Central Minnesota Pinball League - Summer 2024 season


Beginner and novice players are encouraged to join - playing with others is a fantastic way to improve your pinball skills!

• We meet up every Thursday at Midtown Bar in St Cloud at 6:30pm unless stated differently on Central MN Pinball Facebook page.  Holidays or other special events may change this to another day of the week as necessary.

• All skill levels are welcome

• Our season will consist of 7 weeks of matchplay & 1 finals week.

• Your top 4 out of 7 weeks count towards your season score to qualify for finals. This way you can miss 3 weeks, or the system will drop 3 of your bottom scores.  Players must attend at least 4 weeks of the season to count toward the final IFPA standings submission.

• League dues are $20 per season (+ pinball game cost) and will go towards cash payout prizes, any swag/trophies awarded & admin fees.

• Drop-ins are welcome, $5 per week. If you're on the fence about joining or have a friend that wants to try it out before committing to the whole season, it's only $5.00 (+ pinball game cost) to play for one night, then if you decide to join, pay the remaining balance at the next meeting.

• We use Match Play Events to keep score.

• SCORING - 4 player groups are 7,5,3,1 or 3 player groups are 7,4,1

• You’ll play 6 games each week in a group of 3 or 4, depending on how many players attend.

• Top 16 or less of league qualifiers will advance to finals in week 8.  IFPA allows top 50% or less of participants to advance to finals, and this will be based on # of players attending 4 or more weeks.  Finals will be a Papa style matchplay elimination bracket with 4 player groups where top 2 advance til final 4.  Scoring will be 4, 2, 1, 0 for finals.  # of games in each group level will be decided based on number advancing to finals.  If 8 or less advance, there will be 4 games per round.  If 9-16 players advance to finals, the finals format will consist of 3 games per round.

• If you did not make finals, YOU STILL PLAY on the day of FINALS in the CONSOLATION tournament (format depends on # of players). Any previous winner of a weekly tournament at Midtown is not eligible for Consolation finals.

• Top 8 in finals (assuming greater than 32 league participants) will receive prize pool payout based on entry fees minus admin/swag/trophy fees.  In addition, 10% of the overall prize pool will be reserved to payout in the consolation tournament (# of places to payout based on number of players)

SEASON 1 CALENDAR:
• 7/11/24 - Week #1
• 7/18/24 - Week #2
• 7/25/24 - Week #3
• 8/1/24 - Week #4
• 8/8/24 - Week #5
• 8/15/24 - Week #6
• 8/22/24 - Week #7
• 8/29/24 - FINALS (week 8)

 

Be sure to follow our Central MN Facebook page for any event updates.