The Point Monster's Championship is Florida's oldest continuously held, premier three-day tournament and also the largest tournament of the year with the exception of Free Play Florida. The 12th Anniversary Edition of The Point Monster's Championship features two qualifying days of pinball, with two simultaneous tournaments-- The Main Point Monsters Championship, and The Point Monsters Classics, both are IFPA Sanctioned tournaments.
Main Tournament: 28 hours of qualifying (play as little or as much as you want). Unlimited attempts for your entry fee.
Classics Tournament: 21 hours of qualifying (play as little or as much as you want). Pay per attempt.
The Main tournament awards the coveted Gold, Silver and Bronze Monster trophies, with the winner achieving a permanent banner in the rafters of The Asylum. Both the Main and the Classics also award cash prizes and trophies. This year we will have both an A and B division finals in the Main tournament.
While this event has a long, multi-day qualifying period, you do not have to play the entire time and most people don't. You may play as little or as long as you like during the qualifying period, one day or both days.
The Main Tournament requires PRE-REGISTRATION. The Classics Tournament can be PRE-PAID for a discount-- when you register-- or just sign-up and pay when you arrive.
Asylum Hours During Point Monster's:
Qualifying-- Friday, August 22, 2023: 1:00pm-1:00am
Qualifying-- Saturday, August 23: 9:00am-1:00am
A Division Finals-- Sunday, August 24: 10:30am-1:30pm
B Division Finals--Sunday, August 24: 11:00 am-1:30pm
"DO I HAVE TO PLAY THE ENTIRE TIME?"
As mentioned, you can play as little or as long as you want in terms of qualifying time. The event allows for a very long window to qualify. Some players use most of it, some not as much. It's entirely up to you and your goals and the results of where you stand in terms of your qualifying position. Although the Asylum is staying open late, no one has to be there playing late if they choose not to. And with the "B" division adding another 8 spots, there are plenty of opportunities to make the finals where anything can happen and anyone can win.
PARKING:
Free. The lot is in front and if that fills up there are places nearby to park.
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT:
Qualifying play will begin on Friday at 1:00pm and run to 1:00am. We open back up Saturday at 9:00am and continue until 1:00am. Total qualifying time: 28 hrs. The 16 top ranking players will play A-Finals on Sunday morning, starting promptly at 10:30am. B-Finals will take qualifying players 17-24, and start at 11:00am.
THE CLASSICS TOURNAMENT:
Qualifying play will begin on Friday at 1:00pm and run to 1:00am. We open back up Saturday at 9:00am. Classics qualifying will end at 6:00pm on Saturday. Total qualifying time: 21 hrs. The top 8 ranking players will play a double elimination head-to-head finals on Saturday night starting promptly at 7:00pm.
HOW MUCH TO PARTICIPATE:
The Main Tournament is $80 for unlimited qualifying play.
The Classics Tournament game entries are (1) for $5.00, (3) for $10.00, (7) for $20.00, (15) for $40.00. Entries can be purchased in advance or at the event.
Or if you don't plan to play in either tournament, you can pay a $20.00 Entry Fee per day, or just $30.00 for the whole weekend-- Friday-Saturday-Sunday. Open Freeplay will be available all weekend with 70+ non-tournament games to play.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE OR PLAY AT THE ASYLUM:
The Pinball Asylum is a non-profit organization with a private space located in FT MYERS, FL and they are not open 24/7 to the public. They open for monthly League play and scheduled tournaments. If you have questions you may contact them via email at INFO at PINBALLASYLUM.COM or you can ask me (Vince) as Organizer of this Meetup group via the DM feature.
WHERE TO STAY
Some players arrive on Friday while others arrive on Saturday morning. Either way, if you are arriving from out of town, you'll of course probably need a place to stay in the Ft Myers - Naples area. If that's the case, The Pinball Asylum has a discounted hotel rate with a nearby hotel (Hampton Inn Ft Myers). If this is of interest then be sure to ask them for details so they can get you setup with a hotel closeby and at a nice discount.
MORE ABOUT THE PINBALL ASYLUM
The Pinball Asylum is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) private space to play pinball-- open to pinball enthusiasts, collectors, tournament and casual players. We currently host sanctioned IFPA (International Flipper Pinball Association) tournaments, and a monthly Pinball League.
The Pinball Asylum was proud to have been the venue for IFPA17, The World Pinball Championship, held on May 26-29, 2022.
