Round 3: Vote on Your Questions for Bobby King (Pick 5)

[Jeff Strong]

It's time to vote on which questions will be selected for the next round of the Forum Interview with Bobby King from Farsight! Please select 3 Questions from the poll. Bobby will answer the top 5 questions when he gets time.

I picked 30 random questions (with a few carryover questions from the last poll...and actually there were a few extra spots this time, so I added a few questions at the end based on other recent topics of concern), and some questions were either combined or condensed to save space in the poll (the forum only allows so many characters per question, so the questions will most likely be expanded when they are presented to Bobby).

If your question didn't get picked this time around, or it doesn't get voted in, don't worry because this will be a reoccurring event, so you can always resubmit your question for the next round. Some people submitted multiple questions, but there is only space for 30 questions so I couldn't include every single question, but I tried to get at least one question from everyone who submitted.

Thanks again for submitting your questions, and to HOW (Andy) for the idea, and another big thank you to Bobby for graciously agreeing to take part.

Sorry for the delay in getting the poll ready. I've had a very busy summer, so thank you for your patience!

 

[Jeff Strong]

Please pick 5 Questions this time instead of 3. Thanks!

 

[Crush3d_Turtle]

Got my vote in. Thanks for taking the time to set this up.

 

[BlindSpider11]

My votes are in!

 

[gjarnling]

my votes are in, thank you very much (to everybody involved) for doing this!

 

[PiN WiZ]

My votes are in as well...some very interesting questions this time.

 

[Brian Clark]

I think the touchscreen question should be more specific. The touch nudge already works as it should. It works consistantly and is sensitive enough to work very well. The question that should be asked, is if the shake and slide nudge features will be fixed. I think another good question is whether or not forward nudge will be added to the android and iOS versions.

 

[HOW]

I think the touchscreen question should be more specific. The touch nudge already works as it should. It works consistantly and is sensitive enough to work very well. The question that should be asked, is if the shake and slide nudge features will be fixed. I think another good question is whether or not forward nudge will be added to the android and iOS versions.

I voted for the Nudge question-But Brian is 100% correct it needs broadening.
Nudging is an essential facet of the game-We need to know...
Also who REALLY cares about TZ twin-pack Y/N as most will get the KS freebie

 

[Nik Barbour]

Voted
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[Richard B]

I voted too.

 

[Brandon Debes]

 

[Jeff Strong]

I think the touchscreen question should be more specific. The touch nudge already works as it should. It works consistantly and is sensitive enough to work very well. The question that should be asked, is if the shake and slide nudge features will be fixed. I think another good question is whether or not forward nudge will be added to the android and iOS versions.

I voted for the Nudge question-But Brian is 100% correct it needs broadening.
Nudging is an essential facet of the game-We need to know...
Also who REALLY cares about TZ twin-pack Y/N as most will get the KS freebie

Don't worry....I already plan to expand/broaden that question if it makes the cut (it was actually my own question ). The poll has a character limit for each question, but for now I'll change it from "touchscreen nudging" to "nudging on touchscreen devices".

And agreed about the TZ question, but I just put in what you guys give me....

 

[Richard B]

The "walk it through the process" question is popular, even though it's a total waste. They released a 15 minute video showing each step, and as if that's not enough, they released another video demonstrating the process with the STTNG kickstarter announcement. You're not going to get any more info than that.

 

[Jeff Strong]

I also figured the videos would've been enough....

 

[Gord Lacey]

It's fun to read into some of the questions as well.

 

[SilverBalls]

Some interesting questions there. Many thanks to Jeff again for handling these polls.

 

[Richard B]

The PC release date and the original table questions have a comfortable lead, but there are many contenders for the final three spots.

 

[Animator_pin_fan]

The PC question is really kinda vague too. Wouldn't it have been better to ask a more specific question, like will it have support for advanced graphics cards?
And if the PC version is likely to support extra high res textures- beyond HD. I know we all want cabinet support too, but that has already been asked before. However, I'm more curious just how advanced the graphics will be on PC when it's eventually released. Anyhow just my suggestions. Hopefully the PC version will be out before we can vote for a round 4 of questions.

 

[Fuseball]

Tried to keep my votes to questions that effect all versions, although the only thing I really worry about is the emulation of pre-1990 systems.

Strikes me that the PC version has such a separate set of requirements to the others that it needs to be developed with the help of the community to help differentiate it from Visual Pinball. The other platforms don't really have any competition from anything similar.

 

[Richard B]

Three wasted questions are going to win: 1. As said earlier, they have a video detailing the process. The time it takes can be calculated by looking at when they acquired the TZ license, and when the finished table is expected to be released. You don't need to waste a question to figure that out.
2. When FS has made significant progress, or established a date on the PC version, they will let you know.
3. With so many existing tables yet to be done, why do so many want to see original tables made? It's number 1 by a comfortable margin.