This is a monthly pinball tournament and will be held on the 4th Saturday of each month at a different location in Kitsap county.
Tournament details:
- The entry fee is $5. All entry fees will be paid out in full to the top 8 finishers.
- Location pot splash TBD.
- Sign-ups begin at 2:00 PM and the tournament starts at 2:30 PM.
- This tournament is worth IFPA points (WPPRs). IFPA fees will be paid by the location. If at least 16 players sign up, this tournament will generate 104% TGP value.
Qualifying format:
- 6 rounds of group matchplay using 4 (or 3) player groups using IFPA scoring (7-5-3-1).
- Player pairing will be tiered Swiss, which will start balanced and gradually start to pair people with similar points.
- Arena draws will use matchplay.events “Balanced” setting, which attempts to maximize the number of unique machines played.
- In the event of a tie to make finals, the tie-breaker will be determined by the player with the most 1st place finishes, followed by the most 2nd place finishes, etc.
Finals format:
- The top 8 players (4 if fewer than 16 in qualifying) will advance to a Double Elimination bracket playing best-of-3 games per round. Seeding is determined by qualifying order.
- The first 2 machines will be selected by the higher seed using a "bank" system. These first 2 games may be played simultaneously (top seed is player 1 on game 1 and player 2 on game 2). If one player wins both games, they have won the round and advance to the next.
- Otherwise, the lower seed chooses a 3rd game (any machine that isn't currently being played) to decide the winner of the round.
- The loser moves down to the "losers" bracket or is eliminated if already playing in the "losers" bracket.
- For rounds after round 1, the top seed (original seed from qualifying) of each matchup must choose a bank they have not chosen (or defer), unless all other banks are being played. Waiting for other games to finish will not be allowed.
- Winner and loser brackets will run concurrently, and all matchups should be started as soon as both players have finished their previous round.
Runaway score rule may be enforced by tournament director during qualifying rounds if a game is playing long. In this situation, the player with the runaway score will be asked to drain their remaining balls. If any other player reaches that score during the game, then both players will receive the maximum points for that round.