Volunteer for The Manitoba Pinball Championship

Posted on 6th May 2024 by Mr.Miller

The Manitoba Pinball League is excited to announce the upcoming Manitoba Pinball Championship taking place from May 24 to May 26. We are currently seeking volunteers to assist in making this event a success. If you are interested in volunteering, please click on the following link. This presents a wonderful opportunity to invite friends or family members to attend the event, even if they are not participating in the competition. We are in need of volunteers for 1-hour shifts on Friday, May 24th from 5PM to Midnight and on Saturday, May 25th from 8AM to Midnight. The Manitoba Pinball League will provide instructions on how to input scores at midnight. Please sign up to volunteer here. Thank you for considering helping us with this event.

MPL Open league Season 7 Starting soon!!!!!

Posted on 23rd April 2024 by Drew

Start Date: April 27, 2024
End Date: July 06, 2024

League Night Saturday April 27th, 2024. This is the first of 6 league sessions. We will have 3 on Saturday’s and 3 on Wednesday’s. Once again they will be every two weeks. It will once again cost $3 per session plus coin drop. And new this year we’re doing multiple leagues per year. This season every session will be every two weeks. The League will consist of 6 total League Nights followed by a League Final Playoff to determine a winner. Each player’s top 4 League Nights will count toward the qualifying standings to determine who will move onto the League Finals. Only players that participate in at least 3 League Nights will be counted as league members for qualifying and IFPA WPPR value purposes.

League Nights:
League nights will be held bi-weekly and will consist of 6 total games played in 4 player groups. Match points will be awarded based on a player’s finishing position on each game they play (7/5/3/1). Players will be placed in new groups after each game.

League Finals:
A League Final Playoff will be held to determine the winner of the league after all 6 league nights have been completed. The format for this playoff will be a best-of-5, head-to-head single elimination bracket. The number of players that qualify will be based on the number of total League Members. The number of players that qualify will be based on the number of total League Members. The top 50% of players (rounded down) will qualify for playoffs to a maximum of 16 players.

League nights will be every 2 weeks

7pm, Saturday April 27th @ Phantom Amusement
7pm Wednesday May 8th @ Phantom Amusement
7pm, Wednesday May 22nn @ Phantom Amusement
7pm, Saturday June 1st @ Phantom Amusement
7pm, Wednesday June 12th @ Phantom Amusement
7pm, Saturday June 29th @ Phantom Amusement

MANITOBA PINBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Posted on 26th March 2024 by Drew

We are Proud to Announce the Inaugural Manitoba Pinball Championship this May 24th, 25th & 26th featuring 5 tournaments over the 3 days

The Main Pump and Dump Event will be a CERTIFIED EVENT Valued at 250% WPPR and the Saturday Matchplay event will be valued at 192%

Cost for the whole weekend will be $60 and if you purchase your weekend package before May 1st you will receive 10 FREE ENTRIES for the Main Tournament

Trophies and Cash Prizes can be won for All Tournaments!

Pay by Cash or E-transfer Dave@manitobapinball.com, you will be paid and registered by completing this process. Please have your name in the notes of the E-transfer

If you are outside of Canada Contact Dave Morris for alternative Payment

This is Manitoba’s first tournament weekend with a Mix of Pump and dump (HERB) scoring (Main Event) and Matchplay tournaments (Side Events) run simultaneously!

The Main Event and 3 side Matchplay tournaments will be held at the Iceberg Arcade (Sych Drywall). This facility will be home to 40+ pinball machines ranging from all eras from 1963-modern day.

This facility will hold both the matchplay tournament in one area of the facility with 1400SF of space and the HERB tournament will be held in a 3100sf Lower area of the facility. Only 10 minutes from the Newly Built Best Western Hotel

The Sunday Side tournament will be held at Phantom Amusement only 15 min away from Iceberg Arcade. Home to 15+ New and Mid Pinball Machines

Flights Round trip are $200-$300

Please see link for More detailed information

https://tinyurl.com/mnxxmfj4

Women’s NACS Friday March 22 @ 9:00 AM

Posted on 21st March 2024 by Jay W

Let’s wish our first ever Manitoba women’s provincial champion Liz the best of luck at this weekend’s WNACS! It will be streamed live from Wizard’s World Pinball Arcade in Fort Wayne, IN, on Friday beginning at 9:00 AM.

Good luck Liz!!!

https://m.twitch.tv/ypsipinball/schedule

Spring Pinball Rumble @ Iceberg Arcade

Posted on 18th March 2024 by Drew

Spring Pinball Rumble is a tiered-swiss, target matchplay, with playoffs, format tournament @ Sych Drywall (8 Don Valley Parkway, Sunnyside MB)

Doors open at 11am tournament starts at 12 Noon

Dinner Provided

$20 entry or $35 entry for players with an IFPA rank of 1500 or better

Players will be placed into four-player groups (occasionally three-player) to compete on an individual, randomly selected machine. alternating between a Modern era round and a classics round

Points will be awarded based upon performance on that machine (3/2/1/0) and added to a running total for the tournament.

A player qualifies for finals by reaching or passing a target value of 30 points at which point the player no longer competes in the qualification rounds.

Match play will continue until all available finals positions are filled.

Top 12-16 will make it to playoffs depending on attendance

Next 8 will make it to B-side (cannot be ranked 1500 or better to play in B-side)

Substantial ties for qualification will be broken with a 1 game playoff. Position ties will be broken by the number of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places for each of the completed rounds.

Playoffs will then start for A-side and B-side. 3 games per round. 4 player matchplay final with 4/2/1/0 scoring. Top 2 players with the most points at the end of 3 games will move to next round. For final round 4 players on 3 games, final order will be determined by points at the end of 3 games. Tiebreakers will be done on a randomly chosen game. 1st machine is chosen by the highest seed, highest seed then chooses playing position, second seed chooses second, etc. On subsequent games, the person with the lowest score on the previous game gets to choose game/position first. Once a game is chosen, it may not be picked for the remainder of the playoffs

Prize money will be split 50/50 between A-side and B-side

Cash prizes will be given to 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th for both A and B sides.

Pinball Tournament and Buffet MacGarvie Company at 212 Manitoba Avenue in Selkirk

Posted on 25th February 2024 by Mr.Miller

We’re less than a week away (Saturday March 2nd) from our first tournament at the MacGarvie Company at 212 Manitoba Avenue in Selkirk. Tournament starts at 5pm and there will be a buffet offered for food. Tickets for the tournament and buffet are $30 and you can e-transfer Dave at dave@manitobapinball.com and give your name and say MacGarvie. If you just want to play in the tournament it’s $20. And a buffet ticket at the door will be $20 so it’s a great deal if you pre-register. Some great games there already and a couple more coming for the event. It’s a Beat The Clock tournament with 5 hours of qualifying and playoffs starting at 10pm papa style 3 game rounds for top 8. Any questions please reach out and we’ll answer them as best and quickly as we can.

MPL Open league Season 6 Starting soon!!!!!

Posted on 15th January 2024 by Drew

League starts Wednesday January 24th, 2024. It will once again cost $3 per session plus coin drop. And new this year we’re doing multiple leagues per year. The first session will be every two weeks. The League will consist of 6 total League Nights followed by a League Final Playoff to determine a winner. Each player’s top 4 League Nights will count toward the qualifying standings to determine who will move onto the League Finals. Only players that participate in at least 3 League Nights will be counted as league members for qualifying and IFPA WPPR value purposes.

League Nights:
League nights will be held bi-weekly and will consist of 6 total games played in 4 player groups. Match points will be awarded based on a player’s finishing position on each game they play (7/5/3/1). Players will be placed in new groups after each game.

League Finals:
A League Final Playoff will be held to determine the winner of the league after all 6 league nights have been completed. The format for this playoff will be a best-of-5, head-to-head single elimination bracket. The number of players that qualify will be based on the number of total League Members. If more than 24 players participate, the top 12 players will qualify with the top 4 qualifiers receiving a bye into the 2nd round, otherwise the top 50% of players (rounded down) will qualify

League nights will be every 2 weeks