Downtown Pinball League Info
Congrats to our season 35 winners with Dennis and Laura taking main & consolation respectively! Season 36 begins on November 13th. If you’d like to get together with a bunch of other pinball enthusiasts at Mission Control, a great pinball location in Santa Ana, Orange County, CA, click Join the League in the main menu, submit the form and we’ll get you going for the season. The Downtown Pinball League welcomes players of all skills levels in a fun and casual environment. Dues are $20 for the entire 6 weeks and this covers IFPA fees, a prize pool and some minor expenses. If you have any questions about the league or location (Mission Control) please contact us.
League Format
The league format will be 6 games of match play pinball each night. You’ll be placed into 4 (or possibly 3) player groups and the result of each game will award points (7,5,3,1 for 1st through 4th respectively) which will accumulate through the night for a meeting total. Players may miss up to two of the 6 meetings, take a zero score for those meetings, and drop those scores from the results. Players who play 5 or 6 meetings will have the opportunity to drop their two lowest played meeting totals. Players who play in fewer than 3 meetings will not be included in the final results. Finals for the top qualifiers will be the same format but 3 games per round with 4,2,1,0 scoring. Anyone that doesn’t qualify in the top 8, has paid dues for the season and made at least 2 meetings, is eligible for the strikes consolation tournament on finals night. There are always payouts, a trophy and occasionally prizes for the consolation event so it’s worth attending!
League Standings - Season 36
| Pos | Player | Result | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brent Stoddard | 36 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | 36 |
| 2 | Dennis Eichhorn | 34 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | 34 |
| 3 | Jerod Bennett | 32 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | 32 |
| 4 | Tony Mauriello | 30 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 |
| 4 | Shane Cline | 30 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 |
| 4 | Matt Neil | 30 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 |
| 4 | John Nau | 30 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 |
| 4 | Tristen Roper | 30 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 |
| 4 | Steve Ward CA | 30 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 |
| 10 | Erica Oursland | 28 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | 28 |
| 10 | David Green CA | 28 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | 28 |
| 10 | Evan Malanosky | 28 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | 28 |
| 13 | Andy Thorne | 26 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | 26 |
| 13 | Fran Irwin | 26 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | 26 |
| 13 | Jay Collins CA | 26 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | 26 |
| 13 | Kyle Nahas | 26 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | 26 |
| 13 | Hillary Jacobson | 26 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | 26 |
| 13 | Rob Mullner | 26 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | 26 |
| 13 | Laura Stoddard | 26 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | 26 |
| 20 | Jonathan Soon | 24 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | 24 |
| 20 | Scott Elgram | 24 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | 24 |
| 22 | Ian Maddux | 22 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | 22 |
| 22 | Armando Castillo | 22 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | 22 |
| 24 | Christopher Escobar | 20 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 |
| 25 | Stephanie Setmire | 18 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | 18 |
| 26 | Luke Smeenge | 16 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 16 |
| 26 | Jordan Bolohan | 16 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 16 |
| 28 | Lisa Buhrmester | 14 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | 14 |
| 28 | Cameron McPhie | 14 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | 14 |
| 30 | Erin Shoupp | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 |
| 30 | Ian McNabb | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 |
| 30 | Erika Escobar | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 |
Current Season Schedule
Wednesday’s @ 7:30PM
6 regular season meetings + finals
Season 36 began November 13th
Mission Control
(inside McFadden Public Market)
515 N Main St. Santa Ana, CA 92701
Meeting 1 – Wednesday, November 13- Meeting 2 – Wednesday, November 20
- NO MEETING/THANKSGIVING – November 27
- Meeting 3– Wednesday, December 4
- Meeting 4– Wednesday, December 11
- NO MEETING/OFF WEEK – December 18
- NO MEETING/CHRISTMAS – December 25
- NO MEETING/NEW YEAR – January 1
- Meeting 5 – January 8
- Meeting 6 – January 15
- NO MEETING/INDISC WEEK – January 22
- Finals – January 29
League Finances
For anyone interested in seeing the breakdown of dues, expenses and payouts, here’s the spreadsheet that I’m using to track the costs.