Category: League

League Returns to 1820 for 10th Anniversary!

The Space City Pinball League is celebrating a decade of drains in Houston! Let’s party with a reunion league at the Eighteen Twenty Lounge. Joystix will open an additional room for us to accommodate a crowd, so we invite both our new players and those with years of experience to join us to mark this milestone. Let’s reconnect as we gather around the game. Maybe there will be tamales!

Starting January 12th, we will meet on Mondays at 7pm for 2 rounds of match play qualifying at the original home of the Space City Pinball League! Each round will consist of 3 games with some old and new friends – points will accumulate (7,5,3,1) over the course of the six weeks of league play. Your best 5 weeks scores count towards finals. Finals will be on the 7th week for A and B Div using PAPA style playoffs. Trophy’s and money for the winners in A and B – $20 dollars to play in league – 5 to the League, a dollar to IFPA and the rest for trophy’s and cash prizes. Visit Weekly League: 1820 Lounge for complete details. Click here to check out the results of the first league season.

A Look Back on the First Few Years
1820 League

Women’s Fall League Nights

Women of all ages in the Houston area are invited to join the Belles of Space City during our fall league nights. We will play at the home of one of our members on her private collection.

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). $20 entry for season. Season: Wednesdays at 7pm, October 16-November 20. Finals December 4.

PhysXXX Returns as a Series

EinStein’s PhysXXX Syllabus – Fall Semester 2024
Q1: August 27-October 1
Q2: October 15-November 19

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. 

SCPL Cadets will perform 3 rounds of 2 games each class session.
The series will be 6 weeks long with a minimum attendance of 4 weeks. 
Cadets desiring to audit for less than 4 weeks are welcome to attend.

SCPL Cadets best 4 overall weekly class session scores will be aggregated to determine final class rank. (No finals)

Material’s List: $1 for IFPA fees & coin-Dropbox

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/

Sub-Zero League

Pinball is so hot right now! Cool yourself off at Space City’s Sub-Zero Fall League at the Eureka Heights Brewery now with AC! The league will use six weeks of group matchplay qualifying and seventh week for playoffs. Each week players will compete in groups of four on six 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 of the 6 weeks to qualify for playoffs and for their participation to count for IFPA points. The best 5 weeks will be used to determine eligibility for playoffs. The top 16 players will be eligible for finals which will use a group elimination format (aka PAPA style).