Finals are TONIGHT at Barcade!
Friends!
If you know, you already know. If you don't already know, here's what you need to know to get into the know:
FINALS, tonight, 7:30pm, Barcade.
Miracles and magic abound! We got divisions. We got trophies. We got prizes. YOU've got a chance to win it all and enter the PPC Hall of Legends (in which I sharpie YOUR name on the side of a spray-painted champagne bucket for YOU to proudly display in YOUR home).
HERE'S THE DEAL
We're looking to get started at 8pm sharp tonight, so don't be late!
If you want to play tonight you have to a) be paid up and b) have played at least one night with us this season.
We're planning to have two divisions tonight (A and B). The top 16 players that show up will play in A, and the remaining players will play in B.
The A division format will be a "group round robin", which means that every player will play every other player exactly one time, over 5 rounds of play. After 5 rounds, the top 4 will play a final match to crown the champ. For each round, scoring is as follows:
First place takes 3 points
Second takes 2 points
Third takes 1 point
Fourth takes 0 points
If the B division has 16 players or fewer, it will use the same format as A. Otherwise, B will play a knockout format (with the strike count TBD based on how many folks we have).
We've got trophies for the champs, and cash/token payouts for the top 4 in each division
Most importantly, ALL NIGHT, everyone will be playing for a crack at the pile of treasures laid forth on the Community Prize Table.
One table will be Door Prizes, which you'll collect if any of your scores end in 00, ALL NIGHT.
The other table will be your top-grade, hand-picked super jammers: the Primos. All you gotta do is complete one of the listed objectives for any game at Barcade (again, ALL NIGHT), and you're taking home the heat.
ABOUT THAT PRIZE TABLE
In seasons past, I've written about the staggering beauty of the Community Prize Table, and what you can do to increase its levels of radness.
Well the big pitch got away from me (again) this season, so let me simply say, at the latest hour possible (again), if you:
Make rad stuff
Collect rad stuff
Have a basement teeming with rad stuff
Want your rad stuff to be the best thing anyone's ever won at an adult pinball club
Then bring it on down to the Community Prize Table tonight, and lemme put a big ol label with your name right on it so everyone knows exactly what's up.
SHIRTS
If you haven't picked up your shirt (and you paid last season), we'll have your shirt!
NEXT SEASON'S DATES
We usually take about a six-weeker or so between seasons, but we're gonna stretch it a bit this time (I'm told the staff will be "entering their Nicholson Hoagie Boat era", whatever that means) and start back up after Labor Day for Fall 2023. Sorry in advance if the holidays getcha — we'll plan to drop 2 as usual, but maybe that 2 will turn into 3, who can say!
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Week 1: Sept 11
Week 2: Sept 18
Week 3: Sept 25
Week 4: Oct 2
Week 5: Oct 9
Week 6: Oct 16
Week 7: Oct 23
Week 8: Oct 30
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Finals: Nov 6
OK! SEE YOU TONIGHT!
Bring us prize table gold if you've got it!
💛💛
Jon