Amen, brother. Thanks for starting this, Gerry, and best of luck with the continued development of LL-GG and the P3 platform!

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Ryan Claytor
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+1

I'm in an identical boat.

Wow. This idea was proposed not two weeks ago and now it is reality. Thanks for being so receptive to constructive feedback, Gerry! This is really exciting.

Quick clarification: So the pre-set player settings (tournament settings/difficulty levels/what have you) are customizable by individual owners...not pre-set? So I can create a profile called "Ryan" with no ball-save times and medium mode difficulty for player one and a "Wife" profile with a 15 second ball-save and easy mode difficulty for player two? And those are saved profiles so I wouldn't have to create those settings everytime I step up to the P3? (If so...NEAT!!!)

Ha-ha! This would be really fun for us competitive-types...and our slightly more competitive friends. (There's always someone a little worse.) I feel like a broken record, but man, this just keeps getting better and better.

Kudos on an exciting progress update, Gerry!

Looking forward to more,
Ryan Claytor
Elephant Eater Comics
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So much truth! ...where's our controversy, Gerry?

This is interesting. Although, feel a little unclear on what each of these possibilities means. I'm pretty sure I understand this one:

That's referring to complete games (LLGG, CCR, etc), right?

Then, I'm not so sure I understand:

...so, do you mean with your new developer kit, someone could take the existing Lexi module and program a completely different game around that? Would they have access to animations and LCD...uh...STUFF?

Also, pardon my ignorance, but does this:

...mean that you could start up your machine in wizard mode and JUST practice those shots if you want to? Sort of like a pinball exercise, so you're better prepared when you finally acheive a wizard mode legitimately?

Finally,

...so, the walls and scoops mech will confine the playfield for these pinball exercises, so in theory you could do this with NO playfield module installed, right?

Regardless, lots more to be excited about here. ...and great vid, Gerry. Can't wait to show this to my wife. I have a feeling this player profile stuff is going to make her excited about a more even competition.

Go, Gerry, Go!!!
Ryan Claytor
Elephant Eater Comics
www.ElephantEater.com

Disclaimer: I posted this in the "Save and Restore Game State" thread, but figured I'd add it to this conversation,

"Another great innovation, Gerry. I can think of a less glamorous application of this new feature that would be pretty useful to me (and maybe others) in my role as a new daddy. Often, I'll grab a game in the evening, shortly before bath/bed time. If I have a good game, I'll usually need to shut things down prematurely in order to take care of more important matters like bathing our son and putting him to bed. This game-save feature would allow me to come back to that stellar game once we could ensure our little dude's slumber wouldn't be disturbed. Awesome work as usual.

Keep 'em comin', Gerry!"

Although this comment got me thinking:

I kinda like games in which you can steal an opponent's physically locked balls. I can see Lexi as a particularly interesting case where you're trying to stack as many balls as you possibly can before releasing them. Although, if you get too greedy and drain before their release, it could be a pretty sweet set-up for player 2. I understand the ability to steal locked balls is not for everyone. In tournaments it presents an imbalance in scoring and disadvantages the first player. However, it could be a fun option in the home environment for the not-so-serious player.

Just sayin',
Ryan Claytor
Elephant Eater Comics
www.ElephantEater.com

Curious if anyone has first-hand accounts of Lexi from SXSW this past weekend. I figure most info will come out of TPF, but I'd be interested in some early impressions if anyone made it.

Thanks,
Ryan Claytor
Elephant Eater Comics
www.ElephantEater.com

Looks like a great response! Love that image of the 5 boys crammed around the machine. You can barely tell who's flipping! Ha-ha! Congrats on the turn-out and best of luck gearing-up for TPF at the end of the month!

Sooo wish I could be there! (Tour Michigan soon!),
Ryan Claytor
Elephant Eater Comics
www.ElephantEater.com