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Freedom to Play Pinball 2.0

Tour Picture

Tournament Information

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

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :3.37
Ratings Strength :6.33
Base Value : 32
Rated Players :73
Total (before TGP) : 41.7
TGP :76.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :31.7
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Results for the Main Tournament event on October 19, 2024

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Adam Gray 924 1615.17 31.70
2 Tommy Vernieri 177 1725.92 25.31
3 Josh Riggle 510 1679.65 21.82
4 Andy Bagwell 53 1807.24 19.15
5 Andrew Robishaw 2176 1374.55 16.95
6 Mike Haakenson 4322 1550.57 15.10
6 Liam Bradley 420 1600.70 15.10
8 Dominic Labella 138 1809.72 12.11
9 Howard Levine 2055 1535.70 10.90
10 Yoshihiro Fujisawa 1517 1663.56 9.82
11 Carlos Herrera 50621 Not Rated 8.87
12 Chris Hampson 14910 1452.17 8.02
13 Ben Hillman 2275 1550.82 7.28
14 Alex Lecky 810 1572.15 6.62
15 Johan Flygare 1790 1392.23 6.02
16 Dori Zielinski 2308 1372.71 5.50
17 Benjamin Haakenson 6871 1470.84 5.03
18 Rodney Minch 374 1773.09 4.62
19 Andoni Gorostiza 16051 1282.93 4.26
20 Michael Bradley 1402 1406.53 3.93
21 Chris Exo 14392 1349.22 3.65
22 Ricky Bryant 2099 1484.70 3.39
22 Dan White 1171 1476.24 3.39
24 Pat Kupniewski 3295 1320.47 2.99
25 Fred Cook 1971 1522.04 2.82
26 Emily Felvus 11715 1239.34 2.68
26 Steven Lucas 19004 1323.38 2.68
28 Chrissy Papnick 7331 1231.33 2.45
29 Samantha VanderBand 5478 1221.29 2.36
29 keith svetlin 7968 1436.15 2.36
31 Tiffany Han 9108 1193.15 2.21
32 Elijah Farrales 11516 1211.39 2.15
33 Whit Johnson 13955 1331.38 2.10
34 Donavan Stepp 101 1778.18 2.06
35 Philip Salminen 515 1586.15 2.01
36 Danielle Laverdure 3009 1480.30 1.98
37 Jamie Abbott 1166 1448.97 1.94
38 Tim Zollner 1087 1590.51 1.91
39 Mayumi Mae 527 1485.81 1.87
40 Rabih Dahdouh 946 1561.52 1.84
41 Matt Loof 4556 1276.25 1.81
42 Miles Bradley 1377 1541.41 1.77
43 Jose Garcia 4604 1307.81 1.74
44 Robert Jameson 7305 1309.49 1.70
45 Kevin Yin 14335 1219.97 1.67
46 Danielle Fredericksen 4600 1331.14 1.64
47 Roy Wils 90 1791.91 1.60
48 Anthony Rollie 50621 Not Rated 1.57
49 Regi Bradley 4541 1269.57 1.53
50 Jeff Palmer (Michigan) 11433 1315.03 1.50
51 Sierra Vermillion 13509 1247.61 1.47
51 Toby Fredericksen 4074 1352.34 1.47
53 JJ Lehett 22538 1285.05 1.40
54 John Everson 17711 1159.41 1.36
55 Darrell Van Landuyt 3571 1387.35 1.33
56 jason arsenault 13900 1290.20 1.30
57 Felicia Haakenson 28986 1037.89 1.26
57 ej osis 2070 1390.48 1.26
59 Dave Chapman 1170 1469.80 1.19
60 Andrew Wilkening 563 1728.01 1.16
60 Penney Vernieri 3528 1319.21 1.16
62 Matt Zollner 8989 1213.97 1.09
63 David Friend 4249 1375.17 1.06
64 Joe Corrao 1566 1423.58 1.02
65 Chad Cowan 2397 1584.54 0.99
66 Sandra Hegeman 4490 1243.60 0.95
67 John Speights 1475 1509.72 0.92
68 Marcel Cevani 13819 1206.33 0.89
69 Samantha Fouche 50621 Not Rated 0.85
70 melinda salminen 2522 1417.99 0.82
71 Cameron Ewing 50621 Not Rated 0.78
71 Erick Spaan 5820 1420.96 0.78
73 Lance Shepherd 2495 1330.75 0.72
73 Matthew Ramsey 50621 1358.41 0.72
75 Dale Price 1267 1649.32 0.65
75 Sabrina Fouche 50621 Not Rated 0.65
77 Sascha Elsner 5643 1319.93 0.58
77 David J Bruno 10832 1079.30 0.58
79 Derek Vanslager 10419 1230.52 0.51
80 William Berendt 26129 1185.23 0.48
81 Harry Nelsen 24686 1325.49 0.44
82 Eric Kudzin 50621 Not Rated 0.41
83 Michael Weimer 50621 Not Rated 0.37
84 Katie Pirowski 50621 Not Rated 0.34
85 Krista Liem 3874 1276.74 0.31
86 William Green 50621 Not Rated 0.27
87 Dan Bushby 50621 Not Rated 0.24
88 Annie Fitzgerald 14570 1279.36 0.20
89 Tyler Swanson 52461 851.77 0.17
90 Brendan Fitzgerald 9285 1494.26 0.14
91 Coleman Green 50621 Not Rated 0.10
92 Bradley Green 50621 Not Rated 0.07
93 Michael Fokas 17091 1164.89 0.03
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


1551 Thoreau Dr N Schaumburg, IL 60173

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 17, 2024
End Date: October 19, 2024

Freedom to Play Pinball 2.0

October 17-19 at the Project Pinball Charity booth

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

The 2nd Annual Freedom to Play Pinball is an event to bring all 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 with the machine to control the ball will be allowed.

Registration opens: 1pm Thursday
Qualifying: Thursday - 2pm to 10pm
Friday - Noon to 10pm
Saturday - 10am to 2pm
**Scorekeeper Volunteer Qualifying 10pm to 11pm - Thursday and Friday
Tiebreakers: Saturday 2pm
Finals check-in: Saturday - 2pm with the first round beginning no later than 3pm

Tournament Qualifying Format:
Limited Best Game - 10 Entries
There will be 6 games available for tournament play, only your top 5 scores will count for your qualification score.
Qualifying scoring will be INDISC style 100-97-95-94…
Matchplay 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. Players will play Paper, Rock, Scissors to determine who chooses Game or Position.
If there is a seeding tie for any other position, a 1 ball playoff will be played. Players will play Paper, Rock, Scissors to determine who chooses Game or Position.
Tiebreakers will be played immediately after qualifying ends at 2pm Saturday.

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.
All rulings from Tournament Directors are final.
This is an IFPA Sanctioned event

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