This is it. The 2025 Ice Ice Playfield Championship will crown the ultimate winner of the IIP series. The tournament will be restricted to the 16 top points earners in the series who confirm their attendance. There is no entry fee or house fee for participants, though we’d ask that you optionally donate a $10 house fee that will be split between IIA and TLP if you’d like.
Players will be seeded based on their finishing order in the series. Rounds will proceed in this order:
When a player hits the target score, they will be qualified for the finals until 8 players hit the target. If the target is hit by multiple players in the same round, the only tiebreaker will be total points earned. If players cross at the same point total on the 8 player border, they will be assigned a random classic arena as a tiebreaker.
The top 8 players will move on to strikes final. For the final, arenas will be restricted to arenas in The Lower Playfield (aka the basement). Player seedings will be based on their performance in the target matchplay portion. If players tie for the same points and rounds, the tiebreaker will be their initial seed. Groupings will be swissed initially based on seed. The highest seed will pick from any available and unpicked arena (or, optionally defer arena choice for choice of position). Arena picks can not be repeated by a player throughout the strikes portion. Strikes will be 1 strike to 3rd and 4th place in 4 player groups, and 3rd place in 3 player groups.
Subsequent rounds will be swissed by strikes. Lowest strikes in the group will pick arena (if equal strikes, strikes seeding will be the tiebreaker). Play will continue until one player remains!
This tournament will be streamed on Twitch and recorded for YouTube.
First Prize will take home $200. More prize details will be available closer to finals date.