Metallica Launch Party Results

July 12, 2013

At long last, here are the sorta-highly-anticipated results.

Our Novice Champion, as well as top female player, was Echa Schneider of the Radio Pinball Union. Echa won TWO plaques and TWO translites. Now that Echa has won a novice event, she is no longer eligible to play in novice!

NOVICE FINAL Results:

1. Echa Schneider

2. Chris Harkins

3. Kenley Fritts

4. Erin Ray

5. Ashley Woodworth

6. Brian Berry

7. Kenny Smith

8. Matt Talley

(Jeff Fehervahi qualified for Novice but left. First alternate Matt Willmarth also left. Finally Kenny Smith was selected after several attempts to find an alternate).

In Expert action, the final match came down to O.G. legend Neil Shatz (NES) and PAPA 2011 World Champion Andrei Massenkoff (ANM). It’s always awesome watching these two guys throw down since their styles could not be more different. Andrei plays a fast, loose “flow” style while Neil is a surgeon who controls the ball with unbelievable finesse and patience. Which Pinball-Fu style would prove to be more powerful?

Neil was playing in the 3rd position and Andrei was 4th, giving Andrei the advantage since he knew the score to beat and could adjust his strategy going into his final ball. Neil finished his game with a solid but beatable 42 Million. Andrei looked like he was settling into a groove to overtake him but came up just a few million short. CONGRATS TO NEIL SHATZ!

On to the results. There were two games in the tournament. Top 6 from each game played in the Expert Final, while the next 4 from each group who qualified for Novice moved on to the Novice Final. Placement for the remaining players alternated between Game 1 and Game 2, with the starting position (13th) going to the Game that had the highest qualifying score overall. Note that per IFPA rules, Novice Finals do not affect overall tournament placement or ranking points awarded.

	Player	Qualifying	Quarter-Final	Semi Final	Final
GRAND CHAMPION	Neil Shatz	52,314,230	67,222,110	31,536,800	42,196,270
2	Andrei Massenkoff	53,915,360	32,691,930	103,288,440	36,674,150
3	Dylan Joliffe	14,826,870	34,912,980	25,037,750	15,032,570
4	Jim Vierra	26,337,970	46,984,930	18,390,440	5,625,320
5	Tony Martineleh	27,248,640	22,149,910	14,964,080
6	Eugene Gerhstein	24,547,280	18,589,390	10,793,590
7	Per Schwarzenberger	21,965,280	26,929,890	3,562,750
8	Chris Lindboe	28,458,710	21,284,290	3,304,920
9	Josh Lehan	31,558,520	15,357,960
10	Gene Hwang	37,908,250	8,888,970
11	Devon Kelly	31,941,280	5,068,670
12	Josh Warren	42,582,910	5,006,980
13	Echa Schneider	25,889,790
14	Brian Berry	14,078,740
15	Chris Harkins	23,095,540
16	Ashley Woodward	13,673,520
17	Erin Ray	22,623,900
18	Jeff Fehervari	13,150,980
19	Matthew Talley	20,379,520
20	TJ Beyer	12,298,490
21	Damien Charlety	18,656,650
22	Kenley Fritts	9,984,630
23	Matt Willmarth	16,868,280
24	David Lee	7,665,500
25	Mike Hafner	16,278,780
26	Kenny Smith	7,100,100
27	Noah Boyes	15,365,780
28	Glenn Bedford	6,914,720
29	Mitch Tunick	15,183,650
30	Mike Wallace	6,319,900
31	Marc Marasco	14,354,300
32	Charlie Shaw	6,125,650
33	Dexter Dong	13,864,130
34	Gerald Hacket	5,644,920
35	Walter Hurwitz	11,942,090
36	Eric Wagonsonner	5,465,670
37	Francisco Grajales	7,667,590
38	Matt Andreikin	5,457,590
39	Erin Griffin	6,806,200
40	Dylan Eichenbaum	5,113,470
41	Chris Couteir	4,883,490
42	Marc Lucio	4,459,770
43	Darren Ensley	4,401,280
44	Kaila Angello	4,372,820
45	Jon Olkowski	4,096,030
46	Alex Samonte	4,142,130
47	Cary Carmichael	3,962,240
48	John Laughtman	3,903,460
49	Molly Reisman	3,303,660
50	Jeremy Travis	3,852,810
51	Chris Heilig	3,204,290
52	Andreas Pedersen	3,530,630
53	Bill Davido	2,630,000
54	Zachary Taylor	3,279,340
55	Elias Zamaria	2,940,220
56	Veronica Setter	1,195,570
57	Andrea Johnson	2,741,010

3 Comments

Jonny 0 permalink*

July 15, 2013 8:31 pm

I know you’d never do that. I’m sure you’re right and I just forgot in the moment. What was the reason I gave you at PAGG? You must have won/done something I’m just not remembering.
Jeff Fehervari permalink

July 15, 2013 10:54 am

Johnny, thanks for the honorable mention and for another well-run tourney. Congrats to Neil and Andrei.

Note that I certainly wasn’t trying to snub the event by leaving early (!) — you mentioned at PAGG that I was no longer eligible for novice status. Otherwise, I would have gladly stayed and played.
Josh Lehan permalink

July 12, 2013 1:58 pm

Nice. Consistency is hard to achieve. This format rewards consistency, because each game is do or die.