Author Archives: Heather

League Night Recap for 8/22/23

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Heather

We started Season 19 on August 22, with some revisions to our rules and structure. One is that we will be (mostly) meeting every other week this season instead of the second and fourth Tuesdays. That pattern was created to … Continue reading →

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Results and Standings for Season 19

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Heather

The league spreadsheet is a Google doc available here. Note that the preview of this post will not make that link selectable so you have to click/tap through to the post before it will work.

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Derik and Danny win Super-Ball XVIII

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Heather

Derik and Danny battled it out with Jason and Josh in a late-night final match to become the Super-Ball XVIII champions. The previous champions, Joseph and Heather (this writer), failed to defend their title, losing to Derik and Danny in … Continue reading →

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Banks for Season 19

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Heather

For Season 19 we will have a completely new set of banks for the first time in a while. The new theme is “Constellations: Or, the Starry Skies Above and the Pinball Rules Within.” The banks will be rotated two … Continue reading →

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Another season of Dan: Danny C., Dan N. defend A and B division titles

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Heather

Season 18 came to a close on July 25 with a hot, sweaty night of playoffs at The Avenue Cafe. Danny C. ultimately retained his title as league champion after a battle with Jason. Returning B division champion Dan N. … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 7/11/23

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Heather

Our league night on July 11 was the final night of qualifying for Season 18. As we got ready to send people to their respective banks, Ted got confused because he remembered playing bank “A” last time and we gave … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 6/27/23

Posted on July 11, 2023 by Heather

June 27 was the beginning of the end of the qualifying season, since we started the final rotation of banks 7 and 8. Bank 8 is always a catch-all of whatever games are left to play, including ones added to … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 6/13/23

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Heather

Our most recent league night closed out the third quarter of the season as everyone finished playing either Bank 5 or 6. (Except for one person; more on that in a bit.) We also had a Tuesday Night Smackdown bout … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 5/23/23

Posted on June 13, 2023 by Heather

May 23 was not just James Blish’s birthday; it was also the beginning of the back half of the league season. We started a rotation of Banks 5 and 6, known to me (and possibly only to me) as “Athena” … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 5/9/22

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Heather

May 9 was the last night of the first half of our eight-night season. We had a healthy crowd for it as usual, and split everyone between banks 3 and 4, which I have dubbed Poseidon and Hermes. Since this … Continue reading →

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