Hi everyone,
Beneficial Malfunction is proud to present the 2015 Northwest Pinball Championships, the Pacific Northwest’s very own world-class pinball competition!
The NWPC will be held August 28-30th at Lucky Strike Bowling in Bellevue, WA.
700 Bellevue Way, Bellevue, WA 98004
Our new venue is AWESOME! With far more space, a full restaurant and bar, and lots of dialed games we’re going to be able to provide a great experience for everyone attending the tournament, as well as full streaming finals coverage for everyone who isn’t able to come.
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 tickets to play individual games on the tournament machines. Players may purchase as many tickets as they like.
Each player’s best score on each machine in their division of play is tracked in a computer and those scores are ranked against all of the other competitor’s scores on that machine. Players then receive an aggregate of their machine rankings to determine their overall qualifying position in their division. At the end of qualifying, the top 16 finishers in each division will be eligible for the finals on Sunday.
As usual, there are two main divisions of play: Open and Classics. Qualifying will run from noon-midnight on Friday and 10AM-midnight on Saturday, with finals on Sunday. The top 16 players will move on to the finals, and the 4 top-finishing women in the Open division are additionally eligible to play in the Women’s Championship finals!
Hell has finally frozen over, and NWPC now also has a real B division! This year, players finishing 17th-24th in the Open division will be eligible for the B division finals. Any player ranked above a certain limit (250) of the World Pinball Player Rankings as of the day of finals will not be eligible for the B Division finals, and in the event of a 17th-24th finish they will be replaced by the next highest eligible qualifying player.
In addition to the main events, we’ll be running side TOPS tourneys on the practice bank games throughout the weekend with daily payouts and prizes.
We’re putting a lot of effort into the tournament this year, following in the footsteps of our great mentors Cayle George and Eden Stamm. We think it will show, as we’re aiming to bring you one of the finest pinball events the Pacific Northwest has ever seen.
For more info on everything related to the event, check out http://www.bdivision.com.
Hope to see you there!