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Ep 85: Don't Panic, Nerd Out! with George Fisher

PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 39 min listen
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Don't Panic Flip's own George Fisher joins us to talk about how he got into pinball and then streaming. Also we talk Toy Story, a new Segment Steal, and another clue to the puzzle.

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Highlights

  • George Fisher started playing pinball in 2017 after purchasing a Ghostbusters machine, initially hating pinball before learning the mechanics through mentorship.
  • George's streaming equipment (cameras, laptop, motorized tripod) was stolen from his vehicle after Texas Pinball Festival while he was at a nearby Cinemark movie theater.
  • Insurance would not cover the stolen streaming equipment because George makes money off Twitch streams, categorizing it as business equipment.
  • Only three Twitch pinball streamers have achieved Twitch partnership status: Jack Danger, Karl IE Pinball, and Buffalo Pinball.
  • George streams three nights per week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday) from 10 PM to 12 AM Mountain Time on DontPanicFlip.com and Pinball Network channels.
  • George recommends new streamers start with minimal equipment (even old phones for cameras) and focus on consistency and enjoyment before upgrading to professional-grade gear.
  • Josh Roop is working on a secret collaborative project with George Fisher and Scott Larson that benefits a specific community cause, pitched at Texas Pinball Festival.
  • Josh Roop has acquired a Whitewater pinball machine and is excited about it, previously owning a Jurassic Park Pro that had playfield warping issues.

Notable quotes

“I hated pinball. grew up feeling like pinball was just a waste of quarters... I didn't understand that there was rules that there was the concept of modes and progression in a game.”
George Fisher
“There's more to it than just flipping the flippers and trying to keep it out from going straight down the middle or down an out lane.”
Levi (mentioned by George Fisher)
“The difficulty in streaming, and this is something I've come across so many times with new streamers, is that they want cinema-style quality right away. And they want to dump a lot of money into it before they get started. But the problem with streaming, honestly, is kind of consistency.”
George Fisher
“So if I were to get into streaming, okay, so I know nothing about streaming... And you are an expert on streaming. What would you tell me?”
Josh Roop
“I spent several months doing local recordings, um, and posting those to, to, to YouTube. Uh, afterwards, no editing at all initially.”
George Fisher
“I realized that what I really wanted to do was not just be able to engage with the community and learn more about pinball... But I wanted to go on location and build equipment that allowed me to set up quicker or more efficiently and still provide that fluid, beautiful playfield.”
George Fisher
“The CX405 is an excellent camera... It's actually kind of difficult sometimes to tell the difference in camera quality between something which is less than $100... and something which is $500 or less.”
George Fisher
“I still feel that Whitewater will definitely be part of the remakes. You think?”
Josh Roop

Entities

  • Flip It Out Pinball· company
  • Texas Pinball Festival (TPF)· event
  • Ghostbusters· game
  • Jurassic Park· game
  • Medieval Madness· game
  • Whitewater· game
  • Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Twitch Pinball Network (TPN)· organization
  • Buffalo Pinball· person
  • DJ Rouchet· person
  • Escher· person
  • George Fisher· person
  • iSkiDo· person
  • Jack Danger· person
  • Josh Roop· person
  • Karl IE Pinball· person
  • Levi· person
  • Manu· person
  • Nicole Minney· person
  • Raymond Davidson· person
  • Scott Larson· person
  • Surreal_seven· person
  • Zach Sharpe· person
  • Pinball Jones· venue

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