Mike (Homepin)

"if Homepin closes its doors if they if they close their doors there is nobody to blame but Mike there is nobody nobody think about it where did all of the vitriol where did all the anger where did all the frustration develop he started it all"

Mike from Homepin is to blame for all the vitriol and anger around his company

"in 2013 before Mike had made anything he was selling a product he was selling Something to people he was taking people's money when he didn't even know how to do it yet"

Attacking Homepin's Mike for taking money in 2013 without knowing how to deliver

"Mike was sort of using the derogatory language. So imagine referring to people who are of the same sex as the f-word and people who are black as the n-word... when you get called out and you basically defend using that terminology on a public forum and you basically say 'Yup and I would use it again because that's who I am'"

Mike from Homepin continues problematic behavior and uses derogatory language

"sad that some podcasts choose to warp what they talk about because of their own personal beliefs or biases. And so they omit things thereby presenting an incomplete and inaccurate picture to their listeners. Sounds very much like the way religion is presented sometimes"

Mike from Homepin attacking podcast credibility in public forum

"by those interested I mean those who have a vested interest not random troublemakers who have no money down and no intention of buying a game... all you little trolls can crawl back into your holes and dream up some other rubbish to spout"

Mike from Homepin tells people to stay out of Thunderbirds thread unless buying game, calls critics trolls

"it's so clear as day that Mike took Ben's system. And all Ben wants is to be acknowledged that we did the work that Ben and his friends are the ones who did the work that Mike stole. And Mike should stop just making all these excuses."

Extended conflict with Mike from Homepin over alleged theft of Ben Heck's work

"I saw thunderbirds and I saw the way the score was being drawn the space in the letters the font that was being used, the upwards raster effect that he left in, The ball indicator the free play indicator and like that's my kernel... I knew it. Right, and I'm like god damn it. That's the same thing."

Mike from Homepin accused of stealing Ben Heck's pinball system code and using it in Thunderbirds without permission or attribution

"I don't really give two shits about what this guy is saying or what he does. I care about the pinball machine. If he comes out with a good pinball machine, I'm buying it. If not, I'm not. That's it."

Homepin controversy about inflammatory language is overblown - product quality matters more than personal views

"Mike from Homepin. That man is vile. He is vile. His beliefs are vile. And if you want to support him, that's on you. But I wouldn't support a man with those kinds of beliefs."

Mike from Homepin is vile and should not be supported

"Focus on your game get your game out and let your game speak for itself But do not Do not continue to go into the alien threads and and talking smack I For the life of me I can't figure it out"

Mike from Homepin shouldn't talk smack about other manufacturers

"That is a man who runs a company that is trying to sell products to customers, trying to sell products to pinball people. And he could give two shits about you in America, about you as a pinball person in America."

Kaneda exposes and strongly condemns Mike from Homepin's racist comments and anti-American stance

"don't you mean faggots and thugs. LOL... sure do. Why don't you ask the people I met in Vancouver, stop being so politically correct and try calling a spade a spade"

Mike from Homepin using racist and homophobic slurs on public forums

"I love how you act like you're not competing with the two other major people who make pinball machines. How are you not competing with Stern and JJP?"

Homepin claiming they don't compete with Stern and JJP is ridiculous denial

"There's going to be a day where you're going to want to sell machines in America. You're going to want to do that. You're going to want to go to US shows to build your clientele because why would you not? There's so many more pinball buyers there than anywhere else in the world."

Mike from Homepin is making a foolish business decision by rejecting the American market