5/20 MSA Monthly, 6/22 Hammond Tournament, 6/2 Summer League

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5/20 MSA Monthly
Just a reminder that next Tuesday is the MSA monthly tournament for May:
http://tsskinne.wix.com/msamonthlytournament#

6/22 Hammond Tournament
The following links provide information on an IFPA tournament in June in Hammond, IN. Kevin Seliger will be running the tournament. Kevin is a notable pinball operator who also runs the Northwest Indiana league at Tyler’s Tender in Schererville. He ran an excellent tournament last year, so this tournament should be a good time too.
http://www.ifpapinball.com/view_tournament.php?t=1446#results
http://kpinball.5gbfree.com/
Since this tournament is within Indiana it will also count towards qualifying for the IFPA Indiana State Championship.
http://www.ifpapinball.com/ranking_view.php?id=88

6/2 Summer League
Sorry I haven’t done anything for summer league yet. Next Tuesday is MSA monthly and the following Tuesday is after Memorial Day, so we will start summer league on Tuesday 6/2. Please see the previous post about the different event ideas. Volunteers to run the different events would be appreciated.
https://lafayettepinball.wordpress.com/2014/04/28/summer-league-2014/

Barry Oursler Charity Tournament

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Fellow LPL member, Bob Skinner, is hosting a tournament to benefit ailing pinball designer, Barry Oursler. Barry is the brilliant mind behind many of our favorite machines, including Pinbot, Doctor Who, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and many more. The tournament is this Saturday in Pittsboro (just outside Indianapolis). The event is open to the public. Here’s a link for more details:

http://ourslercharitytournamentpittsboroin.co.nr/

Summer League 2014

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(Updated 5/1 with some more event ideas. Also, no volunteers yet to run event)
It’s about time to get summer league started up again. Like last year, summer league is not as formal, no IFPA points, etc. This year, though, we will do something different each week. In other words, a different event or format each week. Also, I was hoping that we could get everyone to volunteer to run the different events. Some of the ideas for the different events include:

1. Crew battle (multi-person team, each team chooses opponent for each 2-person match)
2. 2-man team tournament (like Chicago Expobrawl)
3. Tommy (sound off, flippers covered so you can’t see them)
4. Pingolf
5. Game themed brackolope tournament (e.g. all EM’s or all Sterns)
6. Price is Right (closest to target score without going over)
7. Amazing Race (Everyone plays same machine, lowest score is eliminated)
8. One handed (one hand in pocket at all times)
9. Doubles (one hand left flipper one player, one hand right flipper other player)

Please respond to this post if interested in running a summer event, either one of these listed or an idea you have. Or you can email me at tsveng@yahoo.com. You can run your event any way you want, you can even have it occur over multiple days. The only rules are:

1. minimize Dan’s efforts
2. occur on Tuesdays from 7-11pm but not on a 3rd Tuesday
3. coin-drop
4. keep it fun, simple, no IFPA points.

League misc. stuff

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Reminder that MSA monthly tournament for April is tomorrow 4/15:
http://tsskinne.wix.com/msamonthlytournament

IFPA results for the league have been posted here:
http://www.ifpapinball.com/view_tournament.php?t=691&e=6&d=2014-04-08#results

The current results for the IFPA Indiana State Championship can be found here which includes the league results:
http://www.ifpapinball.com/ranking_view.php?id=88

We probably won’t start the summer session of the league until sometime in May. The summer session will be less formal than the spring and fall sessions (no IFPA points, etc). We will probably do something different each week for this summer session. We will keep you posted.

Final League Results

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Well, it was truly a thrilling league final. A lot of really tight matches, high scores, and some great come backs. My favorite was Cory’s game on Tron. Cory had about 2 mil to Phil’s (my) 30 mil on ball 3, and came back to win the game.

Of course,  I must mention Bob’s amazing game on Creature. Bob put up over 1 Billion points to win the game, and claim the Grand Champion score. First time I’ve ever seen a 4x Jackpot + 4x Super + Second 4x Jackpot. Impressive.

The final’s for A division was a near repeat of Spring 2013. Phil was knocked to the losers bracket early in the tournament by Bob, only to face him again in finals. Phil needed to beat Bob twice in order to win (two, best-out-of-three matches). Unlike 2013, Phil ended up victorious, but only after 6 very tense games.

Finalists for A-division:

  1. Phil Grimaldi
  2. Bob Skinner
  3. Cory Livingston

Finalists for B-Division:

  1. Dan St. John
  2. Richard Serie
  3. Tom Vandenberg

Full results posted here: http://www.ifpapinball.com/view_tournament.php?t=691&e=6&d=2014-04-08#results

Well played everyone! Thanks again to Dan for hosting and Tom for organizing.

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Updated rules for Finals Tuesday 4/8 7:30 P.M.

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I updated the Finals portion of the Rules on the league website: https://lafayettepinball.wordpress.com/rules/
They are also listed below for convenience. They are the same from last semester with the only difference being that top seed now has option of machine or player order for game 1 and game 3 to better match what is typically done at tournaments. The standings after week 8 can be found here:
https://lafayettepinball.wordpress.com/standings/

8. Finals

The LPL Finals system consists of a combination of two-player matches in a double-elimination format. Finals seeding is based on total points during the regular season. The SLO may revise the rules for finals as necessary.

8.1. Finals Date and Time

Finals will start at 7:30 P.M. on Tuesday 4/8. Ideally we will finish by 11 P.M., but it is possible the finals may run a little bit over. The official league after-party is at DT Kirby’s.

8.2. Finals Requirements and Divisions

You need to have played in the league a minimum of 3 weeks in order to qualify for the finals. Your league ranking (after lowest 2 weeks removed) will be used for seeding at the finals. The top 8 players from the league ranking (after lowest 2 weeks removed) that show up for finals will qualify for the A division, everyone else (who played 3 weeks minimum) will qualify for B division. A bye will be given to the highest ranked B division player if there are an odd number of players in B division. We will play both A and B division at the same time on Tuesday. If there are ties in the league rankings, we will play a tiebreaker game on a random game before the finals start.

8.3. IFPA Points

Everyone who played in the league will receive IFPA points, starting with the finals A division results, followed by the finals B division results, and then the league rankings for members who did not participate in the finals. We will not be playing any tiebrieker games for ties due to the finals results.

8.4. Entry Fee, Plaques and Payouts

Entry fee for finals is $10 payable at the start of finals (no dough, no show). Please bring tens, fives, ones if you can (hard to make change for everyone). As always, coin drop is required and seperate from the entry fee. 100% of entry fees will be paid back minus the cost of plaques (roughly $60 total for the plaques). There will be a 1st place and 2nd place plaque for A division and a 1st place plaque for B division. % payouts (minus cost of plaques) will be as follows:

A division 1st place – 30%
A division 2nd place – 25%
B division 1st place – 25%
B division 2nd place – 20%

8.5. Brackets, Machines and Player Order

Both A and B division finals will be will be head-to-head brackets, best 2 out 3, double elimination. Top seed will get choice to either pick the machine or player order for 1st and 3rd games. Person who doesn’t pick the machine will pick the order. When choosing a machine, if there is already a group waiting to play a machine, another machine must be chosen. A specific machine may only be played once within a head-to-head match-up, regardless of who picked the machine. Your seeding at the start of the finals will continue all the way through the finals (even into the “losers” bracket).

8.6. Available Machines

Tentatively, all of the machines on the MSA floor will be available for the finals which people can choose from. There are some known exceptions which include (but are not limited to):

Bally Rocket (wood rail)
Morocco (wood rail)
Any machines not owned by MSA (for example, Genie and Fish Tales)

Again, this is tentative and subject to change as needed.

8.7. Extra Balls and Machine Specifics

We will drain extra balls on all machines (even classic machines) in order to keep the tournament short and simple. Player will plunge the extra ball but will not be allowed to flip. If the extra ball does not go into play after one plunge, then the other player will plunge the ball into play by pulling the plunger all the way back (e.g. hard plunge). We will disclose other machine specific rules before the start of the tournament, but you can pretty much count on the following:

Rolling Stones (posts will be turned off)
Avatar, Twilight Zone and other special ball games (the special balls will be left in / turned on)

Week 8 Results

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tronBelow are the results from Week 8. I have to begin by apologizing–apparently something went awry with the table that sorts the overall standings. Basically, Kevin and Terry somehow got swapped, as well as Dan Isaacson and Dan St. John. I’m pretty sure this only affected the overall standings. I have it sorted now, but please double check your scores and notify me if anything looks incorrect. The sooner the better!

First place went to Tommy, for the second week in a row. Tommy put up high scores on Demolition Man, Tron, and Tri-Zone. Congrats! Second place went to Tom Vandenberg, who put up a high score on Fun House. Nice!

 

Raw Scores

Rank Player Demolition Man Funhouse Capt. Fantastic Tron Tri-Zone
1 Tommy Skinner 655,848,490 1,114,190 32,720 28,013,780 385,800
2 Tom Vandenberg 407,331,420 10,297,770 39,870 7,529,500 235,210
3 Jason Paul 412,234,260 4,274,150 55,810 4,733,180 274,960
4 Keith Alyea 350,976,090 3,360,320 36,590 8,769,600 229,230
4 Richard Serie 446,206,020 1,950,630 44,850 6,251,460 236,240
6 Phil Grimaldi 186,604,380 6,659,820 34,740 14,545,810 167,410
7 Craig Farner 283,132,530 8,889,920 24,970 8,565,030 136,120
8 Jerry Baldwin 269,286,240 1,491,810 21,060 16,171,700 245,670
9 Cory Livingston 208,621,620 2,599,140 19,750 21,739,600 113,510
10 Kevin Rozhon 343,838,880 5,991,310 9,840 13,023,190 56,790
11 Dan St. John 263,898,140 1,698,160 16,160 20,318,950 55,970
12 Ron Languell 54,695,260 1,397,100 41,320 8,442,480 57,540
13 Levi Haynes 192,220,110 688,040 32,140 3,940,980 125,050
14 Dan Isaacson 151,325,870 2,230,630 14,290 5,125,920 50,700
15 Ro Lopez 115,800,310 660,330 11,270 6,857,840 88,800

Points

Rank Player Demolition Man Funhouse Capt. Fantastic Tron Tri-Zone Bonus Total Pts.
1 Tommy Skinner 25 13 19 25 25 15 122
2 Tom Vandenberg 22 25 22 16 21 5 111
3 Jason Paul 23 21 25 12 24 5 110
4 Keith Alyea 21 20 21 19 20 101
4 Richard Serie 24 17 24 14 22 101
6 Phil Grimaldi 14 23 20 21 19 97
7 Craig Farner 19 24 17 18 18 96
8 Jerry Baldwin 18 15 16 22 23 94
9 Cory Livingston 16 19 15 24 16 90
10 Kevin Rozhon 20 22 11 20 13 86
11 Dan St. John 17 16 14 23 12 82
12 Ron Languell 11 14 23 17 14 79
13 Levi Haynes 15 12 18 11 17 73
14 Dan Isaacson 13 18 13 13 11 68
15 Ro Lopez 12 11 12 15 15 65

Week 7 Results

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Below are the results from Week 7. Sorry for the delay in posting, I had real life stuff to attend to.

First place went to Tommy, who put up a high scores on Cleopatra. Second place went to Jason, who put up big scores on GnR and Big Shot. Well played, fellas!

 

Raw Scores

Rank Player Medieval Madness Creature Guns N’ Roses Big Shot Cleopatra
1 Tommy Skinner 26,446,150 44,422,570 190,980,810 57,940 107,080
2 Jason Paul 1,681,400 42,859,130 559,533,900 71,680 35,090
3 Phil Grimaldi 29,284,970 58,325,760 156,391,560 45,520 102,340
4 Craig Farner 38,033,100 32,601,760 194,968,050 48,920 83,740
5 Kevin Rozhon 18,624,340 35,653,620 236,480,750 50,820 80,860
6 Dan Isaacson 30,027,830 34,746,460 123,031,690 35,130 103,770
6 Dan St. John 1,680,210 71,079,240 198,614,770 64,780 37,630
8 Terry Vandervate 19,301,230 45,505,680 172,863,230 49,380 54,140
9 Ron Languell 13,207,240 32,721,760 295,396,950 45,360 60,300
9 Levi Haynes 5,264,810 33,094,670 363,856,740 24,130 91,440
11 Richard Serie 21,544,580 16,744,340 273,376,620 30,500 58,150
12 Ro Lopez 15,443,170 53,558,900 319,984,830 17,240 10,070
13 Cory Livingston 4,952,010 21,756,300 134,110,160 51,630 98,800
14 Bob Skinner 7,761,280 13,110,510 101,046,010 57,190 61,650
14 Jerry Baldwin 15,894,340 29,846,550 199,665,270 24,660 22,310
14 Tom Vandenberg 4,746,390 20,504,810 264,922,620 22,160 65,210
17 Keith Alyea 8,229,790 15,966,670 230,575,320 26,210 51,110

Points

Rank Player Medieval Madness Creature Guns N’ Roses Big Shot Cleopatra Bonus Total Pts.
1 Tommy Skinner 22 21 14 23 25 5 110
2 Jason Paul 10 20 25 25 11 10 101
3 Phil Grimaldi 23 24 12 17 23 99
4 Craig Farner 25 15 15 18 20 5 98
5 Kevin Rozhon 19 19 19 20 19 96
6 Dan Isaacson 24 18 10 15 24 91
6 Dan St. John 9 25 16 24 12 5 91
8 Terry Vandervate 20 22 13 19 14 88
9 Ron Languell 16 16 22 16 16 86
9 Levi Haynes 13 17 24 11 21 86
11 Richard Serie 21 11 21 14 15 82
12 Ro Lopez 17 23 23 9 9 81
13 Cory Livingston 12 13 11 21 22 79
14 Bob Skinner 14 9 9 22 17 71
14 Jerry Baldwin 18 14 17 12 10 71
14 Tom Vandenberg 11 12 20 10 18 71
17 Keith Alyea 15 10 18 13 13 69

Games list for Week 7 and 8

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The people have spoken! Below are the tentative games list for week 7 (3/25) and week 8 (4/1). I also listed some back-up games we might use just in case a selected game goes down (yeah, I’m lookin’ at you, Cleopatra). Listed below that are the full voting results of games with at least 1 vote. 12 people participated in the voting. Thanks for your vote. Good luck!

Week 7 (3/25)
Guns and Roses (1994)
Cleopatra (1977)
Medieval Madness (1997) – 6 votes
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1992) – 5 votes
Big Shot (1973) – 4 votes

Week 8 (4/1)
Tron (2011) – 3 votes
Demolition Man (1992) – 4 votes
Funhouse (1990) – 4 votes
Tri Zone (1979) – 4 votes
Capt Fantastic (1976) – 4 votes

Back-Ups
Avatar (2010) – 3 votes
Twilight Zone (1993) – 3 votes
Eight Ball Deluxe (1981) – 3 votes
Black Knight (1980) – 3 votes

Voting Results
6 votes – Medieval Madness (1997)
5 votes – Creature from the Black Lagoon (1992)
4 votes – Demolition Man (1992)
4 votes – Funhouse (1990)
4 votes – Tri Zone (1979)
4 votes – Capt Fantastic (1976)
4 votes – Big Shot (1973)
3 votes – Tron (2011)
3 votes – Avatar (2010)
3 votes – Twilight Zone (1993)
3 votes – Eight Ball Deluxe (1981)
3 votes – Black Knight (1980)
2 votes – Strikes and Spares (1978)
2 votes – Power Play (1977)
1 vote – Transformers (2011)
1 vote – Family Guy (2008)
1 vote – Monopoly (2001)
1 vote – Revenge from Mars (1999)
1 vote – Star Wars EP 1 (1999)
1 vote – Theatre of Magic (1995)
1 vote – Terminator 2 (1991)
1 vote – Gorgar (1979)
1 vote – Spanish Eyes (1972)

Survey for Week 7 & 8 Games list

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Click the survey link below to help determine the games list for week 7 (3/25) and week 8 (4/1). Pick your top 5 favorite games. We will use the most popular games for the week 7 and 8 games list. The survey will close this Wednesday (3/19) at midnight.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7ZRTBWN