OCTOBER 4TH & 5TH, 2024
DIVISIONS TO COMPETE
BEGINNER PLAYERS
The Highest Scoring Competitor will receive a large trophy, a giant check to mark the occasion, and $200 in Cash.
INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS
The Highest Scoring Competitor will receive a large trophy, a giant check to mark the occasion, and $300 in Cash.
SEMI-PRO PLAYERS
The Highest Scoring Competitor will receive a large trophy, a giant check to mark the occasion, and $400 in Cash.
PRO PLAYERS
The Highest Scoring Competitor will receive a large trophy, a giant check to mark the occasion, and $500 in Cash.
DAY ONE
BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE COMPETITIONS
On the first day of the event, all Beginner and Intermediate Competitors will compete for the highest score in their respective divisions!
Prizes will be handed out periodically throughout the day consisting of a variety of Merchandise and Cash Prizes!
*Players are not eligible for multiple Door Prizes. Once a player is deemed a winner, they will be removed from the drawing pool selection.
MEET-N-GREETS
SAY HELLO TO YOUR KONG KLASH FRIENDS!
As a Vortex Arcade Tradition, we will be having Meet-N-Greets on both Friday and Saturday! Snacks and Drinks will be provided! Meet your fellow competitors and Donkey Kong fanatics from all over the world!
Friday, October 4th, 2024 from 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Saturday, October 5th, 2024 from 10:30am to 11:30am
DAY TWO
SEMI-PRO & PROFESSIONAL COMPETITIONS
On the second day of the event, all Semi-Pro and Pro Competitors will compete for the highest score in their respective divisions!
Prizes will be handed out periodically throughout the day consisting of a variety of Merchandise and Cash Prizes!
*Players are not eligible for multiple Door Prizes. Once a player is deemed a winner, they will be removed from the drawing pool selection.
RULES OF THE KLASH
While there aren’t a ton of rulings that need to be made during Kong Klash Events, we do have a few. These rules will be read 30 minutes prior to the first ‘coin drop.’
- Definition of ‘a Game’
- Friday: 1 play on a Donkey Kong Machine, rotate. | Saturday: 3 plays on a Donkey Kong Machine, rotate.
- All machines will be assigned to the player on the 1st Start. They will then be assigned to another machine during rotation. Players and machines are assigned at random.
- Player’s gameplay is ‘on your honor.’
- Consequences:
- Verbal Warning | Disqualified from Tournament
- Consequences:
- Players will provide their score to the tournament team for posting. (i.e. take a picture, call team member over, etc.) and receive new machine number for their next game.
- If a player’s game ends after the last start time, they cannot begin another game.
- Friday: 11pm | Saturday: 10pm
- If a player’s game ends after the last start time, they cannot begin another game.
- Chairs/Stools are not guaranteed. Players can bring their own.
- No sandbagging.
- No profanity.
- No personal control panels.
- No bad sportsmanship.
- No inappropriate behavior that is becoming of a Kong player.
- No outside streaming equipment. The tournament team will capture each game.
- All decisions are made final by Daniel Solis (judge for the tournament).
FLUKE OR LUCK?
We get it, sometimes you have a good day in the arcade and get an abnormally high score! But…can you do it 2 more times? If, as a Beginner Division Competitor, you consistently score three scores that are higher than 199,900, you will be required to advance into the Intermediate Division!
If you do happen to break that cap once during the competition as a beginner, you may move to intermediate by choice. However, if you break the score cap in Intermediate or Semi-Pro just once, you wil be required to move up the division ladder.
Once you break a division cap once, it’s only a matter of time before you do it again!
TUNE IN TO OUR LIVE STREAM!
IT’S ON LIKE DONKEY KONG! WATCH OUR MULTI-SCREEN STREAM ON TWITCH TO SEE COMPETITORS GO HEAD-TO-HEAD FOR THEIR DIVISION’S HIGH SCORE!
HEAR LIVE COMMENTARY ON TWITCH.TV/VORTEXCLASSICARCADE!
THIS YEAR'S KONG KLASH IS SPONSORED BY...
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO...
Carl, Kelly, and Kourtney from Zuddles for the Printing/Merch/Kong Klash Website,
Wes Copeland, Vortex Classic Arcade Team & Family, and to everyone who contributed to making this event a successful one!
REGISTRATION
Early Registration Fee: $25.00
Beginner & Intermediate Divisions:
June 19 – October 4: 5:30PM
Semi-Pro & Pro Divisions:
June 15 – October 5: 11:30AM
Late Registration Fee: $30.00
PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE THROUGH OUR PAYPAL AND CASHAPP! PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR REGISTRATION NAME AND CODE: KK14 IN THE MEMO!
CASHAPP: $KONGKLASH
Paypal: @DSOLIS357
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO RESCUE PAULINE?
We’d love to see you there! Fill out the Sign-Up Form and we’ll be in touch shortly after for more information to get you ready to compete!
KONG KLASH PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE THEIR PACKET CONSISTING OF TICKET(S), RECEIPT(S), TOURNAMENT RULES, AND T-SHIRT (IF PRE-PURCHASED) ON GAME DAY!