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[4k] Alice Cooper Launch Party - Quarterfinals

IE Pinball·video·50m 46s·analyzed·Aug 7, 2018
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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 people' at a pinball event about two years ago when the game was being given away as a first-place prize

  • Alice Cooper machine has a very tight tilt sensitivity

    high confidence · Host explicitly comments 'this machine has such a tight tilt' during gameplay analysis

  • 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”

    [name withheld pending review] @ 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”

    [name withheld pending review] @ 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”

    [name withheld pending review] @ 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”

    [name withheld pending review] @ 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”

    [name withheld pending review] @ during player analysis — Commentary on game design characteristics regarding ball control and touch sensitivity

Entities

IE PinballorganizationAlice CoopergameSpooky PinballcompanyVictor WestonpersonMichelle LewispersonMark ColicpersonChris MurraypersonCaitlyn CoulierpersonTim CurleypersonBob MatthewspersonEric Stone

Signals

  • ?

    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

  • ?

    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'

  • ?

    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

  • ?

    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'

Transcript

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0:40
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
1:06
we've got call D'Angelo 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
1:33
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
1:59
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
2:17
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Sarah Jonesperson
Flipping with the Greatsevent
Alice Cooper Launch Partyevent
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Raymondperson
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
2:40
welcome to the parlor I already am experiment the intercept is Rosco alive I think Tim gotta play this always once during qualifying
2:57
it did a nudge that might do two dangers very little Bob over looses it down the right Outland he did a nice save
3:13
okay Dave thank you for the commentary of 43rd addition they gave him by
3:40
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
4:01
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
4:15
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
4:40
[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
5:39
Universal Sunnyhill shot hi Mary that's gonna produce our opening for you now
6:05
we'll just move it all over but he's gonna sit here for a moment
6:11
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
6:46
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
7:07
yeah yeah Michelle had the first option yeah I'm actually finished as fit
7:21
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
8:15
pass the oh I don't think she noticed okay and unfortunately she didn't touch in time in Turkish
8:37
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
9:03
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]
10:00
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
10:36
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]
11:31
it's currently already in second place though you're not getting on the SAT
11:42
[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
12:27
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
13:00
so it looked like I'm Walter and always starts out in this okay
13:14
I don't know you will run this place to get your trying to hit the green sauce
13:31
leave my other now that the only way cloud money no Rob appointment [Music]
13:59
it's harder to hear the commentary Atari speak up another 500 [Music]
14:14
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
14:36
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
14:55
[Applause] i submerge lines up the shop those words Batman and it came back mastiha but he saved
15:14
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
15:45
but in the slings all right we've got a puts it up enough for Plato nudges it too much lock the ball
15:58
we've got Paul say he's already to do that and get more to call you might see some points
16:07
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
17:19
Jacqueline's gonna give it quite a bit of time he usually does
17:28
[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
18:12
tonton putting on his gloves and we'll get this going soon a fog machine topper that sounds cool
18:28
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
18:49
so it could just be an early code thing to that I do see that
19:01
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
19:19
[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
19:46
this machine has such a tight tilt we do now policy still looking for Igor here we did pick up a good million and a half points no so he's currently in second
20:00
definitely wouldn't mind hitting the next one because that will make sure he is qualified the next
20:14
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
20:48
like bent over the points might be enough to I love the chase lights when it comes down
20:59
they've got some nice lighting on this right rattle
21:08
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
21:17
I'm assuming even if he knows that he likes them one actress on the game so we'll be watching this [Music]
21:39
I'm assuming you can't be in the same spot stato don't know one of the other shops
22:21
[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
23:02
and I've seen that spinner reject the ball up here Tom Skerritt
23:18
ability I do like that little girl on her right side that's going
23:31
multiplied retired on the lower field thank you for that information
23:54
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
24:17
it's like that ride orbit and is that flashing right era also part of it
24:39
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
25:05
to the upper impermeable plate up this was about I was discussing on in the blood swarm
25:15
unfortunately it tire that kills the rest the game jams so you have to play this mode
25:28
there is warnings and nothing but she ain't nothing is saved to keep the ball going trying to kick up but it
25:47
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
26:52
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
27:31
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
28:03
would that just flew off the upper tray field whoops Victor is gonna sit here for a little bit hopefully it's a novel
28:25
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
29:35
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
30:02
so now Kaitlyn's gonna have to try to hit the left we need to the castle
30:13
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
30:46
at least you got to try this game first I'm gonna be playing on it completely wrong
30:54
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
31:13
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
32:24
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
33:22
what makes that about father Charlie knows everything of any truly castle
33:28
walk into predators unfortunately loses it out the right Outland
33:59
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 multi-ball
34:29
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
34:51
shucks works thank you so much for the host where we got a two million points kill shot Arif he could hit it
35:08
one game earlier today and I risk seven and a half million I remember did you make it no I did not
35:32
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
36:08
it's alright yeah this isn't wine thankfully this is gonna be fun you're gonna either way this bowl out
36:46
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]
37:07
fiction's weighing your options right now I'll bring that up for you in a second scribble
37:44
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]
38:11
so she's chosen to play this battle with the games begin she's gonna miss the skill shot
38:21
and she is currently free shopping away from starting mode [Music]
38:31
she's gonna train here and that just don't fall Chancellor [Music]
38:54
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 play fields that will get Walter
39:29
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
39:41
now it doesn't work right Sancho on theirs for that shot that throws him in the first place currently
39:57
I'm gonna drain it but he is currently in first place with one more player getting their ball to
40:36
little stuck on the drop target so it looks like we'll just have to wait for a ball save to draw it up
41:12
it's gonna drop all okay chris is being informed yes during one of them which he does as soon as possible
41:26
[Music] we are good looks like it's good vampire gets a danger for basically breathing
42:14
riddles up the ball on the right side goes from left orbit but misses
42:22
I notice the ball same time down yeah so I'm thinking incredibly three letters yes yeah and then wait to drain out
42:33
depends on what shot you're going either man true-true
42:44
no more mr. nice work tap on watch my drawer right
42:58
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
43:15
[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
43:39
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
44:18
he does have a shot so that's gonna propel place and hate Elsa walk on eggshells with this machine
44:50
[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
45:17
can you get a status screen unfortunately I have not played this game yet Skirball be playing it next round so hopefully no then
45:31
apparently Fozzie knows this game very well before skipping and starts to annoy me that's greatly
45:50
[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
47:18
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
47:53
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
48:44
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
49:17
- 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]
49:51
unfortunately I don't know half the mode still so doesn't really help me much
50:03
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 out lanes 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