Thought i would try and host a bash in the Christmas/New Year break for locals - of course travellers are welcome, however suspect it is quite unlikely given the time of year.
Comp is pending IFPA approval. But proposed format is as follows:
Date: Fri 30th Dec 2016
Time: 9am SHARP kick off, likely until 1pm ish (people welcome to turn up from 8am)
Where: Alligator Creek (15 mins south of Townsville)
Cost: $10 per person
Prize money:
Main event: 1st - 40%, 2nd - 15%, 3rd - 5%
10% to go towards maintenance etc
Proposed comp format is similar to the Townsville Open recently held, although with having 4 qualifying rounds instead of 3.
So:
Main comp:
Round 1:
4 player games on 3 machines.
Players grouped randomly
IFPA scoring (7 for 1st, 5 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd, 1 for 4th)
Round 2:
4 player games on 3 machines
Players grouped based on Round 1 seeding (tiered Swiss)
IFPA scoring (7 for 1st, 5 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd, 1 for 4th)
Round 3:
4 player games on 3 machines
Players grouped based on Round 2 seeding (tiered Swiss)
IFPA scoring (7 for 1st, 5 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd, 1 for 4th)
Round 4:
4 player games on 3 machines
Players grouped based on Round 3 seeding (tiered Swiss)
IFPA scoring (7 for 1st, 5 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd, 1 for 4th)
After Round 4, top 8 or 50% (whichever is lesser) progress to the semi-finals
Semi Final:
4 player games on 3 machines (each group will play the same mix of 3 machines).
2 groups of 4 based on seeding 1,3,5,7 and 2,4,6,8
Scores will be ranked for each machine, and the highest points go to the best score (ie: highest score gets 8 points (or same number of points as there are competitors), next best 7 points, lowest score 1 point).
The top 4 players with the most points totalled will progress to the Final.
Final:
4 player games on 3 machines.
IFPA scoring (7 for 1st, 5 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd, 1 for 4th)
In the event of any round having a tied rankings for the final or to make the cut for a qualifying round, those players who are
tied will play a multiplayer tiebreaker game on a single machine randomly
drawn.
I understand there might be some locals away, but also there will a few not working, so this should be a reasonably low key event for a bit of fun. Will likely throw a sausage sizzle or something easy on for lunch.
Machines should be: Spiderman, Indianapolis 500, Sinbad, Black Knight 2000, PAragon, Medieval Madness, Addams Family, Attack From Mars, Corevette, Creature From the Black Lagoon (hopefully i finish it in time!) and possibly Black Rose and Getaway High Speed 2.
Looking at capping this at 20, so let me know if you wish to attend.
