League rules

1League nights

Six league nights, mostly Thursdays (Night 4 is a Friday), about 6:30 to 8:30 pm, plus finals. Arrive a few minutes early to check in. Times and locations are tentative and may shift.

2How a night works

1. Groups. Players are randomly split into groups of 4 (some groups of 3 when the numbers don't divide evenly). Groups change every night.
2. Play. Your group starts a multiplayer game on its assigned machine. Pick your player order however you like (rock-paper-scissors works).
3. Record. When the game ends, leave the final scores on the screen and call a director over to record them. Don't start another game until scores are in.
4. Rotate. Directors send your group to the next open machine you haven't played. The screen at the venue shows who's playing where and who's up next.
5. Repeat until your group has played every machine once.

3Scoring

Pinball scores aren't comparable across machines, so we never add raw scores together. Instead, every machine is ranked across all players that night, and your place earns points:

• Best 3 machines count. If there are 4 machines, your lowest one is dropped. If a machine breaks, the remaining 3 count.
• Ties on a machine share the higher place's points.
• Live scores and standings are posted at wenatcheepinball.com/league.

4Standings and finals

• Your best 4 of 6 nights make up your season total, so you can miss two nights without penalty. A missed night counts as zero.
• Ties in the standings are broken by your 5th-best night, then 6th.
• Finals (Feb 4): the top 8 players qualify. You need to have played at least 3 league nights.
• Results are submitted to the IFPA (International Flipper Pinball Association) at the end of the season, so they count toward world rankings.

5Malfunctions

• If a machine malfunction costs you a ball (stuck ball, flipper failure, ball lost without a drain), stop and tell a director. Minor issues get a fix and a fair make-up, following IFPA-style rules.
• If a major malfunction ruins the game for the group, the group replays it.
• If a machine is out of service, it's removed from that night's scoring and everyone's best 3 of the remaining machines count.
• Directors make the final call. We'll always try to be fair.

6Running late or missing a night

• Running late? Let us know. If groups have already started, we'll fit you in where we can, and any game you can't play counts as zero for that machine.
• Can't make it? No problem. Only your best 4 nights count.

7Fees

• Season fee: $45 per player. $10 deposit now (online) to hold your spot, and $35 cash on opening night. Fees are non-refundable.
• Your fee covers a league beanie, nightly raffles, finals trophies, official IFPA submission of results, and more.
• Games are separate. Bring $5–7 in cash each night for the machines (you might not need all of it). We'll have quarters to change it.

8House rules

• Be friendly and cheer each other on. Lots of us are still learning.
• Don't touch a machine during someone else's turn, and don't distract the player.
• Nudging is part of the game; abusing the machine isn't. Treat our hosts' games with respect.
• No food or drinks on the machines.
• Respect each venue's rules. Ground Control nights are 21+.