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Ep 65: This Isn't A Good Sign from Deeproot

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Let's talk about Steve Ritchie leaving Stern, Lyman might be gone as well, and the new update with Deeproot.

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Highlights

  • Steve Ritchie has moved from Stern Pinball to Jersey Jack Pinball
  • Steve Ritchie had a whitewood in progress at Stern that was near completion as of May 2024
  • Deep Root Pinball's founder Robert Mueller has deleted the company Facebook page and gone dark on personal Facebook
  • Deep Root Pinball is facing a legal matter that arose approximately one month before their latest update
  • Only three Raza customers took the refund offer Deep Root extended
  • Stern appears to be shifting toward younger designers (Raymond Davidson, Tim Sexton, Keith Owen) rather than seniority
  • Steve Ritchie is 71 years old
  • Pat Lawlor is 70 years old
  • Lyman Sheets may have transitioned to contract work rather than full-time employment at Stern
  • Current IFPA rankings have Peter Anderson at #1, Colin Urban #2, Johannes #3, and Raymond #4 (Ray Day)

Notable quotes

“Congratulate us that we are 2% correct. Yep. We nailed it. You guys doubted us, but we totally called it 2%.”
Josh Roop
“I tried to call him this week. His phone's not on.”
Josh Roop
“He crashes and then for some reason the train keeps going and keep crashing like this is you go to a NASCAR race to see crashes, and this guy has a crash every lap.”
Scott Larson
“The fact that he's again throwing chum in the water, that this lawsuit happened... It's like, oh, the check's in the mail. Oh, really? Oh, you know what? I'm printing the money.”
Josh Roop
“Legitimately no one cares about Deep Root. They're never gonna sell a game. They're never going to produce a game.”
Josh Roop
“When someone goes dark on the internet, that means they have either left town already or they have completely jumped ship.”
Scott Larson
“There's not really – it's not that it's like – they are definitely competition, but they still talk. They still sit around the, you know, if they run into each other at lunch, it's not like they ignore each other.”
Scott Larson
“This guy is selling some multi-level marketing junk out of his basement that is going to cure cancer and take you to the moon.”
Josh Roop
“I'm 2% right on everything so here we go.”
Josh Roop
“This is definitely what happens when someone goes supernova.”
Scott Larson

Entities

  • Deep Root Pinball· company
  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Cactus Canyon· game
  • Deadpool· game
  • Raza· game
  • Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· media
  • The Pinball Show· media
  • Colin Urban· person
  • George Gomez· person
  • John Borg· person
  • Josh Roop· person
  • Keith Owen· person
  • Lyman Sheets· person
  • Pat Lawlor· person
  • Peter Anderson· person
  • Ray Day· person
  • Raymond Davidson· person
  • Robert Mueller· person
  • Scott Larson· person
  • Steve Ritchie· person
  • Tim Sexton· person
  • Zach Sharpe· person

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