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PAPA Circuit Event
Qualifying:
- Friday 4pm – 12:00am
- Saturday 9am – 11:00pm (12am for volunteer scorekeepers)
Finals:
Players will compete on a bank of nine total machines. Only a player’s
single highest score on each machine will be counted. Player’s best
scores from a total of five machines will equal your qualifying score.
Since only your best top 5 scores count only a maximum of 500 points is available if you placed 1st on five machines.
Making the Finals:
The top 87 scores on each machine are given points…
100 points for 1st place
90 points for 2nd place
85 points for 3rd place
84 points for 4th place
…decreasing to 1 point for 87th place.
Finals Format: PAPA-Style
A Division: The top sixteen players move on to the A division final.
B Division: Eight Players will qualify for the B Division. Any players
ranking 1st to 300th in WPPR are ineligible to play B and 301+ are
eligible. The games and qualifying schedule will match the Division A
details above.
Classics Event
Qualifying:
- Friday 4pm – 12:00am
- Saturday 9am – 5:00pm
Finals:
Players will compete on a bank of six total machines. Only a player’s
single highest score on each machine will be counted. Player’s best
scores from a total of four machines will equal your qualifying score.
Since only your best top four scores count only a maximum of 400 points is available if you placed 1st on four machines.
Making the Finals:
The top 87 scores on each machine are given points…
100 points for 1st place
90 points for 2nd place
85 points for 3rd place
84 points for 4th place
…decreasing to 1 point for 87th place.
Finals Format:
A Division: 16 Qualifiers, Head-to-Head, Double Elimination Bracket. Best two games out of three.
B Division: Eight Players will qualify for the B Division. Any players
ranking 1st to 300th in WPPR are ineligible to play B and 301+ are
eligible.
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2 weeks away! I hope to see a lot of you come out and enjoy the show and tournament.
FAQ (Work in Progress) - Updated 5/17/16 -Scorekeeping (we need!)
2 hour shifts preferred and we will provide tournament credit of 4
entries for 1 hour and 9 entries for 2 hours. Late shift scorekeepers
(5pm to 11pm Saturday) get an extra hour of Main qualifying time which
is 11pm-12am on Saturday. If you are interested please sign up at:
https://goo.gl/mUY4Ey
Format: Unlimited Herb Qualifying -Fee: Entries are 1/$5 or 3/$10
Prize Pool: 100% of prize pool is paid to players except any operations cost, trophies, etc.
Main Division:
PAPA Circuit Points
IFPA Points,
Cash Prizes for Top 24 & translite courtesy of Stern Pinball
Overall Top Qualifer - $100 Cash courtesy of Abari Game Bar
Top qualifier on specific machines will receive $50 Gift Card courtesy of Led Cointaker
Trophies for Top 3 in A - @Pinball witch
Top 24 will be broken into Top 16 A & B 17-24 WPPR Restriction (must be ranked over 500) for B. -Qualifying for Main: (Single highest score on 5 tables makes up qualifying total)
Friday 4pm – 12:00am
Saturday 9am – 11:00pm (12am for volunteer scorekeepers that worked 5pm to11pm Saturday)
Finals: (PAPA Format, 4 to a group 4-2-1-0 , 2 move on)
Sunday 8am – 4pm
Game lineup for Main: (subject to change)
Tron, Congo, TWD Prem, Defender, Genesis, Whirlwind, Medieval Madness,Tommy, Ghostbusters -Classics: (Single highest score on 4 tables makes up qualifying total)
Classics Division:
IFPA Points,
Cash Prizes for Top 24 & translite courtesy of Stern Pinball
Overall Top Qualifier - $100 Cash courtesy of Save Point Video Games
Top Qualifier on specific machines will receive $50 Gift Card courtesy of Led Cointaker
Trophies for Top 3 in A
Top 24 will be broken into Top 16 A & B 17-24 WPPR Restriction (must be ranked over 500) for B --Game lineup for Classics: (subject to change)
Sinbad, Dixieland, Joker Poker, Medusa, Meteor, Wizard -Qualifying for Classics:
Friday 4pm – 12:00am
Saturday 9am – 5:00pm
Finals: (PAPA Format, 4 to a group 4-2-1-0 , 2 move on)
Saturday 5:30p
Also we will be broadcasting all weekend @ twitch.tv/gapinball We will have 8 games under the cameras
Hey Bryan, super stoked for this to get here. Thanks for changing the Classics finals to PAPA style instead of head to head. I would hate to have to play Lefkoff or BMU again in H-2-H like I did last two years.
I notice you said broadcasting “all weekend”. Plenty of time for some guest commentators?
Yes I’ll be letting some people commentate. This year I’ll do more due diligence about whom I let behind the mic.
Last year wasn’t archived due to things strangers were saying on and around the microphone.
Since I have 3 TD at the show and a tech I’ll be focusing on broadcasting as they take care of the tournament this year.
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@GApinball
Bryan, congrats on a successful tourney! I enjoyed watching parts of the stream when I had a chance this past weekend.
In terms of finals duration, when did things finally get started? (on time at 8am?)
And what time did the final match conclude?
Just doing some benchmarking for Bat City Open finals scheduling.
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Thanks @Snailman
It took a couple minutes to build the brackets and get things going so I’d say we were rolling around 8:30am. Some people though it was check in. It was play time 
So we let them make coffee and restroom runs too.
The Expo closed this year at 3pm and I think my hard cut off was 4pm and we finished up around 3:30 roughly. So just in time to be honest. I really wanted to take more people into A but after much talk and advice I’m glad I didn’t
So we let them make coffee and restroom runs too.