Oh hell no. Too much love for Star Trek. Not enough for LOTR. LOL. Another great episode, guys!

That type of system is how the pinside top 100 should be done as well.

Also, f*ck Facebook.

Love the new merch! It makes Head2Head Pinball... wait for it...a global lifestyle brand!

Kudos to you Ryan C for playing pinball despite your apparent severe finger deformities. Bravo - yet another untold story of pinhead courage and determination!

Episode 91 with Rotordave is now ready!!

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/05/06/episode-91-rotordave-returns/

David Peck cohosts the show
Stern Battle Royale results
Pincade recap
Led Zeppelin retheme
Southern Hemisphere Pinball Championship
Evel Knievel restoration
Thrilla in Sternilla 2
Alice in Wonderland layout
The Bushwhackers
Aussies are thieves
Pinball hall of Fame plans
Music theme suggestions
Infected Mushroom
The B-52s
Nine Inch Nails
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Muse – yes!!!
Pinball “unmet need”
Coop modes
Head2Head merch store

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I haven't even listened to the episode yet. But I can tell you, Infected Mushroom is one of my "goto" sounds for earbuds when playing pinball. Most of it just fits pinball so well!

Sorry all. No podcast this week. Just needed the day off.

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We're back this week with Jimmy Nails joining to talk about the Brisbane Masters in August.

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/05/20/episode-92-from-a-land-down-under/

Jimmy Nails joins the show
Brisbane Pinball and Arcade Collective
10 days of pinball!!
Steve Ritchie and Bowen Kerins coming
How many pinball shirts do you have?
EKKA Royal Queensland Show
Kong Off Oz Style
Brisbane Masters
Batman 66 impressions years later
The Aussie dollar is rubbish
Mobile streaming
Netherworld
Tournament commentary

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Never thought after 9 years that Darksoul's plodcast record would be broken.

Awesome. Glad you enjoyed it!

No, I skipped it based on the content cue sheet.

Joe Lemire joins us again to cover alot of pinball news!

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/05/27/episode-93-joe-lemire-and-the-prisoner-of-pinball/

Joe Lemire cohosts fresh from the NYCPC
Haggis Pinball gets an artist
Changes to Cosmic Carnival
Chris Franchi and Dead Flip pinball concepts
Munsters Color Premium
Supreme not as dumb as you thought
Seawitch remake coming
Space Cadet real machine
Harry Potter virtual pin
Flipper Mechanic game
Stern book update
Head2Deals
NYCPC roundup
Mailbag

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Continuing our trend of deep philosophical pinball discussions, this week we deep dive into Deeproot and the state of pinball. Enjoy.

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/06/03/episode-94-going-deep/

Deeproot latest announcement
When is Fall?
Assembling machines is easy
Moon craters
Politics
Zidware goodwill
Next Level Pinball
Multimorphic musings
Madonna Pinball vs Lady Gaga pinball
Todd Tuckey is ok
IFPA World Championships
Joe missed it
Jason Lambert won’t and is everywhere!
Black Knight code + Joe’s thoughts
Austin Powers colordmd
The Rolling Stones are awesome (at releasing compilations)
Wonka gameplay impressions

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Agree. Headshaking announcement by Deeproot. I ask myself, what is really wrong with pinball, when people are still playing the older games with enjoyment. And buying the current ones as well.

Do people really want innovation? People want a great game first. And second, quality and beauty. With the latter including theme integration.

And here is the bad news, that should scare any company. Even successful designers with decades of experience do not make a great game each time around.

Quality product and beauty - and playfield stuff - money can buy, yes. But here is my advise. As for the long lasting stabillity of the game as a whole, and the individual parts, just wait and see. Before a large sample of field tests and end-user experience is showing an improvement over competitors, maybe it is best to keep the mouth shut.

As for the H2H hosts and opinions from all around, I am likewise shaking my head at the "there has been no innovation in pinball since...". You got to axknowledge the smaller stuff.

Willy Wonka might be the best playfield ever designed. Not only is it bloddy interesting and brilliant. But the Gobstopper lock is never seen before. That is innovation "enough" for me. A step forward. So is the flail on Black Knight.

Also, it looks like the Wonkavator lock trough is having non-contact ball sensors, that works from just the one side of the ball. I am super curious about this. Is it a new reflective beam design? This is innovation on the technical side. And the possibilities it provides, may lead to innovation on the playfield side.

Thanks Soren - very well put.

Go Joe!!

It's really hard to listen to Joe when it's obvious that he is rooting for Stern and that Stern can "do no wrong." I don't understand the need to put down any other manufacturer, since there's really no benefit to it. If JJP puts out a game, I am just as excited as when Spooky puts out a game, or when CGC announces a remake. P3 is the biggest step in innovation pinball has seen since the move from EM to SS. There's no need to put down Gerry and his work with that platform. I had a really hard time listening to the last 2 episodes, and unfortunately, didn't finish them, because it was all "Stern is the best at this that and that other thing," while everyone else is not as good. I really hope that perspective changes in the next couple episodes. I do agree with some things that Joe says, but it's hard to listen to someone that only backs one manufacturer.

As far as DR goes, the only people that have a horse in the race, are the ones that got burned by Zidware. Everyone else would be better off taking a back seat and waiting to see what they come out with and not adding to the drama or speculation game. Also, DR should speak with their product, not with their forum posts or newsletters. There's nothing more off-putting than someone that is overly conceited, but has nothing to show for it. Let your products make your statement.

Thanks for your hard work in still going on with H2H, Marty. I'm hoping you and Joe will find your stride.

I didn't hear the negativity you did Panda. I heard honest opinions intended to be critical about things Joe felt should be better and praise when he thought it was warranted.

They're just opinions. I'm glad we have another reasonable voice to listen to even if I don't agree with everything that voice says.

Keep up the good work Joe.

Edit: seasons change on the solstices. March 21st, June 21st, September 21st, December 21st. All of November is fall.

Yeah I didn't hear the negativity either - in fact Joe takes a few swipes at Stern in the last episode. Someone also called out that I was saying manufacturers shouldn't make a Madonna or Lady GaGa machine which is absolutely not what I was saying. I can assure you Joe and I don't have any allegiances to any manufacturer and will try to present as many sides of an argument we feel we can contribute to. If you disagree please continue the conversation as I like to hear more to have an informed opinion and I have said sometimes previously on the podcast that I don't have enough information on some topics to comment - as a podcaster this kills me!!

Yep - not sure where Joe lives, but summer has always been considered to be June, July, & August and fall is Sept, Oct, Nov in the US.

Also - Flintstones, Family Guy, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Popeye, and Bugs Bunny are other cartoon themes used for games

Loved the episode and addition of Joe to the mix. I love the game insight and tournament talk. Was awesome to listen to him talk about Pinmasters of Rhode Island and how he thought he'd finish while all the time I knew the outcome already (watched the twitch stream). Congratulations on your performance Joe... well done indeed!!

I didn't see over the top negativity nor fanboy-ism, but I might have missed it. I know we all have our trigger points and for me it was very difficult to listen to the words "Idea" and "Ideas" be pronounced with an "R". But hey, I can get over that I'm sure!!

It wasn't blatant negativity or obvious swipes. I heard a lot of implied meaning but maybe I'm reading into too deeply. I'll continue to listen for a time at least and give him a fair chance.

I like Joe’s participation, he offers a different perspective then Marty. Time to fire up the printing presses and remove Ryan C’s mug from h2h T-shirts.

Episode 6 of The Great Weekend:
https://7plus.com.au/the-great-weekend

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Episode 95 is now ready and it's time for a competition!!!!

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/06/10/episode-95-multiple-jackpots/

Balanced discussions vs drama
Art standards: Metallica vs Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters code? – Joe’s wishlist
Pro vs Premium/LE machines
Risky Business and Pricing models
The Addams Family Effect
Elvira 3 coming this October
Pinmasters RI / IFPA 16 World Championship
Metroid Pinball homebrew
Pinstadium new mounting system
Joe Tips the Top 100
Southern Hemisphere Pinball Championship
Competition to win a set of Pinstadiums

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Gary Stern joins the show for an interview this week on episode 96 - enjoy!!

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/06/17/episode-96-gary-stern/

Gary Stern interview
Conquering Asia
Lifestyle brand or manufacturer?
Pinball connectivity
Supreme success / private label machines
The Pin
Is making pinball hard?
Stern makes money!!
Vault machines
LOTR or Matrix?
Pinball hits and misses
The tale of Orbitor 1
Vodka/Gin
Australia
Willy Wonka Karl DeAngelo stream
Joe’s Thoughts
Joe Tips the Top 100 – Game of Thrones
Avatar love
Leia strat works
Pinstadium competition round 2

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Great interview with Gary Stern. Connectivity (from Stern) is coming end of this year or early 2020. Well done Marto!

And TRON VE too!!!

... at least not a definite no anyway

Episode 97 is now available!!! Poll for best Ritchie of the modern era coming to FB soon.

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/06/24/episode-97-shut-up-and-take-my-money/

Black Knight SOR code update and physical changes
Steve Ritchie
Best of the modern era
Spider-man vault vs original
Spider-man vs Superman
Cosmic Carnival production update
Deeproot not shipping internationally
Wonka production?
Monster bash remake arrival imminent
Next remake speculation
Alice Cooper Nightmare Castle code update
Awesome hologram topper
Lady Gaga and pinball again!!
New England Pinball League
Pinstadium competition round 3 – this one is easy!!
Star Trek stream with Fusions!!!

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Cool Freudian slip at 20:50 ...

Would have been interesting if Jenna Jameson had done the Spider-Man callouts ... gives a lightly different meaning to “the power of the sun ... in the palm of my hand!”

rd

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We had a good laugh about this after. I had no idea who Jenna or Jonah were.

Hint: they are quite different.

rd

Ha! I thought I heard that wrong but I was on a treadmill and didn't want to stop and back it up.

Talk about Lady Gaga overload, check out her pachinko machine.

Wow. Pachinko has come along way since I last saw one.

Did you say you wanted more podcasters all at the same time? Pretty sure I heard someone say it somewhere.

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/07/01/episode-98-ripextrahead2slammrspinballplayersprofile/

The pinball podcast panelists at Pinstastic join the show
Before and after podcasting
Hobby vs media
Franchi returns
Machines of 2019
Willy
Munsters code
Superman missed opportunity?
Themes for females
Pinball innovation
Pinball connectivity
Pinball on TV
Next lifestyle brand speculation
More giveaways

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RE: ep 97 Lexy on location- I know of one at Buffalo Billiards in Austin Texas. I was told Helicon Brewing near Pittsburgh had one but it's not on their Pinball Map listing.

I want some Jenna Jameson callouts put into Spiderman for Joe.

That’d be next level cool.

rd

Ahaha!!!

Episode 99 - Hot Garbage is now ready for you.

The next Battle Royale is live, this time Bally / Williams of the 90s. Vote here: https://www.polltab.com/bracket-poll/-NhZoXdzC

http://www.head2headpinball.com/2019/07/08/episode-99-hot-garbage/

Pintastic final roundup
Joe ain’t trash
Deeproot update / tour
Brisbane Masters sellout
National Pinball day
Thunderbirds is better than Magic Girl
Jurassic Park?
Black Knight mini review
Alice Cooper in Oz / TWIP deep dive
Dutch Pinball update
Bally/Williams Battle Royale – vote now!
Joe Tips the Top 100 – Cactus Canyon
Final Pinstadium competition week
Marty fixes something
Dialed In / Game of Thrones stream

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That must be why so many of the six year old Aussie preorders are dumping them for a loss on ebay AU recently after only having them for a few weeks of ownership.

The global pinball community has spoken and spoken truly - this machine is the rock bottom worst of the worst.

I understand that Mister 100 machines a week is now desperately chasing greenbacks to stay afloat but no amount of local propaganda is going to induce people to take another bite of that shit sandwich by trying to convince them it's a down under version of a PBJ.

had a laugh about the TB review and glad I was not the only one that thought the flipper buttons were weird especially when they are your sensory connection to playing the game

Re: Cactus - Quickdraws (lit with side targets, activated on an inlane, no ball hold to start) advance bad guys toward showdown and light bounty if beaten, not gunfights. Gunfights light when you defeat a bart brother. They hold the ball at start and do the 4 target dance before release. Winning those increases rank, which raises the value of future quickdraws.

/nobody really cares