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SDTM: Lethal Weapon 3/ Super Stunt Spectacular

Straight Down the Middle·video·30m 46s·analyzed·Feb 1, 2018
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TL;DR

SDTM stream: Lethal Weapon 3 gameplay, tournament recap, and Twippies Awards promotion.

Summary

A casual Straight Down the Middle streaming session featuring gameplay on Lethal Weapon 3 and Super Stunt Spectacular, interspersed with personal anecdotes about recent tournament play at Rec Pinball, equipment trades, and family pinball involvement. The host discusses learning the Super Stunt Spectacular rule on Lethal Weapon 3, his transition from Walking Dead to Lethal Weapon and Demoman, and engagement with younger players in the hobby. The stream also promotes the upcoming Twippies Awards show.

Key Claims

  • Super Stunt Spectacular on Lethal Weapon 3 requires hitting a sixth stunt that the host initially missed

    high confidence · Host's gameplay experience; Chuck Wirt provided the rule clarification

  • Triple Crown of Pinball tournament series kicked off at Rec Pinball in Louisville, Kentucky with ~40 participants and no entry fee

    high confidence · Host's personal tournament participation yesterday

  • Host traded Walking Dead for Lethal Weapon 3 and Demoman, plans to keep both machines long-term

    high confidence · Host's direct statement about equipment and reasoning

  • Lethal Weapon 3 is inexpensive/cheap compared to newer Stern machines, making it good value

    medium confidence · Host's opinion on machine pricing relative to newer titles

  • A 12-year-old girl at Rec Pinball tournament defeated the host multiple times on Barnyard; she has grown up playing pinball with a parent who is a significant hobby supporter

    high confidence · Host's tournament experience narrative

  • Fubir's son is an elite junior player who defeated Zach Sharpe on TNA and performed well at pinball expos (Pinball Expo, Grand Ole Gamble, Star Wars stream)

    high confidence · Host's observation of competitive junior player performance

  • Twippies Awards streaming Friday 7pm Eastern on Twitch; categories include best pinball, best streamer, best light show, best artist

    high confidence · Host's direct promotion and announcement

  • Host is planning to announce 'semi-big things' in pinball over the next couple weeks that cannot yet be discussed

    medium confidence · Host's cryptic statement about upcoming content/projects

Notable Quotes

  • “there's a sixth one. That's how you blow it up”

    Chuck Wirt (referenced by host) @ ~5:00 — Clarified missing rule for Super Stunt Spectacular on Lethal Weapon 3

  • “Lethal Weapon's so cheap, I don't see getting rid of that, and Demoman, I'm having a blast on it”

    Host @ ~18:00 — Host's reasoning for keeping both machines despite having only recently acquired them

  • “it's so much is. So let's try to keep this fucking, let's try to keep this rolling”

    Host @ ~27:00 — Casual commentary mid-gameplay showing engagement

  • “I wish that I could have seen what all... I can't remember. I read on the rules of what, uh... what you gotta shoot and what all the super stunt spectacular gives you”

    Host @ ~42:00 — Host reflecting on achieving Super Stunt Spectacular but not fully understanding its payoff

  • “it's not always modes and how deep it is. It's just like trying to beat that next guy, you know, kind of like what EMs were back in the Larry Day”

    Host @ ~22:30 — Philosophy on pinball enjoyment beyond wizard modes; comparison to EM-era gameplay

  • “I'm seeing more and more parents, like, that they're involving their kids in it and their kids are getting better and getting a little more into it themselves”

    Host @ ~58:00 — Community observation about family participation trend in pinball hobby

Entities

Straight Down the MiddleorganizationZach SharpepersonChuck WirtpersonRec PinballorganizationTriple Crown of PinballeventLethal Weapon 3gameSuper Stunt SpectaculargameDemomangame

Signals

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    community_signal: Twippies Awards streaming event with categories (best pinball, best streamer, best light show, best artist); community voting mechanism

    high · Host promoting Twippies Awards Friday 7pm Eastern; mentions categories and community participation

  • ?

    community_signal: Triple Crown of Pinball tournament series in Louisville, KY area with free entry and ~40 participants; observed growth in family/youth participation

    high · Host participated in first race at Rec Pinball; reports increasing parent involvement in hobby with children

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Observation of elite junior player (Fubir's son) defeating established competitive player (Zach Sharpe) on TNA and performing well at multiple expos

    medium · Host noting junior player's tournament results at Pinball Expo, Grand Ole Gamble, and Star Wars streams

  • ?

    event_signal: Upcoming unannounced project/announcement in pinball community within 'next couple weeks'; host indicates significance but cannot yet discuss

    medium · Host's cryptic statement: 'we are pinball hoping to bring you some Papa Duke cool semi-big things uh here coming up in the next couple weeks so you guys check that out'

  • ?

    community_signal: Equipment transition: host trading Walking Dead (newer Stern) for vintage machines (Lethal Weapon 3, Demoman) despite concerns about age-related maintenance

    high · Host discussing trade rationale: newer machines have fewer component failures vs older machines requiring more maintenance but still satisfying to play

Transcript

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0:00
Oh, are we back? Are we back? Are we back? Well, Max, let's kick this back up. Hey, Frankie, what's up? You still there, brother?
0:30
need like a phone holder thing right over there so I can just look up I need some kind of mount for that
1:00
hmm ah yeah that's what I should have done put that sucker there let me know when I got some peeps back in here Frankie you back in here sorry about that gents I uh I thought I had a little more battery life on the computer than what I did.
1:35
I knew better than to even tempt it. But I did. Okay, cool. Thank you, Turbo. Sorry, man. I'm kind of bad about that. I like to live life on the edge there.
1:50
The cusp of a dead battery. Frankie, if you're still here, man. dude, hey, maybe once a week. Might skip a week. Twice a week. Three times a week. Skip a week. It's just very oddly random.
Walking Dead
game
Barnyardgame
Fubirperson
TNAgame
Twippies Awardsevent
Grand Ole Gamble Pinball Expoevent
Star Warsgame
2:08
If I come down here and I play, I usually try to throw the stream on too. So let's try for all those stunts.
2:23
This time. I, I, what is a decent score, I ended up with 200 and something, or what, what is it, 200 million or something on here, and I was really close, like I had everything, I had all the stunts and stuff that I had ran through, but I didn't know I needed to do the sixth one, So I just kind of avoided those targets and started going for the, uh, going more for the Uzi stuff. And then I talked to, uh, Chuck Wirt. Ah! And Eric's got one. And Chuck was like, dude, there's a sixth one. That's how you blow it up. And sure enough, like, if you look down here, it just literally says, sixth stunt scores super stunt spectacular. And I completely missed that shit.
3:11
Yeah, definitely turbo message me, man. I'll try to, uh, look at it on here. Or find me on Twitter. Or you can message me on Twitch. Or you can text me. You can text me. If you still got my number.
3:39
I played in a nice tournament yesterday. If any of you guys watching are from Indiana, Kentucky area, or even Ohio, really.
3:51
There's a couple different places putting on the Triple Crown of Pinball. And it kicked off the first of the three races. They're all in Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. And it kicked off at Rec Bar yesterday. It was completely free. You get points, but I don't think there was any prizes or anything. But like I said, yesterday, at least at Rec Bar, they didn't even charge you coin drop so it was fun dude there's 40 something people showed up so not a bad tournament but uh it was a blast like i got my ass handed to me by like a 12 year old girl i got stuck with her i beat her once and i got stuck with her two more times and she whipped my ass those other two times it was like annihilated me okay that's cool turbo for sure But dude, she was good. But see, she grew up playing pinball. Her dad's got a lot of pinball machines. He's really big, he's a big kind of supporter of the hobby in the area. So she, I think she had an advantage on me. She's probably been, out of her 12 years, she's probably been playing for 9 or 10 of those. Haha!
5:25
Get over there. Oh, come on, I hit that karate kick. Doesn't even want that. That's how you leave the table. They got away.
5:58
Get him away. Loaded. Police officer. Get the back. Oh. Risk reward. Oh, I hit that. Come on. You got it!
6:28
Love it! This is the best thing you can do to a demon! Oh, that's a good one! Ah! Fucking hell, that's good!
6:54
There we go. And that two shot. Come on. Ugh! There we go. I'll tell you what man, this color DMD for this, if color DMD ever colorizes this guy, it going to be a pain in the ass Because there all those stunt sequences and stuff Like there just so many different animations
7:51
Oh, damn it. Too much. Woo! Damn it. Can't get that. There we go. Woo! Back to back. Making quick work. Hey, what's up baby? How are you man? Life treating you good? You're tuning in for the super special, amazingly awesome Lethal Weapon 3 stream. Oh, we went that hurry up. Oh, let's go with extra ball. I always want extra ball. Ah, thought I had freaking my karate kick on. Hey, what's up JDLivesStrong, man? Yeah, man, I'm doing good. Thank you for asking. Hope you're doing well. Playing, uh, fantastic Lethal Weapon 3 here. Trying to help some guys at work help their time go by. For those watching from work.
9:18
Add a little pinball to your work day. A lot of times you can come right off of that, right out of that one saucer and knock it right into that three saucer.
9:41
What are you going to do? No, don't play the bouncy house, it's too loud. No, the bounce house is too loud. I don't want you to hear something up. Okay, so now we're on our fourth. Oh, we're in multi ball.
10:14
Oh, give me my bow, give me my bow! Okay, I've never... shit, double jackpot on that ramp. That ramp's kind of dangerous. Now we can restart. Try to restart our multiball.
10:44
Oh, failed at that. What do I need? We just need three. Okay, at least we got that. And go four! Oh, shit!
11:11
There we go. Nice! Nice, nice, nice. So one more and we got eligible for the super... Let's go bank heist. Super stunt spectacular.
11:33
We're honestly making pretty good progression towards the Uzi as well. Oh, nice! Oh, hey baby, yeah, my freaking, my computer died. I thought I had a little more battery life than that and they'd, uh, craft that on me so I'd run and grab a charger. And I don't know how long I played before I even noticed the bastard was out. Yeah, JD, yeah, I traded for a lethal weapon in my Demoman, man. Yeah, um, actually, I think that, uh, Lethal Weapon's so cheap, I don't see getting rid of that, and Demoman, I'm having a blast on it, and the one I got shoots like a fucking champion, man. Like, flippers are strong, it's smooth, the ramps are strong, the playfield's in good shape, um, head's got a couple spots, cabinet looks good, like, I just don't know if I'll find another one that nice or I have to pay a lot more for it. So at this moment both of them I plan on keeping for a while because I still got a little bit more pinball money that I could play around with to pick up another kind of lower price pin. But yeah dude, I'm not scared of these. I was reluctant to go from the Walking Dead just because it's a newer stern and it's obviously I know this sounds weird when you say better built but it's not better built, but it's just, everything's newer. So you've got less likely to have switches and magnets and things to go wrong. Whereas, you know, with any old Valley Williams or Daddy East, man, like it's just old. It's just, you know, you're going to have little things that are going to go wrong with it if it hasn't been replaced in its 20 something years in existence, you know? So, but dude, I'm, I'm, I'm completely happy with them. Like I don't regret the trade at all. Like I thought I was going to, but I'm, I'm ecstatic with these guys for sure.
13:36
Yeah, like, I just, I don't, no, no, man, like, there's just not pins that I hate, like, I have fun flipping and challenge for everything, challenge getting that high score, so many people, like, Zach was like, man, I got the demo time, and he was like, I hated it, he was like, I just was done with it after I got the demo time, and a lot of people are like that, but I don't care, because I've gotten the demo, I got the demo time last night for the first time, and I got to it again this morning, and it didn't kill it for me, like, it's a shitty wizard mode, but I freaking, I still love it because I've got a score that I got to beat. I've got a high score that I want to topple. I want to topple myself. I want to topple the owner that I got it from on there because he's got some sick ass like five billion point score on there and I just got right at two billion. So to me, that's the challenge and the fun of a pin too. It's not always modes and how deep it is. It's just like trying to beat that next guy, you know, kind of like what EMs were back in the day. so shit doesn't bother me really. Yeah, there is. I mean, it's so much is. So let's try to keep this fucking, let's try to keep this rolling. Ah, missed that. That'd have been nice points. right now I'm really wanting to go for those I'm really wanting to go for that one two and three just because I'm so close to the uh the stunt spectacular really close Really close Oh
15:28
Ninja Watchtower! Show me what you're working with! Don't go down that lane. Ain't no saving me there. No!
15:49
Damn! Wasted ball. Need to hit that ramp to try to get the uh... I didn't get an extra ball. What the fuck is that round?
16:20
Nice. No! Okay, so at this point though, just because I'm probably not going to make it, I want to hit that ramp and try to, uh, oh shit, try to get my extra ball. I got a bad reputation. Come on, at least give me that lethal weapon three over there. There we go. Okay, so now we're at helicopter. Cool animations. That's probably going to be one of my best scores. Okay so now. Backhand that two, give it to me, no! I don't know if I want to try that again. Yeah! Come on! Now all we need is Lethal Weapon 1 and we're going to... I've never made it to the Stunt Spectacular. It's actually pretty hard. So I don't know what any of the animations look like. Ah, should have shot that cow. Oh shit! Woo! Here we go!
18:24
Oh it's just blowing shit up! Now I don't know what scores Oh! Tilted! Oh! Damn! Ayyyy! Yo! That's what we needed! Look at that! That makes me happy. Heeeey! Yeah, y'all! Nice! Oh, that's fun. I like that dude. Hey, thank you, thank you JDLivestock. That's fun! Like, I wish that I could have seen what all... I can't remember. I read on the rules of what, uh... what you gotta shoot and what all the super stunt spectacular gives you but I can't remember what the hell it was but I'd like to have been out at least flip a ball or two in that damn thing and this I said I mean it's not a super tight tilt but it's not loose either it you got your two warnings I guess and then that's it but it was fun I like that thank you thank you sir thank you yeah that's pretty good okay we'll throw We'll throw one more game. I always go out always always have a really fantastic game and then I have a string of shit games throughout there Hey, you play game let's step up blood Get your stool. It's easier hurry up
19:49
like good Gotta train the little ones Good job. Big block... Holy Crap! I almost died! I will just go through this barricade door.
20:30
So early in the shooting already... I got a bad blue one. Hi. Oh! No, hey, hey, come on, we're not doing that. Your sister's playing. No. Don't be rude. People don't even see my dog. People don't even see your dog. What do they do? Good job. Oh, it robbed you out of that saucer. There you're back in there. You're doing as good as me though. I don't know if that's saying much but... Oh, I thought you had that. Let it come off the tip of your... your left flipper. Or your right flipper a little bit. Yeah, you can backhand it. Go! Smack, smack, smack, smack, smack, smack! Meld them, meld them! Very quick, quick! Oh no, I won.
21:53
Can't play this one enough, have I? Oh, those saucers are mean to you! Good, good stop. Good job. Oh! Hit!
22:18
Keep going, I'm gonna pull you through. Shoot for that, uh, shoot for that two. Two? The two.
22:37
That's the last one you got. Up in that were the multi-ball squad. You got a multi-ball and you score that two.
22:53
Oh! Almost, dude. So close. Is that all of it Yeah That was their ball Uh Oh Oh yeah Okay Good job though Proud of you. This is a good ball. This is a good save. Does it feel good?
23:14
Uh, yeah. It was just pinball, Dad. I mean, I don't know what else you want me to say. What was your last score? Something 19. What? 19 something. Oh, you only got 19 on that? Yeah. Let's see if I can beat you.
23:38
What Leo wants. Leo, yes. Ooh, look at that. A little jostling goes right in there. Yeah. We got a snow day today. Didn't we, Odd? Yeah. Plus, we weren't supposed to even have school.
24:15
Yeah, there was a make-up there. Oh, yeah. But I don't think we would have had school because it was hard. In our newsletter it said we wouldn't have school on Monday because it was hard. I know but then you missed school. So you had to make it up. Yeah. Come on. I missed school on Friday so I had to make it up on Monday which today is Monday so. Are you just trying to distract me so I lose? No. So you'll win? Yeah, sort of. Oh, million.
24:49
Oh, million. I only got 19. Oh, you're on ball two. You're definitely going to beat me. Emma? Ah. You're already at 14. Yeah, I don't know, though. Wait, what if this next ball drains and it sucks? What if it drains to, like, five?
25:06
Yeah, dude, she's getting a little better. When she concentrates. That's the hardest part. My littlest one. she's uh she's she's only five and she can play some pinball too really but she calm down and she uh but like neither one of them they they get a little too rambunctious and so when they focus they can play like crazy but it's getting them to focus i tried taking her to that tournament with me yesterday she wouldn't go yeah you Oh, see?
25:45
That close, I'm not... I told you it don't score real high, so to get up to 19 million, 15 million...
25:55
Oh! Oh, there, I think I just screwed you over. I think it just jumped up like crazy. I think I already went to like 20 something million, 25 or something. I saw like 28 million. Yeah, it jumped up quite, kinda high.
26:19
Let's see, there was an extra 10 million, so yeah, you're done for. Ha ha. Now you have like 30 something.
26:33
I'll tell you what, that damn ramp can be faster to hit. Ugh. Well, that one screwed me. Oh, you got like 46 something. You got 46. You baby. You got 46.
27:03
You beat me by a lot. Hey, man, it's good to see, like, I'm seeing more and more parents, like, that they're involving their kids in it and their kids are. Yeah, you can play one more time while I talk. And they're getting, the kids are getting better and getting a little more into it themselves, man. There's a guy that I met, Fubir. And Fubir's son, dude, he's a hell of a player. He was in our Chicago Expo thing. He whooped Zach's ass on TNA and stuff. And then he played with us at, I'm pretty sure he played with us at Chicago, or at Nashville at the Grand Ole Gamble Expo. He streamed with us on Star Wars, and he did pretty good. So that is fun. It's... my kids, like, they honestly, like, when I had, like, most of the machines I've had, they haven't cared too much for, but these two, they, they've played a ton. I like Delicious Man better. Yeah, you like that one, don't you? Those handles. You're pretty good at it, though. Uh-huh.
28:15
Tilt, Tilt got a pretty good amount of games up there, man. Or do they just sell? I'd love to make it up north more often. All my free time's in the winter, though, and whether so, hit or miss. Up there.
28:51
Still a pretty good job. Actually, it was pretty terrible. I lied. Oh, you got one more ball. Okay. You gotta make a comeback. Oh, nice ramp shot. One more and you got an extra ball eligible. Oh.
29:31
Oh. These mistakes happen. Yeah, dude, TNA's a ton of fun. Okay, hop down. Well, I appreciate you guys stopping in and checking out some Lethal Weapon 3 with us today. Don't forget to watch Straight Down the Middle this Friday at 7 p.m. Eastern Time. Zach and I are hosting the Twippies ought to be a good time find out who wins best pinball, best pinball streamer best light show, best artist all those good categories especially if you guys voted you know what they are but we'll kind of be going over everything before the stream there but we're streaming live on Twitch this Friday 7pm Eastern hosting the Twippies which ought to be a lot of fun man we've put a lot of hard work into getting everything together and hoping everything goes smooth for us and then uh we're shooting up uh we're doing a little thing up north uh this week that we can't really talk about just yet but we are hoping to bring you some pretty cool semi-big things uh here coming up in the next couple weeks so you guys check that out and always check out our youtube videos see what's going on and uh thank you guys for stopping in talk to you all later