SOUTH AUSTRALIA PINBALL & ARCADE
PINBALL WIZARD TOURNAMENT XI 2022,
Tournament date is SUNDAY 21st AUGUST.
**ADELAIDE PINBALL CLUB**
Adelaide Pinball Club weekly Flip Frenzies and other small tournaments at SAPA every Thursday night. Adelaide Pinball Club Weekly Flip Frenzy **ADELAIDE PINBALL CLUB** THIS THURSDAY AUGUST 11th.
WHERE: 19 Playford Crescent Salisbury North
WHEN: 6.00pm Registrations & Practice 7.00pm Tournament Start
COST: $20 Per Player *NEW PLAYERS WELCOME*
For more details see Adelaide Pinball Club on FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/groups/1899733206735332/
TOURNAMENT XI on SUNDAY 21st AUGUST 2022
will be Group Matchplay format. All format information is provided below. This will be Tournament XI at South Australia Pinball & Arcade.
THERE WILL BE TROPHIES FOR TOP 3 PLAYERS
All tournaments endorsed by the International Flipper Pinball Association. All participants will receive World Pinball Player Rankings points.
ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SAPA TOURNAMENT NOTIFICATION "LIST OF PLAYERS" at Info@sapa.com.au
GENERAL INFORMATION:
- Location – 19 Playford Crescent Salisbury North, Adelaide South Australia 5108
2. Information and questions from players 12:00pm -1:00pm.
3. Tournament: 1:00pm -6:30ishpm.
4. We are running a group match play tournament using Matchplay Events.
- 5. There will probably be about 10 -15 machines in use on the day.
- 6. Players will be grouped in 4. There will be 4 separate rounds of 3 matches. This means every player will play 12 matches in total minimum.
- 8. In each round the group will play a single game on three different machines and allocated points according to their finishing position: 7/5/3/1 for 4 player groups and 7/4/1 for 3 players groups if necessary. This is the IFPA system of scoring.
- 9. For the first round, grouping will be based on IFPA rankings.
- 10. PLEASE NOTE: After the first round we will use the computer to balance the groups so that players can possibly play each other for the 2nd to 4th rounds.
- 11. We are doing this because the tournament does not require pre-registration.
- 12. At the close of the 4th round, the highest points score will be allocated seeding for the final to ultimately declare a tournament winner.
- 13. Ties will be broken by the number of first place finishes, then by the number of second place finishes and if necessary a single game play-off.
- 14. ENTRY FEE: $25 for the whole event.
- 15. On the day players should have their IFPA # ready, to save time.
FORMAT:
TOURNAMENT NAME: SAPA PINBALL WIZARD XI
DATE: SUNDAY 21st AUGUST from 12pm
EVENT: Main.
TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS: Scottie Taylor Russell Painter.
- *ESTIMATED # OF PLAYERS: 20-35
- *TGP: 96%
- *UNLIMITED QUALIFYING:*No.
- *FORMAT: Group match play.
- Seeding: IFPA.
- First round pairing: Slaughter.
- General pairing: Balanced - Players will be randomly paired with previously unfaced opponents.
- Player order: Rotating - Random order for the first game, then rotates player order evenly.
- Scoring system: IFPA (7/5/3/1) (7/4/1).
- Arena draws:*Balanced - Attempts will be made to assign an arena that has been played the fewest times by all opponents.
- Duration: 4 rounds (approx.).
Matches each round: 3 matches.
- Tiebreaker: Break ties by placement - Ties will be broken by number of first place finishes, then by number of second place finishes and if necessary a single game play-off.
RESULTS FROM PINBALL WIZARD TOURNAMENT X https://matchplay.events/live/v656x/standings