EBP Presents Royale: 3-Man Pinbattle Royale Tournament

All rules are subject to change at a moment’s notice

Registration

Registration fee is $40 per TEAM
Online registration closes the evening of March 14th, 2014
Onsite registration closes at 11:45AM on March 15th, 2014
There is NO WILDCARD TEAM OR INDIVIDUALS TEAM REGISTRATION. In order to register, a team must comprise of three people total. We will not accept teams of 2 or 1 and we will not assemble a team for you.
There is NO registration cap
Teams must fill out the form completely. Include a team name, team players’ names, name of the team captain, league you are associated with and contact email.

Tournament Format

Team vs. Team Strikes Format
Matches are best two out of three games, except finals, which may be 3 out of 5 depending on strikes.

Match Specific Rules

3-Ball games only
First game is randomly chosen by tournament director
Team Captains are to either Rock/Paper/Scissor best 2 out of 3, coin flip or coin to wall toss -- against each other. The winner gains choice of EITHER:
- Choice of position for first games (gaining choice of third game and allowing the other team position choice second game) OR
- Choice of game for the second game (allowing the other team position choice of first game and choice of game for third game)
Second game is chosen by what was determined in the RPS stage of the first game
Third game is chosen by the team that has not chosen a game yet
Games are to be coined up for a 2-player game. One Team selects to represent player 1 on the scoreboard, while the other represents player 2.
Team mates must then take turns playing balls 1, 2 and 3 of their game.
Maximum/minimum 1 ball per game per team member.
Team with the highest score wins the game

Extra Ball Rules

Extra balls are "touching flipper rubber" rule.
Teams MAY choose a different team mate to perform the one-flip. This does not count for or against a players maximum balls played.
Extra ball option: Teams are allowed to sacrifice one of their normal play balls in order to play their extra ball. The extra ball is then treated like a normal ball, where a new player takes over. The normal ball the team has elected to sacrifice is then given the “one-flip” rule. This option cannot be exercised after the third ball and is only allowed a maximum of two extra balls. Every subsequent extra ball must be one flipped.
Example:
- Team EBP Yo! vs. Team Bapa WTF?
- Player A from Team BAPA WTF? Plays the team’s first ball, then drains.
- Player 1 from Team EBP Yo! Plays his team’s first ball and drains.
- Player B from Team BAPA WTF? plays their team’s second ball and earns an extra ball.
- The second ball drains and Team BAPA WTF? elects to use the Extra Ball Option and play the extra ball.
- Player C from Team BAPA WTF? steps up and plays the extra ball, then drains.
- Player 2 from Team EBP Yo! plays his team’s second ball and earns an extra ball.
- Team EBP Yo! decide they want their third ball, so elect to NOT use the Extra Ball Option.
- Player 2 from Team EBP Yo! one flips the extra ball and drains.
- Player C from Team Bapa WTF? steps up and one-flips ball 3 as if it were an extra ball and drains.
- Player 3 from Team EBP Yo! plays his team’s third ball.

General Gameplay Rules

No Death Saves
Slam Tilt is automatic loss of that game and offending team must pay for oppossing team's next game.
Multiple Slam Tilts or extreme physical abuse of the machine will result in a DQ for the player and possibly the entire team.
Making physical contact or deliberately distracting a player while he/she is playing a tournament game is not allowed. Severity or multiple incidents will result in DQ.
Jerks will not be tolerated

Team Rules

Maximum/minimum three players per team for first round of tournament
Coaching is allowed
May play in any order
For sake of organization and ruling issues, all teams must have one player acting as captain

Team Rules: Act of God Edition

After round 1 of the tournament, the minimum number of players per team is 2
If after round 1 of the tournament a team loses a player, that team is considered a 2-Man team.
- 2-Man teams must treat the third player's normal ball as an extra ball (see extra ball rules).
- 2-Man teams may decide which normal play ball will represent the missing third player's ball.
  - Example: Stephen and Chris are a 2-Man team, because Kevin dropped out. Stephen and Chris can choose to elect Ball 1, Ball 2 or Ball 3 as "Kevin's ball", and is treated as if it is an extra ball.
- Substitute players are not allowed
One player teams are not allowed and your team will be DQ'd.

Prizes/Registration Split