Pinball Planet Mega Matchplay

Cleveland Pinball League Presents...

PINBALL PLANET MEGA MATCHPLAY

Saturday October 11 (Qualifying)

Sunday October 12 (Playoffs)

200% TGP

IFPA Certified Boost to 250% WPPR value with 48+ players

PRE-REGISTRATION

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OPENS SATURDAY AUGUST 9 AT 2PM

72 PLAYER LIMIT (6 spots reserved for TDs and Techs)

No charge upon sign-up to hold your spot. Pay cash at the event

Only one name per registration

If you have multiple people in your group just make additional registrations

Waitlist available upon sellout - Email [email protected]

ENTRY FEES

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$30 Cash Entry Fee + Coin Drop

Bring cash! No ATM on site

Change machines are available

All entry fees are paid out as prize money

IFPA fees sponsored by Pinball Planet

QUALIFYING

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20 Rounds of Group Matchplay

Balanced groupings (not Swiss)

Balanced game draws

7/5/3/1 scoring in 4 player groups

7/4/1 scoring in 3 player groups

A DivisionTop 24 make playoffs (top 8 bye)

B Division*Qualifiers 25-32 make playoffs (no byes)

*Players ranked in the IFPA top 500 are ineligible for B Division

Ties on the cut line or bye bubble will be played out on a randomly selected Old/Mid game

PLAYOFFS

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PAPA Format

3 Game Rounds

4/2/1/0 Scoring

High seed chooses games

Old/Mid/New - one game from each

A player can't choose the same game in consecutive rounds

Groups can't choose games already selected in the same round

SCHEDULE

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Saturday-10:00am - Doors open / Practice begins

11:00am - Announcements

11:15am - Qualifying begins

~2:30pm - 45 minute break after Round 6

~7:30pm - 60 minute break after Round 13

~12:00am - Qualifying ends**

-Sunday-

10:00am - Doors open for Check-In / Practice

11:00am - First Round begins

~1:00pm - Quarterfinals begin

(optional lunch break - player vote)

~3:00pm - Semifinals begin

~5:00pm - Finals begin

7:00pm - Latest estimated ending time

(Playoffs rounds are estimated as 1.5 - 2 hours)

PRIZE POOL

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Prize pool is determined by the number of participants

EXAMPLE: 72 players (full field)

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A Division

1st Place $400

2nd Place $250

3rd Place $160

4th Place $120

5th - 8th $80

9th - 16th $40

17th - 24th $20

B Division

1st Place $150

2nd Place $100

3rd Place $80

4th Place $60

Payouts listed here are used as a general guide and actual amounts may be rounded up or down for simplicity of dividing cash

GAME LIST

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Look on Matchplay closer to the event for the most up to date arena list

Games will be split into Old/Mid/New categories in a logical way for Playoffs only

Host or Publisher Cleveland Pinball League