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Ep 4: Andreas Pedersen, The Best Tourney Format as a TD, & Streaming Tips From Home
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago56 min listenBy Jeff Teolis & Martin Robbins
Final Round Pinball Podcast Episode 4: Guest Andreas Pedersen, the best tourney format as a TD, & streaming tips from home Hosts Martin Robbins & Jeff Teolis discuss a variety of topics. – Andreas...
Highlights
- IFPA suspended endorsement of tournaments during COVID-19 to ease decision-making for tournament directors
- Group match play is the most popular tournament format on Matchplay software, with group strikes as second
- Andreas Pedersen developed Matchplay software because he was tired of waiting around during strikes tournaments and wanted Pinberg-style tournaments in San Francisco
- Flip Frenzy tournaments grew globally after Matchplay software added support for them
- Matchplay's user interface will be refactored in 2020 to simplify tournament creation for new organizers
- Venues are renting machines and selling equipment to maintain cash flow during COVID-19 lockdowns
- Pinberg-style tournaments require software to manage player pairings based on win-loss records
- Fair Strikes tournament format was developed by community discussion on Tilt Forums, not by Andreas Pedersen
Notable quotes
“Safety first, pinball can wait.”
“I developed match play because I had started playing competitive pinball and back in those days there was even more waiting around than there is these days”
“The development of Matchplay has always been very organic with the pinball community”
“Group match play format is by far the most popular tournament format on the match play software. But group strikes is a second.”
“I'll take the compliment then. Please do.”
“Learning how to play pinball amongst people like Andre Masenkov is just such a blessing because people like Andre are just so friendly at bringing you into the hobby”
“I just needed myself. It's hard to mention Pintips without mentioning the pinball spinner project from Corey.”
“The fact that it's like fast-paced, but has a set time limit is very compelling for me when I like to play on the weeknights”
Entities
- MGC· event
- NYC PC· event
- Pinberg· event
- TPF· event
- Final Round Pinball Podcast· organization
- IFPA· organization
- Tilt Forums· organization
- Andre Masenkov· person
- Andreas Pedersen· person
- Corey Hoops· person
- Ed Van Der Veen· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Josh Sharp· person
- Kiefer· person
- Martin Robbins· person
- Pierce Schwarzenberger· person
- Ryan C· person
- Matchplay· product
- Pinball Spinner· product
- Pintips.net· product
- Free Gold Watch· venue
- Melbourne Silver Bowl· venue
- Outer Orbit· venue
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