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Freedom to Play Pinball

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Tournament Information

Director : Sam Swain
Location : Schaumburg, IL
Country : United States
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :3.50
Ratings Strength :4.61
Base Value : 24.5
Rated Players :49
Total (before TGP) : 32.61
TGP :64.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :20.88
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Results for the Main Tournament event on October 21, 2023

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Sterling Mitoska 166 1788.20 20.88
2 Kevin Kolodziej 1303 1521.20 15.45
3 Wyatt Winters 4875 1320.74 12.64
4 Ron Hallett Jr. 206 1576.14 10.57
5 Keri Wing 93 1753.37 8.94
6 Johan Flygare 1083 1414.55 7.60
6 Jokton Strealy 490 1570.13 7.60
8 Alex Lecky 593 1666.98 5.60
10 Donavan Stepp 70 1779.27 4.19
10 Howard Levine 1447 1482.91 4.19
10 Sierra Vermillion 21827 1152.97 4.19
12 Nick Squires 728 1640.47 3.21
13 Rabih Dahdouh 1810 1497.42 2.84
14 Phil Forrester jr 1526 1463.52 2.52
15 Andrew Foard 360 1800.22 2.27
16 Erin Jacobsen 31317 1209.50 2.06
17 Zack Christofferson 35879 Not Rated 1.89
18 Chrissy Papnick 5227 1343.58 1.75
18 Matthew ExWhyZed 6446 1424.14 1.75
20 Ted Brockly 3485 1455.73 1.55
21 Josh Riggle 568 1594.86 1.48
22 Neal Schmidt 10091 1226.16 1.42
24 Wesley Milde 4578 1314.75 1.34
24 Maurice Smith II 1137 1637.80 1.34
24 Sascha Elsner 4489 1291.85 1.34
26 Jill Towne 1193 1467.70 1.27
27 Will Cooper CA 852 1446.23 1.24
27 Erin Malysa 2074 1382.45 1.24
29 Colin Krawcyk 1659 1678.84 1.17
30 lawrence underwood 21866 1254.97 1.14
31 Dean Edmundson 35879 Not Rated 1.11
32 Phillip Forrester sr 5108 1168.27 1.08
33 John Whitaker 5692 1290.26 1.04
34 Colin Alsheimer 11136 1218.74 1.01
35 Veronica Carbonell 5615 1141.55 0.98
36 Ricky Bryant 4779 1395.94 0.95
36 Emily Sweeney 3570 1242.33 0.95
38 ej osis 1536 1381.06 0.88
39 Patrick Vandeneng 709 1364.96 0.85
40 Joe Haenn 27927 1146.33 0.82
41 Kristin Machalek 4375 1247.64 0.78
43 Gregory Kennedy 52 1970.31 0.72
43 Dave Chapman 1287 1634.18 0.72
43 Jane Verwys 431 1621.31 0.72
45 Alysha Christofferson 35879 Not Rated 0.65
46 Alyssa Alsheimer 11993 1273.02 0.62
47 Daniel Spolar 21995 1266.91 0.59
48 Rob Presley 4421 1402.45 0.55
49 Jimmy Bolton 28539 1245.45 0.52
50 Liam Bradley 427 1609.47 0.49
51 Jack Paciolla 35879 Not Rated 0.46
52 Robin Pruss 35879 Not Rated 0.42
53 Sandy Czernik 35879 Not Rated 0.39
54 Astrid Hurlbut 35879 Not Rated 0.36
55 Taj Kniceley 35879 Not Rated 0.33
56 Dan Nuhfer 7913 1114.53 0.29
57 Delaney Smith 11971 1144.82 0.26
57 Jake Danzig 4745 1350.84 0.26
59 Lionel Silbas 35879 Not Rated 0.20
60 Hunie Hirokawa 29990 756.21 0.16
61 Tori Clipp 11386 914.45 0.13
62 Sandi Haines 12400 936.58 0.10
63 Michael Grant 3818 1388.94 0.07
64 Tyler Swanson 35879 Not Rated 0.03
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


1551 Thoreau Dr N Schaumburg, IL

Format Details


Event Name : Main Tournament
Qualifying Format : Best Game
Finals Format : Match Play
Player Limit : 160
Unlimited Qualifying? : No

Tournament Overview


Start Date: October 20, 2023
End Date: October 21, 2023

Freedom to Play Pinball

October 20-21 at the Project Pinball Charity booth

Project Pinball and Inclusive Gamewerks are excited to present the most accessible and inclusive way to play pinball!

Freedom to Play Pinball is more than a first of its kind tournament, it's the groundbreaking event to bring pinball players together and ensure pinball is accessible for everyone!

In this event, all players will be required to use the Inclusive Controller to play the games in the bank. No Nudging or contact to control the ball will be allowed on machines.

Registration opens: 10am Friday
Qualifying begins: Friday from 11am to 11pm, continuing Saturday from 10am to 4pm.
**Scorekeeper Volunteer Qualifying 11pm-Midnight - Friday
Tiebreakers: 4pm to 4:30
Finals check-in: 4:30pm with the first round beginning at 5pm

Tournament Qualifying Format:
Limited Best Game - 10 Entries
There will be 5 games available for tournament play, only your top 4 scores will count for your qualification score. You must play all 5 games.
Qualifying scoring will be INDISC style 100-97-95-94…
Neverdrains software will be used for the event.

In the event of a tie for the final qualifying spot, or possibly a bye position, there will be a 1 game playoff on a randomly chosen machine.
If there is a seeding tie for any other position, a 1 ball playoff will be played on a randomly chosen machine.
Tiebreakers will be played immediately after qualifying ends.

Finals Format: No less than the top 10% of all qualified entrants will move on to a Group Elimination Match Play Bracket Final.
We will begin with the top 8, but may move to top 12 with 4 byes, or top 16 depending on participation.
All Finals games will be played as 1 player games.
Each group will play 3 games per round.
We will use PAPA scoring. (4,2,1,0)
The top seed in each group will be given selection of Game AND Position in the first game.
The lowest finishers in game 1 will be given a choice of either the next game OR position.
A group may not play the same game more than 1 time in each round.
A player may not choose the same game again until all options have been exhausted.
You must select an open game, not selected by another group.
In the event of a tie for advancement, the highest seed in the tiebreaker game will have a choice of Game OR Position. You will not be allowed to play the 3 games already selected in your round. Ties for the top 4 will be handled the same way.

All players are required to use the Inclusive Controller for all ball control including launching the ball into play and flipper control.
No Nudging will be allowed.
IFPA rules regarding stuck balls and malfunctions will be used.
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

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