Quoted from appeac:Here's the bracket for MI for breaking ties - hopefully it won't end up too much of a cluster.
To keep things flowing for the tiebreakers, I would put players out in 4-player matches when possible, gets things done in one shot. (instead of 3, 2-plyr matches, using 3 machines)
Just a thought if things are going to be too clogged up.
Quoted from smassa:Kinda reminds me of the participation trophys they used to give out in little league. Should just stick to the top 4.
And it sounds to me like anyone complaining is butthurt they didn't make the top 16, so there ya go.
Congratulations to everyone who made it, and best of luck to you all. This will be my first year to attend. I'm very much looking forward to it. 16th place, trophy or not, I'm just honored to be a part of it. See you in round one, Frax.
Quoted from Spraynard:Playing in Texas this year! I had the opportunity to defend my title in Indiana, but for various reasons decided to do TX. Trying to be the first to win an SCS in two separate states. I think there are only a few others competing for that title as well.
Phil
Spraynard! I didn't know your pinside name was so epic!
I think the plaques for all 16 is a nice touch. I know they have already been made so that is what it is. I would suggest doing like what the IFPA World Championship does. The 64 qualifiers at the last one I went to got a cool hand towel with the logo, city, etc. The only difference was it said 'Qualifier' and it didn't matter where you finished.
Quoted from BangBackula:Congratulations to everyone who made it, and best of luck to you all. This will be my first year to attend. I'm very much looking forward to it. 16th place, trophy or not, I'm just honored to be a part of it. See you in round one, Frax.
Epically jealous of that board name, dude. Too bad I've been tied to mine for like 20 years LOL! 
Quoted from Frax:And it sounds to me like anyone complaining is butthurt they didn't make the top 16, so there ya go.
Maybe when I was 8 and didn't make the playoffs in soccer or little league. I guess that about when I stopped needing a pat on the back for everything.
But hey enjoy your "participation award". 
Quoted from Philk:If you're not involved/qualified why do you care what they receive? Making top 16 is a big commitment of time in most areas. Would they rather a first place trophy, yeah i'm sure but its a cool gesture for the #16 as well.
You're exactly right I don't care was just making an observation. I guess it means a lot to some people.
Quoted from smassa:You're exactly right I don't care was just making an observation. I guess it means a lot to some people.
Yes, and it's generally considered polite to keep such observations to yourself. Nothing is ever gained by comments like "I don't know how you could pray, but if it makes you feel better..." or "Your wife doesn't seem that attractive, but I guess if you love her..."
Quoted from dbellAZ:Yes, and it's generally considered polite to keep such observations to yourself. Nothing is ever gained by comments like "I don't know how you could pray, but if it makes you feel better..." or "Your wife doesn't seem that attractive, but I guess if you love her..."
Nailed it.
Quoted from smassa:Maybe when I was 8 and didn't make the playoffs in soccer or little league. I guess that about when I stopped needing a pat on the back for everything.
But hey enjoy your "participation award".
"Participation Award" would apply if anyone could just sign up for the competition and go. Anyone that made it into this tournament did actually achieve something, at least in certain states where the competition is heavy.
A true "Participation Award" would be for people that did NOT make the top 16 (like yourself?).
Quoted from Spraynard:Playing in Texas this year! I had the opportunity to defend my title in Indiana, but for various reasons decided to do TX. Trying to be the first to win an SCS in two separate states. I think there are only a few others competing for that title as well.
Phil
Yeah, I'll be trying for that as well in WA, was last year's TX.
Quoted from dbellAZ:Yes, and it's generally considered polite to keep such observations to yourself. Nothing is ever gained by comments like "I don't know how you could pray, but if it makes you feel better..." or "Your wife doesn't seem that attractive, but I guess if you love her..."
Sorry if my comment was too "harsh" for you. Last time I checked this was a forum where people could voice opinions freely. 
Obviously you, Frax and a few others are the type that would love to receive that 16th place trophy.
Quoted from smassa:Sorry if my comment was too "harsh" for you. Last time I checked this was a forum where people could voice opinions freely.
Obviously you, Frax and a few others are the type that would love to receive that 16th place trophy.
You're allowed to express whatever opinion you want, but once it becomes clear that you're just trolling, people will get pissy.
Quoted from smassa:Sorry if my comment was too "harsh" for you. Last time I checked this was a forum where people could voice opinions freely.
Obviously you, Frax and a few others are the type that would love to receive that 16th place trophy.
16th out of a couple hundred just trying to make the event is something to be proud of for many.
Quoted from DNO:To keep things flowing for the tiebreakers, I would put players out in 4-player matches when possible, gets things done in one shot. (instead of 3, 2-plyr matches, using 3 machines)
Just a thought if things are going to be too clogged up.
We wanted to keep the head-to-head series format, and with 25 games to pick from (that we will set up pretty difficult) I don't think we'll have too many issues. The bottlenecks will really only happen with the crazy Stern lovers of the group, and so they'll only be tying up 1 or 2 machines at a time, haha.
Edit: I'm more worried about people figuring out who they're supposed to play next rather than gameplay time.
Quoted from desertT1:As far as how the ties might be handled... I don't know if IFPA says thou shalt have 8 ties for the first set eliminated, or not. But, I run a single elimination bi-weekly event. It's meant to be a quicker event since we meet up every 2 weeks. Whoever is elminated in a round is matched with everyone else who is eliminated in a round. All of those players play a single game on the same machine and the scores are ordered. That is the final placing among that set of players. If these trophies aren't being supplied by IFPA, I don't see an issue with the group submitting ties for the record, but duking it out on the side.
IIRC, IFPA specifies bo7 single elim as a minimum, not maximum. Breaking ties is encouraged if time/space/machine count allow, but not required. Results submitted as true rankings will apply to point payout, though.
Quoted from smassa:Obviously you, Frax and a few others are the type that would love to receive that 16th place trophy.
No, was just explaining why you're considered rude. Everyone has their own interests and passions that others think are silly - you happen to have stumbled onto a site where people are passionate about pinball. My kids have dozens of trophies cluttering up the house as it is, so really don't need more, but I think making the top 16 in CA would be a phenomenal achievement. I won my local league and I know I'm not nearly good enough to do that. Yet.
Quoted from Winball_Pizard:Spraynard! I didn't know your pinside name was so epic!
Ha. Is that you, Mr. Hawk?
Quoted from bangerjay:Wait, I gotta be ready by Saturday?!!!
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Meh, Novus and Windex are handy. Good enough.
Quoted from smassa:Maybe when I was 8 and didn't make the playoffs in soccer or little league. I guess that about when I stopped needing a pat on the back for everything.
But hey enjoy your "participation award".
I'm pretty proud of my "ribbon". If it's good enough for PAPA then it's good enough for me.
No need to bag on it
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Quoted from DNO:I'm pretty proud of my "ribbon". If it's good enough for PAPA then it's good enough for me.
No need to bag on it
That's so cute that you participated.
Weather forecasts for much of the U.S. don't look too bad for Fri & Sat this coming weekend, but Sun doesn't look to be so great for traveling back home.
Toledo, OH & Boston, MA areas may have a worse travel weather forecast than most other cities.
Lots of rain in NW USA, but I guess that's normal up over there.
I didn't check weather forecasts for up in Canada. We already know it's gonna be cold ay.
Drive careful, and don't slip on the ice and bust your butt (or your flippin fingers).
Line up for North Carolina at flippers in outer banks
Walking Dead
Star Trek le
Mustang
AC/DC le
Cactus Canyon
Metallica
Monster Bash
Medieval madness
Circus Voltaire
No good gofers
Spider-Man
Demo Man
It's not officially part of the IFPA State Championship series but Washington DC will be having a tournament on the same day at the same time. I qualified for both Virginia and Maryland but i work in DC and feel sorry for the poor DC residents that have to pay Federal taxes and don't have representation in Congress or representation in the IFPA SCS so i'm running the DC tournament. On the plus side i'm not restricted to 16 players and have had a few qualifying tournament and am up to 24 players so far with one last qualifying chance so while all the good players are off in VA and MD trying to advance to Las Vegas and win a pinball machine i'll be slumming it in DC trying to get a healthy bag of WPPR's because i'm ranking obsessed 
Vermont lineup:
Attack from Mars
Black Pyramid
Fire!
Firepower
Indianapolis 500
Judge Dredd
Mata Hari
Metallica
NBA Fastbreak
Alien Poker is also possible. Players have been made aware of the uncertainty of this one.
Quoted from fna_royam:It's not officially part of the IFPA State Championship series but Washington DC will be having a tournament on the same day at the same time. I qualified for both Virginia and Maryland but i work in DC and feel sorry for the poor DC residents that have to pay Federal taxes and don't have representation in Congress or representation in the IFPA SCS so i'm running the DC tournament.
I'd be astonished if the IFPA didn't let DC run an SCS event if you asked next year..
Quoted from Excalabur:I'd be astonished if the IFPA didn't let DC run an SCS event if you asked next year..
Puerto Rico needs to be a state.
Also some states need to be split up as well.
Quoted from stevevt:Vermont lineup:
Attack from Mars
Black Pyramid
Fire!
Firepower
Indianapolis 500
Judge Dredd
Mata Hari
Metallica
NBA Fastbreak
Alien Poker is also possible. Players have been made aware of the uncertainty of this one.
Wow. I would have my ass handed to me on this lineup. Guess I know some of the games I need to practice at ReplayFX. 24 hours from now many will be on the road!
The game list for Ohio is very much to my liking. Stoked to compete tomorrow!
Tron
Metallica Premium
ACDC Premium
Paragon
The Addams Family
STTNG
Dr Dude
Roadshow
Whitewater
Medieval Madness
Twilight Zone
Congo
World Cup Soccer
Demolition Man
Big Game
Nine-Ball
Iron Man (tentative)
Cyclopes (tentative)
Harlem Globetrotters (tentative)
The IFPA Texas State Championship Lineup.
We will be raising money for "Kids Fight Cancer" by hosting a secondary PinGolf Event.
Texas Lineup:
Bally Champion Pub
Bally Cirqus Voltaire
Bally Creature From The Black Lagoon
Bally Scared Stiff
Bally Twilight Zone
Gottlieb Cleopatra (EM)
Gottlieb Neptune (EM)
Gottlieb Spirit of 76 (EM)
JJP Wizard of Oz LE
Stern ACDC Premium
Stern Ali
Stern Batman The Dark Knight
Stern Family Guy
Stern Pirates of the Carribbean
Stern Lord Of The Rings
Stern Spider-Man
Stern Star Trek LE
Stern Tron LE
Williams Medieval Madness
Williams Monster Bash
Williams Revenge From Mars
Williams White Water
Avengers
Dark knight
Star Trek le
Lotr
Potc
Tron
Transformers
Metallica
Kiss
Dr who
Safecracker
Andromeda
Mata Hari
Embryon
Xenon
Spectrum
Centaur
Dragonfist
Paragon
Jackbot
Cftbl
Addams family
Fire
Pinbot
Time fantasy
Starlight
Cosmic gunfight
Warlok
Blackout
Jungle lord
Barracora
Indy jones (stern)
Spider-Man (stern)
Family guy
Algar
Black hole
Cirqus Voltaire
Totan
Medieval madness
Monster bash
Junkyard
Theatre of magic
Champion pub
Sttng
Banzaii run
Afm
Scared stuff
No fear
Dracula
Rfm
Swe1
Viking
Illinois' list so far
Quoted from bangerjay:And superman Gavin spent some time going over everything , so we should be at 100%!
If I wasn't competing in WI I'd pay to be a spectator at the IL Championship. Going to be some interesting strategic game choices and some tough battles with that line up!
My son Preston who is the 10th spot in Texas and I are heading up to North Dallas in a few hours. I am looking forward to the Pingolf side tourney as well as watching the main competition.
Quoted from MikeS:If I wasn't competing in WI I'd pay to be a spectator at the IL Championship. Going to be some interesting strategic game choices and some tough battles with that line up!
We can ask Tom to put the live stream on his big screen downstairs so we can watch
Quebec PCS Lineup:
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Harlem Globetrotters on Tour
Indianapolis 500
Metallica Pro
Robocop
Strange Science
Tron Pro
Quoted from Excalabur:I'd be astonished if the IFPA didn't let DC run an SCS event if you asked next year..
It's not a new request... :/
Quoted from Arcade:My son Preston who is the 10th spot in Texas and I are heading up to North Dallas in a few hours. I am looking forward to the Pingolf side tourney as well as watching the main competition.
You guys gonna be at FUN? I wasn't gonna go, but I might swing by and say hi if so...
I see that some places already know the potential games. Last year and this year, we in Florida don't have any idea what games are going to be used.
While the game list surprise is interesting, I think all competitors knowing the game list would help people formulate game picking strategies and learn a little about the game ahead of time, which is not necessarily a bad thing-particularly for this caliber of tourney. With so many games out there, nobody can know all of the subtleties of each game.
The practice session is of course helpful, and is a time where many pinball players are scrambling searching for game info and papa videos on their smart phones and tablets. Sometimes knowing what sequence lights a 1000 point spinner on some obscure EM can make a world of difference.
In any case, looking forward to it!
Quoted from flynnibus:Excalabur said:
I'd be astonished if the IFPA didn't let DC run an SCS event if you asked next year..It's not a new request... :/
Yes asked and answered. a little disapointing but on the flip side i feel like i'm running a bit of a renegade tournament, makes me feel like a rebel. DC is a unique situation , unfortunately it's usually unique in that they are second class citizens in many respects, no vote in congress and worse than that when DC voters try to do something Congress sometimes will countermand it. Irrespective, We have a growing and enthusiastic DC based pinball scene with many new players that are DC based. Since DC is unique we'll be doing unique type tournaments here ( speed running being one example ). The location we had would have allowed us to bring in more games if we were going to be part of the SCS but as we are not our lineup is just 6 games
The Walking Dead
Stern Star Trek
AC/DC
Judge Dress
Road Show
Twister
Are any State Championships going to be streamed on Twitch or anywhere else?
Why haven't I asked this yet?
Buffalo Pinball will be live tweeting, but not the same.
https://twitter.com/buffalopinball
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