Results 2004

March 30th, 2004
Stockholms ?ppna M?sterskap (The Stockholm Open Championships)

On Saturday, February 28th 2004, the tournament Stockholms ?ppna M?sterskap (Stockholm Open Championship) took place at Lasergame. The cr?me de la cr?me of Sweden's pinball players all attended with the mission to once and for all settle who was the ultimate champion, as well as battle for the 1st prize, a No Fear pinball machine! The pinball machines used for the tournament were mostly the same as were used for the previous evening's party, i.e. Totan, TAF, AFM, SS, IJ, I500, TZ, Dr Who, DM, CV, ToM, and WCS. All of them were set on tournament mode, without extra balls.

The 44 players were seeded into six groups where they met each other twice. From each group, the two best players advanced to the quarterfinals. The winners of the quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals, and finally there was a grand battle for the 1st prize among the last four players. A few unexpected events from the quarterfinals: the pinball queen from G?vle, Helena (YOO) Walter, lost after failing to charm Dr Who. Svante (SVE) Ericsson managed to send Jorian (JOE) Engelbrektsson packing, even though he's attended Pinburgh with honor, but Jorian lost on Totan no less. Another fan favourite, Karl (KGB) Brostr?m, who came in at 4th place at PAPA '98, was defeated in the quarterfinals in spite of all his super jackpots on IJ.

The scores in the semi finals:

Group N (semi), games CV, TZ and TAF
Victor TFF H?kansson: 2 3 0, total 5p, 3rd place
Patrik PAL Bodin: 3 1 1, total 5p, 2nd place
Linus S P Jorenbo: 0 0 2, total 2p, 4th place
Mats MCR Runsten: 1 2 3, total 6p, 1st place

In group N, TFF started off strongly and set the pace, while both S P and MCR at first got left behind in the dust. But then MCR managed to Tour the Mansion on TAF on the first ball, and upped the ante for the rest of the players. TFF failed to crawl his way back up to the top and finally ended up third.


Group M (semi), games TOM, AFM and SS
Per "APB" Holknekt: 3 1 1, total 5p, 3rd place
Stellan "S B" Blomqvist: 1 0 0, total 1p, 4th place
Stefan "FEZ" Andersson: 2 3 2, total 7p, 1st place
Fredrik "F L" Lindberg: 0 2 3, total 5p, 2nd place

The first player in Group M, Per APB Holknekt, were also #1 on ToM. The reigning Swedish Champion, Stellan "Dr Flipper" Blomqvist, was just a pale shadow of his usual self, while Stefan FEZ Andersson played like a machine. The audience fully expected a hair-raising shoot out on SS, but all the players "choked" simultaneously, and APB missed the opportunity to advance to the finals due to a failed crate shot in the duel against Fredrik L.


The battle in the finals for the 1st prize went down between Fredrik (F L) Lindberg, Mats (MCR) Runsten, Patrik (PAL) Bodin and Stefan (FEZ) Andersson and the games were Cirqus Voltaire, Attack from Mars and Twilight Zone. The players received points based on their scores, with the winner getting 3 points, and whoever ends up in last place received 0 points. It was close to midnight and the day was starting to take its toll on the remaining combatants.


Results:

Cirqus Voltaire Score and Total
1st Mats Runsten 3 3
2nd Fredrik Lindberg 2 2
3rd Stefan Andersson 1 1
4th Patrik Bodin 0 0

The winning score was just 80M.


Attack from Mars Score and Total
1st Fredrik Lindberg 3 5
2nd Mats Runsten 2 5
3rd Stefan Andersson 1 2
4th Patrik Bodin 0 0

Everybody had a mediocre start but Fredrik took a firm lead starting with his second ball, after scoring more than 20B on his first (!) Total Annihilation. MCR tried to catch up with his third ball but had to settle for 2nd place with a score of 28B. This wasn't enough to threaten Fredrik, who ended up with 45B.


Twilight Zone Score and Total
1st Fredrik Lindberg 3 8
2nd Stefan Andersson 2 4
3rd Mats Runsten 1 6
4th Patrik Bodin 0 0

Fredrik had a sweet set up for the final game as it was only MCR who could challenge him for the 1st place, and only on the condition that he won and Fredrik ended up as #3 or less. But Fredrik nailed it with a LITZ on the first ball. MCR, usually on good terms with TZ, was cursed with a bad road map and failed to find anything but bumpers, and that sealed the deal.


The winners were:
1st Fredrik Lindberg
2nd Mats Runsten
3rd Stefan Andersson
4th Patrik Bodin

Fredrik won a No Fear pinball machine and Mats a Game Boy Advance including Pokemon Pinball. Stefan and Patrik were handsomely rewarded with LOTR translites and a selection of other Stern products.