Quick Overview

Players compete in head to head matches over 3 hours.
The top 4 players at the completion of the 3 hours will play off in a best of 3 games, 4 player matchplay final




Format Details

Qualifying

First, each machine is randomly assigned two players. The remaining players are placed in one central queue
When a match is completed: - both players return to the tournament directors desk to record result - the loser stays on the machine they just played, unless he/she has lost twice consecutively, in which case the winner stays on - the other player goes to the rear of the queue - the player at the front of the queue moves up to compete against the player staying on the machine
At the end of 3 hours no more games may start. Ties will be broken by the most wins.
Extra balls turned off when possible
All rulings and malfunctions will be based on the rules for the IFPA World Pinball Championship


Finals

Best of 3 games, 4 player matchplay final
Machines chosen at random
Highest seed chooses playing position first, second seed second etc
On subsequent games the person with the lowest score from the previous game chooses playing position first, then second lowest score etc
7/5/3/1 scoring