To the OP, thanks for starting this thread. Now my lunch break has well exceeded 1/2 hour and I spit soda all over the keyboard laughing at some of these replies.
Back on topic
I never had any interest in the game because of the theme and price point. Things that really killed any interest for me were...
the theme (not a good first theme for a new company in my opinion) Considering most pinball players are male, this theme will not draw their attention.
The out of the gate bashing of Stern and other pinball companies. Jack came out throwing bows saying if stern has 1 mile of wiring in their game, then my game has 2 miles of wiring. This was all said after he said in a previous interview that he wasn't going to tell you how many miles of wiring the game had like stern did.
The LCD screen. Just doesn't seem right on a pinball machine to me.
The Australian fiasco. I know it wasn't inherently Jacks fault but I think more could have been done about the situation.
The constant updates on the game progress. I don't mind updates on a games progress but I don't think it's necessary to have as many as they did. Now look at the shipping updates thread and it is lack of any major progress.
You need night vision glasses to see what is going on with the game. The back lighting is terrible.
The constant lies. "This game will have direct print cabinet art" (which later changed to decals from what I have heard) "You will get your game on 06/14/2013". Then the time comes and no game. "You will get your game on 06/20/2013 ish". Still no game. "We will not ship a game with incomplete code" hmmm. Imagine how many returns Jack would have if they didn't bang out code updates like they did because the code was far from complete when shipped.
The constant bashing and cruel treatment of others. Talking negative about pinside in general. Jumping in other peoples threads to try and ruin their sale of the game saying that the game will not have a warranty because the seller is not an authorized seller. Talking badly about Charlie E. and others who he worked with in the past and from what I have heard have been nothing but good to him.
The ruby reds and LE this and that. People bought the LE because they wanted the best game they could get. They wanted the satisfaction knowing there was no other better games out their. Then they introduce the ruby reds ect. This threw people for a loop.
THE FACT THAT IT HAS BEEN 3 YEARS AND SOME PEOPLE STILL DON"T HAVE THEIR GAME. This is just ludicrous to me. To spend that amount of money 3 years ago and still be waiting on a product that was supposed to have been delivered years ago. I mean come on, I know it is a new company just starting up but jeez that is way too long.