Quoted from DudeRegular:You are so pinball famous that you have haters and trolls. Bask in the glory.
Hey don't forget the groupies.
Quoted from DudeRegular:You are so pinball famous that you have haters and trolls. Bask in the glory.
Hey don't forget the groupies.
Quoted from blueberryjohnson:Bring in the dog. Put out the cat. This is apparently happening.
https://www.nycpinballchamps.com/entertainment[quoted image]
I'm confused... is there a blueberry special here we can partake in? Found Levi's, but where is yours?
Quoted from SantaEatsCheese:I'm confused... is there a blueberry special here we can partake in? Found Levi's, but where is yours?
Joining the podcast these guys will record live.
Screen Shot 2022-06-02 at 12.06.01 PM (resized).pngQuoted from blueberryjohnson:Joining the podcast these guys will record live.[quoted image]
Please explain the label of Pinside Gadfly and how that benefits your resume.
Yes, this is the first seminar /
Live presentation weve come up with for Nycpc.
There will be many more!
Quoted from Mr68:Please explain the label of Pinside Gadfly and how that benefits your resume.
Though I wasn't involved in the copywriting, I wouldn't disagree with your suggestion of word choice casting reputational aspersions (perhaps unintentionally).
For whatever reason, it seems a common denominator with good old blueberry. I recall Zach including "infamous" in my introduction for podcast #1.
Though none of this is of particular concern, it is mildly perplexing. Assumed I was one of the good guys when it came to the deeproot tornado clusterfuck.
Infamous is an adjective that is derived from the Latin prefix in- which means not, opposite of, and the Latin word famosus, which means renowned, celebrated. Therefore infamous would imply a person is not famous, but locally known, perhaps. Sounds kind of like blueberry.
Notorious means publicly known, usually unfavorably, for some sort of bad quality. I just don’t think blueberry is known well enough for all of his bad qualities, so infamous he shall be until he can build a larger fan base and get the word out Oh yeah, his bad qualities are on top of bad behavior, I’ll bet.
The story of Zitware almost seems like an Aesop's fable. A tale of middle aged men throwing endless cash into a pit, desperately trying to recapture their youth. And the ironic twist is in the end all they have to show for it is an empty wallet and more years of life wasted.
Quoted from blueberryjohnson:Though none of this is of particular concern, it is mildly perplexing. Assumed I was one of the good guys when it came to the deeproot tornado clusterfuck.
You are one of the good guys, I just found the word funny. Haven't heard the word Gadfly snice my grandmother used it decades ago. I think she had a different meaning for it back then... And the dictionary explanation of the word doesn't apply to you at all.
Could the word gadfly be making a comeback? This geezer wants to know.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Gadfly doesn’t seem so bad to me.
Kind of like wag. Punter. Pundit?
blameless, selfless hero?
Quoted from blueberryjohnson:blameless, selfless hero?
Can we just settle on "gadfamous?"
Quoted from blueberryjohnson:Joining the podcast these guys will record live.[quoted image]
Let us know where/when we can listen .
If people are getting comfortable using gadfly,
and have taunted infamous - it is time to evolve further and blueberry is gadfamous.
Quoted from blueberryjohnson:Though I wasn't involved in the copywriting, I wouldn't disagree with your suggestion of word choice casting reputational aspersions (perhaps unintentionally).
For whatever reason, it seems a common denominator with good old blueberry. I recall Zach including "infamous" in my introduction for podcast #1.
Though none of this is of particular concern, it is mildly perplexing. Assumed I was one of the good guys when it came to the deeproot tornado clusterfuck.
Here is the best definition.
When whatever is to be announced on the new deeprootpinball.com is announced, will it have anything to do with either of the games discussed in this more than 10 year old video?
Of note: John indicates that at this point people were already pressing him to find out when things were going to be finished and alleges that a working Magic Girl prototype is just off camera.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:If pussycat bowling ever gets released, my grail will finally be within reach !
I forget when/where I saw it, but at some point John was offering as a commercial service to make whatever pinball machine any John Q. Public commissioned of him.
So if you want that grail, go get that grail. I assume he's open to new work opportunities.
Quoted from blueberryjohnson:I forget when/where I saw it, but at some point John was offering as a commercial service to make whatever pinball machine any John Q. Public commissioned of him.
So if you want that grail, go get that grail. I assume he's open to new work opportunities.
Ya Levi just needs to manage him properly.
Quoted from blueberryjohnson:Someone's having fun.
I'm walking out the door so will leave this one to the sewer codebreakers
https://deeprootpinball.com/[quoted image]
In the page source code:
The base64 string:
TW9yZSB0aGFuIG1lZXRzIHRoZSBleWUu
decodes to:
More than meets the eye.
First pass of the puzzle:
Pinpod, bynark, and merlin's arcade
Bynark appears to be some sort of engineering firm in India.
Quoted from blueberryjohnson:When whatever is to be announced on the new deeprootpinball.com is announced, will it have anything to do with either of the games discussed in this more than 10 year old video?
Of note: John indicates that at this point people were already pressing him to find out when things were going to be finished and alleges that a working Magic Girl prototype is just off camera.
yea that's the video where he talks about how he measured wrong, and "oh well, just have to get some new metal parts fabbed up". Maybe he should measure 12 times and cut once.
Not sure if these are anything or not.
Spotted "paukum" (line 5) and "purix" (line 8 )
Paukum is an Indian name, though I'm not sure if that's just a coincidence in the puzzle, or if it's actually supposed to be in the puzzle.
Purix is a mutual fund or a green energy company.
Quoted from roffels:[quoted image]
Fireandbrimstone(d) on the far left going up (from the f at the bottom left corner).
Snip is Pinside backwards.
Quoted from Medisinyl:Fireandbrimstone(d) on the far left going up (from the f at the bottom left corner).
Updated!
Found "gladiator"
The starting G is 15 down below "pinballiseasy", and diagonal up and right.
The backwards "pins" is actually a backwards "pinside". I think our mystery puzzler is saying hello
diagonal "pinbar" - P to the left of Merlin...
"fivedays" diagonal, at the top, near foodtruck's K.
Attack underneath foodtruck.
Some chance "machine" is "machine-age"
Updated my post with all your finds. If someone finds an octo manufacturing or "stay out of this ben" reference, let me know.
This has to be a troll. What the fuck are they even doing?
It’s not like they’d ever figure out how to build any of those junk prototypes and make a profit
Quoted from Medisinyl:Attack underneath foodtruck.
Looks like "Attack Ned"
pasted_image (resized).pngQuoted from TreyBo69:The Who is in there. Diagonal starting above the K in Bynark
Quoted from ForceFlow:Where? I'm not seeing it.
D above fireandbrimstone...not sure how I missed that before...
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