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Guardians of the Galaxy Pinball - 6.5 Billion! 1.01 code

Dead Flip·video·40m 10s·analyzed·Jun 4, 2018
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TL;DR

Dead Flip plays Guardians 1.01 code, reaches 6.5B score via wizard mode.

Summary

Dead Flip streams extended gameplay of Guardians of the Galaxy pinball running code version 1.01, reaching a final score of 6.4-6.5 billion points. The session showcases wizard mode progression (Save Xandar), multiball mechanics, and mode stacking, with frequent commentary on shot difficulty, machine behavior quirks, and game design. The player struggles with specific shot precision requirements and expresses frustration with mode complexity and time management.

Key Claims

  • The orb drop target on Guardians of the Galaxy should only be backhanded from the right flipper

    high confidence · Speaker explicitly states this as a specific shot requirement early in gameplay

  • Guardians code 1.01 is running on the machine at this location

    high confidence · Player confirms 'we have the latest update for Guardians. Nice, dude' during gameplay

  • Cherry Bomb multiball is qualified after completing four modes and lighting the right saucer

    high confidence · Player states rules explicitly: 'Four completed modes. Lights the right saucer'

  • Save Xandar is the wizard mode in Guardians of the Galaxy

    high confidence · Repeatedly referenced as final objective: 'It's time to save Xandar' before final multiball

  • The Groot toy's mouth opens/closes during multiball and can obscure shot visibility

    high confidence · Player comments multiple times: 'Groot's mouth opening and closing during a multiball is like the biggest frickin' trick'

Notable Quotes

  • “There's certain ways you gotta hit certain shots, okay? Certain ways you gotta hit certain shots.”

    Dead Flip@ 0:08 — Establishes theme of shot precision requirements and machine quirks that will recur throughout stream

  • “I seriously do not understand these modes enough to do shit on this table. Just follow the blinking lights, dude.”

    Dead Flip@ 5:22 — Self-aware commentary on Guardians mode complexity; suggests rule design may be obtuse

  • “This game is being a real big turd.”

    Dead Flip@ 19:38 — Expression of frustration with game behavior and design

  • “Groot's mouth opening and closing during a multiball is like the biggest frickin' trick.”

    Dead Flip@ 17:58 — Identifies major mechanical interference issue with central toy during key mode

  • “Shooting Rocket on purpose is like not a fucking thing.”

    Dead Flip@ 23:52 — Comments on difficulty/unreliability of specific shot in endgame sequence

  • “We essentially beat the game... I had double scoring lit, and I kept shooting rocket, which extended it.”

    Dead Flip@ 38:43 — Explains how wizard mode victory was achieved; indicates shot stacking/extension mechanics

Entities

Dead FlippersonGuardians of the GalaxygameStern PinballcompanyIndieBurropersonHereticpersonTrash PandapersonPollypersonCrystalpersonNick George Campbellperson

Signals

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Specific shots have unusually high failure rates or require very precise technique; orb drop target 'only backhanded from right flipper' suggests overly narrow design window

    medium · Opening statement about shot precision; repeated failures on Rocket shot during wizard mode despite multiple attempts

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Mode complexity and shot requirements are obtuse; player struggles to understand mode objectives despite familiarity with game

    medium · 'I seriously do not understand these modes enough to do shit on this table. Just follow the blinking lights, dude'

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Groot toy's opening/closing mouth creates significant visibility obstruction during multiball, described as 'the biggest frickin' trick' - suggests unintended mechanical interference with core gameplay

    high · Multiple explicit statements: 'Don't let the mouth distract you. A moving mouth always distracts me' and 'Groot's mouth opening and closing during a multiball is like the biggest frickin' trick'

  • ?

    product_concern: Potential mechanical issues with shot recognition or ball physics; player comments 'He bit the goddamn ball' and expresses surprise at unexpected mode behavior

    low · Scattered comments about unexpected behavior: 'he bit the ball', timing issues with shot completion windows

Transcript

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0:01
So pissed. This machine does the same shit to me too. There's certain ways you gotta hit certain shots, okay?
0:15
Certain ways you gotta hit certain shots. For instance, the orb drop target should only be backhanded.
0:25
From the right flipper. 720 degree twirl time. Yo. I'm gonna be pulling that shit out in the Olympics, man.
0:39
Can we get some bobbly bows in chat, please? A bobbly bow. Got it. Alright, what do we need? One shot? Damn. Last. Are you really going to time out on me with one shot left?
1:00
You, and there was the shot. Did it let us finish it? It gave us the shot. That was well after the clock, and it gave it to us. Dude, what is up?
1:16
The pops were the last shot you needed? Oh. Put it back in. Let it bounce again. A boba lipo. Heretic.
1:44
Yo, IndieBurro, thanks for the host. Martled. I tried getting tricky. I did it again. why did I do it?
1:57
Shit, get up there. Damn it. Okay, we need a clean bounce here. That was not clean. I mean, it's a wizard mode, so we'll figure it out. Oh, it saves Xandar. Got it. Okay. Sanctuary's done.
2:23
What do orbs qualify? So just getting the orb is a tone multi-ball. The orb is a tone multi-ball. And you want to mode when you do orb. So we'll go into pod chase, I guess.
2:48
What did I say about shooting that shot beforehand? Oh, my God. Gut shot for five months in a row. thank you for maintaining your membership to the league. You're amazing. Ladies and gentlemen, flippers and bucks.
3:23
And he does it anyway. What a ding-dong. That's only four of one? Oh, don't do it. Welcome aboard, kid. My dude.
3:36
They took out Necroblast. Yo, Failor, my dude. Speaking of failing, man, I'm flailing. Three months in a row. Thank you, Failor. Ladies and gentlemen, flippers and butts up, please, for Failor. if you could show some love.
3:58
Okay, the slaps are getting us somewhere. But I'm literally shooting nothing. There it is. Shit on a... We have two more shots left. Okay, we're good, we're good. Baylor, how you doing buddy? Jack's shooting planks. I love it when you can connect those two loops, dude, it feels so good. Okay, we have two more shots.
4:37
And multiball is ready, so what we're going to do is finish... Well, first off, we're not going to shoot orb.
4:52
Good lord. Alright, we gotta finish one more mode. Okay. Woo, falling! Okay, we got the hard on. Let's do... Let's do nowhere. I seriously do not understand these modes enough to do shit on this table. Just follow the blinking lights, dude. The light's telling you what to do. Hard on a chief.
5:37
Okay, we got Rob. Why did I do it? All I had to do was let it bounce. Motherfucker. Dude, it's the best extra ball animation. It truly is. That was a massive pilot error on my end. That drain didn't have to happen. Okay, so there's orb three. We can let this bounce, I think. Okay, the upgrade would be awesome for this.
6:19
We also got to get our... Okay. Wow, we got robbed. We got supra, supra robbed. Follow the LED road.
6:42
14 million. Wow, gross. And we made no shots during that either. That almost jumped over the flippers.
6:59
Are we going to make Gru talk? Oh, does he talk? Okay, start a mode, start Groot. Follow the yellow brick shots.
7:19
So, we're going to finish nowhere inside of Groot, and then Cherry Bomb, Multiball will be ready. Whoa, he talked.
7:37
He spoke, ladies and gentlemen. I saw his mouth move. Okay, I would like some shots to that. I'd like some shots to that. Yep, there we go, there we go. There we go.
8:03
Now we gotta shoot Groot in his mouth. Yo, Polly, what's up? He's alive. We're fine. Groot is freaking talking now. What the hell's a plant talking with that voice?
8:19
Weird plant stuff. I am Groot. Football back in Groot's mouth. Thank you. Okay, 3x multiplier, let's go. We got... Don't let the mouth distract you. A moving mouth always distracts me.
9:07
Okay. Now, Cherry Bomb Multiball's lit. We just got to post-pass and get it in there. Okay? And once we do, I think we have some Hadrons we can bring into that. so we're going to make as many shots as we can and then Hadron our way to the JT. You currently have this at HQ? Hell yeah, Freck. Is the code updated?
9:27
You guys have the code updated? All right, we got Rob. Okay now we got to shoot inside of Groot mouth Just like that He fucking bit the ball. Are you kidding me, dude?
10:12
He bit the goddamn ball. This shit is impossible. Oh, got it. Man, that felt good. Well, that's dumb.
10:55
Oh. Whew. Okay. Moving on. How'd you qualify that again? Four completed modes. Lights the right saucer. Trash Panda raid. Yeah! Trash Panda. What's up, Trash? Good to see you, girl. Small beat. Yo. Listen, a raid's a raid, girl. Don't even sweat it. Thank you so much for dropping by. You hope that's disabled for tournaments? It 100% is not.
11:32
Yo, Trash, it was great hanging out with you the other day, but... We gotta... we gotta do that again soon.
11:40
I don't know what the upgrade does for... for this mode. Did I just shoot cross-field at that again? We're gonna do it again.
11:58
Don't. Okay. Oh god, how many is that? Do you know? Internet? How many? It was fun. Worst hangover of 2018? Yeah, I had a pretty bad hangover myself. One on this fall? Alright, good. because I'm like... I left the flipper up. That was honestly my bad.
12:28
Alright. We can break a billion. Here we go. Are we halfway through this? No, we're on hand.
12:37
We're not. Hello, I am here. What's up, Pinball Reviewer? I see you, buddy. Okay, so that timed out.
12:47
It is blinking, though, so that's good. I can't stop. Leaking is good. That's not what I wanted. Yeah, hard on, baby.
13:20
I can't find the shot. Okay, we're going to... Let's do Quill's Quest. Because I'm feeling two-ball multi-ball right now.
13:33
I'm like on the verge of losing it. We need some good stuff here. So many shots are needed for this freaking mode, dude.
13:58
That save? Air defense, man. I can't freaking shoot the damn hole. Whew. You need mixes, BB? I'm at Walgreens. Yeah, grab whatever you need to drink. We got a shitload of gin and some vodka, so just grab whatever.
14:24
Add more time. Did we even get halfway through Cool's Quest? It's not a two-ball multi-ball anymore, so we'll do Sibling.
14:37
Okay, cool, cool. We just got to survive this. Okay, we're good, we're good, we're good. Close quest is a trap. You're not wrong, dude.
14:56
High butthole is like the worst. Oh, you want a two-ball multi-ball? JK. What I'm doing right now is called fucking up. All right, here we go.
15:10
Woo! Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Just let me catch the ball on the right flipper. Oh, I love you. I fucked up!
15:34
Shit. We're losing money. Every second you haven't hit it, you're losing cash. What the flying? Oh my god.
15:51
Well, no ball save. Garbage two ball multi ball. I can't believe I couldn't hit the easiest shot in the freaking game.
16:00
I hate my life. We're doing okay though. Watch this trick. Son of a bitch. Check this out. Trains immediately.
16:16
Time's up. Never, never try to show off. All right, Trash, I love you, bud. Have a good one. Ain't nobody low. Ain't no group loud enough, baby. If you need me, call me. No matter where you are. No matter how far.
16:37
Baby. You don't have to worry. Yes, baby. You don't have Game of Thrones without the upper level. So that's the pro. Right on. That Game of Thrones... I think I like the pro more.
16:58
Oh wow, guess what? We know we can shoot that shot. Right back into siblings. Because we didn't do anything, we're going to hit Groot.
17:13
Right here. Early. Got him. GOT Pro is a thousand times better than the LE. That's a hell of a percentage mark, dude.
17:38
Okay, so that should get us halfway through our mode. Looks like we got a super jackpot lit. That I can't hit.
17:58
Dude, Groot's mouth opening and closing during a multiball is like the biggest frickin' trick. Oh my god.
18:10
What? That was my whole multiball. Now I'm upset. What's up, Crystal? Was that the last shot, or do we need one more? Okay, there it is.
18:33
Crystal has arrived. Okay, we finished that. So we need to get Escape and Quill's Quest blinking. Is the AC on, dude?
18:48
No, it doesn't feel like it, does it? This is timed, or I would check it. Hold on. We've got plenty of treasures here.
19:06
You first, you can do this. Okay, so that gets us to the halfway point for Cool's Quest. I kind of want to time this out and start Escape Kiln. Get that halfway.
19:31
We have 96 seconds. Yeah, we're not timing this out. Don't do it. This game is being a real big turd. Oh, that's so weird. What? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What's up, internet? One more shot. Now making the shot into that does that mean it going to kick it out or do I get to select the next mode instantly It be great if it gave me that extra ball right now Oh, it's going to kick out? Don't screw me, dude.
20:17
Welcome aboard, kid. Oh, yeah. I looked away, I looked away, I looked away. Grace Kill Gorilla for 30 months in a row. Jack and Krista!
20:38
What's going on, Nick? How the hell are you? Can I get some flippers and butts up for my boy, Nick Campbell?
20:46
So that's our EB and our last mode that if we get it blinking halfway, Emulation Initiative is lit. Whoa! It looks like a fruit of a tree! Hey nerds, what's up Nick? Good to see you, baby.
21:02
Good to see you, baby. Now this one's easy to get halfway because it's the inlanes also qualify as shots.
21:25
Come on, baby. Yo, arcade fan, thanks for the host, bud. So we got to put this ball up top. Just kidding.
21:41
Just kidding. There it is. Welcome aboard, kid. Cool. We have 42 seconds, though, and we can't... That's not something we can wait out.
21:55
Oh, I thought I was going to get that. Yo, slap save. Where are you going now? Slap save. Thank you. Welcome to the league, you're amazing. Ladies and gentlemen, flippers and butts up. Show some love and chat if you could. We are going to time this out. It's only at like 19 seconds. We're going to post pass. Get it ready.
22:20
8, 7, 6, 5, 4. No, this is the safe shot we need to start immolation initiative. Oh. All right. Let's see if we can do it, boys. Don't you tilt this ball, wall. Yeah, no shit.
22:37
All right. Nailed it. Scare him. Scare him, scare him. Scare him, don't scare him. So now what's your goal? Shoot literally every shot. So I just shot that far right shot, and now it's blinking again, so I've got to shoot it again.
23:04
Okay, so we're going to get this out of the way, shoot that up there, shoot Groot, and I've got to shoot Groot again, or shoot literally anything, I guess.
23:21
Oh, don't do it to me, baby. Don't do it. Oh, what the hell? Rip Owl's GC. Yeah, no shit. So we gotta shoot that shot. And we gotta shoot that shot. That should be an add-a-ball, maybe. Okay, now we gotta shoot Rocket, which sucks.
23:47
Did we get it? No. Thought I hit him. Ah! Shooting Rocket on purpose? is like not a fucking thing. Oh my god, we almost got it.
24:05
That just saved our patoot, dude. Now we gotta shoot the orc. Done. Now we gotta shoot Gamora or Star Child.
24:20
Oh, you gotta be kidding me. I didn't want to slap it anymore because we have some warnings. All right, double Gamora. We've got to shoot her again.
24:45
Whew! Please tilt us out. Okay, big cradle set. Yeah. Drop catch it. All right, now we need to hope that this doesn't fuck us.
25:03
Oh, you suck. Okay, okay, okay, hold on, hold on, hold on. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
25:15
Okay, this shot's easy to backhand. Boom. Now you just need Grootie, Patootie. Guys, stay alive, please.
25:37
Oh, get in there. Little Grootie, Patootie. Okay, don't try to shoot that forehand. Hi, YouTube. I like it. Gotcha. Idiot.
26:00
We already used the... We already used one. We already snagged an edible from it. Dude, he's coming from the belly.
26:18
Oh, I really wish that AC was on right now. I'm sweating actually my entire butt hole off. You want Rocket? You son of a bitch. Alright, I got an idea. We just gotta hit that He's wrong right there. We can backhand it
26:48
Apparently we have the latest update for guardians nice, dude. This is mode ever end as long as you keep making shots, baby You're good to go Okay clean
27:04
Got it Suck it! Holy shit! Okay, so 2x is... 2x Playfield is really close. Usually you can sort of back end those. Okay, Liv, you suck a whole entire bottle of ass, dude.
27:28
Okay, now what? I need the AC on. Alright, now I gotta finish the modes that are blinking, which is Antiquities and Escape.
27:37
So, I'm gonna post-pass and then shoot it in there. Welcome aboard, Tex! Thank you, Xantus! Yo! Water polo for 29 months in a row. Thank you for maintaining your membership to the League of Amazing Ladies and Gentlemen. Can you make sure it's slid all the way to the left on cool? Now, the up and down arrow, just drop it to like 60, 67.
27:56
My anxiety for you is high. Not half, a whole bottle of that. You're right. So we only need one shot for this guy, but it's the rocket shot.
28:12
But. That's what I get for talking. Shut your mouth, Jen. Shut your mouth. That bonus was 280 million points. I think we can get it up here. No, I don't think we can. Shit. I guess we're going to find out.
28:32
No. Okay, we need that last Hadron right... Welcome aboard, Tex. Right there. Oh, wait. Oh, no, we need that one, too. Shit.
28:52
Yo, pinball reviewer, welcome to the league. You're amazing. Ladies and gentlemen, flippers and butts up. Show some love and chat. Thank you, Redcake, for gifting that sub.
29:01
All right. We're gonna let this just cruise on over. Nailed it. We don't need the hard-on after all.
29:17
Not like this. Okay. Now if we can finish Antiquities, which we only need three shots, we're gonna have to save Xandar late.
29:32
Mr. Broker, we have a request. Which one? I don't have a request. I wanted to be here. I sent this love and told me to tell you. You better test our craft in business.
29:45
So that's it. Everything's done. I've completed all the modes. Now what do I do? Shoot the orb? What's flashing?
30:02
Okay we got to be really careful with this Really careful with this transfer You haven completed the multiballs Wait what
30:15
Oh, you gotta actually get the super jackpots for the multiballs? Man, F this game, dude. We are so far away from everything.
30:31
Okay. You can't work. I try not to because that shit happens. Alright, magnet. Don't screw me. You don't seem to be having a good time.
30:47
Although people say I am. All the time. But you never say that. What about our deal, man? I can do it.
30:57
I'm gonna get this. We just gotta get the SupaDupa. Magnet. So how do you get the Super? I don't remember. I think it's lit.
31:22
Was that it? Was that the Super? Alright, we did it. Now we just gotta get into uh, fruit. You just gotta finish Groot and get a super. I guess that... It carries over? I didn't know that.
31:40
I wish you could frickin' farm out Groot while you're in this, dude. How's everyone's butthole right now? Properly clenched? Is everyone swimming in their own butt juices right now? Super clenched. Progress is safe, I believe. Cool.
32:05
Okay. I'm always going to keep one ball on this left flipper for a safe shot to group. And we don't really need the points in this. Okay, so now here we go. My man pond is in chrome. That's so gross, dude.
32:29
Can't stay at home. Can't stay in school. Two more. Hello, daddy. Hello, mom. I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bar.
32:53
That'll help. That will help. I suck at this shot from over here. Just kidding. Two more shots, boys. Three, technically.
33:18
Hello world. What have I done? Alright. Do we take the chance to shoot cross field? I'm the mother flipping Flipnasa wrist.
33:44
Okay. Groot's mouth is opening and closing. Yeah, he says, I am Groot. Well, no. I mean it's opening and closing for the super jackpot. Oh, I see.
33:53
and shooting it with his mouth. That's it. All right, folks. You know what time it is. It's time to save Xandar. It's not lit. Oh, it will be. Is it after the movie's over? Yeah.
34:09
But there's also the drama of still needing to make the shot. So I'm just going to trap up on the left here. Always keep one on the left. Play this. Because I don't want to know everybody out of the pool scenario. That's okay. Don't worry about that. Okay, I, I, I jubbated myself. I jubbated myself. Don't do it, don't do it, don't do it. Oh dude, one more shot and then we end this multiball and we have 2x going into the wizard mode and then we actually start pooping actual money everywhere. Is that add a ball? Oh, it was add more time. What have I done?
35:14
That was add a ball. What the fuck, dude? This game never ends. Okay, we need to trap up. Goddamn piece of me.
35:28
Okay, we're going to do something stupid. We're going to trade this. Double scoring. Don't, don't, don't, don't fuck me now, dude. Not now, not now.
35:48
We have 2x playfield. I can't stop this penis Crystal, you're giving me anxiety over here. My wife.
36:49
I do have to play on fucking eggshells, though, because I have two warnings. Internet, I'll talk to you in a second. Sorry, guys.
37:49
What? I can lock balls during this? Hold on, I'm confused. What's happening? Am I out of the mode? What just happened? Save Xandar's over? Okay. All right. Back to regular stupid ball action.
38:27
Zealot. So did you finish it? Yeah. We essentially beat the game. You still scored it. Yeah. I kept saying double scoring. I had double scoring lit, and I kept shooting rocket, which extended it.
38:48
So, yo. That's the stuff. I will just forget a thousand years of war between us. You can't see us. I'm going to sign a peace treaty.
39:00
Okay. Feeling good, Internet. Feeling pretty good. And that's how it ends. I can't shake it because this bonus is going to actually be insane.
39:24
Sorry, Internet. I've got to take that for myself. All right. Well, I'm out of here. All right. Sub for $10 billion. Wow, dude. F that. 6.4 billion.
39:48
You didn't tell Ty your phone number. I wanted to. Epic Mar, dude. Thanks. Thank you, guys. I'm the sweatiest I've ever been. Go get a breath outside. Let me play a practice game. Yeah, here. You, um...