Archive for Tournaments
“The Phoenix” Pinball Tournament IV – Friday, December 4th
Posted by: | CommentsThe date is set for the next (fourth) round in the 2009 Pinball Passion/Castles N’ Coasters Pinball Tournament series, dubbed The Phoenix… For those of you who do not realize, Castles N’ Coasters has one of the largest collections of pinball machines in the country and we are happy to support another event at CnC. Additionally, all rankings are submitted to and kept in the World Pinball Player Rankings which you can find at: http://www.pinballrankings.com/
Information:
Friday, December 4th, 2009
Registration: 5:30 PM
Tournament Start: 6:00 PM
Cost: $10.00 to enter
Prizes: 40% of the pot for 1st, 25% of the pot for 2nd, 10% of the pot for 3rd, and 4th place gets 20 arcade game credits
Castles N’ Coasters is located at 9445 Metro Parkway East Phoenix, Arizona 85051
Rules:
The tournament manager will select 6-8 machines for the tournament
Pinball machines will be placed in tournament mode with 3 balls total, no “extra” balls
Each player will have one chance/play on the machine, scores will be recorded and ranked
Points will be awarded by place/rank on score, starting from 50 and working down in 2 point increments
(1st = 50 points, 2nd = 48 points, 3rd = 46 points, etc.)
The overall tournament winner/places will be determined by combining the points from all games played at the tournament, the highest scores will be ranked from 1st to last
Stuck balls will be reset in the shooter lane
In the event of a machine failure, all games played on the machine will be voided and re-played on a back-up/pre-selected machine
Once the event is over we will post up the full season’s standings/results.
As always, you can contact us at info@thetemplearcade.com to answer any questions, feel free to post up comments/questions here as well.
This tournament is brought to you by our friends at:
Tekken 6 & DJ Hero Launch Event – Results
Posted by: | CommentsThanks again to everyone that came out for the launch event. The event had a great turnout including players that came to just hang out and get some casual gaming in on the new titles before they were released. A big thanks to Best Buy, Ahwatukee (Store 177) for hosting the festivities.
Image Gallery Link: Tekken 6 & DJ Hero Launch Event images
Video Gallery Link: pending
Tekken 6 Tournament
1st: Flores
2nd: DrDogg
3rd: Desrespect (Blustin)
4th: Juicebox
5th: Hydra
5th: PyroJoe
7th: Feet
7th: Peter the Cheater (Nom Nom)
9th: Flook
9th: JaeronMerc
9th: DarkChild
9th: Gio
13th: Makaveli
13th: ekim
13th: TheDuke
13th: JeremyH
17th: Nef
17th: Mango
17th: Kamikaze
17th: HaterRaidRed
17th: Chris Heggun
17th: SugahShane
17th: Saikyo
17th: Con Queso
25th: jedirobb
25th: Han
25th: Savione
25th: JoshH
25th: JollyG
25th: Alonso
25th: chaosace
25th: Sabre
33rd: Amanda
33rd: Atticus
33rd: Davis
33rd: Spidey
33rd: Tdot
33rd: Enzo
33rd: Fluffy
33rd: Panic
33rd: Yubba
33rd: PinkyQBits
33rd: Markus
33rd: Ashley Chavez
33rd: Tails
49th: RedCrusher
49th: DJ Faka
Special thanks to our Tekken 6 Pros, SEPU7V3DA-jIn and Akunin for holding down the Pro Challenges and Training all night and, of course, sparing the tournament bracket of their domination this time.
DJ Hero Score-Based Challenge
1st: JollyG 383,580
2nd: Preston 285,121
3rd: Austin 263,261
4th: Davis 205,130
5th: JaeronMerc 161,179
6th: Ellie 156,800
7th: Nomad 128,480
8th: EvilYoda 126,362
9th: Spidey 101,778
10th: Tails 92,928
DJ Hero Beat-the-Pro Challenge
Austin 208,280
DJ Faka 242,005
Winner: Pro
Pinky 24,610
DJ Faka 169,626
Winner: Pro
Davis 145,095
DJ Faka 214,435
Winner: Pro
Tails 83,990
DJ Faka 195,720
Winner: Pro
Eat Paste 104,000
DJ Faka 231,255
Winner: Pro
Asylum 50,080
DJ Faka 216,013
Winner: Pro
JaeronMerc 130,461
DJ Faka 264,958
Winner: Pro
Spidey 98,358
DJ Faka 206,960
Winner: Pro
Juicebox 98,430
DJ Faka 357,745
Winner: Pro
Makaveli 26,835
DJ Faka 260,745
Winner: Pro
JollyG 202,544
DJ Faka 272,605
Winner: Pro
T-Dot 68,250
DJ Faka 198,515
Winner: Pro
Extra thanks goes out to our DJ Hero Pro, DJ Faka aka Get Thrown, for keeping the music hopping all night.
Tekken 6 & DJ Hero Midnight Launch Event
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The Temple Arcade is presenting another free Midnight Launch Event for the console releases of Tekken 6 and DJ Hero.
Download the .pdf web flyer details: Launch Event Flyer
We will be hosting free tournaments, training, and challenges on both titles, including a Beat-the-Pro challenge, for prizes such as copies of the games for the system of your choice as well as gift cards and more. Here are all the details you need to be a part of the event, feel free to contact us if you would like additional information:
Monday, October 26th, 2009
6:00 PM – Midnight
Best Buy – Ahwatukee (Store 177)
5051 East Ray Road Phoenix, Arizona 85044 (Crossroads are the I-10 freeway and Ray Road exit)
Tournament rules:
Tekken 6 will be played as a double elimination brackets on Sony Playstation 3s set at 3/5 rounds, default damage/time with winners needing to take 2/3 matches
You are welcome to bring your own arcade sticks and controllers to play on, this is a BYOC event (Bring Your Own Controller)
DJ Hero will be played on Xbox 360 and/or PS3 systems and contollers will be provided
Challenge rules:
The challenge rules will vary based on participants but look for score and time-based challenges along with special Beat-the-Pro rules posted/announced at the event
There will be set-ups/systems available for free-play/casual, friendly matches the entire event so you can just come to hang out and play if you do not want to compete.
Remember, admission is free! Attendees are welcome to take part for all or some of the event, you can even just show up at midnight to pick up a copy of your game and go home.
The best players in the State will be at the event so take advantage of this opportunity to be introduced to some new games or test your skills against some professional players.
A huge thank you to our partner, Best Buy, for helping to bring this event to you.
Guitar Hero Arcade Tournament at Castles N’ Coasters
Posted by: | CommentsThis Halloween Castles N’ Coasters is hosting a Guitar Hero Arcade tournament and the team from The Temple Arcade will be on-hand to run the event.
The tournament will be run on the Guitar Hero Arcade machine located in the center of the arcade. Registration will start at 10:00 AM and the tournament is scheduled to start right at 12:00 PM so show up early. The rules for this one are a little different than the norm as it will be held as a single-elimination event on head-to-head/battle mode.
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Registration: 10:00 AM
Tournament Start: 12:00 PM
Cost: $15.00 to enter
Prizes: $250.00 for 1st, $100.00 for 2nd, $50.00 for 3rd, and all top 5 places receive 2 VIP Passes
Expert-Mode, Single-Elimination brackets
Castles N’ Coasters is located at 9445 Metro Parkway East Phoenix, Arizona 85051
For questions you can call, 602.997.7575, or email Steve at: events@castlesncoasters.com
Click to download the event flyer/registration form
