I'd like to announce the following pinball event in Fairfax, VA at the Best Western Hotel. Opens Friday 2p Feb 22 through Sat 10 pm Feb 23. Anyone can come and play pinball for fun or in one of the tournaments. Some of the best pinball players in the world will be in attendance. But we also have a B division for novices or intermediate players. Approx. 30 pinball machines from the 70's to the latest 2013 machine from Stern Pinball.
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10th annual FAIRFAX PINBALL OPEN
Fri-Sat, Feb 22-23, 2013
Fairfax, VA - Best Western
http://www.virginiapinball.com/
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The 10th year of the Fairfax Pinball Open will be moving into a new space - the BEST WESTERN FAIRFAX !! With the loss of John's Place and the scramble to find a new home for FPO10, the details are still being worked out.
However, this is what is being worked on for now:
- $10 daily entry fee, machines on Free Play
- Tournament entries cost extra ($5, $10)
- Upwards of 30 pinball machines
- Some games reserved for tourney, some games available to all
- New Stern Games: Avengers LE & PRO, AC/DC
- Full game list and detailed schedule is Coming Soon
- Earn WPPR points to improve your world ranking
FRIDAY, FEB 22:
- Freeplay pinball on non-tourney games
- Qualifying for Main Tourney starts in afternoon
- Main Tourney entries cost $10 (A div) or $5 (B div) each
- Qualifying for Classics Tourney ($5 entries) starts in afternoon
- Last entry to qualify for Classics is 7pm
- Classics Bracket at 8pm: Top 24 qualifiers with significant seeding advantage to the top 8.
- Play pinball all night into Saturday (overnight qualifying is limited)
SATURDAY, FEB 23:
- Freeplay pinball on non-tourney games
- More qualifying for Main Tourney
- Main Tourney entries cost $10 (A div) or $5 (B div) each
- Finals for Main Tourney to start at 5pm
- Format will be similar to previous years, i.e. similar to the Pittsburgh Pinball Open.
- Games will start leaving as he get deeper into the brackets.
- Close at 10pm ??
We have recently launched a new web site at http://www.virginiapinball.org, and information will be posted there and on our facebook events page.
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10th annual FAIRFAX PINBALL OPEN
Fri-Sat, Feb 22-23, 2013
Fairfax, VA - Best Western
http://www.virginiapinball.com/
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The 10th year of the Fairfax Pinball Open will be moving into a new space - the BEST WESTERN FAIRFAX !! With the loss of John's Place and the scramble to find a new home for FPO10, the details are still being worked out.
However, this is what is being worked on for now:
- $10 daily entry fee, machines on Free Play
- Tournament entries cost extra ($5, $10)
- Upwards of 30 pinball machines
- Some games reserved for tourney, some games available to all
- New Stern Games: Avengers LE & PRO, AC/DC
- Full game list and detailed schedule is Coming Soon
- Earn WPPR points to improve your world ranking
FRIDAY, FEB 22:
- Freeplay pinball on non-tourney games
- Qualifying for Main Tourney starts in afternoon
- Main Tourney entries cost $10 (A div) or $5 (B div) each
- Qualifying for Classics Tourney ($5 entries) starts in afternoon
- Last entry to qualify for Classics is 7pm
- Classics Bracket at 8pm: Top 24 qualifiers with significant seeding advantage to the top 8.
- Play pinball all night into Saturday (overnight qualifying is limited)
SATURDAY, FEB 23:
- Freeplay pinball on non-tourney games
- More qualifying for Main Tourney
- Main Tourney entries cost $10 (A div) or $5 (B div) each
- Finals for Main Tourney to start at 5pm
- Format will be similar to previous years, i.e. similar to the Pittsburgh Pinball Open.
- Games will start leaving as he get deeper into the brackets.
- Close at 10pm ??
We have recently launched a new web site at http://www.virginiapinball.org, and information will be posted there and on our facebook events page.
