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Stern Army VENOM Pinball Launch Party

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Event Name
Launch Party
When
Oct 28, 2023
Location
Monroe, MI, United States
Director
David DeSloover
Ranking System
Main
Information
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Change Effect
Pos Player Points Rank Rating Rank Rating Eff Pro
1 Jake Piornack 19.13 1944 1463.87 1944 -> 1620 1463.87 -> 1525.57 14.42 -> 16.5
2 Ryan Jurado 13.49 1772 1624.39 1772 -> 1599 1624.39 -> 1662.79 23.1 -> 24.66
3 David DeSloover 10.66 1831 1514.40 1831 -> 1715 1514.40 -> 1569.47 13.21 -> 13.72
4 Bill Woodcock 8.63 3146 1402.66 3146 -> 2802 1402.66 -> 1464.16 11.5 -> 12.61
5 Chris Wamsley 7.06 1122 1532.03 1122 -> 1110 1532.03 -> 1577.73 17.6 -> 17.83
6 David Bushea 5.82 1337 1624.99 1337 -> 1334 1624.99 -> 1655.89 22.81 -> 22.91
7 Jeff Catenacci 4.84 1033 1513.61 1033 -> 1034 1513.61 -> 1548.81 19.23 -> 19.28
8 Pat Maurer 4.05 1671 1450.10 1671 -> 1646 1450.10 -> 1492.44 15.35 -> 15.46
9 Logan Vaughn 3.40 2095 1444.94 2095 -> 2112 1444.94 -> 1489.26 13.51 -> 13.57
10 Sean Burke 2.88 373 1618.35 373 -> 377 1618.35 -> 1625.85 20.46 -> 20.41
11 Bill Lembesis 2.47 870 1504.65 870 -> 872 1504.65 -> 1527.18 16.84 -> 16.82
12 Jerry Lucas 2.14 2493 1379.44 2493 -> 2507 1379.44 -> 1425.09 12.18 -> 12.16
13 Brent Edwards 1.87 1805 1558.67 1805 -> 1817 1558.67 -> 1568.03 19.34 -> 19.09
14 Sterling Mitoska 1.66 135 1833.68 1833.68 -> 1799.07 38.23 -> 38.02
15 Leeann DeSloover 1.51 3557 1274.89 3557 -> 3541 1274.89 -> 1336.4 5.95 -> 5.98
16 Phillip Brooks 1.38 36239 Not Rated 36239 -> 15920 Not Rated -> 1495.53 0 -> 7.21
17 Tim Carpenter MI 1.28 2519 1436.69 2519 -> 2532 1436.69 -> 1452.86 9.22 -> 9.19
18 Michael Courtney 1.21 2319 1408.52 2319 -> 2328 1408.52 -> 1426.65 8.1 -> 8.08
19 daniel walczak 1.16 2339 1403.22 2339 -> 2351 1403.22 -> 1419.55 11.04 -> 10.95
20 Jeff Gordon 1.11 2639 1488.96 2639 -> 2653 1488.96 -> 1483.66 11.62 -> 11.44
21 Austin Butcher 1.06 2871 1670.59 2871 -> 2887 1670.59 -> 1623.98 29.17 -> 27.17
22 Nathan Brooks 1.02 36239 1376.12 36239 -> 17489 1376.12 -> 1392.13 0 -> 5.33
23 Cindy Yao 0.98 2623 1483.49 2623 -> 2637 1483.49 -> 1466.29 16.89 -> 16.46
24 Thomas Ruszkiewicz Jr 0.94 1650 1446.53 1650 -> 1659 1446.53 -> 1430.83 14.72 -> 14.59
24 Robert King 0.94 1872 1558.59 1872 -> 1886 1558.59 -> 1520.5 18.08 -> 17.82
26 Eric Strayer 0.85 14195 1127.92 14195 -> 12512 1127.92 -> 1181.48 3.42 -> 3.68
27 Steven Parker 0.81 3183 1305.83 3183 -> 3202 1305.83 -> 1308.68 6.05 -> 6.02
28 Becca Butcher 0.77 6332 1344.03 6332 -> 6195 1344.03 -> 1335.31 7.75 -> 7.43
29 Jimmy Piornack 0.72 4360 1366.58 4360 -> 4373 1366.58 -> 1349.03 5.48 -> 5.45
30 Sean Pitzer 0.68 1909 1420.83 1909 -> 1921 1420.83 -> 1387.21 14.56 -> 14.26
30 Heather Catenacci 0.68 3072 1348.54 3072 -> 3090 1348.54 -> 1329.06 6.07 -> 6.04
32 Kevin Brisbin 0.60 2647 1380.31 2647 -> 2662 1380.31 -> 1348.69 13.31 -> 12.97
33 Jay Coppola 0.55 13184 1230.06 13184 -> 12245 1230.06 -> 1211.32 7.17 -> 5.59
33 Josh Mitoska 0.55 2867 1351.47 2867 -> 2886 1351.47 -> 1319.22 7.4 -> 7.34
35 Uber Hubris 0.47 2393 1424.83 2393 -> 2405 1424.83 -> 1374.66 14.31 -> 13.9
36 Luet Phoenix 0.43 7899 1030.77 7899 -> 7861 1030.77 -> 1040.58 1.85 -> 1.86
37 Dan Nuhfer 0.38 7969 1087.45 7969 -> 7970 1087.45 -> 1086.59 2.91 -> 2.87
38 Taylor Coppola 0.34 22862 973.52 22862 -> 19184 973.52 -> 991.69 1.31 -> 1.48
39 Mike Taglione 0.30 9139 1173.16 9139 -> 9075 1173.16 -> 1146.73 4.09 -> 3.82
40 Ty Schultz 0.26 11662 1053.77 11662 -> 11367 1053.77 -> 1043.02 1.5 -> 1.49
41 Nate Timperley 0.21 1023 1462.30 1023 -> 1025 1462.30 -> 1386.65 9.92 -> 9.86
42 Steven B Parker 0.17 2932 1330.18 2932 -> 2952 1330.18 -> 1269.79 7.21 -> 7.09
44 Maria Steinberg 0.09 13962 934.35 13962 -> 13893 934.35 -> 908.52 1.34 -> 1.26
44 Lori Woodcock 0.09 6566 1208.46 6566 -> 6586 1208.46 -> 1162.81 3.6 -> 3.49
44 Kenneth Damphousse 0.09 14961 1212.08 14961 -> 14739 1212.08 -> 1120.4 3.06 -> 2.38
  Highlighted players are not applied to the strength calculations as the player hasn't played in more than 5 tournaments.
Additional Details
Address
2121 N Monroe St Monroe, MI 48162
Registration Opens
Day of Tournament
Qualifying Format
Matchplay Qualifying
Player Limit
60
Registration Fee
Check Tournament Website
Finals Format
Match Play
Overall

This is an official Stern Army and IFPA sanctioned event.


Date: Saturday, October 28, 2023.


Location: ULEKstore's Pinball and Classic Arcade
2121 N Monroe St., Monroe, MI 48162
(located inside of the Mall of Monroe)


Time: Doors to the arcade will open at 9am, our tournament will start promptly at 11:00am. Please be to the arcade and signed up at least 15 minutes in advance to ensure that we start up on time.


Fee: $10.00 plus coin drop. 100% of the $10 paid by each player will be paid out to the top players! (Please see below for the breakdown of payouts) ULEKstore's Pinball and Classic Arcade will be covering everyone's $1.00 IFPA fees for this tournament.


Format: This will be a timed tournament. We will play from 11am until 3:30pm. NO NEW ROUNDS will start after 3:30pm
All of the qualifying rounds will have IFPA scoring of 7/5/3/1 (groups of 4) or 7/4/1 (in groups of 3).


Finals: After the qualifying rounds have been completed, the top 12 seeds will compete in A, B and C Division Finals. The finals will be in a PAPA style format, where the top seed from each division will get to either pick the games or order. Each division will pick 3 games with scoring of 4,2,1,0. After the 3 rounds are over, the highest total score of all 3 games determines the winner of that division, second highest score is the second place finisher... and so on.


A-Division will consist of players 1 - 4 and will play in a best of 3 games finals format.
1st Place- 25% of eprize pool + A Division Trophy
2nd Place- 15% of prize pool
3rd Place - 10% of prize pool

B-Division will consist of players 5 - 8 and will play in a best of 3 games finals format.
1st Place - 15% of prize pool + B Division Trophy
2nd Place - 10% of prize pool
3rd Place - 5% of the prize pool

C-Divison will consist of players 9 - 12 and will play in a best of 3 games finals format.
1st Place - 10% of prize pool + C Division Trophy
2nd Place - 5% of prize pool
3rd Place - 5% of prize pool


DIVISION FINALS FORMAT: Each division will pick three (3) games to play. One of those games MUST be Venom and one of the games MUST be a Solid State (Classic) pinball machine. The last game can be any game that is currently in the "active" arenas.



We will be giving away random door prizes; such as official Stern Army SWAG, a Venom pinball translite and EXCLUSIVE prizes created and given away from ULEKstore.com. These items WILL NOT be for sale - they will ONLY be created and given away during our launch party.


Be sure to follow our FB page at: https://www.facebook.com/ULEKstorePinballandClassicArcade
for updates on the tournament and the prizes that we'll be giving away!!

NOTE: No skill is needed to win the prizes. All of them will be given away in between rounds (at random) using Wheel of Names.


WPPR Snapshot
  • Base Value 20
  • Total (before TGP) 23.91
  • TGP 80%
  • Event Booster 100%
  • Tour Value 19.13
Tournament Strength
  • Ranking Strength 0.65
  • Ratings Strength 3.26
  • Average Ranking 15.15
  • Average Rating 17.11
Player Stats
  • Player Count 45
  • Rated Players 40
Player Locations
  • United States 45
Age Distribution
  • 12-18 2
  • 19-25 1
  • 26-35 1
  • 35-45 4
  • 45-55 14
  • 56-65 7
  • 65-99 2

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