We had our final qualifying night for Season 24, which would determine who would get the top seed (and thus guaranteed extra game choices all night in playoffs) and who would make the cut for A. It was a well-attended night, including a couple of guest players. Unfortunately, it is in a less jovial than usual mode that I am writing this report. Our very longtime league member Mike Stewart is currently in the hospital in very serious condition. Mike has been a member of the league since Season 3, making him the third longest-tenured member after me and Joseph. He has made friends of virtually everyone he has met in the pinball world over the years, and we are all fervently hoping for his recovery. I hope to report better news in our next update. But I admit I am writing this report without a lot of enthusiasm, so it will be rather short.
This night finished our rotation of banks 7 and 8. Tim had an insanely big game on Rush of about 1.6 billion, which was spectacular but did cause their group and the night to run a bit long. Despite this, Brian K. took first on bank 7. Danny won bank 8, thanks in part to a 1.3 billion game of Godzilla.
With Season 1 qualifying in the books, Brian has taken the top seed position, Danny is in second, and Tim is in third. Devon managed to keep himself above the cutline and take the number 8 seed in A division, leaving Chris to be the top seed for the B playoffs.
We also had a Tuesday Night Smackdown tournament, with the A division playing on Jurassic Park and the B division on Game of Thrones. Tim took the Smackdown championship, and Peter got the undercard win.
I’ll be seeing you all very shortly at the final playoffs. Be there by 7 pm or be disqualified!
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