Pinside

"If can someone start a Pinside thread right now? And I guarantee you by this time next week, it'll have way more than five pages. The thing is they'll shut it down."

Prediction: A new Pinside thread will grow to more than five pages within one week before being shut down.

"I am reading on Pinside now that people think that Spooky is gonna lose a lot of fans and respect if they give Kaneda Club members a chance to get one of five Beetlejuice machines... I don't understand sometimes when I read these babies on Pinside why these people are even in the hobby. These are the guys in the corner at the show that are like, I saw Kaneda. He's a loser."

Defending against Pinside criticism about Beetlejuice machine allocation

"I don't understand why people are like Kaneda is full of be like I literally have not been BSing anybody ever really. I like what what have I been wrong on? I mean it's just it's amazing to me that because people don't like me that anything I say is be"

Defending accuracy against accusations of spreading misinformation about Dutch Pinball

"He's a gamified being a jerk. I mean that like he made being a jerk fun. The smartest people never go on Pinside. And I would say 90% of pinball buyers and owners are not on Pinside."

Pinside gamified being a jerk and most smart pinball people don't use it

"It's not like Pinside where I don't see Pinside as a lot of work. They don't do any moderation. All the work is being done by the hyper users and then he's just making so much money off of the traffic. Where's the hard work?"

Pinside requires no real work compared to other pinball content creators

"I saw people like taking photos of me. It's funny. They're taking photos of me, making fun of me on Pinside. Look at this clown. Look at this D-bag... And they're the losers. They're the losers"

Attacking Pinside haters who photograph and mock him

"it dawned on me why Pinside has become so bad lately and over the last few years, there's absolutely no moderation. There's no moderation. It's like every time there's a hype thread, the trolls pull up in a double decker bus and they just park it there for like months and just slam everyone who's excited about the game."

Pinside has become unbearable due to lack of moderation and hyper-posting trolls

"I know a lot of terrible things are said about me by some people on Pinside who just can't get over it. Some people refuse to shake my hand when I meet them at pinball companies."

Dismissive attitude toward people who question his credibility

"Don't listen to the blowhard fanboys on Pinside. There's a lot of multi-millionaires on there that just buy everything, and then there's a lot of people that can't afford anything who crap on everything."

Critical advice about Pinside community extremes

"all of you angry people on the internet you need help like you really need some help if your life has distilled down to a place where you can't even enjoy the very thing that you're here for"

Internet negativity is ruining pinball enjoyment and community

"Don't worry about the babies on Pinside trying to challenge K-Man. They're never going to get anywhere near where they show and where this community is at later"

Dismissive attitude toward Pinside community members who challenge his information

"It's like the billboard top 100, but imagine if the music industry only had five new songs a year and that's what the pinball industry is like."

Pinside top 100 is like Billboard but if music only had 5 new songs per year

"for these blowhards on Pid's side, it's funny because they're wasting all of their energy... We have over 700 people officially subscribing to this show"

Defending against Pinside critics who question the podcast's value and subscriber count

"I want to thank everybody on Pinside for 10 more pages of telling me how I'm an attention seeking narcissist. Thank you everybody for working hard to inflate my ego. Every page they put up about me on Pinside is another layer of my narcissistic castle that they keep building for me rent free."

Responding to personal attacks from Pinside users

"Why would anybody be upset that I am showcasing if you had just waited, you could have called Stern out on its bluff? They were bluffing by asking people $19,995 for the game"

Defending consumer advocacy against criticism from Pinside users

"If you think I'm not an expert on pinball, what do you think I've been doing the last eight years covering this hobby? Of course I'm an expert on what's going on in the pinball world."

Kaneda defending himself against Pinside critics who question his expertise

"And everybody on Pinside said I was crazy. Everyone on Pinside said I was nuts... But I just want to say to all my haters on Pinside, how do you like me now?"

Vindication against Pinside critics who called him crazy

"Robin makes like over $300,000 a year to run Pinside and it is a great form and a lot of what goes on there is great. But where's the moderation?... Robin hire some moderators, bro. And clean up your house because it's getting pretty disgusting."

Pinside moderation is terrible and Robin needs to hire moderators

"So is it the K-Man's fault that the reception to Halloween was so poor? Or maybe it was Spooky Pinball's fault... It's not my fault, people. I didn't make this game... I just give you my opinions about them."

Defends against blame for Halloween's poor reception and market collapse

"They've started a club thread for Haggis and now all the owners are moving over there. They don't want to hear anything skeptical. They don't want to ask any tough questions... They're going to go huddle in their safe little space like a bunch of babies"

Criticizing Pinside forum members for moving to a safe space to avoid criticism

"The marketplace on Pinside is pointless. It's almost like everyone's just trolling each other to see what obnoxious price they can put on a game."

Pinside marketplace has become pointless with ridiculous pricing

"There are people on pinside that are blaming me for the reason why people are not excited about these two games. When are we going to start pointing the fingers at the companies making these games, making millions of dollars?"

People on Pinside blame Kaneda for lack of excitement about Spooky games instead of blaming the companies

"The majority of people who buy these things are not on Pinside. There is a huge army of people that don't want to spend hours of their day on the toilet on Pinside, arguing with other grown men about pinball. The majority of people who buy pinball machines are more mature than that and have better uses of their time."

Most pinball buyers don't use Pinside - they're more mature and have better uses of their time

"five years ago I started this podcast for one reason because I was banned by Pinside because grown men were afraid of the things I was saying about Pinball."

Kaneda was banned from Pinside for expressing pinball opinions

"Now nobody really takes the Pinside rankings very seriously because it's all new owners, it's all new owners, right? And that honeymoon phase where they're giving the game 9s and 10s across the board"

Pinside rankings don't matter because it's all new owners in honeymoon phase

"I just love this effort to destroy any happiness that happens in my life. Anything I do to some of those individuals on Pinside is always a mistake and anyone who shows support for Kaneda is mistaken... you really will find any reason some of you grown men on pinside to give yourselves a wedgie and wake up and get so upset that Kaneda got something"

Defending getting Ultraman #500 against Pinside critics who complain about any joy in Kaneda's life

"Pinside is an incredible place when people are talking about maintenance and people are sharing fun mods they're doing. The owner's club is the only exciting place to hang out because everyone there has a game and just wants to talk about and share their experiences with that game."

Pinside forum is toxic except for owner's clubs and maintenance discussions

"Kaneda's Pinball Podcast someone called me cancer Brenda on on Pinside this week cancer like they called me cancer and and I love it... I think it's terrible and I think whoever said that should be ashamed of themselves"

Response to being called 'cancer' on Pinside

"for those of you gentlemen on Pinsider like I've never seen the Mandalorian I don't need another Star Wars pin you sound really stupid you sound really stupid"

Pinsiders complaining about Star Wars themes are stupid old promotions, not the real market

"But let's talk about Mandalorian because people out there on Pinside are saying like this is an easy pass. In easy pass, are you serious?... If you sleep on this game, you will most likely regret it."

People on Pinside calling Mandalorian an 'easy pass' are completely wrong - if you sleep on this game you'll regret it

"it is mentally healthier for so many of you out there not to spend too much time on pinside because all the negativity, all the moaning and groaning, once you turn it off it's amazing."

Pinside is mentally unhealthy and a waste of time

"when this site goes down, I think you're learning two things, I think you're learning how important Pinside is to the momentum and actually caring about this hobby... it's good for these people to go walk in the park, understand there's more to life than sitting on the toilet arguing about deeproot"

Pinside being down has positive effects - people step back from obsessive posting and reflect on their hobby priorities

"I want to address a few of the criticisms... First one was his show is losing momentum... I have done 538 podcasts about pinball. Okay, I'm allowed to lose a little momentum"

Defending against criticisms about losing momentum and not covering ReplayFX

"I spent the entire week just reading Pinside and being like this site is a pathway to Depression it's a pathway to depression This will make you down and out on pinball"

Pinside has become a pathway to depression with constant complaints and off-topic arguments

"Inside 24 to 48 hours and they will do what pinside does they will find ways to fall out of love with every single game that comes out it's what they do best you know because I've always said it people bring themselves to this hobby and there's just a lot of joyless people that are in pinball for some reason"

Pinside users are joyless people who find ways to fall out of love with every game

"Don't go on Pinside. Just enjoy this. I'm already starting to read losers on Pinside. I'm serious. If you don't like this pin, what are you doing in Pinball?"

Dismissive attitude toward Pinside critics

"I'm so sick of reading the negativity on Pinside. It's a combination of there is no news in Pinball. Everyone's just manufacturing news."

Kaneda announces hiatus due to negativity on Pinside and lack of interesting pinball news

"And I love the ignorance of people on Pinside who think that is going to be the case. Who the hell is going to risk the lives of people they love to go to a bar and play pinball machines?"

Coronavirus skeptics on Pinside are delusional about return to normalcy

"Some people out there, they want me to go out there and attack this man and aggressively tear down deeproot Pinball."

Dismissive of Pinside critics wanting aggressive interview approach

"without Pinside there's no place to hang out with everybody on a daily basis that's awesome and as much as sometimes we wish they would moderate it better it's still the greatest pinball website"

Pinside deserves recognition as the most important pinball website

"Pinside's kind of like when people like you can make fun of your mother but when someone else makes fun of your mother it's like we got a problem now... they hate each other all those people go in there every day and just tear each other down but they'll defend the right of that institution"

Pinside operates like a cult where members defend the institution despite internal conflicts

"if you're on pinside spreading all this fake news about it's going to be over in 10 days and everyone's over reacting you're being a moron. Okay, stopping an idiot. Stop. Turn off the Fox News people. Get smart."

People on Pinside spreading misinformation about pandemic are morons

"Can a woman just sell a game on pinside without being attacked for asking more than the MSRP of the game?"

Attacking women for selling games at market prices on Pinside

"do you think pinside is a very inviting environment... no to put it bluntly not at all... I feel like these people are really just bored and hanging up behind the screen and feel like they don't think before a lot of the things they say"

Pinside is not an inviting environment for women

"I don't get these people that claim to be hobbyist and and they're looking out for stern's ability to make money it's like none of us are investors in stern pinball and you know who you are on pin sight always making excuses"

Attacking defenders of Stern's pricing strategy as not real hobbyists

"My favorite insult about Kaneda is I'm a womanizer. I'm a womanizer? I'm happily married to Brenda. What does that mean? I'm a womanizer? Like I go around like insulting women?"

Responding to personal attacks about being a womanizer, having Napoleon complex, and silver spoon upbringing

"if you read Pinside and you read what people say about me, it's kind of funny... I'm reading people being like, Kaneda's toxic. He's toxic... This is not a toxic show if you listen to it"

Defending against accusations of being toxic on Pinside and Facebook

"pinside creates an artificial vacuum of hype if you read the pinside thread I've been telling this to Derek I'm like dude pinside makes everyone delusional on what is actually happening"

Pinside creates artificial hype vacuum and makes people delusional about what's actually happening

"I just saw a Pinside post about how, you know, Stern's layouts lack creativity, yada, yada, yada. And it's like, here we go again, here we go again. Pinball, Pinball hobby is upset with Pinball."

Dismissive response to pinside complaints about Stern layouts lacking creativity

"feedback from Pinside has been very constructive. Now the problem is if you're a Robert and you're deeproot you have to weed through a mountain of garbage and junk to get to that constructive feedback."

Pinside provides valuable constructive feedback despite toxic users