2025 Pincinnati Mega Matchplay Qualifying Rd 20 and Finals
Pincinnati Mega Matchplay Round 20 qualifying finale with Cheetah gameplay and finals preview.
2025 Pincinnati Mega Matchplay Qualifying Rd 20 and Finals
Synopsis
ChuckWurt provides live tournament commentary for the final qualifying round (Round 20) of the 2025 Pincinnati Mega Matchplay at Holiday Inn Eastgate in Cincinnati, featuring gameplay on Cheetah pinball with detailed rule explanations, Swiss-paired bracket competition with 138 players across 40 arenas, and standings that show Preston Curry leading with 108 points, with 40 players advancing to finals and an 86-point tiebreaker cutoff.
Highlights
- This is Round 20, the final round of qualifying for Pincinnati Mega Matchplay
- The tournament has 138 players competing on 40 different arena setups
- Preston Curry is leading with 108 points after 20 qualifying rounds (perfect would be 140)
- Top 40 players advance to A-division finals; cutoff is 86 points with a tiebreaker
- Cheetah pinball is set up with unusually difficult configurations by the operator Eric
- Cheetah code in use is updated/modified from standard
- Finals will continue tomorrow after tonight's break; gauntlet tournament also scheduled for tomorrow
- Ripley won women's finals, with Valencia second, Jay Denim third, and the speaker fourth
- IFPA has a rule (either in effect now or coming soon) prohibiting single-ball playoff formats
- Commentators have been on stream for approximately 9+ hours today and 10+ hours yesterday
Notable quotes
“Can you outrun the cheetah of cheetah pinball?”
“This entire game is going to be two and a half minutes long. And then we're going to go find another one.”
“Preston Curry out in front with 108 points. Really good. Huge. Well done. Perfect score is 140.”
“I I keep saying it over and over again. If you are in Cincinnati, come down to Cincinnati.”
“Everybody who's having the day of their life is all playing together. Um, and then, oh, I have to interact with I wonder if anybody ran into the Swiss Acorus. The Swiss the old Swiss throughout this tournament. They flew too close to the sun.”
“If you don't sweep those upper upper targets it's going to be real hard to get it back up there to get that last one.”
“It's a I've heard it's been pretty mean this weekend.”
“Two points difference in that entire page.”
“It's my favorite weekend of the year. You all are welcome. And also, I will do it every single time. Every single time.”
“Yeah, this is the last round. Uh, so we had 20 rounds of qualifying.”
Entities
- Pincinnati Mega Matchplay· event
- Cheetah· game
- IFPA· organization
- Andy Lee· person
- Andy Rosa· person
- Carlton Floyd· person
- ChuckWurt· person
- Eric· person
- Evan Bingham· person
- Jared Echelman· person
- Jay Denim· person
- Justin· person
- Nolan Liam· person
- Preston Curry· person
- Ripley· person
- Ryan McQuaid· person
- Scooter· person
- Shawn Davis· person
- Sterling Mosska· person
- Steven Bowen· person
- Valencia· person
- Holiday Inn Eastgate· venue
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