The tournament will be using a HERB style (best score format) with unlimited qualifying attempts using PAPA position/rank scoring (1st 200, 2nd 190, 3rd 189, 188, 187 …), using Drains Tournament Software
Those that compete in the YEGPIN Match Play Championship are automatically registered, a maximum of (40) drop in registrants.
Ticket sales end 9:00 PM sharp on Saturday.
Qualifying can be attempted anytime during tournament hours on Thursday – Saturday, but you must be available to show up for Sunday if you qualify for the playoff round.
This tournament will have it’s own dedicated 15 machines for the weekend. The best score from seven (7) different machines will count towards your total points to determine your standing.
All division restrictions are the same as the YEGPIN: Match Play Championships.
No tiebreakers, the tiebreaker will be broken with the highest score on qualified machines (1st 200, 2nd 190, 3rd 189, 188, 187 …).
Finals start at 8:00AM on Sunday, please check the standings in each division if you qualified and be prepared to play on Sunday afternoon. No substitutes will be allowed in the playoff rounds, no shows will forfeit any winnings.
If there is a malfunction, the tournament director reserves the right to include a machine from the proper era from the YEGPIN Match Play or Free Play Area to fill in the banks for playoffs.
All rules are based off of the IFPA sanctioned full competition ruleset found on the Professional & Amateur Pinball Association website.
**NEW** The playoff rounds will be in a 3 game match play style, 4,2,1,0 PAPA scoring.
There will be 4 banks of machines (2 Solid State, 1 EM), the order of picking the bank of play with be A, B, Novice, at most two groups can play on any bank. The player that chooses the bank cannot pick the same bank twice during the entire playoff round.
The top 28 players will make the playoffs in the A division. The top 8 in B and top 4 in Novice will qualify for the finals.