WEST VIRGINIA League Starting Back Up January 16th!

"Tales Of The Tuesday Nights" #03 League Outline:

"Tales Of The Tuesday Nights" is a competitive pinball league that will operate for 10 consecutive weeks with the Finals being held on the 11th week. The weekly competitions will consist of eight weeks at Starport Arcade (471 Chestnut Street...lower level of Bent Willey's, Morgantown, WV) and two weeks at a Private Residence location (see a League Official or email [email protected] for more information). The current schedule will run from January 16, 2018 to March 20, 2018...with the Finals being held on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Weekly start times will be 7pm for Starport Arcade in Morgantown, WV and 7:30pm for the Private Residence in Fairmont, WV.

Each weekly Tournament entry will be $5.00*. Half of that will go to the weekly Top 3 Finishers (paid out in 60%, 25%, 15% increments), with the other $2.50 going in to the Finals Payout for the Top 4 Finishers during the 13th week Finals. Finals payout will be 1st Place: 60%, 2nd Place: 25%, 3rd Place: 10%, 4th Place: 5%. *=Please note: the weekly entry for a player playing their FIRST WEEK will be $6.00. The additional dollar will go toward funding the IFPA Endorsement Fee.

Also note: ANY FIRST TIME "TALES OF THE TUESDAY NIGHTS" PINBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS WILL HAVE THEIR FIRST WEEK'S ENTRY FEE WAIVED!

Tournament play each Tuesday night will be Head-To-Head "Knockout" format with random selection of opponents and machines each Round. Each week will be scheduled to be a "Three Strikes Knockout" as long as there are at least 16 players participating. Should there be 15 or less players, the Tournament will become a "Four Strikes Knockout" format. The first player randomly chosen by the software (matchplay.events) will have choice of order in each match of every round. Should there happen to be more players than can fit on the machines, players will be asked to double up on a machine that has been placed in the Arenas listing twice (all attempts will be made to make this a machine that is capable of handling four players).

Each week during the schedule, "TOTTN Points" will be awarded to each participant. "TOTTN Points" will be awarded in the following manner: 50 for 1st Place, 45 for 2nd Place, 40 for 3rd Place, 39 for 4th Place and then in one point decreasing increments for each position 5th Place and below (38, 37, 36, etc.). These Points will be tallied through the 10 Week schedule, with a players LOWEST TWO scores dropped at the end of the ten weeks. The final "TOTTN Points" accumulations will determine seeding for the Finals. Highest Point total will be seeded 1st, second highest Point total 2nd and so on through the 8 player Finals bracket. PLAYERS MUST PLAY AT LEAST SIX OF THE TEN WEEKS IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE FINALS.

Finals will be Head-To Head, Best Of Five Rounds with the winner advancing on to the next Round. During the Finals, the higher seeded player will have choice of game or order and the lower seeded player will have the unclaimed choice. No waiting on machines will be allowed for the Finals, so an unoccupied machine must be chosen when the Round starts. No machine may be played twice in the same round.

Seeding will be in a 1-8, 2-7, 3-6, 4-5 format with the 1-8 winner facing off against the 4-5 winner in Round 2 and the 2-7 winner playing the 3-6 winner. Third Round will consist of the Championship Match and the single game Consolation Match (to determine 3rd and 4th Place Finishers). Order of Top 8 Finishers after Finals will determine the Final Standings for the Top 8 as submitted to the IFPA. The rest of the Final Standings will be determined by "TOTTN Points" accumulated over the course of the schedule.

ALSO KEEP IN MIND THE FOLLOWING:
1. CURRENT SCHEDULE*:
01/16--Starport Arcade, 471 Chestnut Street...lower level of Bent Willey's, Morgantown, WV
01/23--Starport Arcade, 471 Chestnut Street...lower level of Bent Willey's, Morgantown, WV
01/30--Starport Arcade, 471 Chestnut Street...lower level of Bent Willey's, Morgantown, WV
02/6--Private Residence, Fairmont, WV (See a League Official or email [email protected] for further information)
02/13--Starport Arcade, 471 Chestnut Street...lower level of Bent Willey's, Morgantown, WV
02/20--Starport Arcade, 471 Chestnut Street...lower level of Bent Willey's, Morgantown, WV
02/27--Starport Arcade, 471 Chestnut Street...lower level of Bent Willey's, Morgantown, WV
03/6--Private Residence, Fairmont, WV (See a League Official or email [email protected] for further information)
03/13--Starport Arcade, 471 Chestnut Street...lower level of Bent Willey's, Morgantown, WV
03/20--Starport Arcade, 471 Chestnut Street...lower level of Bent Willey's, Morgantown, WV
03/27--Finals @ Starport Arcade, 471 Chestnut Street...lower level of Bent Willey's, Morgantown, WV

*=Should any Schedule changes need to be made, they will be posted on the Facebook GROUP Page for "Tales Of The Tuesday Nights". Please join that page to keep up with the latest standings and updates.

2. Starport Arcade and the Private Residence will be open for practice at least one hour before Tournament time each week.

3. Since this is considered a "League", no weekly Tournament results will be submitted to the IFPA. Instead, all "Meaningful Games" played and other vital statistics will be accumulated through the Finals to determine the Final Results which will be submitted to the IFPA and WPPR's will be determined accordingly.

4. Participants MUST play SIX of the 10 week schedule in order to qualify for the Finals. In other words, the Top 8 participants who HAVE played at least six weeks of the schedule will make up the Finals field. This means that a player that played all six weeks and has a lower point total will make the Finals over a person that played only five weeks with a higher point total.

5. Should there happen to be a Tie for any spot in the Top 8 (thus affecting the Finals), the Tie will be broken on the day of the Finals with a ONE GAME TIEBREAKER on a randomly selected machine. Winner of Tiebreaker game will claim the higher position of the two for seeding purposes.

6. Please note that starting in 2017, the IFPA has instituted the following ruling: "For any IFPA-endorsed tournament or league with a qualifying portion, players can only be included in IFPA final results if they have met at least 50% of all qualifying requirements. Any players that don’t meet this minimum participation requirement should be removed from the results by the tournament director (TD) prior to submitting those results to the IFPA. For example...For leagues, this means that players must participate in at least 50% of the sessions of the regular season to be included in the final standings submitted to the IFPA." What does this mean to participants in "Tales Of The Tuesday Nights"? IF YOU DO NOT PLAY IN 5 OF THE 10 WEEKS OF THE "TALES OF THE TUESDAY NIGHTS" SEASON, IT WILL (AT LEAST IFPA-WISE) LOOK LIKE YOU NEVER PLAYED AT ALL! That means no WPPR's awarded to you or no qualifying for the current year's State Championship for you (unless you play in other tournaments or complete another League season during the year). Keeping it simple, you could look at it like this: you gotta play SIX weeks in the TOTTN to qualify to be in the Finals and you've got to play at least FIVE weeks to be submitted to the IFPA as having even participated at all.

7. Machines will be on token drop at Starport Arcade and coin drop at the Private Residence. Please try to have ample quarters with you when attending the Private Residence.

8. Any rulings needed during the course of play each week will be at the sole discretion of the League Director and those assigned to oversee such matters.

9. Should ever a machine be deemed Unplayable DURING a Match by the League Director or one of those assigned to oversee such matters (either during regular League matches or during the Finals), the next open machine to the right will be played instead, with the machine removed from the Arena selection file in the software.

10. Abusive behavior, either physically toward machines and individuals or verbally toward other individuals, will not be tolerated. After receiving an initial Warning of such abusive behavior, the next infraction will result in a player being banned from competition for the current schedule. A Warning will be effective for the Season of the initial infraction and expire at the end of the NEXT Season. Should an offence take place following the Warning, the dismissal of the player shall be in effect for the remainder of that Season and the next.

11. For League night at the Private Residence, please remember that no alcohol is allowed on the premesis and a designated smoking area will be available on the lower patio.

12. Updated weekly results will be available on the League Facebook Group page, located at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1318362258220686/

13. Should you need more information, you can email: [email protected]

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