Central Minnesota Pinball League - Winter 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. Inclement weather, 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 6 weeks of matchplay & 1 finals week.

• Your top 4 out of 6 weeks count towards your season score to qualify for finals. This way you can miss 2 weeks, or the system will drop 2 of your bottom scores. Players must attend at least 3 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 7. IFPA allows top 50% or less of participants to advance to finals, and this will be based on # of players attending 3 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. Even number of qualifiers in finals to allow for any possible first round byes as necessary.

• If you did not make finals, YOU STILL PLAY on the day of FINALS in the CONSOLATION tournament (format depends on # of players).

• Top 8 in finals (assuming greater than 16 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:
• 2/15/24 - Week #1
• 2/22/24 - Week #2
• 2/29/24 - Week #3
• 3/7/24 - Week #4
• 3/14/24 - Week #5
• 3/21/24 - Week #6
• 3/28/24 - FINALS (week 7)

Midtown Bar will be contributing a minimum of $200 to the overall prize pool for main finals (50%) and consolations tournament (50%). Contribution from the bar may be higher depending on league turnout. This money, plus all entry fees will be paid out to players after IFPA fees are paid ($1/player). In addition, if any prizes such as trophies or swag need to be purchased, will be taken out of entry fees before prize fees are awarded. All players will also receive 1 free drink ticket upon entry fee being paid (once per season). This is different than the past 1 free drink per week, because the bar is now contributing to the overall prize pool for all entrants to win, including in the consolation tournament.

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