I really, really wish I could have gone. It's so close, but I'm changing jobs and this falls right in the middle of my two weeks notice, so it's probably not a classy move to spend a few days away. Don't want to burn bridges.

Anyway, looks great, JJ.

Looks like a lot of fun! I spy RotorDave in pic #6

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Will there be any video coverage online?

I would love to watch video coverage of it personally. I could watch that stuff all day.

Live feed of the games would be great! Any sort of feed whether it be live or after the event would be fine imo

Would love too!

That would be awesome, whatever you could get together i'm sure would be enjoyed by many. Youtube/vimeo would be aces since its so much easier to view later on and across platforms

Up to date standing can be seen here:

http://www.ifpapinball.com/wc/ifpa_wc_results.php

If you can put up a live feed no matter how crappy the quality I'm sure many including myself would watch it.

Wow, Joshua Henderson sure came storming back in the last two rounds. I was beginning to wonder what was wrong with him. Good to see Trent doing well since he has bombed a bit in Colorado. I hope Dean Grover can qualify, he's down on the bubble with only two rounds to go....

Nope, but I hope you figure it out. Thanks in advance for trying.

Thanks for working to get a feed up!

IFPA11 World Pinball Championship – FIRST ROUND results
By IFPA, posted on May 24th, 2014

Steven Bowden vs. Dean Grover (4-2)
Steven won on Avatar, Firepower, AC/DC, Aquarius
Dean won on 300, Earthshaker

Donavan Stepp d. Noah Davis (4-1)
Donavan won on 24, Pioneer, AC/DC, Skateball
Noah won on Captain Fantastic

Frank Romero vs. Robert Gagno (4-2)
Frank won on Sorcerer, Captain Fantastic, 24, Funhouse
Robert won on Old Chicago, Spider-Man

Zach Sharpe d. Sean Grant (4-2)
Zach won on Avatar, Spider-Man, Space Time, Pin-Bot
Sean won on Funhouse, 300

Raymond Davidson vs. Aaron Nelson (5-3)
Raymond won on Pioneer, Sorcerer, Funhouse, Mousin Around, Spider-Man
Aaron won on Medieval Madness, Lord of the Rings, Aquarius

Steve Zahler d. Takashi Ito (4-2)
Steve won on Earthshaker, Dr. Dude, Congo, Captain Fantastic
Takashi won on Spider-Man, Jungle Queen

Josh Sharpe vs. Helena Walter (4-1)
Josh won on Space Time, Sorcerer, Captain Fantastic, Lord of the Rings
Helena won on Roadshow

Jon Replogle d. Lieven Engelbeen (4-1)
Jon won on 24, Cosmic Gunfight, Captain Fantastic, Wizard
Lieven won on AC/DC

Round #2 has started. Updated (Jon R. / Lieven Match)

IFPA11 World Pinball Championship – SECOND ROUND results
By IFPA, posted on May 24th, 2014

Steven Bowden d. Jorgen Holm (5-3)
Steven won on Roadshow, Firepower, Aquarius, Congo, Sorcerer
Jorgen won on Avatar, Fathom, Jungle Queen

Mats Runsten d. Donavan Stepp (4-2)
Mats won on Roadshow, AC/DC, Funhouse, Skateball
Donavan won on Jungle Queen, Pioneer

Nick Zendejas d. Frank Romero (4-1)
Nick won on Black Knight, Sorcerer, Roadshow, 24
Frank won on Jumping Jack

Zach Sharpe d. Andy Rosa (4-1)
Zach won on Space Time, Pinbot, Old Chicago, AC/DC
Andy won on The Addams Family

Cayle George d. Raymond Davidson (4-2)
Cayle won on 24, Mousin' Around, Funhouse, Wheel of Fortune
Raymond won on Pioneer, Wizard

Adam Lefkoff d. Steve Zahler (4-2)
Adam won on Wizard, Star Trek, The Addams Family, Jungle Queen
Steve won on CSI, Earthshaker

Josh Sharpe d. Franck Bona (4-0)
Josh won on Captain Fantastic, Space Time, Fathom, Avatar

Jon Replogle vs. Jerry Bernard (3-4)
Jon won on Wizard, 24, Sorcerer
Jerry won on Jumping Jack, Cosmic Gunfight, Star Trek, Firepower

Congrats Josh S. on the 4-0.

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IFPA11 World Pinball Championship – THIRD ROUND pairings, good luck to all.
By IFPA, posted on May 24th, 2014

Jorian Engelbrektsson vs. Steven Bowden (0-0)

Andrei Massenkoff vs. Mats Runsten (0-0)

Cryss Stephens vs. Nick Zendejas (2-2) Updated

Jim Belsito vs. Zach Sharpe (0-0)

Daniele Acciari vs. Cayle George (0-0)

Adam Becker vs. Adam Lefkoff (0-0)

Lyman Sheats vs. Josh Sharpe (0-0)

Keith Elwin vs. Jerry Bernard (0-0)

Go Becker go!

IFPA11 World Pinball Championship – THIRD ROUND Results / Progress
By IFPA, posted on May 24th, 2014

Cryss Stephens vs. Nick Zendejas (3-3) Playing best of 3 Tie-breaker.

Lyman Sheats vs. Josh Sharpe (1-1)
Lyman won on Firepower
Josh won on Funhouse

Keith Elwin d. Jerry Bernard (4-0)
Keith won on Congo, 4 Square, The Addams Family, Firepower

Will update in the AM if someone else hasn't by then.

Thanks for the updates. Sleeping all day and working all night I miss the fun.

And thanks for doing a live feed. Didn't get to watch any, but the more pin vids the better!

That's one hell of a final 8. You might want to keep an ambulance on standby tomorrow. Somebody could get hurt!

Thanks for the updates and thanks for hosting the event. Is it playing out like you thought it would? Have the Sharpe brothers trashed any of your games yet? d

I hate to say it, but not a whole lot of surprises in the line up.

Looking forward to hopefully some of the younger generation eventually coming up and shaking it up a little.

IFPA11 World Pinball Championship – THIRD ROUND Results
By IFPA, posted on May 24th, 2014

*Winners go on to the ELITE 8 on Sunday.

*Jorian Engelbrektsson d. Steven Bowden (4-0)
Jorian won on Spiderman, Avatar, Dr. Dude, Firepower

*Andrei Massenkoff d. Mats Runsten (4-2)
Andrei won on Roadshow, Funhouse, The Addams Family
Mats won on Old Chicago, AC/DC

*Cryss Stephens d. Nick Zendejas (5-3)
Cryss won on The Addams Family, Jumping Jack, 300, Paragon, AC/DC
Nick won on Black Knight, Metallica, Roadshow

*Zach Sharpe d. Jim Belsito (4-1)
Zach won on Congo, Space Time, Cosmic Gunfight, Pioneer
Jim won on Pin-Bot

*Daniele Acciari d. Cayle George (5-3)
Daniele won on 24, Old Chicago, Wizard, Medieval Madness, Funhouse
Cayle won on The Addams Family, Roadshow, Mousin Around

*Adam Lefkoff d. Adam Becker (5-4)
Adam L won on Fathom, CSI, The Addams Family, Space Time, Mousin' Around
Adam B won on Wizard, Ironman, Snow Derby, Metallica

*Lyman Sheats d. Josh Sharpe (4-1)
Lyman won on Firepower, Lord of the Rings, Captain Fantastic, High Hand
Josh won on Funhouse

*Keith Elwin d. Jerry Bernard (4-0)
Keith won on Congo, 4 Square, The Addams Family, Firepower

elwin vs sheets? holy moly

IFPA11 World Pinball Championship – QUARTERFINALS Results
By IFPA, posted on May 25th, 2014

Jorian Engelbrektsson vs. Andrei Massenkoff (5-3)
Jorian won on Spider-Man, Out of Sight, Jungle Queen, Avatar, White Water
Andrei won on The Addams Family, Dr. Dude, AC/DC

Cryss Stephens vs. Zach Sharpe (4-0)
Cryss won on 300, Avatar, The Addams Family, Space Time

Daniele Acciari vs. Adam Lefkoff (4-1)
Daniele won on Space Time, Medieval Madness, The Addams Family, Old Chicago
Adam won on Funhouse

Keith Elwin d. Lyman Sheats (4-2)
Keith won on Sorcerer, Congo, High Hand, Wizard
Lyman won on Frontier, Lord of the Rings

Mind blown! Cryss defeats Zach in 4 straight games! Congrats to Cryss Stephens!

So far Cryss "CDS" Stephens, Daniele Accari, and Keith Elwin punched there ticket to the FINAL 4.

Jorian Engelbrektsson vs. Andrei Massenkoff (5-3)

Jorian wins game #7 by 150k points on Avatar. Next game is WhiteWater.
Jorian completes the comeback and takes game #8.

Final 4:

Keith Elwin d. Daniele Acciari (4-1)
Keith won on Funhouse, Sorcerer, Congo, Old Chicago
Daniele won on Medieval Madness

Jorian Engelbrektsson vs. Cryss Stephens (3-3) TIE-BREAKER!!!
Cryss won on Spider-Man, The Addams Family

Here's something I picked up this morning down in Denver:

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(Then I put it down).

Had a nice conversation with Gary Stern while I was there. He is an absolutely tireless ambassador for pinball and still loves to travel. No news to report (didn't expect any) on items that would interest many here. I did put in a plug for those of us who would like to see a Muppets themed pin. They've looked into it, but he said that other than for guys my age, the demographics skew too young since Disney is making the new movies more for kids. I took that to mean a Muppets pin isn't very likely.

Anyone who has ever heard Gary speak knows the answer to one of the questions I asked him ("What is your favorite Pinball Machine?"). He didn't skip a beat and told me the answer. (As soon as I asked the question, I remembered the answer).

So I changed it up a little and asked him "What is your second favorite?". He thought for a bit before he answered. Anyone know the answer?

Thanks to JJ and Game Exchange for hosting. I don't follow IFPA, so the only player I recognized was Lyman. It's always fun to watch home play, especially the artistic finesse he uses on the flippers.

Congrats to all the players for making it this far. I'll be interested to learn who goes home with my trophy.

No!

Phew!

Chris Stephens and Jorian go into a tie breaker for the final championship slot to face Elwin.

Jorian wins game #1 on White Water, game #2 Paragon just started,
Jorian wins game #2.

Jorian 5-3. Now faces Keith Elwin for the Championship.
Cryss and Daniele playoff for 3rd / 4th.

Championship Match: Elwin vs Jorian (3 - 3)

Jorian wins Game #1 Spiderman 400Million plus to 6Million
Elwin wins game #2 Frontier 1.7Million to 400k
Elwin wins Game #3 Pinbot
Elwin wins game #4 Wizard
Jorian wins Game #5 Out of Sight 65K to ??
Jorian wins game #6 Congo

Tie breaker time, Best 2 of 3

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Consolation Match: Daniele vs Cryss (1 - 2)
3rd / 4th Places

Cryss wins game #1 (Medieval Madness)
Daniele wins game #2 (TAF)
Cryss wins game #3 and the Match on Space Time.

Time for IFPA Championship pinball overtime. Elwin and Jorian tied up after 6 games.

Game #1 of 3: Avatar Jorian wins
Game #2 of 3: Paragon Elwin wins
Game #3 of 3: MM Jorian wins the game with a monster score of over 36Million!

C'mon kme

Your 2014 IFPA Champion is: Jorian Engelbrektsson

2nd place; Keith Elwin
3rd place: Cryss Stephens
4th place: Daniele

Thanks Gravitar. Fun chatting it up with you guys!

Was a good time for sure. Just have to get more sources for score updates next time. May see you at SFGE, still undecided. If not then at PAPA hopefully.

Jorian played awesomely all week. He won Lyons Classic and the warm up comps.

He had 20 points more than 2nd place in qualifying ... He deserved the win.

Commiserations to KME for 2nd but congrats on an awesome effort.

rd.

Hard to argue with this. Up 3-1 though KME more often then not would close it out.