Overview
MatchPlay Event Page: https://matchplay.live/pppr25
Thursday December 5th – Sunday December 8th
Pins & Pirates Pinball Rally is a 4 Day Pinball Tournament open to all skill levels of players. 4 tournaments in 4 days, all Certified eligible.
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 Drains Tournament Manager Software to run the qualifying rounds of the tournament.
- MatchPlay Software will be used for finals.
Pricing
● 4-Day Event Pass - $75 + * 10 Free game entries ONLY if you pre-register on Eventbrite ($20 value)
Eventbrite (Tickets): https://bit.ly/PPPR25EB
Pre-Reg ends 12/03 @ 11:59 PM
All other passes will be available at DOOR ONLY
● 4- Day $75
● 3- Day $60
● 2- Day $40
● 1- Day $25
GAME ENTRY Fees for best game format:
| Price ($) | # Entries |
|---|---|
| 5 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 |
| 20 | 10 |
| 50 | 25 |
| 100 | 50 |
Can be purchased at the tournament only. Please note there is a $20 minimum purchase when using a credit card.
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 2025 Schedule - Google Sheets
DAY 1 Thursday 12/04/24 [Qualifying]
Qualifying
● 12:00 pm OPEN – 11:00 pm CLOSE
● Qualifying is open for all tournaments: MAIN, CLASSICS, 1990s & WOMEN’S
DAY 2 Friday 12/05/24 [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 12/06/24 [CLASICS/90s Finals, Qualifying]
● 10:00 am - OPEN - 12:00 am 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 12/07/24 [Finals]
● 10:30am - Doors OPEN - 7:00 PM Close (or when all finals finish)
● 11:00am - MAIN A FINALS Start
● 11:30am - MAIN B FINALS
● 12pm - WOMEN’S FINALS Start
If there are players in both MAIN & WOMEN’S Finals, we will postpone the start time to accommodate.
Banks (revealed as event approaches, subject to change)
MAIN Bank Lineup (12 total, best 7)
CLASSICS Tournament Lineup (10 total, best 6)
1990s Tournament Lineup (10 total, best 6)
Women’s Tournament Lineup (8 total, best 6)
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.