League Standings

Note that people displayed  with total points of  "Zero" means that they were picked up by the "tiebreaker" listed in my algorithm, but have not yet placed top 4 in an event. 

The League Championship is brought you by NELSON'S FIREWORKS, who is contributing directly to the prize pool for this event. 

THE DFW PINBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP is an
Unsanctioned Invitational Championship event.

We intend to play this event in January every year.
The 2024 Championship, to be played in January 2025 is:

BROUGHT TO YOU BY NELSON'S FIREWORKS / https://www.nelsonsfireworks.com/ who is ADDING MONEY to make the prize pool EVEN BIGGER!

For the 2024 Championship (January 2025):
$36 per person to play
$30 per entry will be paid out.
$6 per entry covers the cost of the NEW perpetual trophy (year one / the 2024 championship only)

REMEMBER THAT THE PRIZE POOL WILL ALSO BE INCREASED BY MONEY COMING FROM OUR GENEROUS SPONSOR!

You are playing for a travelling perpetual trophy and MONEY!
What is a travelling perpetual trophy? It’s a trophy that the winner keeps for ONE YEAR and, then, at the next championship, passes it on to the next winner!

THE WINNER IS RESPONSIBLE AND REQUIRED TO ADD THEIR PLAQUE WITH THE YEAR AND THEIR NAME TO THE TROPHY WHEN THEY WINN.
Doing this should cost the winner less than $20.

*** Payout example ***
If we have 30 players, that would be a $900 prize pool.
Then, let's say that our sponsor throws another $300 at the prize pool.
The sponsor would be increasing the payouts by 33%!!
That would be a total of $1,200 to pay out.

We haven't finalized the numbers at all, but that's an example of what it might look like.
Head Count: Goal is minimum of 16 players, maximum of 32.

Obviously, there will be some people who do NOT accept the invite (for whatever reason).
This will be addressed later in this post.

As I have time, throughout the year after, I will publish a scorecard HERE, ON THIS PAGE, showing where people stand at that time...

Eligibility Criteria:

We start by looking at ALL players who placed in the top 4 in A Division at all events during the year, having played in 3 or more DFW league events.
Those are the people shown in the spreadsheet above. 

Side events ARE counted as long as they are PART of the DFW League Event - for example - there were 3 side tournaments at the Abilene Showdown in February. I only ran ONE of those. Garrett Shahan ran the other two. Since Garrett's were part of the DFW League event, The Abilene Showdown, the were included in our count.

We will sort initially based on how many top four appearances a person has during the year.
--- If there are 35 or less total people, we invite them all (knowing that some may be alternates).
--- If there are more than 35 people, we invite the top 35, expanding the invite list if/when people decline based on the following tiebreaking criteria:

(1) Number of A Division 1st place finishes during the year.
(2) Number of A Division 2nd place finishes during the year.
(3) Number of A Division 3nd place finishes during the year.
(4) Number of A Division 4th place finishes during the year.
(5) Number of A Division 5th place finishes during the year.
(6) Number of overall appearances in the A Division Finals throughout the year, sorted by IFPA Rank as of the date that I choose to do our last yearly update (try my best to hit it on December 31).
(7) If we don't have 16 players (minimum), for whatever reason, then we will expand the invite in a "fair" manner to be determined by Louis Marx and Ken Kemp at that time.

The same criteria will be used for tiebreakers in regards to the initial seeding for each person.
Players will be invited (and can choose to decline) - if this happens, the next highest ranked player will be invited.
When the invites are sent out, an announcement will be posted in multiple locations to be looking for the invite.

Louis Marx or Ken Kemp will send out the invites via any or all of the following methods (in non-ranked order):
(1) Text Message
(2) Facebook Messenger
(3) Email

They are only required to use ONE of these methods but may use ALL at their discretion.

If they do NOT have a valid contact method for you, then you cannot be invited. Please make sure they have your contact info.

ONCE INVITES ARE SENT OUT, POTENTIAL PLAYERS WILL HAVE 72 HOURS (3 DAYS) TO REPLY BEFORE THEIR SPOT WILL BE GIVEN TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE PLAYER.

If a player confirms intent AFTER 72 HOURS (3 DAYS) and their invite has already gone out to the next available player, then they must wait until that next available player replies:
--- If that next available player declines, then the original invitee can have the spot.
--- If that next available player accepts, then the spot is gone (so reply on time!!)

Actual tournament play format is still being discussed and will be announced at a later date!

This wonderful event idea was conceived together by Ken Kemp and Louis Marx.