By drunks, for drunks. About drunks?

I'm speculating so we can only assume that his Coach is over-seeing everything now. Perhaps John should explain their relationship.

Clowns....everywhere!

I am not promoting this anywhere else. Could be the only 1. Like I said September 1 is the start of the 6 month build. Then it will likely be a private build if it is only his game. Doug is a good guy that has been there from the start, & willing to put the cash up for a game. No money has been requested, & like I have said it goes toward stages of the build. Just over 2 weeks to go, see what is available for Jon Norris design to be final August 31.

It will get a artist for the pinball art. Look like a pro model pinball machine of the era it represents. Debut at SXSW since there will be a band for the music background in the game, & on to TPF for the real pinball show. After that who knows what happens to the game.

$10K USD + transport to the shows + any tax, or fees going to Texas, per game.

Can we just skip to the part where Iceman deactivates his account?

This can be learned from if you only need 1 backer

Step 1) Propose outlandish idea and have pinside pile on.

Step 2) Make sure Ice sees thread and also make sure people are involved in thread who have already blocked Ice.

Step 3) Profit.

The only problem is that if ICE can’t show it off and have people complement how brilliant his decision making was, there is gonna be trouble between GWJ and Icy.

“Look like a pro model pinball machine of the era it represents.”

This seems unlikely to be the last caveat of what started as a stern pro level machine that “you all of course know”. First I am seeing the term “of the era it represents” used.

So I’m guessing if we reach this level of art quality then we are done. Well played GWJ … well played

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It ain’t true Trailer Trash if the art isn’t an hodgepodge of haphazardly placed disparate elements found along the side of the information super highway. True to its origins.

Wow....I missed a lot of action over the weekend. Thanks for helping me get through my Monday morning

I love how John's deadlines keep moving by 2 weeks. You know a certain pinball Podcaster would have a field day with that.

Honestly, Hard Body is a lot more fun playing game than what this new design currently shows...and I like Norris. Take away the 80's art, and this is a really fun game with actual lift ramps and whatnot.

Oh, I know. I am still looking for one to buy, bad art and all, precisely because it’s a fun game.

Ben I do not know what you are talking about. It has always been a 6 month build window, period. Do I have the final playfield design in hand, NO!
I could care less about Podcasters, & what they think.

It's "couldn't care less"

He could probably care less about that, too.

Simple mistake and he was care-less

"That means you do care, at least a little!" - Weird Al

Not really Kim, getting old. Math, English, & French were not my strengths in school. If you guys have not figured it out, I will likely not improve.

The game or games will be at SXSW & TPF, 2023. If you cannot get to these shows someone will have it recorded. Not a box of blinking lights, that does not work, & likely will not use purple as a color. Doug has better things to do in his life, & the project will be managed or directed by me.

It’s either “I could care less,” is just fine!

This project has seen quite an evolution since first announcing. Notable to me is how John went from $100,000 to build one game, to today at $10,000 to build one game.

Maybe I've missed it, but I was curious what your ideas for gameplay/rules/modes are for this?
I'm a big fan of single level games. Have Tag Team, Stars and Hoops at my house and love playing them just as much or more than today's games.

well gas is under $4/gal here... so all kinds of things come down in price

Another Canadian... promising a "Grand Theft Auto 5" but on a $1 million budget instead of $300 million.

He doesn't have the slightest idea.......it's what Jon Norris comes up with or whoever else he roped into this comes up with

So you are saying you have taken no money and you only have 1 commitment for a game and all along it has been the Iceman?

Gee John, just what era does a pro model represent? 2010 to present is pretty much the industry standard of a Stern Pro model pinball machine. Oh that's right, in your mind the definition of a pro model pinball machine is different than the rest of the world.

I don't see the point of hammering on this dead horse.

He's not going to say "you were right and I was wrong" or anything like that. Why belabor it or stay mad? He isn't suddenly about to become rational or logical.

Join the fun of John's misadventures! He isn't hurting anyone but Ice's checkbook, and Ice will be the first to tell you (at length) that he can afford it.

Wow. That was interesting. Thanks, Ben. I'm always looking for another YouTube series to watch.

Going to add From Kickstarter to Court to my list of shows.

If it has a coin door. Beer count 3

Can the coin door be modified to accept beer bottle caps?

A slot for quarters, bottle caps, and then Susan B Anthony coins. Set for anything that may come your way in 1980

Good idea instead of a bill acceptor. Bottle opener for beer bottles. Keep the ideas flowing. I plan on having custom beverage holders. Maybe your choice of smokes ash tray or holder for e cigs.

Topper?

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Might be a little too much Kim. Like a Full Size Keg on the top of the head.

Definitely need one of the old cigarette holders from the wood rail era.

It'd be funny if the drink holder could detect a drink being put in and out of it. Then associate some callouts to it

It detects a drink being placed and yells "NOW WATCH THIS" (as in "hold my beer, and watch this").

It notices you drain and pick up a drink, "DON'T DRAIN THAT DRINK TOO"

It notices you drink while you play "I LIKE YOUR STYLE: DRUNK"

You get a tilt warning while a drink is in the holder "CAREFUL, PRECIOUS CARGO"

No purple? Not even the glow of a bugzapper?

The people who actively find faults in others are the same people who are completely blind to their own

I 100% think one of the slings should look like a bug zapper and there should be a flasher next to it for when it goes off.

Maybe the other sling can look like a dinner triangle?

Spitton bucket for the other sling with spit noises? Or too gross lol

Game needs a dip cup somewhere

AT SXSW or Near SXSW?

So this game is going to have callouts? And who is going to be making them?

I'm sure people here would do them for free but I can't guarantee they will be of high quality!

Yep, I get it

The whole area near the downtown core where my brother has 2 small lots & houses. Perfect for the double wide bullshit going on. If you look at a map he is a few streets up from the former power plant & closer to the dam. Bars nearby, many years back it was mostly the dive bands playing in the poor or down bars. There is a breadcrumb there!

I am sure there are a few that can donate some call outs. Could have my hero here do a bunch, so they can be played back for posterity. He seems to have a whole boatload of them by now.

I kid you not..... a few years ago driving home late on Saturday night I am coming around the bend and there is a blue glowing light in foreground. As I approach, it become more clear that the trash family in the neighborhood were all sitting at a picnic table in the front yard with the bug zapper on the table as the centerpiece. Had to be about 11:30 pm, frickin beer cans everywhere.