International Flipper Pinball Association!

The Arcade's End of the Year Plunge

Event Name
Main Tournament

When
Dec 31, 2022

Location
Wichita, KS, United States

Director
Sam Swain

Ranking System
Main

Information
Website

Show Impact

					Change Effect
Pos	Player	Points	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Eff	Pro
1	Preston Pywell	9.89	1145	1695.86	1145 -> 1061	1695.86 -> 1711.22	33.55 -> 34.9
2	Logan Wiehn	5.10	1517	1575.75	1517 -> 1437	1575.75 -> 1593.5	28.08 -> 28.8
3	Marion Richards	3.17	615	1532.65	615 -> 616	1532.65 -> 1545.31	9.91 -> 9.99
4	Steve Brown USA	2.04	2021	1452.82	2021 -> 2000	1452.82 -> 1467.97	17.29 -> 17.36
5	Steven Ewertt	1.37	6384	1361.24	6384 -> 5863	1361.24 -> 1378.02	10.48 -> 10.82
6	Rob Huffman	0.97	1395	1590.08	1395 -> 1396	1590.08 -> 1584.22	29.5 -> 28.95
7	Sam Swain	0.73	1405	1479.82	1405 -> 1407	1479.82 -> 1477.96	11.1 -> 11.07
8	Dave Chapman	0.60	967	1510.99	967 -> 970	1510.99 -> 1501.93	19.01 -> 18.9
9	Chad Cowan	0.52	1921	1562.22	1921 -> 1924	1562.22 -> 1545.24	16.6 -> 16.37
10	Keegan Couey	0.47	7936	1029.90	7936 -> 7682	1029.90 -> 1047.27	2.6 -> 2.69
10	Kathy Camden	0.47	5042	1144.74	5042 -> 5015	1144.74 -> 1150.42	5.23 -> 5.22
12	Brian Wiles	0.35	13183	929.30	13183 -> 11941	929.30 -> 950.23	2.26 -> 2.48
12	Conard Bush	0.35	2986	1444.87	2986 -> 2990	1444.87 -> 1418.1	10.39 -> 10.19
14	David Topham	0.23	11775	1112.27	11775 -> 11202	1112.27 -> 1095.08	3.25 -> 3.09
15	Trilby Rau	0.17	27975	934.30	27975 -> 22888	934.30 -> 922.34	0 -> 1.72
15	Casey Swain	0.17	8938	1050.06	8938 -> 8800	1050.06 -> 1035.92	1.57 -> 1.58
17	Kinlee Hooser	0.06	20509	796.55	20509 -> 19379	796.55 -> 783.18	0.61 -> 0.61

Highlighted players are not applied to the strength calculations as the player hasn't played in more than 5 tournaments.

Additional Details

Address

139 N Mead Wichita, Kansas 67220

Registration Opens
Day of Tournament

Qualifying Format
Matchplay Qualifying

Player Limit

56

Registration Fee
Check Tournament Website

Finals Format
Ladder Format

Overall

The Arcade's End of the Year Plunge

Saturday, December 31st

Entry fee to tournament is $5, IFPA Fees will be paid by The Arcade.

Doors open at 1, Matchplay will begin at 2!

Format for this month's Plunge will be a tiered swiss, 8 round Group Matchplay, using IFPA scoring. Each qualifying round will be groups of 4 (or 3) playing 1 game, using IFPA (7,5,3,1) scoring. After 8 rounds, the top 8 players will move on to a Ladder Matchplay Final.

The Ladder Finals will be groups of 4, beginning with the 5,6,7,8 seeds, playing 1 game. Whoever takes last in the game is eliminated. The other players move on and we will add the 4th seed. Ect… We will play out all games down to 1 player remaining.

During the finals, the top seed in the group will have a choice of game OR their player order for that game, an individual player may not choose the same game more than once.

Last person standing will be declared the final champion of the year and receive the Silver Ball trophy!

All games are 2 tokens to play.
All extra balls will be off, if you are awarded an extra ball, please plunge it with no flips.
All rulings from Tournament Directors are final.
This is an IFPA Sanctioned event.

Thank you for continued your support of The Arcade and The Wichita Pinball Community!

WPPR Snapshot

Base Value 8.5
Total (before TGP) 9.89
TGP 100%
Event Booster 100%
Tour Value 9.89

Tournament Strength

Ranking Strength 0.11
Ratings Strength 1.28
Average Ranking 15.15
Average Rating 17.11

Player Stats

Player Count 17
Rated Players 17

Player Locations

United States 17

Age Distribution

26-35 1
35-45 4
45-55 2
56-65 3