5th Annual PINS & PIRATES PINBALL RALLY 2023
4 DAYS & 4 PINBALL TOURNAMENTS
Overview
Thursday November 30th – December 3rd
Pins & Pirates Pinball Rally is a 4 Day Pinball Tournament open to all skill levels of players.
Location:
The Pins & Pirates Pinball Rally (PPPR) tournaments consist of open qualifying Best Game Format (Herb Style) and Group MatchPlay finals. During open qualifying, each player may make as many qualifying attempts as they like. A point system is used to rank each player’s score on each machine. Those who rank highest at the end of qualifying will participate in the match play final rounds. In the final rounds, qualifying players play against each other in multiplayer games. A [different] point system is used to determine who advances to the next round and who wins the division.
- We will be using the Drains Tournament Manager Software to run the tournament.
- Newly added for 2023: YOUTH Tournament
Pricing
● 4-Day Event Pass - $65 + * 7 Free game entries ONLY if you pre-register on Eventbrite ($20 value)
EVENTBRITE LINK:
PINS & PIRATES PINBALL RALLY 2023 Tickets, Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite
All other passes will be available at DOOR ONLY
● 1- Day $25
● 2- Day $40
● 3- Day $50
GAME ENTRY Fees for best game format:
| # Entries | Price ($) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 20 |
| 20 | 50 |
| 45 | 100 |
Can be purchased at the tournament only.
Captain’s will be expanding the Showroom as we did for the previous Rally’s. There will be a FREEPLAY lineup, along with a table area for eating.
Schedule
Graphical schedule: Pins and Pirates Rally 2023 Schedule - Google Sheets
DAY 1 Thursday 11/30/23 [Qualifying]
Qualifying
● 12:00 pm OPEN – 11:00 pm CLOSE
● Qualifying is open for all tournaments:
MAIN, CLASSICS, 1990s & WOMEN’S + newly added YOUTH (16 and under)
DAY 2 Friday 12/01/23 [Qualifying]
Qualifying
● 12:00 pm OPEN - 12:00 am Midnight CLOSE
● Qualifying is open for all tournaments:
MAIN, CLASSICS, 1990s & WOMEN’S
● 11pm Midnight - CLASSIC’s Qualifying CLOSED
● 11pm - 12:00 am Midnight - Volunteer Hour Classics
DAY 3 Saturday 12/02/23 [Finals & Qualifying]
● 10:00 am - OPEN - 12am Midnight CLOSE
● 10:00 am - Qualifying open for all but Classics
● 11:00 am - CLASSIC’s A FINALS start
● 11:30 am - CLASSIC’s B FINALS start
● 5:00 pm - 1990s Qualifying CLOSED
● 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm - Volunteer Hour for 1990s
● 6pm - 1990s A FINALS
● 6:30 pm - 1990s B FINALS
● 11:00 pm - Qualifying CLOSED for MAIN & WOMEN’S
● 11:00 pm - 12:00 am Midnight - Volunteer Qualifying Hour for Main & Women’s
* Volunteer / Employees have special VIP qualifying times on Saturday ONLY – Please read Volunteer rules & guidelines page
● 11:00 pm - 12:00 am for Classics (Friday)
● 5:00 pm-6:00 pm for 1990s (Saturday)
● 11:00 pm - 12am Midnight for Women’s & Main (Saturday)
The determination of final qualifying standings will be made by tournament officials at the end of qualifying hours, and shall not be changed for any reason, including player error or tournament error.
DAY 4 Sunday 12/03/23 [Finals]
● 10:30am - Doors OPEN - 8:00 PM Close (or when all finals finish)
● 11:00am - MAIN A FINALS Start
● 11:30am - MAIN B FINALS
● 12pm - WOMEN’S FINALS Start
● After 12pm - YOUTH FINALS Start (exact time TBA)
****** If there are women in both MAIN & WOMEN’S Finals, we will postpone the start time to accommodate.
For the YOUTH tournament, the Main back will be in use for Main so an alternate bank (TBA) will be used.
Banks (revealed as event approaches, subject to change)
MAIN Bank Lineup (12 total, best 7)
- Foo Fighters Pro - Stern 2023
- James Bond 60th LE - Stern 2023
- Rush Pro - Stern 2022
- Deadpool Premium - Stern 2018
- Aerosmith LE - Stern 2017
- Mousin’ Around! - Bally 1998 - Soren software
- Laser Que - Williams 1984
- Mars Trek - Sonic 1977
- Ice Fever - Gottlieb 1985
CLASSICS Tournament Lineup (10 total, best 6)
- Lectronamo - SS - Stern 1978
- Big Brave - EM - Gottlieb 1974
- Paragon - SS - Bally 1979
- Hot Tip - SS - Williams 1977
- Old Chicago - EM - Bally 1976 (of course!)
- Barracora - SS - Williams 1981
- Freefall - SS - Stern 1981
- Hokus Pokus - EM - Bally 1976
1990s Tournament Lineup (10 total, best 6)
- The Bally Game Show - Bally 1990
- Congo - Williams 1995
- Jack•Bot - Williams 1995
- Creature from the Black Lagoon - Bally 1992
- Monster Bash - Williams 1998
- Attack from Mars - Bally 1995
- Cactus Canyon Remake - Chicago Gaming 2021
- The Addams Family - Bally 1992
- Godzilla - SEGA 1998
- NBA Fastbreak - Bally 1997
Women’s Tournament Lineup (6 total, best 4)
- Roller Disco - Gottlieb 1980
- Beatles Gold - Stern 2018
- Stranger Things Pro - Stern 2019
- Future Spa - Bally 1979
- Iron Maiden Pro - Stern 2018
- Skateball - Bally 1980
- Black Knight SoR Pro - Stern 2019
- Torpedo Alley - Data East 1988
Full rules:
Please post up if you have any questions, I will be monitoring this thread and will respond. I may have to consult CC and crew as well.