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Spring Season Starts in 5 Days!
Just your friendly remind that our LPL Spring 2016 season starts next Tuesday, April 12!
Will Keith defend his Winter Season Championship? Can Tommy avenge his epic finals collapse? Will Matt, Bob, or Tom make a return to championship dominance once again? Perhaps a new player will dare to enter the ranks of greats that have been Lafayette Pinball League Champion! Only time will tell……
Our season will begin at our usual start time of 7:30 PM on Tuesdays at Main Street Amusements. We will continue to take the 3rd Tuesday of every month off to host a 3-Strikes Knockout tournament at Main Street Amusements! We will also continue to use PinPortal to run our league software. If you do not have your login information for PinPortal, let me know and I can get you taken care of. We will again play a 8 week schedule followed by a finals tournament at the end of season. Please invite some friends on down to join the league as well, we would love to see it grow.
The Season Schedule is listed below!
- 4/12/2016
- 4/26/2016
- 5/3/2016
- 5/10/2016
- 5/24/2016
- 5/31/2016
- 6/7/2016
- 6/14/2016
- 6/28/2016 FINALS TOURNAMENT $10 Entry Fee
First Month of Super-Selfie League is a Success!
Thanks to everyone who participated in the qualifying and finals night for our first month of Super-Selfie League. We had 9 players participate across the month, and 8 show up for finals allowing us to have a full A & B division last night.
In A-Division, Matt Peace had game selections and started us out on one of his favorites in Twilight Zone. Thanks to a bit of luck on ball 2 Tommy Skinner was able to knock in two jackpots and sneak out a victory with Tom Vandenberg close behind in 2nd, Matt coming in 3rd, and Keith Alyea rounding out 4th. Matt next picked Monopoly where again the finishing order remained the same leaving Tommy with 8 points, Tom with 4, Matt with 2, and Keith with 0 heading into the final game of the night Theatre of Magic. Matt blew away the competition putting up over a billion on Theatre of Magic while the other three players struggled to make contact with the ball at all, Tom coming in 2nd, Tommy in 3rd, and Keith in 4th. The results for A-Division were Tommy with 9 Points, Matt with 6, Tom with 6, and Keith with 0. A one game playoff was completed between Matt and Tom to break the tie with Matt coming out victorious.
In B-Division, Dan St. John had won the honors of “driving the bus” and started the group out on Creature from the Black Lagoon for the first game. Daniel Isaacson finishing in first, Craig Farner in 2nd, Dan 3rd, and Ron Languell in 4th. Dan’s next game selection was Theatre of Magic where he managed a 1st place finish, trailed closely by Craig in 2nd, Daniel in 3rd, and Rob coming up 4th. Heading into the final game of the night “The Dans” sat tied at 5 points each with Craig right behind them at 4 points so it was anyone’s to win. Twilight Zone was St. John’s choice of battlefield and a good choice it was as he was able to finish the night out on top with another 1st place finish, Craig remaining consistent in 2nd, Rob bumping himself into 3rd, and Daniel closing out with a 4th place finish. The results for B-Division were Dan St. John with 9 points, Craig with 6 points, Daniel Isaacson with 5, and Ron with 1.
Again thanks to everyone who participated, and help spread the words to your friends and colleagues to come on down and play. April’s games are Game of Thrones, Captain Fantastic, Demolition Man, Metallica, and Harlem Globetrotters. Most of you are already registered but if you have any friends who want to join send them this link https://matchplay.events/app/tournaments/1710 and they can go ahead and get themselves entered into April’s tournament!
Lastly remember Spring 2016 League starts next Tuesday, April 12th, at 7:30 PM like usual. Hope to see you all there!
March Selfie-League Finals!
The finals are this Wednesday, April 6th, at 7:30 PM. Location is Main Street Amusements as always. The finals are played in groups of 4 using the PAPA format, explained below from the PAPA Website.
The A-Division finals are as follows 1. Matt Peace, 2. Keith Alyea, 3. Tommy Skinner, and 4. Tom Vandenberg.
The B-Division Finals are as follows 1. Dan St. John, 2. Dan Issaacson, 3. Craig Farner, and 4. Ron Languell.
Bob Skinner was initially qualified in B-Division, but will not be able to attend finals this month so Ron has been bumped up into that position. If anyone has any questions please let me know. The finals are set up on Match Play Events, and both A and B Divisions links are below. Matt and Dan. St. John are “driving the bus” with 1st choice of game selection all night in their divisions, and the games must be chosen from the March Super-Selfie bank of games. Good luck to everyone playing, and help spread the word if you see other players there in the month of April about joining selfie-league.
“PAPA-Style Final Format:
All finalists will be divided into groups of four players based on standard seeding procedures. Each group will play three separate four-player games, each on a different machine from among those designated for that division. Each four-player game will be scored as follows:
Rank Score
- 1st = 4 points
- 2nd = 2 points
- 3rd = 1 point
- 4th = 0 points
Three-player games will be scored as if a nonexistent fourth player received the 4th place finish (i.e., 1st earns 4 points, 2nd earns 2, and last earns 1).
The highest-seeded player within each group may choose either the machine to be played, or the order of play. If the highest-seeded player chooses order of play, the remaining players may choose their order, in descending order of seeding, and choice of machine then goes to the next highest-seeded player in the group. Conversely, if the highest-seeded player chooses the machine to be played, then the next highest-seeded player chooses the order of play, with the remaining players choosing order of play in decreasing order of seeding.
Note that the original seeding of players when entering the final rounds from qualifying is used in every round. At no time does a player’s seeding change from round to round; therefore the advantage of qualifying in first place can be significant.
No group may select a machine which has already been selected by a group in the same round, nor may they choose a machine on which they have already played in that round (unless machine malfunctions have made this unavoidable; tournament officials may choose to provide additional or substitute machines, however). If the machine selected is currently being played by another group in a previous round of play, the group may wait for that round of play to be completed. For example, if one group is playing a given machine as their first machine, a different group may choose to wait for it as their second machine.
When all three games have been completed by a group, each player will have a point total for that rounds in their division. Two players will advance from each group to the following round.”
Keith Alyea Winter League 2016 CHAMPION!
Congrats to Keith Alyea on winning the Lafayette Pinball League Winter 2016 Season Championship!. Keith battled his way from the #3 seed all the way to the semi-finals where he was defeated by Tommy Skinner 2-0, before fighting his way back through the consolation bracket. After a tight 2-1 victory over Tom Vandenberg in the consolation finals Keith found himself in a must win situation in the championship needing to avenge his only loss to Tommy. After dropping the first match on Game of Thrones, Keith went on to rattle off 4 consecutive victories handing Tommy back to back defeats in their best of three matchups while claiming victory on Eight Ball Deluxe, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Game of Thrones, and Star Trek.
Tom Vandenberg finished in 3rd, with Matt Peace coming in 4th rounding out the top 4 for the season. All results have been submitted to the IFPA. The rest of the results are available below.
The Lafayette Pinball League Spring 2016 Season starts on April 12th! Take a few weeks to recover, and don’t forget to get in your selfie-league entries while you wait for our next season to start. Finals night for the selfie-league is 4/6/2016, and will be a PAPA Style finals in groups of 4.
| Supreme Champion: | Keith Alyea |
| Worthy Adversary: | Tommy Skinner |
| Maybe Next Time: | Tom Vandenberg |
| 4th place: | Matt Peace |
| 5th place tie: | Craig Farner Dan Isaacson |
| 7th place tie: | Chris Gartland Bob Skinner |
| 9th place tie: | Terry Vandervate Dan St. John Joe Stamper Ron Languell |
| 13th place: | Jason Paul |
LPL Winter Season Finals TONIGHT! 7:30 PM Start Time
Don’t forget the finals are tonight at 7:30 PM. Doors open at 7:00 so you can get in some practice. Double elimination, head-to-head, best 2 out of 3 format.
The estimated bracket is right here based on everyone showing up tonight.
$10 entry fee with money being split between the top finishers as well as going towards plaques as awards.
Get a hold of me if you have any questions.
Super-Selfie League Standings March 17th!
Here are the standings as of today March 17th!
Stream of Jersey Jack Pinball’s The Hobbit from the Midwest Launch Party
Just in case anyone was interested in checking out The Hobbit I got to stream several hours of gameplay on it from a variety of top notch players this past weekend. The game was very fun and I was thoroughly impressed.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016 3-Strikes Knockout Tournament at MSA
Join us Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Main Street Amusements in Lafayette, IN for a 3-Strikes Knockout Tournament! The tournament is registered with the IFPA and is worth WPPR points, more details here.
There is a $5 entry fee and all money collected is paid back out to the top 4 finishers at the end of the night! Plus when you register for the tournament you get to choose a game that goes into the pool of games available for selection that night. Doors open at 7 PM, tournament starts at 8 PM. Be sure to get down early so you can get some practice in.
Hope to see a lot of you there!
Super-Selfie League Standings March 10th!
Here are the standings 10 days into the tournament! You have 21 days left to get down to Main Street Amusements and get your qualifying in!
Lafayette Pinball League 