Free4All IV took place on Saturday April 24, 2021. After having worked out the way to do a digital Free4All with last year’s horror Free4All, the competition returned after having been delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Five competitors from each of the eight factions competed for a title shot, with the MVP also earning three points for their faction.
The competition went down like this:
ROUND 1
Ethan Erwin (The Usual Suspects), Saul (The Den), The Barbarian (The Finstock Exchange), Bradley Tingle (SWAG), William Bibbiani (The Quirky Mercs)
Eliminated: Saul
ROUND 2
Erwin, Adam Collins (KOrruption), The Barbarian, Tingle, Bibbiani
Eliminated: Tingle
ROUND 3
Erwin, Collins, The Barbarian, Robert Parker (The Dungeon), Bibbiani
Eliminated: The Barbarian, Parker
ROUND 4
Erwin, Collins, Marc Andreyko (The Stars), Dan Murrell (The Dungeon), Bibbiani
Eliminated: Erwin, Collins, Andreyko, Murrell
ROUND 5
Eric Zipper (SWAG), Griffin Newman (The Finstock Exchange), Jesse Swift (The Quirky Mercs), Marc Edward Heuck (KOrruption), Bibbiani
Eliminated: Zipper
ROUND 6
VIDEODREW (The Dungeon), Newman, Swift, Heuck, Bibbiani
Eliminated: Swift
ROUND 7
VIDEODREW, Newman, JTE (The Finstock Exchange), Heuck, Bibbiani
Eliminated: VIDEODREW
ROUND 8
Ben Goddard (The Den), Newman, JTE, Heuck, Bibbiani
Eliminated: Goddard, JTE, Heuck
ROUND 9
Liz Shannon Miller (The Usual Suspects), Newman, Jacoby Bancroft (The Stars), Vinnie Mancuso (SWAG), Bibbiani
Eliminated: Mancuso
ROUND 10
Miller, Newman, Bancroft, Jacob Blunden (KOrruption), Bibbiani
Eliminated: Miller, Newman, Bancroft, Bibbiani
ROUND 11
Alonso Duralde (The Den), Beth May (The Quirky Mercs), Jeff Sneider (The Stars), Blunden, Ben Bateman (The Dungeon)
Eliminated: Duralde, May
ROUND 12
Peggy Gubbins (The Den), Brendan Meyer (The Quirky Mercs), Sneider, Blunden, Bateman
Eliminated: Gubbins
ROUND 13
John Rocha (The Finstock Exchange), Meyer, Sneider, Blunden, Bateman
Eliminated: Blunden
ROUND 14
Rocha, Meyer, Sneider, Mara Knopic (The Dungeon), Bateman
Eliminated: Rocha, Meyer, Sneider
ROUND 15
Stacy Howard (The Usual Suspects), Frankie Alvarez (The Usual Suspects), Marisol McKee (KOrruption), Knopic, Bateman
Eliminated: Howard, Knopic
ROUND 16
Kimberly Taylor-Foster (The Finstock Exchange), Alvarez, McKee, Paul Oyama (SWAG), Bateman
Eliminated: Alvarez, McKee
ROUND 17
Taylor-Foster, Paige Frabetti (The Usual Suspects), Paul Preston (The Den), Oyama, Bateman
Eliminated: Frabetti
ROUND 18
Taylor-Foster, Mike Kalinowski (KOrruption), Preston, Oyama, Bateman
Eliminated: Taylor-Foster
ROUND 19
Sabrina Ramirez (The Quirky Mercs), Kalinowski, Preston, Oyama, Bateman
Eliminated: Ramirez
ROUND 20
Jeannine the Machine (The Stars), Kalinowski, Preston, Oyama, Bateman
Eliminated: Kalinowski
ROUND 21
Jeannine, Jen Kempe (The Stars), Preston, Oyama, Bateman
Eliminated: Jeannine, Preston
ROUND 22
Alex Damon (The Stars), Kempe, ZaFlertinFlouse, Oyama, Bateman
Eliminated: Damon, ZaFlertinFlouse
ROUND 23
Kempe, Oyama, Bateman
Eliminated: Kempe
ROUND 24
Oyama, Bateman
Eliminated: Bateman
WINNER: PAUL OYAMA
Oyama now has a title shot to use in any division and joked that it would be in the Star Wars division. Seriously though, he said that he will be taking his time to think about it and will not make the decision without thought.
Four of the Schmoedown staff deliberated and came to the agreement that the moment of the match was Jacob Blunden clearing the table in round 10.
The MVP of the Free 4 All IV was Ben Bateman after he lasted all the way to the end and scored over 50 total points in the competition.
This was a fun event and it was great to see the Free 4 All back. Looking forward to the next one!
