2024 IFPA Washington State Pinball Championship Weekend

Name: 2024 IFPA Washington State Pinball Championship Weekend
Start: 2025-01-17T17:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-01-19T19:00:00-08:00
Location: The Ice Box Arcade

Schedule

Fri Jan 17 2025 at 05:00 pm to Sun Jan 19 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

The Ice Box Arcade | Seattle, WA

We will continue to be graciously hosted by The Ice Box Arcade in Ballard this year. In the future, we will continue to consider other options for the event venue but the feedback we received for this year indicated a strong preference to return to Ice Box.
They will host and sponsor an IFPA Washington State Pinball Championship weekend, to include the IFPA Washington State Championships, the Women's State Championships, and the return of the Friday Super Special, Saturday WA State Match Play and the new Sunday WA State Group knockout events.
Events details and results:
http://ifpa.wapinball.net/
Following is a summary of the special events. The Ice Box Arcade is open 1:00pm till 2:00am daily (except Tuesday's), and will be open from 10:00am-2:00am on Saturday Jan 18 2025 and from 11am-2:00am on Sunday Jan 19 2025. The venue is All ages from open until 11pm, 21+ after 11pm.
Friday Jan 17, 8:45pm start
Super Specials Tournament, Open to All until 11pm then under age player still in the even will have to leave the location
This will be a special edition of the widely popular weekly Ice Box 3 strikes head to head event with a top 4 multi matchplay finals. All the games will be set up the same way they will be for the WA state and Women championships. A great way to practice during a tournament before the main events!
Saturday Jan 18, 11:00am start
2024-25 IFPA WASHINGTON STATE PINBALL CHAMPIONSHIP, for qualified players
Doors open 10:00am, Check-in by 10:45AM, Announcements at 11:00am, with play expected to begin by 11:15am.
Players can warm-up and practice between 10:00am and 11:00am on any available machines.
The state championship brings together the 24 top-ranked players from the state who are able to make it to the event. They will be seeded in a 24-player single-elimination bracket of head-to-head competition, with 8 highest-seeded players earning a first-round bye. Each match is best 4-out-of-7.
At the start of the match each player will choose an "OLD", "MID" and "NEW" machine. The lower seeded player will choose the first machine, followed by the higher seeded player choosing the second machine. This picking order will continue until all 6 games have been chosen. A machine may not be picked more than once in the same match.
All participants should read through the IFPA SCS Official Rules prior to the event.
https://www.ifpapinball.com/series/nacs/2024/rules.php
The prize pool grows based on number of players in IFPA sanctioned events in the state of washington. Current prize pool is updated ON THIS PAGE.
https://www.ifpapinball.com/series/nacs/2024/standingsView.php?l=WA#stats
Please note any prize over $600 will be through a check and will require a W9 to be filled.
The winner also gets a trophy provided by IFPA.
The winner also gets an entry into the IFPA North American Pinball Championships. If the winner cannot make it, then second place finisher has option of going.
Second, Third, and Fourth Place winners each receive a plaque, graciously provided by the host, The Ice Box Arcade.
Tournament directors, Germain Mariolle, Lonnie Langford, Ashley Weaver.
Saturday Jan 18, 3:00pm start
Washington State Match Play Tourney, Open to All, All Ages, 64 limit
To enable players to watch the state championships while competing in their own tournament, we're hosting a co-located Match-Play tournament that is open to all.
Register and pay Entry Fee ($10) by 2:45pm. Doors open Noon.
This tournament will begin at approximately 3:00pm, after the quarter finals (round of 8) of the state championships begins.
Players can practice on machines (pay-for-play) prior to the start of the tournament. However, all players are asked to immediately give up their game if there is a state championship match waiting on that particular machine.
Each round, for 6 rounds, players will be grouped into 4-player games (possibly some 3-player games), 7-5-3-1 scoring in 4-player games, 7-4-1 in 3-player games.
With 21 or more players, top 8 players after qualifying move on to semi-finals. First tie-breaker is number of 1st place finishers, then number of second place finishers, etc. If still a tie for a key position of who moves on, then a one-game tie-breaker is played on a randomly selected machine among the tied players. Ties that affect seeding only will be broken randomly. With 20 or less players, top 4 move on straight to finals.
Semi-finals played as two groups of four, each group playing two games, with 4-2-1-0 scoring. The two players with most points move on. In case of a tie to move on, there will be a one-game tie-breaker among tied players on a randomly selected game.
Finals is again played as two games with 4-2-1-0 scoring. A tie-breaker game is played among tied players to break any tie for the top 4 positions on a randomly selected game.
Sunday Jan 19, Noon start
2024-25 IFPA WOMEN'S STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, for qualified players
Doors open 11:00am, Check-in by 11:45AM, Announcements at NOON, with play expected to begin by 12:15pm.
Players can warm-up and practice between 11:00am and NOON on any available machines.
The state championship brings together 16 players from the state who are able to make it to the event. Qualifying will be based on two sets of standings: performance in open events and performance in women’s-only events, with 8 qualifiers coming from each standings.
Entry into each Women’s State Championship will be $20 per player, each match is best 4-out-of-7.
At the start of the match each player will choose an "OLD", "MID" and "NEW" machine. The lower seeded player will choose the first machine, followed by the higher seeded player choosing the second machine. This picking order will continue until all 6 games have been chosen. A machine may not be picked more than once in the same match.
All participants should read through the IFPA SCS Official Rules prior to the event.
https://www.ifpapinball.com/series/wnacs/2024/rules.php
The payout structure is available on the IFPA site mentioned above. The winner also gets a trophy provided by IFPA.
Second, Third, and Fourth Place winners each receive a plaque, graciously provided by the host, The Ice Box Arcade.
Tournament directors, Ashley Weaver, Germain Mariolle, Lonnie Langford.
Sunday Jan 19, 3:00pm start
Washington State Group Knockout Tourney, Open to All, All Ages, 64 limit
To enable players to watch the Women's state championships while competing in their own tournament, we're hosting a co-located group knockout tournament that is open to all.
Register and pay Entry Fee ($10) by 2:45pm. Doors open Noon.
This tournament will begin at approximately 3:00pm, after the quarter finals (round of 8) of the women's state championships begins.
Players can practice on machines (pay-for-play) prior to the start of the tournament. However, all players are asked to immediately give up their game if there is a women's state championship match waiting on that particular machine.
Each round, players will be grouped into 4-player games (possibly some 3-player games). This will be a progressive knockout tournament with strikes assigned as 0-1-2-3 in a 4-player game and 0-1-2 in a 3-player game.
With 20 or less players, there will be 10 strikes total, with 20-40 players there will be 9 strikes total and with 41+ players there will be 8 strikes. A tie-breaker game is played among tied players to break any tie for the top 4 positions on a randomly selected game.