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We are back with the 2019 edition of the NW Pinball Championships!

We are also part of the 2019 Stern Pro Circuit
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2019 changes:

* New HIGH STAKE tournament added to the event! 4 games out of 5 card counting for your qualifier. Finals will be TOP 8 qualifiers on Sunday around 7:00 PM.
* Return of the Women’s division with new improvements! Extended bank with now 4 games out of 5 counting. Finals will be at 8:00 PM on Saturday night on the same bank.
* Expand the Classic bank with more game, now 5 out of 6 games count.
* MORE FINALIST with an increased Open tournament Amateur division to TOP 12 finalist AS WELL AS adding a Amateur TOP 8 division to the Classic tournament (IFPA 1,000+ rank).
* Adjusted difficulty for the Open bank machines as per last year feedback.

Details:

NW Pinball Championships 2019
September 6th to 8th (Qualifying Fri noon-midnight / Sat 10am-midnight, Finals Sunday)

We are continuing to receive great feedback about our new venue of the past 2 years and we are happy to announce we will be returning to the Lynnwood Bowl & Skate for 2019!

More at http://www.nwpinballchamps.com/
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1528974810567141/

We take great pride in having an extremely dialed and enjoyable lineup and overall providing a world-class tournament experience.

We will be streaming the finals on Saturday night and Sunday all day. We will also stream the qualifying on Friday and Saturday (depending on availability). All this thanks for our partnership with GeekGamer.TV

We will have more announcement in the future as well as the banks line up!

We are trying to achieve a better balance on the machines by allocating more time for play testing them under different settings. Some changes to balance machine out last year ended up making some machines too hard in the long run across the whole weekend.

P.S. Wow!

Taking a page from our friends at INDISC and YEGPIN we have added a new division to our tournament, HIGH STAKE!

Qualifying will run from Friday to Sunday afternoon with the top 8 finals after the Open finals. Now running an Open, Classic, Women and High stake division!
Even more reason to come join us for a full weekend of pinball

Check out all the details at https://www.nwpinballchamps.com/

Check out the trophies and plaques for the upcoming Northwest Pinball Championships 2019 near Seattle on September 6-8th!

This year Tshirt art work revealed as well :slight_smile:

Last but not least the Grand prize for our raffle this year, generously sponsored by TiltCyle, a Jasmin wall hanger!

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We had on first finals on Saturday evening and what a finals!
Top 8 of the Women division were facing off to take home the win! Brooke Borcherding came into the finals with the top seed

Youtube video:

Online standings and bracket:
https://www.neverdrains.com/nwpc2019/playerIndex.php?disp=division&sel=High%20Stakes/Women&skl=Women
https://www.neverdrains.com/nwpc2019/playerIndex.php?bracketId=1

After 2 games, Jasmijn and Hannah were tied at 6 points, facing Tron to decide who the winner would be. It came down to a close game and Hannah took home the win!
This is Hannah first win of the Women division of the NWPC, congratulation! Jasmijn came 2nd, with Zofia 3rd and Ashley 4th!

Finals standings below:
1,Hannah Hatch
2,Jasmijn De Jong
3,Zofia Gil
4,Ashley Weaver
5,Brooke Borcherding
6,Brianne Hunt
7,Sara Urban
7,Nik Sear

Our next finals was Sunday morning, early!
It was the Classics finals, for main and amateurs division. TOP 16 players in main and top 8 amateurs ranked out of a whooping 116 players this year, shattering our record!
Cayle George came into the main finals with the top seed while Mike Ridgeway was top seed for amateurs finals.

Youtube video:

Crazy Stern magic game by top 4, best ever recorded?!?

Online standings and bracket:
https://www.neverdrains.com/nwpc2019/playerIndex.php?disp=division&sel=Classics&skl=Main
https://www.neverdrains.com/nwpc2019/playerIndex.php?disp=division&sel=Classics&skl=Amateur
https://www.neverdrains.com/nwpc2019/playerIndex.php?bracketId=2
https://www.neverdrains.com/nwpc2019/playerIndex.php?bracketId=3

The top 4 were Will McKinney, Todd Rafacz, Derek Price and Karl DeAngelo after surviving some serious were some big names went out early in the quarter finals.
After 2 games in the final 4, Todd and Will were at 5 points with Derek at 4 points closely behind. This was after the craziest game 1 on Stern magic which Will DOUBLE ROLLED! Derek also cracked a MILLION while Todd 600k only took 3rd!
Game 3 on Bally Star Trek saw Will take the win by passing Todd's 220k with 310k while Derek P4 could not catch up.
This was Will's first top 4 and he took the BIG WIN, congratulation! Todd finished 2nd, Derek 3rd and Karl 4th.

The top seed of the amateur Mike Ridgeway went out in the first round after a last place on game 3, leaving the game choice for the top 4 round to John Cambareri. He was facing Robert Klug, Micaela Wolf and Maureen Hendrix in the final 4!
After taking 2 first place on game 1 and 2, John had the win nearly locked but Maureen at 4 pts and could tie if she won game 3 and John finish last.
Micaela put a great game on Bally Lost World winning it and confirming John as the winner for the amateur event! Micaela took 2nd, Maureen 3rd and Robert 4th.

Finals IFPA standings for event below:
1 Will McKinney
2 Todd Rafacz
3 Derek Price
4 Karl DeAngelo
5 Bob Matthews
6 Cayle George
6 Johnny Modica
8 Derek Thomson
9 Axel Blonde
10 Adam Lefkoff
10 Germain Mariolle
12 Dave Stewart
12 Andrei Massenkoff
14 Robert Gagno
14 Sean Lind
16 John McAllister

TOP 4 amateurs standing:
1 John Cambareri
2 Micaela Wolf
3 Maureen Hendrix
4 Robert Klug

And then it was time for the @Stern Pro circuit event, the OPEN FINALS! We had a main and amateurs division. TOP 24 players in main and top 12 amateurs from 110 players that submitted a full qualifying card. That is 20 more players than last year, a great boost with many top players travelling from out of state to compete!
Raymond Davidson, the defending champion, came into the main finals with the top seed while John Cambareri winner of the Classics amateur division in the morning was top seed for amateurs finals.

Youtube video:

Online standings and bracket:
https://www.neverdrains.com/nwpc2019/playerIndex.php?disp=division&sel=Open&skl=Main
https://www.neverdrains.com/nwpc2019/playerIndex.php?bracketId=4
https://www.neverdrains.com/nwpc2019/playerIndex.php?bracketId=5
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/478690675?t=04h02m42s

The top 4 were not unknown to winning the tournament, Raymond defending champion with 2 titles in a row as well as Robert Gagno who had also won 2 title previously. Karl DeAngelo who was in the final 4 in the main Classic finals and Steve Bowden were also no stranger to big wins!
The finals played on Godzilla, HS2 and the final game on Demolition man. After 2 games it was Raymond in the lead with 6 and Robert at 5, Karl had 2 and Steve one point.
Robert started very strong with a big ball 1 on Demolition man and rode it through, winning the game and the 2019 NWPC trophy! CONGRATULATION!
Ray finished 2nd, Karl 3rd and and Steven 4th.

The top seed of the amateur John Cambareri came in, with a BYE, into the semi finals but did not make top 4. That left the game choice for the top 4 round to Jay Marks. He was facing
Johnny Hill, Esteban Astudillo Vivar and Jaran Jones in the final 4!
Jaran came out super strong and 12-ed out the finals, 1st in all 3 games! Johnny took 2nd after getting 2nd on the first 2 game and securing 4 pts, Jay took 3rd and Esteban 4th. I am thinking we will see Jaran in the main finals next year!

Finals standings for event below:
1 Robert Gagno
2 Raymond Davidson
3 Karl DeAngelo
4 Steven Bowden
5 Todd Rafacz
5 Escher Lefkoff
7 Germain Mariolle
8 Lonnie Langford
11 Johnny Modica
11 Adam Lefkoff
11 Chris Chinn
11 Andrei Massenkoff
11 Colin Urban
14 Cayle George
14 Eric Wagensonner
16 Axel Blonde
18 Michael Tibbetts
18 Mike Pantoliano
18 Richie Terry
21 Jarrett Gaddy
21 Mike Corbett
21 Eden Stamm
23 Derek Thomson
24 Derek Price

TOP 4 amateurs standing:
1 Jaran Jones
2 Johnny Hill
3 Jay Marks
4 Esteban Astudillo

And then, to cap off an already long day of finals, we ended it all with our new tournament, the HIGH STAKES!
42 people try their skills at a $40 a card to make the TOP 8 finals! High stakes indeed, with $4,000 total in the pot!

Andrei Massenkoff came into the finals with the top seed while other top A+ players were also in the run (Raymond, Escher, Karl...).

Youtube video:

Online standings and bracket:
https://www.neverdrains.com/nwpc2019/playerIndex.php?disp=division&sel=High%20Stakes/Women&skl=High%20Stakes
https://www.neverdrains.com/nwpc2019/playerIndex.php?bracketId=6

After Ray and Escher went out in the first round, the final 4 fighting for the top prize of $1,500 were Andrei, Germain, Karl and Derek Thomson. After 2 games, Karl and Germain were tied at 6 pts and Andrei was tied with Derek at 1. We bet it all on the last game, Flash Gordon! Karl put on a clinic and took the win, that is a 1st after a 4th and a 3rd in other finals today, WHAT A DAY!!

Finals standings:
1 Karl DeAngelo
2 Germain Mariolle
3 Andrei Massenkoff
4 Derek Thomson
5 Dave Stewart
5 Raymond Davidson
7 Escher Lefkoff
8 Derek Price

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THANK YOU! Once again our event would not happen without the support from many MANY people, or without players trusting our event and come participate!

We had 110 players in the OPEN tournament this year, that is a MAJOR increase from last year, 20% more!
22 Women participated in the CARD qualifying tournament this year, continuing strong. CLASSIC was also very STRONG with 120 players, 20% increase as well compared to last year!
The new addition, HIGH STAKES tournament also performed very well for its first year with 43 people trying their skills at it!

Special thanks for all our local people from the greater Seattle area but also people from Oregon, British Columbia, Idaho, California, Colorado, Texas, Alberta...!

This year we had over 680 card entries were played in the OPEN tournament, increasing from last year! Iron Man and The HS2: The getaway were the most popular game with around 210 saved games played each!
The Classic games were around 415 games played per machine in average, with the Womens and High stake bank games around 200 games per machine combined.

That is a mind boggling 6,100 games of pinball played during qualifying, more than 4 games per minutes!

Due to generosity of our sponsor and growth in attendance our cash prizes paid over $19,000 this year, a subtantial increase from last year! We brought in over $2,000 after expenses as the tournament opened. That is on top of the trophies and plaques which have SIGNIFICANTLY increased. Some of our top 4 payout below, 67 unique cash payout were handed out this weekend (@kdeangelo took 3 of them back to CA with him! )
Top 4 prizes in OPEN were $2,000 for 1st, $1,300 for 2nd, $900 for 3rd and $500 for 4th.
Classics top 4 prizes were $1,200 for 1st, $1,000 for 2nd, $800 for 3rd and $600 for 4th.
The Womens paid out $450 for 1st, $250 for 2nd, $200 for 3rd and $125 for 4th.
High stakes paid out $1,475 for 1st, $1,000 for 2nd, $700 for 3rd and $400 for 4th.

Max Davidoff also won our GRAND RAFFLE prize from Tiltcycle! Congrats!

We welcome any feedback and comments to make this event better every year ([email protected]). We will also be sending anonymous survey to those who would like to provide feedback. We strive to do our best with our limited resource and volunteers dedicating them precious free time to others, with that said we hope everyone has fun!

Of course, this could not have happened without all our INCREDIBLE volunteers, sponsors and partners. I am always worried to call out people by name as there has been SO MANY people helping the core NWPC organizing team (you know who you are!). Our incredible pinball moving team, Danger Dan and Eric Morales (Jordan S we missed you), Michelle and the Tibbetts family for running the registration desk and much more all week as well as Misa helping out at the desk and score keeping. Karl for his tournament software, which he had to make a new version of and support during the whole weekend, ALL the scorekeeper volunteer, including last minute people helping out, even people from Canada like Dave, Miles, Derek, Mike or other travelling in like Adam, Johnny, Eric, Damien...!

Massive kudos to GeekGamer.TV, returning for a 2nd year and always bringing professional level quality! Getting even better than last year and with a MASSIVE amount of coverage! Ashley was a great partner supporting the streaming effort as well as guest speakers and support team members.

We rely on generous local collector to loan us game for our events, this could not happen without them either, thank you!

BIGGEST THANKS to Lynnwood Bowl and Skate to accommodate us against this year. There was no short of compliments from the players on the location and the staff! It is hard thinking of running our event anywhere else now. They were very flexible with our extended schedule to add another final event on Sunday which had our truck leave after midnight on Sunday!

And also our sponsors, which make this event possible in the first place by supporting our event and pinball at large. Our local sponsors, 8-bit Arcade as our special sponsor this year again with supporting trophy and plaques. As well as our Limited Edition partners in The Ice Box Arcade and Coindexter's . Amazing support from our Premium sponsors as well, Jupiter Bar, Shorty's, Olaf's, Flip Flip Ding Ding and Another Castle Arcade. Special thanks to Pin Stadium for sponsoring us and donate a set of their Pinstadium that was amazing on WOZ all weekend! We also receive support from Tiltcycle, Pinball Life, ColorDMD Seattle Pinball Super League and last but not least Stern Pinball as part of the PRO CIRCUIT.
Pinball Tim, our best local EM tech provided us support and a game this year.

The banner can go back in storage, we will see you next year!
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