Author: Elizabeth Dronet

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023

Texas Women’s State Champion!

Space City congratulates all the Space City Belles that qualified for the state championship. We are especially proud of our own Miette Dronet, the 2022 Texas Women’s State Champion! Stellar play!

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022

Red Alert! League Nights Return

Space City Pinball League is back at the original home, Eighteen Twenty Lounge! Join us Wednesday nights at 7pm for 7 weeks starting on the 18th of January. We will hold playoffs on week 8 beginning at 6pm. Each night groups of 3 or 4 will play 5 pinball machines, earning points (7,5,3,1) for how each person finishes in the group (1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th). Points will accumulate throughout the season, climaxing on the last night for playoffs for the top finishers. In accordance with the new IFPA rules for leagues, a player must play in at least 4 of the weeks to be eligible for playoffs and to qualify for WPPR points. However, we will count the the top 5 weeks scores to determine playoff standings. Cost for the season is $20.00 per person, payable by week 2. Funds will be used for trophies and prize money.

Read the all the details here.

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022

EnStein’s PhysXXX Spring Semester

Space City will hold a new bi-weekly Tuesday 3X tournament at EinStein’s in Katy this spring. Check out the syllabus and study up!

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022

Houston Arcade Expo Recap

Well, another legendary Week of WPPRS culminating with the Space City Open and Women’s Interstellar Showdown is officially on the books!

**Congratulations to our open winners:**
1. Colin MacAlpine, 2. Jim Mueller, 3. Tim Sexton, and 4. Mark Meserve

**Belle’s Interstellar Showdown Champions:**
1. Tracy Abrahams, 2. Lee Ann Scardina, 3. Elizabeth Savoie Dronet, 4. Emily Hoffman

It can’t be understated how much a team effort it is putting together a week of tournaments like this. It’s so awesome to see our community come together, help each other out, and put on a kick ass show! PREMIERE!
Long, but totally warranted list of thank you’s below!
Thanks to everyone who donated games to the tournament and SCPL booth, those who helped fix and repair games, and to everyone who stuck around to help set up and tear down the games, tournament room and booth. Thanks to Wormhole Pinball and Jamie Burchell for providing excellent streaming coverage of the finals! Thanks to Jim Mueller for donating flipper rebuild kits! Thanks to Quasar’s Arcade for the $500 prize pool donation! Thanks to Kalieda Fest Wear and 8 Bit Arcade for the fantastic women’s prizes! And lastly, thanks to Keith Christensen and the Arcade Expo for trusting us to run the tournaments.

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022

Week of WPPRs

Space City – Home of the WPPRs

Join the excitement leading up to the Houston Arcade Expo with SCPL tournaments every day! Check the calendar for all the details.

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

Space City Open & Interstellar Showdown

The Space City Pinball League and the Belles of Space City will once again host tournaments at the Houston Arcade Expo on November 11-13, 2022. Mark your calendars to preregister for these events. Click on the images for details.

April 15, 2022April 15, 2022

Belles of Space City Spring League

Women in the Houston area are invited to attend our spring league at The Wormhole, a private pinball collection in the Houston Heights. We will play on Thursday nights in April and May. All ages! Keep up with the Belles on Instagram @bellesandchimeshouston. https://www.instagram.com/bellesandchimeshouston/

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022

League Nights Return to Eighteen Twenty

And here we go, back at the home of Space City Pinball League! We return to Eighteen Twenty Lounge for the first time in nearly 2 years! Join us on Wednesday nights at 7pm starting on February 9th. This league will run for six straight Wednesdays with the playoffs scheduled for March 23. Get all the details here.

January 9, 2022January 9, 2022

TWIPY Awards

Let’s show the world why Space City is PREMIER! Our flagship tournament, the Space City Open, has been nominated for a 2021 TWIPY! Please take a moment to vote for it and the Houston Arcade Expo. There are lots of other Texans nominated in various categories. Show them some love too! Voting is open through January 17, 2022. Awards will be presented at the Texas Pinball Festival.

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021

Houston Arcade Expo Recap

Wow, what a weekend!

Thanks to all the competitors for being so excellent all weekend. Being a tournament director isn’t easy, but having such a great group makes all the difference in the world.

Thank you again to all the folks who brought games for the tournament room and Space City booth, as well as those who stepped up to assist with set up, tear down, and technical work. Tournaments like this are a community effort, and we are forever thankful.

Thanks to Quasars Arcade and Pin Shades for donating money, shirts, and a set of PinShades to the B-division prize pool, and to the Back Box Pinball Podcast and Kalieda Festival Wear for donating prizes to the women’s tournament.

Congratulations to the winners!

Space City Open

A-division — 1. Colin MacAlpine 2. Robert Byers 3. Jim Mueller and 4. Lee

B-Division — 1. Jeff Mleynek 2. Tim Hood 3. Eric Heskett and 4. Stephen Thaxton

Women’s Interstellar Showdown

1. Kelli Raisler 2. Maritza Chirichingno 3. Lisa Shore 4. Alana Johnson

If you didn’t see, there was a great writeup on the show and tournament in pinballnews.com

Hope to see you again next year! – The Space City Pinball team

	March 2023
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 League Lounge League Lounge Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: March 1, 2023 - 10:00 PM Location: Eighteen Twenty Lounge, 1820 Franklin St, Houston, TX 77002, USA Description: The league will use seven weeks of group matchplay qualifying. Each week players will compete in groups of four on five games. Players will be awarded points based on finishing position. Points will accumulate across the season to determine overall league standing. Players must play in at least 4 weeks to qualify for playoffs and for their participation to count for IFPA pts. The best 5 weeks will be used to determine eligibility for playoffs, so players can safely drop two weeks. The top 16 players will be eligible for finals which will use a group elimination format (aka PAPA style). More details... •	2	3	4 Wormhole 4X Wormhole 4X Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: March 4, 2023 - 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... •
5	6	7 Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: March 7, 2023 - 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... •	8 League Playoffs League Playoffs Starts: 6:00 PM Ends: March 8, 2023 - 10:00 PM Location: Eighteen Twenty Lounge, 1820 Franklin St, Houston, TX 77002, USA Description: League Playoffs/Finals for those who qualify. STARTS AT 6PM! The league will use seven weeks of group matchplay qualifying. Each week players will compete in groups of four on five games. Players will be awarded points based on finishing position. Points will accumulate across the season to determine overall league standing. Players must play in at least 4 weeks to qualify for playoffs and for their participation to count for IFPA pts. The best 5 weeks will be used to determine eligibility for playoffs, so players can safely drop two weeks. The top 16 players will be eligible for finals which will use a group elimination format (aka PAPA style). More details... •	9	10	11 Belles & Chimes Women's Tournament Belles & Chimes Women's Tournament Starts: 3:00 PM Ends: March 11, 2023 - 7:00 PM Location: 19218 Greenview Glen Dr. Cypress, TX. 77433 Description: Tournament at the Mueller's house! Ladies are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. We will play 5 rounds of 2 games for a total of 10 qualifying games. Top players will compete in finals. This is an IFPA sanctioned event for women's ranking. Visit https://www.spacecitypinball.com/bellesandchimes/ or https://www.facebook.com/bellesandchimeshouston/ for more information. More details... •
12 EinStein's Drainiacs EinStein's Drainiacs Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: March 12, 2023 - 6:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: 4 Strikes Knockout 21+ More details... •	13	14 EinStein's PhysXXX Tuesday EinStein's PhysXXX Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: March 14, 2023 - 10:00 PM Location: EinStein's Pub, 873 Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - 2023 Spring Semester Instructor: Space City Pinball League Course Curriculum : The PhysXXX curriculum includes interactions of matter and energy, velocity, accelerations, force, and momentum. Space Cadets will test their skills to manipulate physical matter using electricity and mechanical engineering constructs. Course Instructions : SCPL Cadets will assembly in small study groups of 3-4. Each group will attempt to outperform their group peers in a test of skill on one of the specialized electromechanical PhysXXX simulators available. Group failure rate is 50% in groups of 4 (bottom 2) and 33% in groups of 3 (bottom 1). Failure results in a single X (strike). After three failures you are on academic probation until the next schedule PhysXXX class. Only one SCPL cadet will prevail. Material's List: $1 for IFPA fees & coin-drop Prerequisite: age 21+, familiarity with concepts such as "fun" and "a good time" Electronic Devices: Students should be able to access http://Next.Matchplay.events/ on a personal electronic device. SCPL Cadet Handbook: http://www.spacecitypinball.com/ More details... Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: March 14, 2023 - 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... • •	15	16	17	18 Monthly Matchplay Monthly Matchplay Starts: 4:00 PM Ends: March 18, 2023 - 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... •
19 Wormhole Q1 - Max Matchplay Wormhole Q1 - Max Matchplay Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: March 19, 2023 - 6:00 PM Location: 2017 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: Max Matchplay is the new Flip Frenzy. Join Space City Pinball at Wormhole for 20 head-to-head matches with no set duration, plus playoffs for the top 4. If you wish to enter, PLEASE commit to playing the entire event! Cost: $20 ($10 to Wormhole, $1 to IFPA, $9 to pot) Practice: 12-12:45 pm Intro and Rules: 12:45-1 pm Max Match Play: 1 pm until everyone has played 20 games ~ expected to be about 4 hours Finals for the Top 4 only: Group Match Play More details... •	20 Wormhole 3X Wormhole 3X Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: March 20, 2023 - 10:00 PM Location: 2017 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77008, 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... •	21 Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: March 21, 2023 - 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... •	22	23	24	25
26 EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: March 26, 2023 - 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... •	27	28 EinStein's PhysXXX Tuesday EinStein's PhysXXX Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: March 28, 2023 - 10:00 PM Location: EinStein's Pub, 873 Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - 2023 Spring Semester Instructor: Space City Pinball League Course Curriculum : The PhysXXX curriculum includes interactions of matter and energy, velocity, accelerations, force, and momentum. Space Cadets will test their skills to manipulate physical matter using electricity and mechanical engineering constructs. Course Instructions : SCPL Cadets will assembly in small study groups of 3-4. Each group will attempt to outperform their group peers in a test of skill on one of the specialized electromechanical PhysXXX simulators available. Group failure rate is 50% in groups of 4 (bottom 2) and 33% in groups of 3 (bottom 1). Failure results in a single X (strike). After three failures you are on academic probation until the next schedule PhysXXX class. Only one SCPL cadet will prevail. Material's List: $1 for IFPA fees & coin-drop Prerequisite: age 21+, familiarity with concepts such as "fun" and "a good time" Electronic Devices: Students should be able to access http://Next.Matchplay.events/ on a personal electronic device. SCPL Cadet Handbook: http://www.spacecitypinball.com/ More details... Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: March 28, 2023 - 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... • •	29	30 Belles League Nights Belles League Nights Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: March 30, 2023 - 9:00 PM Description: Women of all ages in the Houston area are invited to join the Belles of Space City during our spring league nights at The Wormhole, a private collection of machines provided by one of our league members. The women's league season will consist of six weeks of matchplay qualifying. Each week players will compete in groups of four on six different games. Players will be awarded points based on finishing position. Points will accumulate across the season to determine overall league standing. The best 4 weeks will be used, so players can safely drop two weeks. The top players will be eligible for a finals, which will use a group elimination format (aka PAPA style). These competitions will take place at a private location. Please contact the tournament director if you plan to attend bellesandchimeshouston@gmail.com or spacecitypinball@gmail.com for details regarding the entering the location and parking. For complete information, please view the calendar on spacecitypinball.com or follow Space City Pinball on Facebook.Qualifying matchplay: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 27; May 4 and Finals on May 11. More details... •	31