PATL 2024 - Pinball at the Lab - Match Play Classic!

HI all! Time to mark your calendars for Pinball at the LAB 2024!!

2-Day match-play tournament held at the RIVERSIDE GAME LAB, in downtown Riverside, Ca!
Sat Sept 21st and Sunday Sept 22nd…

IFPA sanctioned event! [www.ifpapinball.com ](http://www.ifpapinball.com/
PATL is also a Stern Pro Circuit event!

Maximum number of players @ this time is 120!
Registration coming soon and will be announced here.

Event Schedule:

Saturday, September 21

  • Check-in: 10:00-10:50am. Anyone not checked in by 10:50am will forfeit their tournament registration to players on the wait list.
  • Practice from 10:30am-11:00am.
  • Qualifying match play rounds start at 11:00am and continue until 11:00pm or until all finals slots are filled.
  • Dinner break from 5:00pm-6:00pm (or as close as possible)

Sunday, September 22

  • Playoffs begin at 10am

Entry Fee: WPPR rank 1-250: $120, rank 251+: $80
Refunds: There will be no refunds given for this event. Please only sign up if you plan on attending. Tickets are non-transferrable. Only the player name on the ticket will be allowed to participate in the event.

Game list: TBA

Qualification Rounds:
Players will be placed into four-player groups (occasionally three-player) to compete on an individual, randomly selected machine. Points will be awarded based upon performance on that machine (3/2/1/0) and added to a running total for the tournament.

A player qualifies for finals by reaching or passing a target value of 30 points at which point the player no longer competes in the qualification rounds.

Match play will continue until all available finals positions are filled. If the time allotted for match play expires prior to filling all finals positions, the remaining positions will be filled based upon rankings tabulated at the conclusion of the final match play round.

Final Rounds:
Top 24 go to ‘A’ finals, next 8 go to ‘B’ finals.
Players with WPPR rankings 1-250 will be restricted from playing in ‘B’ finals.
Players that placed 1st in ‘B’ at previous PATL tournaments will be restricted from playing in ‘B’ finals.
4 Player groups with the same scoring as the qualification rounds (3/2/1/0).

Project Pinball Side Tournament: Game and format TBA

We would love for you to join us!

Jim and Karl

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How can it be certified without top 24 advancing to the main finals? I’m guessing that’s a leftover typo from previous years?

Fixed! :slight_smile:

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IFPA director hat on :slight_smile:

the other criteria to be certified with group matchplay (target matchplay) is to have at least 20 rounds of qualifying, IFPA Certified Tournaments (ifpapinball.com). Target matchplay is a dynamic number of rounds and with a 70 pts target and a 7/5/3/1 it seems unlikely the average of you 20 qualifiers will be “20 rounds”.

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Tickets will go on sale on Saturday, August 10th at 9am PDT at https://buytickets.at/iepinball/1309279

Join us!

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Tickets for Pinball at the Lab go on sale TOMORROW (Aug 10) at 9am Pacific at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/iepinball/1309279

Full details on the tournament can be found at https://www.iepinball.com

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3 spots remain! Sign up today!

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Happy Monday all!

PATL is less than 2 weeks away!

We officially have a full field of 120 players! Thanks to all who registered for our event!

Also, figured it was about time for a Game List (subject to change of course). So, here it is…

Congo
Hi Speed
X’s and O’s
GoT
TNA
DWeapon
WoF
TAF
Xenon
LWorld (Sega)
Creature
Grand Slam
Americas Most Haunted
Teed Off
Paragon
Metallica pro
Bone Busters
The Games
Foo pro
EFTLW
Black Jack
Jaws pro
SNS
EDCoG
SThings pro
IMan
GLizard
007 pro
MBash
Time Fantasy
GZ pro
BTDK
Mystic
DPool
Jackbot
8ball Champ

See everyone soon!

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Happy Monday all!

2 PATL spots have opened up… Go grab them!

(https://www.tickettailor.com/events/iepinball/1309279)
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PATL is 4 days away! 2 spots still remain - Sign up today and join the fun!