Table Pack #64 Speculation

[shutyertrap]

We just spent 10 minutes in the BlahCade podcast for this week ripping on the choice of Firepower II. FarSight is trolling us both with table choice and making us stair at the orange buffoon.

 

[Biff]

I sure hope we get the Shadow this season. I saw a back glass that doesn't have Baldwin's mug and it looks great.

I think Karl has one of these custom made (?) Shadows at home... just saying

 

[dtown8532]

Prior to the newsletter somebody on Facebook had made a comment that it would be either Firepower 2, World Cup or Fathom. I can just hope he has some inside knowledge and we'll finally get Fathom.

Regarding FP2, why? If they wanna do an early SS Williams, why not something different like Pharoah, Solar Fire or Flash. I mean WTF? Who chooses these games? FP2 was a recycled idea that Steve's brother, Mark, wanted to try to get his feet wet at his new job soon after he was hired at Williams.

 

[Kolchak357]

 

[HotHamBoy]

Which one of you jokers wishing for a return to Bally/Williams used a monkey's paw?

Edit: What are the odds of FP2 being part of a two-pack with an EM, like El Dorado? Not good? I mean, it is kinda weird that the clue has so much emphasis. Maybe two tables with the word Fire?

Well, 12 people wound up unemployed in the hint quote. I must be missing something......

Going by that, it's either Firepower 2 or Fire!.

Maybe the "12" is a reference to how many more months it'll take to update SPA.

Only one off from [System] 11. Fire!

 

[wolfson]

oh well , at least we are getting a table of some description hehe !!! and the school teacher from Brisbane just beat my namesake Manny !!! the US commentator chucked a mental banana !!!

 

[Blkthorne]

Firepower II isn't too bad, ranked 167th currently on Pinside, just one spot ahead of Fire! and right around Bad Cats at 158th. Most rating it said they preferred this one over the original, but the negatives of the table were only 2 ball multiball compared to three, and no speech in cost cutting reason. Honestly I will give it a chance even though I had about 20+ tables I would've liked to have seen first. heh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOKtb-B5Mno&t=116s

 

[wolfson]

Clue's in

can bluey fire himself ? hehe

 

[Johni3w6]

Guess I'll have to put Fire! down again for the next table speculation thread.
Was hoping I didn't have to put it down again.

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[karl]

Firepower 2? Norm, you GOT some explaining to do

I can't Fathom why they would choose this one when there are so many other great early 80' to choose from. Also a lot of great system 11's left to do.(and yes, even a few dmd's with soft licenses )

Then again, I stopped trying to figure out Farsight's desitions a long time ago. At least it is another Williams and not premier.

 

[HotHamBoy]

Maybe it was a time-saving measure since they only need to alter Firepower instead of building the table from scratch?

 

[lettuce]

Jeeez, i though season 6 couldn't be topped for blandness but FarSight is proving me wrong!!!

 

[Kolchak357]

Has anyone ever requested Firepower II? Seems an odd choice.

 

[Garycope]

Has anyone ever requested Firepower II? Seems an odd choice.

Yea wait a month for wipeout thinking the next one has to be a great one. And then you get some **** like firepower II

 

[wolfson]

Has anyone ever requested Firepower II? Seems an odd choice.

Kolchak , the only thing that talks to my knuckle brain is sequel

 

[rehtroboi40]

Yea wait a month for wipeout thinking the next one has to be a great one. And then you get some **** like firepower II

This table hint is racking what's left of my brain.

Best case scenario: The eleven mentions of "fired" could be a reference to Williams System 11=which would make Fire! the natural choice.
The power "hiding in the back" could be a reference to finally completing ROM emulation for FirePower and many others.

If you just read the last part of the hint, of course it's a direct reference to Firepower II, but that still doesn't explain the other eleven mentions of folks losing their jobs.

I don't think it's too much of a stretch to suggest both Fire! and Firepower II could be released as a double-pack. FP2 is so similar to the first one that it can't take too many resources to do that one, like they did with El Dorado 1975 in that dual pack.

Kudos to FarSight for for giving us a brain teaser this time around. Shame on them for injecting politics into our digital pinball experience by using Trump.
I'm sure he'll tweet about that in 5...4...3...2...

 

[Blkthorne]

This table hint is racking what's left of my brain.

Best case scenario: The eleven mentions of "fired" could be a reference to Williams System 11=which would make Fire! the natural choice.
The power "hiding in the back" could be a reference to finally completing ROM emulation for FirePower and many others.

If you just read the last part of the hint, of course it's a direct reference to Firepower II, but that still doesn't explain the other eleven mentions of folks losing their jobs.

I don't think it's too much of a stretch to suggest both Fire! and Firepower II could be released as a double-pack. FP2 is so similar to the first one that it can't take too many resources to do that one, like they did with El Dorado 1975 in that dual pack.

Kudos to FarSight for for giving us a brain teaser this time around. Shame on them for injecting politics into our digital pinball experience by using Trump.
I'm sure he'll tweet about that in 5...4...3...2...

That actually wouldn't be too bad an idea, when they had an extra month they could've scanned in an extra table, would be awesome to get both Fire! and Firepower II, just hope they wouldn't turn around and say no table the following month then.

 

[Kaibun]

Never played this one. It's Firepower and it has ramps... that means it's good right? I really like 80's Williams tables, myself.

 

[Pinballwiz45b]

This table hint is racking what's left of my brain.

Best case scenario: The eleven mentions of "fired" could be a reference to Williams System 11=which would make Fire! the natural choice.
The power "hiding in the back" could be a reference to finally completing ROM emulation for FirePower and many others.

If you just read the last part of the hint, of course it's a direct reference to Firepower II, but that still doesn't explain the other eleven mentions of folks losing their jobs.

I don't think it's too much of a stretch to suggest both Fire! and Firepower II could be released as a double-pack. FP2 is so similar to the first one that it can't take too many resources to do that one, like they did with El Dorado 1975 in that dual pack.

Kudos to FarSight for for giving us a brain teaser this time around. Shame on them for injecting politics into our digital pinball experience by using Trump.
I'm sure he'll tweet about that in 5...4...3...2...

So using pictures of other people in table hints is completely fine, except for Trump because he's the current President. Nope, I'm not buying that.

The assumption that this is related to politics is absurd. Just because they used Trump as the hint doesn't mean it has anything to do with politics.

Trump's "You're Fired" quote is from his show, "The Apprentice", which has nothing to do with politics. This hint is completely fine to use.

And with that, I'm halting this discussion point right here. Back to Fire/power II.

 

[Burdette25159]

I think it's a 50% Chance for Fire and a 50% chance of Firepower 2: Electric Boogaloo