Are the tournaments at MGC still non-IFPA?
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Quoted from goatdan:Today, the IFPA and Midwest Gaming Classic announced the return of WPPR-ranked pinball tournaments to the Wisconsin Center! Same basic rules as the last few years, found a workaround!
Our last IFPA sanctioned tournament in 2016, if played this last year, would have been the third largest standard tournament in the country by player volume only behind Pinburgh and the Northwest show. We're intending to keep that up this year!
As I think many people don't realize, the modern IFPA was launched at the MGC in 2006. We always wanted to remain a part of the structure, but certain things made that difficult and we didn't have a decent workaround. We figured something out, and we're excited to bring it back!
The question has been asked if this might bring back trophies. In short, if we can get enough sponsorship, the solution that we have does allow for it. I will be looking for pinball tournament sponsors (and quite frankly, show sponsors as a whole) soon, so if you know anyone that might be interested, this more than anything is the thing players missed the most and I hope we can afford to bring them back!
(they aren't expensive on their own, but there are other factors we need to be aware of that does raise their price to us. I can explain to anyone if you want to pm me.)
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Great news Dan! I went to the IFPA website to find out more... here’s the link to make it a bit quicker.
https://www.ifpapinball.com/wppr-points-to-return-to-midwest-gaming-classic/
Quoted from Whysnow:It really is awesome!
Maybe we can somehow get MGC on the IFPA circuit in the future!
This would make complete sense for one of the largest pinball shows in the Midwest.
4 weeks later
Quoted from KingPinGames:If there are any WoZ built at that time it is usually about a 5% off msrp discount and no shipping charge.
Chris... any idea what edition of WOZ will be on the line next? Heard Yellow Brick Road is up sometime this year, but haven’t seen pics or heard confirmation on a timeline.
Also, just to be clear, in order to get the 5% discount and free delivery (to the show) you don’t have to leave the game set up at the show, right?
1 month later
Quoted from LTG:Good news. CGC is sending me !
LTG : )
Great news... now you just have to get past the 8" or so of snow predicted for parts of central and southern MN on Thursday. At least it's not predicted for Milwaukee area this time (unless the track goes much further south than anticipated).
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