It really is fitting that he owns one. no account and no groove!

Listening to his LE buyers/Stern dumb fuck podcast right now. Ada boy making more friends everyday.

[Disclaimer: I have no skin in the game and am just a spectator in this debacle]

I lost track somewhere along the way. Did JPop even keep an MG for himself?

ken

Why would he have done that? Word is it shoots like crap and is barely playable.

Wow, thanks for taking the time to do this. Answers a lot of questions and raises a few. I did not know about the AppleJuice details. The offering of games valued around $5K is strange without details of what is considered a "game". Sure they call them masterpieces, but it could be a bagatelle or non-functioning MG. So having people make that decision without more information is tough.

Only time will tell what they do, everything else is just guessing.

“Every family needs a pinball, every pinball needs a family”.
“5 days of deeproot”

I hate marketing talk.

Very interesting. Guess the 5 days, is when the show off a bunch of stuff before going dark.

if it makes you feel better, in Australia.. root is slang for f*ck.. so, imagine all the snickering this entire enterprise gets over there.

It's insane that the jpop show keeps going and going, and EVERY FREAKIN' CHAPTER of it is insane. It does not stop.

Looking forward to seeing how well these quotes age!

"I’ve built businesses and competed in multiple industries much more crowded and cutthroat than the pinball industry. That’s what makes doing pinball so easy for us."

AND

"It is hard to believe that we (who arguably have more capitalization then all the other pinball participants combined and having accomplished the impossible in other industries) would not be able to find a way to do something as easy as pinball."

I'll buy a DeepRoot branded T-shirt with the logo "Pinball is Easy" as soon as they are available!

Important information about Australian culture, courtesy of Flight of the Conchords:

Keitha!

Thanks for the timely and extensive interview. I am going to try pasting it into a doc and listening on my drive home.

Great, now I can't stop thinking about Deepf&ck. Already snickering.

It keeps getting more insane as it goes along.

Very interesting, to me, IMO, the interview/article pretty much says that deeproot had to hire Jpop because all of the other well known designers were scooped up by other companies (stern, jjp etc)

Wow what a load of crap. My favorite response. dr: The Plaintiffs chose to continue to pursue litigation rather than accept deeproot’s reasonable settlement terms.

Bury this clown already.

I wish my JPop experience would just go away and remain a remote nightmare.
But it just keeps coming back again and again...

What the actual F. They used my name. And said I was involved in a sham , in court no less. And published that false crap where anyone can read it ?? Consider the bear...poked.

In the turning tide, companies are rightfully and publically abandoning staff that commit harm to women but I guess we haven't gotten to the point where theft measures up to harassment. Or more specifically that there's another company willfully ignorant to the impact of the supporting this kind of person. Won't they be surprised when they realize it does matter and they've hung their hook on this peg anyway. Its not as if they didn't have other examples and documentation to refer to and make a good decision. But hey, they know better than the customers. But probably don't know better than the people who won't be customers. Namely me and probably others here as well.

In a more grim analogy, how different is it from this line of thinking: "but these are really qualified Nazi's, you just can't get this kind of experience.... I know they ... you know did some things...but the attention to detail...how can you pass that up, and we'll be giving almost functional wooden legs to all previous amputees... so all good there. Right!"

I think we need to remember that Pinside isn’t the entire hobby and there are tons of people who would jump at the chance to own a JPOP game who either have no idea about his past, or simply don’t care.

So the shitstorm might be less of a problem than we think, and deeproot is banking on that.

Do what they do and sue them! I hate that this continues. All of us lost so much. It's just not right.

I doubt it. It's hard to tell and the hate is quite high. The odds are stacked against them.

The “masterpiece” ... um ok. These guys couldn’t come off as any more arrogant ..”Pinball is easy” and it certainly sounds like they think this will be a slam dunk and everyone will be amazed as they churn out something better than any other company and do it more efficiently. I can see jpop fitting right in there.

I want some of whatever Mr. Deeproot is smoking.

Really digging this DR interview. It's even better when you picture this guy giving the answers.

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I know a guy when you are in Madison next time...

Really? You know a guy who sells crack laced with PCP, in a joint dipped in raw industrial ether?

I have to resuscitate this part of the thread. In light of this post made by deeproot in the Jetsons thread, now that we know John was hired by them as a game designer.

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So I guess we know now what will follow the original zidware 3 titles.

If deeproot is indeed indulging John on a bible game and covering his nut while he's at it, John certainly has found a great new patron. Amazing how many he's found.

Do people really want a bible adventure game? Just can’t see much demand for that theme.

Agreed - Seems like an odd pairing for a pinball machine. Different strokes I guess...

Different Strokes would be a great theme!

Watchu Talkin Bout multi-ball

And I'm sure you can get Todd Bridges and Charlotte Rae for voices. They would also allow their images to be used, unlike this POTC nonsense.

I would be interested in one designed and built by Ben Heck & Spooky. I certainly would not be interested in one from Jpop.

Kimberly trailer park o.d. Multi-ball. Pushed down the stairs Arnold skill shot.
And don't forget Bicycle shop molester bash toy.
Take down the gooch, mini wizard mode.

And don't forget Bicycle shop molester bash toy

Ooooh, that’s the very special edition.

Yep. There were two that I can think of that they shamelessly promoted as “ tonight, on a very special Diff’rent Strokes” in order to get by the network censors. The other was when Arnold took a swig of booze from a thermos in the boys bathroom during recess and blacked out. Coincidentally, that was the day that Nancy Reagan just happened to drop by the school to warn Dudley and Arnold to “just say no”. Jesus, Dudley had to go though some serious shit

Well our banned friend smartened up and got rid of his MG. I was shocked that he did admit to a loss. I was sure any sale of MG would be like most folks trips to Las Vegas are, you know everyone always wins.

I am guessing if he got anywhere near 10k he did OK.

I still wonder who would possibly want this title however.

Chime in buyer enquiring minds want to know.

The actor said later on that that was happening to him for reals with a family “friend”. That shit is the creepiest

He got a Batman instead. He didn’t lose too much on MG

I bet he trades it in like 5 months to Hilton for an Alien and a limited edition Gucci hoodie.

Ok, I'm newer here, who's "our banned friend", or is it not permissible to say his name?

Special K, otherwise known as Kaneda. And several other aliases....

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Every time I see "PM me with offers", I want to respond "go f yourself."

I don't know, $1 sounds like a fair current bid. Maybe I'll offer $2 and see if it shakes free.

That sounds more like a suggestion than an offer.

John has been working on his html and self-fellating skills again.

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Jesus H. Christ, the madness never stops.

“Pinball Inventor” TM. Social Justice....the man is certifiable.

LMFAO

Why is pinball hyphenated in the first sentence? Also, where did he steal the marvel art? I can't make out the signature.