This Week in Pinball

"Would I go to the TWIPYs down in Houston and my friends over at Worm Hall? Maybe, you know, maybe."

Kaneda considers going to the TWIPYs event and refers to the Worm Hall team as friends

"If the TWIPYs were gonna be there, yeah, that's a reason to go."

Kaneda suggests that having the TWIPYs (This Week in Pinball awards) at TPF would be a compelling reason to attend the show.

"I've never understood why the voting is open for such a long period of time. But it is what it is."

Kaneda criticizes TWIPY's voting period as being unnecessarily long.

"I think the enthusiasm around the TWIPY's. You know, it'll never be what it was. It just is what it is. [...] sometimes you lose the momentum on something"

Kaneda believes the TWIPY awards have lost their momentum and enthusiasm compared to the past.

"has everybody voted in the TWIPYs and trust me don't just vote once vote [...] The the committee over there is always in the dilemma because I've wanted six years in a row"

Kaneda encourages voting in the TWIPYs and mentions the committee's dilemma since he's won six years in a row.

"Blake is a Blake is like one of my really really good pinball friends I love Blake he did the new TWIPY's logo as well so yeah it's got that kind of like cosmic sort of retro vibes going on"

Kaneda praises his friend Blake who created the new TWIPYs logo with cosmic retro vibes.

"You know that was the part when I got booed at the TWIPYs right by CJ I'll never forget that he he didn't show any respect to all the people who organized the show and all the hard work and he actually like just made himself look foolish not can eat it because I still won the award."

Kaneda recounts being booed at the TWIPYs by CJ and criticizes CJ for disrespecting the show organizers and making himself look foolish.

"did everybody vote in the TWIPY's [...] I think it's not what it did last year but now that I think about it I'm like yeah but like nobody really vote it last year did they like last year's TWIPY's was like an abomination"

Kaneda calls last year's TWIPYs "an abomination" due to low voter participation.

"Make sure you get your TWIPY votes in, Favorite Pinball Podcaster, Favorite Pinball Content Creator, and no, not eligible for the Favorite Pinball Community Member."

Kaneda reminds listeners to vote in TWIPY awards and mentions he's not eligible for the Community Member category

"And I was thinking about how awesome it would have been if we had the TWIPYs this year. How great of a year it would have been for people to come out and vote for all of these like interesting games. [...] And I do think we should we should find a way to get the TWIPYs back."

Kaneda expresses nostalgia for the TWIPYs awards and thinks they should be brought back to recognize the best of pinball.

"if you could please vote for a Kaneda's Pinball Podcast in the upcoming TWIPYs, which is happening. I think January 2nd or 3rd when it opens up"

Kaneda asks listeners to vote for his Kaneda's Pinball Podcast in the upcoming TWIPYs

"I always think it's unfortunate when the TWIPYs make a game like this ineligible to be recognized as the best of 2024 because we all were looking at and celebrating this game in this fiscal year."

Kaneda criticizes the TWIPYs for making Evil Dead ineligible for 2024 recognition despite being celebrated throughout the year

"I think they still removed too many of the manufacturer categories."

Kaneda criticizes TWIPYs for removing too many manufacturer categories

"I'm happy to report that favorite pinball artists will be returning to this year's TWIPYs. So can it is pinball podcasts was successful in getting that reinstated. It was a it's crazy that I had to even do that."

Kaneda successfully lobbied to get favorite pinball artists category reinstated in TWIPYs but finds it crazy he had to intervene

"the inability for them to make the awards look consistent is silly. Every year they were different."

Kaneda criticizes TWIPYs for inconsistent award designs across years

"Nobody was saying anything about this because nobody pays attention to the TWIPYs more than Kaneda. Because I do think it's a great moment to recognize all the hardworking men and women who make the machines we love"

Kaneda claims he pays more attention to the TWIPYs than anyone else and believes they serve an important purpose in recognizing industry contributors

"They started to slip down that slope the same way they made Kaneda ineligible like a year ago or you start to change the categories. You start to remove stuff because it doesn't fit your personal agenda."

Kaneda accuses This Week in Pinball of changing categories based on personal agendas, referencing his own past ineligibility

"I think I've single handedly saved the TWIPYs. Trust me, they weren't going to do this. [...] If I didn't say anything, trust me people, if I did not say anything and I didn't call them out and I didn't call Jamie live and I didn't let Colin know on my Facebook live, what are you guys doing?"

Kaneda claims he single-handedly saved the TWIPYs by calling out their inadequate categories

"that's what makes the TWIPYs interesting. [...] I think they're going to do that because I've been talking to Jamie and I've been talking to Colin and they know they need to do that."

Kaneda discusses his conversations with Jamie and Colin about fixing the TWIPY categories

"I think I've single handedly saved the TWIPYs. Trust me, they weren't going to do this... if I didn't say anything and I didn't call them out and I didn't call Jamie live and I didn't let Colin know on my Facebook live"

Kaneda takes credit for fixing TWIPYs categories and calls out organizers

"There's too much recognition happening right now as the TWIPYs stand. Too many categories for content creators. Too many categories for mods. [...] That is absolutely ridiculous."

Kaneda criticizes the TWIPYs for having too many categories for content creators and mods while neglecting game creators

"They basically only had like five categories for games made by manufacturers. They left out stuff. [...] Not only do they leave out like so many important things that hardworking people who make pinball machines deserve recognition"

Kaneda criticizes This Week in Pinball for leaving out important award categories that recognize hardworking pinball creators

"now that the TWIPYs are back, the TWIPYs are back, and Best Podcast is a category, Best Content Creator, Best Streamer. So get ready to vote people."

Kaneda announces the return of the TWIPYs awards and encourages his audience to vote in categories including Best Podcast.

"what I do think makes the TWIPYs really special. I mean, it was nice being at TPF and having like over 300 people in a room celebrating pinball."

Kaneda expresses appreciation for what makes the TWIPYs special, particularly the large community gathering aspect.

"it's saddens me is it's November 23rd. And I was thinking about how awesome it would have been if we had the TWIPYs this year. [...] And unfortunately, with all of the content creators and all of the energy in this hobby, we just don't have an ability now to recognize the best of pinball. And I do think we should we should find a way to get the TWIPYs back, or at least Greg and Z"

Kaneda expresses sadness that the TWIPYs (This Week in Pinball awards) are gone and believes they should be brought back to recognize the best in pinball.

"A round of applause for Kaneda's Pinball podcast. The most humble pinball podcaster out there who's won six TWIPYs in a row. So many that they had to take down the entire award show because of his ego."

Kaneda sarcastically jokes that his ego from winning six TWIPYs in a row caused them to shut down the entire award show.

"Kaneda, you don't deserve to win another TWIPY. We're going to have an award show and remove you from the category."

Kaneda references criticism about him not deserving to win another TWIPY award

"I mean I was hanging out with Colin you remember Colin and I arguing fighting destroying the TWIPYs we're hanging out having a beer having a good time [...] real men know how to walk across the aisle shake hands and bury hatchets and one person wouldn't do that and that is the sign of a very small man"

Kaneda mentions past conflicts around the TWIPYs but says he and Colin have reconciled, while criticizing someone else who wouldn't make peace.

"Maybe we can work together and reestablishing the TWIPYs. All right, brother. Let's do this. No bad blood."

Kaneda is extending an olive branch to Colin about potentially collaborating on reestablishing the TWIPYs awards

"if all things were considered right now and collin didn't destroy the stupid TWIPYs with his his his his silly tirade against people being recognized if the TWIPYs were happening this year this would be and should be the game of the year"

Kaneda criticizes Colin for destroying the TWIPYs with a silly tirade against people being recognized

"You know, we all used to love This Week in Pinball and they amassed like 7,000 followers or something on like Facebook. And what Colin did, I don't even know why Facebook let him do this. He was allowed to rollover those followers from this week in pinball, a site we all used to love into followers for the Kinetis and now he's bragging that those numbers are great. Colin, you're not fooling anybody. You did not earn any of this. [...] Your click bait site is not going to work. None of us are big fans of the Kinetis and that is why we all unsubscribe to This Week in Pinball. You're never going to make any money doing this because the only way you make money when you want to make pinball content is it's one word, talent. You need talent, bro."

Kaneda accuses Colin of dishonestly transferring followers from This Week in Pinball to Kineticist and criticizes the new site as clickbait that lacks talent.

"sucks there's no more TWIPYs man what's collin doing man is anyone even like did everybody unsubscribe to this week in pinball like i i don't even like i don't even know what happened to that site and to the kineticists like i don't even talk about it anymore because like it's become as irrelevant as like like that dude didn't even get invited like like b kong has got more access than than that dude"

Kaneda criticizes This Week in Pinball/Kineticist as having become irrelevant and questions what happened to the site.

"You should be saying there's a reason why this guy's got six TWIPYs and there's no TWIPYs on my shelf."

Kaneda boasts about having six TWIPY awards while his critics have none, using it as validation for his controversial takes

"And if you think Kaneda is annoying by bringing this up, then I can point at six TWIPYs that prove there's a reason why we need to harp on this stuff."

Kaneda references winning six TWIPY awards as validation for his criticisms of pinball machine details

"you sign up every month to hear the world's favorite pinball humble podcaster who's got the TWIPY six years in a row"

Kaneda mentions winning the TWIPY award six years in a row while describing himself as the world's favorite pinball podcaster

"He can say six TWIPYs right now, baby, because I'm about to show all of you right now why Kaneda is the world's number one pinball podcaster."

Kaneda dismisses Cary Hardy mentioning TWIPY while asserting his superiority as the world's number one pinball podcaster

"this is why six TWIPYs on the shelf, this is why all of you unsubscribed to freaking This Week in Pinball, by the way have you been to that site recently, Colin didn't just destroy the TWIPYs, Colin didn't just destroy you and I's ability to hang out at TPF, Colin destroyed the whole thing, This Week in Pinball is dead, the TWIPYs are dead"

Kaneda claims Colin destroyed This Week in Pinball, saying the site is dead and everyone unsubscribed

"But trust me, not having the TWIPYs there on that Saturday night is a huge mistake. And that was always the culminating event at Texas Pinball Festival. And you have nobody else to thank other than Colin and Will for destroying what brought hundreds of people joy and happiness at Texas Pinball Festival."

Kaneda blames Colin and Will from This Week in Pinball for destroying the TWIPYs event at Texas Pinball Festival, calling it a huge mistake that ruined something that brought joy to hundreds of people.

"This week in pinball is selling itself to a buffoon and destroying the award show has absolutely made it a perfect scenario for me."

Kaneda criticizes This Week in Pinball for selling to someone he calls a buffoon and destroying the award show.

"I wonder how much it costs to buy this week in Pinball. What do you think he spent like five bucks, maybe seven bucks? And looking at the site these days, it's worth nothing. I would unsubscribe if I were all of you."

Kaneda mocks This Week in Pinball as being worthless, suggesting it cost almost nothing to buy and telling listeners to unsubscribe.

"There's too much to celebrate in Pinball where we're going to hand the best award show over to such a clown and now we don't have it. We're going to get it back. Don't worry."

Kaneda calls the This Week in Pinball person a clown again and vows to get the award show back from them.

"And then also the TWIPYs were canceled. Now, it's not me not going because the TWIPYs were destroyed by you know who [...] But look, everybody have a great time in Texas and maybe next year we'll get the TWIPYs back and we'll kick that clown to the curb who destroyed the award shows."

Kaneda blames someone at This Week in Pinball for destroying and canceling the TWIPY award shows, calling them a clown who should be kicked to the curb.

"And they're watching right now. They're watching, the haters are watching right now. [...] Let's get our show ready to respond to him, but he doesn't listen to our show. We have to listen to everything he says and he doesn't even listen to anything we say. He never mentions us once on his show. Why do we keep talking about him? He's living in our heads. Rent free would have been a seven, TWIPY, it's gonna be seven."

Kaneda claims TWIPY watches his show and responds to him, but he doesn't listen to their show or mention them, yet they keep talking about him because he's living in their heads rent-free.

"Nobody cares about the TWIPYs, they're dead."

Kaneda declares the TWIPY awards are dead and irrelevant.

"But first I wanna thank each and every one of you for not voting in this year's TWIPY's. Did you see the numbers? [...] The top 13 content creators combined only got 477 votes combined."

Kaneda sarcastically thanks listeners for not voting in the TWIPYs and mocks the low vote totals.

"Anyway, if they ever wanna get the TWIPYs back on track, they're gonna have to make Kaneda eligible."

Kaneda claims the TWIPYs can only be fixed by making him eligible again.

"So you tell me everybody, did all that pinball positivity work out for Colin and Will and all those other content creators that slammed me for months, destroyed this award show, and this is what we're left with."

Kaneda blames Colin, Will and other content creators for destroying the TWIPY awards show after they criticized him.

"And this is Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, would have been number seven for seven, baby, ain't no TWIPYs now."

Kaneda mentions that his show would have been number seven for seven, but there are no TWIPYs now.

"Even though we're not gonna win a TWIPY, we all know this is the world's favorite pinball podcast."

Kaneda acknowledges his show won't win a TWIPY award but claims his is the world's favorite pinball podcast anyway.

"We all know there's no more competing. It's just everyone just do, you know, do your content, have your fun. And you don't have to like exit."

Kaneda suggests Franchi doesn't need to quit his show now that the competitive TWIPYs are over