Quoted from KING-HENRY:

This is the 'old white guy' mentality that will/could potentially kill pinball, and everything else 'Arcade'..The market is driven by kids, not us middle-aged or older dudes..Quite frankly, many kids don't GAF about pinball, arcade, whatever..their cell phones and consoles take up most of their breathing lives..SO, thinking outside the box (and adding to it) is the kind of innovation we need to keep 'the spirit alive'..and I'll tell you, they wouldn't give a rats ass if all of this faded away..UNLESS people throw their balls out there, and innovate/re-imagine what the rest of 'US' feel is silly..and I won't even go into the old-man themes of late (ok sample here)..bring female pop/rap artists into themes (Madonna and newer, etc), Anime would get TONS of attention..again, themes that 'us guys' probably don't prefer, but it's like sinking our own ship (companies and pinheads alike), esp considering the state of affairs of current economy, recession..yadda yadda.

Quoted from Viggin900:

I was so in on this game but the last 3 pages of this thread discussing cultures, race, gender, and age have confused me? I'm not sure what I want anymore? I guess now I know how teens feel.

Quoted from dyopp21:

I don't mind the camp, but I'm hoping this is either an optical illusion or a prototype? It looks like an ill-fitting sticker that will be chewed up in no time.
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Quoted from Time:

that video... holy shit
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Quoted from VisitorQ:

Sorry for your lose.

Quoted from Doctor6:

I will say I wish the video assets would have been more like fallout. That would have been perfect.

Quoted from FalconDriver:

He's going to have a field day.

Quoted from Zablon:

During Cary's video they did mention that the games on hand did not ship with code. *shrug* who knows...

Quoted from Zablon:

Yeah but that's marketing speak. Of course they are going to say that

Quoted from Ballypin:

Prolly gonna need one of deez
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Quoted from NeilMcRae:

Some YouTubers do yes, but having run a super large YouTube channel, it's not as many as you might think.
My wife introduced me to Jack on twitch after she tweeted about how to beat me at pinball - Only Jack replied. I've subscribed to his channel ever since and he has done wonders for the pinball community. Jack has worked his ass off over the last 7 years, through some seriously difficult moments, that I've been following him.
Watching him stream from bars, events from his studio, borrowing games because he couldn't afford to buy one himself. Raising a young family. Jack loves pinball - all pinball; and whether he is streaming now for Stern, JJP, Spooky or any one else for that matter he will always talk to the positives; sure with him working at Stern folks might think there is some risk for other manufacturers but I 100% do not agree. I've since met Jack and hung out with him at various events he is a role model and I wish I was more like him.
There isn't a bone in Jack's body that would slam anything and its not in his interest to to slam competitors products and I don't think I've ever seen Jack slam anything, other than give me a boot when I've been negative! Jack's viewers and subscribers unsurprisingly aren't all stern employees or fanboys, they like pinball across the board and even for the most stupid person slamming something that his viewers see value in would be absolutely nuts.

Quoted from NickBuffaloPinball:

The Homepin thread years ago was solid. The Greatwich "whale investor"...chef's kiss.
But I'm ready to crown a new winner for my favorite Pinside thread of all time... Congrats GTF Hype thread!
Shout-out to the marketing team over at AP that is allegedly playing chess (according to one Pinsider) and generating so much hype. I have zero interest in this game, but if I had to pay to have access to this thread, you'd have my money.

Quoted from Fatsquatch:

…BUT A PINBALL COMPANY IS AT STEAK!!!1!1!11

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Quoted from flynnibus:

Didn’t see one yet… so opened a owners club thread now that we have our game
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/galactic-tank-force-owners-club-get-your-ice-cream-here
Must have a 3d print to enter

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Quoted from apessino:

Again with this bizarre logic that we're not allowed to criticize the way you criticize.
This might blow your mind, but there is a difference between criticizing and even disliking something while maintaining a baseline of respect (if not gratitude) for the craft of those that made that thing, versus being a condescending, patronizing, self-important dick that dismisses the work of others insultingly and with obvious disdain at every opportunity. Crazy, I know.

Quoted from dpadam450:

I put it together. After Franchi's in depth market analysis, I figured this would hit the target audience and make tons of $. Art is from Dead Rising 3 - Darlene Boss Fight.

Quoted from apessino:

I have no problem with you having opinions, negative or otherwise, and as I mentioned above I do apologize for the ugly name calling. It was a bad way to vent some frustration and I hope you can dismiss it as such.
Not making excuses, but as someone who has been on the receiving end of "critical review" for decades in my own professional life, in the good, bad and really ugly, from adoration all the way to being attacked with vicious fervor, I can't help but being affected indirectly at the thought of how it must feel for those involved with the game to read some of the vitriolic opinions some here feel entitled to share. Sometimes it all gets to be a bit much, and no matter how thick the calluses you have built up, it rubs through and there is some bleeding.
I shall fade away now and leave you all to it.

Quoted from wesman:

Waaaay not related to the game, but I'd be curious your thoughts on something media related. I finally got to catch episode 3 of "The Last of Us" last night, and the presentation of Frank's character was so stereotypically absurd that it might as well have been as seriously taken as a "Will and Grace" episode.
Druckman is not meaning offense, but I'd have to assume many with good taste would feel the portrayal of Frank was about as deconstructive and misguided as to Druckman's assumed intentions moreso than helpful. Present a homosexual relationship as something entirely empathetic to people otherwise maybe not so open to such a concept.
Offerman's performance, and to a lesser extent the writing of his character, was absolutely fantastic, ironically given how ludicrously presented Frank was shown to be.
My point being, assumed intentions or not, harm can still exist via a creator's vision.

Quoted from flynnibus:

Ok, all you wanting game play... I've convinced the local streaming crew of oneiPodOnePinball to stream the game tonight!
Targeting 730pm EASTERN tonight!!
https://www.facebook.com/oneipodonepinball

Quoted from Sorokyl:

Blows my mind after what happens on the deadflip stream that they send a pin to a show and have it have that same problem. It's like they really really don't want to sell these things.
If they DID want to sell pinball machines, with foresight, the conversation, would go: "Ok, we are sending these 4 machines to these 2 dealers, to be used at a pinball show where hundreds of people will play them, and hopefully want to buy them. We've had a ton of bad feedback about airballs, so Bob your job, before you box those games up, is to put our prototype target bracket in there like we did for MGC(?). Jerry, your job is to make sure the ball lock mech is working perfectly, because that deadflip stream was fucking embarrassing"
If you didn't have that foresight, you just send Bob or Jerry to the show to make sure your freaking game works before you let people play it.

Quoted from VisitorQ:

I am guessing if I want to buy this game, I should wait for them to address all the issues?

Quoted from TreyBo69:

Should be listed as 60 hertz, not 50

Quoted from PinMonk:

AP needs to take a page from JJP's handling of the Toy Story 4 debacle. They quickly (and I mean QUICKLY) moved on to Godfather once it was clear they screwed up instead of wasting time and fan goodwill pushing a pin they delivered that was the Toy Story almost no one wanted. Josh has said Nordman's next design for AP is much better. REAL TALK: Let's just fill the few hundred orders AP has for GTFo and move on to Nordman's next one by late Summer/early Fall. Need to accelerate the programming? Well, Josh knows AP code. Maybe he'd be willing to subcontract as an assistant programmer on the team to speed the development schedule.
This isn't a licensed property. There are no minimum guaranteed royalties or upfront payments. What they have in parts is and development is all they have in it, and compared to the licensed disaster it could be, that's a pretty cheap escape hatch on a doomed project.

Quoted from PinMonk:

I'm not ready to bail on Nordman yet, especially since Josh seemed to really like his next design. But AP customer (and want-to-be customer) goodwill is being burned like flash paper, only there's no magic in this instance. So the sooner AP cranks up the release schedule and moves on from GTFo, the better for them. Dragging this out will not help them. This JUST happened with JJP and they made the right choice by dumping Toy Story 4 and moving away as quickly as possible. Buy the hint, take the clue, AP. Move on - quickly.