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Collateral Damage
Jun 13, 2009

All "viral" sites should burn.

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Turtlicious
Sep 17, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
hi guys its me, turtlicious, from the amazing award winning series red vs blue, and im here to talk to you about something very important.

its ok to like things.

Nickiepoo
Jun 24, 2013
The gently caress it is

Lone Goat
Apr 16, 2003

When life gives you lemons, suplex those lemons.




Ariong posted:

Well, if you describe your interests, maybe I can find something that’s more to your liking, and make gifs from it? My skillset is very limited. It’s that or MS paint.

I really like pinball but someone already beat you to it.







More here

DJ Fuckboy Supreme
Feb 10, 2011

And when you stare long into the abyss, you become aggressively, terminally chill

I know it's not really much of a thing any more but that's neat to learn that their was technique to pinball.

Elizabethan Error
May 18, 2006

Turtlicious posted:

hi guys its me, turtlicious, from the amazing award winning series red vs blue, and im here to talk to you about something very important.

its ok to like things.


shut up caboose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyrtEGiwMpg

King Vidiot
Feb 17, 2007

You think you can take me at Satan's Hollow? Go 'head on!

DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:

I know it's not really much of a thing any more but that's neat to learn that their was technique to pinball.

"Was"? Pinball is still very much a thing, you just have to seek it out. It's not a massive phenomena like it was in the 70's and 80's but it never totally went away.





Kheldarn
Feb 17, 2011



https://i.imgur.com/eyRoBYc.gifv

dumb.
Apr 11, 2014

-=💀=-
This is like some kind of hell nightmare to me.

https://i.imgur.com/Q6evG4y.gifv

ante
Apr 9, 2005

SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS

dumb. posted:

This is like some kind of hell nightmare to me.

https://i.imgur.com/Q6evG4y.gifv

I don't feel good about this

Trabant
Nov 26, 2011

All systems nominal.

dumb. posted:

This is like some kind of hell nightmare to me.

https://i.imgur.com/Q6evG4y.gifv

Actual annihilation looking better than Annihilation.

Lone Goat
Apr 16, 2003

When life gives you lemons, suplex those lemons.




DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:

I know it's not really much of a thing any more but that's neat to learn that their was technique to pinball.

It's not huge like it used to be, but 2-3 new tables come out a year. I'm in the Toronto area and there's multiple leagues that run, as well as a couple dedicated pinball/arcade bars. My friend hosted world championships at his home this past weekend. I'm watching a guy stream a newish Adam West Batman themed game on twitch right now. Pinball still exists and it's very good.

Check this map to find pinball in your area

To stay on thread, please enjoy this gif of a FORBIDDEN TECHNIQUE: the Death Save

Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

https://i.imgur.com/iz2D1oR.mp4

Baronjutter
Dec 31, 2007

"Tiny Trains"

What's going on? Mine collapse? Sinkhole?

ante
Apr 9, 2005

SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS
It's just socially awkward

Zanzibar Ham
Mar 17, 2009

You giving me the cold shoulder? How cruel.


Grimey Drawer
Someone took all that 'DRAIN THE SWAMP' chanting way too literally.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Baronjutter posted:

What's going on? Mine collapse? Sinkhole?

I think the spider is just trying to ignore it's problems.

Plinkey
Aug 4, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Baronjutter posted:

What's going on? Mine collapse? Sinkhole?

I'm pretty sure that was a sinkhole in florida, the salt-mine one is nuts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cXnxGIDhOA&t=70s

Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Moon Slayer
Jun 19, 2007


Me when the waitress says "enjoy your meal" and I say "you too."

Altared State
Jan 14, 2006

I think I was born to burn

I love doing that with my dog

Collateral Damage
Jun 13, 2009

There's also the "Live Catch" variant. All you do is hit the flipper so it hits the ball just at the end of its stroke. Correctly performed the ball will lose all momemtum and stop dead on the flipper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdlZS-0SAaw

DaveKap
Feb 5, 2006

Pickle: Inspected.



DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:

I know it's not really much of a thing any more but that's neat to learn that their was technique to pinball.

King Vidiot posted:

"Was"? Pinball is still very much a thing

Lone Goat posted:

It's not huge like it used to be, but
I kinda assumed what DJ Fuckboy Supreme meant (... nice name, btw) is that modern tables have so many different configurations, the idea that the paddle separation and bumper position is such that half these techniques can even be used is questionable. Still awesome gifs tho.

DryGoods
Apr 26, 2014

Dogs, on the other hand, can connect with that pathos.
https://i.imgur.com/mXlGTLg.gifv

Nickiepoo
Jun 24, 2013
That's not a Japanese schoolgirl I'm confused.

hhhat
Apr 29, 2008

Nickiepoo posted:

That's not a Japanese schoolgirl I'm confused.

so is the octopus

Samuringa
Mar 27, 2017

Best advice I was ever given?

"Ticker, you'll be a lot happier once you stop caring about the opinions of a culture that is beneath you."

I learned my worth, learned the places and people that matter.

Opened my eyes.

Baronjutter posted:

What's going on? Mine collapse? Sinkhole?

vegetarian sharks

bring back old gbs
Feb 28, 2007

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

does it think the ball is water or soemthing?

sirbeefalot
Aug 24, 2004
Fast Learner.
Fun Shoe
Its a simulation/rendering test AFAIK.

Azhais
Feb 5, 2007
Switchblade Switcharoo

sirbeefalot posted:

Its a simulation/rendering test AFAIK.

Now I'm even more confused about the lack of schoolgirls

KoRMaK
Jul 31, 2012



sirbeefalot posted:

Its a simulation/rendering test AFAIK.

Well... that would explain how it starts with perfectly settled sand and an indent under it, as if it was plopped there.

I don't believe it though

DaveKap
Feb 5, 2006

Pickle: Inspected.



KoRMaK posted:

Well... that would explain how it starts with perfectly settled sand and an indent under it, as if it was plopped there.

I don't believe it though
https://vimeo.com/user11824348

It looks real because the distortion in the gif is so bad. You can't believe anything that has that lovely of a resolution anymore.

Bluemillion
Aug 18, 2008

I got your dispensers
right here

KoRMaK posted:

Well... that would explain how it starts with perfectly settled sand and an indent under it, as if it was plopped there.

I don't believe it though

Yeah if that's a render someone's gonna have Disney on their resume.

^^^
Edit: Still impressive.

Lone Goat
Apr 16, 2003

When life gives you lemons, suplex those lemons.




DaveKap posted:

I kinda assumed what DJ Fuckboy Supreme meant (... nice name, btw) is that modern tables have so many different configurations, the idea that the paddle separation and bumper position is such that half these techniques can even be used is questionable. Still awesome gifs tho.

Nearly every table, if not all, in the past 20+ years has the traditional set up of two flippers under two triangular slingshots. Though sometimes there will be weird poo poo at the top or sides of the table (eg, a ball-launching cannon, a wrestling ring, another tinier pinball table, etc)

DaveKap
Feb 5, 2006

Pickle: Inspected.



Lone Goat posted:

Nearly every table, if not all, in the past 20+ years has the traditional set up of two flippers under two triangular slingshots. Though sometimes there will be weird poo poo at the top or sides of the table (eg, a ball-launching cannon, a wrestling ring, another tinier pinball table, etc)
I mean, I don't disagree with this fact, but the exact positioning of those flippers and slingshots vary wildly enough that plenty of those techniques don't actually work, as they require specific angles and positions to pull off. Right?

Don't even get me started on sensitivities of the slingshots. Some of them are hair-pin while others require a hammer's force to trigger. Hell, same with the flippers themselves. It just seems like too many variables against hard-grain physics to make stuff "just work" by knowing a technique.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe
https://i.imgur.com/lO3eNC2.mp4

Kheldarn
Feb 17, 2011



https://i.imgur.com/fM6zEVi.gifv

Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Count Roland
Oct 6, 2013

DaveKap posted:

https://vimeo.com/user11824348

It looks real because the distortion in the gif is so bad. You can't believe anything that has that lovely of a resolution anymore.

Jesus.

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Lone Goat
Apr 16, 2003

When life gives you lemons, suplex those lemons.




DaveKap posted:

I mean, I don't disagree with this fact, but the exact positioning of those flippers and slingshots vary wildly enough that plenty of those techniques don't actually work, as they require specific angles and positions to pull off. Right?

Don't even get me started on sensitivities of the slingshots. Some of them are hair-pin while others require a hammer's force to trigger. Hell, same with the flippers themselves. It just seems like too many variables against hard-grain physics to make stuff "just work" by knowing a technique.

Because of the mechanical nature of a pinball table the fine details of performing the technique will be different, but once you get the fundamentals and now when to use each one, it gets way easier. The closest analogy I can think of is like the lie of a putting green. If you play on a hole enough you'll know what way putts will break, and you can figure out how a pinball table handles after a few minutes of playing on it.

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