Electric Bat Arcade 8th Anniversary BASH

Come help us celebrate 8 years of Electric Bat November 6-8 with a weekend of pinball tournaments!

Friday November 6th- Classics match play tournament

Saturday November 7th- Main match play tournament

Sunday November 8th- Main finals and Consolation Pace match play tournament

Players are responsible for coin drop during the event. $35 event fee ($30 goes to the prize pool) covers entrance into all tournaments during the weekend. Prizes include cash, trophies, medals, a Stern light up LED sign and lots of sweet sweet WPPRs. 120 player limit.

Tournament weekend details:

Friday November 6th:

To kick off the anniversary bash weekend, we will start with a Classics tournament featuring 5 rounds of match play qualifying on 2 games per round. Scoring will be 5-3-2-1 for a 4 player game (5-3-1 in 3 player group) with the top 16 players making the finals. The finals will consist of 4 player groups playing 5 games in predetermined banks. High seed in each group will have choice of bank and play order for the first round. Top 2 players from each group advance. If the player count exceeds 80 competitors, the tournament may include non-classic games in the banks.

Winner gets $100! Medals for top 3! 200% TGP!

Tournament starts at 11 AM on Friday November 6th. Entry is included with main event fee. $1 entry if not participating in main event. Players are responsible for coin drop.

Saturday November 7th:

The main event will be IFPA certified and feature 20 rounds of group match play, with each round alternating between a classic game and a modern game. Random initial seeding and tiered Swiss pairings thereafter. Scoring will be 7/5/3/1 per game and the top 24 players will make the cut for PAPA style finals on Sunday of 3 games per round with 4/2/1/0 scoring. Top 8 players get a first-round bye.

Check-in begins at 9 AM on Saturday, November 7th, and the tournament will begin at 10 AM. There will be a lunch break around 1 PM and a dinner break around 6 PM.

Finals begin at 10 AM on Sunday, November 8th. There will be awesome trophies for the top 3 finishers and payouts on the following schedule: 1st place: 25% and Stern light up LED sign 2nd place: 15% 3rd place: 10% 4th place: 5% 5th - 8th place: 4% 9th - 16th place: 2% 17th - 24th place: 1% Top qualifier: 5%.

Sunday November 8th:

We will have a Pace match play tournament for players that did not qualify for finals in the main tournament. Each player will play at least (6) 4-player games, with 7-5-3-1 scoring. Swiss pairing will be used. The pace points goal is set to 24 points after 6 rounds, and will increase by 7 points each round thereafter to remain in the tournament. Qualifying ends when there are 4 players remaining.

The top 4 qualifiers advance to a 2-game finals round with 4-2-1-0 scoring. Registration starts at noon and the tournament starts at 1PM. $1 entry fee if not participating in the certified main event on Saturday. Players are responsible for coin drop. Limited to 96 players.

$35 event fee covers entrance into all tournaments during the weekend. Players are responsible for all coin drop. 120 player limit. If there are open spots, players not playing in the main tournament can participate in Friday classics and Sunday Pace match play ($1 IFPA fee per tournament).

Please note that all sales are final and non-refundable.