Attention all you pinball loving peeps, April 1 2016 will mark the commencement of the new Melbourne Silverball League monthly pinball tournament. This new tournament will be based on a selfie format, but more on that later! No, this is no April Fools’ Day joke, this is for real!
After his recent US trip to Arcade Expo 2.0 competing in the It Never Drains In Southern California pinball tournament, Martin Robbins was inspired to set up a similar qualifying and competition format here in Melbourne, hence the Melbourne Silverball League (MSL) was born. The first selfie competition in Melbourne will be at Bartronica in Flinders Lane. This is how the MSL pinball competition format will work:
Each month there will be particular pinball machines at Bartronica selected for qualifying – for the month of April the machines will be: Creature from the Black Lagoon, Party Zone, Addams Family, Goldeneye 007 and Pin*Bot. Play on each of these machines and take a photo of your score. You can either upload your picture via the tournament location at Matchplay.Events or post it to the Melbourne Silverball League (MSL) Facebook page. One of the MSL scorekeepers will review your photo and then submit your score. Your ranking on each machine will be worth more points the higher up you are to give you a combined overall ranking (based on the PAPA format i.e.: 100 points for the top score, then 90 for 2nd, 85 for 3rd and so on). The combined scores of the top 16 ranked players will qualify for the playoff (which is on the first Sunday of the following month).
To ensure your score submission goes smoothly, your selfie should have your face and the score to help the MSL scorekeepers validate your submission. Some patience might be needed where certain machines take a while to scroll through credits to get back to your score.
If we have lost you so far, here are the TL;DR (that’s Too Long;Didn’t Read) notes:
- Register your participation at the MSL Facebook page;
- play pinball at Bartronica;
- upload pictures to MSL Facebook page of your awesome scores;
- check the MSL Facebook page to see how you are ranking for that month;
- get in to the top 16 players to qualify for the monthly head to head comp to determine the overall winner.
It is that easy! So what are you waiting for? Go and register now and then hit Bartronica during the month of April to rack up your high score!
Martin Robbins – the brains behind the Melbourne Silverball League
Shane Rubans getting some testing done at Bartronica
source: Melbourne Silverball League
