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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it is our great pleasure to present the full BPAC schedule for 2022!!!

Super massive shout out to Lambo and JT for putting together another insane 10 days of pinball and arcade heaven for our enjoyment.

Also a massive thanks to Hutchies for coming back on board as the major sponsors for 2022!!!

Thanks also to Brewdog for hosting us again and Nelson and Luke for another world class art package. So many incredible pins, tees and posters coming your way in the next few weeks.

We have dozens of sponsors to thank, way too many to do in this post, and we can not thank them enough for the help big or small. Every little piece helps us bring you the biggest and best event we can.

Tickets on sale March 1st from midday and there is still time to reach out if you would like to volunteer at this year's event.

#bpacislife #bpac2022 #unleashthebeasts

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Below is what to expect for the pinball side of things at this year's BPAC event.

Tickets for this year's event will be available Tuesday March 1st from 12pm QLD time - https://events.humanitix.com/bpac2022

This year's event will have both IFPA Registered and Un-Registered events.  All events that are IFPA Registered will be at 100% TGP value.  For the first time, we will also have 3x 'IFPA Certified' tournaments - Classic Matchplay, The Warm-Up and Brisbane Masters.  Each of these 3 events will attract a further 20% point boost.

The Brisbane Masters will also once again be a part of the Stern Pinball Pro Circuit in 2022.

You can also view these formats via this link - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x6keoR6EikjuiOJTTFVMLoTLRI4i_nhJH-ZLlKF1lrg/edit?usp=sharing

 

BPAC FAIR STRIKES 

Tournament Date: Friday July 15th, 2022

Tournament fee: $25 AUD

Tournament start time: 5pm

 

The fair strikes system will be used for this event. 0 strikes for a win, 2 strikes for last place, and 1 strike for any players in between. 

 

Players will be placed into groups of 3 or 4 at random each round using Matchplay. 

The software will allocate order of play and machine choice for each match. 

Once a player has received 10 strikes, they are eliminated from the tournament. 

 

Tournament directors - Jason Lambert & Jimmy Nails



 

BPAC CLASSIC TARGET MATCHPLAY

Start Date: Saturday July 16th, 2022

End Date: Sunday July 17th, 2022

Tournament fee: $50 AUD. 

Tournament start time: 10am Saturday for Qualifying, 9am Sunday for Finals

 

This will be a Target Matchplay format.  This will also be an "IFPA Certified" event and will attract a 20% point boost.

 

**This event will be capped at 140 entries** 

 

Saturday 16th July:

*8.30am - 9.30am - Free Warm Up & Player registration (event players only). 

*10am - Tournament briefing and start of Round 1. 

All qualifying rounds (as many as needed), will be played on the one day.

 

Sunday 17th July:

*9am - Round One of Finals will commence. 

 

Qualifying:

*Players will play in single game rounds of Group Matchplay, with groups, play order and machines to be determined using the Matchplay.events software. 

*PAPA scoring will be used (4-2-1-0). 

*The first 28 players to reach the target score of 38 points will advance to the finals on Sunday morning and no more rounds will be played.  The next 32 players in qualifying order will be invited to play in the B & C Division finals (16 players per division), also to be played on Sunday morning.

 

Once a player reaches 38 points, they will no longer need to play any further qualifying games. 

Ties for any placings in the Top 28 will be broken by a single game playoff on a random machine, to be played on the Saturday afternoon/night

 

Finals:

*Top 28 players will be sorted into groups of 4 players under the Slaughter option on Matchplay, with the Top 4 players receiving a bye in the first round.  PAPA point scoring will continue during finals. 

*Each group will play 3 games, again with Matchplay deciding games and play order. 

*Top 2 players in each group advance to the next round, with the other 2 players in each group being eliminated. 

*Ties for any of the Top 2 positions in any group will again be broken by a single game playoff on a random machine. 

*The player with the most number of points after the final round is completed will be declared the winner. 

  

Tournament director - Jason Lambert 

 

 

 

NORBERT SNICER TEAMS CUP

Tournament Date: Saturday July 16th, 2022

Tournament fee: FREE 

Tournament start time: 7.30pm. 

 

**This event will NOT be IFPA Registered**

 

Teams will play in groups of 4, selected at random once everyone has nominated and will be played as a multi-round event.

 

Each team playing each other in a match will select a machine to play (ie. 2 machines chosen in total)

Players 1 & 2 from each group will play one game on one of those machines as a 4-player game.

Players 3 & 4 from each group will play the other game, also in a 4-player game.

Winner of each head-to-head game wins 1 point for their team (Max 4 points.

Teams swap machines and repeat once again (Max 4 points)

Highest individual score during any game played during that match wins a bonus point for their team (1 point).

Maximum of 9 points per round.

 

Once each group has finished, move on to the next round against different groups.

Most points at the end of time will be the winning team.

 

If time permits, we might consider doing a Top 3 Team Stepladder final.

 

Friendly banter, heckling, etc will be encouraged throughout!!



 

BPAC CLASSICS FRENZY

Tournament Date: Sunday July 17th, 2022

Tournament fee: $25 AUD. 

Tournament start time: 6pm 

 

**This event will be capped at 100 entries** 

 

First, each machine is randomly assigned two players. The remaining players are placed in one central queue. 

 

When a match is completed: 

*The winner returns to the tournament directors desk to record result 

*The loser stays on the machine they just played, unless they have lost twice consecutively, in which case the winner stays on. 

*The other player goes to the rear of the queue. 

 

*The player staying on the machine moves to the player 1 position. 

*The player at the front of the queue moves up to compete against the player staying on the machine 

*At the end of 3.5 hours no more games may start. Ties will be broken by the most wins. 

*The player with the best win/loss ratio at the end of the allotted time is declared the winner. 

 

Tournament director - Jimmy Nails 

 

 

 

BRISBANE PINBALL CLUB (BPAC EDITION)

Tournament Date: Monday July 18th, 2022

Tournament entry fee: $25 AUD 

Tournament start time: 12pm 

Location:  Netherworld, Fortitude Valley 

 

This one-off BPAC edition of the Brisbane Pinball Club will have a different format to the usual fortnightly events. 

 

Qualifying: 

*Qualifying opens from 12pm-8pm. 

*12 games will be selected at random. Each player will play 1 game on each machine. Top 24 players on points will advance to finals. 

*Ties for 24th place will result in a single game playoff, on a machine to be chosen by a random draw. 

*Players are to assign themselves to a queue on Matchplay prior to starting a game. 

 

**Please note that no qualifying games may commence after 8pm.** 

 

Finals: 

*Will be contested as a head-to-head Strikes elimination

*Top 24 players will be allocated 'lives' according to their qualifying position as follows: 

*1st - 4th - 5 lives 

*5th - 10th - 4 lives 

*11th - 16th - 3 lives 

*17th - 24th - 2 lives 

 

Matchplay software will allocate matchups, machines and play order. 

Players who lose their matches will gain a strike. Once they have lost all their lives they are eliminated from the finals. 

 

Tournament director - Jason Lambert  


 

 

BIG BASH

Tournament Date: Tuesday 19th July, 2022

Tournament entry fee: $30 AUD 

Tournament start time: 10.30am

Location:  The Park, Coomera

 

**This event will be capped at 100 entries** 

 

Qualifying:

*Players will play in single game rounds of Group Matchplay, with groups, play order and machines to be determined using the Matchplay.events software. 

*IFPA scoring will be used (7-5-3-1). 

*The first 16 players to reach the target score of 40 points will advance to the finals. 

 

Once a player reaches 40 points, they will no longer need to play any further qualifying games. 

Ties for any placings in the Top 16 will be broken by finishing score, then by a single game playoff on a random machine. 

 

Finals:

* Players will be sorted into groups of 4 and will play a 3 game round, using the same points system as above. The Slaughter method will be being used for the finals to allocate groups.

* Matchplay will allocate the choice of machines and play order for each game.

* The Top 4 qualifiers (ie. first 4 players to reach 40 points) will receive a WILD CARD at the start of finals. This will give them one opportunity to replace and nominate a machine of their choice at any stage during finals.

* The Top 2 players in each group of each round will advance to the next round. There will be a one game playoff on a machine selected at random for any ties for 2nd place in either group.

* The winner will be the player with the most points earned in the final round.

 

Tournament Director - Jason Lambert.

 

 

 

BPAC MULTIBALL MANIA-THON

Tournament Date: Wednesday July 20th, 2022

Tournament entry fee: $30 AUD. 

Tournament start time: 10.30am

Location:  Multiball Mania, Wynnum 

 

**This event will be capped at 140 entries** 

 

It’s a mini marathon at Multiball Mania!  We’ll run as many single-game rounds of Group Matchplay as we can, drawn at random, until the clock strikes 8pm!

Pinburgh-style scoring, ties broken automatically.

 

Tournament directors - Jason Lambert & David Stavleu



 

BPAC WARM-UP 

Tournament Dates and times: 

* Qualifying - Wednesday July 20th (4pm-10pm), Thursday July 21st (4pm-10pm) & Friday 22nd July (10am-4pm)

* Finals - Friday 22nd July (5pm). 

Tournament fee: $40 AUD. 

 

This will be an 'IFPA Certified' event and will attract a further 20% point boost.

 

Qualifying: 

*Players will play a total of 15 games from a bank of around 20-25 different machines with all scores to count towards qualifying score. 

*Players must play at least 10 different machines for their qualifying, however, cannot play the same machine more than twice. 

*Players are to assign themselves to a queue on Matchplay prior to starting a game.

 

All games are to be played as single player only. 

Points allocated for each machine will be based on the INDISC system which is as follows: 100 for 1st, 97 for 2nd, 95 for 3rd, 94 for 4th, 93 for 5th, and so on. 

The Top 24 players will advance to the finals. 

 

Ties for any placings in the Top 24 (except for 24th) will be broken by the player with the highest individual game points score (ie. 100 points). 

Ties for 24th place will be broken by a single game playoff on a machine to be drawn at random. 

 

Finals: 

*Top 24 players will advance to a PAPA Matchplay style finals, with the Top 8 players receiving a first-round bye.

*Each group will play 3 games, with the top seed in each group getting the opportunity to choose 2 games for their round, with the 2nd top seed getting the final choice of game.  Order of play will be determined based on machine availability.

*Players with machine choice are unable to choose the same game more than once per round and cannot choose the same machine more than twice for the duration of the finals.

*Top 2 players in each group advance to the next round, with the other 2 players in each group being eliminated. 

*Ties for any of the Top 2 positions in any group will again be broken by a single game playoff on a random machine. 

*The player with the most number of points after the final round is completed will be declared the winner. 

 

Tournament directors - Jason Lambert & Jimmy Nails 


 

 

BPAC STRIKES

Tournament Date: Thursday July 21st, 2022

Tournament fee: $20 AUD. 

Tournament start time: 5pm 

 

**This event will be capped at 150 entries**

 

Players will be placed into groups of 3 or 4 at random each round using Matchplay.events. 

The software will allocate order of play and machine choice for each match. 

Only the 3rd & 4th place players in each match will receive a strike. 

The last remaining player will be declared the winner. 

 

Tournament directors - Jason Lambert & Jimmy Nails 

 

 

 

AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP (previously QUEENS-land Women's Championship)

Tournament Date: Friday July 22nd, 2022

Tournament fee: $20 AUD

Tournament start time: 12pm. 

 

Chess-Swiss format.

 

Head to head matchplay, 2 games per round.

Each player selects one game to play, with a point earned for each game won.

Win both games in your round and receive a bonus point.

Approx. 3 hours qualifying.

 

Top 8 advance to Group Matchplay finals.

 

Tournament director - TBC

 


 

JOKERS WILD CHALLENGE 

Tournament Date: Friday July 22nd, 2022

Tournament fee: FREE

Tournament start time: 7pm 

 

** This event will NOT be IFPA registered **

Open to anyone except those still in Warm-Up finals.

 

*All available players will be paired into teams of 2.  Highest qualifier based on Warm-Up comp qualifying earns the right to choose their doubles partner, with the rest to be decided by highest/lowest seed pairings.

*Team seeds will be based on the player with the highest seeding.

*Each team will play a best-of-3 head to head match against another team, highest seed always playing against lowest seed.  Highest seeded team chooses the machine, with the lowest seeded team determining play order. 

*Winner of each game is based on the total combined team score.

*In the event a best-of-3 match is tied 1-1 after 2 games, the final game of the match shall be played as a split-flipper game.

*The winning team is the last remaining team in the event.

 

And for one final twist……

The winning team will play 1 final best-of-3 head to head match between themselves, to determine the overall event winner.

 

Tournament director - Jimmy Nails

 

 

 

2022 BRISBANE MASTERS

(presented by AMUSEMENT MACHINE DISTRIBUTORS) 

 

Start Date: Saturday July 23rd, 2022

End Date: Sunday July 24th, 2022

Tournament fee: $80 AUD. 

 

This will be an 'IFPA Certified' event and will attract a further 20% point boost.

 

Saturday July 23rd:

*8.30am - 9.30am - Free Warm Up & Player registration (event players only). 

*10am - Tournament briefing and start of Round 1. 

*7 rounds will be played, no breaks. 

 

Sunday July 24th:

*9am - Round One of Finals will commence. 

  

**This event will be capped at 220 entries**

**Players must register by no later than 30th June, 2022.  No further entries will be accepted after this date** 

 

QUALIFYING: 

* Once all participants are finalized, all players will be seeded based on their IFPA World ranking as of 30/6/2022. 

* Players will be placed into 4-player groups once seedings have been completed. 

* Each group will be assigned 3 games across each era (70s-80s, 90s, New) and play order at random by the Matchplay software. 

 

First round groupings - Slaughter (Strongest seed plays weakest, second-strongest plays second-weakest, etc). 

Second & subsequent round groupings - Swiss (Players will be paired against players with the same win-loss record. No attempts will be made to pair players against opponents previously not faced (adjacent pairing is used). 

All games will be played as a 4-player game (unless the machine is unable to allow it and/or notified otherwise). 

 

There will be 7 qualifying rounds (21 games per player). The top 32 players will advance to the Main Division Finals, with qualifiers 33-96 to be split in to B/C/D/E Division Finals on Sunday 24th July. Ties for any placings in the Top 32 will be determined by the number of 1st place finishes, then by 2nd place finishes, then by a single game playoff to be played on the Saturday night (if required). 

 

FINALS: 

Finals will start at approximately 9am on Sunday 24th July.  Players who do not turn up by 9am when names are called may be excluded from participating.

 

A Division - Top 32 Qualifiers:

*Finals will be contested under the IFPA Head-To-Head Best-of-5 game single elimination format.

*9th-16th placed qualifiers will receive a single-round bye, while the Top 8 will receive a double-round bye.

*In all matches in all rounds, the highest available seeded player will play the lowest available seed, with the next highest to play the next lowest, and so on until all players are paired up.

*The first player to 3 wins in their Head-to-Head match will advance to the next round.

 

B/C/D/E Division finals:

*B Grade - 33rd-48th placed qualifiers

*C Grade - 49th-64th placed qualifiers

*D Grade - 65th-80th placed qualifiers

*E Grade - 81st-96th placed qualifiers

 

All B/C/D/E Division finals will be contested under Best-of-3 game matches, with the winner advancing.  Highest available seed will always play the lowest available seed.

 

In the event that a player does not turn up for the B/C/D/E finals, players will NOT be able to jump up a division, and instead will be replaced with a BYE in the lowest spot of that division.

 

** At the start of each round the highest seed in A Division will get first choice of machine bank going down to the final match in E Division choosing last **

 

Tournament Directors - Jason Lambert & Jimmy Nails. 

 

 

 

BPAC CLOSING FRENZY

Tournament Date: Sunday 24th July, 2022

Tournament fee: $25 AUD. 

Tournament start time: 7.30pm. 

 

**This event will be capped at 125 entries**
** This event will NOT be IFPA registered **

 

First, each machine is randomly assigned two players. The remaining players are placed in one central queue. 

 

When a match is completed: 

*The winner returns to the tournament director’s desk to record the result. 

*The software will determine who continues on to the next game and who returns to the queue.

*The player at the front of the queue moves up to compete against the player staying on the machine. 

 

The player staying on the machine moves to the player 1 position.   

 

The player with the best win/loss ratio at the end of the allotted time is declared the winner.  It is anticipated that the Frenzy will run for at least 3 hours, however will be determined based on time available.

 

Tournament director - Jimmy Nails

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Hey mates,


We've made the decision to delay the sale of tickets for BPAC 2022 due to the ongoing flooding situation in Queensland and Northern NSW. Our heart goes out to all those affected by the floods. Watch this space for a revised ticket sales date in the coming days.


Stay safe. Try to keep your games dry but make sure to keep yourselves dry, too. 


Cheers,
Team BPAC

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Quick ticket update mates

The Closing Party Flip Frenzy and Pinball All Access Passes have SOLD OUT. Beautiful day. Also the Classics Flip Frenzy has only a few tickets remaining so don't delay on that one.

There are lots of tickets left for all other events, do not despair. 

The Brisbane Pinball Masters is currently sitting around 130 players. Only 70 more to hit the elusive and magical 200 players mark. Please share the event as far and wide as you can help us make this years Masters one of the biggest pinball events in the world.

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On 06/04/2022 at 6:04 PM, Jimmy Nails said:

Quick ticket update mates

The Closing Party Flip Frenzy and Pinball All Access Passes have SOLD OUT. Beautiful day. Also the Classics Flip Frenzy has only a few tickets remaining so don't delay on that one.

There are lots of tickets left for all other events, do not despair. 

The Brisbane Pinball Masters is currently sitting around 130 players. Only 70 more to hit the elusive and magical 200 players mark. Please share the event as far and wide as you can help us make this years Masters one of the biggest pinball events in the world.

To those that are travelling The Waterloo Bay Hotel 3 blocks from Wynnum and 1 block from the train and the RSL have accommodation packages that I believe offer $20 off a room each night you stay....

Just as close as town to Brew Dog and 2 blocks from the bay.

Need more info, send me a PM

See you all in a few weeks

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Ticket update (as at 18th April):
Tickets available @ bnepac.org

 

Friday 15th July:
* Fair Strikes - 80 sold / 140 remaining

Saturday 16th July:
* Classic Matchplay - 107 sold / 33 remaining
* Norbert Snicer Teams Challenge - Free Entry, Unlimited

Sunday 17th July:
* Classic Flip Frenzy - SOLD OUT

Monday 18th July:
* Brisbane Pinball Club @ Netherworld - 73 sold / 27 remaining

Tuesday 19th July:
* Big Bash @ The Park - 76 sold / 24 remaining

Wednesday 20th July:
* Multiball Mania-thon @ Multiball Mania - 76 sold / 44 remaining
* Warm Up Tournament - 108 sold / Unlimited tickets available

Thursday 21st July:
* 3 Strikes - 107 sold / 113 remaining

Friday 22nd July:
* Australian Women's Championship - 23 sold / 77 remaining
* Jokers Wild Challenge - Free Entry, Unlimited

Saturday 23rd July:
* Brisbane Masters - 141 sold / 79 remaining

Sunday 24th July:
* Closing Flip Frenzy - SOLD OUT

 

Yes, that's right.  BOTH Flip Frenzies are now 100% sold out, with the Classic Matchplay on the first weekend nearing sell out as well.
Brisbane Masters ticket sales coming along quite nicely, with only a few more sales to reach that 2019 record of 160 players.  Still would love to reach that magic figure of 200 entrants.  Get on it!!

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Mates. Amazing news!!

BPAC sponsors, friends and all round legends Jessica and Rob from @softplungepinball and @double_danger_pinball currently have a promo code for merch pick up direct at BPAC 2022.

Jump online, order yourself some sweet sweet pinball merch and collect from the BPAC merch stand in July. Save on postage, order more fully sick swag.

Use promo code BPAC2022 at the checkout.

Head over to www.ddpinball.com

Oh yeah!!!

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Likely pinball machine list for BPAC 2022 - Brewdog venue ONLY
Machine line-ups will change in external venues.

 

NEW era

* The Avengers: Infinity Quest (Premium)
* Metallica (Premium)
* Ghostbusters (LE)
* Total Nuclear Annihilation
* Celts
* Batman '66
* Spider-Man (VE)
* Lord of the Rings
* The Walking Dead (Premium)
* Deadpool
* The Munsters (Premium)
* Transformers
* Aerosmith
* High Roller Casino
* Rush
* World Poker Tour
* Wheel Of Fortune
* Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

 

MID era (90s)

* Judge Dredd
* Baywatch
* Scared Stiff
* The Shadow
* No Fear
* World Cup Soccer
* The Flintstones
* Last Action Hero
* WWF Royal Rumble
* Popeye
* Doctor Who
* Cirqus Voltaire
* Monster Bash (Remake)
* Lost In Space
* Twister
* White Water
* Johnny Mnemonic
* Star Wars (Data East - Modern Rom)
* Fish Tales
* Jack*Bot

 

OLD era / Classics (70s & 80s)

* Force II
* Pink Panther
* Fathom
* Attack of the Hop Monster (Time Warp re-theme)
* Abra Ca Dabra (EM)
* Funhouse
* High Hand (EM)
* Space Invaders
* Robo-War
* Transporter
* Time Machine
* Cheetah
* Meteor (Updated ROM)
* Quicksilver
* Raven
* Diamond Lady
* The Machine: Bride of Pinbot
* Stars
* Genie
* Playboy (Bally SS)
* Hit The Deck (EM)
* Jacks Open (EM)
* Playball (EM)
* Cross Town (EM)
* Flight 2000
* Trident
* Pioneer (EM)
* Conquest 200 (EM)
* Future Spa
* Centigrade 37 (EM)
* Harlem Globetrotters
* Nugent
* Cosmic Princess
* Countdown
* Dolly Parton
* Lost World
* Eight Ball Champ

 

Please note that this list, along with Era Allocations are subject to change, based on machine availability and other factors.

 

We would like to send out a massive cheers and a thank you to everyone who has offered up their machines for BPAC once again this year. This event is not possible without your help and support.

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A few more machines added 29/6/22
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The Norbert Snicer Teams Cup, to be played on Saturday 16th July, has a format update:

 

Teams will play in groups of 4, selected at random once everyone has nominated and will be played as a multi-round event.

 

Each team playing each other in a match will select a machine to play (ie. 2 machines chosen in total)

Players 1 & 2 from each group will play one game on one of those machines as a 4-player game.

Players 3 & 4 from each group will play the other game, also in a 4-player game.

Winner of each head-to-head game wins 1 point for their team (Max 4 points.

Teams swap machines and repeat once again (Max 4 points)

Highest individual score during any game played during that match wins a bonus point for their team (1 point).

Maximum of 9 points per round.

 

Once each group has finished, move on to the next round against different groups.

Most points at the end of time will be the winning team.

 

If time permits, we might consider doing a Top 3 Team Stepladder final.

 

Friendly banter, heckling, etc will be encouraged throughout!!

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