The Walking Dead Pinball with Brandon and Greg! - Straight Down the Middle - 7/25/2017

Straight Down the Middle·video·3m 11s·analyzed·Jul 26, 2017

Analysis

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TL;DR

SDTM's debut Twitch stream features gameplay and beginner pinball lessons on Walking Dead.

Summary

Straight Down the Middle's first Twitch stream features hosts Jon and Zach Sharpe with guest Chris Brandon ('Waspinator') playing The Walking Dead Pinball at Brandon's house. The stream showcases the learning curve of newer pinball players, discussing basic mechanics like tilt sensitivity and game restart functions while attempting various modes and strategies on the machine.

Key Claims

Chris Brandon will stream Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 8pm for SDTM
high confidence · Jon speaking about Chris Brandon's streaming schedule commitment
Jon plans to upgrade internet and stream at least one night per week starting around August 1st
high confidence · Jon announcing his own streaming plans for SDTM
Chris Brandon originally wanted to stream Star Wars Pinball but switched to The Walking Dead
high confidence · Jon explaining the machine selection: 'we were supposed to stream Star Wars. But Chris Brandon then the itch and said, fuck Star Wars, it's not the game for me, so we now Walking Dead'
Chris Brandon was experiencing excessive tilt sensitivity when first playing The Walking Dead
high confidence · Jon describing Brandon's tilting issues and unfamiliarity with tilt adjustment
Zach Sharpe didn't know you could hold the start button to restart a game in Ghostbusters
high confidence · Jon recounting learning experience: 'he didn't know that you could hold the start button and restart a game'

Notable Quotes

“fuck Star Wars, it's not the game for me, so we now Walking Dead”
Chris Brandon (relayed by Jon) @ early in stream — Explains why they switched from Star Wars to The Walking Dead for this stream session
“we wanted to showcase somebody the trials and tribulations of pinball... when he [would play] this machine, because we were supposed to stream Star Wars”
Jon @ early in stream — Clarifies the educational intent of featuring Chris Brandon as a newer player experiencing learning curves
“we're always learning something new”
Jon @ mid-stream — Reflects SDTM's philosophy of ongoing education and beginner-friendly content
“Basically... Beat the hell out of a machine and drain. And drink some beer.”
Jon (quoting their approach) @ mid-stream — Humorously describes the casual, fun-focused approach to the stream rather than competitive play

Entities

Straight Down The MiddleorganizationJonpersonZach SharpepersonChris BrandonpersonThe Walking Dead PinballgameStar Wars PinballgameGhostbusters PinballgameStern Pinballcompany

Signals

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community_signal: SDTM launching first Twitch stream with dedicated streaming schedule (Chris Brandon Tues/Wed 8pm, Jon planning nightly streams starting August 1st)
high · Jon announcing streaming schedules and Chris Brandon joining as streamer
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community_signal: SDTM positioning beginner-friendly content as core value proposition, showcasing learning curve and mechanical education
high · Jon emphasizing desire to 'showcase somebody the trials and tribulations of pinball' and discussing basic mechanics with newer players
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event_signal: SDTM's debut Twitch stream represents platform expansion for pinball content creator; marks infrastructure investment in streaming capability
high · Jon noting this is 'our very first twitch stream for SDTM' and bringing on Chris Brandon specifically for streaming expertise

Topics

Beginner/newer player educationprimaryStreaming format and community buildingprimaryBasic pinball mechanics (tilt sensitivity, game restart)primaryThe Walking Dead Pinball gameplayprimarySDTM content strategy and expansionsecondary

Sentiment

positive(0.85)— Upbeat, enthusiastic tone about launching streaming platform; supportive of new players; casual, fun-focused atmosphere; minor frustration with Star Wars choice but quickly resolved

Transcript

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He loans up for people, but... Yeah. I'll get my house. You can do this one. Yeah, we're live. Ed Boon! Make sure I got it in. Yep, we're good to play. Good to go. Hey, what's up guys? man this is our uh our very first twitch stream for sdpm i'm over here at brandon's uh house mr waspinator um man we brought brandon on board to help us stream me and zach didn't have a clue what we were doing with uh streaming so you know we brought brandon on brandon's pretty new to how about how we been playing brandon uh physical physical yeah that'd be our A month and a half in a pinball, man. And you'll see, like, for you who aren't familiar with Waspin, you'll see, man, he's a pretty damn good player already. But, you know, we wanted to bring somebody on because me and Zach, we started off in this hobby new. We started the show fairly new and everything. So, man, we wanted to showcase somebody the trials and tribulations of pinball. Like, not to bust Brandon's balls, but when he got this machine, because we were supposed to stream Star Wars. But Brandon then got the itch and said, fuck Star Wars, it's not the game for me, so we now got this Walking Dead. So he got the Walking Dead brought it in and he was messing around with the machine It kept tilting on him So he was like man is this particular machine is it a little is it sensitive is it sensitive and uh he didn really know about the tilt bob and stuff too much like he knew it was there but he didn't know about adjusting it and stuff so like like we want everybody to see those trials and tribulations of back when we were like when we were newbies man i've got plenty of those yeah well and hell Me and Zach, I'll bust Zach's balls. I don't have any problem with that. Zach didn't know, like I was talking to him about, because since we've been in that competition for Ghostbusters, he didn't know that you could hold the start button and restart a game. Like if you were on ball one or ball two or anything else, if you push the start button and hold it, it'll restart a game. So, you know, we're always learning something new. So Brandon's going to be streaming Tuesdays and Wednesday nights at 8 o'clock for SDTM. And then as soon as I get my internet upgraded and everything, it should be about August 1st. I'm going to be up streaming at least a night a week or probably more. So we'll let you know about that. So tonight, what are we doing? Do you want to walk us through a little bit of stuff? Just a little bit. What are we going to go for? What's our challenge? What are we going to do tonight? Drain a whole bunch. That's one thing we're going to do. Beat the hell out of a machine and drain. Basically. And drink some beer. And drink a lot of beer. I mean, so basically, really, the only thing I really go for when I start playing is I'll go for one of these drop targets, knock down all three of these drop targets to start a mode, whether it be any of these six, you know, Barn, CDC, Riot, Tunnel, Arena. I'll go for one of those, and then I'll just flip around, you know, because, again, I'm not super...