Played this game yesterday. They should be very proud of what they acheived.
Game has an outstanding feel of quality, everything from the sculpts to the siderails are exceptionally beautiful.
The gameplay is fantastic, only had a couple of games and didn't bother figuring out too many rules, but it plays beautifully and there is always a goal to choose.

Makes me very keen indeed for my Mermaid to come if the quality is anywhere near this level. Feels better than my Houdini which is probably my best 'quality feel' game.

Well fucking done Damian and team, you have smashed your first game like no other company i know.

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Going to see if i can still order 1.

What type of scores are you posting mate? What's an average game and what's a good one?

Waiting for a response from Haggis about time frames for a Celts.

Worst luck happened.
Apparently i COULD still order 1.

Oh well.

So what scores should i be aiming for Andy?

Goodo, just didn't know is all. I'm pretty excited to get what i consider to be the very best value in pinball today.

The quality is immediately obvious when you address the machine. i didn't expect to like it and thought 'oh well, it's not toooo bad' first couple of games.

4 or 5 games in and i knew i wanted one. The only machine i have that compares in quality is my Houdini.

You are going to love the quality. Gameplay happens to be fantastic and well integrated too!

Is that the black onyx colour? It's what i chose but couldn't find a sample of the colour and Damian didn't have one.

If so could you take a couple pics of the rail or lockdown bar for me please?

Thanks, i've seen the grurple it's really nice.

Just saw a post by Damian that Haggis Celts won Best Modern' at Pincinatti Show on FB but it looks like it's been deleted?

Anyone else see it?

I'm absolutely not surprised.

Couple games on one was all i needed to order.

Well deserved.

Look what i got coming Andy, nother aussie icon...

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Yes mate, hoping to get it before xmas if Bill manages. Really excited. I was looking last night and it looks to me that i'll have three very similar layout machines that i truley love the layout of.

The sunset riders (which is Bally Eight Ball)

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My Hankin Orbit 1

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And to a lesser extent my sorcerer

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Just love the simple ruled, single level games. So much fun to shoot and i can get my brain around the objectives.

That's why (full circle) I'm going to love the Celts and the Fathom too.

I sold my Centaur as it was too similar to Fathom and i liked Fathom better.

You may never see another Sunset Riders.

What colour is your mates?

I'd love to see a photo or two. I've never seen a silver one. It's not the Storm footy team one is it? Silver and Purple?

Wasn't sure on the black one as far as colour went, but it's growing on me real fast.

It'd be such a treat for me if Damián and Bill got together and i got them both for xmas, but i can wait till the new year for my Celts if i really must.

Yeah, their abandoned facebook page suggested they had an order for Storm colours, but didn't show a pic of the complete unit.

It's gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous.

Yes, sell Nellie. (and i do love me some juicy melons, plus it's a great machine to play)

You guys are welcome mate. keep an eye on the Woopi Freeballers FB page. if it's not on cause i'm away somewhere it's posted there, or just text me.

Just snapped off in your hands? Wow, doesn't look that fragile. Thanks for the warning.

My guy Bill turned up yesterday with my Sunset Riders out of Melbourne. he said he'd dropped into Haggis to see if my Celts was ready, but not quite. bummed a bit, but hey, can't be upset when i have this for xmas.

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Merry xmas.

bastard.

Man i wish Bill would get back to work in his Big Arse Van!

My Celts is waiting for him to pick up i believe. So excited to get it.

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Fuck. Homepin makes a better quality machine than JJP nowadays.

You will be astounded by the quality feel this machine exudes, despite the bar corners. it feels better to the hands than my American pinball or Spooky machines, let alone JJP or Stern.

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I'm guessing i won't see mine for a week or ten days.

Trent was heading through here yesterday on his way to Melbourne. He has to pick my Celts up (assuming it's ready) and a restored Williams Indiana Jones for me. So hopefully the end of next week.

No dimples on my Diamond Plate Williams machines.

More.

I have an Indy coming.
Monkey short of twenty large.

It depended why i was only down to one, if it was raising capital i'd be over the moon to keep my Hankin Orbit 1. Everything a pinball needs.

Be hard to let sunset riders go too i reckon.

Should get Indiana Jones today according to Trent. Hopefully he has my Medieval Madness on too.

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Not since the post above 3 days ago mate.

Assume he's working rather than posting on social media. try another email, it may have been missed.

Ace! The green looks great.

Bill's picking mine up this week (third try's the charm) so I'm looking forward to it too.

The lockdown bar is certainly a worry. I hope they develop a reinforced version to supply later.

Ace, thanks Andy. do you know what has been done to strengthen it?

I'm sure it's better in this case that one person tells us than having many people ask the same question to Haggis if you know the answer. After all, that's what forums are for right?

In the house.

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Is there a rule sheet for Celts anywhere? I'm fucked if i can figure out what to shoot for and google has been no help.

I have real trouble telling what's what. I had a callout yesterday to go for clan champion or something, but despite trapping up, there was not an insert, a callout or a screen hint as to what the fuck i should be shooting for. I searched the inserts after the game and there is nothing like that written on any of them. Most of them have items really unrelated to anything i've seen in the game written on them. None of them tell you what to shoot for in the higher stages of the game.

I have no idea why they didn't label the inserts like any other pinball machine in the world. Or why the callouts don't even bother telling you what to shoot for.
It's like some home brew where the guy who built it knows exactly what to go for cause it's some connection in his head.

I've talked to Damian about it, but he doesn't seem that interested in it. New players find this game really unapproachable because they just don't know what to shoot for.

I think it's the games Achilles heel. Redesign the inserts, but at least update the code to callout the shots you need for fucks sake. It's making me not want to play it and that's a damn shame because it's beautiful, atm it's not fun though.

It's already spat the ball into play by the time the callout comes up on the screen. A below average player like me does not get to look up at the screen with the ball in play. I have figured out the green versus red in the battles, but it's by no means intuitive.

The other, more advanced stuff has no insert, no callouts calling the shots only colours that you have to try and guess or memorize. The game is sitting alongside Indiana Jones, Medieval Madness and Attack From Mars. All those games and every other game i own has callouts that tell you what to shoot for and labelled inserts.

This is the only game i have that i can't figure out and it could be addressed so easily with a code update.

My players in comp have told me the same thing and it's the only game i have that people walk away from halfway through a game. It's not just me.

Andy i am not colour blind mate. There's nothing on the playfield to help me and there is fuck all callouts. the inserts on every single other pinball machine i own tell you what shot to go for to complete an objective.

I don't want to discover it on my own, i have a really good ball and hear a callout saying start some objective that i have never heard of and there is nothing on the playfield, not any callout instructing me how to go about collecting the reward i've earned.

That is not a charming quirk.

Had a cool chat with Damián on the phone earlier, he is going to have a look at it and speak with the coder.

Yeah, he undestood that and said he would talk with Greg and see where they were with a view to my feedback

I can't ask for more than that, and he said, if no-one tells him these things he don't know.

I own a Houdini. Almost all of my games have callouts calling shots, Houdini is probably the only one that lists them one after the other.

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When it happens, is it both flippers on that side or just the top one?

In any case, put in a service ticket on their website and expect an exceptional response.

Got a funny feeling that the issue half stems from the fact the the overcenter latches they use clip on half way down the run instead of like a Stern at the top of the slide.

I know i've found myself tapping it down when it's already seated. Then i think it's still not seated because the latch won't reach it.

I'm aware of it now, but i could see it causing long term stress problems.

Does it seem different? i can't tell.

I don't know.

I reckon if someone ordered satin black they may have the only one in the world?

Only one person to ask.

I only have the one shot.

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They don't call me punkinhead for nuthin'.

Great idea taking it to the show. I'm having a real hard time trying to decide what to take to Pinfest this year.

Blacked out Judge Dredd
Restored Lost World
Restored Taxi
Tron
Mermaid if Haggis don't go
Sunset Riders

I only want to take 2 or i have to stand them up in the van. Bill offered to sponsor me if i wanted to take a bunch with him. That'd be cool, just turn up like a rock star, all machines setup ready

For anyone wondering and for posterity, Damian told me this on Celts colours;

Yeah, 90% Grurple, a few Purple Heathers, two Black Onyx and one Celtic Green.

I have a black onyx and know the other is in the States, but who is the smart bastard who bet on Celtic Green?

Good on ya if you are reading

Colour?

If you ordered, you know.

Cool, you can tell the buyer he has a one off.

Marty told me on the weekend to knock off knockin it.

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If anyone is looking for a Celts to sit next to their Fathom i will be listing one shortly. PM if interested.

Low plays, and one of two in the world with Black Onyx trim. I would guess there are way less than 100 Celts produced so far. Mine was one of the last ones built at #55

I have spoken to Damian and he is willing to check over the machine and rebox and handle the shipping to US or Canada. The machine is custom made to Clan Smith, but can be reverted to a standard backglass (keep the Smith one too) for $750au or to a custom backglass with custom callouts for $1500au. Shipping cost is between you and haggis, but the delivery to Haggis will be included in the purchase price.

There's only two people know what to shoot for in this game.

That's funny. I'll PM you a story.

That reminds me i have to send Haggis some pics. Bloody shit memory.

Send me a PM if interested in mine.

Someone posted in the Mermaid thread that there will be a small run of them after the fathoms are made.

As far as actual numbers go, my game is in the 60's or 70's and i think it was one of the last few done before they moved and switched to fathoms.

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I have a present for any other idiots out there besides me.

My main gripe with Celts has always been the inserts don't tell you what they are, just squiggly lines, and there are not enough callouts toi tell a poor stupid guy what to shoot for.

Marty tells me hit the blinky lights kid, but they are all fucking blinking.

Well i got a personal glass off lesson on the weekend, but he had also made me a present and said i could share it when i asked, so here we go.

Apologies to those who are better/more observant/smarter than i, and have already figured all this out, but i'm sure there are some here who didn't have it all too.

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Hope it's readable, i only have potato cam and lost the instructions long ago.

Yes, but not germane to my point.

Right then.