Quoted from Frax:

That's been my issue with them all along. AMH was *great* but I couldn't afford one at the time...then they just started going off into a bunch of weird old man stuff that I couldn't care less about.... Rob Zombie...Alice Cooper? C'mon. Rick and Morty was a theme ripe to be done, and something that appeals to me, but I didn't see anything on that game to justify the prices, but I also didn't look that hard after the prior two.
Now we're back to a geezer theme that originates before I was even born, and I'm 40. Granted, I still expect Halloween to have wider appeal than RZ or ACNC.

Quoted from Medisinyl:

RZ and ACNC were my top two dream themes well before they were announced, so I'm rather happy with their choices overall. It's good to have a boutique company making titles that Stern wouldn't touch.
AMH is awesome, but I was just getting into the hobby back then, when anything over $2500 sounded insane to me (then the addiction took hold ). Felt special when I finally got one this year.
Halloween I'll be in for, but it wasnt my preference. 2nd theme is intriguing.

Quoted from chuckwurt:Could be as simple as he disagreed with a part of your post.

Quoted from chuckwurt:

Well I know he uses it all the time to voice disagreement with a particular post, and I would say most just scroll along if they disagree, or reply to your post and voice disagreement that way. There’s an option to turn off downvotes too if you want.

Quoted from Frax:

Glad you got some pins you liked from them. I like the way RZ plays, except the upper playfield part which is just....what the hell even is that?
And...AMH...I never OWNED one so I can't speak to the things like wires poking into an orbit or whatever. The ones I've played never had that issue. The most common complaint that I share with other people I've talked to about AMH is how ridiculously overpowered the slings and the scoop eject are.

Quoted from TheLaw:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/kaneda-s-back#post-5781966

Quoted from Rascal_H:

I just downvoted his last bunch of posts if that helps

Quoted from thedarkknight77:

Am I the only pinhead who thinks that Spooky doesn’t want my money...........There is something slightly off with this company. Please Spooky, I want to give you my money!
- America’s Most haunted....WTF?? Golden Girls would have made more sense
- Rob Zombie - Huge fan and what a waste of an amazing theme on a crap layout
- Alice Cooper - Super fan, but the pin lacks his real music and another brick fest of a layout
- TNA (Not a Spooky game)
- Rick and Morty - Sold out before I could watch an episode
- Halloween - Massive horror fan, but if I am to be honest, Halloween has always bored me

Quoted from Zablon:

My biggest issue with ACNC the short time I played it was the AC callouts. lol. Just flat and took you out of the game as there was no acting in them at all, and this guy is a character actor on stage.

Quoted from scruffypinball:

Fawzma should be the one everyone is concerned with- dude took 3+ years to get close to finishing acnc

Quoted from 27dnast:

Game looks neat... no offense to spooky, but my big concern is: Rules by Bug Emory and Fawmza.
Paying $8-9k plus for a game with rules created a first timer (and Fawzma, who did a decent but not stellar job on ACNC)... doesn’t excite me too much.

Quoted from Medisinyl:

I expect Bug will do an awesome job.
If you've listened to their podcasts in the past, it's clear Bug has a lot of creativity flowing--not always great content, but it's obvious he inherently has the sort of mind for thinking ahead and piecing things together, and will do so with excitement.
Fawzma has been a disappoint a few times. He seemed to go mostly radio silent after he failed to keep his apron mod promise (he was very engaged and motivated early on).
I don't like being critical, but we haven't really seen a passionate engagement with him since early RZ, and it would be nice to see more of that to feel like code is in good hands. After three (?) abandoned projects, it's hard to feel like he takes pride in it (nor has empathy for those that supported him)--he may not realize it, but this makes people think he's miserable while coding, doing it for a paycheck.
Perhaps we're spoiled with Lyman, but its certainly easier to respect when a coder really cares about how their work is perceived, and will perfect it on their own time if necessary.
I get that he's likely worked to the bone, and I do feel for that, but something like the apron mod needed to be finished, even if at a loss (the games likely had good reasons to move on from)

Quoted from SpookyLuke:

First off I would like to say that's a totally fair and honest assessment. Just remember that it's a team! Eric will be consulting on code and rules. Bowen was on FaceTime with Bug today. Bug has been sitting right next to fawzma for a month. It comes down to management! Also I would like to say Corwin was born into pinball he's been playing games from every manufacturer his whole life. There is nothing the kid cant understand and nobody takes advice, criticism, or input better than him. At the end of the day everyone on this project is a newbie but you won't find a group working harder to do well for you guys.