There is going to be a Metallica Premier party and tournament June 8th in Birmingham Alabama, at BumperNets. Also, in honor of the 1st being George Gomez's birthday, there will also be a side tournament featuring three pins of his design. These 2 tournaments will not run simultaneously, but rather one after the other. Here is the plan:

The Metallica tourney will be two phase, There will be a 4hr qualifying phase held from 10:30AM to 2:30 PM, utilizing the latest tournament software. We will be doing live updates to a server so you can see where you stand on your mobile device. We will also have a small monitor set up to see live results. The pins featured in this tourney will be Metallica Pro, AC/DC premium, and The Rolling Stones. Additional pins are being considered to keep the lines shorter. The top 8 players will qualify for the playoff and if we get over 30 players in the qualifying round we will take the top 16 into the playoffs. You can expect the qualifying pins to be set up difficult, such as no extra balls, shortened or no ball save time, tighter tilts, etc. However, inlane/outlane post rubbers will remain on.

The second phase will be head-to head playoffs using Brackelope software. It will be the knockout formula in which you are allowed 2 losses and you are eliminated. Play will be head-to head, and will feature a completely different set of games from the ones used in qualifying.

The entry fee will be $10 and the machines will not be on free play. Met and TRS are .75/game and ACDC is $1/game. All quarters used go to BumperNets. Payouts will be to the top 4 players of 40, 30, 20, 10% of the entry fees. There will also be $100 in BumperNets Store credit and the usual Stern goodies up for grabs. BumperNets will also be supplying free soft drinks and snacks.

The second tourney will be the George Gomez tribute . It will begin as soon as the 1st tourney is over. It will consist entirely of a Brackelope Knockout tourney. The pins featured will be Avengers, Transformers and Batman. Entry fee will be $5 and all 3 pins will be .75/game. Same payouts as the above tourney. I expect the second tourney to end around 6:30 PM. *There may be additional pins added to both tourneys if the turnout is larger than expected.*

Both tourneys are IFPA sanctioned events, so WPPR points will be earned. The Metallica tourney is the main tourney and the G. Gomez is the side tourney, which will earn 50% the WPPR points as the main tourney.

There will also be 2nd Metallica Pro machine set on free play for the entirety of the event.