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Ep 16: Raydio Gaga
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 29 min listenBy Jeff Teolis & Martin Robbins
Final Round Pinball Podcast Ep 16: Raydio Gaga Hosts: Martin Robbins & Jeff Teolis Special Guest: #1 World Ranked Player & Pinball Developer Raymond Davidson Final Round, the media darlings Jeff’s...
Highlights
- Raymond Davidson is the #1 ranked pinball player in the world
- Raymond recently joined Stern Pinball as a coder
- Raymond worked on Jurassic Park v1.02 code update during his first few weeks at Stern
- Keith Elwyn had Avengers outlanes repositioned from default up position to middle or down position due to difficulty concerns
- Avengers Infinity Quest was intended by Keith Elwyn to have difficulty between Iron Maiden and Jurassic Park
- Keith Elwin games consistently feature certain design elements: captive ball, spinner, upper flipper, unique plunge, and physical toys that influence gameplay state
- Avengers has a 3x3 grid drop target system similar to Walking Dead and Ripley's mechanics combined
- Stern's coding work on current games is collaborative, with support programmers contributing significantly beyond lead programmer work
- Final Final Round Pinball Podcast was ranked #1 podcast by Orbital Albert in his top 10 podcast list
- Jeff Teolis and his wife Anna are considering pursuing pilot licenses and potentially buying a small plane
Notable quotes
“It's to slowly kill Tim Sexton. No, why would I do that? No. He's in your path, Raymond.”
“the computer is never wrong. There's always some reason it's doing what it's doing. And you just got to be patient.”
“Keith plays his game every day on the newest build and he's always like, the thing he's looking for is game progression and how, you know, do I feel like I'm blocked? Do I feel like I'm chopping wood?”
“the outlanes were in their normal default up position. And so Keith was like, this is silly. Like, and so he actually moved them to the middle or even maybe the down position.”
“It's just like, and then there's like the marvel ramp on the right. That's like the big upside down loop, which, you know, on a pro, sure you miss out on the loop, but you still get another spinner”
“We're not out to be number one. We're not out to be everybody's favorite. We just want to do something for which we enjoy doing for ourselves first and foremost, and if people like it, great, awesome.”
“I would never, ever in my life get in a plane that you are flying. Okay? I'm just putting that out there.”
“It's obviously a big move to move states to go and work for Stern. Obviously, it was worth it for you. What is the goal for you? Would you want to be lead code on a game?”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Avengers Infinity Quest· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Final Round Pinball Podcast· media
- Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· media
- Pinball Network· organization
- Anna· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Keith Elwyn· person
- Martin Robbins· person
- Orbital Albert· person
- Raymond Davidson· person
- Rick· person
- Tim Sexton· person
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