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. League finals start at 6pm on last week of league.

• 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 to play in 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 CALENDAR:
• 1/30/25 - Week #1
• 2/6/25 - Week #2
• 2/13/25 - Week #3
• 2/20/25 - Week #4
• 2/27/25 - Week #5
• 3/6/25 - Week #6
• 3/13/25 - Week #7
• 3/20/25 - FINALS (week 8) - starts at 6pm


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