I actually think that TWD's code (so far) shows that Stern is improving in the code department.

I went through Xmen AND Metallica so believe me I understand your pain.

Maybe it is. I'm just pissed the code isn't just finished but bug free even some of the simple features aren't implemented simple things like the asteroid flashes. My dream is that Stern give him Lyman to go over it clean it up and make it a great game anyway rant over.

The man is up on stage, in front of a live audience, saying the code is broken, that he's not happy, that he wants to personally own one himself, and that he won't do it until the code is fixed, which he is pushing for.

What more could you possibly want from him?

Why isn't Lonnie getting thrown under the bus here? I'm not avoiding future Steve Ritchie games. I am skipping anything Lonnie programs from here on out. He obviously either doesn't give a shit or sucks at his job. To be blunt.

Yes good point I suppose I'm just pissed with this whole stern code bullshit and I should be used to it by now lol anyway I'm a huge SR fan and always will be I hope we see the new code by Xmas.

I'll say I don't know what I'm talking about here, but this is the impression based on the results:

I'm sure Lonnie "cares", but he seems to be a 9-5 clock puncher. He probably puts in an honest days work, and works on what is given to him, but nothing more. If he is assigned something else, then that is that.

Lyman in his spare time competes in pinball tournaments, sees first hand what is working and what isn't, then goes and makes those changes to his games on his own time because he cares.

It does seem like you need Lyman involved in a Stern game to know it will be everything it can be, and if he is not on it, you better wait a year+ and be happy with what the game is at that time.

I like how you qualified that with 'from here on out'. Does that mean we won't be seeing your Tron for sale any time soon?

Be sure to think good Lonnie thoughts each time you play it. It might help.

SR talks about the new update code in the latest mini issue of pinball magazine. :

http://www.pinball-magazine.com/?page_id=1503

I downloaded it twice, and both times the file was said to be corrupted and wouldn't load in Acrobat. Now I have "reached my download limit" and can't try again.

It should be 9.4m if it downloaded correctly.

The last Acrobat update hosed a bunch of laptops at work, try Foxit for fastest .pdf reader in the world:

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/

The gist is there is another update coming.

As there should be since there's a lot of things that need to be fixed.

Rob

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