[4k] Alice Cooper Launch Party - Quarterfinals

IE Pinball·video·50m 46s·analyzed·Aug 7, 2018

Analysis

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TL;DR

Alice Cooper Launch Party quarterfinals livestream with gameplay commentary and rules analysis

Summary

IE Pinball streamed live coverage of the Alice Cooper Pinball Launch Party quarterfinals from Skokie, featuring 12 players competing on the newly released Alice Cooper machine. The stream provided detailed gameplay commentary, rule explanation, and strategic analysis across multiple match groups, with players competing for advancement through single-game elimination rounds.

Key Claims

Alice Cooper was very involved with the game production
medium confidence · Host mentions meeting 'Alice Cooper's people' at a pinball event about two years ago when the game was being given away as a first-place prize
The Alice Cooper machine has a very tight tilt sensitivity
high confidence · Host explicitly comments 'this machine has such a tight tilt' during gameplay analysis
The Alice Cooper machine features a ball save mechanic similar to GoldenEye
high confidence · Host explains 'so it's supposed to hit the magnet like goldeneye right and kind of pushes the ball up' when describing the ball save mechanism
The skill shot awards 2 million points when successfully completed
high confidence · Host repeatedly confirms 'two million points' as the skill shot reward during multiple player attempts
The game features upper and lower playfields with multiball capability
high confidence · Host explains 'you get a 2 ball or I think a three bubble football' when shooting the ramp from the upper playfield after hitting a drop target

Notable Quotes

“this game perfectly hello Internet we're gonna get to figure out what's going on at the game but then we'll get to play them a little bit”
IE Pinball host @ early in stream — Sets up the stream's format of gameplay coverage with real-time rule explanation for viewers unfamiliar with the game
“I watched about ten minutes of death flips when I said okay I kind of know what's going on”
IE Pinball host @ mid-stream — Reveals limited prior knowledge of the Alice Cooper ruleset, positioning the commentary as exploratory rather than expert-level analysis
“so it's supposed to hit the magnet like goldeneye right and kind of pushes the ball up”
IE Pinball host @ when explaining ball save mechanic — Makes reference to classic pinball design mechanic, helping viewers understand the game's technical features
“Alice Cooper was very involved with this I actually got to meet all his people at flipping with the Great's about two years ago”
IE Pinball host @ mid-stream — Provides background on the IP collaboration and host's personal connection to the game's development
“this machine really has not much touch so that unfortunately is not going to be enough”
IE Pinball host @ during player analysis — Commentary on game design characteristics regarding ball control and touch sensitivity

Entities

IE Pinballorganization Alice CoopergameSpooky PinballcompanyVictor WestonpersonMichelle LewispersonMark ColicpersonChris MurraypersonCaitlyn CoulierpersonTim CurleypersonBob MatthewspersonEric Stone

Signals

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event_signal: Alice Cooper Launch Party quarterfinals tournament held in Skokie with 12-player bracket format using single-game elimination rounds
high · Event structure confirmed: 8 qualifying rounds produced 12 finalists competing in match play format with top 2 from each group advancing
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design_philosophy: Alice Cooper machine features ball save mechanic inspired by classic GoldenEye design (magnetic save telegraph)
high · Host explicitly compares mechanism: 'so it's supposed to hit the magnet like goldeneye right and kind of pushes the ball up'
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announcement: Alice Cooper pinball machine officially released and celebrated with launch party tournament featuring live streaming
high · Full tournament coverage indicates game is in production/shipping; previously given as first-place prize at Flipping with the Greats event ~2 years ago
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licensing_signal: Alice Cooper personally involved in game production/licensing, met with production team at industry event
medium · Host states 'Alice Cooper was very involved with this I actually got to meet all his people at flipping with the Great's about two years ago when they were giving it away as the first-place prize'

Topics

Game Rules & MechanicsprimaryTournament Play & CompetitionprimaryAlice Cooper Machine LaunchprimaryPlayfield Design & Ball ControlsecondaryLive Streaming & CommentarysecondaryIP Licensing & Artist InvolvementsecondaryCompetitive Pinball Metasecondary

Sentiment

positive(0.78)— Stream has enthusiastic, engaged tone with hosts appreciating game design elements (lighting, mechanics). Some mild frustration expressed about technical streaming issues (audio, camera angles) and tight tilt, but overall positive coverage of the launch event and gameplay. Players appear engaged and competitive.

Transcript

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we know that's hit so well don't we know this game perfectly hello Internet we're gonna get to figure out what's going on at the game but then we'll get to play them a little bit so this is the launch party from Skokie we've got call D'Python Anghelo here with Raymond - be streaming live from Van Nuys we played eight rounds was it we played eight rounds down to qualify top 12 five fifteen points in match play got you into the finals so we got 12 people and have the first round coming up shortly all right and our players for this first round forget about all the games so we're all using Alice Cooper for climbing what game so for players to get eliminated these are the first two groups for the fight before the quarterfinals excuse me Michelle ducked in line the 10r who watched the first day got a really nice setup for like anybody watching how's the audio coming through we're gonna say that direct AVI again working we should have hopefully this puts well looks good and Hey WV pinball think you are showing up to plates I mean four players will my corpse pit-hole that many well we at least got one follower welcome to the parlor I already am experiment the intercept is Rosco alive I think Tim gotta play this always once during qualifying it did a nudge that might do two dangers very little Bob over looses it down the right Outland he did a nice save okay Dave thank you for the commentary of 43rd addition they gave him by Ryan Lewis player number two unfortunately starts with one danger and he chose the option to play the game guitar thank you for the comment maybe underground what's the show they're announcing what we'll see she's action playing and finals yeah she's playing next round Brian doesn't know how to play this game so here we understand there is skill shot at least and he missed the skill shot seeing the scores from the qualifying like seven million no doesn't you've arrived rarity yes I feel like it's after you finished the still give that that free my love target [Music] so yeah right now unfortunately I can't tell either one the orbits just drained so the idea is there's a little map on the on the display and you want to get all the way to the top with a little image that shoots the monster and then you have a task to do so we got player three chopped in coming back from Cal extreme this weekend non pin burger bent [Music] joktan came in last night to our practice on this hour Josh man Universal Sunnyhill shot hi Mary that's gonna produce our opening for you now we'll just move it all over but he's gonna sit here for a moment recognize yep that's kind of how these spooky machines work and we might have a little bit of time here player four is probably gonna wait a good minute or so Carl's a bit quiet I'm always buying Burnham that's just my nature yeah we've only got one mic here so we're trying to work and who do we have as player for we have Michelle Lewis and Claire for the shelter's all right so Michelle and Ryan are playing against one another with Joktan and Tim oh yeah only to move on to the next round yeah yeah Michelle had the first option yeah I'm actually finished as fit yep that's about our squeak [Music] my Michels played pretty good all day long from what I saw disco shot once you have points you can actually rich your points that's what it looked it's not ready because she doesn't have over a million points but she did so your first that million or however much that nice catch and that should get the screws out pass the oh I don't think she noticed okay and unfortunately she didn't touch in time in Turkish so there's actually these little pieces and these rubber bags you don't know what the data but it's to bounce the ball into the ball save that back time to die cuz it's supposed to hit the magnet like goldeneye right and kind of pushes the ball up so it gets the where the magnet is nothing other playfield action with Jim firmly just aiming for the orbits right right now is over the urban you see the red handsome prince all right Alan he needs a left right there right or a right to left or right or right all the way they'll get it the time gotcha strategy of patience wolf man got to play this game apparently already so it was more than we do the one that was that replay was a super girly no one would let us go until her yeah there's getting back out there I know us unfortunately these businesses still shut gets the ball back though [Music] when you're on the Mentalist rates in the monster cats I'm giving you these tips unfortunately that's I kind of knew what was going on with this game I watched about ten minutes of death flips when I said okay I kind of know what's going on to be fair I did there was tension [Music] the alien is really grabbing the ball I'd say most footballs have been leaving out right now if he had successfully used the lane change it would have been saying oh I believe no no gotcha so it's got a fall save like tiene yes exactly so there's a ball blocking out and any player can steal that lock they do that on the upper play field they have to shoot the drop target down and [ __ ] behind it and up that ramp I'll get a 2 ball or I think a three bubble football bring it bring it that small so racism pull them off the ramp I did feel like feel like talked in wouldn't know or do you know this we'll see if you can pull it off got the skill shot no shot [Music] it's currently already in second place though you're not getting on the SAT [Applause] all right these two things the ball went up the ramp so fast then it looks like a hit the one we gave apart and came back down the ramp and then swing shot over the flip over the ever since I'm Michelle's player Marlins if you like the war when she comes alive associations you found your way in there might be a Nextel shop might be move we went and there's the challenge so we got three people just over a million and we got Tim there one at 394 so Tim has to get at least over a million order continue next round that was spooky so it looked like I'm Walter and always starts out in this okay I don't know you will run this place to get your trying to hit the green sauce leave my other now that the only way cloud money no Rob appointment [Music] it's harder to hear the commentary Atari speak up another 500 [Music] looking at the mic alone and it's but 4.2 million in that mode alone gives him 4.6 million puts him up to first place these players are going to have to try to catch up to that we got cold Ethel so shoot the arrows should be dropped I'm not target to just monthly targets one at the top of the playful than the others in the NEC box section [Applause] i submerge lines up the shop those words Batman and it came back mastiha but he saved so isn't this where this is no timing so you have to finish off I saw that being an issue with another player I asked him why he was shooting today he's like I couldn't hit it and it was the only shop Brian is limited but in the slings all right we've got a puts it up enough for Plato nudges it too much lock the ball we've got Paul say he's already to do that and get more to call you might see some points Paulie doesn't [Music] can always get lucky too much this machine really has not much touch so that unfortunately is not going to be enough for him to qualify I'm afraid but we'll see so straining all the balls that were lost it looks like a monster and that's a two million spell shot here very often yes you can see here it says that risk monster so I'm assuming the monster you're right third ball and skillshots know that no scopes on you which is gonna stop machine into the monster you could raise the risk now in various what that would be but Jacqueline's gonna give it quite a bit of time he usually does [Music] so it's worth it to tilt to stop lock stealing from my understanding if you tell for a benefit it's actually considered that's correct you didn't do it on purpose though [Music] yeah [Music] I inquired on these things when I started playing tournaments cuz it's good to know tonton putting on his gloves and we'll get this going soon a fog machine topper that sounds cool so I mean just the skill shop here might work out for those are look like flipping it does anything right now nope you're right so it could just be an early code thing to that I do see that we've got a boat going which I did see this mode I watched got to hit the arrow and then I think you have to find that right price like creature driving them [Applause] and we need to watch on the street which way eager Holden goes right right that's what they seem they're doing but I also noticed if you make a shot the light the white cue seem to go from the different direction as well so that might be tied in with it this machine has such a tight tilt we do now Ryan Policky still looking for Igor here we did pick up a good million and a half points no so he's currently in second definitely wouldn't mind hitting the next one because that will make sure he is qualified the next we know we're eager well there's two more shots every girl and you want to love so 50,000 shot [Applause] big move there but no dangerous API like bent over the points might be enough to I love the chase lights when it comes down they've got some nice lighting on this right rattle I'll say the Nachman job to ever go that three point two five million that is gonna make sure he is qualified to next round I'm assuming even if he knows that he likes them one actress on the game so we'll be watching this [Music] I'm assuming you can't be in the same spot stato don't know one of the other shops [Music] this jury really rocks it out soon not sure what that actually provides I don't think anything that just yet what we had to save from some work unfortunately the magnet isn't um it's driving them all sometimes we're just on launching it back up so we know truck for gotcha and I've seen that spinner reject the ball up here Tom Skerritt ability I do like that little girl on her right side that's going multiplied retired on the lower field thank you for that information get back out there but it doesn't provide the ball singer yeah and it puts on the right foot forward on it let me miss the shot there's this shot came back it's like that ride orbit and is that flashing right era also part of it and we're at the element right now in my talk is going 5.6 million on ER very nice paint on this guy so Tim Curley is sitting at four million from out million so Michelle's gonna have to gather about that it's gonna start the hours to the upper impermeable plate up this was about I was discussing on in the blood swarm unfortunately it tire that kills the rest the game jams so you have to play this mode there is warnings and nothing but she ain't nothing is saved to keep the ball going trying to kick up but it Jim talked in total BAM bluest planning for knockdown second group we're gonna have Victor Weston Caitlyn Coulier mark colic and Chris Murray nothing's broken I've never run the one game final with my office yeah Alice Cooper was very involved with this I actually got to meet all his people at flipping with the Great's about two years ago when they were giving it away as the first-place prize it hurt have been out a long way to find one now so I actually ended up just the place outside of the age so I won and be there Goldie's do an awesome matchup against Bob Matthews and Eric stone though they were going toe-to-toe on kiss alright so Blair won seven of them the game right now is Victor Weston you play a sweet Hormuz will Michael Oakes get pulled that many three at 12 finalists in a quarter pound right now he top four top two from each group move on and we have a victor hitch this skill shot any ball walk on that left ranch you know much about that or just do this article on each issue back up the upper playfield you see that blinking light up there there's the drop target you hit down the drop and you shoot up the ramp on the left to start your motor ball Joe who won the machine is Arizona Sarah Jones Eric stone yeah so he's got to anticipate this machine for about two years but he did win it so he should have his machine would that just flew off the upper tray field whoops Victor is gonna sit here for a little bit hopefully it's a novel going for that left orbit miss gone for the right RV domestic [Music] here's it not anywhere in the cache yet so he can still pick a different monster who wanted to ride through that center shop for a change of mode my pick would be those Prague so seems pretty valuable 44 I don't know the Alice Cooper boat is very valuable all you need is three shots up an egg yolk from what I've seen I had it stopped their job is 12 or 13 million nice hey buddy all right Blair - stepping up a statement yeah I could see that with how this is plague but hey at least you've won he gets to decide to do that Claire choose gonna be Caitlyn you know the lights how they're moving I bet you kiddo you know I wanted me to time that show shot that the light seemed to be moving very much the playfield she didn't make his skill shot so she got the million already so now Kaitlyn's gonna have to try to hit the left we need to the castle the Empire mode so if she's here with Marvel Occidental our housekeeper what Oh got a lot ready I would hope the boss you go to heaven because of the locks kneeling correct right first orbit at least you got to try this game first I'm gonna be playing on it completely wrong he's back up where I and she make it in their ear inaudible thoughts on the lower screen I put the camera on the moms and she raised enough so I believe this ramp did you jack box they're like one and that's gonna be it on the parade but she did at least get out of that and then she just lost it with just off flipping it look like so basically if you push runs you'll stick with whatever port mrs. skill-shot unfortunately in this job zero points alive I noticed that this game really does not reward you for doing basically nothing you have to hit your shots what makes that about father Charlie knows everything of any truly castle walk into predators unfortunately loses it out the right Outland come on in the Bloods warm this is a shell shot unfortunate gets a loft up there so now if he hits that off of the upper play field note the other starting multiball and a bit of a bump on their greatest on all right so now now we can this points to wager some away let's see if he decides to I will bet evil shucks works thank you so much for the host where we got a two million points kill shot Arif he could hit it one game earlier today and I risk seven and a half million I remember did you make it no I did not coffee although I found that quite often it's just from your angle not the actual stream yeah like the actual inputs out on the left side so the second guys is it Charlie you know on your own that is very dangerous Victor just really moved it Victor took DQ himself if it tilts curved but looks like it's gonna sit here my way there is a warning it's alright yeah this isn't wine thankfully this is gonna be fun you're gonna either way this bowl out just looking to get a nice picture of this machine so I could actually see what these little inserts are that we could call out better [Music] fiction's weighing your options right now I'll bring that up for you in a second scribble so the three skill shops are the three shots for the skills Tatas Rick it's going to be the three green arrows that you see once you launch the ball it's going to lock those in place any one of those shots before any other major saw will give you a two million points [Music] so she's chosen to play this battle with the games begin she's gonna miss the skill shot and she is currently free shopping away from starting mode [Music] she's gonna train here and that just don't fall Chancellor [Music] again there it is still shop complete you monster but I thought always supposed to be too here is the ball save which unfortunately is not going to go up on the playfields that will get Walter it's a left shot for 500 million now he has to shoot the right orbit two times you're going through that a map on the bottom center of the now it doesn't work right Sancho on theirs for that shot that throws him in the first place currently I'm gonna drain it but he is currently in first place with one more player getting their ball to little stuck on the drop target so it looks like we'll just have to wait for a ball save to draw it up it's gonna drop all okay chris is being informed yes during one of them which he does as soon as possible [Music] we are good looks like it's good vampire gets a danger for basically breathing riddles up the ball on the right side goes from left orbit but misses I notice the ball same time down yeah so I'm thinking incredibly three letters yes yeah and then wait to drain out depends on what shot you're going either man true-true no more mr. nice work tap on watch my drawer right arvit he's gonna drink a lot of the werewolf code there unfortunately he is fourth place going into ball 3 here's player one victor with 2.1 million [Music] curious if there's a way to tell which one you will pick on this mode but it doesn't look like it it looks like it's gonna be random it's whatever you locked in place okay oh that's good to know playin a Z and what are we gonna have anything rockin way too dangerous then I'd imagine it's random I guess you always have something waiting so yeah there's polycentric always wrong Victor's gonna take this time hopefully it doesn't actually cook this fun hopefully he doesn't just give a danger to Caitlyn again be the third corner so see the one ball does last and last monster that was he does have a shot so that's gonna propel place and hate Elsa walk on eggshells with this machine [Applause] Oh [Applause] she seems to like to do it so I figured I'd offer you don't mind Michelle right yeah she'll do [ __ ] from my side can you get a status screen unfortunately I have not played this game yet Skirball be playing it next round so hopefully no then apparently Fozzie knows this game very well before skipping and starts to annoy me that's greatly [Music] so Galen will actually get to play the game without without a warning this time now this one doesn't say if she's at risk for monsters so she gained her two million skill shot err that's right yeah so little odd no so it's going to be monster regardless oh she's made it to the monster alright still shopportunity I'm time to die she hits it up somewhere so because she made it to Bob she's not gonna get a free is hard to find but she still has to go through the the rooms to get the monster jerks off the post between the two shots on the right firmly has to get at least another half a million to be second for the time being welcome to the to the servitor there is a half a million drain and she didn't get the last it looked like she had to open actually so that unfortunately it's probably going to me and she's gonna not qualify than actually so mark is going to have his welfare monster back looks like this is similar to ego you're looking for a pink creature now to be hit there there should be you found it 1.7 million that is actually gonna make sure he qualifies for next round he is family first and he's going to drain but he's qualified for next round very good job mark ed for Greece people do it Shawn all right clear for us to catch up with 4 million or billion yep Chris Maria - combos without while people are shooting shots I'd say this is a very hard mode this is good information makes a good bow ready to go please read your bow - just when you get a good bow fall through [Music] unfortunately I don't know half the mode still so doesn't really help me much fighting for his life here needs 4.12 qualifying gets the scoop it's a scoop again not giving him any points and he had the outlanes all saved [Applause] walk away with zero features so we got Victor and Mark moving on and I'm gonna go prepare to play in the next round I think and we're gonna go out like just for a moment and hopefully Trixie's just stuttering issues thank you guys for coming by visiting the auction pinball keep on flip we'll be right back