember him from yesterday when he did some stuff.'

Notable Quotes

  • “You just, you might as well just drain your first two balls because you can get the shot. There's just enough ball safety.”

    Jack Danger@ 9:56 — Explains counter-intuitive Dracula strategy where early ball losses don't matter compared to ball three

  • “Ball three. This is where it all counts.”

    Jack Danger@ 11:21 — Core rule explanation emphasizing ball three as decisive for game outcome

  • “My Kryptonite is three shots in a row”

    Jack Danger (implied)@ 28:27 — Personal gameplay challenge identifying difficulty with consecutive ramp shots

  • “If you ever hit that loop, it's an accident. I keep going for the right, and I just hit way too early.”

    Jack Danger@ 17:05 — Describes difficulty with ramp shot timing and alignment

  • “That ramp's impossible. That ramp, you just need to really dial in.”

    Jack Danger@ 17:01 — Identifies ramp shooting as mechanically challenging on Dracula

Entities

Jack DangerpersonBobpersonEricapersonRichie TownsendpersonBram Stoker's DraculagameSpooky PinballcompanyPinsanityorganizationDead Fliporganization

Topics

Dracula pinball strategy and rules mechanicsprimaryCompetitive tournament play (first-to-five format)primaryShot timing and ramp execution difficultysecondaryBall three vs early balls strategic valuesecondaryStreaming and community gameplaysecondary

Sentiment

positive(0.75)— Host and players display enthusiasm for Dracula gameplay, competitive engagement, and strategic discussion. Frustrations with shot execution are typical gameplay reactions rather than negative sentiment about the game itself. Camaraderie between players is evident.

Transcript

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That's worth 72 million if I make it. Beautiful. Come on, baby. Live! Oh, fuck, fuck. Go, go, go, go, go. No! So when mist lights up again during a multiball, it acts as an anaball. Which I missed. I missed the mist. I'm trying to hit that video button. It's not doing anything. Ah, mist was... Holy shit. Holy shit. Thank you, brother. Holy crap, that was beautiful. Thank you. Nice. His bed? My bed. Rock 10. Yeah, you snuck another 10 in there last time. I bet Adam knows me. I'm coming. I'm coming. I'm in a group. I can't stop. I know. I shared it. I left it out. All right. Take it home. All right. Miss right away and then just start murdering everybody. You've got to wait for them to get here. Yeah, no kidding. Ow! Do not fear me. Stop him. There we go. Hell yeah, dude. Win. Win. Win. Ten million. Ten million. Ten million! Nothing! Happy to- Good Lord! You are a worthy opponent. Don't mind if I do. Good job. Alright, so... You pulled second? Yep. Good job, bud. Good job. Alright, so, that means... I have to find the stupid application I was using. There we go. Players. Jack gets two. Erica gets one. Bob's ready for a big comeback. Alright, so... I'll go first, and you'll go second. Bob will go third. Alright. Welcome to my home. And I am going to... You wanna do me that solo again? Mm-hmm. Go ahead and clean this all whenever you're ready. Uh, right, ready? Yeah, ready! Do it up. Do it! You killed it. Great job. It is a beast, a monster! A moment's courage and it is done. Ah, why is the third one never go? Come on, come on. No! I cannot make three shots in a row apparently. Here we go. Of course. All right, bud. Take it home. You do not believe me. There you go. There you go. Nice. A little later. Good ball, good ball. How few days go to make up a century? Beautiful. It ain't perfect, it ain't going. There we go. Booyah! Here's four mil. There we go. Booyah! Here's four mil. It is a beast, a monster! A moment's courage and it is done. A moment's courage and it is done. Draculia Fiercehouse! Yeah, and completing those top lanes is your quota. There you go. Listen dude, you're in a really good place because with that being open and bats ready, when you get bats, if it doesn't stay in here very long, what happens is if you shoot your your coffin, it puts it right in the middle of the pop. So it just helps get all those switch hits really quick Virtually oh I next Good ball brother Crap 26 Found you. Don't. Go. Destroy him utterly. Alright, let's get some bats, baby. What the hell am I doing? Just hold the flip-flop and let the ball figure it out. Kill it. I am the last of my kind. Oh, crap. Waste of a ball. You know, as you saw and demonstrated, ball three is where the money's at. Yeah. For dramatic effect. Exactly. You just, you might as well just drain your first two balls because you can get the shot. There's just enough ball safety. I hate myself. Flip. Double flip. There you go. An extra five minutes. So if your ball ever falls in the air, you can start flipping, and it gives you a double what should be effective. Oh, it's set on hard, Bob, so be careful. So what you want to do is shoot this, this here, so you can shoot them with the jab here. But you also want to shoot them as late as possible, as close as they are. But during that, now that we have these cards, let's fucking shoot them. Because if you get through it, it's a lot of points. And you save your bullets. If you save your bullets, you get a lot of money on that, too. Damn, Bob. You're murdering us. Who's here? It's Richie. Richie Townsend from Pinsane Clown Posse is here with us. Just showed up late. Hello, Internet. You'll remember him from yesterday when he did some stuff. Did some stuff. Richie's helping himself to a beer. Over there. All right. Ball three. This is where it all counts. You don't like the selection? No, I'm good. Ball in. All right. Come on. Sharks. No, come back to me. Give me the ball, give me the ball, give me the ball. Nothing? Fuck. That was a waste. Well, we'll just go for this other multiball. Or a drain. Dang. Not quite a repeat of what I did first game, but... Yo, did you see Erica's card? It says, unranked. I won't get her there. There we go. Easy. Ow. Come here. Oh, that's too easy. Well that's a win for Bob. Let's see what we can throw up on here, buddy. Bob takes game two. Is the chat not working? Uh, just quick side note for a minute for everybody. I'd like the website right there. 10 million. 10 million. Oh, he's got a mask. When you start a band, you're in the middle. You're in the middle. You are the best. That's how I got a hundred miles. It said that we're only doing this on ball three. Dude, I got a bill and a half my first game. Did you? Yeah. Careful, don't drag it up too far. There's things that are screaming for you. 20 million. Dude, what the hell was that? Do you know how to operate that thing? I am Black Pudia. Click it, dissolve it, then you gotta click it again, and then dissolve it again, or else you'll cut the whole stream off. That's why I was in there, if anyone wants to do it, because I just stop the stream. Alright, Bob takes game two. So far the scores are Jack three, Bob two, Erica one. But we got this. First to five. Bob wins, he gets four. If I win, I win. If you win, you'll have three anyway. You should probably just break your knuckles now. Yeah, please. Break my knuckles, everything will be great. Richie will get you in on this when we're done. Which would be in like two games. Sure. Okay. So Bob goes first. Alright, Mr. Twitchell. I think that scores. Huh? I think that scores. Yeah, this is this. We're going to pull this over here. Oh, you've already got less than a hundred. I think you looked at it. I did. I did while that was playing. He had already pulled it. Rick! Alright! Alright. Camera all lined up is the playfield Live I wasn't getting anything. Alright, we got two really awesome scores going here folks. Alright. Let me try this again. So we just click it, click dissolve. Then click the name again. And we'll follow that. Whatever. Perfect. Good job, bud. Yeah, if you want to help out on that, that would be awesome. Because I get no screen time at all. And with that bill in hand, I put it on. I let out a no-leave, and it's a fire. Damn. It hurts. I can never get it too early every time I try and go right. You know what? There is, like, this ramp's impossible. That ramp, you just got to really dial in. If you ever hit that loop, it's an accident. I keep going for the right, and I just hit way too early. I just, and it just fountains off and drapes my ball. Yeah. Well, shooting late might be better than shooting early because if you don't hit the ramp you'll go around. Remember to clip the naked. Richard Townsend Now production assistant Lights on the beds You ready Oh, shhh. Also, yeah, hitting the rim pauses the timer. Oh, fuck. So, he has 66 million points that he's gonna have. Yeah. Yeah. But he can get bats again and shoot them. Yeah. And he's hit the ramp enough to light up the mist too. Jesus. But the thing is, if you get the mist, you're going to get the three mist. You don't get the three mist. You don't get the three mist. Yeah. Yeah. Better not die. He did a beat. A lone star. That sucks. Yeah. Oh, God. They ain't giving you no love. A lone scourge. And if he dies... Oh, you're whooping my butt too. Alright, so, I got nothing lit. I think I've always forgotten who this guy is. Huh? Oh, it's me, Jack Danger. Jack Danger, I don't know how to get a skill shot. Too busy smiling at the camera. Eww. Ding dong. I don't know. I thought that was supposed to do something. Oh, no good. Tramp ramp! Let's go again! No! Oh my god. Farts. Alright, show me what you got. So this is potentially gonna go on to... Uh, you never know. All three is where all the money is at, man. Just like Hotshot. When you get that free missed, just go quiet. Rick. Alright Bob. I'm a beaten jack. A beaten jack, that's all I got. I used to have that timing dial that I can't remember what it was. Yeah, but like for, I used to know every pattern up until like fourth one. But now I can't remember anything past the fourth one. Chris, you're getting really hard, dude. Oh, shit. When I hit missed, I'll shake mine loose to show you what I'm talking about. It looks like it's going to knock the game off, but you're allowed to do it. Unless you knock the game off. Unless you knock the game off. Don't do it again. Yeah, so... Oh, yeah, yeah. It stays with you. Yeah, it stays with you. That's why it's good to get that on ball one, because that's guaranteed those points all three times. I'm not even going to look. Fall in! No, I hate you! That was my Bobcat Goldway distinction. Liv, I love you. Please. I am Dracula Give me my 10 million Okay Missed There is no life In this body The disappointment folks The disappointment is real Secret passage I'm doing nothing right on this ball Thank you Frick Alright Oh shit I was going to shake it for you I'm sorry 10 million. 10 million. 10 million. One more, one more. One more, come on. No! 10 million. No! No! God damn it. Like a second too late. I'm the one yelling, that's what the problem is. Friggin' heck. I can't believe I just did that. Missed it by a shh. Oh my God, that was close. Come on! Oops. Nope. My backhand is never the same. Thanks for nothing. Alright, where are we going here? Where are we going? I thought I hit that. Shit. Oh well. Oh well. They say you are the man of the moon. It requires two options right here in just a second. Get up there. Nice. Take it. . . . . . . . . . All right play All right Bob takes another one. Yeah. Bob takes another one. All right, we are tied for four. Four. Erica, you got this, dude. I'm telling you. Kill some shit. All right, we got one more game sounds real spooky You have four I have four you have one but listen Shit just got spooky Yeah And then we'll alternate smoke all that fun stuff The shit people do uh Bobby once you go next first Kill it buddy Yeah, the chat was busted. That's busted too. Alright, let's see what we can do. Let's try to get these bats rolling on ball one. Ball one bats. It's all I ever wanted. Oh. It's a beast! A long shot! Okay. Throw it away. Ramp, ramp, ramp, ramp, ramp! Yeah! Come on, do it again. Yes! One more, please. Ah, I hate you. My Kryptonite is three shots in a row. Stay in there, stay in there. Need a ramp? Ah! Ramp too late. How few days go to make a percentage? The video mode's ready for you, big man. Is it? Yep. I'm totally a score right now. You don't know this song? Get there. Boy, that backhand. Yeah. I'll take it. Yeah, you will. This is bullshit. Leave those pops alone. This is bullshit. I'll leave those pops alone. But I like the pops. But I like the pops. Hello! ...if you find him and destroy him. Nice shot, I guess. Yeah. I got five notes, but I can't really play. yeah cool whatever you just said all right There are no limits to science. Take a pass. Well, you gave us a little time to set up. Because we have the rules and the points, and the games have a separate whole thing. So we're able to show you the rules. Alright, oh, yes. So like always, free mist is lit, so we're just gonna shoot for that. And start not hitting anything. Come on baby, right up. Alright, here we go. I did hit it anyway though. That was pretty great. And now we have bats running. That sucked. Live in there! Just live in there! Yeah baby! That sucks. Live in there. Just live in there. Yeah, baby. Nice shot. Yep, I'll take it. That'll do some damage. Friiiiir! Yo! Oh, I think I got rats. All right, Bob, you got this, bud. It is a B, a long shot. That's good. Alright Richie. Stop tendering and come play pinball. No! Oh dude, you're in a good place. I know, I know, I know. A good place ended. Alright, Erica. This is it. This is your last chance. Your only hope. Matt. You're our only hope. I think I was trying to backhand that shit. That's neat. It was. Yeah, there you go. Get the launch again. In there. Fall in. No! Oh, no! Damn it. What was that?