Stern Army Jurassic Park Launch Party

Two Stern Army pinball tournaments.
LIFESIZE DINOSAURS!
Real fossil exhibit!
All day unlimited FREE play!

The Stern Army, created by Stern Pinball and partnered with the International Flipper Pinball Association, aims to expand the pinball playing community by helping to create more pinball events at public locations.


Official Launch Party Date - Saturday November 30th.
Month long Dinovember event - November 1st to November 30th.

Dinovember Best Game - All month IFPA Tournament - Best Game tournament on FOUR machines.
Launch Party Raptor Frenzy - Saturday November 30th IFPA Tournament - Flip Frenzy tournament



NOT JUST TOURNAMENTS - ALSO UNLIMITED FREE PLAY! The last Saturday of each month, enjoy unlimited games on all the pinball machines for an entry fee of only $20 per person!
Saturday November 30th - $20 entry fee for all day unlimited play on every game at the museum.


The format for the November tournament is as follows:

Tournament times: 1st November 11am to 30th November 5pm.
Tournament fee: Pay per entry on each game - "Coin drop" tournament.

- Unlimited Quaifying runs 11am - 9pm, every day November 1st to November 29th & 8am - 3pm November 30th. Finals Run from 3pm to 5pm approx on November 30th.
- In qualifying, players play unlimited games on each of the 4 qualifying machines.
- The scores on each machine will be ranked and players will be allocated points accordingly.
- Only the best one score on each of the 4 machines will count towards a players final tally.
- The top 30% of the qualifying field will move onto the finals (rounded up to nearest even number of players). - In the absence of a player for the finals, the next highest ranked player is promoted to the finals.
- Head to head finals. Players are matched from highest ranked to lowest ranked. Best of 3 games elimination finals.
- In the finals, the higher ranked qualifier has the choice of either selecting: machine played OR going first or second.



The format for the 30th of November Launch Party tournament is as follows:

Tournament times: 30th November 6pm to 9pm.
Tournament fee: $5 tournament fee, FREE if first ever tournament (Note: Saturday Museum Entry Fee is needed to play in the tournaments at the museum - museum entry on Saturday is $20).

- Once all players have registered, the number of players will be divided by 2.6 to determine how many machines will be used for the tournament.
- As soon as all the information is presented the start button on the stop watch is pressed and the tournament runs for THREE hours.
- The match play software will run this tournament.
- When the tournament starts each machine is randomly assigned 2 players. The remaining players are placed in a queue.
- When a game is completed: Both players are to go to the desk to report the result, without any delay. The winner scores a WIN and the loser scores a LOSS.
- The player who was Player 2 in the game stays at the desk, and goes to the back of the queue to await their next game assignment.
- The player who was Player 1 in the game returns to the same machine with the player from the front of the queue. The new player will be PLAYER 1 in the new game, and the returning player is Player 2.
- After that game, the process is repeated and results are reported, P2 goes to the rear of the queue, and P1 returns to the same game to play as Player 2 in the new game.
- Players who are absent from the queue when their name is called are to be credited with a loss, and placed at the back of the queue.
- All Frenzy games must be played in a competitive spirit. Any collusion in results (ie 1 ball games) will result in disqualification from the event.
- A player is free to end their ball if they think they have enough points to win, or plunge a ball if they want to concede. However, all balls must be played and the game must be in GAME OVER state when the players leave the game. Turning a machine on/off to end a game is not allowed.
- Extra balls should be turned off, however if not "skillfully plunged" is OK - ie you can line up a skill shot etc, but no attempts to flip the ball are allowed.
- At the end of the 3 hours, no more games may start.
- Standings are to be based on net wins (i.e. wins - losses = your score) The best score at the end of the competition is the winner.
- Ties will be broken by head-to-head results, and if still tied, by a single game playoff on a machine chosen at random. If needed, the single game playoff will only be used to break ties for first and second places.



Prizes up for grabs!
You could go home with a framed backglass art from a real pinball machine proudly donated by Stern Pinball for the Stern Army Tournaments!
The person who wins the final playoffs will receive the framed pinball art.
Other prizes up for grabs include museum merchandise, Stern Pinball merchandise, and autographed pinball memorabilia.
Special prizes for the Jurassic Park launch party include REAL DINOSAUR FOSSILS and REAL AMBER!!!!!!