Article: 232297 of rec.games.pinball Path: news.iupui.edu!news.indiana.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.erols.net!nntp.flash.net!news.flash.net!not-for-mail From: brown_du@eisner.decus.org (Duncan Brown) Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball Subject: Re: Who are these people with the smiling faces? Reply-To: brown_du@eisner.decus.org Message-ID: <38d8cbe2.2051899055@news.flash.net> References: <38D865C3.BEAF745E@attglobal.net> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Lines: 114 Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 14:17:48 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.215.17.179 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 953734668 216.215.17.179 (Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:17:48 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:17:48 CST Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net Xref: news.iupui.edu rec.games.pinball:232297 On Tue, 21 Mar 2000 23:18:43 -0700, Jim Hicks wrote: > >For those that haven't tried one of the Pinball 2000 easter eggs on >either RFM or SW:E1 try: > >B R L RR L RRR L L > >and help me identify the 29 or 30 smiling faces. I figured out about 8 >or 9. I'll try. That picture was taken by a visiting Euroslot writer, who was doing a big article for Pinball 2000, to appear in the issue that was given away at the ATEI show in London where RFM made its debut. He took a picture with a digital camera (the one you see in the game) and one with a 35mm camera. The latter was used in the article, on page 39 of the February 1999 issue of Euroslot. I cheated and referenced that picture to help me ID all the folks! Unfortunately there is one person in the very back row who is unrecognizable in the digital photo, and is completely behind someone else in the 35mm photo (taken from a slightly different angle.) If you know who you are, please ID yourself! I hope my definition of "row" matches everyone else's, but you can probably figure it out. Apologies in advance for errors in spelling or titles. FIRST ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Dave Mueller, digital artist Keith Johnson, programmer (RFM, and "Game 4") Adam Rhine, digital artist and leader of the "Dot Cave" Bob Brown, technical illustrator and creator of the famous "Bob cake" Lyman Sheats, programmer (RFM) George Gomez, game designer (RFM) Mark Johnson, model shop SECOND ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Paul Barker, graphic artist and art production Elaine Johnson, who actually kept the department running! Jim Patla, engineering manager and schedule-meister Louis Koziarz, programmer (Xina and "Game 3") THIRD ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Pete Piotrowski (on wall), game designer ("Game 4") Tom Uban (on wall), programmer and Xina architect Greg Freres, manager of art department, artist (RFM) John Krutsch, manager of mechanical engineering Larry DeMar, director of engineering and sacrificial ops-meeting attendee Brad Hume, electrical engineering and Prism Card God Dwight Sullivan (on wall), programmer (RFM and "Game 4") John Popadiuk (on wall), game designer (SWEI), Darth Maul FOURTH ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Duncan Brown (on wall), programmer (SWEI and Xina) Scott Slomiany, digital artist and game designer ("Game 4") Jim Shird, manager of pinball proto lab Graham West, programmer (RFM, "Game 3", Xina) Scott "Spanky" Sanders (on wall), digital artist FIFTH ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Cameron Silver (on wall), programmer (SWEI and Xina) Mystery person... Wally Roeder, model shop Jack Skalon, mechanical engineer (SWEI) Jose Delgado (on wall), proto lab technician A whole bunch of people weren't in the picture. Here's where I'm guaranteed to get in trouble because I'm late leaving the house this morning and I won't have time to try to remember everyone; apologies to anyone I missed... Pat Lawlor (game designer- "Game 3"), Brad Cornell (mechanical engineering), Chris Shipman (mechanical engineering), Rob Berry (sound), Eric Pryzby (sound), Steve Kordek (industry icon), Karen Trybula (tech writing), Chuck Bleich (manager electrical engineering), Jack Liddon (digital artist and ghost-producer of "It Came From Uranus"), Herb Foss (regulatory stuff and creator of the "Herb stickers"), Al Cardenas (model shop), Bill Thomson (wiring wizard), and the "undying moral and post-mortem support gang" of Ted Estes, Bill Grupp, and Greg Dunlap. Duncan