He's playing Zach's beautiful Godzilla LE, and he has those little grenade bottles, the little beer bottles, and he happens to break one right next to the machine. And we're like, oh great. Now the tribe's gonna be, we're already outcast. I mean, I don't know where we even go. If you're an outcast and you get outcasted, where do you go? I don't know. So we're like picking up glass and shit by this Godzilla alley. I'm like, what the fuck? So that was just kind of cool. But then the next night we are playing Guns and Roses and I get a multiball. One of the song, you know, you guys know how it works. I pick Welcome to the Jungle and I start playing it. I'm just loving this. Joe goes, fuck this. And he turns it up as loud as it'll go. And we actually blew the speakers. I mean, they were working, but they, they, I don't know, they got ripped or something. They, they did not sound as good once we were done with it. But, but the whole point was, that was one of the best experiences I've ever had in a pinball machine. And I know I've might have said this before about other ones, but this is, that game is awesome. I only played a standard I'm a pretty big Guns N' Roses fan. I'm not like a super fan, but holy shit, I might be making some room for that because that experience was just one of the best pinball experiences I've had. So hats off to Joe Hood creating that visceral experience for me with GNR. And then of course he was with Ari who is tribe member number 28. The reason I skipped ahead with some of these tribe members and went to him was because you know him and Joe Hood are like best friends now and the thing that you guys need to know about this, they are best friends because of the tribe. That is fucking amazing. And then they brought their other third wheel, they call him the third wheel pinball guy, Steve. There's a couple of videos of him on the Poor Man's page, so check it out if you see some guy and you're like, who's that? That's their friend Steve. And he was fun to hang out with. He's sarcastic. He's kind of like Norm Macdonald, rest in peace. He's got that deadpan. And there was one video where he just flips off the camera and he goes like, fuck you I don't know, he's just, he's a trip. He was, he was cool to hang out with too. So that is Joe Hood and Ari, tribe members 17 and 28 and their friend Steve, who I just got to meet and thought, what a great trio. So, so Kansas City, watch out. Those three are coming for you. Billy YJ, number 19. Can you believe all these tribe members made it? This is, this is great. Another great moment was when I was talking with Kaneda and he didn't think the tribe, he didn't, I mean he knew there was a tribe, but when he saw all these people and he saw the coins, he was legitimately jealous and he asked to be in the tribe at least a dozen times and I'll talk more about Chris later. Chris Too Cool for School, Calaris, Mr. Kaneda himself. But yeah, he asked to be in the tribe. How do I get in the tribe? I told him, sorry, it's not happening. No offense to him. It's just because of his position in pinball. But no, the tribe is a real thing and there are now more and more people who saw it, especially after what happened at Expo. So super cool. And one of the big reasons for that is this next one, Billy YJ, tribe member number 19. This guy has been just flat out a rock for the poor man's tribe. He does so much, he's given so much. Billy YJ, I give you so much shit, just like I give a lot of the tribe members, actually most of them. But Billy YJ has been amazing and once again, broken record. I'm so glad I got to hang out with you in person because he's from Atlanta so you know we're pretty far apart but yeah Billy YJ I'm glad that you know we had so much fun making fun of Tim Lee and giving him so much shit and just just everything you do for the tribe Billy YJ so thank you so much I haven't really gotten too sappy on this but yeah you're you're one of a man I might cry not really but I still love you number 20 Chris Groves in there we did not know he was gonna I'm going to be there. He's kind of distanced himself from Facebook a little bit. We haven't talked to him much, but for no other reason than he's got stuff going on in his own life, as we all do. He saw me. We gave each other a big old hug. It was just so cool to connect with the pin turn himself. He was wearing a festive Hawaiian shirt that was just pumpkins, so in Grosvenor style. And that mustache, man. What is going on with that mustache? That is truly a mustache. Check out the pictures, there's a few of them. The mustache is epic. And believe me folks, there are more tribe members. We're not done yet. Can you believe it? I mean, I'm serious. So many people came out to this thing. It's so awesome. Number 31, Tish. Lots of people know Tish. She runs some Bells and Chime leagues. He is just an amazing ambassador for pinball. Her husband, Tom, and her joined us for dinner. We had a, called it a tribe dinner. We always got together one night, but yeah, it was just so great to meet her in person as well, which once again, broken record stuff. But yeah, Tish and Tom, thank you so much for just doing what you do for pinball. I mean, they've been in the, you know, arcade and pinball scene for, oh God, I don't want and more. If you want to learn more about this podcast, please click the link in the description below. It's a great way to learn more about the podcast. If you want to get in touch with us, please subscribe to our channel and give us a like. Thanks for watching. We'll see you next time. Take care. Bye. I'm not joking. I like it. We had some conversations about it. PPN. I might have some legs. Anyways, number 34, KAWS. KAWS has been a correspondent for the Pinball Network, American Pinball's correspondent. Great dude. We had a lot of fun with KAWS and busting each other's balls and just having fun and talking pinball and talking shit and it was great. I do gotta say though, Coz, you know that joke about the PPN and TPN? Zach was really trying to give you away like a poker chip. I think Zach thinks that he owns you. I'm just fucking with you guys. So just no one take what I'm saying seriously, as if you guys ever did. But no, Zach didn't make a joke. He's like, you want Coz? He's like, you can have Coz. I think it was in response though, because much like Kaneda, see, as much as Zach doesn't One minute. They have some similarities. Now, we'll get into more of that later but Zach is also a little jealous that he can't be part of the tribe because, you know, he's a part of a lot of stuff in pinball but unfortunately, he can not be part of the tribe. So, sorry Zach. Number 35, she's one of the most special ladies to me in pinball, Rachel Lilge. She is far and away pinball's best hugger. When you see Rachel Lilge, ask her if you can give her a hug. She gives the best hugs. Um, she has been stepping up as this amazing host of Tribe Multiball on PPN and she's just an all-around pinball ambassador like a couple of our other Tribe members. I mean, the way that she talks about it, loves it, um, tries to get everyone included in it. Um, you know, she's a super competitive player, but she's also laid back, which, which I find that particularly amazing because, um, you know, a lot of these, like, you You know, top level players and stuff, they're so intense and so fierce all the time. They forget how to have fun, but she does not. I just love Rachel to death. And we were talking in the hallway, she's doing really well in this tournament. And this is after she kicked Daryl's ass, as I mentioned earlier. And she had just smoked, you know, smoked up in the parking lot. And she comes and she's talking to me. And then at one point, halfway through the conversation, sorry, Rachel, I don't mean I'm sorry to embarrass you, but it was just funny. She's like, she's like, oh, she goes, what was I saying? And then I reminded her and she goes, oh yeah, I just got to keep my brain going when I'm smoking. And it was just, I don't know, maybe it's not funny to you guys, but it was just cute and funny. And, uh, Rachel, thank you for everything you do for the tribe. Thank you what you do for pinball and thank you for being a good friend. And my wife loves you and my son loves you. So that's like, wow, that's a lot of love. So, um, 36, Jeremy Schmitz. Uh, in a couple of years I've known Jeremy. Um, it is physically impossible to photograph this man without a Cooler's Light in his hand. Um, he's another beer mule, much like Joe Hood. Um, if you're anywhere with, uh, Jeremy, all you need to say is, hey Jeremy, can I have a Cooler's Light? And he'll say, sure. If you ask him for anything else, you won't get it, because he doesn't drink it. He doesn't have it. I'm going to see you this weekend at MJC, so not much more to say there, but Jeremy's a good dude and ask him for the Cooler's Light. Now we have two more, so I don't even know how many that is. I didn't count these up, which I will do here momentarily, but for now we are on Tribe member number 38. Scoots Tony Scuddero is an Illinois native I don't know if he's native but he lives there now um they have this amazing deli that his grandfather started 70 years ago okay so Scoots said everyone calls him Scoots everyone calls everyone his family Scoots that's just like the last name nickname so it's kind It's kind of funny if you ask for scoots when you go in this deli, they say which one. So it's kind of weird but it is what it is. So Tony, so we go to Scudero's Deli and I'm there with Billy Wyjay and Rachel and Tim Lee and his wife and I might be missing some people, I'm sorry. It's kind of a blur but we go there and he feeds us, you know, he brings out pizza, he brings out sandwiches, he brings out cookies. We had cannolis, we had all this amazing food. So if you're ever in Melrose Park, which is a suburb of Chicago, go check out Scudero's Bakery and Deli. Just great food. They had the Tim Lee Tuna Melt Special for one day. Nobody ordered it because it had Tim Lee's face on it. And who wants that, right? But it treated us to dinner or lunch. We went back the next day for lunch again because it was so good. He wasn't even there. We're like, we don't care and we just, you know, we bought all this good stuff. I brought stuff home for my wife. My wife absolutely loved it. I brought home cannolis and tiramisu and they bake everything fresh there, the bread, the pizza, you know, it's just, just an amazing place. So Scoots, super generous, just a loving guy, great tribe member, loves pinball, loves his family. I took Billy, YJ, and Rachel, they were there Wednesday night I believe, took them to the firehouse, he's a fireman. So he works at the firehouse up the street from his deli and they got to go to the firehouse and there pictures of them with the gear on and stuff it was just so super generous host You know it always fun THANKYOU F-BIM & The Pinball Prices Dot Com What a dude. He comes up to me, he has his mask on so I don't recognize him and he says, can I hug you? And I said, mmm. And he saw my hesitation and he pulled down his mask and then I'm like, oh it's Doc. I'm like, of course you can hug me man, great. So yeah, super cool to see him. Him and Billy YJ came together because they're both from the Atlanta area. So that was very cool. And yeah, Mr. Pinball Prices Himself Dot Com. Doc, so, so great to see you. I'm here to interact with you in person. Can't wait for some more of our tribe meetups. And that is, you know, the tribe members. I mean, so we have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. 18 tribe members made it to Expo. I can't really put it into words. I keep telling people, it warms my heart, it warms my heart. I mean, that's the best way I can put it because just so, so wonderful to see everybody and then to see how this thing has taken on a life of its own and people are, like I said, people want to be a part of it. They see what's going on. Like I said, we had several people, some high profile, some not so high profile ask about how they get into the tribe and You guys know the drill. It's the five pillars of excellence, which I totally have forgotten. But the important part is the pinball family. And by the way, before I get to the last couple of interactions that I had here, I just want to say that we will be inducting some more tribe members actually soon. And I do have some real plans now for what's happening. I know I've been teasing and not quite sure what's been going on, but after talking to I've met a lot of people at Expo and out of Expo and kind of figuring out where my voice is and what's going to happen. I think I've landed on something very cool that I'm going to try out which I think everyone will enjoy and it will be interactive. So that is, and every time I said that to somebody they said, yeah, that's it. That's what you got to do. I'm going to be doing this podcast by myself. Like I said, this is a first. I hope you guys enjoy it. But what I have planned will be something that's interactive, more about the community, more involvement from you guys and girls. So I'm really excited to launch that soon. If you guys haven't heard, my wife got a new job, so she needs an office in the basement. What that means for the podcast and the reason I bring it up is because now she said I need this fucking office in the basement is exactly what she said. If you guys know my wife, you'll understand. So now she's streamlining this process of getting the basement done because she needs a place to work within the next couple of weeks. So I actually have some contractor friends of mine that are going to help speed up this process because I just haven't been able to get it done for a lot of different reasons. So anyways, once that happens, even before that happens, I think I can start with some of this interactive stuff that I want to do. So I'm really excited to do that. I will be reaching out to some of you guys about asking for some volunteers to help out with different things. Because we're, you know, we'll call it rebranding. You know, we're going to be the poor man's pinball podcast. That's not changing, but it's going to be a, you know, a different experience and a different way of doing things. I can't do it without you guys because the community is kind of the crutch of the crux. Sorry, not the crutch, the crux of all of this. So yeah, really looking forward to that. So you guys can look forward to that as well. But now we have the last two gentlemen. Last three actually. First I want to say Nicole Many. Kind of funny when we first got to Expo, they were setting up the booth. I had my mask on and I said, oh, hey, Nicole. And she looked at me and she goes, oh, hi. And at first I'm like, oh, she effing hates me. Then it turns out, you know, it's just my mask was on. She didn't really know who I was, you know, so she's kind of said hi. And I was like, oh, it just it just seemed kind of lackluster. And I, you know, I was like, yeah, I understand why I was, you know, whatever the whole incident for 2019. The next couple of days went by and we had some amazing times and then something kind of unique happened which I'm sure everyone has heard about by now. I want to give my recanting of the tale which I think is amazing and Nicole and I actually laughed about it the next day and had some really good what I thought were bonding moments between her and I so it turned out to be really great. And Nicole, I'm so glad I actually got a chance to talk to you while I was sober this time and get to know you a little bit better. And that was great. So Chris Kaneda was there and we got to talk. You know, we talked a little bit, just him and I. We talked with some of the tribe members. We talked in these different groups. And I just want to say again here publicly that for, you know, there's a lot of Kaneda haters out there. There you go, hashtag Kaneda haters. There's a lot of controversy with them, certainly, and I definitely understand why. But Chris has always been cordial with Ian and I at the Poor Man's Pinball Podcast. We've never had a reason to dislike him. So I just want to say, give him a chance. He can be crass and crude maybe at times, but he's always treated us well. So there's certainly, you know, no animosity from the Poor Man's Pinball Podcast. But I just, you know, it was kind of interesting to get to meet him in person and, you know, see what he's all about. And, you know, he's a human being like the rest of us. So sometimes I think we forget that because we have these larger in life characters, which kind of leads into the story of, you know, so we're sitting around just shooting the David Van Es, Troy Whit equipesper исследante, an Live 64 Jaheliiologists, So, um, no pun intended. Um, so I, I go walking over with him. So now it's, uh, Kaneda and Zach standing toe to toe. And then Nicole and myself are opposite them. So there's this little group of the four of us and, uh, you know, uh, Chris to his credit was incredibly humble, um, seemed very sincere. He apologized to Nicole, you know? And he talked about this on his show, so this wasn't like some big private thing. I mean, so I'm not, there's no trade secrets here or anything like that. He apologized to Nicole. He apologized to Zach. He said he was going to try to do better as a person, you know, and he can only control his own actions. It got a little contentious for a while. And then, you know, I made, you know, what I thought was a great joke. And I said, hey, guys, hey, guys, wait. I said, Zach, you don't want to go on his show. Chris, you don't want to go on Zach's show. Why don't we all get together on the Poor Man's Pinball Podcast and hash it out together? And they both started laughing and Zach goes, what the fuck, Drew? He goes, you're just looking for ratings. And I'm just like, yep, I'm no dummy. So that was kind of cool. I was proud of myself for that one. But anyways, you know, they talked for a while and, you know, Nicole and I, we were joking we're the mediators. It was really great. We interjected when we thought it was getting a little too much and kind of reeled them both in. And at one point, I think it was Chris was just going to walk away. He's like, screw this, whatever. And then they talked about it. They shook hands. We took pictures. You saw them on the page, I'm sure. Poor Man's Pinball Podcast fan page.