CNY Pinball Location League - Winter 2017 Season

January - March 2017
Qualifying session 1: January 1st - 31st
Qualifying session 2: February 1st - 28th
League Season Finals: March 11th at 1PM at Wizards Pinball

Free to join - the only cost is coin drop on the games!

Each month scoring will be open for 2 or 3 location pinball machines in the greater Syracuse area. Scoring will remain available for the whole month until the last day at midnight. The locations and games will be announced shortly before each session starts.

Play the location game whenever and as much as you want during that time. Submit scores by taking a picture and either posting them to the Location League Facebook page or by sending them directly to a CNY Pinball official (guidelines below).


League standings:
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Each player will receive points based on their score relative to other players. Those points will be added to the overall league standings to determine seeding and eligibility for the finals.

Note: Per IFPA rules only players who submit scores for at least half of the league games will be counted in the standings!


After the 2 qualifying sessions the top 12* players will move on to a 4-player group matchplay format finals with 4 games per round (any ties in qualifying will be resolved via one-game tiebreaker).

The top 4 players will get a first round bye. The bottom 8* will be split into two groups of 4 players for the first round.
2 players will advance from each group to the next round and will each be matched up with 2 other players for the semifinals.
2 players from both of those groups will advance to the final 4.

In each round the top seed in the group will "drive the bus". They will have choice of the 4 games that will be played for the match.

They will also get choice of play order for the first game. The choice of order for subsequent games will be based on reverse finishing order.

*If less than 12 players enter the league everyone makes the finals.
*If less than 12 players are present at the finals the groups will be adjusted to accommodate.


Bounties and prizes:
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Grand Champion Bonus - Set and retain (until the end of the month) the grand champion score during the month of play on the selected location machine and you will receive an additional $5 bonus

Clean Sweep Bonus - Get the top qualifying score on ALL of the regular season games for a special prize!

The league finals champion will receive a small trophy and a $10 gift card (or cash)