🎱 Week 8 is TONIGHT at Barcade! 🎱
Friends!
We are down to it. It is Week 8, the final week of the season, tonight at 7:30pm at Barcade, which means next week is Finals. Get hyped!
We're also packed to the rafters with updates. First things first:
NEXT SEASON'S DATES
We're gonna take an XL-sized break over the holidays and through the new year to recharge, and the 2023 Winter Season will start up on 1/23/23. Same time, same day, same Barcade.
There's also been some hot talk about potential events between now and then too, so keep yer eyes peeled here and on IG for the goods.
Here's the full schedule for next season:
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Week 1: January 23
Week 2: January 30
Week 3: February 6
Week 4: February 13
Week 5: February 20
Week 6: February 27
Week 7: March 6
Week 8: March 13
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Finals: March 20
NEXT UP, FINALS FORMAT
We're still hammering details out on this one, and I'll have an update later this week, but here's what I can tell ya:
Based on our average meetup numbers, it's likely we won't split into A and B divisions this time. Our goal is always to make both divisions as balanced as possible, and if the numbers aren't high enough, we'd rather err on the side of one big tournament than a big A division and a small B. We'll plan for both scenarios, but I'd encourage everyone to come ready 2 battle 4 the cup.
We'll still pay out top 8 (cash and bird tokens).
Our experiments with a) figuring out how to make sure everyone plays everyone else at least once, and b) keeping the event from going all night haven't been super successful. This means we may need to go with a format that results in some folks getting bounced earlier, but if that happens we're gonna try to make sticking around worth your while 🙏
The community prize table is going to be in full effect, and you know this.
Which brings me to...
THE SEASON FINALS COMMUNITY PRIZE TABLE
You can check out a rundown of what to expect with this whole thing in the last newsletter here.
The real thing to know is that this is opportunity for you to hook up your homies in the PPC with something that is gonna absolutely embarrass every other bargain basement special they'll walk away with this holiday season.
We're gonna be doling out Door Prizes and Primo Prizes Lionel Richie style, all night long. And of course the tables will be stacked with sparkling gems from basements and junk shops across Philadelphia PA — but the real gold always has/always will come direct from the crew. If you think it's awesome, we do too, and we wanna put your name right next to it on that prize table. So if u got the goods (and I know you do), bring em out next week!
OKAY! LAST NIGHT BEFORE FINALS!
See ya tonight!
💛💛
Jon