HOME : Special Events : Flip-Out Pinball Tournament Flip-Out Pinball Tournament FLIP OUT PRIZESAll Winners will receive a Pinball Expo T-Shirt To register in Pinball Expo Tournament Click HERE Players 'A' Division 1st Place - A New Stern Electronics Pinball Machine, Trophy, sweat-shirt and picture with designer of Tournament game! 2nd Place - Trophy 3rd Place - Trophy 4th Place - Trophy Players 'B' Division 1st Place - $500.00 Cash Prize and Trophy. 2nd Place - Trophy 3rd Place - Trophy 4th Place - Trophy Manufacturers Division 1st Place - Trophy 2nd Place - Trophy 3rd Place - Trophy 4th Place - Trophy Womens Division 1st Place - $250.00 Cash Prize and Trophy 2nd Place - Trophy 3rd Place - Trophy 4th Place - Trophy Seniors Division (55 and over) 1st Place - Trophy. Youth Division (16 and under) 1st Place - Trophy 2nd Place - Trophy 60's Tournament 1st Place - 60's Game and Trophy. 70's Tournament 1st Place - 70's Game and Trophy. Tot Division (5 and under) 1st Place - Large Stuffed Animal and Trophy. World Cup Division -International Competition 1st place - Cash Prize & Trophy. 2nd place - Trophy. 3rd place - Trophy. 4th place - Trophy. Tournament Hours: Preliminaries Thursday 6:00PM - 11:30PM* Friday 6:00PM - 11:30PM* Saturday 10:00AM - 6:00PM* *Closing hours tentative Quarter-Finals and Finals Sunday 9:00AM Players Meeting. 9:30AM Play-Off Starts Overall Tournament Rules (Applies to all divisons) Both games for each ticket must be played in succession on the same machine. In the event of a machine failure, that game will be replayed on another machine. Additional entries will be available for $5.00 per ticket. Flip Out ticket sales end at 5.30 PM Saturday. No refunds will be issued on unused tickets. No tournament games shall start after 5.30PM Saturday and the Exhibit Hall closes at 6.00PM. Any and all Pinball Expo staff members are not eligible to compete. There will be two lines of tournament games. The first line consists of games from the 90's. The second line will feature games from 50's & 60's. The next player in line will play on the first machine available. Note: Women's and youth scores will also be eligible to qualify in the players division. To transfer your scores to the players divison contact one of the Flip Out Officials. All decisions of Flip Out Officials are final. Players Division Tournament Rules (Anyone currently employed by a pinball manufacturing company is not eligible for this category.) Tournament is open to all Pinball Expo Attendees. Each Flip Out ticket will entitle player to two games. Preliminary Tournament is designed for singles completition with the top sixteen scorers advancing to the quater-finals. Note: Each player can only hold one position. Each of the 16 quarter-finalists will compete in a head-to-head competition with random drawings to determine which machines they will play on. A coin toss will determine who will play first. The highest ranking player will call the toss and the winner of the toss will decide who will go first in the next game. The winner of the first and/or second game will decide who will go first in the next game. Each pair of quarter-finalists will play their designated game with the best two out of three scores advancing to the semi-finals. The four winners from each bracket will once again complete in head-to-head competition. The player having the best two out of three scores advances to the finals. The final two contestants in each bracket will play on a game designated by the Flip Out Tournament Official. The player having the best two out of three scores will be declared the winner and crowned Flip Out 2000 Player (A or B)Division Champion. The two remaining semi-finalists will play off for third and fourth positons. If you tilt a game that carries the tilt to the next player, you automatically disqualify yourself from that game. Players must be ready to play when their group is called. Failure to appear within 5 minutes of designation time will be grounds for forfieture. Manufacturers Division Tournament Rules. (Currently employed by a Pinball Manufacturing Company.) Tournament is open to all pinball manufacturer attendees. Same rules apply as players division with the exception of eight quarter finalists only. Seniors Division(55 and Over) Tournament Rules Same rules apply as players division with a prize bring awarded to the highest score in the preliminaries. Youth Division (16 and under) Tournament Rules. Same rules apply as players division with a prize bring awarded to the highest score in the preliminaries. Tot Division (5 and Under) Tournament Rules. Same rules apply as players division with a prize bring awarded to the highest score in the preliminaries. 60's and 70's Division Tournament Rules. Same rules apply as players division with a prize bring awarded to the highest score in the preliminaries. World Cup Division - International Competition. Tournament is open to all Non-USA Pinball Expo 2000 Attendees. Same rules apply as players division with prizes bring awarded to the highest scorers in the preliminaries. Machine Malfunctions: (quarter-finals through finals) Major: A malfunction is considered major if play of game cannot be completed (ex. machine shuts down, locks up, gets into endless loop, software malfunctions, etc.). Minor: A malfunction is considered minor if play can continue (ex. stuck ball, stuck switch) Major Malfunction Rules: A technican will be called to try to determine the problem and fix the machine.If the malfunction can be corrected, the game will be replayed by both contestants. In the event one of the contestants finished their game prior to the malfunction occured, that contestants sorce will stand. The player who did not complete the game will replay te game over.If the malfunction cannot be corrected, a new machine will be designated and the game will be replayed by both contestants Minor Malfunction Rules: Stuck switch -If a switch becomes stuck during game play, the game will be played to completion before a repair attempt is made. Once the game is complete, a technician will attempt to recify the problem. If it can't be repaired, the rest of the games will be played on a machine designated by Flip Out Officials.Stuck ball -If a ball gets stuck during play, the ball will be retrieved and placed in the shootslane and play will continue.