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NuclearPotato posted:So today was a good day for me. Nice going, that's a really solid score. In other news word got leaked that a new kickstarter is being announced with today's newsletter. They said it's an expensive one. All signs point to TAF I guess although it could potentially be something else too. Maybe a new stern? Simpsons Pinball Party? Who knows, stay tuned (probably TAF).
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NuclearPotato posted:Twilight Zone despite the game trying to load a second ball into the mix outside of multiball. I don't know what it is with those games, but both TZ and STTNG seem to be constantly plagued with ball count issues.
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Jul 11, 2014 09:28
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Nurge posted:In other news word got leaked that a new kickstarter is being announced with today's newsletter. They said it's an expensive one. All signs point to TAF I guess although it could potentially be something else too. Maybe a new stern? Simpsons Pinball Party? Who knows, stay tuned (probably TAF). I'm wary about this, since I backed Terminator and there's still no release date for season 2 on PS4. But I'll probably end up throwing money at whatever this kickstarter is anyway, especially if it's Simpsons Pinball Party.
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Jul 11, 2014 16:24
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Am I wrong to think Season 1 had way better tables than 2 and so far 3 
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Jul 11, 2014 16:38
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Carecat posted:Am I wrong to think Season 1 had way better tables than 2 and so far 3 nope, I literally only bought T2 and Season One. Most of Season 3 just does not interest me whatsoever, I feel most of the classic poo poo was in S1. S2 has some gold for sure but the majority of the great stuff is in S1.
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Jul 11, 2014 16:42
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Carecat posted:Am I wrong to think Season 1 had way better tables than 2 and so far 3 Nope, that's pretty unanimous. Although I wouldn't say "way" better than 3, just marginally. Three's tables are about as good as the better DMD tables from Season 2, like White Water or Champion Pub. But overall Season 1 is way better than Season 2, yeah.
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Jul 11, 2014 16:43
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 Please be TAF.
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Jul 11, 2014 16:46
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It's going to be The Shadow and it turns out that Alec Baldwin's likeness fees are really expensive.
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Jul 11, 2014 17:04
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As a big fan of The Shadow, I would be ok with that, even if the movie was mediocre. 
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Jul 11, 2014 17:31
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There are plenty of good pins based on terrible movies (and vice versa). The Shadow and Congo belong to the former category.
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Jul 11, 2014 17:38
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I'm not saying that Shadow is a lame table... It's a good one but knowing Farsight, they're claiming that they're gonna have an expensive kickstarter, get everybody thinking it's gonna be TAF then BOOM it's gonna be some goofy movie license table that turns out has really expensive licensing... maybe it's rollergames.
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Jul 11, 2014 17:58
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Kinda think Shadow would really suck on a touch screen to be honest.
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Jul 11, 2014 18:02
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Galaga Galaxian posted:As a big fan of The Shadow, I would be ok with that, even if the movie was mediocre. I was so disappointed by the movie. They should have gotten someone less famous than Alec Baldwin so that there wouldn't have been so much pressure to have him take off the hat and scarf. 
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Jul 11, 2014 18:24
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If it's not Addams, it might be The Simpsons. You get two machines for the price of one, and The Simpsons Pinball Party is kind of perfect for TPA given how deep the ruleset is. I would bet that a lot of the more modern Sterns would be pretty good on TPA since there's a bit of meat to the rules. Or maybe it's Bram Stoker's Dracula, and what everyone thought they got without a Kickstarter is gonna need one.
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Jul 11, 2014 20:01
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I'm still just waiting on that fix for nVidia users for post-processing, and/or that promised  New Lighting Model they kept talking up and then haven't yet delivered on.
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Jul 11, 2014 20:03
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King Vidiot posted:that promised They said on twitch yesterday that they aren't releasing that until the Xbone version drops.
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Jul 11, 2014 20:11
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They're redoing the lighting? Great. I thought it looked pretty tame compared to a real table, unless you were playing in direct sunlight.
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Jul 11, 2014 20:14
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It'd be nice if they could release a huge bugfix patch so I could properly play Twilight Zone. 
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Jul 11, 2014 20:18
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Ryuga Death posted:It'd be nice if they could release a huge bugfix patch so I could properly play Twilight Zone. Does the physical table do a ball search after Lost in the Zone? Basically every other time I get LitZ in TPA a ball gets pinched by the top right flipper and fucks the game real hard.
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Jul 11, 2014 20:24
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PlayStation Blog article says it's The Addams Family. Also, PS versions are finally getting new tables this month.
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Jul 11, 2014 21:13
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I'm happy we're getting TAF, and I'm sure it'll be funded, but there's no drat way I'm contributing to another :farsight: kickstarter. People who wait and just buy it get to play it release day, people who contribute get to either pay twice or wait a few days longer for working download codes. Total bullshit, never again.
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Jul 11, 2014 21:21
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TAF is good news. Most popular table of all-time.
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Jul 11, 2014 22:09
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Is the new table out today? Steam doesn't have any updates for me yet. Edit: It's updating now. 
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Jul 11, 2014 23:19
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Same Great Paste posted:I'm happy we're getting TAF, and I'm sure it'll be funded, but there's no drat way I'm contributing to another :farsight: kickstarter. People who wait and just buy it get to play it release day, people who contribute get to either pay twice or wait a few days longer for working download codes. Total bullshit, never again. Amazing, it's almost like maybe Kickstarter isn't supposed to be pre-order system, but a way to fund projects that aren't always commercially viable!
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Jul 11, 2014 23:23
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Yechezkel posted:PlayStation Blog article says it's The Addams Family. Aaand I think they just sold another copy of Season 3 
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Jul 11, 2014 23:35
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King Vidiot posted:Aaand I think they just sold another copy of Season 3 Ditto. Also if I buy season 3, can I help out with the kickstarter? Or does that basically get added to the kickstarter just by virtue? Obviously if I donate to the kickstarter, it won't give me a discount on the price of S3.
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Jul 11, 2014 23:37
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DevCore posted:Ditto. Chances are TAF would be a part of season 4 I think.
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Jul 11, 2014 23:43
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Nurge posted:Chances are TAF would be a part of season 4 I think. Aaand I think they just sold a copy of Season 4
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Jul 12, 2014 00:23
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I'm sure everyone already knows by now but here are the latest patch notes from Farsight:MikeFarSight posted:Version 1.28.11 Yaaaaay, Twilight Zone is fixed (at least according to the patch notes)!  Hopefully nothing else pops up. 
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Jul 12, 2014 00:33
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Yechezkel posted:PlayStation Blog article says it's The Addams Family. I didn't realize it for a while but the game's autoflip function isn't just for Thing Flips, it also times the flippers with the snaps from the theme song when you drain.
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Jul 12, 2014 00:36
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Ryuga Death posted:Yaaaaay, Twilight Zone is fixed (at least according to the patch notes)! More excited about that than the new table. Off to test things out. Edit - played a game. Went through 2 multiballs with no camera angle issues, and finished a LITZ without any BS. Gumball machine reloaded as it's supposed to when it ended and the game continued as normal. Anecdotal evidence and all, but it might just be fixed. Tony Phillips fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Jul 12, 2014 |
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Tried out High Roller Casino... is it just me or is it a rather mediocre table? Admittedly I find most Stern tables to be 'meh' (The Sopranos is the only table of theirs so far I really like), but this one is like late 80s/early 90s Gottlieb levels of mediocre.
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Zeether posted:I didn't realize it for a while but the game's autoflip function isn't just for Thing Flips, it also times the flippers with the snaps from the theme song when you drain.  TAF was the first game where the CPU could control the flippers. The end-of-ball flips are basically just showing off "look what we can do  "^ High Roller Casino is a pretty mediocre table, you're not alone. Basically all Stern games until Lord of the Rings had this realy low-budget feel. Collateral Damage fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Jul 12, 2014 |
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Jul 12, 2014 01:19
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Knowing Farsight, they'll have Thing's hand occasionally toss the ball off screen when locking a ball. Don't care. Hope they do the table anyway.
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Jul 12, 2014 01:23
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The new table resembles some of the worst Gottliebs. Not into this at all. I'd rather play William's Millionaire.
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A quick question about the monster bash table. The phantom flip thing where the flipper hits the ball for you automatically seems terrible and more likely to hit the ball into nothing or into a drain, am I doing something wrong?
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Jul 12, 2014 01:26
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ReverendHammer posted:Tried out High Roller Casino... is it just me or is it a rather mediocre table? Admittedly I find most Stern tables to be 'meh' (The Sopranos is the only table of theirs so far I really like), but this one is like late 80s/early 90s Gottlieb levels of mediocre. High Roller Casino is from their immediate post Sega phase where they were pretty much still putting out pretty so/so tables. After a few more they got their groove (and hired a bunch of WMS guys), but unfortunately most of those tables are out of TPA's reach. Without Kickstarters or good luck the other Stern games available are Striker Xtreme and Sharkey's Shootout, and neither is anything to write home about. Monopoly is probably attainable, and NASCAR has a brand-less version as "Grand Prix" which they sold in Europe.
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From the same PS Blog article, from comments made by the Farsight CM:quote:Still don’t have a date set for Season Two on PS4. Wow, no discount for PS4 season 2 tables.  Also, they'll offer a pass for season 3 tables after all of them have been released.
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Jul 12, 2014 02:13
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I don't have a ps4 but that seems mean. Most of season 2 is crap, seems like that will cause less sales. Hooray for TWZ fixes and The Addams Family!
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Ryuga Death posted:A quick question about the monster bash table. The phantom flip thing where the flipper hits the ball for you automatically seems terrible and more likely to hit the ball into nothing or into a drain, am I doing something wrong? Nope, you aren't wrong. I actively try to avoid spending a phantom flip because I can't even remember the last time it hit a shot that I couldn't've done more reliably myself.
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