OK good news. Now I'll just watch TPN...um....or I'll follow the link to listen to umm.....hmmmm.

Looks like they have an opening to apply

No fan of Kanada and it pains me to say this, TPN really could have used better marketing.

I don't doubt it, but rolling out out this big announcement with no links or central area for this group seems a bit weird/not as helpful as it could be doesn't it?

Some other thread I saw some pics of peeps announced to have shows with an image...is there like a website that explains everything that I'm missing?
I am a little older than your and maybe websites are out completely? wouldn't shock me!

Sure, thepinballnetwork.au

https://www.facebook.com/The-Pinball-Network-107908510746956/

Ah finally I found it myself

There is no correlation betwixt those 2 things.

I just think it's a newer way of doing things. Pretty standard for a long time that website comes early, and that's sort of what people expect.
I guess websites aren't as important anymore as a facebook page serving pretty much the same purpose or even better.

Not a facebook guy, but not really a podcast guy, so just giving you an outside opinion on the look of things.

You don't? It's kind of a big thing in radio & tv, most of which is free.

Wow, looks like "purp'ed ball stories"

Their Facebook maybe ?

Officially launched Feb 10 so probably more info then

You don't say?

Is this GregGate or some shit?

So does my daughter, and her friends at preschool when I'm there all day.
I mean I assume they like it.

Holy Moby Batman.

So bone couldn't stand the heat and his feeling were hurt so he retired. Hmm, that doesn't sound right.

I find the idea that because something is FREE, you have to all cap it don't ya know, it can't get any criticism pretty silly.

I feel you there, but that's the crux of the Zach issue and it's probably gonna follow him around for a bit.

I think some people see Zach as being condescending & shilling, which they see as in fact being negative

Is there something betwixt "trash" & "praise?" Why is everything an either or?

Guys, i might actually have to listen to this episode when I get home and get to the bottom of this!

Here come the foodguments.

have to wait to get home, my phone will not let me listen to it, keeps kicking me to app store for podbean with no option for desktop version worked earlier in the day.

Remember he's "contractually obligated " to tell us.

So I listened to 28 minutes if it seemed like a decent discussion. Had an issue with firefox not being able to skip to audio after 27 minutes on multiple devices so that was weird, works on Chrome though.
I thought it was a lovely discussion but Zach def sets himself up as the foil to Pinside so that's a chicken and egg things that might be hard to get out of.
I'll finish her up today

Ok finally finished ep2 and I thought it was dynamite. First off, I only heard the distro name mentioned maybe one or twice never noticed/bothered me.
But blah blah let's get to the shillery, i didn't really feel it to be honest.
This one was more my style that ep1, as this seemed more old school vs new school. I don't see Zach as shillin' as much as a dude that really thinks Stranger things is "more fun not better " than everything made before 2005.
Sure there was some standard nonsense like 'LE owners love their games that's why they bought them" but I actually enjoyed almost all of this and I hate people.
Haha but man them guys were roasting Zach something fierce, is that the hate speech everyone is talking aboot? You guys sound like people I would talk to; well done.
And there you have it, from a non podcast guy

On a technical note I couldn't get all the TPN streams to work on desktop version, so I annoyingly had to install the podbean app to listen. Obviously it isn't the worst crime in th world, just kinda lame

Well if someone is skewing their "grade" one way or the other, they would/could also skew their impression of code/flow/difficulty.
6 of 1...

Well you're pinside legends at least.

This Delt shit is getting a tinge weird though, even for me.

Should update post #1 with
Thepinballnetwork.net

He started telling the story and I was wondering why I was wasting my time listening to this pointless shit. 3 minutes later I was ready to crash my car into a Pizza Hut to teach them a lesson. Zach was totally correct there (other than the fact it's obviously a product placement shill for Dominos )

I was just ah, looking for that krisel dude or whatever

I will give you $300 for four 30 minute shows. This would be so great,

When's the new one?

Can't finish the whole thing, I'll have to wait till later to find out of a Convocation of eagles was stated.

How long before they start the "Shill Shill Shill?!" I thought it was coming in this one.

No my point is when you mention things like "Iron Maiden Premium in stock now," that could be a little shill x3. Doesn't bother me in the least, and I think everyone is relaxing a bit aboot the whole thing (most importantly you).

Are you getting us confused? If you ever do, I'm the good looking younger one with all my teeth.

But I digress....YOU are the one that's been pissing and moaning aboot it forever, feel free to stop by the SDTM thread and isolate your posts. You even taken pride in the fact you were so early to point out after Zach became a distro.

As for me, I mentioned I didn't hear much if any of it after listening to episode 1.

I don't know what you're talking aboot, I'm agreeing with everything you're saying

I already said he wasnt shilling, and if he did I don't have a problem with it...why you on my ass tough guy?

EDIT: Ahhh, just saw it was a classic drinkin' night for you. Makes more sense

He aint alone there Fuck I'd rather Zach's singin than topper talk.

OK if it's allowed in this thread I'm going to have a little lunch and finish this latest episode off.

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Podcasters acted like they were shutting down podcasts
Great consolidation effort to bring the Best pinball content for hobbiests.
People jumped on early for a somewhat clunky "launch" including no website
They said they didn't what a website
Everyone made 10,000 jokes aboot somone "stealing" the URL they didn't want
They launched a website
Links to a bunch of podcasts
Pizza Hut refused to count extra cheese as a topping
Zach's new show is better than SDTM
....that's pretty much it.

Now, obviously I didn't mention the 12 pages of people wondering where Kenada was & obvious hillbilly rants against diversity.

Is this like the last time everyone fake retired?

Havent had a chance to listen but Ken is the one that keeps this show grounded; a shame.

probably because 135% of all points come from the plunge.

Drain those flipper toppers indeed! So lame.

Oh believe me, not hearing you on the subject was a real treat; no offense

his personality suppresses Zach's vibe, which is needed for me.

And this relates to pinball how....?

It's not meant to be overly harsh, as the show is set up to work like this; opposing viewpoints just like you say.

"Disk Locked Content!"

Uff when Stern is against the ropes with the public, Zach is sent in. Nightmare episode.

The whole babe in the woods "what on earth do people not like aboot this topper can you please explain it to me Dennis" is a little much.

Yeah posting on Pinside isn't a Herculean task

So then you actually know what the big deal is with toppers, and you're just taking the position of a rube and further acting out that role?

So that's why SDTM ended?

The martyr angle loses a bit of it's effectiveness after you just made an unboxing video posted in multiple threads jizzing all over the thing how sweet it is. So wait...this episodes Zach really doesn't love the topper, he's just playing Devil's Advocate even if he must suffer for it?
And I guess the unboxing Zach wasn't him either, but a symbol of the 'merican "go get'em Tiger" capitalism that made this land so great?
Is there a real Zach? I thought what hurt you most was people blaming you for not being honest and yourself and yelling that you were a salesman acting?
Dennis sounds like a dude I know and shoot the shit with...is he real, or is he also just playing a counterpoint role to open our eyes and teach us something?
What was my point in all this? I'm not going to lie l had a shitload of ice cream with the fam and I might be a little too wired at this point. Now you can see why I don't have a podcast; it would make 0 sense. MeanwHile you look super fit lately so umm, keep up the good work.

And if you had South Park they might play that 10-1 Don;t know if that makes it not a shitty game.

But a couple games you have given an F to are; BTTF & X-men.
Do those themes not matter? Did you factor you "earnings" calculation in there?

Huh? Whom wouldn't rate a game in how fun it is to you?

Ah right.

So what are the rules here. If a machine is going to score an F rating, then a secondary set of rules kick in that factor in theme and earnings?
So confused.

As a fan, I'm guessing, TMNT may look inspired to you. For a non fan, like myself, it looks phoned in and bedsheetville.

How recent?
Dominoes & Thunderbirds for sure, but those aren't super super recent.
I played a RZ and that might be close BUT it might have been early

Stop...we've all bought shitty games.

Well zach and the team do because they are rating them. Apparently a lot of other people do because we are all talking aboot it. And maybe you do since you've rated 41 of them on pinside

Of course it's just something to bitch aboot.
My team is better, your music sucks etc.
This particular issue always comes up aboot Zach's "integrity' on rating machines he sells; which of course also doesn't matter at all either.
I think he just takes all these arrows to offer us free content aboot lessons or something.

Drama and pissy attitudes have been in the hobby looooong before topper talk and and hand tattoos

Ahhhh Shit...GENTS?!?! You gonna take that shit Zach?!?

Bet you didn't see THAT coming

Could be that your pushing your idea of what everyone should be doing and acting like it's the only path to take?

I really don't care aboot "positive forces" or being a "pinball ambassador" or whatever the fuck any of that means.

I think if you want a bunch of dudes to do pinball shows and love each other and have a circle jerk, that's completely fake and not what the hobby is like at all. People, egos, people, scoops, leaks, pinball, people yada yada...human nature.

Someone better make sure Bone isn't getting secret payments form the 'Big Exclamation Point!!!"

Typical pinball shit (EDIT: Plus some good old fashioned Midwest rivalry).

What a shit show...what show I have no idea though.

Obviously "some other podcaster" complained and had it taken down

It probably does't upset him, maybe he just thinks it's weird as shit.

Sorry I'm not trying to speak for him....I mean I think it's weird as shit; but hey that's pinball.
If it isn't podcasters getting pissy aboot shit talking and unboxing scoops, it would be non poscasters shit talking and snaking games from each other.
Same shit diff'rent day.

Dragonfist correct

Edit: for some reason this is the hardest spinner for me to hit on Classic Sterns and I have no idea why.

Talk aboot making shit up...when the hell would Iceman ever get off the bottle?!? Blasphemy...Slander...libel!!!

RBION is the first one I thought of with Spinner to complete...I'm sure there are plenty.

I did somewhat disagree with the idea that focusing on one thing like a spinner in a modern game isn't fun or interesting. We had some folks that found the spinner very lucrative in early GOT code and had a great time playing that way. Kind of went away with updates sadly.

Man gotta get everything cleared these days before talking aboot it or showing a video

Fucking groupies am I right?

You think the bros dusting off their Turtle underoos for Prem+ or the metal dogs stroking off to GNR video whilst digging out their old back patched jean jacket love the machines they're buying? It's a pre order...they don't know shit aboot them.

Hmm. Worst piece of garbage spinner...hmmm....Hulk?

I just happend to walk by someone playing Hulk the other day which his why I bring it up. I had blissfully forgotten aboot those nightmares until then.

This shit is pretty interesting

X1000

!!!

Yeah but how much free content does he give you? Content man...its all aboot CONTENT.

Oh I would for sure...if the whole show was him

No fear poster child for Fan

Thank you.

Buddy, you're in the wrong thread.

Whomdunnit is a fantastic idea but in reality is a mess. If you don't lock in a high jackpot value MB is a waste. It has a bunch of seemingly RPG elements which sounds great, but it's just jackpots all day and you need a ton of them. It has a little from both sides; all time DMD animations, annoying fucking phone. DI bringing the latter back is unappreciated Origin of Dwight's slot pop bumpers I believe?

Video modes are such a funny Pinside topic. I never remember anyone in real life really hating them, but so many people complain aboot a "flow killer" now. Imaging someone playing a game and just getting pissed having to "cool down" for 30 seconds is so amusing.

CP was a fun location game, doesn't really work for ownership. Were there other games than CP & W?D that you could bet points? Jack+bot kind of.

Wow a website; wish I had had that idea 11 months ago!

Edit: and I thought Geocities wasn't around anymore!

Well if anyone longs for the day of the presidential debates, you can relive it here. But hey, got me to listen to some of it for the first time in a long time.

What? He already knewm it was going to be a complete shitshow from jump street.

Yes but how was the audio dammit?!

ED2 is by far the best and not close; every single scene is a masterpiece.
Never gets old, only gets better, over a hundred views.

AoD is good for the frat bros

No but it gives Steve an excuse so....

I'll have to check in on this one and see if pinball was as sad for them as we all remember it was.
What a shitty time.

So cringe.

Yeah good call.

...More confused than ever...

Just got another 77 LG OLD to replace a 60" panasonic plasma; No comparison.

Can get an A1 for 2k if you don't need it for gaming.