Pat Lawlor

"And the reason why Pat Lawlor didn't want him around anymore, because Butch Peel would find the mistakes that Pat Lawlor made. And Pat Lawlor doesn't like being told he's wrong."

Pat Lawlor forced Butch Peel out of Jersey Jack because he didn't like being corrected on his mistakes

"When you're an old designer like Pat Lawlor was with Jersey Jack, did he do anything new? Did he bring any innovation whatsoever to all of his games at Jersey Jack? He didn't do anything new."

Pat Lawlor brought zero innovation to Jersey Jack Pinball games

"Now that Pat Lawlor is gone, the vibe over at JJP is great and I've been saying it for years. That man was a dark cloud over the company. He was not a collaborator. He was not a nice man."

Pat Lawlor was a dark cloud over Jersey Jack and his departure improved company culture

"Pat Lawlor really did derail a positive company culture of collaboration, of creative idea sharing. He was not a nice man to have running that company. There's a reason why they called him Lord Lawlor. I don't think he was like a great mentor to people like Eric. I don't even think he helped out. I think it was all about him."

Pat Lawlor derailed Jersey Jack's positive culture and collaboration, delivered underwhelming games, and never made a hit

"Pat Lawlor took this company over from Jack Guarnieri... Pat Lawlor is the reason why there were so many mess-ups over at Jersey Jack Pinball back in the day... They literally had hobbits on the line and they had to turn off production because they had no more money. And Pat Lawlor is the reason why the Addams Family had to come in and save this company."

Pat Lawlor destroyed Jersey Jack Pinball and caused the company's near-bankruptcy

"Pat Lawlor's run at Jersey Jack Pinball was a total whiff. I'm not going to hold punches on this episode."

Pat Lawlor's return to pinball at Jersey Jack was a complete failure

"it is fair to say that Pat Lawlor never delivered the goods when he was at Jersey Jack Pinball. He never did. He's never had a hit game. He's never had a game that universally people loved. It's always been a mixed bag."

Pat Lawlor never delivered at Jersey Jack Pinball - never had a hit game despite being world's #1 designer

"Now that Pat Lawlor is gone. I have more faith in this company. And I think the culture is going to be much better."

Company culture will improve now that Pat Lawlor is gone

"Pat Lawlor. He was resting on his laurels. And that's why Toy Story is an empty joke"

Pat Lawlor was resting on his laurels and Toy Story 4 is an empty joke

"Pat Lawlor whiffed. It's not about showing an old man respect. He didn't show us any respect. He made a game that he was working on for two years and this is what he puts into it. Not even an original idea in the game."

Attacks Pat Lawlor for Toy Story 4, calling it disrespectful and unoriginal

"Pat Lawlor put them through hell. It was a cultural nightmare working with the guy. Pat Lawlor walks into the room and sees Eric Meunier's Guns N' Roses. And he throws a hissy fit. He gets really mad. And he's like, you're not putting all this stuff into the game."

Pat Lawlor created cultural nightmare at Jersey Jack and yanked features from games

"how could you do this, Pat? How could you think this is a $15,000 machine?"

Pat Lawlor's Toy Story 4 was a massive disappointment for a farewell game

"I think this is just Pat Lawlor get out of here game. I think they're glad to see him go and I think they're finally gonna implement good changes moving forward now that Pat is no longer overseeing operations there"

Pat Lawlor leaving Jersey Jack Pinball will lead to better Collector's Editions

"I think there was a dark cloud over that company for 10 years. I think it was Pat... one of the biggest reasons Jersey Jack Pinball went bankrupt is because Jack was waiting for Keith forever to finish code. He never stayed on schedule. Pat Lawlor never stayed on schedule."

Pat Lawlor was a 'dark cloud' over Jersey Jack Pinball for 10 years

"I think he's another one of these designers who was made to look amazing because he had the BLE Williams engineers making all of the incredible toys that made his games incredible. And then you remove those engineers from Pat Lawlor's team and look at what you get."

Pat Lawlor's JJP games lack original ideas and impressive toys compared to his Williams work

"I think Pat Lawlor leaving the company is actually going to create a much more positive and good vibes over at Jersey Jack Pinball. I don't think Pat was a good influence on the culture and the vibe of Jersey Jack Pinball."

Pat Lawlor leaving Jersey Jack Pinball is good for company culture

"And I do think this is gonna be Pat Lawlor's final game. And I think it's gonna be his final game because I think he's out of ideas. And I think everyone is recognizing that."

This will be Pat Lawlor's final game because he's out of ideas

"I actually think Pat Lawlor despises high-end collectors. I think Pat Lawlor just wants to see his game out on location. I think Pat Lawlor is still stuck in the mid-90s. And the problem is over at Jersey Jack Pinball is nobody can overrule Lord Lawlor."

Pat Lawlor makes terrible collector's editions and despises high-end collectors

"for those of you who say his games don't shoot well, you're also out of your mind. Because Willy Wonka is one of the greatest shooting games. Dialed In is one of the greatest shooting games."

Pat Lawlor's games shoot well despite criticism, citing Wonka and Dialed In

"He's a bit of a jerk. He's a bit of a prick. Maybe I ask about him, says Pat Lawlor, is a bit of a prick. But I don't care, Steve Jobs is a prick. I use his phone. There's many geniuses out there in the creative world who are jerks, but they're jerks because they don't want to listen to anyone else."

Pat Lawlor is a jerk but that's because he's a creative genius who won't compromise

"This is the guy who's made the most successful pinball machine of all time... Pat Lawlor is the guy that is capable of giving us great shots, great toys, great experiences, great moments and pinball machines. It's Pat freaking Lawlor"

Pat Lawlor is capable of delivering great pinball experiences and this could be his final masterpiece

"Pat Lawlor's vision for JJP was all wrong, the vision for JJP and their pathway to success is not being pinball machines for location, they need to make the greatest high-end pinball machines for collectors"

Pat Lawlor's vision for JJP is fundamentally wrong - they should focus on high-end collectors, not locations

"I also think we're going to get the news any month now that Pat Lawlor is retiring from Pinball, that this will be his last game, that this man has had one of the greatest legacy careers in Pinball. He may go down one day as the greatest pinball designer of all time."

Kaneda predicts Pat Lawlor will retire after Toy Story, calling him possibly the greatest pinball designer ever but noting his cantankerous personality

"Pat Lawlor takes a really long time. Pat Lawlor does make incredible games and I would argue that yes, maybe they're worth the wait but unfortunately whenever there are long delays at Jersey Jack Pinball that doesn't help the company out."

Pat Lawlor consistently takes too long to finish games and causes delays

"both Pat Lawlor and Steve Ritchie should probably retire that's my point of view on both of them I think they both should probably retire"

Both Pat Lawlor and Steve Ritchie should retire

"when Pat Lawlor said that Willy Wonka was the most technologically innovative game you could possibly make in modern times with pinball how wrong was Pat Lawlor right how how wrong was he put this game next to Willy Wonka and I said it blows it away"

Pat Lawlor was wrong about Willy Wonka being most technologically innovative

"The old guard Pat Lawlors. They're done. Their day is up. And they know it"

Young designers are the future, old guard like Pat Lawlor is done

"Eric is a better designer than Pat Lawlor. Okay. He knows that a design a game that's more fun. I think Scott Danesi he designed a game that's more fun than Pat Lawlor with Rick and Morty... So the new guard people, it's all about the new guard. It's hard for these old guys to retire, but they're done."

Eric Meunier is currently a better designer than Pat Lawlor, the new guard is more fun than the old guard

"part of me always feels like he's a little jealous of Eric because I do think Eric is the superior designer who did I say that I just said it"

Eric Meunier is a superior designer to Pat Lawlor

"I don't have that same level of respect or adoration for Mr. Pat Lawlor just things I hear I'm really not in his fan base right now... I hope he becomes a little bit more humble I hope some of the stuff we're saying and some of the stories we're hearing I hope he listens to some of it and changes his ways"

Pat Lawlor needs to become more humble and change his ways

"Pat Lawlor is still just a normal dude with a normal checking account with a normal life. Like he isn't this god amongst men. And when he passes you at a Pinball show and he's a jerk to you, that's not acceptable. That behavior just is not acceptable."

Kaneda calls out Pat Lawlor's treatment of fans and insider behavior

"I think Pat Lawlor is a genius Pinball designer. No one's arguing that fact. But the fact that he treats fans like this of his own games and treats people in the community like this."

Pat Lawlor is a genius pinball designer but treats fans and community poorly

"My speculation is that Pat was jealous of pirates of the Caribbean and did what he could to squelch it. This is my opinion. Pat is a jealous God."

Pat Lawlor sabotaged Pirates of the Caribbean out of jealousy

"I'm hearing that when it came to Pirates of the Caribbean and then what Eric on his first game When he needed help on making this game more reliable when he needed some Senior support when he needed someone else to sort of help him figure it out That Mr. Pat Lawlor really didn't help him out that much and it was sort of like this Well, let's let the new kid fail"

Pat Lawlor is impossible to work with and sabotaged Pirates of the Caribbean by not helping Eric Meunier when he needed support

"notice a pattern here the call outs within pat launder games have been weak and they need to work on that"

Pat Lawlor games have weak callouts

"Pat Lawlor let Jack down. Pat Lawlor failed horribly with dialed in... Did Pat Lawlor let Jack down a second time with Willy Wonka? Did he or did he not? And I think if you add up this theme from Jersey Jack with Pat Lawlor, I think the answer again is yes"

Pat Lawlor significantly let Jersey Jack down with both Dialed In and Willy Wonka, contributing to Jack losing his company

"I think his his games shoot so well but I want to see more in the mechanism department from Pat Lawlor"

Pat Lawlor's Willy Wonka lacks mechanism creativity

"I do think he is horrible at designing and getting the most out of the voice acting in his games"

Pat Lawlor is horrible at voice acting design in his games

"Pat Lawlor's control over there and Pat Lawlor's power is hurting the company is hurting the company the reason why the art package on the standard editions is just the is just the logo with nothing else is all because of Pat Lawlor the reason why the games have all the part numbers on everything is because of Pat Lawlor"

Pat Lawlor has too much control at JJP and is hurting the company

"The reason why there are silly part numbers on all the artwork... Pat Lawlor demands that beyond the game because he has some weird love affair with the way they did things exactly back in the day at BLE Williams. We are not living in the 90s anymore Pat."

Pat Lawlor's insistence on part numbers ruins the artistic beauty of high-end machines

"I think Pat Lawlor is sort of misguiding this company and I think Pat Lawlor has too much control over there. And I think Pat Lawlor is like chasing his Gottlieb days of old and wants to have this like the most popular game out on location"

Pat Lawlor is misguiding Jersey Jack Pinball with too much control

"when it comes to advancing pymball and taking pymball forward in new and interesting ways, I don't know if these designers from yesterday's have the capability to really look at this game, a new and look at it with fresh eyes and look at it the way someone who's young, who's hungry, who's a dreamer, who's got an endless imagination would look at the game."

Legacy pinball designers like Pat Lawlor can't advance pinball to the next level - they lack fresh eyes and endless imagination of young dreamers

"To me, I love Steve Ritchie. He's a good friend, but to me, Pat's the best designer."

Pat Lawlor is the best pinball designer

"Pat Lawlor man he's Pat Lawlor Pat Lawlor for a fucking reason and you're gonna see it Friday"

Pat Lawlor designed Willy Wonka and it shows his mastery

"if I let this guy lose I'm gonna get a game that's so spectacular so much better than when I was an operator and I first unboxed Funhouse"

Pat Lawlor given complete creative freedom on Dialed In

"part of me feels like this thing could be over produced... whenever I look at like famous artist who are really trying to out do themselves... sometimes I feel like it creates this desire to over do it"

Pat Lawlor's new machine may be over-produced with too much going on

"I wish Pat Lawlor was a little bit of a nicer individual personally. Everyone I know who's like gone up to and met him. A lot of people say he's like pretty nasty dude"

Pat Lawlor is not a friendly person despite being a great designer

"These dingle berries are challenging and questioning Pat Lawlor and his ability to design good pinball machines. And he's at the point now where if I was Pat and I was Jack and I was all these guys they should just pull an Atlas shrugged"

Pat Lawlor is being unfairly criticized by people who don't understand pinball design