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My 2019 Chicago Pinball Expo Experience Finale

Cary Hardy·video·15m 8s·analyzed·Oct 30, 2019
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TL;DR

Final day coverage of 2019 Chicago Pinball Expo with games, vendors, homebrew, and community reflections.

Summary

Cary Hardy documents the final day of 2019 Chicago Pinball Expo, showcasing games primarily from Rob Burke's collection, vendor hall highlights including rare machines and homebrew titles, and the Jurassic Beats after-party. The video captures the expo experience through gameplay footage, homebrew highlights, and social interactions within the pinball community, concluding with gratitude to organizers and sponsors.

Key Claims

  • Rob Burke owns the majority of games displayed at 2019 Chicago Pinball Expo

    high confidence · Speaker explicitly states 'all the homebrew...were owned by Robert Burke' regarding the playable game collection

  • Jurassic Beats party was held in the Stern/Marco room adjacent to vendor hall until 1:30-2:00 AM

    high confidence · Speaker describes the party location and duration: 'served beer until about 1 30 or 2 o'clock'

  • Hotel breakfast cost $21 for a buffet, charged to room with no cash/card payment option

    high confidence · Speaker details specific pricing: 'The breakfast was $21...charged to your damn room. There was no like option to pay in cash or card'

  • Speaker did not spend much time in the Freeplay room and plans to do so in future expos

    high confidence · Direct statement: 'Sadly I didn't get to spend a lot of time in the Freeplay room, maybe next year'

  • Super Canasta is a playable Spanish pinball game that the speaker found surprisingly enjoyable

    high confidence · Speaker played and evaluated: 'super canasta surprisingly very enjoyable i played this with a friend and he thought it was really fun too'

Notable Quotes

  • “this is a lot of amazing stuff like kudos to all of you that do homebrew pinball machines it's something that i'm definitely interested in doing in the future”

    Cary Hardy@ 6:01 — Expresses interest in homebrew pinball development as a future personal project

  • “I'm a sucker for a girl with glasses. I think I've discovered that.”

    Cary Hardy@ 9:04 — Personal aside during Jurassic Beats party footage; character moment

  • “Thanks to basically all of you out there that recognized me at the expo, came up to me, shook my hand, even got a selfie every once in a while, gave me the compliments”

    Cary Hardy@ 12:18 — Acknowledges growing recognition within pinball community and impact of content creation

  • “I still am not used to hearing stuff like that. So if I look surprised whenever you would come up to me and tell me that you enjoyed my content, sometimes that would take me a second to process”

    Cary Hardy@ 12:33 — Reflects on surprise at audience engagement and community recognition

  • “special thanks goes out to Kevin Moore and Edward Van Der Veen for buying me tickets to Pinball Live Party”

    Cary Hardy@ 12:56 — Identifies sponsors and facilitators of speaker's expo experience

Entities

Cary HardypersonRob BurkepersonKevin MoorepersonEdward Van Der VeenpersonScottpersonChicago Pinball Expo 2019eventJurassic Beats PartyeventFreeplay RoomorganizationPenn Stadiumscompany

Signals

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    community_signal: Pinball content creator Cary Hardy experiences increased community recognition at expo with attendees approaching for selfies and compliments about content

    high · Speaker's closing remarks: 'Thanks to basically all of you out there that recognized me at the expo, came up to me, shook my hand, even got a selfie every once in a while'

  • ?

    event_signal: Chicago Pinball Expo 2019 functions as major industry gathering with vendor hall, game exhibits from Rob Burke's collection, homebrew showcase, and after-party entertainment

    high · Extensive documentation of multi-day expo with vendor hall, game collections, homebrew displays, and Jurassic Beats party event

  • $

    market_signal: Homebrew pinball development gaining visibility and community support at major expos, with speaker expressing interest in future personal participation

    medium · Extensive homebrew showcase with positive commentary: 'this is a lot of amazing stuff like kudos to all of you that do homebrew pinball machines it's something that i'm definitely interested in doing'

Transcript

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0:00
Here we are. The final day of Pinball Expo and the final episode of this series. I haven't really shown you the games and vendor items, but this video is going to give you all of that. Plus, I'll even throw in some of my footage from downtown. When it's all said and done, I really enjoyed my time in Chicago and I look forward to future visits, even if the hotel breakfast was overpriced.
0:36
What's up, guys? So we are in the hotel room and I wanted to show you around the place where I've been. This is actually Saturday Pinball Expo. So, yeah, the show's almost over, but we are still in the morning time. I had an overpriced breakfast and that'll be another story I'll tell you about in the video but let's uh check out what my view is got a lovely view of the roof it's great i love it get this shit back in order all right so yeah this is pretty much the the room it's a mess but that's it so let's get started let's see what uh this show is all about
1:57
Thank you very much. Okay, I concur. There is a little bit of a resemblance here. Outro Music So those were all the games and a majority of them were owned by Robert Burke. Sadly I didn't get to spend a lot of time in the Freeplay room, maybe next year. So let mosey along to the vendor hall which is where I spend a majority of my time at
4:03
A lot of the items that you're going to find at the expo are things that you would find from any other pinball show so I'm not going to be showing you everything inside the vendor hall I'm going to be highlighting just certain particular games or certain particular vendors that are selling certain things as well as all the homebrew that's something that needs to be highlighted due to all the effort that was put into this You don't really see pachinko machines around everywhere. You can never have too many pinball parts on hand, especially at a show. This topper is amazing! I wouldn't mind having a couple of these stools. I'm really interested in this toe tan cover right here. I might end up getting one of these in the future. One in ten was made, guys. Very rare game. Kind of slow and not very interesting to play, but cool concept overall.
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5:46
It's work in progress. Keep going, Haggis. Love Brian's artwork. He's doing a great job. I'm looking forward to what else he does. and here's all the homebrew this is a lot of amazing stuff like kudos to all of you that do homebrew pinball machines it's something that i'm definitely interested in doing in the future i just don't know how far along into the future that's going to be but it's not out of the question for me
6:31
These are the Spanish games. I'm not sure how much love these things got. This one I didn't really care much for. There wasn't a lot of sound effects for it, so they had audio for the music, but that was it. this one played better but the theme didn't really grab me or anything but surprisingly enough this game right here super canasta surprisingly very enjoyable i played this with a friend and he thought it was really fun too so props to this game it's actually pretty damn fun to shoot this is something else that needs to be highlighted i'm sorry i don't know your name off the top of my head but this was one of those games that I would have loved to play Hopefully you bring it to TPF When the bender hall closed at 11 p that when the jurassic beats party began this party was located in the stern slash marco room that was like just like down the hall from the bender hall they served beer until about 1 30 or 2 o'clock and i i wish they could have served it longer because i damn sure did not get enough This is where I really got a chance to play a lot of Elvira and even more of Jurassic Park. Although it was essentially impossible to actually hear the game due to the DJ's music that was playing in the background. This kind of party is not essentially my cup of tea, but I'm thinking I probably would have enjoyed it more if I would have had a little more alcohol in my system. But I didn't. Didn't have enough time to get there. I'm not going to show you a lot of video footage that I have for this party because honestly, I think I may have some incriminating footage of certain individuals, so therefore I'm going to play the safe card and just kind of pan over and just show you some sights, not all of it. This guy sucks at pinball! I do. He got me. this guy sucks the pinball You got me. Yeah.
9:00
Whoa. Did you see that? I'm a sucker for a girl with glasses. I think I've discovered that. I don't know what it is. I think I want to marry you.
9:39
It was probably around 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning whenever we decided to call it for the Jurassic Beats party. and that was it for the night. I think we woke up on Sunday morning and got all the games and all the Penn Stadiums, everything all packed up and moved out and I think we were done there by around maybe 10 or 11 o'clock. And that was Pinball Expo 2019 from my perspective. That's when I snatched up an Uber and we headed to Chicago. Downtown Chicago, I might add. But knowing my luck, how it had to be, I had to get the one Uber driver who had really bad body odor. So I'm so thankful that the weather was good outside to where I could have my window down the entire way to Chicago. 40-minute drive, may I add, where I had to keep my head kind of breathing in the air as it was coming into the window. It was a super nice guy, too. So, I mean, he was great to talk to. We had a good conversation. is just that I cannot stand body odor. It's my kryptonite. I can't be around it.
11:22
Hey Hey Hey We be right back See you next time. I want to close this out with a thanks. Thanks to basically all of you out there that recognized me at the expo, came up to me, shook my hand, even got a selfie every once in a while, gave me the compliments, letting me know that you enjoy my content. I mean, I still am not used to hearing stuff like that. So if I look surprised whenever you would come up to me and tell me that you enjoyed my content, sometimes that would take me a second to process that because I'm like, what are you talking about? So then I would have to remember that, yeah, there's a chance that I might get recognized by individuals here. So in a nutshell, thank you to those that appreciate my content. Also, a special thanks goes out to Kevin Moore and Edward Van Der Veen for buying me tickets to Pinball Live Party, letting me tag along to meet certain individuals to have these walkthroughs and the manufacturers that was something that if I was to go without them that I would not have been able to experience so I'm greatly thankful for their kindness in regards to me on that and of course a special thanks to Scott from Penn Stadiums for allowing me the privilege to be flown out there to get to experience all this to meet all of you guys I'm entirely grateful to know people like Scott that in this hobby. So that's going to wrap up this series. Oh wait, that's right. The breakfast was $21. $21. Are you kidding me? For a buffet? I mean, like, yeah, you think about it. I didn't pay for two of those. So it was essentially $7 for each day, which is reasonable. $7 for breakfast is much more reasonable than $21.
14:01
That's outrageous. Especially since I didn't really fill up. I just had like one plate. I mean, it was probably the equal amount of like maybe two eggs and maybe two sausage and two bacon. I mean, we're talking like that is just overkill. But I digress. But that's how much that damn breakfast was. And they charged it to your damn room. There was no like option to pay in cash or card. It was like charged to the room. I digress again. but now I'm going to bring this video and series to a close. If you like what you've seen, then hit that like button down below. And if you haven't already, do not forget to hit that subscribe button. That way you can be notified of whenever I upload something for your viewing pleasure.
14:41
Until next time, guys. Peace out. Thank you.