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Who won the Twipy award for Home brew

By legtod2

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    #141 1 year ago

    Played Elf at TPF… and the others. Loved Elf. Was a true homebrew. elsereturn did it right. I hope my own homebrew gets as high off the ground as his has so far. I would be happy to get a machine to 75% of what he’s accomplished to date. He had a lot of out of the box thinking because he had no box until comparatively recently. The fresh take on things was interesting and fun to flip. It did have flow and it got even faster as you learned the combo shots that keep the ball moving.

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    #180 1 year ago

    Homebrew is what has reinvigorated pinball… it all started with an Archer pin in Keith’s basement… at least that’s the latest version in the myths of pinball. I love seeing homebrews at shows, especially ones that try things that are non-standard by the mainstream manufacturers standards. My absolute dream machine design should be able to place a ball in play at any orbit/lane/shot/kicker/scoop or ramp. Flow can be generated without stop and go if you know what you are doing. I am waiting for that homebrew machine that actually puts mainstream pinball on the backs of their feet, wondering how the designer did it with the exact same coil count as a Stern or JJP or <insert company name here> machine.

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    #186 1 year ago

    My definition of “homebrew” falls into a single concept- is this the brain child of one man, or multiple people? From the stand point of manufacturers, the “design team” are all listed on the playfield (sometimes), yet we all consider Twilight Zone the brain child of Pat Lawlor. Now I am sure Pat had a hand in pushing forth the theme and the design, but clearly a LOT more people are involved, including the actual construction of the mechanisms, toys, artwork, music, software, light shows, sound effects, call outs, animations, etc… not to mention all the engineering to develope the underlying platform. A true homebrew puts the “hat” of all of these on one person, however, if some of these “hats” require knowledge that the home brewer does not possess , would I kick them out of bed for eating crackers and “contracting it out” to additional people?
    I don’t think I would. Now, however, if the basis of this “contracted out” is a lot of “borrowing” from the existing IP of a mainstream title, does this affect my consideration? If asked to judge between a retheme and a completely original design, a mediocre “homebrew” original will win my vote quicker than a slick artwork and cabinet refurbishment, because the breadth of the challenge to wear that many hats and pull it off is something only really gifted and dedicated pinball enthusiasts can do.

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