Not sure how I missed this thread for so long. I've just been complaining in the main GB thread. I was so excited when SW went to 1.0. I texted a friend who also had a GB that we were getting close. Freaking Munsters will be 1.0 before GB gets any update at this rate. I'm not very happy at all about this whole thing.

All of the mode start shots lead to or are a location that the ball can be held to make that a reality.

I was thinking the other day that there could be a reward of some sort for finishing all of the first stages of a ladder. Similar with all of the second stages. So all 3 low level ones gets you a multiball of some sort. I'd say Slimer MB, but I think that a Slimer MB should be about the same difficulty as Lil Deadpool MB. A little harder than that, but something fun for casual players to experience.

Yep. I'm not convinced of it's value in a setting where there aren't a lot of extra balls available. At my location I have things set to 1 extra ball so you can't really rack up a bunch of 10% of your score skill shots.

Agreed. A few of my regulars can do the plunge exploit on demand, but few ever do it at all because it's not really a great advantage if its restrictions don't fit with your strategy.

Besides, I can hit WBTD on the fly as it comes around the orbit 80% of the time. Does messing up the plunge thing lock you into something if you mess it up a certain way?

Ha! I agree with you there. Being a pro at that exploit will not help me win very many more games. In the recent city championship, I put up 170ish million on ball 3 after everyone was in the low teens after ball 2. As second player I was feeling pretty good and had 1 point in the bag and just needed GB to do its thing and I was sitting on 4 points. Nope. Player 3 put up 300-something on ball 3 and player for did 200-something. Pretty strong game on my part considering what we all did after 2 balls, still end up in third. I don't need to blow the game up every time, just get better.

So neglected it doesn't even get a hyphen. Talk about being ignored.

Dwight has said on Tilt Forums as well as on podcasts that he considers the game done. Weather he believes that or not is a different story. Gomez said it needs attention. After Munsters is the timing. If it doesn’t happen within a few months, it might never happen.

It’s such a fun game too. We had some very intense games going on this week at my event. I do think the scoring is out of whack, but it also means you normally have a fighting chance to come back.

I don't see why this is so hard to do. They seem to have plenty of non-lead people capable of taking Dwight's (or ours) wishlist for an update and just let them go with it.

That's a ground up project though. This is almost finished and could be if you give somebody a month or two and leave them alone while they do it. This is the most focused on issue the company has at the moment. If they would just get it done with a meaningful update they would have so many people STFU. What's the next biggest cluster after that? The Star Wars topper? After that? Handle this issue, handle the SW issue, and then things get pretty calm.

I love that bit. Everyone feels like a winner.

In the world of modern Stern, it's a pretty unique game. The game plays pretty nicely, but has some glaring issues and a few things it could use. I own one, and operate it and it's very popular. However all of the regulars know a lot of its shortcomings.

Here is my wishlist (along with bug fixes):

I think the game needs a n00b friendly Slimer multiball. Spell GHOST, Slimer comes down. Hit it 2 or 3 times and there is your simple (and low scoring) Slimer Multiball.

Now since GHOST is used for Slimer MB, don't use it for dropping Slimer to light modes. That process is way too cumbersome. Instead, if you don't have modes lit, blink the 3 mode ladder shots. Hit 2, and the one you don't hit is the mode that starts.

Cap multipliers at 3X. It's either 2X or 3X, not combined for 6X. Scoring is very imbalanced and lighting multipliers is very situational.

Change the default power for the left scoop set so that it goes to the left flipper. Mine is set up like this and I haven't had a center drain since I made this change.
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There are many problems with how the code on this game has been handled. The biggest issue is that we have been told for months, and now years that code is coming. Put a programmer on it, do a good job, and shut us up.

GB ROI update. Projecting to be at 100% early 2020. Probably will still have 1.13.

I set a calendar event for 8 weeks after Munsters 1.00 came out. I was not holding my breath prior to that, but I think if we don’t see a GB update by 8 weeks after Munsters 1.00 it won’t happen. Shame too because there are a lot of Stern games I want. There are also a lot of other options and will support them instead.

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Agreed. Saying it's on the schedule isn't good enough at this point. I want to know what has to happen before GB is worked on in a dedicated fashion. Once upon a time we were told Star Wars 1.00. Well that's come and gone. And then that programmer has gone to 1.00 on the NEXT game. What gives? Don't have it on your schedule, it's time to make it your priority.

There are flaws in every game if you look hard enough. The bottom line is that Stern hires programmers to help with modern era games and had veterans updating DMD games in production. All of them are pretty much caught up besides Ghostbusters. That, coupled with the fact that an update has been “coming” for 29 months is the issue.

I don't think so. He didn't program it. Outside of this hobby, nobody makes the connection unless the news says JT used to work at Stern. Outside of the Chicago area, it wouldn't even make the news. But, if it is going to be brought up, it'll happen with or without a code update so might as well follow through on that promise.

Is this a graphic from when they had BM66 at Expo? Either way, has GB even been updated since then?

It's been in the monthly "Stern of the Union" for 29 months. According to that, it's coming and still on schedule...

I think the wording has changed over time. It used to say it’s on schedule, now it says that’s it’s on the schedule. Neither one is convincing at this point, so it doesn’t matter what the monthly thing says, only what version my game has. I don’t believe it until it happens, which is a bummer.

If it were me I would not want that public. Some of these guys go to shows and the last thing I'd want is to be asked "how's that GB update going?" every time I enter a room. I would also like to know, but it would not likely be a good thing for that to be known until after it's done.

I saw a guy giving Lyman some bug fixes and suggestions at Pinburgh one year. Day 2 and he's trying to get his A division bank started. The other guys in his group had to ask the guy to let them get started. Time and place is something that is lost on some. Not talking about you Jeff, just a general statement.

What are you talking about? Nailing those things to light and cash in that sweet 1 million point super jackpot is pure euphoria.

So anyone have ears to the ground along the way? I don’t care to know what’s in it until they release, but to know that it’s at that stage would be great to know about.

Add another row so the text isn't so wide. It'll be too hard to read as-is. Otherwise, best of luck. May we all be so lucky that code drops before Expo.

The current clearcoat issue keeps me on the sideline, along with GB not being finished. I have to decide what I will be doing next year when I am in a better position to look at a newer/NIB game. If I had to pick today, I'd have to look closely at an opened game, and no way I'd get NIB with all of the clear issues of late.

I'm very excited to update the game. I watched the whole stream and am very happy with what was done. The modes are easier to start, easier to complete, and will auto-complete if you happen to time out or drain so you don't have to do it again next ball. There are 2 balls saves off the plunge, and you can get an upper and lower skill shot.

My game on location is set to 1 extra ball and I've drained while in the next to last mode. So I've never seen the original WARTBY. I don't care. With these updates I would have gotten there on that game, and on several others. This game is not east, and that's fine. This game is now a very good game and players will now consistently get further into the game and with more balanced scores.

Is there a video or description somewhere of what the We Are Ready To Believe You mode is like before this update?

There are several, but most of them are pretty deep into the game.

Modes can't be timed out by just holding the ball. This has existed since Star Trek. If you trap up, the timer will stop after (I think) 4 seconds and won't start again until you hit a switch. This will at least force you to put the ball into play, and danger, while the mode counts down.

I'm indifferent on it filling the mode insert after the timer runs out. I don't want to call it complete, or finished, because it doesn't give you a cash out for finishing. I don't think GB does this, but there are games that do give you a bump for finishing the mode. Anyway, the only mode I though was too much for a 40 second timer or the GB layout (i.e. drains) is Gozer. If I could survive timing that out, while obviously trying to actually do the mode, drain, and then plunge into Stay Puft on the next skill shot, that would be pretty intimidating for another player.

That is Dwight. Thanks Dwight. I have a few rabid GB fans that play my game on location and they are all very excited about this update. Kudos to you and the group who worked on it.

The Race is on! What will post first, GB or Pinburgh results? Excited to see both, but more excited for GB. I'm running an event tomorrow night and really hope I'll be able to update GB for it.

Wherever it is, it is making this work day crawl brutally slow.

So tough to not make a joke about 1/8” being the difference between normal and huge...

Literally nobody complains about center drains on my location GB. If you aren’t in double danger you can make a little move and save it. Even then, it only tends to center drain coming out of the left side of the pops.