IFPA14 World Pinball Championship – SEMIFINALS results!

Posted By Josh Sharpe, on June 04, 2017

Bracket for finals available here:
http://challonge.com/ifpa14

Raymond Davidson d. Jason Werdrick (4-0)
Raymond won on Paragon, Johnny Mnemonic, Indianapolis 500, Jack*Bot

Cayle George d. Mats Runsten (4-2)
Cayle won on Johnny Mnemonic, Game of Thrones, Captain Fantastic, Monster Bash
Mats won on Roadshow, Comet

5th through 8th place match:
Daniele Acciari – 19 points
Zach Sharpe – 11 points
Nick Zendejas – 9 points (won tiebreaker)
Donavan Stepp – 9 points

Qualifying results available here:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/world_championships/live/ifpa_wc_results.php

LIVE Streaming will be here when available:
https://www.twitch.tv/inkandmos

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IFPA14 World Pinball Championship – QUARTERFINALS results!

Posted By Josh Sharpe, on June 04, 2017

Bracket for finals available here:
http://challonge.com/ifpa14

Raymond Davidson d. Daniele Acciari (4-1)
Raymond won on Paragon, Jack*Bot, Indianapolis 500, Tron
Daniele won on Demolition Man

Cayle George d. Zach Sharpe (4-0)
Cayle won on Jack*Bot, Johnny Mnemonic, Demolition Man, Captain Fantastic

Jason Werdrick d. Nick Zendejas (4-2)
Jason won on Johnny Mnemonic, Fireball II, Jack*Bot, Demolition Man
Nick won on Elvis, Harlem Globetrotters

Mats Runsten d. Donavan Stepp (4-2)
Mats won on Demolition Man, Game of Thrones, Monster Bash, Comet
Donavan won on Roadshow, Gorgar

 

Qualifying results available here:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/world_championships/live/ifpa_wc_results.php

LIVE Streaming will be here when available:
https://www.twitch.tv/inkandmos

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IFPA14 World Pinball Championship – THIRD ROUND results!

Posted By Josh Sharpe, on June 03, 2017

Bracket for finals available here:
http://challonge.com/ifpa14

Nick Zendejas d. Adam Becker (5-4)
Nick won on Fireball II, Demolition Man, Game of Thrones, Elvis, World Cup Soccer
Adam won on Gorgar, Jack*Bot, Elvira, The Walking Dead

Cayle George d. Albert Nomden (4-2)
Cayle won on Game of Thrones, Avatar, Captain Fantastic, Funhouse
Albert won on Johnny Mnemonic, Fireball II

Raymond Davidson d. Nicklas Lindahl (4-1)
Raymond won on Gorgar, Indianapolis 500, Spiderman, Tron
Nicklas won on Paragon

Jason Werdrick d. Peter Andersen (4-2)
Jason won on Captain Fantastic, Taxi, Jack*Bot, Harlem Globetrotters
Peter won on Johnny Mnemonic, AC/DC

Zach Sharpe d. John Delzoppo (5-3)
Zach won on Demolition Man, Comet, Game of Thrones, Jack*Bot, Space Mission
John won on Paragon, KISS, Indianapolis 500

Mats Runsten d. Lieven Engelbeen (4-0)
Mats won on Space Mission, Roadshow, Whitewater, Captain Fantastic

Donavan Stepp d. Julio Vicario Soriano (5-3)
Donavan won on Demolition Man, Avatar, Captain Fantastic, Tron, AC/DC
Julio won on Indianapolis 500, Comet, Walking Dead

Daniele Acciari d. Jorian Engelbrektsson (5-3)
Daniele won on Roadshow, Jack*Bot, Captain Fantastic, Demolition Man, Game of Thrones
Jorian won on World Cup Soccer, Elvis, Space Mission

Qualifying results available here:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/world_championships/live/ifpa_wc_results.php

LIVE Streaming will be here when available:
https://www.twitch.tv/inkandmos

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IFPA14 World Pinball Championship – SECOND ROUND results!

Posted By Josh Sharpe, on June 03, 2017

Bracket for finals available here:
http://challonge.com/ifpa14

Cayle George d. Franck Bona (4-1)
Cayle won on Demolition Man, Game of Thrones, Centaur, Captain Fantastic
Franck won on Creature from the Black Lagoon

Jorian Engelbrektsson d. Luke Marburg (4-2)
Jorian won on Fireball II, Roadshow, Game of Thrones, World Cup Soccer
Luke won on Captain Fantastic, KISS

Adam Becker d. Paul Jongma (4-1)
Adam won on World Cup Soccer, Avatar, Gorgar, Harlem Globetrotters
Paul won on Elvira

Jason Werdrick d. Johan Genberg (4-2)
Jason won on Ghostbusters, Johnny Mnemonic, Jack*Bot, Gorgar
Johan won on No Fear, Fireball II

John Delzoppo d. Phil Birnbaum (4-2)
John won on Johnny Mnemonic, Elvira, Game of Thrones, Comet
Phil won on AC/DC, Paragon

Donavan Stepp d. Markus Stix (5-4)
Donavan won on Taxi, Harlem Globetrotters, Comet, Funhouse, Spiderman
Markus won on Demolition Man, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, KISS

Nicklas Lindahl d. Eric Stone (4-2)
Nicklas won on Spiderman, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Game of Thrones, Gorgar
Eric won on Gorgar, Funhouse

Mats Runsten d. Trent Augenstein (5-3)
Mats won on Roadshow, Gorgar, Captain Fantastic, No Fear, Attack from Mars
Trent won on Game of Thrones, Star Trek, Creature from the Black Lagoon

Qualifying results available here:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/world_championships/live/ifpa_wc_results.php

LIVE Streaming will be here when available:
https://www.twitch.tv/inkandmos

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IFPA14 World Pinball Championship – FIRST ROUND results!

Posted By Josh Sharpe, on June 02, 2017

Bracket for finals available here:
http://challonge.com/ifpa14

Eric Stone d. Tatsunori Naruke (5-3)
Eric won on Space Mission, Jack*Bot, Gorgar, Funhouse, Captain Fantastic
Tatsunori won on Twlight Zone, Game of Thrones, Taxi

Luke Marburg d. Michael Trepp (4-1)
Luke won on Johnny Mnemonic, Centaur, KISS, Jack*Bot
Michael won on Fireball II

Paul Jongma d. Roberto Pedroni (4-0)
Paul won on Rollergames, World Cup Soccer, Ghostbusters, Harlem Globetrotters

Jason Werdrick d. Jochen Ludwig (4-1)
Jason won on Ghostbusters, The Walking Dead, Johnny Mnemonic, Fireball II
Jochen won on Centaur

John Delzoppo d. Mads Kristenesen (4-0)
John won on Johnny Mnemonic, Jack*Bot, Game of Thrones, Taxi

Franck Bona d. Levi Nayman (4-1)
Franck won on Centaur, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Twilight Zone, Star Trek
Levi won on Captain Fantastic

Trent Augenstein d. Jussi Rantala (5-3)
Trent won on Captain Fantastic, Creature of the Black Lagoon, Attack from Mars, Star Trek, Jack*Bot
Jussi won on Roadshow, Ironman, Space Mission

Donavan Stepp d. Robert Sutter (4-0)
Donavan won on Demolition Man, Captain Fantastic, Comet, Elvira

Qualifying results available here:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/world_championships/live/ifpa_wc_results.php

LIVE Streaming will be here when available:
https://www.twitch.tv/inkandmos

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2018 IFPA Women’s World Pinball Championship – Field Increased to 24 Players

Posted By Josh Sharpe, on May 18, 2017

ifpa-jpg-w227h210At the end of 2016 we announced the creation of a separate WPPR ranking specifically designed for Women-only events. We plan on using this separate rankings system to select additional women as Wild Card spots for the IFPA Women’s World Championship starting in 2018.

We’re excited to announce that there will be EIGHT of these Wild Card spots up for grabs for the 2018 IFPA Women’s World Pinball Championship, increasing the field to 24 players.

These Wild Card spots will go to the 8 highest ranked women in the Women’s WPPR ranking that haven’t already qualified for a spot in the championship through the Main WPPR ranking system.

For example, both Robin Lassonde and Hannah Holmberg are both currently in the top 16 women ranked in the Main WPPR system, so they would be skipped when looking at the Wild Card spots available in the Women’s WPPR rankings system. The first Wild Card spot would go to Echa Schneider, followed by Ellen Frankel. Louise Wagensonner and Zoe Vrabel would be skipped, making Megan Brown the 3rd eligible Wild Card spot . . . and so on.

The Women’s WPPR ranking used for these Wild Card spots are available here:

https://www.ifpapinball.com/rankings/women.php?type=w

The highest ranked women under the Main WPPR ranking system can be found here:

https://www.ifpapinball.com/rankings/women.php

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The world’s best pinball player is 13 years old and living in Longmont

Posted By Josh Sharpe, on April 20, 2017

LONGMONT, CO – APRIL 17: Escher Lefkoff, a 13-year-old Longmont shows off his skill on the Attack from Mars pinball machine on April 17, 2017 at his home in Longmont. The 13-year-old is now the new pinball champion of the world, following a stunning upset at the international finals in Pennsylvania. (Photo by John Leyba/The Denver Post)

The media blitz continues for the youngest World Champion in pinball history. The Denver Post stopped by the Lefkoff Barn for some more coverage. Click HERE.

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Thornton pinball wizard wins 2017 Women’s World Pinball Championship

Posted By Josh Sharpe, on April 05, 2017

The Denver Post published a piece on newly crowned Women’s World Pinball Champion, Helena Walter Higgins. Click HERE to see the coverage.

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2018-19 State Championship Series – Endorsement Fee and Prize Pool adjustment

Posted By Josh Sharpe, on April 01, 2017

The IFPA has set a goal to increase the prestige of the State and National level Championships.

To serve that purpose, starting on 1/1/18, the IFPA is implementing an endorsement fee that will be required for any event that wishes to be counted as part of the IFPA World Pinball Player Rankings. Please note this is for North American events ONLY.

The fees collected will be used to exclusively create individually self funding prize pools for the State Championship Series in the US and Provincial Championship Series in Canada for the 2018-19 season.

Below is how the endorsement fee will work:
  • Endorsement fees are required for each an every event submitted to the IFPA that wishes to receive WPPR points. 
  • The fee is $1 per player per event for endorsement. (For example, 35 participants in an event would mean a $35 endorsement fee)
  • TDs are responsible for submitting payment to IFPA after results are approved. WPPR points will not be posted until payment has been received by the IFPA. A dedicated page on the IFPA site will be available for TDs to make these payments.
  • Fees are 100% payback –> 75% contributes towards the relevant individual State/Province Championship prize pool, 25% contributes towards the National Championship prize pool.
  • Fees will only be collected based on when results are submitted. For example, a 20 player event that meets monthly is welcome to submit results monthly, and pay $240 for the year. However, that event is also welcome to run their own series of events every month and then report those final results to the IFPA annually instead. This would result in an endorsement fee of $20 for the year. We leave that flexibility up to the organizers and players within each individual community.
This program enables organizers to proportionally contribute to their own State and the National prize pool. With the activity of each state varying so greatly, as well as organizers and sizes of events, each event will only be required to subsidize a proportional amount. As a historical example, the money that would have been collected for all endorsed events in Illinois during the 2016 year was $1217. These fees would then generate $913 for the Illinois State Championship prize pool along with $304 being generated for the National Championship prize pool.

A preliminary prize structure would payout all 16 participants of every State Championship, along with all of the finalists of the National Championship.

We anticipate questions regarding the implementation of this program, the biggest being how the $1 will be funded for tournaments. We understand that different communities have different priorities in terms of recruiting and retaining new players, so we are not proscribing where the fee comes from. We have purposely made it flexible so that everyone can implement it as they see fit for their needs:

Option 1 –> Location and/or operator funds this $1 fee for the event. For those events in public locations a TD may request this of the location. For example if 20 players show up for a monthly tournament, the location may commit to sponsoring the $20 IFPA endorsement fee knowing that the earnings of the games played that tournament night will easily cover that fee.

Option 2 –> TD’s can take the endorsement fee out of the prize pool. For example, if 20 players show up for a monthly, with an entry fee of $5 per player, and prizes of 50%/30%/20% to the top 3 finishers, instead of the prize pool being $50/$30/$20 for the top 3 finishers, it would be $40/$24/$16 for the top 3 finishers.

Option 3 –> TD’s can increase their entry fee by $1 to cover the endorsement fee. For example, if 20 players show up for a monthly with an entry fee of $5 per player, the TD would charge $6 per player. The prize pool would then continue to be made up of the $100 in entry fees.

Option 4 –> Find your own plan. Kickstarter? Patreon? GoFundMe? Outside sponsorship? TDs can come up with other funding options if they choose, we just wanted to list some examples.

April 2nd update: 

While we have had our share of April 1st fun over the past few years, this announcement is 100% real and will be implemented for the 2018 season. Looking forward to a spirited discussion over the next 9 months before it launches.

 

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CureSearch Flips Off Cancer at The Silver Ballroom

Posted By Josh Sharpe, on March 23, 2017

blog post courtesy of Ian Taylor

Please join us for our knockout tournament at The Silver Ballroom (St. Louis, MO) on Saturday, Aprill 8th  2017 as we raise money for CureSearch, a wonderful organization dedicated to funding targeted and innovative research to end children’s cancer. For over 25 years CureSearch has provided assistance for those undergoing diagnosis and treatment. They support those at the forefront of children’s cancer research through their Acceleration Initiative and Young Investigator Program, among many other approaches. For more information on how CureSearch provides such necessary assistance please click on their link below and consider being a sponsor today.

https://curesearch.org/

The format for our tournament will be 2-Strike Group Knockout. The limited number of strikes reflects an anticipated high turnout plus a fun and easy way for novice players to experience an IFPA sanctioned tournament without having to commit to too strenuous an amount of time. There will be unsanctioned side tournaments and a raffle featuring items from both national and local sponsors ranging from breweries, award winning restaurants, bars, tattoo parlors and more. Entry will be $15 and all proceeds from entries and the raffle will go directly to CureSearch. Separate donations are both gratefully welcomed and encouraged. For more information on the tournament please follow the links to our Facebook event page or the IFPA calendar below or contact Doc or Ian at thesilverballroom@gmail.com.

Facebook Event Page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/387209694987991/

IFPA Calendar Event Page:

https://www.ifpapinball.com/tournaments/view.php?t=18200#

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