Episode 435: Cassie Begay
Another great Colorado player wins a big one. Cassie Begay is the 2026 INDISC Women’s champ! Hear Cassie relive the victory, plus talk about all the great players in her state, dividing time at...
Highlights
- Cassie Begay won the InDisc championship in 2025
- Cassie finished third in the Women's Championship at Papa in Chicago last September, with Kerry Wing and Jane Verwise also in finals
- Cassie attended the UK Open tournament in 2024 and described it as similar to InDisc format
- Cassie has an upcoming trip to a KPO tournament in Christensen, Norway in a couple of weeks
- Colorado has an exceptional depth of competitive pinball talent that elevates all local players
- Cassie is a part-time caretaker for her younger brother who has a seizure disorder
- Cassie initially got into pinball through friends at Three Kings Tavern in Colorado who encouraged her to play
- Cassie's understanding of pinball rules and strategy significantly advanced during COVID when she and Walt rented a Walking Dead machine
Notable quotes
“I really didn't look at the game list. Wow, that's awesome... I kind of quit studying like the game list beforehand. I think it's just helpful for myself that way.”
“If I saw somebody else do it, that means I can do it... If it doesn't work out, then it doesn't work out. On to the next tournament.”
“even though I'm traveling alone, and you might be the same, you know a lot of people once you get there, and you never really feel alone. It's kind of a nice, I don't know, little safety zone in a way.”
“I have no idea. I don't look. It doesn't matter. I'll know at the end of it. It's not going to change the way I play. I'm going to try to win every game.”
“it's all mental for the most part. And I feel like that that helped me get my head around the games and play the best games that I could”
“There's something in the water in Colorado that makes great pinball players because, my goodness, you can just list on and on and on”
“I always try to say to myself, I don't... I hear a lot of people saying, oh, I hate this game. I can't put that in my head ever because at some point or another, I'm going to be playing that game in a tournament.”
Entities
- InDisc· event
- KPO tournament· event
- Papa Chicago· event
- Stern Pro Circuit· event
- UK Open· event
- Whipped· event
- Bram Stoker's Dracula· game
- Star Trek· game
- The Sopranos· game
- Walking Dead· game
- Adam Higgins· person
- Carrie Wing· person
- Cassie Begay· person
- Heliana· person
- Jane Verwise· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Kerry Wing· person
- Walt Wood· person
- Neon Ranch Pinball· venue
- Three Kings Tavern· venue
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