Quoted from alpha70:

Nate you could possibly be on the edge of pinball burnout.To be honest I am not that interested in what josh sharpe has to say on a regular basis regarding pinball.Cheers

Quoted from MXV:

Nate I absolutely love your show and I've been catching up on recent episodes that I missed when I was laid up having surgery/recovering but I have to take umbrage with something you said that really irked me in one of those.
I forget what # episode but you mentioned how you "stole" peoples photos and used them for various things, presumably on your website. Your defense was "I don't make money at this, I'm sorry". Well as a photographer I want to tell you that I'M SORRY, but whether or not you make money at what you are doing DOES NOT make you exempt from any licensing fees and financial responsibility you incur from using someone else's work without permission.
I've had my work stolen and I've had to chase down plenty of people to collect money they owed me for using my work and I've also had to get sites taken down for the same reason. You can bet the farm if you or anyone used my photos without permission I don't care how much you don't make at this, I'm going to come after you for my licensing fee and the fee plus damages if I have to get the legal system involved. Also in your case I'm pretty sure you do make a little bit of money considering you are selling t-shirts well above cost so your defense isn't even an honest one. In the case of using people's work, it is NOT better to ask for forgiveness instead of asking permission.
You didn't steal any of my work so you are free of my wrath in that aspect but the reason I am writing all of this is to try to get you to see it from the other side and think about your actions. Your "I don't make money at this" defense is used by EVERYBODY who steals other people's images and further disrespects and devalues what people like I do to make part of their living. I don't think you'd like it if someone took something you worked on and used it in any way without asking, especially if that work helps put food on your table. It really rubbed me the wrong way hearing you say that and made me lose some respect for you. You are better than that Nate! Maybe a bunch of pinball enthusiasts who took some pictures of games may not mind having their photos used somewhere but that is something you need to find out beforehand. Never assume that it's ok because you are just a hobbyist and you aren't making money at it.
I hope this makes you think about it from the other side moving forward and this bump in the road aside, keep up the good work on the podcast.

Quoted from DParcade:

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Quoted from BobC:

Sorry...I thought this was pretty funny

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Quoted from epthegeek:

They finally worked out a solid solution on WOZ (just took several tries) -- but The Hobbit has a completely re-done lighting system.

Quoted from Whysnow:

better off doing the 'wait to play' game.
I see no reason to get on TH at this point. If anything we saw with WOZ that waiting till delivery happens and then ordering possibly meant you went to the fornt of the line. Current estimate is fall produciton start which tells me we should all get to play a near/early produciton game at expo (alongside GOTprem and GOTpro). I see zero advantage in ordering any of these in advance. Play, then pay.
side note: I also plan to put extensive time on FullT to see if it is better than last year and worth a shot.

Quoted from ZenTron:

I don't think Men & Women are equal when it comes to playing Pinball:
1) Men are taller which gives them a better perspective/view of the playfield.
2) Men are stronger which allows them to nudge/slide save better.
My first group at Pinburgh I played with the #1 ranked female in the world Helena Walter. I would say she is taller and stronger then the average female.
My close pinball buddy is ranked in top 16 womens ranking and ive watched her play for many hours. Ive been able to make nudges/move games around to save balls where she is simply unable to. Her primary success comes from knowing the rules, accuracy in shot making and being able to control her nerves.

Quoted from Msch:

Should I pwn you? Look at the thread about the new spider man. *drops mic*

Quoted from Msch:

Pwn is internet lingo as old as the Internet. Maybe you should "goggle it"

Quoted from Msch:

Emotes are posts that require the dexterity of pushing a button. What are you trying to say, sweetheart?

Quoted from sk8ball:

Actually Mustang is currently unusable in any major tournament due to a major bug smassa found.

Quoted from Whysnow:

nice! what game did you play?

Quoted from sd_tom:

Maybe Nate's going to bring competitive pinball to the masses.

Quoted from Msch:

Nice move. End your (over-rated imo) highly successful podcast, to start a podcast 10 people will care about. Can you not come up with an original name for a show? PASS..

Quoted from WJxxxx:

So if a format is set that the best player there always wins, what's the point of having a competition? The result is already predetermined.

Quoted from WJxxxx:

I was using Football World Cup, can't bring myself to refer to it as the S word, as a base for a tournament format.
8 groups of 4 teams/people where each plays each other once
Top 2 go through from each group - seeded
Then the 16 is reduced to 8, then 4 then 2 finally producing a winner after 7 games.
Everything is constant throughout the tournament , in that, each game is 90mins, or a head to head between 2 players. No 30 minutes games or anything like that.
That is a format for a competition with 32 people which can easily be finished in an afternoon with just 8 machines available.
That is the exact format which is used in one of the comps in the UK. Which earns a massive 4.76 points for the winner in V5, the exact same value as finishing 176th in the EPC last year.