The TWIPYs are BACK! Spread the word!!

VOTE now for your pinball favorites from 2018!

https://www.thisweekinpinball.com/the-twipys-vote-now/

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INITIAL POST:

Hi all, we're making some improvements to the TWIPY Pinball Awards this year!!

- LIVE Awards show at the Texas Pinball Festival
- Hosted by Zach and Greg from Straight Down the Middle
- Guest Presenters
- Acceptance Speeches
- Cash bar
- Live on Twitch

Voting will open 1.1.19

Most importantly, we formed a TWIPY Committee this year. The TWIPY Committee for this year includes Lloyd Olsen, Steve Bowden, Colin MacAlpine, William Oetting, Zach Meny, Greg Bone, and Jeff Patterson (me). The Committee will be responsible for determining game eligibility and categories, show and schedule coordination, and most importantly, maintaining the integrity of the voting process through a new online secure voting process, and helping review and validate results. We'll have more details on the online voting process when voting opens.

Check out the games and categories here: https://thisweekinpinball.com/coming-soon-the-twipy-pinball-awards-a-celebration-of-the-hobby/

And check out a video promo here:

Good question. The TWIPY Committee discussed and looked at which categories MBr should be eligible, based on which categories it differed enough from the original. For example, the Light Show and Display/Animations are significantly different from the original MB, but the Rules/Artwork/Layout etc are not much different. The Committee then held a vote to decide which categories it would be eligible for.

Hey we're stickied, thanks Robin!

Nothing to do while waiting for the Munsters reveal?

Vote in the TWIPYs! https://www.thisweekinpinball.com/twipy-2018-ballot/

Also don’t forget about the website we are all on right now, discussing the TWIPYs!

Don't forget to cast your vote in the TWIPY Pinball Awards! Voting ends next week!

https://www.thisweekinpinball.com/twipy-2018-ballot/

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LAST CHANCE to vote in the TWIPYs!! And some categories are super close (like within a dozen votes) - vote for your favorites:

https://www.thisweekinpinball.com/twipy-2018-ballot/

Voting closes tomorrow at midnight EST.

This year we're doing a LIVE awards show at the Texas Pinball Festival! It will be Saturday night of TPF (3/23), and will also be live streamed on Twitch (fingers crossed everything works). The TWIPY Committee just had a two hour meeting last Thursday to go through all the votes and throw out votes as necessary, this week we should have verification of the winners. Then order the trophies, etc.

We're working hard on getting things ready for the live show too - we may ask the community for some volunteer help with that as it is a big undertaking. But we're trying to make it a super fun show, which we're hoping it will be!

The plan is to start them at 8:00PM Central/9:00PM Eastern next Saturday (23rd), though it might end up being 8:15/9:15 depending on how quickly we can get things set up and ready to go.

It will be on the SDTM twitch feed (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtmpinball), assuming everything goes according to plan (knock on wood)!

We've got a red carpet and everything, should be a fun time

ONLY 3 DAYS until TWIPY Pinball Awards!

Live Show, Saturday Night, 8c/9e at the 2019 Texas Pinball Festival, watch it live right here: https://www.twitch.tv/sdtmpinball

The envelopes have been sealed! Don't miss it!

#twipys

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25 hours until the TWIPY Pinball Awards!

LIVE at the Texas Pinball Festival

8c/9e tomorrow!

https://www.twitch.tv/sdtmpinball

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Today is the day - the TWIPY Pinball Awards LIVE from the Texas Pinball Festival! Don't miss it - 8c/9e!

https://www.thisweekinpinball.com/the-twipy-pinball-awards-a-celebration-of-the-hobby/

#twipys

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Funny story about that. For John and Butch Patrick, I wrote out exactly what they needed to say up there (all other presenters just did whatever they wanted). So I wrote out what he needed to say to introduce the nominees and present the award. (You can see when he is presenting there are yellow post it notes on the back of his envelope.) At the top I had written "Jackpot One!! Jackpot Two!!". As I'm talking him through how it would work when he's on stage, he asks what "Jackpot One" and "Jackpot Two" mean. I told him he may not remember, but they are some very famous callouts he did in LOTR, and that it is optional but if he says the callouts while he's up there, people will go crazy.

I then explained to him he didn't just "say" Jackpot One, but to do it right needed to yell JACKPOT ONNNEEEE!!! JACKPOT TWWWWOOOOOO!!!! - literally doing my best Gimli callout impression to him in the hallway of the Embassy Suites.

Backstage when the video rolled for the game nominees and people went nuts for games like Iron Maiden and POTC, I looked at him and he had this look of surprise/wonder. I told him we may be kind of nerdy but we are passionate! Haha.

He totally nailed it up there, definitely one of my favorite moments of the show.

So Kaneda acts like a total asshole and disrupts an event that people have spent hundreds of hours working on for the pinball community.

And to get back at him, you act like an asshole and disrupt an event that people have spent hundreds of hours working on for the pinball community.

Got it, thanks for clearing that up.

Love the pictures @jar155, thanks for sharing. BTW, if anyone has any pictures you took during the TWIPYs that I could use, can you please share them here or email them to me ([email protected])?

Thanks Jeff, that means a lot! As you know we're listening to all feedback, good and bad, to make this as good as it can be (and try to make it a celebration of pinball!) and make it better each year.

For anyone interested:

The TWIPYs Pinball Awards: Detailed Results, Honorable Mentions, Thank Yous

https://www.thisweekinpinball.com/the-twipys-pinball-awards-recap-results-details-behind-the-scenes/

Best Theme – Based on THEME ONLY
Deadpool (Stern Pinball) 21.5%
Iron Maiden (Stern Pinball) 17.4%
Pirates of the Caribbean (Jersey Jack Pinball) 16.9%
Houdini (American Pinball) 15.4%
The Beatles (Stern Pinball/Ka-Pow Pinball) 13.3%
Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle (Spooky Pinball) 9.4%
Primus (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 2.2%
Thunderbirds (Homepin) 1.2%
Cosmic Cart Racing (Multimorphic) 1.1%
Supreme (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 0.9%
Mafia (Team Pinball) 0.7%

Best Animations and Display
Pirates of the Caribbean (Jersey Jack Pinball) 29.5%
Deadpool (Stern Pinball) 21.6%
Iron Maiden (Stern Pinball) 15.9%
Monster Bash Remake (Chicago Gaming Company) 13.4%
Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle (Spooky Pinball) 10.6%
Houdini (American Pinball) 3.7%
The Beatles (Stern Pinball/Ka-Pow Pinball) 3.6%
Cosmic Cart Racing (Multimorphic) 0.8%
Primus (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 0.3%
Thunderbirds (Homepin) 0.3%
Mafia (Team Pinball) 0.1%
Supreme (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 0.1%

Best Lightshow
Pirates of the Caribbean (Jersey Jack Pinball) 31.1%
Monster Bash Remake (Chicago Gaming Company) 20.5%
Iron Maiden (Stern Pinball) 19.3%
Deadpool (Stern Pinball) 9.9%
Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle (Spooky Pinball) 6.5%
Houdini (American Pinball) 5.0%
The Beatles (Stern Pinball/Ka-Pow Pinball) 4.3%
Cosmic Cart Racing (Multimorphic) 2.1%
Thunderbirds (Homepin) 0.4%
Supreme (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 0.3%
Primus (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 0.3%
Mafia (Team Pinball) 0.2%

Best Toys and Gimmicks
Pirates of the Caribbean (Jersey Jack Pinball) 54.3%
Houdini (American Pinball) 14.4%
Deadpool (Stern Pinball) 12.8%
Iron Maiden (Stern Pinball) 7.8%
Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle (Spooky Pinball) 6.2%
Cosmic Cart Racing (Multimorphic) 2.1%
The Beatles (Stern Pinball/Ka-Pow Pinball) 1.0%
Thunderbirds (Homepin) 0.8%
Supreme (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 0.3%
Primus (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 0.3%
Mafia (Team Pinball) 0.1%

Best Theme Integration
Pirates of the Caribbean (Jersey Jack Pinball) 34.2%
Iron Maiden (Stern Pinball) 20.0%
Deadpool (Stern Pinball) 15.0%
Houdini (American Pinball) 11.9%
Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle (Spooky Pinball) 8.2%
The Beatles (Stern Pinball/Ka-Pow Pinball) 6.1%
Supreme (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 1.7%
Primus (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 1.0%
Thunderbirds (Homepin) 0.8%
Cosmic Cart Racing (Multimorphic) 0.8%
Mafia (Team Pinball) 0.3%

Best Music and Sound Effects
Iron Maiden (Stern Pinball) 42.5%
Pirates of the Caribbean (Jersey Jack Pinball) 19.7%
The Beatles (Stern Pinball/Ka-Pow Pinball) 12.8%
Deadpool (Stern Pinball) 12.5%
Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle (Spooky Pinball) 6.9%
Primus (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 2.2%
Houdini (American Pinball) 2.2%
Thunderbirds (Homepin) 0.5%
Supreme (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 0.4%
Cosmic Cart Racing (Multimorphic) 0.3%
Mafia (Team Pinball) 0.1%

Best Callouts
Deadpool (Stern Pinball) 38.2%
Iron Maiden (Stern Pinball) 28.7%
Pirates of the Caribbean (Jersey Jack Pinball) 16.4%
Houdini (American Pinball) 5.1%
Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle (Spooky Pinball) 4.9%
The Beatles (Stern Pinball/Ka-Pow Pinball) 3.6%
Priums (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 1.6%
Thunderbirds (Homepin) 0.4%
Cosmic Cart Racing (Multimorphic) 0.4%
Mafia (Team Pinball) 0.4%
Supreme (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 0.2%

Best Rules
Iron Maiden (Stern Pinball) 49.9%
Pirates of the Caribbean (Jersey Jack Pinball) 27.7%
Deadpool (Stern Pinball) 8.6%
Houdini (American Pinball) 6.3%
The Beatles (Stern Pinball/Ka-Pow Pinball) 2.9%
Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle (Spooky Pinball) 2.8%
Cosmic Cart Racing (Multimorphic) 0.8%
Mafia (Team Pinball) 0.3%
Supreme (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 0.3%
Thunderbirds (Homepin) 0.3%

Best Playfield Gameplay and Layout
Iron Maiden (Stern Pinball) 54.4%
Pirates of the Caribbean (Jersey Jack Pinball) 24.5%
Deadpool (Stern Pinball) 9.0%
Houdini (American Pinball) 4.0%
Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle (Spooky Pinball) 3.5%
The Beatles (Stern Pinball/Ka-Pow Pinball) 3.3%
Cosmic Cart Racing (Multimorphic) 0.5%
Supreme (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 0.3%
Thunderbirds (Homepin) 0.3%
Mafia (Team Pinball) 0.2%

Best Artwork
Iron Maiden (Stern Pinball) 30.6%
Deadpool (Stern Pinball) 22.4%
Pirates of the Caribbean (Jersey Jack Pinball) 13.6%
Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle (Spooky Pinball) 11.0%
The Beatles (Stern Pinball/Ka-Pow Pinball) 7.5%
Primus (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 6.4%
Houdini (American Pinball) 6.4%
Supreme (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 0.8%
Thunderbirds (Homepin) 0.5%
Cosmic Cart Racing (Multimorphic) 0.4%
Mafia (Team Pinball) 0.4%

Game of the Year
Iron Maiden (Stern Pinball) 46.9%
Pirates of the Caribbean (Jersey Jack Pinball) 28.6%
Deadpool (Stern Pinball) 10.3%
Houdini (American Pinball) 5.0%
Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle (Spooky Pinball) 3.8%
The Beatles (Stern Pinball/Ka-Pow Pinball) 3.6%
Cosmic Cart Racing (Multimorphic) 0.9%
Primus (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 0.3%
Supreme (Stern Pinball Contract Game) 0.3%
Thunderbirds (Homepin) 0.3%
Mafia (Team Pinball) 0.0%

All games got a least a couple votes for GOTY! Something for everybody...

Thanks for the thoughts and keep the suggestions coming - I'm taking notes on all these and we'll discuss them at length next year with the new TWIPY Committee to look at what our best options are.