Franchi is a very good artist. I like a lot of his stuff. You can't expect to be very popular or well liked with stern if you keep doing things they tell you not to do. Selling unlicensed art that is from the licensed game at shows when your employer asks you not too is pretty silly. Trying to claim there is some unwritten rule and doing it anyway when you know stern wants you not to is going to make a you against them feeling and isolate you. Why not just work with stern to have things approved that you could sell that wouldn't piss your employer off and cause staff members no longer to trust you?

There are always 2 sides to every story. It sounded like the ground work for a lot of distrust was laid when Franchi kept selling prints after he was asked not to. Sounded like Franchi did a lot to create the toxic environment but that is just my opinion from the outside looking in. Stern and Franchi are probably both happier in the long run with the parting. Unfortunate, because I really like Franchi's work and he definitely was part of sterns recent success. Not every company is the right fit and vice versa.

I would be very careful taking one statement from anyone and using that to determine who they are as a person. Everyone is so quick to judge someone that they really dont know at all. And even if his views are the exact opposite of yours you still have more in common with him then you have differences. I could take one select statement from every last person on the planet and make a strong case that they are a horrible person. That wouldnt make it true though.

Im sure there are, but once again, having a differing view point does not make you some horrible person. I know plenty of people that say some of the craziest stuff that would make people cringe or if said online would start some social justice pile on. But what all the haters dont know or care about is who they actually are as a person or the many incredible things they have done to help people. Instead people take a random viewpoint and use that to tear each other down. We are all learning, evolving, growing each day of our lives. If you want to judge someone at least judge the whole person, or better yet, worry about your own contribution to the world instead of trying to decide who sucks as a human being. We are all more alike then different.

Maybe. Hell, sometimes i think i need some therapy.

Not sure understand your argument. Bowen seems to rub people equally wrong with his social media attacks.

I dont know Bowen or Franchi personally. I do hear plenty of people that seem to really dislike both of them based on their online interactions. So I just thought it was a strange comparison. And no, not all of the people that Ive heard say similar things about Bowen that you are about Franchi are 80's neanderthals. You are painting a lot of people with a very broad brush.

Im not upset about anything Bowen says or does. Its his life to live however he sees fit. Both Bowen and Franchi seem to be vilified by the pinball community to some extent. Just telling you what i have personally heard and seen online. It was just a strange example to me as i see both of them as pinball people that seem to invoke a lot of emotion from people right or wrong.

Haha, couldn't agree more. Gameplay actually looks cool but boy is it hard to look at. A shame because i think it could have done a lot better without a lot more invested into it.

Just got to add that I love what ZY and Franchi have brought to pinball. There are a ton of great artists but no one can deny that stern has dramatically improved there srt packages in the last few years and ZY and Franchi played huge roles in that. Much respect.

Only if they are 16 oz. None of those little 12oz baby beers.