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Pinburgh Finals (From the back) 08/01/15

Dead Flip·video·13m 10s·analyzed·Aug 4, 2015
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TL;DR

Dead Flip tours Pinburgh 2015 venue, showcasing various pinball machines and tournament setup.

Summary

Dead Flip provides a casual walkthrough tour of Pinburgh 2015, filmed from the back of the tournament venue. The video captures various pinball machines on display including Jersey Jack Pinball's The Hobbit, Spooky Pinball's America's Most Haunted, custom-themed machines, and rare games. The host makes humorous commentary about the event atmosphere and specific games while streaming to the internet.

Key Claims

  • The Games arcade machines 'killed pinball' because everyone was pulled off pinball to create them and they flopped and never came out

    low confidence · Host's commentary while walking past Tattoo Assassins and other Games machines. This appears to be a joke/exaggeration rather than a serious historical claim.

  • Billy Constantino Mitchell (from The King of Kong movie) was present at Pinburgh 2015

    medium confidence · Host identifies someone at a Donkey Kong machine and references The King of Kong movie, though identification from video walkthrough is informal.

  • Full Throttle is a Barnyard-themed Highway Pinball game where playfields can be pulled out and replaced

    medium confidence · Host describes the modular playfield system of the Full Throttle machine being displayed.

Notable Quotes

  • “I want to sleep on a Hercules as a bed.”

    Dead Flip host@ 0:48 — Humorous comment about the size/comfort of the Hercules machine

  • “This game, everyone was pulled off of pinball to create this game. It flopped. It never came out. And then pinball died.”

    Dead Flip host@ 5:34 — Joking commentary about The Games arcade machines and their impact on pinball industry

  • “These The Games are so cool because you can pull the playfield out and put a new one in there.”

    Dead Flip host@ 5:58 — Describes modular playfield design feature of Full Throttle/Highway Pinball games

Entities

PinburgheventJersey Jack PinballcompanyThe HobbitgameSpooky PinballcompanyAmerica's Most HauntedgameMultimorphiccompanyHighway PinballcompanyFull Throttlegame

Signals

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    event_signal: Pinburgh serves as major industry showcase with live streaming, tournament play, and casual visitor engagement with rare and new machines

    high · Dead Flip livestreaming venue tour to internet audience; PAPA (Professional and Amateur Pinball Association) tournament mentioned as happening concurrently

  • ?

    event_signal: Pinburgh 2015 finals event with significant machine displays from multiple manufacturers (JJP, Spooky, Multimorphic, Highway Pinball) and arcade games

    high · Video documentation of Pinburgh 2015 with tournament finalists and diverse game selection on display

  • ?

    announcement: Jersey Jack Pinball's The Hobbit Standard Edition game was on public display at Pinburgh 2015

    high · Host identifies and showcases The Hobbit Standard Edition as a display machine at the event

Topics

Pinburgh 2015 tournament venue tourprimaryPinball machine displays and exhibitionsprimaryModern pinball manufacturers and gamesprimaryArcade and retro gaming at PinburghsecondaryLicensed pinball IP (Hobbit, etc.)secondaryCustom-themed and rethemed pinball machinessecondaryLive streaming pinball contentmentioned

Sentiment

positive(0.82)— Host is enthusiastic and excited about the machines, event atmosphere, and sharing the experience with viewers. Uses positive language like 'so cool', 'so rad', 'so gorgeous'. Maintains lighthearted, joking tone throughout.

Transcript

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We're back up. Kappa 1-2-3. Kappa 1-2-3, please. Oh, back. Alright, cool. Yeah. This thing's huge. Oh, my arm. I want to sleep on a Hercules as a bed. Yeah, buddy. Somebody actually took one and made one. I saw that. You broke my heart. Aw, I was just kidding. Deadflip, can you shout out something? Yeah, dude. What's up, Sting? What do you need, bud? Yell something. Oh, no, I'm not going to yell in here. That's rude. Okay. Let's walk around a little bit more. I wonder if I can... I would kill for a cigarette. What's up, buddy? All right. Gamma adjustment. We got some cosplay stuff here, that's fun. Oh yeah, let's go take a look. Back in Alaska. This is the Hobbit game by Joseph Jack Kimball. This game is pretty cool guys. Pretty rad. Let's go look at that American's Most Haunted. So she not on but this is the Spooky Pinball America Most Haunted Lexi Lightspeed? Yep. Oh, God. Oh, here are the custom themed pins. Yeah, man, it's beautiful. Look at this thing. Oh, gotcha, gotcha. This is a rethemed pin. I'm not sure what this pin was before this, though. There's one over there, too. Sorry, guys. I'm trying not to make you sick. Luther's Vendetta. It's pretty rad looking. This is that, uh, multimorphic monitor game I was talking about. Pretty rad. Watch the ball trail. You see that? You can see, like, Pretty cool. And we got the Andrew Highway Games over here. This is what killed pinball right here, folks. This game, everyone was pulled off of pinball to create this game. It flopped. It never came out. And then pinball died. Tattoo Assassins. You'll never see those games anywhere. So this is Full Throttle by Highway Pinball. These games are pretty cool because you can pull the playfield out and put a new one in. Oh yeah, Joust is really hell. Here a head to head pinball machine So this is a two game where one person stands on one side one person on the other and you battle each other No, there is no DMD on full throttle. They're just little screens. Hang on. Around the corner, there's a... Yeah, let's go. Might as well show it off. Why not? There's a Donkey Kong battle happening over here. Look at all these Donkey Kongs. I probably want to see Billy Mitchell in white. Oh my god, yeah, might as well. I don't know if you folks are familiar with Billy Mitchell, the from the King of Kong movie but he's right there all white looking good Oh my god. Um, yeah. I don't know what else to show. Yeah, let's head over there real quick. Oh yeah, I gotta hit him up We got more pins back here A lot more pins So majestic. Yeah, dude, I agree. There's a lot of council gaming happening back here. A lot of councils. What's going on, bud? Yeah, man. I'm live streaming to the internet. Play a rare pin? Maybe. Maybe, maybe. Uh, yeah. Well, I know the Papa live stream's starting in an hour and a half. Uh, we may call this quits for now. and uh go go figure something out I don't know one second it's a really rare amazing shirt what can we see here wide body two playfields circus themed absolutely gorgeous Classic First game of the DMD. John Roblova. Yeah, guys, anytime. I'm happy to do the tour. If you could see how ridiculous I look carrying this laptop with a pocket full of audio equipment. It's pretty ridiculous. Here's the big buck hunter thing. Oh, the big buck hunter tournament's over here. Shoot the dog. Shoot the dog. Slaying it. Slaying it. Well, this is insane. We got a Tron Discs game. Anyway, there's still other stuff down by the stage and stuff like that. It's just getting really heavy to hold this. Look at this guy. killing it but so you try to show a little bit of this is back in the a division here oh that that would make more sense flashbang for sure The Hobbit's fun, man. It's definitely more fun now with the... Look at this guy. I love it, dude. How's this going? We got, uh... Mulch here. And some of the old... What? Donate to kids? We got our, uh, here. What? Alright folks, I think this is where I leave you. I love you guys so much. Have a wonderful... Alright, Jason Allen, thanks for coming, buddy. Goodbye, Internet. Say goodbye, Internet. Goodbye, Internet. Yeah. Alright, guys. Have a good one. I'll see you later. Hopefully. Have a good night Go play some pinball
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