Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball From: dstewart+@cs.cmu.edu (David B Stewart) Subject: unofficial IFPA-AMOA Tournament Results Date: Mon, 24 May 1993 21:44:23 GMT I was at the 3rd Annual IFPA-AMOA International Pinball Tournament, held at the Grand Milwaukee Hotel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 21-23, 1993. Below are the results and a few other comments about the tournament. The results are taken from what was posted, and is not an official compilation. An official compilation will be released by the IFPA within the month. Notes ===== The games of the tournament were Twilight Zone by Bally/Midway, Dracula by Williams, Jurassic Park by Data East, and Tee'd Off by Gottlieb/Premier. There were 25 of each in the ballroom. Except for Mixed Doubles qualification, all matches were best 2 out of 3. The mixed doubles qualification was the first event and best 3 out of 5, and organizers quickly realized that there would never be enough time to finish the tournament. So all other rounds, including the mixed doubles finals, were best 2 out of 3. A coin toss was performed at the beginning of a match. The winner chose the machine to play, and went first. The loser of the first game chose the 2nd game to play from one of the other 3 machines available, and went first on that game. If a tie-breaker was needed, then a coin toss was performed. The winner picks a card from a bucket, which tells them which manufacturer's game to play for the tie breaker. In qualifications, it could be any of the four machines. In the finals, the rules were updated [for the better, I might add!], and the tie breaking game had to be one of the two that wasn't already played. Because of complaints about random features that could not be disabled in Dracula, the organizers gave the option to not play Dracula for a tie-breaking match if both players agreed. If the players did not agree, then whoever won the coin toss to start gets final say as to whether Dracula is used or not [and I personally thought this was unfair, but that was the organizer's ruling when the situation came up in one of my matches]. These are a few notes about the setup of the machines used in the tournament. - All games were 3 balls, with extra balls disabled. - All games had custom "IFPA" ROMs; they all had 'normal' settings with some randomized features disabled. - Twilight Zone had only 2 balls in the gumball machine, and 5-ball LITZ. - Twilight Zone's slot machine always gave out "Light Gumball" as the first award, then gave the next unlit award going clockwise along the door panel. The Odd change was still random, though, with values ranging from 20 to 10M. - Tee'd Off Mystery always added 5M to bonus. The GOPHER wheel was disabled. The 'find the gopher' round always found the gopher upon hitting the first strobbing light. EB target was 25M. - Dracula played just like the L-1 ROM machine I have played, with a very random mystery award and all. - Jurassic Park gave 10M for EB and Special. Only 1 jackpot is required to light up CHAOS for the first time (rule sheet says you need to get both of them). Most everything else is described in the rule sheets, which were posted previously in this newsgroup. Prizes ====== There were lots of beautiful LARGE trophies given for the top 2 to 4 winners of each division, and plaques for all other finalists. The prize money for each winner is listed along with the results below. With the double elimination format, the 1st to 4th positions were detemined uniquely; then 5th and 6th, 7th and 8th, 9th-12th, and 13th-16th were always ties respectively, and thus given the same prizes. Other Miscellaneous Notes ========================= Unfortunately, for some of the Double's divisions, I could not get the player names for many of the teams; as the results were posted by team name only. I'll list them here even though they might be meaningless to many of you; but if you were there and played against one or more of the teams, you'll know who they are. Someone that knows the names of the people on each team might want to update these results. For some of the divisions, the results weren't even posted, so I listed only as much as I know. There were several participants from around the world, including U.S.A., Canada, Japan, Netherlands, France, and Australia (sorry if I missed any others). Some of these people did qualify; If not from the U.S., I listed the country beside the prize winner's name. Pinmaster Singles ================= 1. $(640) Rick Stetta 2. $(470) Jason Wendrick 3. $(370) Kenji Ishi (Japan) 4. $(230) Lyman Sheats 5. $(150) Rick Miller 5. $(150) Cadene Gauthier (France) 7. $(75) Paul Madison 7. $(75) Jim Van Blarcom Open Singles ============ 1. $(560) Jim Roberts 2. $(420) Mike Wiley 3. $(280) Paul Champion 4. $(200) Dave Swearingreen 5. $(140) Keith Johnson 5. $(140) Pat Maso 7. $(100) Gennady Liviatan 7. $(100) Brian Severtson 9. $(75) Kevin Martin 9. $(75) Matt Bright 9. $(75) Kenneth Sawyer 9. $(75) Jim Marascalo 13. $(50) Erik Rentmeester 13. $(50) Scott Bright 13. $(50) Dan Farris 16. $(50) Brian Dominy [no-show in finals] Women's Singles =============== 1. $(280) Theresa Dery 2. $(210) Julia Sleyton 3. $(140) Kris Nagle 4. $(70) Jeri Lock Manufacturer's Singles ====================== 1. $(???) John Norris (Gottlieb) 2. $(???) (someone from Data East Japan) Pinmaster Doubles ================= 1. $(600) AKA-Onies (Japan) [Kenji Ishi & Naoki Masula] 2. $(450) Timezone Masters [David Hegge & Robert Mackintosh (Australia)] 3. $(300) Team 2048 [Kevin Martin & Keith Johnson] 4. $(150) Combo Shots Open Doubles ============ 1. ($550) Spherical Frenzys 2. ($430) Double D's 3. ($230) Wizard from OZ 4. ($140) Wackers 5. ($125) Cry Babies 5. ($125) Superior Amusements 7. ($75) BS'ers 7. ($75) Salem Smokers Women's Doubles =============== 1. ($300) Deadwood Dudettes [Julie Smith & Kris Nagle] 2. ($170) Sleyton & Dery [Julia Sleyton & Theresa Dery] 3. ($130) Pinettes [Doreen Lucht & Bev Anderson] Mized Doubles ============= [The Mixed Doubles results weren't posted, so all I know are the first and 2nd place teams.] 1. ($400) Sleyton & Sheats [Julia Sleyton & Lyman Sheats] 2. ($300) Dagwood Duo [Kris Nagle & Phil Brown] 3. ($200) 4. $(100) 5-6. $(60) 7-8. $(30) Manufacturer's Doubles ====================== [Sorry, I don't know. Results weren't posted] High Scores for each Game ========================= [winners got an IFPA T-shirt for each high score. High scores are for tournament play only; all practice games excluded.] Twilight Zone Men: Lyman Sheats 1,555,772,420 Women: Adena 395,878,500 Dracula Men: Fred Richardson 2,267,472,600 Women: Wendi Jankawitz 236,661,750 Jurassic Park Men: Leo Danils 794,233,700 Women: Julie Smith 266,015,840 Tee'd Off Men: Lyman Sheats 6,068,615,260 Women: Theresa Dery 544,000,000 [Note Lyman's performance on Tee'd Off; the 2nd highest score on that machine was about 2B, only 1/3rd of that 6B score]. I'm sure that within the next few weeks you'll be getting lots more comments about this tournament, as the participants finally make their way back to their computer terminals. All in all, I *really* enjoyed the tournament It was great to get the opportunity to put faces to many of the names I regularly see on r.g.p. I'm definitely planning on returning next year. And no, I did not qualify this time. Dave Hollinsworth and I were one win away from qualifying for Open Doubles, but then suffered to successive losses to knock us out. And I messed up one match, and got unlucky in another in my Open Singles effort, and thus got knocked out after the 4th round. Oh well, wait till next tournament :-). And finally, my congratulations and thanks to all the tournament organizers: the tournament ran extremely smoothly and if anything went wrong, we didn't notice, so that means you did a great job! ~dave P.S. I wish there existed an arcade with the kind of tech. support we had at the tournament! :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David B. 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