This Week in Pinball

"But no, look, he does great interviews. I've always said it. I don't know why he keeps turning the show off. Like just you don't have to rage quit now that the TWIPYs are gone."

Kaneda praises Franchi's interview skills but criticizes him for repeatedly stopping his show and 'rage quitting'

"Did you find it funny that the TWIPY said to be eligible, you have to ship your game to customers before December 1st. Now I was one of the first people to come out and say that makes no sense because if a game is revealed in December and your voting opens up December 18th, things like the art package and the theme and the topper are not going to change so why not just let people vote on it and I'm glad they changed their mind and included this"

Kaneda criticizes the TWIPYs' eligibility rules but acknowledges they changed their policy after his criticism

"We will see like how close we are to selecting the winners when, I don't know, when the TWIPYs one day announces who's going to win their awards, which used to be in March, but we don't know now. We don't know now. We don't know how many people are even going to contribute, but this is how it always should be at the end of the year."

Kaneda criticizes the TWIPYs for unclear timing and uncertain participation compared to his own awards show

"And we will see how closely this aligns to the TWIPYs, but at least we can deliver these results as they were voted by each and every one of you. [...] The TWIPYs are dead. I remain on the iron throne of pinball podcasters for all eternity. Nobody can ever beat me now, which is more amazing than having a show every year in which I have to keep working hard to maintain my title."

Kaneda declares the TWIPYs dead and claims superiority as the top pinball podcaster

"The only thing that makes me sad is Don will not win a TWIPY now because when the TWIPYs first reintroduced the media categories, they started with best new content creator and then they adjusted it and now it's like every single content creator competing with themselves and then they removed the previous winners. [...] So it's like Don's now going up against the pinball show, against Knapp's Arcade. They threw into one blender and it doesn't make any sense. So Don, I think you should have been up on stage. I think you should have been at Texas and I'm sad that you're not going to get that moment."

Kaneda criticizes the TWIPYs' confusing category changes that hurt Don's chances of winning recognition

"This is the mood today over at the TWIPY Headquarters, Collin and Will embracing each other."

Kaneda describes the mood at This Week in Pinball headquarters with hosts Collin and Will embracing each other.

"I was super surprised that after six years of having a lot of fun with the TWIPYs that the TWIPYs would die in 2023 under their own weight. In one month, the new leadership over there has destroyed what made that show fun. I unsubscribed today."

TWIPYs awards died in 2023 under their own weight due to new leadership destroying what made the show fun

"I was super surprised that after six years of having a lot of fun with the TWIPYs that the TWIPYs would die in 2023 under their own weight. In one month, the new leadership over there has destroyed what made that show fun. I unsubscribed today."

Kaneda is highly critical of how new leadership at This Week in Pinball has destroyed the TWIPYs awards show that he previously enjoyed for six years.

"It's silly that people who make these decisions are making themselves seem silly, and I think come next year, we need to all just get over this stuff, lighten up."

Kaneda calls This Week in Pinball's award eligibility decisions silly and suggests they need to lighten up

"I will never be eligible for another TWIPY in the history of planet Earth now. They revealed to the world that if you've won a prior TWIPY, you will not be eligible to win again."

Kaneda criticizes This Week in Pinball's TWIPY awards for making previous winners permanently ineligible for future awards

"They revealed to the world that if you've won a prior TWIPY, you will not be eligible to win again. Tom Brady can't win more than one Super Bowl. Michael Jordan, one championship, and then you're done. Let Carl Malone have one. You know, this is the problem with the modern world"

Criticism of TWIPY award eligibility rule change

"And yes, if you want to go through all the effort to make a fake Facebook profile to put a vote in this People's Choice Awards for pinball [...] when the TWIPYs finally goes to Texas and by the time we recognize those games, nobody's gonna care about those games because games like Foo Fighters, which I think might win Game of the Year, will have been out for over a freaking year and everyone's gonna have moved on to the latest games"

Kaneda criticizes the TWIPYs for taking too long to announce awards, saying games will be irrelevant by the time they're recognized

"And we have about 3,200 people on Kaneda's Facebook page. Obviously they're not all currently active, but I do think when you look at the TWIPY voting, they get a few thousand votes. I think we can get around a thousand people to participate in this poll"

Kaneda compares his audience size to TWIPY voting numbers while promoting his own People's Choice Awards

"in some other room they're singing let's destroy the TWIPYs and remove the content creator categories"

Kaneda references calls to destroy the TWIPYs and remove content creator categories as part of industry echo chambers

"We've got everybody talking about Kaneda and the TWIPYs went and canceled themselves."

Kaneda claims that the TWIPYs (This Week in Pinball awards) canceled themselves amid controversy involving his show

"We're going to get all the recognition everybody wants to see. We're going to make a fun show and I guarantee you I'll make it entertaining. It'll be exciting. It'll be fun."

Prediction: He will make the awards show entertaining, exciting, and fun.

"nobody stands up for cancel culture. You can't remove Kaneda's ability to be recognized as number one [...] I might do a party at TPF. I might have everybody come over to Perry's Steakhouse at exactly the time the TWIPYs begin"

Kaneda defies what he calls cancel culture and threatens to host a competing event during the TWIPYs

"I wasn't expecting for this week in pinball to cancel all the content creators, but we're gonna talk mostly about pinball. I don't want to even get into the drama."

Kaneda accuses This Week in Pinball of canceling all content creators but says he doesn't want to discuss the drama

"We're going to have TWIPY voting open up in a couple weeks so get your votes ready. We're going to show everybody that the world's most positive pinball podcaster is also the most favorite, also has the most subscribers, also is the only one that has successfully monetized his show."

Kaneda encourages his audience to vote for him in the TWIPY awards while boasting about being the most positive, favorite, and successful pinball podcaster.

"We're going to go seven for seven in the TWIPY's people. No more drama, no more poking. Let's just get your votes ready. December 18th and let's take it and send a message to everybody out there."

Kaneda rallies listeners to vote for his show in the TWIPYs (This Week in Pinball awards) to go "seven for seven" and send a message that his show is number one.

"And the second thing I want for Christmas is all of your TWIPY votes. After they tried to cancel me, everybody, let's show them what real positivity looks like and get every one of you and your wives and your kids and your cleaning ladies and your dog walkers to vote."

Kaneda claims This Week in Pinball tried to cancel him and wants listeners to vote for his show in TWIPY awards as retaliation.

"Every single rule change they've made has been made to target one individual. [...] Every single rule change was put in place to prevent Kaneda's Pinball podcast from being successful."

Kaneda alleges This Week in Pinball has systematically changed TWIPY rules specifically to target him

"And for Colin and Will over at This Week in Pinball, to remove my show from the pinball database of content creators. So when you search, when you search who's won a TWIPY, I don't even come up anymore. It's like I don't even exist to them."

Kaneda accuses Colin and Will from This Week in Pinball of removing his show from their database

"And it is absolutely disgusting. And the reason why it's disgusting is because it happened by a guy that doesn't have an ounce of the talent I know I have."

Kaneda calls This Week in Pinball's actions disgusting and claims the person behind it lacks his talent

"Oh, welcome everybody to the only pinball podcaster that's been scrubbed from the history books of this week in pinball."

Kaneda claims he's been erased from This Week in Pinball's history books

"And the fact that they removed the reviews that my fans like you gave me annoys me to no end. [...] Nobody should be supporting a move like this. Where you erase somebody's existence."

Kaneda criticizes This Week in Pinball for removing fan reviews and erasing his existence

"Like, does anyone take that site seriously? It reads like it's written by an AI bot who doesn't know anything about pinball. And also he's only been in this hobby for two years. He doesn't know anything yet. He absolutely doesn't know anything."

Kaneda dismisses Kineticist as an AI-written site run by someone with only two years of pinball experience

"So Colin, you know, our friend Colin over at the Kinetis is he brought this to the TWIPY committee. He wanted there to be a positivity criteria that content creators had to reach if they were to be eligible for the TWIPYs. [...] If your content was deemed by him to not be positive, then you would be ineligible for a TWIPY. Who do you think he was trying to eliminate? The guy who's won six years in a row for favorite pinball podcast."

Kaneda accuses Colin from Kineticist of trying to create a positivity rule to eliminate him from TWIPY eligibility

"Like, I really don't trust anybody who came into pinball during the COVID period of pinball and then tries to be a trusted media outlet about the hobby. They have no idea. They have no context for anything."

Kaneda criticizes COVID-era pinball media creators like Colin as lacking credibility and context

"The only thing with the TWIPYs every year, you know, you get excited and then you realize like, oh, we're going to find out who won four months from now. [...] They've got to figure out a way to get this damn award show in January."

Kaneda criticizes This Week in Pinball's timing of the TWIPY awards, saying they take too long and lose relevance by the time winners are announced.

"And I also was talking to Will over at This Week in Pinball and I said, look, if you're going to do Best Pinball Podcast or can I not give that award to whoever wins it considering the fact that I've won it for six years in a row, maybe seven years in a row."

Kaneda mentions coordinating with This Week in Pinball about potentially having the favorite category winner present the newcomer award, referencing his multiple wins.

"Finally they took some of my advice. I've been saying this like all year. They should start a category for Best New Pinball Content Creator. Now look, they extended it to Best New Pinball Podcast, Best New Pinball Streamer, Best New Pinball YouTube Channel, and maybe even like Best New Pinball website. It's too many. They should have just made it one simple thing."

This Week in Pinball took his advice to add Best New Content Creator categories, but they went too far with too many separate categories

"So finally they took some of my advice. I've been saying this like all year. They should start a category for Best New Pinball Content Creator. Now look, they extended it to Best New Pinball Podcast, Best New Pinball Streamer, Best New Pinball YouTube Channel, and maybe even like Best New Pinball website. It's too many. They should have just made it one simple thing."

Kaneda claims This Week in Pinball finally took his advice about adding new creator categories but criticizes them for making too many subcategories instead of one unified category.

"Now look, it's not looking good for me because now that Colin and the Kinetis and This Week in Pinball have combined forces and we know how Colin feels about Kaneda and we also know how Kaneda feels about Colin."

Kaneda suggests This Week in Pinball's partnership with Colin/Kineticist creates bias against him in the awards due to personal conflicts.

"Steve, this is the only pinball podcast that will call it like it is. [...] We're going to win our seventh TWIPY. It's going to happen. I can't wait to voting starts so we can just show everybody that this is where it's at and where it's going to be in 2024."

Kaneda positions his podcast as the only one that tells the truth and confidently predicts winning their seventh TWIPY award.

"Now, I think December is when the TWIPY voting happens. So I'm going to have to get like six or something shows live for everybody to listen to, but you'll see what I'm going to do. They're going to be funny shows. [...] I'm going to do six horrible Pinball podcasts that are just out there because I have enough votes with just each and every one of you to win."

Kaneda discusses gaming the TWIPY (This Week in Pinball Year) voting by releasing six intentionally bad shows to win through vote manipulation.

"It's going to be labyrinth and Foo Fighters sort of battling it out at the TWIPYs. I think Foo Fighters might win Game of the Year."

Kaneda predicts that Labyrinth and Foo Fighters will compete at the TWIPYs awards, with Foo Fighters likely winning Game of the Year.

"I get the email from this week in Pinball, I open it up, and I read about how the labyrinth might be the mystery game from the Mystery Pinball Company. And guess who broke that scoop like two weeks ago? Yours truly. [...] and then I go on this week in Pinball, and there's no mention of my name. It is unbelievable, the horrible journalism that is in this freaking hobby."

Kaneda criticizes This Week in Pinball for not crediting him when they covered the Labyrinth/Mystery Pinball Company story that he claims to have broken first.

"It is unbelievable, the horrible journalism that is in this freaking hobby. And look, I'm just asking when I do call something right, or I put something together, at least give Kaneda credit"

Calling out This Week in Pinball for not crediting him for breaking the Labyrinth scoop

"this is what Kaneda does this is how we win TWIPYs"

Kaneda jokes that telling hard truths about the pinball industry is how he wins TWIPY awards

"I can't wait to everybody else slams the TWIPYs. And we head up there for number seven."

Kaneda expresses anticipation for winning his seventh TWIPY award despite expecting criticism of the TWIPYs themselves

"Let me read you what this week in pinball said. The announcement, Kingpin, the extremely rare game from Capcom will be remade in all caps by Circus Maximus exclamation point."

Kaneda reads an old This Week in Pinball announcement about Kingpin being remade to highlight how the project never materialized after 5+ years

"I think Foo Fighters is going to dominate a lot of the TWIPYs this year."

Kaneda predicts Foo Fighters will dominate This Week in Pinball's TWIPY awards this year

"You know, TWIPY Season is about to begin. Not really. Like TWIPY Voting is not until December."

Kaneda corrects himself about TWIPY season timing, noting voting isn't until December

"Do you want to just give me the TWIPY now or are we going to wait for the other shows to come back and try to win it again? Because it's not going to happen."

Kaneda is claiming he should win the TWIPY award now because other competing shows won't be able to beat him.

"You can't reveal the true happenings behind the scenes at these pinball companies because if you do it, you're just going to win a seventh TWIPY."

Kaneda sarcastically suggests that revealing behind-the-scenes industry truths will win him a seventh TWIPY award

"Oh, welcome everybody to the sixth time TWIPY Award-winning favorite BimBall podcast."

Kaneda references winning TWIPY (This Week in Pinball) awards six times as part of his podcast introduction

"I don't do it for the TWIPYs anymore. I used to. I used to need that accolade, but six years in a row."

Kaneda says he no longer creates content for TWIPY awards recognition, though he used to need that validation before winning six years in a row.

"nobody in the history of pinball podcasting has ever got 600 people to sign up and nobody has ever won six TWIPYs in a row, should we go for seven?"

Kaneda boasts about winning six TWIPYs (This Week in Pinball awards) consecutively and suggests going for a seventh

"they have taken over the top spot from this week in pinball. No one really goes to TWIP anymore for weekly pinball news. They might as well shut it down."

Kaneda says This Week in Pinball has lost its top position to Knapp's Arcade and suggests TWIP should shut down since no one uses it for news anymore