Colin McAlpine is a professional pinball player from Austin, Texas with over 10 years of competitive experience. He is a top-ranked player who has achieved significant tournament results including a second-place finish at Pinburgh, and has been involved in pinball game development, notably for The Princess Bride machine. Beyond competition, McAlpine serves as a tournament director (Pinball at the Beach 2025) and is recognized as a respected and personable member of the pinball community.
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Colin McAlpine won the 2025 Texas State Pinball Championship
Colin's first tournament was a Tron launch party in 2012 where he won and earned WPPR points
Colin has been ranked as high as fifth in the world in competitive pinball
Colin won Pinburgh and considers it his proudest tournament victory
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Colin is involved in rule design for Multimorphic's P3 platform, specifically Princess Bride
Princess Bride P3 game features a survivor-style multiball ball resurrection mode (Pit of Despair) with progressive ball addition
Multimorphic P3 base cabinet costs mid-$3,000 range with additional modules, providing value advantage vs $7,000-$10,000+ LE commercial machines
Players selected Princess Bride at Texas IFPA SES championships for competitive match play despite P3s being uncommon in venues
Nudging is a critical pinball skill that requires in-person observation and cannot be effectively learned from video documentation alone
Colin McAlpine had to fly Austin→LAX→Chicago→Rochester due to weather routing around Midwest storms
Colin McAlpine, former Pinbird champion, visited Level Zero and after playing Elton John expressed he might purchase one.
Colin McAlpine has been playing pinball competitively for over 10 years
Colin McAlpine chose Avengers Infinity Quest because it hadn't been played as much as Godzilla in this tournament
Colin McAlpine is a very good pinball player who helped design rules for Weird Al
Weird Al LEs sold out at 227 units, representing the biggest hit for Multimorphic
The Weird Al pinball machine features five flippers: two main, two upper, and one mini
Colin McAlpine and Bowen Kerins formally joined Multimorphic in December 2021
Weird Al Yankovic's first studio album was released in 1983
Weird Al was involved in both scripted call-outs and ad-lib variations during studio recording
The Weird Al pinball machine was in development long before Colin and Bowen's December 2021 formal involvement
Weird Al playing experiences are unlikely to feel lacking despite some fan-favorite songs being omitted
Weird Al Yankovic is a legacy artist with 40+ years of studio releases demonstrating sustained cultural relevance
Celebrity-backed pinball machines serve as growth drivers for the niche pinball hobby overall
Colin McAlpine won the Brisbane championship
INDISC facility is comparable to PAPA as a tournament standard
Colin McAlpine's tournament ticket had a 'bleeder' — one low score that continued losing points throughout qualifying
Colin McAlpine took five of Scott's grand champion scores
Colin McAlpine is the 14th ranked player in the world for pinball
Colin McAlpine is the 2017 champion of pinball
Texas Pinball Festival was canceled approximately two weeks before the scheduled event date
Tournament organizers were planning mandatory hand sanitization protocols before play at future events
Colin McAlpine recently achieved a 900 million point death blow shot on Iron Maiden
Modern pinball games like Guardians of the Galaxy have multiplier stacking exploits that produce unrealistic scores
Pinball tournaments will need to implement sanitization protocols for at least one year post-COVID
Colin McAlpine was disappointed about lack of Family Guy pinball machine in tournament selection
The return lane rubber on Game of Thrones is worn and feeds inconsistently to flipper or sling
Game of Thrones Premium Edition has significantly larger carryover bonus than Pro Edition due to castle destruction mechanics
Players cannot pass on mode selection in Game of Thrones—they must select from available modes
Tron has the best soundtrack of any Stern game
X-Men settings allow continuous stacking of heroes during multiball modes
Head-to-head match play requires strategic mid-game adjustments unlike high-score tournaments with fixed strategies
Tron right flipper is loose and requires earlier shot timing than normal
Tron end-of-line combo value resets to 500K on each new ball
Raymond Davidson was knocked out of Washington state tournament by lower-ranked player despite being a top favorite
Match play format can result in upsets where any player can beat any other if momentum builds
Flipper Spiel Arcade Club relocated to a larger, more open space compared to previous year
Team One is a 1970s Gottlieb with the exact same playfield layout as Abracadabra
Iron Maiden's rule set emphasizes breadth over depth in tournament scoring options
Demolition Man requires more on-the-fly decision-making compared to other tournament games in the lineup
TPF main tournament sold out in approximately 30 minutes in October
TPF plans to expand tournament capacity in subsequent years after testing new venue logistics
Alien Poker rewards players for completing upper lanes to multiply royal flush drop target values
Atlantis EM features a 8-10 drop target left-side bank with 5,000-point bonus for hitting two adjacent targets simultaneously
TPF has experienced overwhelming demand for the classics tournament, driving expansion decisions
Colin McAlpine is the current reigning Pinburgh champion
On Bare Core, drop targets on the left must be hit bottom-to-top, and on the right top-to-bottom, in spelling order
Torpedo Alley's destroy fleet feature operates on a timer
Game of Thrones has a 2x scoring multiplier that doubles field scoring during gameplay
Preston scored 900,000 points on Torpedo Alley's right ramp jackpot without knowing it was lit
Colin McAlpine is now ranked #20 in IFPA standings
Walking Dead Riot stack mechanic can generate 200M+ scores when stacked with Bloodbath multiball
Colin McAlpine won Pinburgh 2017