Month: October 2018

Space City Open

October 25, 2018September 15, 2019

And that’s a wrap! The Space City Open results are posted on IFPA. Go check out your WPPR haul! Congrats to Preston Moncla for taking the crown. Hell of a finals!

https://www.ifpapinball.com/tournaments/view.php?t=26670

The Space City Open was truly a community effort. Thank you to everyone who brought games and those who lended their technical expertise to keep the games running. You can’t have a tournament without games, and you all stepped up and provided.

Finally, big thanks to Keith Christensen, Erich Stinson and the rest of the Houston Arcade & Pinball Expo crew for your infrastructural support throughout the weekend!

1st Preston Moncla
2nd Phil Grimaldi
3rd Allen Robertson

B Division 1st Jack Revnew
2nd Eric Fisher
3rd Chris Doyle
4th Frankie Griffin

Women’s Champions
1st Jessica Shepherd
2nd Lisa Shore
3rd Miette D.
4th Kelly Moncla

Fall League at Eighteen Twenty Lounge

October 15, 2018

The 2018 Fall League schedule is locked down! We’ll be doing a short “mini” season this time around with four weeks of qualifying plus finals. You must attend at least two weeks to qualify for finals, and we’ll use your three best weeks (i.e., one drop week) . This is (probably) only a temporary change. We weren’t able to get the season scheduled earlier, and there isn’t enough time to do another long season without bleeding into the holidays.

We’ll do another mini season in early 2019 as well. After that we’ll probably return to our 8 week seasons.

Chris Palis will be taking over as Tournament Director while former director Erich Stinson raises a child.

Dates:
22 October
29 October
5 Nov
12 Nov
19 Nov (playoff)

The competition begins at 7pm.

	November 2022
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 Space City Pinball: NASA Strikes Tuesday Space City Pinball: NASA Strikes Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: November 1, 2022 - 9:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: Bi-weekly 3 strike knockout tournament at The Game Preserve NASA starting at 6:30 every other Tuesday night. Ten dollar admission to the venue, games are on free play, one dollar for IFPA fees. Strikes for 3rd and 4th for 4 player games, 3rd for 3 player games. Last person without 3 strikes is the winner. More details... Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: November 1, 2022 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. More details... • •	2	3	4	5 Wormhole 4X Wormhole 4X Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: November 5, 2022 - 5:00 PM Description: Monthly 4X Tournament at Wormhole - April 1, 2022 Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive four strikes are eliminated. More details... •
6 EinStein's Drainiacs EinStein's Drainiacs Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: November 6, 2022 - 6:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: 4 Strikes Knockout 21+ More details... •	7 3x and Whiskey at Poison Girl 3x and Whiskey at Poison Girl Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: November 7, 2022 - 10:30 PM Location: Poison Girl, 1641 Westheimer Rd suite B, Houston, TX 77006, USA Description: 7PM. 21+. 3x group knockout. Top 2 scores in a group do not get strikes. More details... •	8 Space City Pinball: NASA Strikes Week of Wpprs Space City Pinball: NASA Strikes Week of Wpprs Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: November 8, 2022 - 10:45 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: https://www.ifpapinball.com/tournaments/view.php?t=54006# More details... Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: November 8, 2022 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. More details... • •	9 Ten on Wen Won't Win - Week of WPPRs Ten on Wen Won't Win - Week of WPPRs Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: November 9, 2022 - 10:00 PM Location: EinStein's Pub & Arcade, 16733 W Airport Blvd #290, Richmond, TX 77407, USA Description: Space City Pinball's Week of WPPR's Progressive Strikes Tourney. Start time is 7pm. Progressive strike knockout tournament, 10 strikes to give, 1 strike taken for 2nd place, 2 for 3rd and 3 for 4th. Last player with a strike left wins. Venue is non-smoking, coin drop. 1 dollar for IFPA fees. More details... •	10 Week of WPPRS - Flip Frenzy Week of WPPRS - Flip Frenzy Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: November 10, 2022 - 10:00 PM Location: EinStein's Pub, 873 Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: Space City Pinball presents a Week of WPPRS! Join us for a fun Flip Frenzy at EinStein's Pub the night before the Houston Arcade Expo. Houston's Space Cadets invite all pinball players who think they have the endurance, stamina, and flipper skills to walk away as the mighty maelstrom master. For 3 hours, you’ll be paired against random opponents head to head on the largest selection of pinball machines in Katy, Texas. Win or lose, you will then move to the next game and opponent. Regardless of your skill level you will play non stop games for the entire 3 hours. Sorry, no bio breaks. Most wins (minus losses) at the end of the competition takes the win! (no finals) Matchplay software will be used to facilitate the tournament's orchestration. The rules in detail will be explained on the night, so make sure you get there at 6:45 pm for the rundown. Tournament starts at 7pm sharp. 21+ More details... •	11 SPACE CITY OPEN SPACE CITY OPEN Starts: 12:00 AM Ends: November 12, 2022 - 11:59 PM Description: Annual matchplay tournament at the Houston Arcade Expo. See website for more details More details... Texas Pinball League Texas Pinball League Starts: 10:00 AM Ends: November 11, 2022 - 10:30 AM Location: 2900 Briarpark Dr Houston, TX Description: Space City Pinball is part of the Texas Pinball League. Read more about it here: https://texaspinballleague.wordpress.com/ This event will take place before the Space City Open. -three strike group knockout -four-player groups -random pairing first round, swiss pairing on subsequent rounds. -all players but winner get a strike each round. -balanced game selection. balanced player order. -48 player limit More details... • •	12 Interstellar Showdown Women's Pinball Tournament Interstellar Showdown Women's Pinball Tournament Starts: 12:00 AM Ends: November 13, 2022 - 11:59 PM Description: This matchplay tournament will take place during the Houston Arcade Expo with qualifying rounds on Saturday, November 12 and finals for the top 8 on Sunday, November 13. Check in on Saturday between 3-4pm or between 7-7:30pm at the tournament desk where an entry fee of $10 will be collected. We will meet in the tournament room at 7:45pm for announcements and a group picture so the tournament may begin promptly at 8pm. Games on both the show floor and the tournament room will be used. It is our intention to use the games in the Space City booth for the qualifying rounds and the games in the tournament room for finals; however, any game on the floor or in the tournament may be used should the need arise. Check in for finals is at 9am Sunday morning. All the details: https://www.arcadecenter.com/index.php/pinball-tournament/womens-pinball-tournament/ More details... •
13	14	15 Space City Pinball: NASA Strikes Tuesday Space City Pinball: NASA Strikes Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: November 15, 2022 - 9:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: Bi-weekly 3 strike knockout tournament at The Game Preserve NASA starting at 6:30 every other Tuesday night. Ten dollar admission to the venue, games are on free play, one dollar for IFPA fees. Strikes for 3rd and 4th for 4 player games, 3rd for 3 player games. Last person without 3 strikes is the winner. More details... Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: November 15, 2022 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. More details... • •	16	17	18	19 Monthly Matchplay Monthly Matchplay Starts: 4:00 PM Ends: November 19, 2022 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: $5 for the tournament in addition to admission to The Game Preserve arcade. 7 rounds of qualifying of matchplay Top 8 in A finals Everyone else invited to a B division 2 strike knockout All ages. All skills. All fun. Visit www.spacecitypinball.com/monthly-tournaments/ for more information! More details... •
20	21	22 Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: November 22, 2022 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. More details... •	23	24	25	26
27 EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: November 27, 2022 - 7:00 PM Location: 16733 W Airport Blvd #290 Richmond, TX 77407 Description: 7 rounds of matchplay qualifying. PAPA finals for top 8. 1 PM start. All ages welcome. $1 + coin drop. More details... •	28	29 Space City Pinball: NASA Strikes Tuesday Space City Pinball: NASA Strikes Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: November 29, 2022 - 9:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: Bi-weekly 3 strike knockout tournament at The Game Preserve NASA starting at 6:30 every other Tuesday night. Ten dollar admission to the venue, games are on free play, one dollar for IFPA fees. Strikes for 3rd and 4th for 4 player games, 3rd for 3 player games. Last person without 3 strikes is the winner. More details... Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: November 29, 2022 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. More details... • •	30