Northwest Pinball Championships 2024

hisokajp · March 22, 2024, 4:55am

This year we are returning with TWO MASSIVE IFPA CERTIFIED+ events (potential 300% total value), part of 5 total IFPA events across the weekend.

We also continue to be part of the Stern Pro Circuit
https://sternpinball.com/stern-pro-circuit

2024 updated changes:
CLASSIC has an expanded bank of 8 games while using CARD system to reduce the queue and increase variety of games.
WOMEN qualifying opens on Thursday from 5-8PM to make the 20 hours of qualification and 2x the qualifiers TGP!

Details:
NW Pinball Championships 2024
August 22nd to 25th (Qualifying Thu 5-8pm for Women, Fri noon-midnight / Sat 10am-midnight, Finals Saturday for Women’s and Classic, Sunday for Open and High stake tournaments)

Registration (limited to 140 players max) will open on 6/1 at Noon Pacific on the website.

100% of the tournament tickets/cards money is paid back to the players as prizes, topped with generous contributions from our sponsors. Over $32,000 was paid out in prize last year (including trophies)!

We are continuing to receive great feedback about our new venue of the past 4 events and we are happy to announce we will be returning to the Lynnwood Bowl & Skate for 2024!

More at http://www.nwpinballchamps.com/

We take great pride in having an extremely dialed and enjoyable lineup and overall providing a world-class tournament experience.

The OPEN division qualifying will continue with the “card of 5 games” format this year, the top TOP 2 cards will now count toward your ranking. The bank will be 10 games.
The CLASSIC tournament qualifier will now be the “card of 4 games” format this year, the top TOP 2 cards will now count toward your ranking. The bank will be expanded to 8 games this year.
The WOMEN’s tournament qualifier will use the same format as the OPEN division, with a “card of 4 games” out of a bank of 6, TOP 2 cards will count.
The HIGH STAKE division will use the same format as the OPEN division, with a “card of 6 games” out of a bank of 5, TOP 2 cards count.
The SUNDAY REVENGE tournament will be a 4 player group Knockout tournament on the Classic bank.

For finals, a player cannot repeat the same machine pick across all the rounds in the finals. The tournament director will track the machine pick to make sure there is no repeated machine choice until that player picked all the games available.
All the games and position shall be picked by the players at the beginning of each rounds for all 3 games in that round.

We will be streaming the finals on Saturday and Sunday all day. We will also stream the qualifying on Friday and Saturday (depending on availability). All this thanks for our partnership with GeekGamer.TV

The Northwest Pinball Championships is open to players of all skill levels and ages. It is a multi-day qualifying tournament followed by a day of finals. During qualifying on Friday and Saturday players purchase cards for OPEN/HIGH STAKE (5 games per card), CLASSICS/WOMEN (4 games per card) to play on the tournament machines. Players may purchase as many cards as they like but there will be lots of opportunities for free tickets (Volunteering, pre-tournaments…).

To help us cover our location rental cost a $40 registration fee which will includes 1 free card for Classics division.

OPEN division cards (5 games per card) will be 1 for $20.
CLASSICS division cards (4 games per card) will be 1 for $15.
WOMEN’S division cards (4 games per card) will be 1 for $15.
HIGH STAKE division cards (5 games per card) will be 1 for $40.
The SUNDAY CONSOLATION event will be a Group Progressive 11 strike classic revenge tournament (0/1/2/3 strikes per group), limited to 40 players. $10 sign up, anyone is welcome (registered for NWPC main event or not), registration open at 10:30AM (first come first served), trophy for winner, pay out to top 4.

Combo #1 - 1 Open Card, 1 Classic Card, and 1 High Stakes Card for $70.
Combo #2 - 2 Open Cards, 2 Classic Cards, and 2 High Stakes Card for $130.

Each player’s best score on each machine is tracked in a computer and those scores are ranked against all the other competitor’s scores on that machine. Players then receive an aggregate of their machine rankings (on a card or through all their best individual tickets) to determine their overall qualifying position in their division.

Anyone making it to a final on Sunday will get cash prizes! All top 4 finalist will get trophy/plaques to take home!

There will also be several activities including charity drive, swag raffles and more…!

We will have more announcement in the future as well as the banks line up!

hisokajp · May 26, 2024, 5:36pm

Tickets for the event will be onsite starting Saturday June 1st at Noon Pacific time:

Tickets are limited to 140 players this year, please note it sold out pretty quickly last year. When sold out, please add yourself to the wait list.

cayle · May 27, 2024, 12:28am

ALL CONGO BANK! LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

BMU · May 27, 2024, 12:46am

Let’s at least make them different . . . one regular, one with lightning flippers, one with 2" flippers, one with banana flippers, one “high-gravity” with 8 degree pitch, one “moon game” with 5 degree pitch, one with the flippers wired cross-handed, one “sa-TILT-lite” game where hitting the satellite target tilts, etc. I know, Cayle, not what you had it mind, but it would be amusing in a non-tournament setting. Be fun to see who gets GC on which versions. Master of the Congo Multiverse? If anyone out there has access to 8 or 10 games of the same title, Congo or otherwise, it might be an entertaining side event to stream some day. How adaptable is everybody?

cayle · May 28, 2024, 1:45am

I am absolutely not opposed to that being the setup for World Champs

hisokajp · June 1, 2024, 6:16pm

Registration for Northwest Pinball Championships 2024 (8/23-25) OPENS in LESS than 1 hour, NOON PACIFIC TIME:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/seattlepinballservices/1271748

BMU · June 1, 2024, 7:02pm

Was wondering what the set-up will be this year with 8 classics games. Will you be putting those 8 plus the high-stakes bank in the back room as usual and restricting access to that room to people playing or “on deck”? Might be a bit crowded otherwise.

hisokajp · June 1, 2024, 7:26pm

it is still up in the air, we are trying to reach an agreement with the arcade games owner to compensate them and take some of that space.
The back up option is to add 2 more games in the existing classic room, bringing power from the outside and removing all chairs to reduce crowding/temperature inside-

hisokajp · August 1, 2024, 6:43pm

We are proud to reveal of Northwest Pinball Championships 2024 T-shirt! With the return of NWPC classic T-shirt designer, mister Cayle George!

We also want to confirm we have our pre-tournament being hosted at the Ice Box Arcade on Thursday August 22nd, details below:
NWPC 2024 PreTourney - The Ice Box | Facebook

GeekGamerTV · August 12, 2024, 11:01pm

Broadcast Schedule is now available!

Pick your preferred stream at: http://pinballontv.com

hisokajp · August 28, 2024, 5:31pm

Thank You for Your Incredible Support at the Northwest Pinball Championships 2024!

We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the individuals and players who made the Northwest Pinball Championships 2024 possible. Your unwavering support and trust in our event are what make it thrive!
We know there are many events you can chose to attend, and we want to deliver our best to in return for your time and money.

This year’s OPEN tournament boasted over 130 players for the 2nd year in a row.
Meanwhile our CLASSIC competitions, with the new adjusted format and the increase quantity of machines also had more then 130 players, making CERTIFIED+ status!
The WOMEN this year also had more competitors than last year, and a new schedule allowing 3 hours of qualifying on Thursday night. The updated format allowed for much higher WPPRs value, providing nearly double than last year.

The HIGH STAKES competition this year had over 50 players, continuing with the same format as last year, limited to the top 8 finalists.
The Revenge Sunday Classic tournament also saw enthusiastic participation, with a sold-out extended capacity of 48 players playing for prizes, WPPRs (World Pinball Player Rankings points), and a coveted trophy.

This year’s event recorded over 500 card entries in the OPEN tournament, over 550 in the Classic bank, over 200 in the Women’s division and over 130 cards in the High Stakes bank totaling approximately 7,500 games played over the weekend!
This is a similar results as 2023 which had around the same number of players and continue to show a staggering 3.8 games per minute from Friday to Sunday!

We extend special thanks to both our local players from the greater Seattle area and participants from Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Nevada, and more.

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and the growth in attendance, we awarded cash prizes totaling over $32,000 this year. We also covered all expenses such as trophies, plaques, rent, and moving costs with sponsorship putting all money spent by players in the tournament to the prize pool.

We eagerly welcome your feedback and comments to improve this event year after year. You can reach us at contact@seattlepinballservices.com. Additionally, we’ll be sending anonymous surveys to those interested in providing feedback. Our dedicated volunteers and limited resources drive our efforts, and we hope everyone had a fantastic time!

Our heartfelt appreciation goes out to our INCREDIBLE volunteers, sponsors, and partners. While we can’t list everyone by name, we want to express our gratitude to the core NWPC organizing team, our exceptional pinball moving team, those who manned the registration desk, scorekeepers, software developers, and all last-minute volunteers who stepped in to help. An estimated 430 hours from all the volunteers across the 5 days it takes to set up/run/tear down the event.

We’d like to give massive kudos to GeekGamer.TV, who returned for our fourth year and consistently provided professional-quality coverage, improving with each passing year.

We also owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to local collectors who loaned us their games for the event—your contributions are invaluable.

A HUGE THANK YOU goes to Lynnwood Bowl and Skate for hosting us this year. We received numerous compliments from players about the location and the staff’s hospitality. It’s hard to imagine running our event anywhere else now. They were exceptionally accommodating with our extended schedule, allowing us to add Women qualifying on Thursday.

The core NWPC team performed exceptionally well this year, with special commendation to Eden Stamm, who played a pivotal role in running the event. Ashley Weaver and Lonnie Langford extending their duties this year in helping to run the event. Richie Terry was missing for the due to a family joyous event, but he spent much time consolidating and preparing 10 of our event games at his house.

Last but not least, our sponsors have been instrumental in making this event possible. From local sponsors like 8-bit Arcade, Shorty’s, and Another Castle Arcade Edition: Edmonds, to Premium sponsors including The Ice Box Arcade, Admiral Pub West Seattle, Olaf’s, and Event sponsor Zen Studios, Captain’s Auction Warehouse, Jersey Jack Pinball, Flip N Out Pinball LLC, Comet Pinball, and American Pinball your support is greatly appreciated. Special mentions go to Stern Pinball, Spooky Pinball LLC, PinMonk, Marcos Pinball, Pinball Life, and Seattle Pinball Services as well!

As we stow away the banner for now, we look forward to seeing you all next year!