PAPA 14 World Pinball Championships
Classics Division
The Classics Division is subject to specific rules and scheduling restrictions which do not apply to other divisions of play. The Classics Division will be open for qualifying entries on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, with each day being handled as a separate competitive event.On each day, qualifying in Classics will be open from 11 am to 8 pm. The final rounds, which will take the top eight qualifiers from the day, will be held beginning at 9 pm each day, and will utilize the semifinals and finals round rules from the A/B/C divisions. At no point will scores from one day be relevant to scores from another day.
Each day's Classics division has its own cash prizes, and players are free to enter on any or all days. The Thursday competition will be designated as Classics I, Friday will be Classics II, and the Saturday competition will be Classics III. The Classics bank of machines will not be open for play outside of these times, although we will also have older electromechanical machines available for play in the practice banks.
We have organized Classics in this fashion due to concern about the ability of older machines, in some cases more than forty years old and heavily restored, to sustain fifty hours of competitive gameplay. Also, scoring in this division requires close supervision by scorekeepers due to the ease with which scores can roll over; expert scorekeepers are often in short supply.
Please read about the other divisions of competition.