Hey, JPop, ever hear the story of Zacchaeus the tax collector who ripped people off? He took responsibility for the error of his ways, and told Jesus "Anyone I have cheated, I will pay back four times the amount."

Unfortunately, JPop, you're the "hypocrite, whose conscience has been seared as with a hot iron."

All the evidence suggests it was self-pity, if he really was close. I'm definitely not listening again, unless someone knows the exact point. I didn't want to listen in the first place, and believe the pinball community should freeze JPop out, not give him a respectable forum. But I too listened to the train wreck on a slow day.

Anyway, the way he came across to me was glib and apathetic. It was especially obvious when he talked about "Reaching out to the community... no one helped..." This very much came across as saying, "Hey, I tried to reach out, but you guys let me down, what do you expect would happen?" "There's even guys that could solve it with a stroke of a pen or phone call." Yeah, he wants more money. He's got a victim complex. As others pointed out, something is off in him, whether it's diagnosable or not. Any psychologists out there to do a profile? Surely it's something to do with narcissism.

Any semblance of sympathy, sorrow, or remorse came across as some coached words he was reiterating and completely lacked sincerity, as when he mentions "taking responsibility".

Is JPop a soulless zombie? Did he sell his soul in exchange for his early successful work, and now he's just an emotionless, conscienceless automaton? Why doesn't he get it?

That seems good, the less of your unpaid work that's on there, the better the motivation for others to somehow get you paid in full and finish things off.

I think all the owners should harass John about the code, suggesting you get your machine and $$$, so you can properly update what you have and do refinements / bug fixes.

If that doesn't seem likely, I'd think it'd be warranted to have a kickstarter / gofundme / whatever to cover what you should have got. It looks like the machine's value is at least somewhat appreciated, so maybe owners would be willing to give $ 500 - $ 1000 each to turn that into a real game.

It would be fun to make a list... I'll get it started...

Ball Launch... WCS

Ball Launch... WCS
Flippers: Humpty Dumpty

Magna-flippers: TZ

Someone post the one about his criticism at expo of other boutique manufacturers. So laughable in light of some of his short cuts... no shooter lane groove???

Who set up johnpopadiuk.com? Put the quotes up there...

Fronting money for a wish is something completely different: Magic Girl exists today and can be delivered immediately, "Zombie Bowling" is vapor. That evidence doesn't apply unless JPop tricks someone again and has a "ready" product first.

GLWS! I'm enjoying the Mystery Castle you sold me! Hope the lawn recovered / is recovering!

Bid with confidence! Good seller...

Looks like Dave will get his money back, and then some maybe. It's amazing, if you told anyone you'd plan this pin today and describe the exact condition it would be delivered, as this one, who would pay $16,000 for it?! But here we are: so is the value in the art work, the history, drama, rarity?

I held the bid for a bit, but it was just for fun to take part, would love to here how the high-rollers bidding now are valuing this.

Congrats Dave!

Wondering more about value of this...

Maybe there could be a business reason to own it. Where is Applejuice? He said if he gets his machine, he finishes the code. Hhhm, buy the machine, give it to Applejuice in exchange for the rights to the completed code as you now paid for it, JPoop certainly didn't. Then get your investment back by selling to the owners.

If I were an owner, I'd coordinate something like this with the rest of the owners. Band together, buy the machine, give to Applejuice, bam, you get your game completed... Everyone chip in $1000-$1500 to complete your game? It would be worth it...

Fiction: this is an old rumor Mike/Homepin put to rest a while back. But he was coyly mysterious about who was helping.

Magic Girl for sale in Seattle for $14000. Is that the original price? This guy's not trying to cash in it seems.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/some-interesting-craigslist-finds/page/13#post-4660474

People withheld applause! That guy's got such a twisted ego, that's probably as good as anything. Imagining everyone else getting applause, and him speaking, and then crickets, makes me LOL... Maybe that'll be the status quo response to him, what else might be appropriate?

Didn't someone get the obligatory picture of his backside too?

No, knowing some have sold for $20K+, that's also what I would have at least asked and see what offers I got. Didn't Brandes claim he got $30K offer?

But you're right, given past selling prices, this does seem like dumping it. I don't know if I'd put it down to potential release though.

Nice! Sweet burn! Take that Johnny!

Can we get a "Hall of Shame" on Pinside? We can start lining up these backside pictures there...