Problem is - since you can only make 300 most (if not all people) will HAVE to buy without even playing it so hence the "comparing toys you haven't played yet" and trying to find info about shot maps.

Knowing the shot layout is still inferior to actually playing something but maybe now you understand why people would like to see one before sending in 6K. Makes sense to me.

Sounds good though... glad you're not asking for $$$ right out of the gate.

His post that seemed "glib" was to Aurich and it MAY have been because he kept making the same point about the PF over and over and over...and was even getting more aggressive about it. They may not be able to change the PF at this point or even want to... so I think his tone was fine. I don't think he wants to reply to the same post for the next three months.

I was lucky enough to be on the list and will decide when we hopefully see a GP video. So far - to me - the overall art is WAAY
ahead of GOT or any of the recent Photoshop collage "efforts" we have (sadly) gotten used to.

I think a few of people here just crave drama...badly. I do too but not so much in a newsgroup these days

Now THIS is the kind of post I was looking for. Short, sweet and to the the point. Thanks

I thought they were spooky shadows of the trees in the graveyard. I guess it's open to interpretation

I'm personally getting more fond of the PF. Besides Rob's face with the hair that looks like spooky tree shadows to me...there is that rather excellently drawn and detailed "witch" towards the upper PF. Just that witch has more personality and real art than GOT's entire
"generic overlay" PF. As an example and IMHO anyways.

Add the fact that it is not lit up like a Xmas tree and the whole package seems decently cohesive.

Now I just hope I like the gameplay.

It's understandable as we've all been conditioned to expect a ridiculous amount of busyness on pinball PF's. Myself included.

But then I realized I'd rather see three balanced and handpainted pieces of real art in front of me (face,tombstone,witch) than the
generic vector shapes with some uninspired clip art thrown in. I'll let you guess which recent titles may or may not fit that description

But you're right... you probably shouldn't keep "saying it again". When people constantly do this the thread gets unreadable. And I have certainly been guilty of this myself.

Yeah there should be some music pounding during the ending/name entry for sure. One other question: it seemed in the earlier video the game just sort of limped into the massive multiball. Maybe I missed it but shouldn't there be some kind of fanfare/light show before the multiballs? Not something as drawn out as TAF where you eventually want to be able to skip it but...something?

Sorry if this is already there and I missed it.

And I know it's probably too late for this but I hope there is sufficient play in the outlane posts so that we less-than-stellar players might be able to get somewhere in the game

Awesome. Now I feel even better about it. Thx for the impressions!

Yeah I'd like to know the difference in the LED's also. I assume the regular LED's won't ghost so what's the upgrade give you?

So the GI will be a brighter LED and bulbs will be color matched under the inserts... got it. Sounds fine but some of us already have so many quality LED's laying around that doing it yourself may be a better option. For some...

I do have a follow-up question however... does the game show ghosting when using standard LED's for the inserts? I assume not as you don't mention the use of non-ghosting bulbs in the standard setup and I doubt you would ship them with obvious ghosting issues.

Also don't most machines have 4 sets of GI circuits? I seem to remember my WMS all have four separate GI circuits with their own fuses (as I have blown one or two over the years installing stuff, etc)

Thanks as usual for the info Charlie... lookin' fan-#$%%-tastic!

So to sum all this up... we'll find out the details when Charlie comes by or someone writes back to Kayte. Or should we all keep pontificating endlessly? (always wanted to use that word)

Ed I enjoyed that... you and (your wife?) make for some very down home and nicely low key hosts. I get tired of all the hipster vids that try to be edgy with all the bad jokes, etc.

I still wonder if there is a more optimal view for broadcasting... the top down is the standard but it looks small and remote to the viewer. It's hard to get into it when it looks like you are stuck to the ceiling looking down. And the flipper-cam is more of a novelty view at best.

What we need is a camera strapped directly to your head - and then a huge body brace to prevent you from moving and shaking the image.

Sound doable?

I feel this way in the MMR thread at the moment... I mean we've seen the three kinds of trim and that's about it. There is the "did I get one of the good PF's??" inspection when opening your box but that doesn't lead to good conversations and makes me start ranting uncontrollably.

NOW if some new RZ owner might want to take off the glass and take some neat close-ups of different areas of the PF,etc... now THAT would be worthwhile.

Well if all we have to remember is to do a fast format then that is certainly painless and quick. And if we forget... when it says "update failed" - well THEN we'll remember what we had to do but forgot.

Seriously this is no big deal. For neatness sake it would be nice to make it idiot-proof down the road but this already beats trying multiple flash drives, etc.

Might want to include the instructions to "fast format" in the documentation with the machine for customers that don't keep up here on pinside. Well... wait didn't all 300 machines go to pinside members?

I'm just glad an owner can actually have a couple different cool designs from the same artist for this. I don't think Stern will sell you an LE translite for your pro or premium... or am I mistaken about that?

Seems like a real nice gesture from Spooky but as usual there may be some aggrieved party somewhere... damn LE owners

Maybe 299. I value my ears too much

Yup... looks like you'll need to put a PinballBulbs kit for RZ! Looks good.

So you didn't like the coin door and THAT equals = unimpressive build quality. Ummm... ok Great post.

I gotta say you are a regular Jackson Pollock with the blood spatter. Kudos on it.

Looks great. I assume the camera made the backglass completely blue. Is the apron thin plastic ? I also kinda wish it didn't have the small white lettering "complete all yadda yadda" instructions around the middle insert. Seems unnecessary and out of place with the art.

Congrats!

That is a GREAT video. I learned a heck of a lot. The guy playing and talking did a hell of a job explaining things. Fawzma coded the CRAP outta this game. Really took it to a whole new level.

Hey you obviously don't care about ghosting, etc... but now you're worried about slapping the cab? Take off your wedding ring first

Guys please don't make the game even HARDER before I get mine. Jeez...

Sorry dude that late # is TAKEN! lol Better call Kayte

I thought it looked great Herg. Super smooth and a big difference from the obvious "step-down" effect the LED's do on the stock machines when trying to do fade sequences.

Maybe some people truly don't/can't see it though...

Yeah I use purple spots in a lot of my games because white or warm white just looks like somebody turned on an overhead light. Kinda spoils the ambience... in person the purple has a lot of white in it so it looks kinda "magical" (ok that's pretty girly). But in pics it looks like the entire PF is purple. Cameras like the purple I guess

I like those. Nice idea and detail work.

Game would rock with that first cd's worth of songs... remember "Freak, Human Fly" and all that? Takes me back.

"Even Superman shot himself"

If it's like other machines you need to press (or yank out) an interlock button by the coin door.This activates the high current for the coils, etc. You could also close the coin door (if indeed it was open when you were trying to test it).

Yeah as amazingly transparent as they have been all along...with the coder himself providing constant updates and feedback...

let's now pester and nag at them to run them off... in true PS fashion.

Great couple of posts guys.