what is Welk? I'm out of the loop

are we talking Lawrence Welk?

how did this not get mentioned anywhere else? I need to listen to the pod you posted....
very curious. I'm super glad that ZY sticks with elwin. great combination. Elwin gives ZY all the room to draw on the PF with FEW inserts. I really like how they collaborate.

I'm just curious how I have not heard this anywhere but here on this forum.

We have an informant out here in SoCal regarding Elwin's work who told us about JP a month before release. that person is very close to Elwin, and I'm stoked to have the small trickle of advanced insider info....

Oh, now i see it. I think I missed that badly. I had heard subtle comments to that before, but i suppose I plain missed it. I'm impressed that KE still discusses these topics with his EX; I know I sure wouldn't (am in the middle of a divorce). To me, the previous partners need to be shut out on work topics; just deal with the kids together.

In any case, its nice to have nuggets to discuss in our hobby. without that, its just all of us hypothesizing and pretending to know stuff. I prefer the alternative, with these nuggets to talk about.

Cheers!!

HOG

I will do so, my man. I have a small time podcast where I share the details as they come in from SoCal. It was right twice already (IMDN and JP stern), so I trust the source at this point. I am grateful to be somewhat connected out here. I know the best "inside" sources are out in Chicago, IL.

I think we can all rest assured that, no matter what the theme is (love it or hate it), the PF and art will be another great product. I love the confidence that we can all share in future KE and ZY releases. At least we can all count on that going foorward. Let's not forget Rick Naegele and Harrison Drake, as other team members who were on the teams for all three releases thus far. Those guys are awesome craftsmen in their own right as well, and deserve the accolades and due credit.

I suppose it is just plain awesome to have some semblance of continuity with KE's releases. We can have faith in certain constants at Stern; they have a commitment to certain "teams" and they keep them together. I love that they don't try to fix what is not broken. I'm sure their sales are the basis for those types of decisions. I'm impressed by their discipline in any case. Sometimes, an Executive team can "overthink" something like this by making vain attempts to make it "better" by changing the lineup, despite the success of the existing team. Let us all be grateful that they have not done that, yet. I also hope that Stern compensates the KE team according to the success of their games. We all have no clue how that works, but honestly, that team has produced three HITS, in every respect, and they deserve their due. I would add, if I were a central team member like one of those guys, I would have a quarterly meeting with George Gomez to discuss the track record and buck for the commensurate increase in compensation, or a major bonus! Surely we all agree they deserve it based on our understanding of the market demand for those games.

Cheers!
HOG

In case you want to follow the Pod: Anchor.fm/bosshog is the main page. It's on several different formats (apple, spotify, etc...)

I hope you enjoy. It's unfiltered, unedited content, and always straight to the point, and less than 30 minutes. No dialogue, and no tourney and tech talk. Many other long as heck podcasts get a bit verbose and make us follow their friendly, irrelevant discussion, IMO.

Beware, SR gets roasted in the most recent posted pods. A couple small deviations from the generally positive tone and topic of the pod week in and week out.

Cheers!
HOG