When I placed my order KT said she could figure out exactly what number I was if I really wanted to know... I didn't really care, I just wanted to know what batch (#3) as I figured I was either in the high 90's or low 100's when I placed my order early Tuesday morning. I don't think any of this really matters too much (other than things will slow down at some point when AC games start being built) after Charlie explained how the batching is going to work.

The part I remember Charlie posting (or saying on some stream or podcast) was that they are ordering parts in batches of 50, not building machines in batches of 50 (so if you are #201 you wouldn't need to wait until 250 is sold before production begins on your machine).

I think he also mentioned there are 2 lines and, at some point, this will share the line with another machine.

I reserved early on Tuesday morning, I was told batch 3 (assuming near the beginning of that batch) and that they were hoping to get part of batch 3 this year. I would assume batch 4 would be Q1 of 2018

I fail to see the dickitry

He’ll only do Dave Brubeck

And then we need to integrate the bobble-head into the game somehow too.

What if we get Jay's head to rotate with red eyes and he becomes the beacon light?

Do you currently have an Amazon Music Storage subscription? If not, it looks like those were retired a week ago or so and they aren't accepting new subscriptions. Additionally, Amazon's file format FAQ says "For these file types, only eligible files that match Amazon's catalog can be uploaded." about flac files. For ease of use, it is probably best to just purchase the album through Amazon.

I threw mine on my Plex server and let the server take care of converting for whatever device wants to play them. I was playing them for my daughter today and she knew exactly where the music was from.

... and if you (or anybody else) are up north, you're more than welcome to stop by and play mine.

TNA is my favorite pinball machine, hands down. I have a smaller collection of games (BK2K, R&B, RFM/SWEP1 and a couple others) and have never had the enjoyment with them as I do with TNA. I think it has something to do with the complete package (gameplay, art, lights, sound, etc) coupled with intentionally
shorter game/ball times, bit-sized sense of accomplishments (setting up and hitting multi-ball, blowing up a reactor -- even if it is reactor 1, hitting the skill shot, etc.), an easy to understand yet difficult to master rule set, and a game that is forcing me to learn pinball techniques (nudging, passing, catching, etc.).

As many have said in this thread, it has that "just one more game" feel to it which none of my other games really do.

I got into the hobby ~5 years ago and I'm not a good player by any means so take what I say with a grain of salt... it also doesn't hurt that my 8yr old daughter is my partner in crime with pinball and I pretty much have at least a 2 player game whenever I want

This! Some of the most fun I've had playing dollar games with those guys.

They are in the mid 70's right now, and around 300~ish sold. You'll need to keep track over the next month or so to see how fast these start cranking out; it looks like Spooky is hitting their stride now.

Not to my knowledge. I believe what you are seeing is a quick, manual plunge before the intentionally delayed auto launch kicks in.

This?

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Sorry it took so long, is this what you want?

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With v1.1.0 the music sounds great IMO. I had tweaked the amp a tad where I would run the machine at volume level 4 and it would sound great without redlining the sub. With the new code drop, the default settings have the sound full and that much more impressive; Scott wasn't lying when he said he remastered the audio!

You probably could also eject any unused multi-balls on a player change to keep which should allow multi-player tournament games.

I am not advocating for it... heck, I would be shocked if I ever enabled that on my machine... it just sounds like there are more and more requests for some sort of tournament setting.

I can’t do a picture of the stock amp but here is what I have mine set at (and I think it sounds even better with v1.1)...

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Kind of.

If you are playing a multi-player game in a tournament setting, everybody would love to follow me as I think I have perfected the art of leaving two locked balls for the next player. That would give whoever follows me almost an instant 3x multiplier each time they plunge a ball. Playing single player tournament games negates this and allows Scott to spend more time on co-op mode :p

His foggy phone pics will make that topper fit with all the fog machine talk as well.