Enterrium and the Pinball Super League present: The Pre-Expo Flipout 2024

Tournament Directors/Staff:

Andy Bagwell (TD): Illinois IFPA Overlord and member of the IFPA Shadow Board. Follower of the Josh Kune Do tournament style. Mohawk aficionado. Shoots the lit shots. Claps. Big fan of JoshPoints™.

Ray Leitzke (TD): The maestro of social media marketing and image creation for the Pinball Super League, and a pretty darn good pinballer to boot. Ray is also a licensed pinball therapists for your complaints about the Godzilla skillshot ballsaver being off.

Gavin Miller (Tech): A wizard of repair, Gavin will be on hand while playing in the tourney to make sure any game issues are fixed promptly.

Joe Blasi (Settings): Our trusted settings guru, Joe makes sure all the games have correct operator settings for our tourneys.

Code of Conduct:

All players of our events agree to abide by the Chicagoland Pinball Code of Conduct. Full rules can be found here: http://sundaybest.kittensandwich.com/Chicagoland-Code-of-Conduct/

Pinball is for EVERYONE, and we won't tolerate any bigotry or harassment of players. The silver ball doesn't discriminate, neither should players. If *anyone* makes you feel uncomfortable at our events we encourage you to speak to any tournament director either in person or online when you feel comfortable doing so. TDs are here to protect players and ensure they have a fun and safe space to enjoy pinball.

Tournament Details:

The Pre-Expo Flipout Tourney

Five rounds of matchplay, balanced seeding, top 24 make playoffs, top 8 receive byes. Pins will not be on free play, you will need to purchase a game card at one of the kiosks at Enterrium. Temporary pins here for the tourney may be on free play, but most pins will not be.

Registration:

Advance registration is available for this tourney, but walkups will be allowed if event is not sold out. The online waitlist that you can join on this event page will be used to determine any available spots initially. Any spots unclaimed after the online waitlist is exhausted will be given to the physical waitlist that walkups can join. Each ticket will get access for a single player to the tourney. There will be cash prizes for the top 16 players, and trophies will be awarded to the top 4 players. Players of all skill levels are welcome to participate!

Current player cap will be 100 players. Some slots will be reserved for those assisting with the tourney. You are able to purchase up to 5 tickets in a single order, you will have to fill out unique player info for every ticket you buy. Ticket sales will go live here on Eventbrite on this page on Friday, August 23rd at 12 pm CST. Players will be able to request a full refund minus Eventbrite fees up to 1 week out from the event. After that no refunds! Ticket sales will close at noon on Monday, 10/14 at 11:30pm CST. If you need help registering please feel free to reach out to Andy or Ray online or in person for assistance.

When you arrive to Enterrium please find Andy or Ray to check in for the tournament so that we can assure you are there prior to the start of the event.

Formats:

Pre-Expo Flip Out: Five Round Matchplay

Players will compete against each other in four or three player groups across all machines at Enterrium. There will be five rounds of qualifying. Automated tiebreakers are turned on, but anyone tied on the 24th spot cut line or the top 8 bye line will play a single game tiebreak on a classics pin. Tournament Director reserves the right to switch to a 1 ball tiebreak if there are an excessive number of ties(more than 4). All other positions will be determined based on automated tiebreakers. Also of note, tiebreakers will only be used to determine who "wins the prize" of either a bye or getting into the playoffs. Auto tiebreaker will still determine your seeding regardless of how you finish in these tiebreakers, the tiebreaker will simply determine if you are in or out on the cut lines. Seeding is balanced.

Playoffs will consist of the top 24 qualifiers advancing to playoffs. The top 8 seeds will receive a first round bye. All rounds will consist of single games, top seed chooses game or order, and top 2 advance until the final round. A player cannot choose the same game more than once during the playoffs. Top seed will be also be player 4 in game, unless they defer choice and then whoever chooses a game will be player 4. Game choice for each round will be done in order of descending seeds, if a game is chosen before you get to choose you are not allowed to wait for it. Anyone eliminated in a round outside of the top 4 finish based on their points that round, no tiebreakers will be played for 5th-24th spots.

Matchplay Software:

The tourney will be hosted on the Matchplay software. This will be displayed on a big screen near the tourney area or you can access it on your phone by browsing to next.matchplay.events or just googling "next matchplay". Once there you can search "Enterrium" and you will see it in the results. You will be able to see what game you are playing each round and the position you are in. If you need any help just ask a TD. Once a group finishes for the round you can go enter your finishing results on the laptop near the tourney area.

Game List (Subject to change):

AC/DC (Premium)

Banzai Run

Barry O's BBQ Challenge

Cactus Canyon (Remake LE)

Cirqus Voltaire

Dialed In

Elton John

Elvis

Foo Fighters (Premium)

Godzilla (Premium)

Gorgar

Hot Wheels

Houdini

Indianapolis 500

Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast

Jaws (Premium)

James Bond 007 (Premium)

Jurassic Park (Premium)

John Wick (Pro)

John Wick (Premium)

Kiss (Stern Pro)

Legends of Valhalla (Classic)

Metallica

Oktoberfest

Old Chicago

Paragon

Pulp Fiction (SE)

Rush (Premium)

Super Mario Bros.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Premium)

The Addams Family

The Godfather (LE)

Toy Story 4 (CE)

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

Game Rules:

Andy is the rulemaster. He was trained for months in the Russian wilderness by IFPA Dictator Josh Sharpe to make the games play faster and less fun than the developers intended. Ball saves will be turned off on the plunge, Extra Balls will be disabled, and tournament settings will be on for most games. Fret not, no post rubbers were harmed in the making of this tourney(mostly). All skillshot ball saves are also still enabled EXCEPT for Godzilla. If you receive a ball save then *do* play it, some games have skillshots that turn them on or lack of playfield validation. If you receive an Extra Ball somehow *do* play it, and please let the TDs know that you received one so we can try and disable it before the next round. You *will not be punished for playing an Extra Ball*.

IFPA/PAPA rules will generally be followed but TDs reserve the right to deviate as necessary. TD rulings are final, continuously arguing with a TD/yelling at a TD may result in a yellow/red card.

https://www.ifpapinball.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PAPA_IFPA-Complete-Competition-Rules-2021.04.06.pdf

Schedule:

Tuesday, October 15th 2024

4:00pm CST Event begins

~11:00pm CST Trophy Presentation

Fees:

Event fee is $31

$7 per player goes towards trophy fees

$1 per player goes towards IFPA fees

$1.50 per player goes towards the IFPA 2000+ Bounty

$1.50 per player goes towards the Highest Woman Finisher Bounty

$20 per player goes towards the prize pool

$0 per player goes towards the TDs

Prizes:

W e will have free raffles throughout the night with a variety of prizes generously donated from various pinball companies such as Stern/JJP/American/Marco etc. Anyone that wins a prize will have their name removed from the wheel o' prizes to give others a chance to win.

Top 16 Players will receive payouts, prize totals are calculated assuming 100 players.

Cash Prizes for 1st-16th

1st 25% ($570)

2nd 19% ($370)

3rd 14% ($273)

4th 10% ($195)

5th-8th 4% each ($78)

9 -16th 2% each ($39)

We will be paying out a $150 prize (and plaque) for the highest placing player in the tourney that is IFPA rank 2000th or lower! You can win this even if you finish in the top 16 as long as your IFPA rank is not 1-1999 at the time of the tourney.

We will also also be paying out a $100 prize (and plaque) for the highest woman finisher at the tournament! You can win this even if you cash in top 16 as well! You, WOMAN WHO IS AWESOME, could even potentially win the IFPA 2000+ bounty for a TRIFECTA of prizes! Anyone ranked in the IFPA Women's Rankings is eligible, and if it's your first tourney ever please let registration know when you get there that you need to sign up for an IFPA Women's account.

Trophies for Top 4

Prizes awarded by Tournament Director are final and cannot be disputed after the tournament for any reason.

Location:

Enterrium

2 Woodfield Mall Unit A, Schaumburg, IL 60173

Your GPS may take you to the incorrect mall entrance, but if you circle the main road that goes around the mall you should eventually see the big white Enterrium sign. There is also a big white spire attached to the mall that is next to the Enterrium sign. You can also park anywhere and enter the mall, then head for the food court. Enterrium's entrance is in the back of the food court, but be aware this entrance will close once the mall closes so we suggest that you circle the mall until you locate the dedicated Enterrium entrance.

Food and Drink Specials:

These aren't your typical arcade snacks! Enterrium has *delicious food* prepared by their in house chef and a great range of drinks! Pizzas! Burgers! Sushi! Pasta! Wings! They will be doing six dollar bar appetizers, bottle beer bucket specials, and possibly more....so come hungry and thirsty!

Host or Publisher Pinball Super League (Ray Leitzke and Andy Bagwell)