****NOTE - REGISTRATION GOES LIVE ON 3/13 at 9pm eastern. This event requires pre-registration.

****NO WALK INS ALLOWED. Open to anyone. CAPPED AT 80 PLAYERS*******

What: 5 events in 3 days! WPPR'S for each event are estimated to be between 55-75 WPPRS (if we have 80 players). Also, the Main Tournament (Saturday Qualifying with Sunday Finals) will be IFPA certified (assuming minimum of 64 rated players) and will get a 20% BOOST towards the TGP!

When: 5/13/22 to 5/15/22. Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the start of each tournament to check in.NOTE - If you have not checked in by the start of the tournament and you haven’t communicated to Chad Hastings or Joe Fox that you will be late, you will be removed from tournament

Where: 1100 First State Blvd, Second Floor, Wilmington DE 19804.

We are located 25 minutes from Philly Airport

We are located 75 minutes from Baltimore Airport

We are located 90 minutes from NJ Airport

We have a local Amtrak station 4 miles away

We are 4 minutes from I-95

Time: Doors open at 8am each day for practice and ends at 8:45am for announcements. Each morning tournament will start at 9am except the Sunday 3 Strike Tournament which will start at 9:15AM

Cost: $200 ($75 will go to the Delaware Pinball Collective for tournament expenses. $125 to cover all of the tournament fees with 100% payout). Must be paid in full within 48 hours using Paypal's Friends & Family. Send all payments to firststateflippers@gmail.com

+Bottled water provided FREE for the entire event by the Delaware Pinball Collective

+IFPA fees for all events paid for from the Delaware Pinball Collective expenses

+Trophy/Plaque costs will come out of the Delaware Pinball Collective expenses

+Over 45+ machines all on free play for the entire weekend

+Sodas will cost $1 per can

+You are allowed to bring any food to the event. Also, please bring your own cooler!

+Alcohol policy will be announced 30 days prior to the event as we are currently waiting on our liquor license to be approved. If approved before the event, all alcohol will have to be purchased from the Delaware Pinball Collective. If we do not get approval before the event, you will be allowed to bring your own alcohol.

+We will have a giant tent setup outside with plenty of extra tables and chairs along with 2 port-a-potties as well as the 2 inside bathroom stalls.

Tournament Fees are separated out and 100% of the tournament fees go back to the players as cash prizes.

Players: Capped at 80 players (open to anyone)

Registration: All registration is handled through Eventbrite. Tickets go on sale 3/13 at 9:00pm eastern. Eventbrite simply reserves you a “free ticket”. Once you secure your “free ticket” you then have 48 hours to send in your entry fee using the Friends & Family method of Paypal to firststateflippers@gmail.com

When registering on Eventbrite you are allowed to buy up to 3 tickets at once. Registration closes on 5/12 at 5pm eastern. NOTE - When signing up for the waitlist, you can only sign up one person at a time.

Also, You CANNOT sign up for individual tournaments for this event. Your single entry fee automatically signs you up for all 5 events

If you pre-register and can’t make it please email firststateflippers@gmail.com as soon as possible so we can let the next person on the waitlist know so they can make plans to attend.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Thursday 6PM - 10PM Practice Session

Friday 8AM - Doors Open and practice starts. Practice ends at 8:45am to go over announcements

Friday 9AM - 5PM “30 points” Target Match Play Tournament with 3/2/1/0 scoring – $20 fee per player(already included in your entry fee)

Friday 12:30ish Lunch Break

Friday 5-6PM - Dinner Break in-between tournaments

Friday 6PM - Midnight - 8 Strike Fair Strikes Classics Tournament – $20 fee per player(already included in your entry fee)

Saturday 8AM - Doors Open Practice Starts. Practice ends at 8:45am to go over announcements

Saturday 9AM - 4PM - Main Event 12 Round Match Play qualifying (finals on Sunday) – $65 fee per player(already included in your entry fee)

Saturday 12:00ish Lunch Break

Saturday 4-5PM - Dinner Break In-between Tournaments

Saturday 5PM - Midnight - 10 Strike Progressive Knockout Tournament – $20 fee per player(already included in your entry fee)

Sunday 8AM – Doors Open Practice Starts. Practice ends at 8:45am to go over announcements

Sunday 9AM – Main Event Finals start (carry over from Saturday Main Event)

Sunday 9:15AM - 3 Strike Knockout Tournament – $0 (free tournament with WPPR’s and Trophies on the line)

***No Lunch Break on Sunday***

Sunday has 2 separate events running concurrently. The Main finals are only for the top 24 players that qualified for it based on Saturday’s 12 round Match play qualifying.

The 3 strike group knockout tournament on Sunday is open to anyone who wants to play in it INCLUDING the top 24 qualifiers who are playing in the “Main finals”. If you play in both tournaments at the same time you will run the risk of causing an ‘intentional delay’ of more than 60 seconds, as defined by IFPA rules, which will result in a warning for the first offense and a score of zero for second and subsequent offenses.

PRIZES:

Cash Prizes for the top 16 players in the Main Event

Cash prizes for the top 8 players in the Friday Morning Target Match Play Tournament.

Cash prizes for the top 8 players in the Friday Night Fair Strikes Classic Tournament.

Cash prizes for the top 8 players in the Saturday Night 10 Strike Progressive Tournament.

No Cash Prizes for the Sunday 3 strike knockout tournament. WPPR points and trophies!

You can win up to 4 different cash prizes based on how well you play in each tournament!

EXAMPLES OF PAYOUTS BELOW BASED ON 80 PLAYERS

Main Tournament with $65 Tournament Fee

Main Cash Prizes % for 1st-16th

1st 30%

2nd 20%

3rd 10%

4th 8%

5th-8th 4% each

9th-16th 2% each

*Main Tournament Example Assuming 80 players will have $5200 in the pot — actual payouts will depend on exact number of players

1st $1560

2nd $1040

3rd $520

4th $416

5th-8th $208 each

9th-16th $104 each

3 Tournaments with $20 Tournament Fees

Cash Prizes for 1st-8th

1st 35%

2nd 20%

3rd 15%

4th 10%

5th-8th 5% each

*Example Assuming 80 players in each event will have $1,600 in the pot PER tournament — actual payouts will depend on exact number of players

1st $560

2nd $320

3rd $240

4th $160

5th-8th $80 each

No Cash Prizes for 3 Strike Sunday Knockout (Only IFPA points and trophies/plaques)

The prize money awarded at the tournament is final. The tournament director’s decisions on rulings are final. You agree to these terms by signing up. You can’t come back after the tournaments are finalized and dispute your finishing position or prize payout. Any discrepancies need to be brought up immediately to the main tournament director, at and during, the tournaments themselves.

Tournament Formats:

Thursday May 12th 6PM-10PM - Open Pinball Practice Session

+No Formal Tournaments+Just Practice, socializing, $1 games and probably a few high stake games as well!

Event 1: Target Match Play Tournament of 30 Points with 3/2/1/0 scoring

Friday May 13th

8AM Doors Open for practice and check in. Practice ends at 8:45am for announcements.

9AM Tournament starts

$20 Tournament Fee - 100% gets paid out as prize money for top 8

Tournament will use all 45+ Pinball Machines at the Delaware Pinball Collective. We will try our best to alternate the era of games played on. One round will be LCD/DMD games and the next round will be Classics/EM games. The matchplay software will pick the games played and will match the players up in groups.

This is a Group Match Play Tournament with Swiss seeding and 4 players (3 if necessary) in each group. Scoring is based on player performance for that one machine (3/2/1/0) or (3/1.5/0). This will be added to a running total for the tournament. The first player to reach 30 points is declared the winner and the tournament is over. If multiple players reach the target score on the same round the player with the higher total is the winner. If they are tied a randomly drawn game will be selected for the tiebreaker. Only ties between 1st place will be broken with a 1 game tie breaker for the affected players. No playoffs or finals for this event. Automatic Tiebreakers (if available in Match Play Software) will be turned on and will supersede any tie other than a tie for 1st place. A tie for first place will result in a 1 game playoff.

Top 4 will receive Trophies/Plaques, Top 8 will receive Cash Prizes

Event 2: 8 Strikes Classics Only Fair Strikes Knockout

Friday May 13th

6PM Tournament Starts or after the Friday Morning Target Match Play Tournament ends

$20 Tournament Fee - 100% gets paid out as prize money for the top 8

This Knockout Tournament is an 8 Strike Classics Tournament played in groups of 4 (3 when necessary).

We will only use classic solid state and Electro-Mechanical games.

Random Seeding to start, then Swiss Style. Games drawn randomly.

Groups of 4 (or 3) will play against each other on a single machine. 1st Place receives NO Strike, 2nd and 3rd Place receive 1 Strike, 4th Place receives 2 Strikes

3 player matches (as needed) - 1st Place receives No Strike, 2nd Place receives 1 Strike, 3rd Place receives 2 Strikes

Once a player has 8 strikes they are out of this tournament

The tournament continues until there is one player remaining. Only ties for trophies/prizes will be broken with another game played.

Top 4 will receive Trophies/Plaques, Top 8 will receive Cash Prizes

Should there be a tie for first place, another game shall be played as a tiebreaker. Automatic Tiebreakers (if available in Match Play Software) will be turned on. No other ties will be broken unless it’s for a trophy or prize.

Event 3: The Delaware Pinball Open - Main Event Qualifying

Saturday May 14th

Certified IFPA tournament with 120% TGP (assuming minimum 64 rated players in qualifying)

8AM Doors Open Practice. Practice ends at 8:45am for announcements

9AM Tournament Starts

$65 Tournament Fee 100% gets paid out as prize money to top 16 after finals on Sunday

Tournament will use all 45+ Pinball Machines at the Delaware Pinball Collective. We will try our best to alternate the era of games played on. One round will be LCD/DMD games and the next round will be Classics/EM games. The matchplay software will pick the games played and will match the players up in groups.

This is a Group Match Play Qualifying tournament with Random Pairings to start and Tiered Swiss thereafter. We will play exactly 12 rounds using 7/5/3/1 scoring. After 12 rounds the Top 24 Players make the Main Playoffs on Sunday. We will not have ‘B’ playoffs, you either make the playoffs or you don’t. Everyone will be seeded 1-24. Automatic Tie Breakers will be turned on. The exception to Automatic Tiebreakers will be for 8th and 24th positions. Those positions will have a 1 game playoff drawn at random by the tournament director immediately at the conclusion of qualifying. This will be done so all players know who is in the finals, who has choice of banks, and who they are playing in the 1st round. Top 8 players receive a 1st round bye in playoffs. Playoffs will be Groups of 4 players. 4 Rounds Total using modified PAPA format on 3 Game Banks with 4/2/1/0 scoring. Top 2 advance Bottom 2 Eliminated. Final position 1st-24th will be determined solely by your play in the playoffs. No points carry over from qualifying.

DPO Main Event Finals (Held on Sunday, May 15th)

I changed the finals format slightly to reseed the groupings based on original qualifying as we go from round to round as opposed to a strict bracket format that I originally had written. Plus the finishing position of the eliminated players will now be based on how many points they accumulated in the round in which they were eliminated as opposed to having everyone tied on the round they were eliminated. These changes are more in line with traditional pinball finals at other major tournaments.

Sunday May 15th

8AM Doors Open for Practice and check in. Practice ends at 8:45am for announcements

9AM Finals Start

Once the finals start there is no practicing allowed on the machines that are in the finals.

Top 24 Players from the Main Event Qualifying will play in the Finals. If someone doesn’t show up the 25th person from qualifying will take their place. The format will consist of 4 rounds of 3 game banks. Top 8 qualifiers will get a 1st round bye. Groupings for first round will be (9th, 16th, 17th, 24th), (10th, 15th, 18th, 23rd), (11th, 14th, 19th, 22nd), (12th, 13th, 20th, 21st) Games will be played one at a time. High seed in each group will get choice of Bank and Order on 1st game. Subsequent games the order choice is reversed with 4th place getting to pick first, then 3rd place next, etc. The games that are in the banks will be chosen by the tournament director before the start of the tournament and won’t be revealed to the players until the morning of the playoffs. Scoring will be 4/2/1/0 for each of the 3 games. Top 2 advance and the bottom 2 are eliminated. Should there be a tie for 2nd/3rd place a 1 game playoff will be played by the 2 affected players. That game is pre-selected on the Bank Sheet as the Alternative Game or another game will be chosen at random by the TD if needed.

The 8 Eliminated players from the 1st round will be ranked 17th-24th according to how many points they accumulated in this round. Ties will not be broken.

In the Quarterfinal Round, the players advancing from the previous round will be reseeded according to their original ranks and divided into four groups as follows.

16 Players

Group 1: 1 8 9 16

Group 2: 2 7 10 15

Group 3: 3 6 11 14

Group 4: 4 5 12 13

The 8 eliminated players will be ranked 9th-16th according to the accumulated points in this round. Ties will not be broken.

For the Semifinal Round, the 8 players advancing will be divided into two groups of four. The groups will be organized according to the original qualifying rank as shown here:

8 Players

Group 1: 1 4 5 8

Group 2: 2 3 6 7

The 4 eliminated players from this round will be ranked from 5th-8th based on the accumulated points from this round. Ties will not be broken.

The four remaining players advance to the final round. The final round is conducted in the same manner as the Semifinal Round. The total scores for this round will determine the order of the winners. All ties in the final round are considered significant and will be broken with a 1 game playoff. The final reporting of points to IFPA will show 1st-4th place with no ties.

Top 4 will receive Trophies/Plaques, Top 16 will receive Cash Prizes

Event 4: Progressive 10 Strike Knockout Tournament

Saturday May 14th

5PM Tournament Starts or after Main Qualifying Ends

$20 Tournament Fee - 100% tournament fees paid back to players as prize money

Tournament will use all 45+ Pinball Machines at the Delaware Pinball Collective. We will try our best to alternate the era of games played on. One round will be LCD/DMD games and the next round will be Classics/EM games. The matchplay software will pick the games played and will match the players up in groups. NOTE - We will switch to all classics/EM's at 10pm.

You will play in groups of 4 players (3 when necessary), random seeding to start, then swiss style pairing thereafter. 4 player groups get 0/1/2/3 strikes per round (1 game per round), 3 player groups get 0/1/2 strikes per round. Once you receive 10 strikes you are out of the tournament. Once Eliminated, you may stay and play all the games on free play the rest of the night.

Tiebreakers for position 1-8 only will be determined by a 1 game playoff with a random game selected order selected by random draw.

Top 4 will receive Trophies/Plaques, Top 8 will receive Cash Prizes

Event 5: Sunday 3 Strike Knockout Tournament

Sunday May 15th

8AM Doors Open for practice and check in. Practice ends at 8:45am for announcements

9:15AM Tournament Starts

No Entry Fee for this tournament.

No Prize Money for this tournament but it will have IFPA points awarded as its own separate tournament not connected to Main Tournament in any way.

Tournament will use games not reserved for the Main Tournament Finals. We will try our best to alternate the era of games played on. One round will be LCD/DMD games and the next round will be Classics/EM games. The matchplay software will pick the games played and will match the players up in groups.

The Knockout Tournament is a 3 Strike Tournament played in groups of 4 (3 when necessary).

Random Seeding to start, then Swiss Style. Games drawn randomly.

Groups of 4 or 3 will play against each other on a single machine

The 2 players with the lowest scores in a group will receive a strike (3rd, 4th Place in the match)

3 player matches (as needed) lowest score (3rd Place) will receive a strike.

Once a player has 3 strikes they are out of this tournament

The tournament continues until there is one player remaining. Automatic Tiebreakers (if available in Match Play Software) will be turned on. Only ties for trophies will be broken with another game played.

Top 4 receive trophies/Plaques

LODGING: I'm in talks with most of these hotels trying to obtain a group rate, once I know more I will let all registered players know. In the meantime, here are all the hotels located 3-4 miles from the Delaware Pinball Collective.

Red Roof PLUS+ Wilmington (2 star hotel) - 415 Stanton Christiana Rd, Newark, DE 19713 - (302) 292-2870

Days Inn by Wyndham Newark Wilmington (2 star hotel) - 900 Churchmans Rd, Newark, DE 19713 - (302) 368-2400

Hilton Wilmington/Christiana (4 star hotel) - 100 Continental Dr, Newark, DE 19713 - (302) 454-1500

Extended Stay America - Newark - Christiana - Wilmington (2 star hotel) - 333 Continental Dr, Newark, DE 19713 - (302) 283-0800

Sonesta Select Newark (3 star hotel) - 48 Geoffrey Dr, Newark, DE 19713 - (302) 456-3800

Quality Inn (2 Star Hotel) - 65 Geoffrey Dr, Newark, DE 19713 - (302) 292-1500

CURRENT GAME LIST (always subject to change):

Aerosmith Premium

Attack From Mars Remake LE

Bank Shot (EM with powerball)

Banzai Run

Baywatch

Black Jack

Bobby Orr's Power Play

Centaur II

Comet

Conquest 200 (EM with powerball)

Dialed In LE

Eight Ball (with powerball)

Flight 2000

Future Spa

Godzilla PREMIUM

Grand Prix (EM)

Guardians of the Galaxy PRO

Hot Tip (SS)

Iron Maiden PRO

Iron Man

Jet Spin (EM)

Joker Poker (SS)

Jurassic Park PRO

Lectronamo

Meteor

Monster Bash Remake SE

Night Moves

Nitro Ground Shaker

Rush PRO

Space Shuttle

Spirit of 76 (EM)

Star Trek PRO

Star Wars Comic PRO

The Flintstones

The Getaway: High Speed II

Theatre of Magic

Twilight Zone

Whirlwind

White Water

Wild Fyre

World Cup Soccer 94

Wrestlemania