MN Monthly 9/7: Double BYP!

A BYP Double Header! What: Two Bring Your Partner Foosball Tournaments! Double Elimination on T-3000 Tornadoes When: Saturday, March 7th Early BYP Sign Ups close at 4:45 pm. First matches called at 5:00 pm. Late BYP Sign Ups close at 7:15 pm. First matches called at 7:30 pm. Where: Jimmy's s Pro Billiards 4040 Central Ave NE Columbia Heights, MN 100% payback** plus $50 kick-in from vendor split across the two main events. $11** entry for BYP $6 BYP entry for -beginners, -female foosers, -those with beginner partners, (foos guru discount) (Beginner status at TD discretion), $5 entry for the DYP for those that go 0-2 in the early bring. - Distinct Partner Double Bring: You must have a different partner in each event if you're playing in both. This is a great opportunity to bring in players we wouldn't otherwise see. I strongly encourage our regular players to recruit out of towners, blast-from-the-past players who we haven't seen in a while, and especially new players (note the handicap below). - Rookie Handicaps: Any team with at least one rookie will have the Appleton point spot system. (1 point the first game, 2 and the ball in the 2nd if they've lost the first, and 1 point in the third game). Let's keep these games fun and competitive. - Early BYP matches will be given priority when the events are running concurrently - Late BYP partner restriction: The same doubles team cannot play both BYP's. Your early BYP partner cannot be your late BYP partner. A great chance to mix it up! Play with your tried and true partner in one, and find someone you've never played with before in the other! As Jimmy's closes at 1 am, I want to ensure we finish before close some race-to-8's may be required in the loser's bracket of the late BYP to ensure a timely finish. **$1 of each entry fee goes to new balls/parts. If you cannot make it by 4:45 for the bring, but can make it before 5:30 pm, contact Skip to let him know you're coming and you can still enter the bring. (Call to enter by 7:15 if you can still make the second bring by 8).

What: Bring Your Partner Foosball Tournament Johnny Lott's Revenge DYP Tournaments to follow Double Elimination on four T-3000 Tornadoes When: Saturday, January 4th BYP Sign Ups close at 4:45 pm. First matches called at 5:00 pm. Johnny Lott's Revenge DYP Sign Ups close at approx 7:30.First matches at approx 8 pm (or as tables open up from the BYP). Where: Jimmy's s Pro Billiards 4040 Central Ave NE Columbia Heights, MN 100% payback** plus $50 kick-in from vendor split across the two main events. $11** entry for BYP $10 entry for the DYP $6 BYP entry for -beginners, -female foosers, -those with beginner partners, (foos guru discount) (Beginner status at TD discretion), $5 entry for the DYP for those that go 0-2 in the bring. -BYP matches will be given priority when the events are running concurrently - As Jimmy's closes at 1 am, I want to ensure we finish by 1 am, so shortened formats/race to 8 in the loser's bracket could occur in the DYP as needed based on turnout and timing. Also, if we have more than twenty entrants, we will split the DYP into two brackets (early and late) to minimize conflicts with the bring . **$1 of each entry fee goes to new balls/parts. Our Guest TD, Eric B has requested the return of Johnny Lott's Revenge! Johnny Lott's Revenge:Basically touch-2 to advance any pass/shot/clear from any rod; 5-bar pass rule extended to every ball advancement (10 sec shot clock on all rods). You're allowed to stop the ball, but any ball-advancement would require the ball to strike at least two player figures after being put in motion). Set pulls, rollovers, pin shots, dinks, banks: no......rolling pulls and dinks yes, banks after touching two yes, rollovers that involve two player figures yes (The Moss Toss).

What: Bring Your Partner Foosball Tournament No-Conflict Singles and MN Shuffle DYP Tournament to follow Double Elimination on four T-3000 Tornadoes When: Saturday, November 2nd BYP Sign Ups close at 4:45 pm. First matches called at 5:00 pm. No-Conflict Singles Sign Ups close at 7:15 First matches called at 7:30. MN Shuffle DYP Sign Ups close at 7:30. First matches called at 8 pm (or as tables open up from the prior events). Where: Jimmy's s Pro Billiards 4040 Central Ave NE Columbia Heights, MN 100% payback** plus $50 kick-in from vendor split across the two main events. $11** entry for BYP $5 entry for Singles $10 entry for the DYP $6 BYP entry for -beginners, -female foosers, -those with beginner partners, (foos guru discount) (Beginner status at TD discretion), $5 entry for the DYP for those that go 0-2 in the bring. -BYP matches will be given priority when the events are running concurrently - Singles will run no-conflict with the BYP at the time of sign-ups. - As Jimmy's closes at 1 am, I want to ensure we finish by 1 am, so shortened formats/race to 8 in the loser's bracket could occur in the draw as needed based on turnout and timing. $1 of each entry fee goes to new balls/parts. The Follow-up Formats: No-Conflict Singles: This event is meant for those eliminated early from the bring or as a warm-up event for late arrivals for the dyp. It will run double elim (race to 7 in the loser's) if 8 players or less, otherwise single elim. MN Shuffle DYP This is a form of 'every player for themselves' hyper-draw invented by Tony Mason. The draw works as follows: The first round of the bracket is drawn up exactly like a standard DYP. As teams advance (in either side of the bracket), they have a coin toss to determine the new teams between the four players meeting at that point in the bracket. For example, if a team comprised of A and B wins its first match and meets up with C and D in the next round of the bracket, those four players then toss coins in a four-player mini-draw to determine the new teams for that match in the bracket. (You have a 1 in 3 chance of ending up with your most recent partner). The finals gives an advantage to king-seat only if the two players coming from the winner's bracket draw each other again in the coin toss (though there'd be another shuffle if it goes to a 2nd set, when all bets are off!).