Lyman Sheats

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76 mentions Positive: 71Negative: 1Hot Takes: 4 4% hostile
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"I think the greatest coder of all time is still Lyman Sheats. And he will always be the greatest pinball coder. God rest his soul"

Lyman Sheats was the greatest pinball coder of all time

opinion positive Ep. 1112 · Jul 10, 2025
"if you're going to collect pinball machines, I would collect Lyman Sheats games... don't just chase the latest, chase the greatest"

If collecting pinball machines, collect Lyman Sheats games - chase the greatest, not the latest

opinion positive Jan 22, 2022
"He was the greatest pinball coder of all time... what he left behind with his legacy of games, which are arguably the best coded games ever"

Lyman Sheats Jr.. was the greatest pinball coder of all time and his games are the best coded games ever

opinion positive Jan 22, 2022
"Now we've got the greatest coder in Pinball history is over at CGC. Now this is probably the greatest pick up by any Pinball company this year. This is way better than Steve Ritchie going over to Jersey Jack Pinball. This is way better than Dennis Nordman going over to American Pinball because nobody. And I mean this, nobody makes a game more fulfilling, more long lasting, more than the more enjoyable for both casual players and for hardcore players than Lyman Sheats."

Lyman Sheats is the greatest coder in pinball history and his move to CGC is better than any other recent designer moves

opinion positive Ep. 618 · Oct 2, 2021
"Lyman Sheats, the greatest coder in the history of pinball, which he is... For me to code your game, I'm telling you right now I'm looking at a quarter million dollars or more."

Lyman Sheats is the greatest coder in pinball history and should charge premium rates

opinion positive Ep. 604 · Aug 2, 2021
"I think Lyman Sheats is the greatest coder in the history of Bimbaugh and I think him joining CGC would be an incredible move for both parties involved"

Lyman Sheats is the greatest coder in pinball history

opinion positive Ep. 603 · Aug 1, 2021
"Well, thank you so much whoever this is for this scoop I'm not sure if it's true, but you heard it here first on canadus pinball podcast that Lyman is out at stern pinball But this is a rumor. This is I can't confirm this"

Prediction: Lyman is out at Stern pinball.

hot take mixed Ep. 602 · Jul 31, 2021
"Lyman is the best coder in the history of pinball... stern pinball is the perfect home for someone like Lyman Because they have so many games going out the door that every once in a while they can put them on something special"

Lyman Sheats is the best coder in pinball history and Stern is the perfect home for him

opinion positive Ep. 602 · Jul 31, 2021
"We're not going to believe her this you heard it here on canadus pinball podcasts potential rumor that Lyman Sheats is out the door at stern pinball now Let's move on to deeproot pinball."

Prediction: Lyman Sheats might be out at Stern pinball.

hot take mixed Ep. 602 · Jul 31, 2021
"lineman sheets will make it a great game but it's just lineman games are always sort of those they're expensive they take a long time to finish but like a fine wine when a lineman sheets game is done I guarantee you it'll have better code than almost anything else"

Prediction: When a Lyman Sheats game is finished, it will have better code than almost anything else, despite taking a long time to complete.

hot take mixed Ep. 472 · Mar 30, 2020
"The reason why we'll never get the Holy Grail is people want Lyman Sheats to code a Jersey Jack game. It's like that, to me, that is like, that's the perfect machine."

Lyman Sheats coding a Jersey Jack game would be the Holy Grail

opinion positive Ep. 450 · Feb 3, 2020
"Common sense says to me that if lyman sheats is going to code a game I want them to code stranger things versus Elvira like you have him coding in obscure theme that's very niche versus like this juggernaut theme"

Lyman Sheats should be coding major themes like Stranger Things instead of obscure themes like Elvira

opinion positive Ep. 439 · Jan 6, 2020
"He is the greatest coder in the history of pinball without a doubt."

Lyman Sheats is the greatest coder in pinball history

opinion positive Ep. 402 · Sep 24, 2019
"this is why I think Lyman Sheats is the greatest coder on the planet because he knows how to code a game in which even if you're just a casual player, you'll get to stuff and you'll see a lot of what he has in the game."

Lyman Sheats is the greatest pinball coder because he makes content accessible

opinion positive Ep. 397 · Sep 9, 2019
"lineman sheets is probably the greatest conductor in the history of pinball he is he's the greatest conductor in the history of pinball"

Lyman Sheats is the greatest conductor in pinball history

opinion positive Ep. 365 · Jul 2, 2019
"I think one person understands this and understands how to code games properly for the current state of Pinball and his name is Lyman Sheats... Lyman Sheats knows how to make a game that on location, it's fun. It's immediately enjoyable. But if you own it, there's so many different ways to play the game."

Lyman Sheats understands how to code games properly for current pinball market

opinion positive Ep. 354 · May 17, 2019
"Like there are many people me included the only Stern games I would buy are games that are coded by Lyman Sheats. He's just that much better than everybody else."

Lyman Sheats is far superior to other Stern coders

opinion positive Ep. 350 · May 9, 2019
"I'm in the camp of the only stern machines worth owning our machines that are coded by lineman sheets I think it's it's it's come to that point where he's the only one who really really has coding down to a science that makes everyone else's efforts seem a little bit average a little bit mediocre"

Only Stern pinball machines coded by Lyman Sheats are worth owning - he's the only one who has coding down to a science

opinion positive Ep. 193 · Jan 16, 2018
"Lyman, just, he's their best by far. But he works really slow. It takes him like two years to complete a game"

Lyman Sheats is Stern's best coder by far, but works too slowly

opinion mixed Ep. 188 · Dec 20, 2017
"I just can't imagine that he is a professional coder that takes this long to make this stuff happen... it reminds me of when I try to learn a piano song... I wasn't really taught piano. So when I have to teach myself a song, I literally have to go note by note, commit it to memory, and struggle"

Lyman Sheats takes way too long to finish pinball code because he's not a professional coder

hot take negative medium Ep. 170 · Oct 27, 2017
"if you're going to collect pinball machines, I would collect Lyman Sheats games. And I fully expect people to realize that real soon that if you're going to spend a lot of money on stuff, don't just chase the latest, chase the greatest."

Collect Lyman Sheats games instead of chasing the latest releases

opinion positive
"Here's my frustration. Why does Lyman Sheats end up on like he's on this game? Would you rather shouldn't he be on the cornerstone game? If the cornerstone game is Ninja Turtles, why isn't that Lyman?"

Lyman Sheats should be working on cornerstone titles instead of Elvira

opinion positive
"He was the greatest pinball coder of all time, one of the greatest pinball players of all time, one of the greatest people of all time."

Lyman Sheats Jr.. was the greatest pinball coder of all time and most valuable person in pinball

opinion positive

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