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Retro Arcade Flipper Frenzy New Years Day 2019

Tour Picture

Tournament Information

Director : Jeremy Ways
Location : Sharon, PA
Country : United States
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :0.36
Ratings Strength :0.79
Base Value : 5.5
Rated Players :11
Total (before TGP) : 6.65
TGP :100.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :6.66
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Results for the Main Tournament event on January 01, 2019

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Tommy Bizzi 264 1571.27 6.66
2 Raymond Zona 8537 1221.95 2.64
3 Ken Fairbanks 3046 1459.01 1.32
3 Bill Taylor 667 1565.60 1.32
5 Colin Dundes 1171 1443.71 0.47
6 Brian Nelson 2087 1293.90 0.36
7 Jody Brown 6508 1565.29 0.30
8 Jeffro Coffey 2620 1338.01 0.24
9 Eric Thomas 3986 1502.10 0.18
10 Richard Cornell 14535 1219.69 0.12
11 Michael Centini 12052 1134.34 0.06
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


Retro Arcade at Vaporosity 138 West State Street Sharon, PA 16146

Format Details


Event Name : Main Tournament
Qualifying Format :
Finals Format : Unknown
Player Limit : Unknown
Unlimited Qualifying? : No

Tournament Overview


Tournament Date: January 01, 2019

Tournament Format: Flipper Frenzy!
- Head-to-head play on a bank of machines. Approximately 1/4 of the players will be in the queue area.

- All tournament games will be on free play, total entry fee will be $15 which includes a $9 facility fee (see below for full breakdown)
Note: There will be other games at the facility those games will be on coin drop.

- 40 players max

- With a full field of 40 players, 10 players will be waiting in a queue and 30 will be playing in 15 heads-up matches on 15 machines.

Preregistration: I accept Venmo: @Jeremy_Ways Paypal: jpways@gmail.com (please use Friends and Family.
You can also pay me in person if you see me or pay Eric Thomas at Retro Arcade at Vaporosity.

- At the end of each game, the winner gets one point. The loser will get -1 point and will stay at the game unless they've played on that machine twice in a row, in which case both players leave the machine. The player staying on the game plays as Player 1 in the upcoming game. The loser of the game records the result on the machine sheet the winner of the game records the result to the software and goes to the back of the queue. In the event that both players are leaving the machine the winner of the game will go in front of the loser in the queue. The first player from the queue reports to the machine and plays as Player 2 against the player that remains. In the event that there are no players left on the machine the player at the front of the queue shall be player 1 and the player second in queue will be player 2.

- 3 hours of qualifying divided into two 1.5-hour sessions. At the end of each qualifying time period, no more games may start. Finalists are determined via highest number of total points(wins-loses) all other ties will be broken as follows
1. Fewest Games Played
2. (If 2 players are left after the 1st tiebreaker) Head to Head record
3. Total Points after round 1
4. (If 2 players are left after the 3rd tiebreaker) Head to Head record
Single game tiebreaker

-All rulings will be made using IFPA rules

-Where possible Extra balls will be turned off in the event that a player gets an extra ball they are allowed to play it

- Players may not concede the game prior to the start of ball 3

- In the event that a registered player is late a the start of a round they will move to the end of the queue when they arrive, no makeup games or other allowances will be made.

- Playoffs will take place following the conclusion of the second 1.5-hour session, with the top ? of players (up to 12) making A finals.

- Tiebreakers will be played as needed to break ties to determine the cut line for the playoffs, They will be on a randomly assigned machine and feature all players involved in the tiebreak. Choice of order will be determined using the above tiebreakers. In the event that there are multiple players tied after the 4th tiebreaker, ties will be broken through random selection.

- Playoff format: Heads up (1 on 1), best of 3, top seed picks game or order for game 1, then loser picks game or order. All tournament games will be eligible for finals. A game may not be picked twice by the same player during finals. Groups will not be allowed to wait for games.

B finals (if there are least 24 players)
The top 4 of the bottom 20% of IFPA ranked players not making A finals will play in a heads up best of 3 final

In the event that there are between 10-23 players the highest ranking B eligible player not making A finals will receive a prize

Schedule:
Facility opens at 9:00 am
Registration and practice: 10 am -10:50 am
Drawing of the initial positions and explanation of the rules 10:50a - 11:00 am
Round 1 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Lunch break 12:30 pm -2:00 pm
Round 2 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Break/Tiebreakers 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Finals 4:30 pm - ? (or 10 minutes after the end of tiebreakers)

Cost:
$15
$1 to IFPA
$9 to Facility
$5 to prize money

Prize Payouts/number of finalists
See Payout table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KIuNprxbEsD_u1rQhCZQaqVi8HAy_ZnrRYwVNfjwJG8/edit?usp=sharing

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