The schedule has been set for Kiwi Pincade 2018!!

Kiwi Pincade is held sequentially at various locations throughout New Zealand over four days. This year's two cities will be Wellington and Auckland. Although fine tuning to the timetable will come over the next few months, these things are set in concrete:

1. Starts in Wellington, Thursday 8th March 2018 1pm at a commercial location where festivities and a tournament (Wellington Pincade IFPA 3 strike competition) will be held beginning in the early evening. Location TBA but probably the Moon Bar.

2. Friday 9th March 9am until 1pm: Breakfast and pinball at a Wellington host's home or another commercial venue from

3. Friday 1-3pm: Fly to Auckland (about one hour's flight time) followed by one or two people's gamesroom that afternoon/night.

4. Saturday 10 March from 9am: Breakfast at the first gamesroom, followed by two or three other gamesrooms around Auckland.

5. Sunday 11 March from 9am: all day at the RD arcade in Pukekohe where two huge tournaments will be held. These are the Pincade Classics and the 3rd System 11 World Championships. We expect around 100 participants for each tournament so there will be lots of IFPA points if you play well. Both tournaments will be run concurrently with set playoff times for each.

There will be a charge to attend like last year. Bronze, Silver and Gold. This helps pay for venue costs, trophies, lanyards and name tags etc. We haven't finalized prices but to give you an idea, it will be around $60 to attend the entire weekend. Pincade T shirts, hoodies, raffle tickets will be extra. Some breakfasts will be included in your $60. Crazy bargain time.

Yee will raffle off a restored Judge Dredd pinball machine on Saturday night. This will be limited to 100 tickets. Ticket price will be $50 each. If the lucky owner doesn't want it, it will be followed by an auction.

Pincade 2017 was a record year with 160 attendees including 34 from overseas. Come join the fun!!

If anyone has any questions, fire them up on this tread and I'll answer them for you.

Cheers!
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Make it so!!

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Yeah, always March sometime.

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You make your own bookings for the flights.

You can fly Air New Zealand or Jetstar, if you book online well in advance it only costs around $39-49 each (nzd). Usually the flights leave 2-230pm.

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Fly fishing in Taupo for you!

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I remember when we were there, a Hobbit came right out!!

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NZ bucks.

Mind you, $60 for a weekend of pinball fun is cheap in any currency....

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hopefully they'll be here before Xmas... and I'll happily take some of your juicy sales commission money

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Very good! And I have your present from Texas waiting for you in the office too, don't forget to grab it ....

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That's the ticket!

Same as us when we visit Europe/USA ... its a long way to fly, so make the most of it while you're there.

Lots of activities all over the country.

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Thanks to Head2Head podcast for the Pincade shoutout!

Just to clarify, Pincade is very much Yee's baby, but we all pitch in to help out.

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You know there are regular pinball meets in Wellington?

PM me for details if you want to go along ....

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The last few years, Feb/March are the nicest months of the year, weatherwise.

Lots of nice white sand beaches down the east coast of the North Island.

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Here are the Comps that we will be running at Pincade -- subject to confirmation --

1/ Thursday Night- 3 strike Comp at Moon Bar in Wellington. Those who attended 3 years ago will know how great that was.

2/ Saturday night - fun Comp at Yees place. Format to be decided, no points, just a fun time.

3/ Sunday - System 11 World Champs #3. Play one game on each of 10 classic Sys11 games. Top 32 go into playoffs.

4/ Sunday - Pincade Classics #2. Play one game on each of 8 classic EM and SS titles. Top 32 go into playoffs.

5/ We will also run a Woman's Comp on Sunday - this will be NZs first Woman's Comp!

The ladies scores in the Sys11 qualifying will also be qualifying for the Woman's Comp - top 6 will go through to finals to be played on either the Sys11 or the Classics machines (your choice)

Danni will help me run this Comp. This Comp will earn "Woman's whoppers"

Whoppers ahoy! Whoppers for alllllll!

Sweet!

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Pincade related - sort of.

Danni_NZ has started up Belles and Chimes in NZ ... the first chapter outside of the USA!

While we may not have time for an Offical Belles and Chimes Comp during Pincade, the Belles will certainly be getting together!

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Yes, of course.

Message rocky2 here and he’ll get you some tickets sorted.

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Yees is just a fun event. There are going to be some “pinball Olympics” style games there.

There are 4 other huge comps over the 4 days so plenty of opportunities for Whoppers.

1/ wellington Pincade (Thursday)
2/ Sys11 Champs (Sunday)
3/ Pincade Classics (Sunday)
4/ Pincade Womans (Sunday)

Nice!

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We will see what schedule Yeeeeee comes up with.

The Apartment was good this Pincade, even though 90 people and 15 pins were a lot in an apartment.

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Not long to go now ...11 weeks!

Time to step up and book your flights.

Jessica twazu is coming down from Portland for both Wellington and Auckland legs.

Come along and join the fun!

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Good to have you on board, Gene!

Maybe post up a couple of your photos up here, to show the kiwis what you can do.

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Good times. I was wondering last night if you were coming over.

Re Wellington flights, I haven’t booked them yet but generally we are leaving around the 2pm mark.

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Just for attendeees: (ex Chairman Yee)

- Registrations for Pincade 2018 and payment schedule -

Hi everyone

Pincade’s main aim is for a friendly, sociable gaming event on a cost neutral basis. All prices are the same as last year. Clothing quality is very good, I've had several people mention that to me so the same brand will be used.

For those wanting to attend Pincade, here are your options:

Bronze package $A30 per adult or $A45 per household. Entry one day only. includes lanyard, name tag, entry for any comps on that day. Any food provided on that day (venue dependent).

Silver package $A60 per adult or $A90 per household. Multiple day entry pass, includes lanyard, name tag, entry for any comps on any day you attend. Any food provided on those days (venue dependent).

Gold package $A110 incorporates silver package plus Pincade merchandise [Pincade T shirt, coffee mug, beer mug and 2 stubby coolers].

Platinum package $A200 includes gold package plus polo shirt and hoodie.

Diamond package $A300 includes the Platinum package plus 2 tickets for the Judge Dredd pinball raffle.

Payment can be either Paypal as a gift in $A. Or $NZ cash on arrival.

Extra Pincade items available: coffee mug $10, beer mug $10, stubby coolers $5, single coloured T shirts from previous years (grey, blue or black) $20, 10th anniversary T shirt $30, polo shirt $30, hoodie $60. You must pre-order any extras.

If you are hosting this weekend you get a free Gold package. If you have hosted Pincade twice previously (whether in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch), you have a free Silver package.

The 12th Feb 2018 is the cut off date for ordering your Pincade clothing. Any payments after this date also incur an additional $20 late fee.

Thanks for all your support, everyone!

Cheers
Yee.

(Pm me (rd) for payment details)

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New schedule of comps for Pincade 2018:

1: Thursday 6pm, Moon Bar, Wellington: 3 strike Comp

2: Friday from 5pm, The RD Apartment: Total Nuclear Annihilation Launch Party. Everyone gets two games to qualify for the top 16 finals.

3: Saturday from 5pm: fun Comp at Yees. No points.

4: Sunday 9am, Pukekohe: System 11 World Champs. Everyone gets one game on 10 Classic Sys11 Games. Top 32 make playoffs.

5: Sunday 9am, Pukekohe: Pincade Classics. Everyone gets one game on 8 Classic titles. Top 32 make playoffs.

6: Sunday, Pukekohe: Pincade Woman’s Comp. Top 8 woman from Sys11 qualifying make finals.

We will be looking for some scorers for the Sunday comps.

All good!

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Especially when you drink all my gin!

Lol

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Offical shirt, polos and hoodie designs are up ...

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Look what I got working, just for you to play at Pincade.

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