Killer Ap - City of Chaos ....

Here's a better name for a disaster pin: Bible Adv.

Someone should really get on that................

Change the name from Dialed In to something else. The fact that it's difficult for people to understand the theme already shows that they didn't think this one out or do proper market research. It's a good game, change the name.

an even better name for a disaster pin: Religious People.

I think Smug Athiests probably tops it, though.

No religious people is much better for a disaster based pin, or bible adventures would work as well, all disastrous.

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Gattaca ?

Maybe this is their market research. I mean the games at the show were prototypes, they still have several months until launch.

Stupidity on their part

Really? The constant excuses are MIND BLOWING

While Stern, Heighway and Spooky are raking in the deposits while these dopes try and figure it out?

GREED and STUPIDITY, how about that for some market research

Nah. That's a movie brilliantly named with the A T C G base units of the human genome. Its a F'n genius way IMO to name a movie about a future where we use DNA to determine someone's place in the world.

I didn't figure that out (GATTACA naming method) until years later when watching a documentary about the genome project. Sorta like seeing the show Greys Anatomy years before you learn its a medical book lol.

Saw that movie on VHS I think. Haven't seen it since. May need to revisit it one day.

I used google to find the answer. It was Repo Men lmfao

Wow. A JJP thread with both religion & man cracking his own genome... says a lot about their game

Nah..Gattaca was a near perfect thinking sci-fi film though. The cat thing was in the intro to the 2010 "Repo Man".

Warning: there is a bit of blood in the end.

Rude or not, its the truth.

If DI was the imaginary "hit of expo" why can't they sell it?

Period. Game over

The shills and promoters like you Panzer will always support toys, yet you won't buy one because you know the reality

Put your $$$ where your mouth is and don't be hypocrite

Packed toys don't always equal sales, sorry to bust your bubble

Check out the poll?

A deposit is $250

Which they F ing lied about again.

You can't make this shit up, sorry.

I know its hard to break with it and get reality religion but you gotta get real

The $250 deposit is NOTHING, means NOTHING and JJP knows it

"We will be ready to ship games when we announce the next pin and no preorders"

Pitiful

I actually think Jack stood on stage and said we are doing this but we don't need your money now

Somebody please give me some facts as to where i'm wrong?

I like you man but since this pins been announced you have been another level of annoyoying with the jjp le and price structure. So the only fact is your a freaking dam broken record.... so shut the hell up..... thank you and have a good evening.

Quantum City too close to Sim City? Might get sued for infringement? I'm far from a lawyer. But don't worry Jack will need another title after the "Collector's Edition" is sold out. Butt Dialed Edition?

I know, I'm annoying as shit right? Truth hurts though Nighty night

Circuit City is a bankrupt computer store - nah.

Dialed In Enterprises = D.I.E. unfortunate or brilliant? I would definitely go with brilliant, disaster pun
Dialed In - call for help and tuned up pinball. Pun again
Lots of throwback to honor other games. Also classic Lawlor.

I think gameplay and the intendedjokes will win out, over the initial meh reactions/ echo chamber.

The code and animations will be awesome ( Pat said it's only 20%)

Too early to make final judgements, I'm even beginning to like the title, given the intended joke.

And Panzer. - I copyrighted Quantum Mechanics in the other thread And posts should include ⚡️⚡️⚡️ (Unless it reminds us of Zidware)

This is JJP's hard work and thought out design. I'm sure Pat made the name up. Don't disgrace his work. He/they can call it what they want like it or not.

Gattaca is a really good movie , it's been a while since I have seen it but I thought that since the charactor played by Ethan Hawke purchases the identity of Jude Law's charactor, making him both alive and dead . And I guess the box would be represented by the strand of hair that Ethan Hawke's charactor gives to Uma Thurman's charactor . But it was just a guess off the top of my head . I haven't seen repo man ( well I have seen the one with Emilio Estevez) . Anyways back to Dialed in a name change may help but i don't see it as a necessity . The theme of the game is not really a cell phone (its based on the fictional city )so it is a bit confusing but the game is fun to play (in my opinion this is tje best shooting JJP game to date)and I personally could get over the name of the game pretty quick . The price not so much , but it is pretty much on par with how JJP games have been priced so whatever I'm not buying one but it isn't because of the name .

Yes they can, and sell as little as they want too

Nobody is owed anything. You have to earn respect every day in my world. Own up to mistakes, nobody is perfect. Just saying.

I think you need time to see them react to the feedback. Who would have thought they would have completely changed the playfield of TH after Expo last year?

I think they will look long and hard at the theme and weigh out the pros and cons of changing it.

There was a lot of positive feedback on the game as well. So good companies adapt as they get feedback from the market. Should they have gotten more outside feedback during the initial development cycle? Probably. Hopefully they modify their product development strategy and get more feedback sooner next time. The downside to that is now you have more people in the loop on your product (and no, NDA's don't always work). So there is a cost to getting feedback early in the cycle.

Either way I don't look at them as Stupid. The "greed" portion is really a business decision that may be more driven from their investors than Jack himself. I still think they will announce a standard anyway that will be 1K cheaper. Enough? Who knows.

Let this simmer for a bit...

They have made the next move difficult. If the standard is full-featured it is likely to be 8k+. I don't think that is a big enough drop for good sales. In my opinion they will need to reduce the price on the LE. But just my opinion. I think it's possible all at JJP think this is going to sell in thousands without any reduction.

"Quantum" is a meaningless buzzword in this context, it refers to things happening on a scale too small to have any bearing on day-to-day reality, such as the goings-on in a pinball machine.

Whereas "Dialed In" is a clever double entendre, referencing both telephony and the term for when one has their pinball machine properly set up and working 100%. Too clever, apparently!

<Rudy voice> Fun?House

Its funny how most non pinheads can never remember the name of machines they have played.

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Just for the record and as if anyone cares about my opinion, LOL... I think "Dialed In" is fine.

Does anyone else think the Jersey Jack badge on the head looks cheap?
Kind of looks like an afterthought and made to look generic.

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I'm not a big fan of it. It's kind of big and obnoxious like Mercedes emblems have gotten over the year. I think it competes with the Game title for attention. That said, I don't find it any more off-putting or cheap looking than the Williams foil logo on the WPC pins.

I hope they get rid of it or change it out to something smaller and with color. I think they were going for the "Williams" logo on wpc95 games but it certainly failed in that respect.

Let's just do the obvious here - Jersey City Chaos

Could they just call it "D.I.E."? That would be better than Dialed In and still keep most of the established (phone+disaster) imagery, right?

Also, the price is too high.

Also, Gattaca is an awesome movie. One of my all time favorites.

I've lived this.

Here are some other ideas for names, story line and art would have to be tweaked a bit, but...

The Network
Wired
The labyrinth
Hacked
Connected
Sector 3
Sector City

So how will renaming it change anything? The cell phone integration is an important feature and the main element in the game. I get wanting the art, callouts, music, features, etc changed but then you are designing a different game. If the game does not have the features and look that you want in a pin then don't buy it. Price is a far bigger issue for me but I see no need to demand a stripped down version just for me.

Appears no name change from yesterday announcement. Between the name, theme, and the damn red and Ted toys, I'm out.
To bad, waited almost 2 year's for Pat's vision and JJP platform.....still dissapointed.
Saving money for game #4.
I would rather get a Black Arrow Hobbit for my buck.

Jack said yesterday the name is going to be changed.

Changing the name wont help the fact that there is a cell phone in the game, handy Manny on a stick, barb the builder with a wrench, and brutal audio......yes I've played it...remove/change those things and it's a killer game.

But he quickly added that the new name will still contain the words "Dialed In", because those words are still central to the core game design.

Oh well. I am not sure that will make much difference then.

Quantum City: Dialed In. There.

How about Y2K? Or Y9K? Or Y12.5K?

Y2K was soooo yesterday.

I agree some of the toys are cheesy. Worst case modders get a hold of this game and make some of the cosmetic misses into hits.

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A cell phone theme is the worst theme I can think of. It's like some super old guy thought "those kids now-a-days love their phones" and made a phone based game. Who cares about playing pinball with their cell phone in their hand? Selfies of playing? Anyone playing should have the same facial expression throughout the game. A super jackpot shouldn't spawn some huge facial reaction. Anyone that has those types of facial reactions on every little event on a pinball game is an a-hole - and is probably the same type of person that uses the word 'anywho' in conversation.

Just renaming this game would have an enormous benefit. It would back off from the theme being a cell phone based game and let people know it's a disaster based game - something much more interesting. I am super out on dialed in. I might be interested in Quantum City or Disaster City. Name change and removal of the stupid guy holding the phone on the art would be required.

Both of my boys (15 and 16) really could not get into the whole Dialed In theme. Neither was excited about the cell phone at all. Small sample set I know, but info none the less.

I think the name/theme does matter. Especially for operators. For us at home, I think we can get over it assuming we could get to play it on location I think that is what is needed for this theme. There were a ton of people that didn't play it at expo.