New Pinball League in the Capital Corridor

This new league is (at least initially) based out of Vacaville, and will offer people in the Sacramento area a league play option since the other two leagues, based out of Concord and Sunnyvale, are a bit too much of a drive.  League play is as much about competition as hanging out and having a good time so I definitely encourage anyone who has ever thought about playing to give it a try.

Below is information about the league provided to me by Damien Charlety, the league organizer.

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The Capitol Corridor Pinball league was created to give pinball fans from Auburn to San Jose a chance to test their skills in a fun yet competitive environment.

The league meets every other Tuesday at 7:30PM.  Each league season will consist of a regular season (where participants earn points), a playoff (to determine final rankings), and a celebration week (to hand out trophies).  The “fee” to participate is $1 per regular season week (playoff and celebration weeks are free).

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To Join the league or if you have questions, email Damien

at pinballmail@yahoo.com

or join the new Yahoo Group set up for the league:

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The initial season consists of 11 weeks (8 regular season weeks, 2 playoff weeks, 1 celebration week)League meetings are in Vacaville, every other Tuesday at 7:30PM, and participation “fee” is $1 per regular season week.

MEETING DATES

– August 2 Regular Season
– August 16 Regular Season
– August 30 Regular Season
– September 13 Regular Season
– September 27 Regular Season
– October 11 Regular Season
– October 25 Regular Season
– November 8 Regular Season
– November 22 Playoffs
– December 6 Playoffs
– December 20 Celebration (Trophies)

FORMAT

– Players will compete on 4 different machines each week
– Points on each machine are awarded in reverse order depending on the number of participants each week (e.g. if 10 people awards will be 10, 9, 8 … points; if 12 people: 12, 11, 10 …points)
– Top Score Bonus: Additional Bonus Points are awarded for highest score of the night on each machine
– Top Dog Bonus: Additional Bonus Point for the best performance of the week (i.e., highest total of points that week)
– Top Shot Bonus: Additional Bonus Point for completing Pin-Golf challenge on a 5th non-tournament machine
– Referral Bonus: Additional Bonus Point for each person you bring that signs up for the league*
– Newcomer Bonus: Additional Bonus Point for showing up the first week*
* for inaugural seasonPLAYOFFS

– Players can drop 2 lowest scores from regular season
– Top 8 players qualify
– Bracket format
– Matchups are best of 3 games
– Ranking matches are one-off games
– Week 1: Quarterfinals: 1vs8, 2vs7, 3vs6, 4vs5 + 5th-8th place ranking game
– Week 2: Semifinals: winner of 1vs8 vs winner of 4vs5 and winner of 2vs7 vs winner of 3vs6 + 3rd and 4th place ranking game, Final: winners of semifinals