Texas Pinball Festival

"because they missed revealing their next game at Texas pinball Festival, I think people are starting to get a little upset and here's why because Stern has shown Iron Maiden, spooky showed Alice Cooper and people want to know if they should wait or go in on one of the new titles"

"I think it's a great thing that this show is so popular that it sells out so quickly. I don't know how many rooms Ed had set aside. I don't know what you do. I mean, again, I can't say it's bullshit that their show is so freaking popular that it sells out in an hour."

"It's like saying, man, Guns N' Roses, why do you make such good music that your concert sells out in like three minutes? It's like, that's such bullshit I want to be able to go. It's just a fact of life that the more popular something is, the faster it sells out."

"I think the venue's huge. I don't think you want a bigger venue. I don't even know if many bigger venues even exist. It's a big hotel. There's a lot of rooms in there."

"Today Texas pinball Festival announced that they had rooms blocked for Texas pinball Festival 2019. Within one hour, it was completely sold out. I think that's bullshit."

"I attended the American pinball seminar and was disappointed to see that there was no media coverage that I could see what a shame considering talking about TPF what is shame considering they are shipping games the quality is outstanding the owner was there as well as the entire time."

"I'm just blown away at the contrast between American pinball and stern I attended Stern's presentation as well I enjoyed the development lab slide show I loved hearing Gomez's career story and like and like stern machines but think all the differences George was all alone not one other stern team member was present George slammed the media hard"

"Your comments about the show promoters pushing for seminar attendance are spot on if the presenters are taking the time let's get an audience"

"you know it's funny because I saw that Brad our friend Brad Blake's friend in Texas and then he post pictures of his brand new machine that they sent him that he swapped out with CoinTaker something that nobody should forget is that Brad cut the line to get his original prototype machine. At Texas pinball festival last year he walked up with cash and bought the machine from CoinTaker and that ostensibly let him cut the entire line of people who are waiting for their machines"

"first I attended the American pinball seminar and was disappointed to see that there was no media coverage that I could see what a shame considering talking about TPF what is shame considering they are shipping games the quality is outstanding"

"I always want to talk about TPS because apparently that just happened. They want to do a recap. I think that's kind of boring because I feel at this point everyone's done that, right?"

"I want to know Ryan agrees with everything I said about TPS. I am curious because we just both got back from the show."

"We both have now a few days to sort of compress and to digest everything we saw. Like, who do you think won that show? Like, what were you most impressed about Ryan coming out of TPS?"

"And I want to say coming out of TPS, I have to say that that is the worst way to give people a first impression of a pinball machine. And I think everyone was experiencing that probably with Alice Cooper because it was in between total nuclear annihilations which were really loud."

"You've got a mob of people and all of a sudden the first time you're experiencing this product, right? This product that is a malgamation of sounds, of shots, of callouts, of design, and you've got all the spooky people there. And they're like being inundated by a bunch of just fanboys and no one can hear anybody, no one can truly get a good experience"

"I mean, I think at Texas Pinball Festival this year is a prime example of that. Pirates of the Caribbean, it is March. The game is not shipping anytime soon, and yet the hype and the buzz surrounding dialed in is all but gone. No one's talking about it. There were no lines to play dialed in."

"I say this my body is on like a biological clock and I'm normally used to waking up every morning around seven o'clock because this one Bubba has to go out and at TPF I'm like in bed at like two or three in the morning which is another hour later in New York I'm just dead tired"

"there's a level of respect and camaraderie that everyone who's in this hobby experiences and that is what makes these shows so special"

"here I am I feel like it's been one long day I flew in on Friday and it's Sunday morning and it really just feels like one long consecutive day of drinking a ton of booze eating a ton of food and seeing a ton a ton of pinball and and when it's over you kind of sit back and you're like you know what I didn't even actually play much pinball I spent majority of my time catching up with friends and hanging out"

"stern pinball having their seminar in which this podcast was actually called out specifically by George Gomez and I want to tell you what he said and also a subsequent conversation I had with him following that that no one was privy to but but him and I"

"someone asked a question about what what do you say to the rumors about lineman sheets retiring which I kind of find that kind of funny because I was having dinner with lineman sheets the night before and hanging out with him a little bit that day"

"when Charlie unveiled the game at four o'clock he had the seminar unpacked I mean it was standing room only as I was walking up to the room it was like 359 and there was like people outside just trying to even get into the room"

"when it's over you kind of sit back and you're like you know what I didn't even actually play much pinball I spent majority of my time catching up with friends and hanging out"

"I think there's a level of respect and camaraderie that everyone who's in this hobby experiences and that is what makes these shows so special because you know here I am I feel like it's been one long day I flew in on Friday and it's Sunday morning and it really just feels like one long consecutive day of drinking a ton of booze eating a ton of food and seeing a ton a ton of pinball."

"I feel like I need to start training my body as if I was preparing for a marathon to get ready for Texas pinball Festival next year because there is just a level of physical abuse your body takes when you are at a pinball show."

"I have to say it wasn't the biggest fan of the translate but seeing the whole thing together it looks very very cool colors are very very vibrant and the game is going to pop it's going to pop in a game room"

"I have to say this you know for those of us who were concerned about whether or not having the original score would would not make this feel like a pirate to the Caribbean game I'm here to tell you those fears let them go because the music that David teal put into this game"

"so I jumped on pirate had a great four player game with some buddies Ryan was in there and as I was playing a little little birdie sort of flew in on my shoulder and it was Eric the designer of the game was there and we were we were you sort of telling me some tips on how to play the game"

"But lots and lots of fun at T.P.F. to be had and look I love these shows and I've said it before like you come to these shows, you know probably 25% for the pinball and 75% for the people right I mean that's what these shows are all about and everyone is just amazing at these shows"

"I have to say like by the I didn't realize it was one o'clock which was also 2 a.m. for me as a New Yorker and so like it's just it was such a social day it wasn't there wasn't that much pinball I played but I will definitely definitely be playing a lot more pinball today"

"you know today's like pinball day for me because I think the first day you're just really excited to be around all these people that you only see online for so many months on that it's such a social outing"

"It is a rough first day at T.P.F. simply because I started drinking at probably five o'clock and I think we ended at possibly one a.m. But lots and lots of fun at T.P.F. to be had and look I love these shows and I've said it before like you come to these shows, you know probably 25% for the pinball and 75% for the people right I mean that's what these shows are all about and everyone is just amazing at these shows"

"And then the show started it started at 5 p.m. and by that you know when when the show starts at T.P.F. what I love is it just opens up and you can jump on I think there's at least like 200 maybe 300 machines here there is so much here"

"I think there's at least like 200 maybe 300 machines here there is so much here"

"but I have to say like it is impossible it's almost impossible at a show to jump on a game and know if you want to buy it just because of all the the noises and the inability to actually like here the game I don't think you're going to get the experience that way"

"We're gonna see Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle. I saw Charlie had it backstage at an Alice Cooper concert yesterday. We're gonna see not much else new, that's it."

"Oh, we're just three days away from Texas pinball Festival. Can you feel it? Can you feel the energy?"

"I know both of us are excited for Texas pinball Festival that is happening this coming week. And I want to just, let's talk about the show and what we think is gonna happen at this humongous pinball event."

"But anyway, we're excited. We're excited for Texas pinball Festival."

"Everyone is saving the announcements for TPS And even in his story about people pulling out of Texas Pinball Festival He explains how disappointing and puzzling it is"

"Look, we talked on the last episode about Stern and Chicago Gaming pulling out"

"We are going to talk about what our predictions for the show are And we're going to have a good time"

"Even though we heard some news that a couple of manufacturers won't be showing up I can guarantee it's not going to make the show any less enjoyable and any less fun"

"And even in his story about people pulling out of Texas Pinball Festival He explains how disappointing and puzzling it is"

"But whatever it was going to be is now confirmed by Chicago gaming company themselves that they will not be at T.P.F. with the game."

"That sucks. That really sucks. I think a lot of people out there were really looking forward to seeing the next game from Chicago gaming."

"Now I have also I also have confirmation as of today that Stern pinball will not be bringing iron maiden to Texas pinball festival. There will be no new Stern pinball machines"

"But there's one company that must be doing back flips with this news. It's spooky pinball. And Alice Cooper is Nightmare Castle. We've said it all along. I mean there were two spooky thing games being revealed that Texas pinball festival and one of them just bailed out."

"And the two titles that will not be shown are Chicago gaming companies new title title number three. Now I heard from a bunch of people it was going to be monster bash remake."

"So this is really really good news for Charlie and company that they are not going to have to compete with monster bash remake."