Catch up launch party for the games that were missed during the lockdowns of the past 2 years - Stranger Things, Elvira's House of Horrors, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Guns n Roses.   All Day Unlimited Play
11am to 9pm - $25 entry per person.
Short on time and can't play pinball for a full day? Unlimited play for ONE hour is also available for $10 per hour.   Best Game Tournament.
$5 tournament fee (plus the $25 entry to location).
Best game on 4 machines.
Unlimited Qualifying from 11am - 7pm.
Finals from 7pm - 8pm approx. Players play unlimited games on each of the 4 qualifying machines.
The scores on each machine will be ranked and players will be allocated points accordingly.
Only the best score on each of the 4 machines will count towards a players final tally.
In the absence of a player for the finals, the next highest ranked player is promoted to the finals.
Approx the top 30 percent of the qualifying field will advance to the finals (minimum of 4 players, rounded to nearest even number of players).
Head to head finals.
Players are matched from highest ranked to lowest ranked.
Best of 3 games elimination finals.
In the finals, the higher ranked qualifier has the choice of either selecting: machine played OR going first or second. Prizes available for top players on each game and for overall tournament winners.

Event details

Overview
Day will be split up between qualifying and bracket finals. A grade and B grade finals will be held to give all players maximum game time.
Qualifiers will be held as a 3 hour ‘Fighters-Frenzy’ (see Fighters-Frenzy rules below) to seed all participants in the finals. The field will then be split in two halves with the two qualifiers going into the A finals and the bottom going into the B finals.
Finals will then be a double elimination bracket with the top seed playing the bottom seed etc. All game choices will be randomly chosen by the tournament director or through the matchplay software.
The Grand-final will be three best of five matches across three different machines.
 
Ruleset:
Player entry fee: $25.00
Includes free play on fighting games for the day & lanyard.
The competition will be held at Beercade 113-115 Regent street, Redfern NSW. Doors open 1pm.
Please keep your lanyard on you when in the building for the event so staff can recognise you as a paid attendee.
Prize: (TBA)

Fighters-Frenzy rules
Frenzy tournaments are, as the name implies, very hectic tournaments. The tournament organizer decides on a duration for the tournament (for example, three hours) and a number of machines to be used for the tournament. When the tournament starts, head-to-head matches are created on those machines, and any players not assigned to a match are placed in a queue.
When a match ends, a new game will be created using the following approach:
Player 1 will become Player 2 on the new game.
Player 2 will go to the bottom of the queue.
The player at the top of the queue will become Player 1 on the new game.
The tournament will progress in this manner until the timer runs out. The winner is the player with the most net wins (or total number of wins minus total number of losses).
Day schedule.
Date: 29/01/22
1pm: Doors open
1pm - 2pm: Coaching sessions
2pm - 3pm: Practice
3pm - 6pm: Frenzy Qualifiers
6:30pm: Bracket finals start.
Game lineup
Super street fighter 2 turbo
Mortal Kombat 2
Tekken tag tournament
Darkstalkers
Etiquette and general behaviour
Beercade is an inclusive venue and will not tolerate bad behaviour. This includes: Hate speech or bullying. Degrading comments about things like race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, gender or identity will not be tolerated.
Respecting the property of others. Don't touch things that aren't yours.
Be kind and courteous. We're all in this together to create a welcoming environment. Let's treat everyone with respect. Healthy debates are natural, but kindness is required.

Event details