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 Legends players, it’s tournament time!
Season 2 starts strong with deluxe power, classic EM pinball, and winter sports action! Compete together on your Legends 4K™, HDP™, or HD device and flip your way up the leaderboard.

This Week’s Tables:
 Earth Wind Fire Deluxe
 Tropical EM+
 Winter Sports 2018

Tournament Dates:
Starts: Friday, February 6 at 3:00 p.m. PT
Ends: Thursday, February 12 at 11:59 p.m. PT

Prizes For General FF:
 10 Winners – $15 AtGames Gift Card
 7 Winners – $10 AtGames Gift Card

Prizes For DPWR:
 $30 – 1 randomly selected from the Top 100
 $20 – 1 randomly selected from ranks 101–500
 $10 – 1 randomly selected from ranks 501+

 ATGAMES GIFT CARD NOTICE:
AtGames Gift Cards can currently be used only on the AtGames eStore. On-device support coming in a future update. They never expire.

HOW TO JOIN:
 Launch a selected table
 Play until your last ball drains
 Enter initials
 Exit — score uploads automatically

Check your standings and the Top 50 leaderboard at:
https://www.atgames.net/leaderboards/schedule

The IFPA has been monitoring the impact of opt-outs on competition results and on TD feedback about pressure from players. Given those impacts and the IFPA’s focus on competitive result integrity, the IFPA has decided to no longer allow opt-outs. Any IFPA sanctioned events with an end date of March 1st, 2026 or later will be subject to this policy change. 

Players who wish to participate in IFPA sanctioned events expect fair tournaments with accurate reporting. Players opting-out had drastically altered the results of events without showing up in the event results themselves, harming the integrity of IFPA results and rankings. Additionally, players have used opt-outs in an attempt to play in events while not risking their competitive statistics. Removing opt-outs ensures accurate tournament results and streamlines the reporting process for our volunteer TDs and Staff.

Players who wish to participate in IFPA sanctioned tournaments but do not wish to be included in IFPA rankings may still choose to suppress their player profile. Suppression allows all players to participate without the same impacts on competition presented by opt-outs. Suppressed players will not be eligible to participate in that year’s SCS, NACS, WNACS, Country, SPC, Worlds, etc. IFPA championships. Suppression can be requested at any time by emailing the IFPA at ifpapinball@gmail.com. Suppression for any length of time will invalidate the suppressed player from qualifying for the events listed above for the current year. Players who are not suppressed at the start of a year are automatically eligible to qualify for those championships again in that year.

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 Legends players, it’s tournament time!

Wrap up the season with frozen adventures, wild circus fun, and international pinball flair! Compete together on your Legends 4K™, HDP™, or HD device and make one last push up the leaderboard.

This Week’s Tables:

 Polar Expedition – included in Natural History Pinball Pack 2

 Clown Deluxe – included in Zaccaria Pinball Pack 5 and PinballNet™

 Mexico Deluxe – included in Zaccaria Pinball Pack 4 and PinballNet™

Tournament Dates:

Starts: Friday, January 30 at 3:00 p.m. PT

Ends: Thursday, February 5 at 11:59 p.m. PT

Prizes For General FF:

 10 Winners – $15 AtGames Gift Card

 7 Winners – $10 AtGames Gift Card

Prizes For DPWR:

 $30 – 1 player randomly selected from the Top 100

 $20 – 1 player randomly selected from ranks 101–500

 $10 – 1 player randomly selected from ranks 501+

 ATGAMES GIFT CARD NOTICE:

Gift Cards usable only on the AtGames eStore. On-device support coming in a future update. They never expire.

HOW TO JOIN:

 Launch a selected table

 Play until your last ball drains

 Enter initials

 Exit — score uploads automatically

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Congratulations to all the players who have qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for the 2025 calendar year by finishing in the top 1000 of the World Pinball Player Rankings! Contact us at ifpapinball@gmail.com if you’re interested in redeeming.

Detailed rules for the Stern Rewards Program, including an updated list of qualifiers, and updated list of rewards available can be found HERE.

Here is the current list of what’s available and in stock as of this moment. We will do our best to update the rewards website as often as possible.

Avengers Premium
Deadpool Premium
Foo Fighters Premium
James Bond Premium
John Wick Pro
John Wick Premium
Jurassic Park Pro
Jurassic Park Premium
Metallica Remastered Premium
Stranger Things Pro
X-Men Pro
X-Men Premium
Venom Pro
Venom Premium
Dungeons & Dragons Pro
Dungeons & Dragons Premium
King Kong Premium
Star Wars: Fall of the Empire Pro
Star Wars: Fall of the Empire Premium

Here are the November 2026 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Sterling Mitoska from Brooklyn, MI (352.81 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Ripley Kalyn Smith from Louisville, KY (81.03 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Sydni Purvis from Los Angeles, CA (+38,494 spots)
Stephanie Diaz from Anaheim, CA (+30,960 spots)
Don Getz from Langley, BC (+25,660 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2025. Congrats to everyone!

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 Legends players, it’s tournament time!

Brace for intense weather, blast into classic arcade space battles, and stomp through prehistoric chaos! Compete together on your Legends 4K™, HDP™, or HD device and climb the leaderboard for a shot at AtGames Gift Card rewards.

This Week’s Tables:

 Nature’s Fury – included in Natural History Pinball Pack 3

 DARIUS™ – included in Taito Pinball Pack 1

 Dinosaur Dynasty – included in Natural History Pinball Pack 3

Tournament Dates:

Starts: Friday, January 23 at 3:00 p.m. PT

Ends: Thursday, January 29 at 11:59 p.m. PT

Prizes For General FF:

 10 Winners – $15 AtGames Gift Card

 7 Winners – $10 AtGames Gift Card

Prizes For DPWR:

 $30 – 1 player randomly selected from the Top 100

 $20 – 1 player randomly selected from ranks 101–500

 $10 – 1 player randomly selected from ranks 501+

 ATGAMES GIFT CARD NOTICE:

Gift Cards usable only on the AtGames eStore. On-device support coming in a future update. They never expire.

HOW TO JOIN:

 Launch a selected table

 Play until your last ball drains

 Enter initials

 Exit — score uploads automatically

Check your standings and the Top 50 leaderboard at:

https://www.atgames.net/leaderboards/schedule

We would like to provide the community with an update to our mission statement and organization structure.

We have revised our mission statement, making it more simplified and focused: To steward the sport of competitive pinball by empowering volunteers with the resources to host fair, inclusive competitions that unite players of all backgrounds through our official world rankings. Our mission statement and information about the purpose of the World Pinball Player Rankings are on the About the IFPA page.

We are adding new members to the IFPA Staff. With these new additions, all of the IFPA Staff are working as a single team. We are making it a priority to maintain open and constructive lines of communication among all IFPA Staff members.

We are proud to announce and welcome these new members to the team: Kaylee Campbell, Travis Murie, and Ashley Weaver.

We have updated our IFPA Staff page to include brief biographies of these new members.

Too many media pieces coming in to list them separately. Click below to read/watch/listen the following:

• Michigan’s best pinballers compete for top honors
• IFPA Women’s State Pinball Finals heads to Fremont
• Pinball has arrived in Port Clinton
• How competitive pinball evolved into a thriving culture in Utah
• Cape Fear hosts North Carolina State Pinball Championship tournament
• State pinball champion crowned in East Rochester
• Pinball enthusiasts gather in Missoula for state tournament
• MT State Pinball Championships
• Delaware’s Pinball State Championship gets underway
• Michigan’s best pinballers compete for top honors
• Utah pinballers have a flipping good time with upcoming state championships
• Irmo taproom hosts South Carolina state pinball championship
• Pinball State Championship hits jackpot by earning Super State status for second consecutive year
• Wisconsin pinball players fight for state championship title in De Pere
• Winners crowned at Virginia State Pinball Championships
• Wisconsin’s top pinball players gear up for state championships at District 82
• Rochester Pinball Collective hosts state championship, sending top players to nationals
• Top Wisconsin pinball players face off in De Pere for a shot at nationals

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 Legends players, it’s tournament time!
Travel from dinosaur-ruled lands to classic alien battles and into a frozen prehistoric world! Compete together on your Legends 4K™, HDP™, or HD device and flip your way up the leaderboard.

This Week’s Tables:
 Dinosaur Dynasty 2 – included in Natural History Pinball Pack 3
 SPACE INVADERS™ – included in Taito Pinball Pack 1
 The Last Ice Age – included in Natural History Pinball Pack 1

Tournament Dates:
Starts: Friday, January 16 at 3:00 p.m. PT
Ends: Thursday, January 22 at 11:59 p.m. PT

Prizes For General FF:
 10 Winners – $15 AtGames Gift Card
 7 Winners – $10 AtGames Gift Card

Prizes For DPWR:
 $30 – 1 player randomly selected from the Top 100
 $20 – 1 player randomly selected from ranks 101–500
 $10 – 1 player randomly selected from ranks 501+

 ATGAMES GIFT CARD NOTICE:
Gift Cards usable only on the AtGames eStore. On-device support coming in a future update. They never expire.

HOW TO JOIN:
 Launch a selected table
 Play until your last ball drains
 Enter initials
 Exit — score uploads automatically

Check your standings and the Top 50 leaderboard at:
https://www.atgames.net/leaderboards/schedule