Registration for this tournament opens on Saturday, August 2, 2025

Start Date: November 15, 2025
End Date: November 16, 2025

Join us at Past Times Arcade for another huge Mega Matchplay weekend November 14-16, 2025!

150 PLAYER LIMIT!

IFPA Certified+ for 300% WPPR Value (with 128+ rated players)

ENTRY FEE:
$100.00 Total Cost per Player - Cash Only! Paid upon arrival
($50 to prize pool / $50 to Past Times Arcade admission)

REGISTRATION:
Opens on Saturday August 2 at 2:00pm
Eventbrite link will be available at https://www.pasttimesarcade.com/tournaments

INCLUDES:

Weekend Pass to Past Times Arcade (Friday - Sunday)*
Tournament games on free play
Unlimited play in the main arcade
Entry into the Friday Night Warm-Up Knockout tournament
Entry into Mega Matchplay main event
One meal provided by Past Times Arcade

*Friday admission only included for those playing the Warm-Up Knockout
*Knockout open to non-Mega Matchplay players for a $10 fee on top of daily admission price

SATURDAY MEGA MATCHPLAY QUALIFYING:
20 Rounds of Group Match Play
One game per round
Balanced Game Draws
Balanced Groupings (Not Swiss)
7/5/3/1 Scoring in 4 Player Groups
7/4/1 Scoring in 3 Player Groups

SUNDAY PLAYOFFS DIVISIONS:
"A" Division -Top 24 Qualifiers (Top 8 Get a First Round Bye)
"B" Division -Next 8 Highest Qualifiers (IFPA Top 500 Ineligible)
"C" Division -Top 8 Qualifiers of the Bottom 25% IFPA Ranked Players in Attendance


TIEBREAKERS:
- Significant ties on the qualifying cut line and bye bubble will be played off on a randomly selected full game from the Old/Mid categories.
- Seeding ties will be broken automatically by number of 1st Places, number of 2nd Places, etc.
- Perfect ties for seeding will be broken by a coin flip or random number draw.

PLAYOFFS FORMAT:
- "PAPA Style" Group Elimination Format
- 3 Game Round with 4/2/1/0 Scoring
- Available games will be split by era (Old/Mid/New)
- High seed chooses one game from each category
- Eras may be played in any order
- All 3 games will be declared at the start of the match
- Other groups may not select the same games within a round
- A player may not choose a repeat game in consecutive rounds
- Turn order is chosen in descending seed order
- Top 2 players from each group advance to the next round
- Ties to advance played on a randomly selected Old/Mid game

WEEKEND SCHEDULE:

-Saturday-
10:00am - Doors and Registration Open / Practice time begins
10:45am - All players should be registered and checked in
10:50am - Practice time ends
11:00am - Waitlist players will claim any open spots
11:05am – Announcements
11:20am – Group Photo
~11:30am - Qualifying begins
~2:30pm - 30 minute break after Round 6
~7:30pm - 60 minute break after Round 13
~12am - Qualifying ends, followed by any critical tiebreakers

-Sunday-
10:00am - Doors open / Practice time begins
10:45am - First round players should be checked in
10:50am - Practice time ends
11:00am - Alternates claim any open spots
11:10am - First Round begins (A/B/C Divisions run concurrently)
12:00pm - A Division "Top 8 Bye" players arrival time
~1:00pm - Quarterfinals begin
~2:30pm – Lunch Break (optional – decided by semifinalists)
~3:00pm - Semifinals begin
~5:00pm - Finals begin
7:00pm - Latest estimated ending time
(Playoffs rounds estimated 1.5 - 2 hours each)


GAME LIST

- Approximately 55 machines across all eras will be included (EM/Early SS/Late SS/DMD/LCD)
- Game List will be announced at least two weeks before the event and subject to change
- Games will be split into Old/Mid/New categories in a logical way for playoffs only.


PRIZE POOL:

Totals based on a full field of 150 Players

$7500 - From Entry Fees
-$1000 to Warm-Up Knockout prize pool
-$250 - Trophies (Champ of Each Division)
-$150 - IFPA Fees ($1 per person)
= $6100 - Total Prize Pool

DIVISION A
1st Place - $1000
2nd Place - $600
3rd Place - $450
4th Place - $300
5th-8th - $200
9th-16th - $100
17th-24th - $75

DIVISION B
1st Place - $300
2nd Place - $250
3rd Place - $200
4th Place - $150

DIVISION C
1st Place - $250
2nd Place - $175
3rd Place - $125
4th Place - $100


TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS:

- Patrick Baldwin – Asst General Manager Past Times Arcade
- John Delzoppo of Cleveland Pinball League and CPL staff