Southern-Fried Gaming Expo (SFGE) is pleased to host a number of pinball tournaments over the weekend of 7/15/2022 through 7/17/2022 at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel & Convention Center and the Cobb Galleria Convention Center in Atlanta, GA.

Players must have an SFGE membership to enter the event area and to participate.

The latest details are available on the SFGE website: https://gameatl.com/tournaments/
Or get engaged in the tournament Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2361036407554663

Knockout Tournament (Friday)
Friday 7/15/2022 - 5 pm to 10 pm - Fair strikes knockout tournament

On Friday afternoon, we will offer a knockout tournament using Fair Strikes scoring. In a knockout tournament, you’re assigned to a random pinball machine in a group of 3 or 4 players. If you take first place in the group, you continue on with 0 strikes on your record. The player who finishes last receives 2 strikes. The other players receive 1 strike (i.e. 0/1/1/2 or 0/1/2 scoring). After you’ve received 6 strikes you are eliminated from the tournament. So every player is guaranteed at least 4 tournament games.

Registration fee: $10

Registration time: Preregister starting Thursday 7/14 at 12:00 pm or in-person the day of the event (more details below)
Preregistraiton form will be linked from https://gameatl.com/tournaments/ by 7/14.

Format: Group Knockout with Fair Strikes scoring (0/1/1/2 or 0/1/2 or 0/2; plus acceleration, see note below)

Strikes: 6 strikes

Announcements and roll call: 4:50 pm

Tournament start: 5:00 pm

Players are encouraged to preregister online since interest in this event may exceed our capacity. Preregister by signing up online starting at noon on Thursday, July 14, and until 3:00 pm on Friday, July 15. If you are preregistered within the tournament capacity then complete your registration and pay your registration fee on the day of the event before 4:00 pm. Players can also sign up on the day of the event when the tournament area opens. At 4:00 we will accept registrations for any remaining capacity. We will prioritize players based on preregistration order and then day-of sign-up order.

Strikes acceleration: In order to ensure the tournament ends on time, at 10:00 pm we will announce a shift to accelerated strikes of 0/2/2/3 or 0/2/3 or 0/3. This change will apply for the rest of the tournament and will go into effect in the following round if any results have already been submitted for the current round.

Note that this tournament overlaps with a portion of the main event qualifying so participating in this event will reduce the amount of time you have available for main event qualifying.