IFPA and Stern Army winners for Jaws!
The IFPA and Stern Army organized the Jaws Global Leaderboard for October 2024!
We’re happy to announce the winners from this contest! Please email ifpapinball@gmail.com for details on how to redeem your prize.
IFPA’s Player of the Month/Biggest Movers for September 2024!
Here are the September 2024 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:
Player of the Month:
Escher Lefkoff from soon to be Australia (1209.90 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Stephanie Traub from Washington, DC (83.37 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)
Biggest Movers:
Phil Redmon from West Sacramento, CA (+27,404 spots)
Weston Higgins from Colorado Springs, CO (+17,436 spots)
Chris Rummel from Fargo, ND (+17,384 spots)
These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2024. Congrats to everyone!
Fort Wayne Pinball Wizard’s World Arcade – October 2024 update
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HYBRID Best Game – New Event Class for 2025
The IFPA will be introducing a new class of the Best Game qualifying format called HYBRID Best Game in 2025. To be eligible for this class of format, the tournament must allow a specific number of limited entries which will be based on the number of machines available for qualifying at the tournament. This entry number must be 4X the number of machines available to be played. For example, if the tournament utilizes 10 machines in qualifying, players must be limited to 40 entries to be eligible. This number of entries is regardless of how many games count towards the qualifying standings.
Tournaments that run a HYBRID Best Game qualifying format with a minimum 20 hours of qualifying time, will have those qualifying games counted at 3X value (12% increase to TGP for each game included in the qualifying standings).
HYBRID Best Game is meant to combat players ‘buying their way’ into finals. We feel qualifying under these HYBRID Best Game conditions is a better test of skill than UNLIMITED Best Game while also helping to address the advantages players get through their increased opportunity/privilege at these UNLIMITED Best Game events.
For purposes of Certified rules for 2025 we will be adding HYBRID Best Game to the eligible format list, along with updating the requirements for LIMITED Best Game:
- LIMITED → Minimum 5 games count, 20 hours of qualifying, entry total must be at least 2X the amount of machines being used (4% TGP per game played)
- HYBRID → Minimum 5 games count, 20 hours of qualifying, entry total must be exactly 4X the amount of machines being used (12% TGP per game played)
These changes will be included in the WPPR v6.1 update that is planned for the 2025 season.
Turner Pinball – Ninja Eclipse Almost Sold Out!
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The team from Turner Pinball just returned from the Chicago Pinball Expo where they had four Ninja Eclipse games available for play. The game received an overwhelming response at the show, and the 100 unit limited run is nearly sold out!
Turner Pinball is offering LE level features at just $6,994. If you are interested in getting one before they are gone, visit: https://turnerpinball.com/games
All the machines at the show went home with customers and more games are being built and shipped each week. Based on current orders, new purchases are estimated to ship in March 2025.
Check out what folks are saying about this great game and get yours while you can! Here are some quotes from the Pinside hype thread…
“Ninja Eclipse was the ONLY game at the show I kept coming back to over the 3 days I was there.”
– mnpinball
“I was hearing a ton of good buzz surrounding this game all over the show. Seemed like it was
extremely well liked by almost everyone I talked to or overheard talking about it.”
– Haymaker
“For a new in box machine, I think it’s the best bang for the buck right now.”
– Mr68
“Anyone on the fence about this game should not be. All of the NE games on the floor have been
holding up extremely well despite being constantly played.”
– Charlemagne1987
“Just wait until you guys see how this frame and playfield glass system works. I was so blown away
that if he offered a kit to retrofit other machines, I would buy one for every game in my lineup.”
– drtone
“Got a good 20+ games in over yesterday and today at the expo. Can say without a doubt I’m super
happy I put my pre-order in months ago.”
– taberlong
2023 Stern Pro Circuit Championship – LIVE Results!
Announcing details for the 2025 Texas Pinball Festival Wizards Tournament!
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For many years, the Texas Pinball Festival’s Wizards Tournament has been one of the premier IFPA sanctioned pinball tournaments. For 2025, we are thrilled to announce that we have changed the format to give the players exactly what they have been asking for!
The 2025 Texas Pinball Festival Wizards Tournament will be a “Group Matchplay” style tournament split into two groups, an early group and a late group.
This gives four unique benefits that players have wanted and asked for:
- No time wasted waiting in lines
- Direct “Social” play in group setting
- Being split into two groups, early and late, all players will have time to see the rest of the Texas Pinball Festival.
- Minimizes impact when/if machine malfunctions occur
Tournament entries for the Texas Wizards Tournament must be purchased in advance of the show in our online store. TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE ON NOVEMBER 2, 2024 AT NOON.
In addition to being a Stern Pro Circuit event, the Texas Wizards Tournament qualifies as an “IFPA Certified PLUS” tournament, meaning that its WPPR values will receive a 50% boost over normal points earned. Because the base TGP value of TPF Wizards in 2025 will be 200%, the boosted total value will be 300%, more than EVER before! Get ready for some Texas-Sized WPPRs.
Thank you for you continued support and feedback.
Your tournament officials:
Elizabeth Dronet
Ken Kemp
Kevin Stone
Louis Marx
Stern Pro Circuit – Final Call for 2025 Applications – deadline October 31st
We announced back in August the opportunity for tournament organizers to add themselves to the eligibility list for inclusion on the Stern Pro Circuit for the 2025 season. Organizers have until October 31, 2024 to apply. Click HERE for those details.
This will be the last warning to organizers to get your application into the IFPA before the end of the month.
Currently here is the top 5 list as it stands at the moment for events to be added to the Stern Pro Circuit next season:
1 D82 Summer Pinball Classic (139.89 WPPR average)
2 PAPA World Championship (121.60 WPPR average)
3 Starfighters SPF (114.76 WPPR average)
4 Pinburgh (107.28 WPPR average)
5 Cactus Jack’s Silverball Showdown (99.24 WPPR average)
Please note this list can change based on events that apply before the deadline.
