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Wizard Mode - Guardians of the Galaxy - Save Xandar

Don't Panic Flip·video·37m 39s·analyzed·Jul 6, 2022
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TL;DR

Successful Save Xandar wizard mode completion on Guardians of the Galaxy.

Summary

This is a livestream gameplay video of Don't Panic Flip successfully completing the wizard mode 'Save Xandar' on Stern's Guardians of the Galaxy pinball machine. The player progressively completes multiple modes (Podchase, Sibling Rivalry, Nowhere, Sanctuary, Antiquities, Yaka) to unlock and progress through two required multiballs (Orb and Groot) before reaching the final wizard mode. The achievement represents a significant accomplishment after previous failed attempts.

Key Claims

  • Save Xandar wizard mode requires completing Orb multiball and Groot multiball in sequence before accessing the final wizard mode

    high confidence · Gameplay demonstration shows explicit progression: player must complete Orb multiball, then Groot multiball, then Nova sequence to reach and complete Save Xandar

  • Multiple modes (Podchase, Sibling Rivalry, Nowhere, Sanctuary, Antiquities, Yaka) must be completed to progress the game

    high confidence · Player explicitly names and completes each mode sequentially throughout the gameplay video

  • The Guardians of the Galaxy machine offers significant scoring potential, with the Save Xandar completion yielding a 2+ billion point bonus

    high confidence · Player announces '2 billion' bonus after completing wizard mode

Notable Quotes

  • “Save Xander! Finally! Whoo! Yes!”

    Don't Panic Flip@ 30:58 — Celebration upon completing the wizard mode after extended gameplay session

  • “This game is on Craigslist as we speak.”

    Don't Panic Flip@ 33:47 — Comment indicating the specific machine being played may be for sale; possible reference to operator/collector transition

  • “I've been a few tonight. Let us not forget. I've got Tee'd Off hit this as soon as it comes out, otherwise it's going Tee'd Off die.”

    Don't Panic Flip@ 32:38 — Indicates previous unsuccessful attempts during this streaming session and the challenging nature of the wizard mode

  • “Man, it is such a grind Tee'd Off try and get through these multi balls.”

    Don't Panic Flip@ 23:47 — Commentary on the difficulty and repetitive nature of progressing through required multiballs

  • “I have seen the top of the mountain, and it is glorious”

    Don't Panic Flip@ 37:32 — Triumphant reflection on achieving the wizard mode completion goal

Entities

Don't Panic FlippersonGuardians of the GalaxygameSave XandarproductSterncompanyOrb multiballproductGroot multiballproductPodchaseproductSibling RivalryproductSanctuaryproductImmolation InitiativeproductQuill's Quest

Signals

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    community_signal: Livestream gameplay with active chat participation, raids from other streamers (Try Tee'd Off Till, Game Club Central), and community members receiving high score recognition on the machine

    high · Multiple chat interactions, raid notifications, bit donations acknowledged, community member 'GCC' identified as #4 high score on the machine

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Gameplay demonstrates specific wizard mode progression strategy: sequential mode completion followed by mandatory multiball sequencing before wizard mode access

    high · Player systematically completes individual modes, locks balls for multiball access, then progresses through Orb and Groot multiballs as prerequisites to Save Xandar

Transcript

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0:00
We're gonna... it's happening right now. Hat's going backwards. Hat's coming right back around. Nope. We are not starting that way. Now we can go backwards. Podchase.
0:59
There's one. There's our upgrade. Bounce up and over, and let's hit Broker. And let's hit Nebula to Groot. I guess I did. Nebulous Yondu.
1:44
Okay, okay. We got a ball locked. I'll take it. What do we need? Nebula. Wow! Man, broker, you damn near killed her.
2:13
Oh my gosh. I'll take an orb one accidental lock there. There. I feel like I should just hit these ramps.
2:47
That's it. All right. There it is. So we've got ourselves a mystery and a mode select. Rampage letter A. We've completed Pod.
3:30
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Let's do Sibling Rivalry. Here's our Upgrade. And there's our Groot. And there's our ball number two, 76 seconds left. I think we got a multi ball here.
4:07
Actually we're gonna broker. There we go. Alright, so we got an extra shot out of that. We got our multi ball started.
4:24
Thank you. All right. We got our extra ball over here on the right. Got it. And it's a jackpot.
5:24
Give me that back. Nope. Alright, we're not getting that back. There it is. Alright, so Podchase and Sibling Rivalry are done. Let's do Nowhere.
5:54
What do we need to hit here? I think we need to upgrade. Done. Broker. Beautiful. That should be ball lock number two. Excellent. We've got 62 seconds.
6:23
Okay. Woo! All right, all right. What do we want to hit? Let's hit Nebula. Two Drax. Did that complete Drax?
6:49
Wow! Okay, we beat that one very quickly. I love this song. This is one of my favorite songs of all time.
7:02
This right here is payback. From way back. I don't play that. Let's do it. Sanctuary. There it is. Orb 3.
7:24
What do I need here? Is that, honestly, that was the entire mode? Got it. All right, that mode is done-zo.
8:13
Yes! Okay, okay, we're doing some stuff here. Awesome. We got ourselves... Oh my god, I have my 2x! Oh That was the shot Ah Didn get there 87 million though Not bad Not bad
9:40
I like Mike in ice. All right, what do we got next? So, uh... No, I think I'm going to do Antiquities.
10:00
Better get him up. Who wants some? Upgrade, I'll take it. I'll take a group multiball lock shot. Good, good.
10:34
What do we need here? Nice and easy. There's a broker lock shot. That is orb one done. How many more shots did I need there? Darn it. I think I timed out because I had the hatred enforcer.
11:18
Yep. There it is. Alright, we need to get back into a mode. We're good, we're good, we're all good here.
12:01
Good, good. I'm holding off on Escape Kiln. I think I'm going to do Yaka. There it is. Nice. One more shot.
13:02
What does it need to be? Oh, we just timed it out. Damn it. Darn it. Make your way through. Like, just don't start the multiball, please.
13:41
That should finish the mode right. That finishes the mode. There we go. Oh, we got an extra ball. Beautiful. We were ready to start a multi-ball.
14:00
And it's Groot. Okay, okay, we're doing the things. Hollywood Polo. I'm not not winning. How about that?
14:14
It's a lot of solids right there in the middle. There we go. Multi-ball. We're going to drain some of these right away.
14:49
All right, so we just need one shot, and it's the rocket shot. All right. Rock it. Yes! Okay, now we need to get into Quill's quest. Yes!
16:19
Okay. Found that shot. All right, four shots. All right, we're at Immolation Initiative. Yes!
17:41
Jedi, I have no idea what you just said. Something about the phrase. I didn't give up. I've seen so much in so many places So many highways, so many places So many dirty things You couldn't get away I would stand in line for this It's always good in life for this Oh baby, oh baby Let it go for me let it go for me Oh baby Oh baby Daddy All right what do we need here One, two.
19:14
All right, that works. Oh, no. All right, we're cool, we're cool. We're fine. We're fine here. We're all good.
19:44
Yeah, there we go. There we go. All right, so we need to hit this right ramp. Okay. Okay, need to hit this right orbit more.
20:23
All right, let's hit this right orbit a little bit more. We only lost one ball there. What do we need to hit? We need to hit middle, Groot.
20:41
No! Got it. Wow! That was a decent immolation. All right, let's see if we can get our bonus. There's one.
21:34
Two. No! find the shot there it is 223 million I'll take that bonus it was okay All right, there is... I need to get into both multiballs now in order to get to save Xandar.
22:25
Phew. Oh, shoot! There's Orb. All right, all right. We're in Orb multiball. That's good. Hey, Wombat Pinball, welcome to the stream.
22:59
What do we need here? We need right orbit. And now we need broker. Darn it. Woo! I'm trying to fight this machine.
23:43
Alright, there is group ball lock number two. Man, it is such a grind to try and get through these multi balls.
23:53
Let's go ahead and hit broker. around the world Alright, there's Groot! All right. We're in group multiball. The struggle is real! It's so real!
25:14
All right, so we just need to get it in Groot's mouth, and we'll have Groot multiball complete. Manu, are you with me?
25:38
Oh, it's stuck in his mouth! Here we go. Got it. Got it! Yes! Woo! All right. Groot is done. Now we just need orb.
26:14
Whatever. Four million there. Everything is lit right now. Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, crash it, change it, melt, upgrade it, charge it, point it, zoom it, press it, snap it, work it, quick erase it, write it, cut it, paste it, save it, load it, check it, quick rewrite it, plug it, play it, burn it, rip it, drag it, drop it, zip and zip it, lock it, fill it, cull it, find it, view it, code it, jump and lock it, surf it, scroll it, pose it, click it, cross it, what? Oh, I need to hit that Hadron Enforcer over there and I get Hadron Enforcers. Somebody just did something. Hey, Parsifal, Thank you so much for that, Faldo.
27:25
There we go. Ugh. All right, now we need to hit broker a bunch. All right, all right, it's fine, it's fine.
28:08
That's orb one. I have to go through two more orbs. There's two. All right, all right. Is that it? Did I just complete it? Done. Okay.
29:38
Thank you. Okay. Take Nova Jake.
30:54
Oh! Ha ha ha ha ha! Yes! Save Xander! Finally! Whoo! Yes! Hey, there is hope. Thank you. I've been a few tonight.
32:59
Let us not forget. I've got to hit this as soon as it comes out, otherwise it's going to die. oh crap was that did i just beat it yeah i got the super holy crap Woo! Done! And what just happened?
33:43
Try to Till just raided us. You're amazing. Thank you. This game is on Craigslist as we speak. Yes!
33:55
Try to Till, and for the people coming over with Try to Till, hey, thank you so much for the raid. We're listening to good tunes and we just, just finally, finally beat Guardians of the Galaxy.
34:10
Whew, thank you. And somebody, Game Club Central, threw out 100 bits earlier. Thank you very much. He just was so embarrassed and tried to explain fabulous secret powers. Reveal to me the day I held aloft my magic sword.
34:24
Manu, thank you. Thank you. So, ball two, another bite. Ball three. Yeah, do we try and loop around? Oh, so the thing to do is to get back into Star-Lord, right?
34:47
Can you only get the one super? Oh no, I'm in multi-ball play It took two of my balls What is that bonus?
35:34
Hey, two billion. Oh, I should log in. No, I'm not. I don't have this hooked up. It was the hat backwards. Mr. Hopwood, thank you. Thank you.
35:49
I'm good. Wombat pinball, thank you so much. That's appreciated. Oh my god! I get to put my name in on this game. Oh no, no, no. Wait a second. We got a massive raid earlier from... We got NPC3K. We got bits across the board. Game Club Central threw down so many bits. Game Club Central. Is it GCC? Because you're in here as my high score number four.
36:30
Marty, is it GCC? Yes, I am ending now. I gotta end. GCC or Captain or Dad. We're going with GCC. Yeah, Marty, you're in here. Number four, 2.3. and I will take that high score to the bank. Yes!
36:51
Whew! Finally! Finally, this game! Especially after that evening. Like, did anybody, as I was draining at 11 million consistently, feel like that was going to happen? Oh, yes!
37:08
That feels good. That feels really good. I needed that. I needed that this week. Thank you, Hollywood Polo.
37:19
You guys, thank you for hanging out. It's quarter after 12. I'm not going to bed anytime soon. I'm going to be throwing the workout gear back on, and I'm going to go jog another couple miles tonight. Because I have seen the top of the mountain, and it is glorious, says Wombat Pinball.