Electric Bat 7th Anniversary Bash
October 3rd-5th, 2025
$33 covers all 3 tournaments. $25 per entry goes towards the Main tournament payout. Players responsible for coin drop. Limited to 120 players.
Prizes: Money, Spooky playfields, Trophies, Medals!
Tickets available at: www.electricbatarcade.com/electric-bat-arcade-7th-anniversary-bash-pinball-tournament
October 3rd, Classics Tournament:
To kick off the bash weekend, we will start with this warm-up classics tournament featuring 5 rounds of match play qualifying on 2 games per round. Scoring will be 5-3-2-1 for a 4 player game (5-3-1 in 3 player groups) with the top 16 players making the finals. The finals will consist of 4 player groups playing 5 games per round in predetermined banks. High seed in each group will have choice of bank and play order for the first round. Top 2 players from each group advance. If the player count exceeds 80 competitors, the tournament will include non-classic games in the banks.
Winner gets $100! Medals for top 3! 200% TGP!
Tournament starts at 11 AM on Friday.
$1 entry if not participating in the main event.
October 4th-5th, Certified Main Tournament:
The main event will be IFPA certified and feature 20 rounds of group match play, with each round alternating between a classic game and a modern game. Random initial seeding and tiered Swiss pairings thereafter. Scoring will be 7/5/3/1 per game and the top 24 players will make the cut for PAPA style finals on Sunday of 3 games per round with 4/2/1/0 scoring. Top 8 players get a first-round bye.
Check-in begins at 9 AM on Saturday, October 4th and the tournament will begin at 10 AM. There will be a lunch break at 1 PM and a dinner break at 6 PM.
Finals begin at 10 AM on Sunday, October 5th.
There will be awesome trophies for the top 3 finishers and payouts on the following schedule:
1st place: 25% and Spooky Pinball playfield
2nd place: 15%
3rd place: 10%
4th place: 5%
5th - 8th place: 4%
9th - 16th place: 2%
17th - 24th place: 1%
Top qualifier: 5%
An additional Spooky Pinball playfield will be given away as an award to a random player!
October 5th, Pace Match Play:
Each player will play at least (6) 4-player games, with 7-5-3-1 scoring. Swiss pairing will be used. The pace points goal is set to 24 after 6 rounds, and will increase by 7 points each round thereafter to remain in the tournament. Qualifying ends when there are 4 players remaining.
The top 4 qualifiers advance to a 2-game finals round with 4-2-1-0 scoring. Registration starts at noon and the tournament starts at 1 PM. $1 entry fee if not participating in the certified main event on Saturday.
Medals for top 3!
All skill levels are welcome, we’d love for you to celebrate with us!