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I Hate Kaneda? Post TWIPY Talk.

Cary Hardy·video·49m 33s·analyzed·Mar 31, 2020
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TL;DR

Kerry Hardy defends Twippy Awards hosting and production while addressing community criticism.

Summary

Kerry Hardy provides a detailed post-Twippy Awards reflection, addressing community questions about his role as host, the production process, funding misconceptions, and specific award category results. He emphasizes the enormous effort required to produce the show under COVID constraints, defends production choices, and discusses disagreements with certain award outcomes, particularly the Favorite Pinball YouTube Channel category.

Key Claims

  • Kerry Hardy makes approximately enough YouTube income to fill up a tank of gas

    high confidence · Direct statement about personal YouTube revenue: 'I think typically I might, especially with gas prices being so low, I might be able to fill up my tank of gas kind of thing with what goes on with YouTube income.'

  • Emoto spent approximately 100+ hours editing the Twippy Awards show

    high confidence · Kerry states: 'she even says she clocked in at least 100 hours in editing on this' and attributes this to her not working during COVID lockdowns

  • The Twippy Awards show was uploaded to YouTube mere hours before it went live

    high confidence · Kerry states: 'this show literally didn't get completely done and uploaded mere a few hours before it went live on YouTube I kid you not... A mere three hours Before the show aired'

  • Kerry and Emoto did not initially know each other well before being paired as co-hosts

    high confidence · Kerry explains: 'i knew of emoto but i didn't really know her we haven't had like conversations back and forward to get to know each other on a personal level' and 'we both had the concern of whether or not we were going to be able to click'

  • Kerry was not initially seeking the Twippy hosting role and was hesitant when approached

    high confidence · Kerry states: 'i was hesitant and i was like, I don't know' and 'it wasn't like I immediately agreed to doing it' and 'I will do whatever I can to help... but you know i will step up to the role if you really need me to'

  • Donations to the Twippy Awards will be distributed among Kerry, Emoto, and Jeff rather than kept solely by Kerry

    high confidence · Kerry clarifies: 'whatever we get it's going in my pocket it's going to be distributed to probably me, Emoto, and Jeff... the money that was donated is not going solely towards me'

  • TNT Amusements (Todd Tuckey) should have won Favorite Pinball YouTube Channel over the actual winner

    high confidence · Kerry expresses strong opinion: 'i really felt like towards tnt amusements should get this... todd and the crew put out a lot of videos and everyone knows who he is' and 'i was very thrown back by that it wasn't tnt'

Notable Quotes

  • “it's not about the money for me. It's just like I've stated many times before. These are things that I think as well as do anyways.”

    Kerry Hardy@ 3:13 — Defines Kerry's motivation for content creation as passion-driven rather than profit-driven, directly addressing community misconceptions about YouTuber earnings

  • “you can be liked by everybody but whenever you have a combo like them it's definitely something that's going to be a little difficult to top”

    Kerry Hardy@ 12:33 — Acknowledges the difficulty of following Zach and Greg as previous Twippy hosts, setting realistic expectations for his performance

  • “she took all the files we uploaded them to the network server for them her to access and took all of them did all the editing put all the segments together audio video all that... she clocked in at least 100 hours in editing on this show guys”

    Kerry Hardy@ 21:04 — Emphasizes Emoto's critical role in the show's quality and production timeline under severe time constraints

  • “for those of you out there that want to sit there and nitpick and about how the show could have been like this or it could have flown flowed this way or it felt long... i definitely want to hold back the the fu comment towards you because you just don't know evidently”

    Kerry Hardy@ 24:55 — Expresses frustration with critics who don't understand production constraints and effort involved

  • “Todd hang in there guy man you're one of your you're one of my favorites you got me started the wife was laughing at me and everything because I was geeking out so much when I finally met you at expo”

    Kerry Hardy@ 34:13 — Provides public support to Todd Tuckey after TNT Amusements didn't win Favorite YouTube Channel, acknowledging TNT's influence on his own entry into the hobby

Entities

Kerry HardypersonEmoto (Emoto Arcade / Emoto Harney)personJeffpersonZach SharpepersonGregpersonTodd TuckeypersonKanedaperson

Signals

  • ?

    business_signal: Production complexity of Twippy Awards show under pandemic constraints required significant technical resources and time investment from team members, some unemployed due to COVID lockdowns

    high · Kerry explains: 'The only reason that she was able to do this in the time that frame that she had is because Marco's not doing anything... she's not doing her day-to-day typical job due to COVID-19' while Kerry remained essential worker

  • ?

    community_signal: Community criticism of Favorite Pinball YouTube Channel award outcome; widespread belief that TNT Amusements (Todd Tuckey) should have won over actual winner

    high · Kerry states: 'i really felt like towards tnt amusements should get this' and 'i was very thrown back by that it wasn't tnt' and notes 'a lot of people were surprised on' this category

  • ?

    community_signal: Significant community engagement with Twippy Awards show including donations, positive comments, and social media sharing despite some critical feedback

    high · Kerry notes: 'we have received emails from people that basically state that they really enjoyed the show this year' and mentions donations from multiple community members

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: TNT Amusements (Todd Tuckey) maintains positive reputation and community support despite not winning Favorite YouTube Channel; community recognizes their educational value in hobby

    high · Kerry praises: 'todd and the crew put out a lot of videos and everyone knows who he is' and 'whenever I wanted to start learning about certain machines and do's and don'ts... i go to tnt' and 'He took it well' after loss

  • ~

Transcript

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0:00
Intro Music What's up guys and welcome back to my channel where I talk and do everything pinball. So if that sounds interesting to you then hit that subscribe button down below. Well, it's done. The Twippies are officially done with, over, and all the pressure and stress and anxiety, whatever you want to call it, is now gone. But I felt as if I really needed to do a post-Twippy Show video to basically encompass anything that might have been brought up or questioned, people are talking about, or just to give you guys feedback on how my whole experience was during and after this show. So I have got me a list of questions right here that I will answer and basically what I think I need to bring up or talk about. And I'm going to start it out by saying thank you for all of the support.
1:25
Amongst all of the feedback and comments that we have gotten, we have received emails from people that basically state that they really enjoyed the show this year. that this is their first show to watch and how it was very pleasing to watch and how the numbers go on and on about all the good things that we have heard from people towards me and Emoto and Jeff on how well this show was crafted and put together.
1:53
The comments go on and on, but we greatly appreciate all the positive feedback. Now my next topic is titled Funds in this Hobby. Now I titled it Funds in this Hobby because it seems that there are those of you out there that believe me as well as other people in this hobby, whether it be podcasts or other video content creators, just make a whole bunch of money by doing this. And the answer to that question is no. No, we do not. that is completely not true. I was even just getting a machine recently and I was questioned about the income based with YouTube. And I was like, no, I do not make a lot of money doing this. I mean, I think typically I might, especially with gas prices being so low, I might be able to fill up my tank of gas kind of thing with what goes on with YouTube income. That's just, that's how it is. Because for one thing, I'm not that big of a content creator And two, it's a very niche hobby and subject matter to even draw in the amount of crowds of people to be able to make a surplus amount of money. But mainly, even though I don't make money and never was making money whenever I first started this, it's not about the money for me. It's just like I've stated many times before. These are things that I think as well as do anyways. I don't go out of my way to swap out play fields or fix up machines and everything I mean these are things that I'm going I do this anyways but I do go a little bit out of my way to record these things and put up the show so you have something to watch or something to do while you're sitting on the toilet whatever so there is amount of that effort but it's not me creating this comment or creating this content rather and just sitting back waiting for a paycheck. No, that is not why I do what I do. I think that would turn this into something that is not a passion for me. It would turn it into a job, and I don't want that. I bring out content when I can. That's all there is to it. There are things that I put way ahead of whether or not a video gets put out on a particular day or time. That's just what it is. So when it comes to even the getaway finale, that is on the cutting table, but I did not want to rush that out. It's going to come out maybe this week. I say maybe because who knows what might happen, but it is in the works. And another side note when talking about the funds is that during the Twippy Awards, especially during the advertising portion that we had at the beginning of the show, there were a number of you that contributed and donated money to essentially me because it is my channel. So that's where it initially goes to is me. and it was one of those things that you know on a side chat between me emoto and jeff was like what's going on and it was one of those where i haven't requested i haven't asked for anybody's money this is on everyone's own accord and i was like i don't know how far this is going to go or what's going to happen but whatever we get uh i mean we still haven't come to a final decision on that but i mean essentially whatever we get it's not going in my pocket it's going to be distributed to probably me, Emoto, and Jeff. I believe that's what it's going to be. Because, like I said, I don't depend on YouTube for income, so I really don't even know what cut portion of that's going to be going towards me. So that is yet to be seen. But just so we're clear on that, the money that was donated is not going solely towards me. It's going to be going to the Twippy people that were mostly involved in doing all this. On a side note with that, I have a list of people that donated money that I want to give you guys a call out because you didn't have to do this like I said we didn't request it you guys did this on your own accord some did a couple of bucks some did a dollar some of them and particularly like Todd Tucky donated $150 I was like what but I want to give each of you a call out here so uh Travis uh Moseman uh Joel Reeves uh Karim Harper Chris Ward Frank Mack to go uh and like you know and a number a couple of these People did multiple times. A couple of dollars here, a couple of dollars there, $20 here, whatever. I'm not going to pinpoint who gave what. I did Todd Tuckey because we'll get to that subject later.

  • Black Knight should have won Best Animations and Display over the actual winner

    high confidence · Kerry states: 'Black Knight is an original theme... Everything in there was completely original... that's what I went towards on best animations and display'

  • “these are things that I think about all the time when it comes to in my day-to-day job and everything as I have to think about all the possible things that could go wrong and potentially avoid those”

    Kerry Hardy@ 18:36 — Explains the risk management thinking behind choosing YouTube Premiere over live streaming during COVID lockdowns

  • “i know i no zach and greg because they are who they are and i am who i am”

    Kerry Hardy @ Early-middle section — Direct address of inevitable comparisons between himself and previous hosts, acknowledging their unique dynamic and his different role

    • Zach Many
    person
    Bowen Kerinsperson
    Papa Pinballperson
    Jack Dangerperson
    Keith Elwinperson
    Tim Sextonperson
    Steve Ritchieperson
    Cassandra Petersonperson
    TNT Amusementsperson/company
    Straight Down The Middleorganization
    Twippy Awardsevent
    Texas Pinball Festivalevent
    Black Knightgame
    Jurassic Parkgame
    Willy Wonkagame
    Elviragame

    sentiment_shift: Mixed reception to Kerry Hardy and Emoto as new Twippy Awards hosts; significant portion of community disappointed with Favorite Pinball YouTube Channel award going to unexpected winner instead of TNT Amusements

    high · Kerry states: 'this one a lot of people were surprised on' and acknowledges 'major you know anger being behind things' regarding YouTube Channel award; Kerry himself felt TNT deserved it

  • ?

    product_concern: Inevitable comparison between new hosts (Kerry and Emoto) and beloved previous hosts (Zach and Greg) creates unrealistic expectations and criticism that Kerry acknowledges as unfair

    high · Kerry explains: 'no matter who hosts the Twippies, they will immediately be paralleled and compared to Zach and Greg' and 'I knew that I no be able to live up to or be anywhere near them'

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Disagreement in Twippy Awards about Best Toys and Gimmicks category; Kerry voted for Black Knight's consistent mechanical integration throughout game versus other options

    medium · Kerry explains voting rationale: 'I chose The Black Knight because of the knight with the flail and the shield and how it's in every version of that game and does the same thing' versus 'some of the other options on the other games are only every once in a while'

  • ?

    event_signal: 2020 Twippy Awards successfully produced and broadcast virtually via YouTube Premiere after Texas Pinball Festival cancellation due to COVID-19

    high · Kerry explains format change from live TPF event to YouTube Premiere pre-recorded format due to pandemic lockdowns

  • $

    market_signal: Donations to Twippy Awards from community members viewed as grassroots support; Kerry addresses misconception that he personally benefits from YouTube/event revenue

    high · Kerry clarifies donation distribution and emphasizes he doesn't depend on YouTube income: 'I don't depend on YouTube for income, so I really don't even know what cut portion of that's going to be going towards me'

  • ?

    community_signal: Kerry Hardy's approach to content creation prioritizes quality and personal passion over monetization; maintains day job despite YouTube presence; collaborates with specialized team (Emoto for editing, brother for 3D rendering) to achieve production standards

    high · Kerry states: 'it's not about the money for me... I don't depend on YouTube for income' and describes team collaboration on show production with Emoto handling 100+ hours of editing

  • ?

    personnel_signal: Kerry Hardy and Emoto Arcade lacked pre-existing personal relationship before being paired as co-hosts; required intentional bonding through phone conversations to establish chemistry

    high · Kerry states: 'i requested that me and Emoto have some one-on-one time so we can start learning each other' and 'we had a long phone conversation kind of going back and forth about how we felt about things'

    • 6:24
    But Kevin Sanborn, Jared Guinness, some of these comments, I'll read them out loud too. To the Twippy team, Jeff, Emoto, and Carrie, thank you for all you do, and you are appreciated. Tony V, I appreciate what you do in pointing me towards Texas Pinball Festival's GoFundMe page. Joseph Fox, he contributed I want to say $100 so thank you Joseph Fox for that Paul Molinari, I think that's how you say your last name I'm sorry if I said it wrong for all the hard work put into the Twippy Awards let's all celebrate the hobby Carl Rodney Comagies I'm sorry, I probably just brutalized your name Timothy Roth over there at TNT donated $20 as well Kerry Hardy, a great guy what's it say it was great meeting him in Chicago and love what he's doing so thank you Timothy for that Tommy McNichols again Frank Togo Joel Reeves and Rob's Memory Lane I'm stoked for the Swords of Fury Hard Top video so these I believe I've got everybody's name I don't think I missed anybody but yeah so So a special thank you to all those that decided to donate anywhere between, like I said, a dollar all the way up to Todd Tuckey's magnificent $150. And so I just wanted to make sure that you got called out in case I did not see it in chat or mention it in chat because there was a lot going on that night on my end. So once again, thank you to you guys. So now we're going to move on to the next topic, which I have here, which was opinions on the show now. Everyone has the right to their opinions on how they felt the show went or whether it be good or bad. Like I said, going through Pinside, you're going to get all sorts of characters in there. But surprisingly enough, there's only a couple of people that I want to call haters, but I don't want to call it that. But because when it comes to like, you know, opinions, especially when they're not constructive criticism or it's just, you know, I don't like this person or just where a comment that does nothing. I look at it as a moot point. A moot point.
    8:53
    Yeah, it's like a cow's opinion. It just doesn't matter. It's moo. But we had the good comments, you know, which gave us some good feedback, you know, about how they enjoyed the show or whatever. So that was also nice to hear as well. As some of you that watch this show that are in the hobby, probably content creators yourself, or for those that don't even know, you need to understand that the more popular that you become, the more broader of a spotlight that is on you the more hate will come your way and this is like you know greatly seen when it comes to people like zach many in canada because they're like you know some of the top two people that everyone typically knows that is in this hobby for one good reason or a bad reason or whatever those are some people that tend to get a lot of hate thrown their way for a various number of reasons. So it's only natural. I'm not saying that I'm up there with them, but it's only natural that, you know, when you have something like the Twippy Awards where everyone's seeing you, that you're going to be getting some negative feedback. So one of the questions I have here is how I came to be a host. Now, this was something that I didn't reach out for and i mean didn't even cross my mind until i was contacted and so once the word was placed out on pin side or facebook or whatever that zach and greg would be stepping down from hosting the twippies it was a very you know what the hell happened what's going on here kind of thing and even though i am with straight down the middle team there's a lot that i really don't know about that goes on guys i don't like get the 4-1-1 on everything so even when it came to like you know greg stepping back from pinball in general and stuff it's not like he gives me hey just so you know this is what's going on i mean i question these decisions and actions just as much as you guys do but even if they were to like inform me on these things it's not like me to just broadcast it out either so uh take that with a grain of salt whether or not you know you believe me or not but the fact remains is that i really did not know what was going on and i still do not know to this day why they stepped back from doing it i don't i do not know but even then even if they would have stayed on they still would have had to do something of the nature as me and emoto chose to do where it would be had to have been online because it couldn't have been a tpf so back to the reasoning i guess or how i became to be a host was that i got a phone call one day and was questioned if i would be interested and immediately it was one of those things where i was like, I don't know, because I knew, I knew, and it's still, it's very prominent with some comments that no matter who hosts the Twippies, they will immediately be paralleled and compared to Zach and Greg and I knew that I wouldn be able to live up to or be anywhere near them so it was one of those things where I was like man if I choose to do this it going gonna be the immediate like oh you no you no zach and greg well like well i know i no zach and greg because they are who they are and i am who i am i mean you can be liked by everybody but whenever you have a combo like them it's definitely something that's going to be a little difficult to top. So I was asked if I would even be interested and I was hesitant and I was like,
    12:49
    have, you know, make some phone calls, talk to who you have to talk to. Um, I will do whatever I can to help. So it wasn't like I immediately agreed to doing it. It was one of those where, you know, okay, you can keep me on the list, but ask around, talk to other people. That's fine. but you know i will step up to the role if you really need me to so a few days went by and i was contacted again and it was officially requested to host the twippies with emoto arcade or emoto harney and i was like okay and the other side note in my head was that i knew of emoto but i didn't really know her we haven't had like conversations back and forward to get to know each other on a personal level it's like i've met her at tps before and passing one of those quick oh hey what's going on emoto hey kind of thing and then that's all it is and then exposed same ordeal hey moto hey carrie we knew of each other but we didn't know each other and that was one of the things that was a worrisome on my side and as well as emotive we found it later on we both had the concern of whether or not we were going to be able to click and be able to feed off of each other and work so well and that is another point that i got to bring up to some of you people that go oh you're no zach and greg no shit because you've got two guys that are friends that give each other crap and they fit so well because they're friends for years they know each other so well so they're able to just throw stuff at each other and each of them can take it and keep going with it. Whereas you have a couple like me and Emoto who are just now learning each other and getting to know one another. And so that was one of the things, even before I accepted the role, I requested that me and Emoto have some one-on-one time so we can start learning each other and get the feel of how we are and stuff. So we had a long phone conversation kind of going back and forth about how we felt about things and stuff like that. And so the friendship began to grow. and once I saw that you know I could see it happening it wasn't like we're not going to click we're going to clash too much we don't agree on whatever then I would have turned it down or whatever but it seemed like I'm like all right I think I think this can work so I accepted the role to be a host for the twippies my next question here is how did I how did it feel being a host The answer to that question is nervous, obviously, because in the beginning it was going to be in front of a live audience at Texas Pinball Festival as well as being broadcast over Twitch to potentially thousands of people and stuff like that.
    15:48
    And I was kind of curious of how the public would even respond in general just to people hosting that aren't Zach and Greg. because like I've stated, we're no Zach and Greg, and it's like, yeah, we know, so it's a matter of how the public reacts to these individuals, because like I said, you can't be liked by everybody, and I know I've got my haters, I've got thumbs down, I get thumbs down on videos mere seconds after it goes public, so I know I've got haters, you get thumbs down a video, and the video is like 10 minutes long, and it's only been public for like a minute, there's somebody out there that definitely doesn't like me enough to go, I'm going to click on this video that he just posted and thumbs down it and then go about my business. So I know you're out there, but it's whatever. So I knew that I have haters and I just didn't know what the feedback was going to be. So it was one of those, all right, we can't announce this or say anything yet until a particular time for whatever reason. I forgot what it is now, but we waited to announce who was going to be hosting and I put a video together, a little teaser, stuff like that. Actually, no, Emoto did that. I did some of the audio. It doesn't matter. But got it all announced, went on podcast. We've been on a couple of podcasts, me and Emoto.
    17:09
    And so it was definitely a nervous thing. But I was looking forward to it because I was like, it's going to be an interesting show. I'm going to get to meet all these people and see all these people again because at that time we were expecting it to be live at TPS. So I was really excited, but a little bit nervous. And then we get the news that TPF is canceled. So it's a matter of how are we going to be able to continue doing the Twippies? How is this going to be done? We need to think of another way to go about doing this. And that's when we started figuring out how. How can we do this? Do we do it live via Twitch?
    17:49
    How's this going to work out? and we went back and forth for a good while me jeff and imoto about how we were going to do this and it was i want to say and i'm not trying to take kind of credit for anything here or blame for that matter but i want to say it was me that said i think our safest method of doing this is via YouTube Premiere.
    18:16
    Now, the reasoning behind why I chose to do it the way we did, guys, is because it was to give you guys the highest, basically, potential of a show being non-interrupted by a number of possible issues.
    18:36
    And, I mean, these are things that I think about all the time when it comes to in my day-to-day job and everything as I have to think about all the possible things that could go wrong and potentially avoid those and so whenever I was thinking about how we could do this it was like okay we need to do a pre-recording and upload it to YouTube that's just one less thing that we have to worry about is if we are doing it live because there was even a discussion about her driving all the way to my house. I mean, one, that's like a, from where she's at, it's like a 12 hour drive plus to come over here to film for what, two hours, maybe trust me, it went on a lot longer than that, but like, but the film for a day and then to her to drive all the way back, I was like, no, let's, let's figure out another way. And we both, me and her are video content creators. So we are very savvy when it comes to the green screening and all that stuff and junk. So we chose to do the method and the way we did it for practical and safety reasons because at this time we were basically secluded and quarantined to our houses because of the whole COVID-19 thing. So traveling and all that stuff and junk, we had so many things going against us on this, guys. so to have the show come out the way it did in the amount of time that we had is amazing i mean you just don't know guys the ones that are just the haters out there you don't understand evidently how much time and effort was put into this to get it to look the way it did and i know there are plenty of you out there that do and you even mentioned it in your comments about how much time you know it had to have taken to do this and even kaneda chris will let you know what his three minute video that he did for the twippies it takes a lot of time just to do what he did so you gotta account for that emoto like praise b is the reason why that this show looked as good as it did and flowed the way it did because she did essentially i want to say 95 percent of all the editing for this show guys she took all the files we uploaded them to the network server for them her to access and took all of them did all the editing put all the segments together audio video all that my brother did all the 3d renderings of the trophies i mean because he had to ship me the trophies because i was going to bring them to tpf so i had the trophies here and i had another method i was wanting to do with the trophy segments but it just did not look as good as I know it could have been. So I gave them to my brother, and he's able to do complete 3D renderings of the trophies and the whole scenarios and music and everything. I put those in there in the trophies and the velvets. I can go on and on about what all we did intricacy-wise, but the fact of the matter is that she, I want to say she even says she clocked in at least 100 hours in editing on this. And the only reason that she was able to do this in the time that frame that she had is because Marco's not doing anything. So she's not doing her day-to-day typical job due to COVID-19. So this gave her the ability to work on this in that time frame. I didn't have that. I still had my job was evidently I'm essential. So I still have my job to go to and do that. So there's no way if all the editing was put on me, one, I'm pretty sure would not have looked as good. and two you wouldn't have seen the twippies until april at least with the timing that i have going on in my life that's just not how it no it would not have been fun not have been fun so i did not envy her one minute while she did all this hard effort and work and i definitely want to make sure that people understand that that i am not taking credit for any of this i for those of you that do know me you should know that i am a very humble person and whenever i do sound like i have an ego thing going on it is merely for entertainment purposes only because we could have done it live we could have but there would have been so many possible interruptions whether it be a storm could have happened that night knocked out my power something could have happened to me from work and i got in a car i mean i can go on and on about the possible cons that could have taken place before during the show that would have given thousands of people that would have been watching a very bad experience to where it was like oh great we built this all up for an evening for carrie's internet to go down or for emoto's internet to go down or whatever so the method that we did was the best way for the conditions that we were in that is the best method that we could have done and they chose my channel because at the time and I mean still at this time had the most subscribers so it was able to hit a bunch of people that method as well and thanks to those of you that shared the link to get them out to everybody that was a great help also this show literally didn't get completely done and uploaded mere a few hours before it went live on YouTube I kid you not I was at work And Emoto uploaded it to the drive So I could download it And upload it to my YouTube channel A mere three hours Before the show aired Luckily I got a decent Upload speed and download speed So it was able to work In comparison to what she had going on And that's why the official link Didn't come out until it did Because when that link went live That is essentially when it finally got uploaded to YouTube and was ready to go And so once we finally got it uploaded to YouTube and ready to go It was a big relief off our chest because we knew that from that minute forward all we had to do was just sit back and enjoy the show with the rest of you out there so for those of you out there that want to sit there and nitpick and about how the show could have been like this or it could have flown flowed this way or it felt long you know it's it's one of those things where i definitely want to hold back the the fu comment towards you because you just don't know evidently you have no clue on the amount of effort that was put into it to get it to be where it was at so with especially under the conditions that we were in i would love to see some of you out there attempt to do better with the time frame and the conditions that we were in so let me just throw that at you so there is a little bit of animosity towards me right there towards you keyboard commandos. Let's go on to the next thing, and that is basically talking about the categories and the results.
    25:41
    We can go on, I mean, because all the podcasts are doing this and everything, too. I'm not going to go down every single one of them.
    25:48
    The thing is that me and Emoto originally did not want to know the results because we were going to do it live, and we wanted to be just as surprised as the rest of you out there, but due to these circumstances, we essentially had to know who the winners of these categories were going to be. So that sucked, but it is what it is. So just going down the list here, we could start with Best Music of Sound Effects went to Black Knight. I have no argument with that. I agree with it. That was great music. Favorite homebrew, Pinball Machine. Let's see here. Jack Danger won that one with his dead flip game. I have not played any of these games, sadly enough, but I did see Castlevania at Expo, and I loved that theme, and I love how Justin put all the sounds into that game from the NES. It was amazing. I loved it. Spaceballs, I believe that was at Expo too. I just, I'm sorry, Wolf Marsh. I just didn't get a chance to really get a good look at it. I'm not even sure if I even recorded it through my Expo experience. So it would be a great theme. I just didn't have it even in my head. As far as Deadflip winning it, I mean, his game looks like it's going to be fun to play. I'm hoping that I do get a chance to flip it because it looks pretty damn original. And so that was pretty cool. Best toys and gimmicks. Went to Jurassic Park. Now, I just, I disagree with this. And, you know, I'll give my reasoning behind why I voted for Black Knight.
    27:33
    Now, the reasoning behind Black Knight and why, I mean, I had a debate about this one myself. I'm like, should I give it to Jurassic Park for the T-Rex? And then you have the roundabout mech in the middle.
    27:47
    And I went back and forth for a long time. But in a nutshell, I chose The Black Knight because of the knight with the flail and the shield and how it's in every version of that game and does the same thing for every version. And it's integral to the gameplay throughout the game. The shield does what it does. The flail does what it does through the entire game, whereas some of the other options on the other games are only every once in a while. so I was looking for consistently being awesome so me personally I chose the Black Knight on that one even though overall the game is okay when it comes to toys and gimmicks I went for the Black Knight let's see favorite location I mean I didn't I'd never been to any of those so my vote on there I didn't do that. Favorite pinball publication?
    28:43
    I mean, I don't know either of those very well either. I haven't been able to really give a broad opinion on either of those because I haven't really looked into either of them. Let's see here. Best theme? Willy Wonka. Okay. I agree. That's a damn good theme to have under your belt. There's no argument on that.
    29:05
    Favorite competitive pinball player? Keith Elwin. that's definitely an award that's basically most popular. A lot of this is popularity because it's people's choice. So favorite pinball convention, I obviously chose TPF on that. Very biased.
    29:26
    Best theme integration, Jurassic Park. Okay. Favorite pinball website, Pinside. Yeah, yeah. Best animations and display. Now, this one caught me very much by surprise because this is another one where I went towards the Black Knight on.
    29:49
    Nothing against the other top two, Willy Wonka and Jurassic Park, but I mean, even when Emoto gave me the test footage of how she was doing the montages of all the games for display, I was like, how does Willy Wonka win this one? I mean, just the test footage alone, how all of that was completely original in the way it was put into the game. It looks great. Whereas you have other assets to build off from, like Jurassic Park and Willy Wonka. You're building off of other assets. Whereas Black Knight is an original theme. It's licensed, but it's an original theme. Everything in there was completely original.
    30:32
    So I, and it just looked so much awesome. I mean, that's me, but that's what I went towards on best animations and display.
    30:41
    Rookie of the year, no problems with Tim Sexton winning on that one. That's fine. Let's see here. Favorite pinball tournament. I don't really know all that stuff. I don't really go into tournaments or anything. So best call outs, Elvira.
    30:57
    It was right up there with Black Knight. I mean, I get that Elvira or Cassandra Patterson or Peterson actually did the call outs and everything herself. I just wish there would have been much more of the, you know, tongue in cheek comments. You know, I love those. So I think that there should have been more of those. But otherwise, OK, it's cool that she actually did the call outs and everything for it. And Black Knight, Steve Ritchie did a great job on that one. you know so there it is for that so i don't disagree with best call outs i agree that those definitely should be the top two uh favorite pinball youtube channel now this one is where we get into discussion about because drama man is starting to pour down raining so this one a lot of people were surprised on and here's the thing guys is that like i've stated this is people's choice everyone voted the way they did and the winner is due to everyone's votes i can understand the major you know anger being behind things if there was actually a committee like 10 people or whatever that voted for these things and then you could blame the committee for voting the way they did whereas this is everyone that voted guys so you can't just be mad at a single person This is how people voted. This is what it is. So, and it's upsetting. Nothing against Papa Pinball, okay? Nothing against you Bowen Cairns and stuff like that. I mean, you do great showing people how to play the games. but i i think i'm with a lot of people on here even though i'm part of straight down the middle of pinball show i really i mean i really felt like towards tnt amusements should get this i mean todd and the crew put out a lot of videos and everyone knows who he is and everyone goes to these videos even particularly me i got that's really he really got me into the hobby guys i mean whenever i wanted to start learning about certain machines and do's and don'ts and you know how games look and play or how they can potentially look with the restorations that they do i go to tnt and type in the game that i'm looking for and chances are he's got a couple of videos on that particular game that was just the way i looked at it and so whenever i got the results in of who won i was very thrown back by that it wasn't tnt and i know sdtm won last year that was all good like i said i'm part of them but i still felt that todd should have got it now me to the cross zach and Greg, but I mean, TNT, they do a lot for this hobby, a lot. And so it was a little sad to see that he didn't win. But I'm glad that he was in good spirits when he did his, because he submitted two videos, one for winning and one for losing. And so that turned out really good. He took it well. But I think things are going to be different next year. I got a feeling about this. we'll see but uh Todd hang in there guy man you're one of your you're one of my favorites you got me started the wife was laughing at me and everything because I was geeking out so much when I finally met you at expo so uh so you guys do great keep doing keep doing what you do uh let's talk about favorite pinball mod I really don't know that category very well but so I'm just going to move on to that one because I think it was one of those where I was like, eh. Best Light Show went to Willy Wonka. Okay.
    34:50
    No big surprise there. Favorite pinball streamer. Yeah, Deadflip is the most popular on that one, so it's kind of a given that he's going to be winning that. He's been doing it for a long time, so it's kind of a given. Favorite pinball league. I was pretty stoked the Bells and Chimes won that one. That was good to see that Lauren Gray and the rest of the team took home an award. Again, probably a little biased due to the fact that they're based in Texas.
    35:16
    But moving on to best rules, Jurassic Park. Yeah, by a landslide. Without a doubt, I love the hell out of Jurassic Park because I like the way it plays. And the rules obviously make the game.
    35:34
    Favorite pinball topper? This was a – there should have been no contest, and I don't see any kind of percentages on this, which is – I didn't even notice that until now. I'm not sure if he edited this or what. I don't know. It doesn't matter. Anyways, so when it came to the topper, I was immediately like, oh, it's Sword of Rage. It has to be. even though Medieval Madness remake Topper was a very good-looking Topper. Without a doubt, it looks great. The molding and everything on it is amazing. But whenever Black Knight's sort of rage Topper came out and it was moving the way it was and he had his face glowing with Steve Ritchie's voice as the Black Knight on there, that set a new standard for Toppers, guys. That's the new level of greatness for Toppers. So now, sadly enough, either Stern or other manufacturers are going to have to, If you want to wow at least me, then you're going to have to get up there with the Black Knight topper or better. But that was no question on Best Topper. That was a great one. Favorite pinball podcast. Now, this is another award that everyone looks forward to, and it was one of those where it was no surprise he was going to win it. But I think what did surprise people is my reaction to it. Really? Okay, so this just proves my point, guys That this is obviously people's choice We didn pick this All of you out there picked this guy He doesn even own a pinball machine Not a single one Nothing Nothing in his game room at all Okay Nothing And then he calls everybody else, you know, morons for buying machines before they play him. And what's he do? He buys a Rick and Morty, guys. Number 50 at that. Buys it. Haven't played it before. Buys it. But then he wants to call other people dumbasses. Just a little bit hypocritical there guy just a little bit and then you wonder why Stern doesn't come on your show you wonder why gee let me just make a three minute video explaining why Stern won't come on my show and you can obviously tell that he's got nothing else better to do he's obviously in quarantine because he's got a three minute long video of all of that I don't even want to explain what all of that was but it's all in there he obviously put some time and effort you know I digress. It's whatever.
    38:04
    So? Now, the reason why I did the rant the way I did was because I felt that it was going to be funny.
    38:19
    And the thing is, in hindsight, I should have said that, hey, this is a joke or that it went to the camera or something like that. But I didn't. And so a lot of people thought that I was just hating on Kaneda, hating on Chris, and that it's very unprofessional of me to do it as a host. And the list goes on and on, and it's one of those where I'm like, it was a joke. Guys, what the hell? So it's like last year was Chris stomping on a trophy.
    38:49
    And so now, evidently this year, it's going to be me harping on Kaneda. But the fact of the matter remains that me and Kaneda are buddies. We chit-chat back and forth a lot.
    39:03
    So it was one of those things where I was just trying to get a couple of little punches in the ribs on because, like I said, if you're at the top, then you're going to get picked on. So it's expected. And a lot of hate went towards him. I don't want to say a lot of hate. But there was a lot of lashback towards Kaneda's three-minute-long video that he put together as acceptance speech. and the thing is whenever his video got submitted and me moto and jeff were watching it i mean we were all laughing i was almost in tears laughing and that's when we began the discussion of like you know they were like hey we're probably gonna need to cut this down we're gonna need to edit this out and stuff like that and i was like veto i was like no i was like we no we can't do that. I was like, for a couple of reasons, like, you know, one, anybody that wins their award and has their acceptance speech, this is their time to shine. Let them have it. This is something that I think that, you know, any person that wins an award, that's their moment to shine. That is their moment in the sun. Let them have it. And even though this Kaneda's video is saying what and doing what it's doing it's his moment let him have it we can put a disclaimer if we have to at the beginning of it we ended up doing a disclaimer through the entire thing but it was to be expected if it would have been chris just getting on there and be like holding a trophy with his dog bubba hey thanks guys you know let's do it again next year whatever i think he would have let down a lot of people so he did what he did and i think for the fans of him and a lot of people that were probably like shaking their heads and laughing on the inside of some of the comments that were made on there it was kaneda that's the only way i could say it i was like i was like this video is him this is what people are going to expect and so uh we made the final decision to keep it in its entirety on there. So that was a big thing. So like I said, my rant during that whole ordeal was completely staged. As a matter of fact, I have the raw footage here. I'll put that at the end of this video. So if you want to see the proof that it wasn't like, you know, oh, I can't believe he won or whatever. I've got the raw green screen footage that I'll put at the end of the video. And you can see that it even took me a couple of takes because I broke character at one point. It started lapping too soon, so we ended up doing it again. But yes, it was not sincere, guys.
    41:43
    Best artwork, obviously the Munsters. Let's see here. Best playfield gameplay and layout, obviously Jurassic Park. And of course, game of the year, obviously Jurassic Park. I knew that was going to win game of the year by the stream when they were streaming that game because I was excited to play it. And then when I finally played it at Expo, I was like, this thing's going to win. Unless their next title is going to be something just completely even better than this, which I kind of doubted it was going to be.
    42:13
    Surprise, I was not. Is that, yeah, nothing came out better than Jurassic Park. So Jurassic Park is the new tier that you have to go past in order to wow me on gameplay. I don't know. Maybe, maybe not. But that was all the categories and my thoughts and opinions on that. And I want to say, what's the next topic at hand? Do I have any regrets?
    42:41
    Let's see here. I guess the only regret is that I did not specify that my rant was, in fact, a joke.
    42:49
    So that would have smoothed things over immediately if I would have specified, hey just messing around Chris whatever you know all that stuff and junk but other than that I don't think I have any regrets um would I host again I'm willing to I mean it's it's one of those things where we've got plenty of months to go I mean it depends on uh how things get done next year for all I know they may put up a voting process on the public, on who you believe should vote for next year. I think that things would have been better if it were live. Then me and Emoto would have been in the same room. We wouldn't have had the lag time in between our voices that we had to counter for and that she definitely had to counter for in the editing process. We would have had a live audience to feed off of, but we had nothing we were going completely just in a vacant room staring at a camera and doing what we could um so i'm thinking that definitely if we could do it on a live audience then i'm pretty sure guys that it would have we would have meshed better if there was any kind of issue with you guys feeling that we were no zach and greg and i get the reasoning behind why you say that But me and Emoto are really good friends now I believe we are I love you girl So what we're going to be doing Is essentially continuing to be friends And I'm thinking that if we do host next year I'm thinking that we'll have an even much better Of a clicking force And things will improve But like I said, that's still a year away and anything can happen. I'm not against hosting again. Whether I host or not, I'm still going to attend and see who all the victors are going to be.
    44:52
    Goodness gracious, it is like pouring down. I might lose power on this and that would suck, guys. So I'm going to wrap up this video right here and now.
    45:01
    That is, I want to say, anything that I wanted to mention or bring up that had to do with the Twippies. by all means if you have any other questions, concerns, comments or whatever then feel free to leave them down there in the comment section or you can email me at hardypinball at gmail dot com if you like what you've seen here give me the thumbs up and if you haven't already do not forget to hit that subscribe button down below that way you can be notified of whenever I upload something for your viewing pleasure until next time guys peace out
    45:36
    sorry because you're just going to come in shocked and I'm just going to be like are you serious I mean okay first of all the guy doesn't even have a pinball machine he doesn't own a pinball machine. Doesn't own one. Doesn't have a single pinball machine. And he has the right to complain that Stern won't go on his show. Gee, I wonder why, Chris. I wonder why Stern won't come on your show.
    46:14
    Prime example of why, dude. And then you want to call people morons for buying machines that they don't even play first. And here you go buying Rick and Morty number 50. Haven't played it before, have you? No, you haven't. But you know what? It's okay. You can be a hypocrite. But no one else can. I got it.
    46:32
    It's whatever. So, our next category is best artwork. I'm presenting my category here because I can't predict.
    46:56
    Oh, man. Do you want to do it again? or because I got Yeah. Because I totally changed my mood for what it was in. I kind of like just kind of like broke character right there from what I was in and stuff. So that's fine. We can do it again. I can easily spout that shit off again.
    47:22
    Alright. We'll just be like. Okay. Really? Are you ready? Really? Okay, so this just proves my point, guys, that this is obviously people's choice. We didn't pick this. All of you out there picked this guy. He doesn't even own a pinball machine. Not a single one. Nothing. Nothing in his game room at all. Okay? Nothing. and then he calls everybody else morons for buying machines before they play him and what's he do? he buys a Rick and Morty guys number 50 at that buys it, hadn't played it before, buys it but then he wants to call other people dumbasses just a little bit hypocritical there guy just a little bit and then you wonder why Stern doesn't come on your show you wonder why? gee, let me just make a 3 minute video explaining why Stern won't come on my show. And you can obviously tell that he's got nothing else better to do. He's obviously in quarantine because he's got a three-minute long video of all of that. I don't even want to explain what all of that was, but it's all in there. He obviously put some time and effort. You know, I digress. It's whatever. So, our next category is Best of Work, and our presenter is, I don't even care who's our next presenter.
    48:57
    Our next presenter is Damien from Haggis Pinball. What? I like it. I like it. Man, he can rent.