The Capital Combo
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Time for Some More ‘Fear and Trembling’
The annual Fear and Trembling pingolf tournament is returning to the Avenue Cafe in Lansing on November 6. This nine-hole course will have a unique twist, as usual: each hole will offer two objectives and you have to choose in advance which one to swing for. Hit the other one in the process? Tough luck,…
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League Night Recap for 9/10/19
I’ll just give everyone some time to get all the cracks about how OMG EARLY!!11!!!1 this league recap is out of the way. … Ah, Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann. Always worth another listen. Anyway, I’m back with your semi-monthly league update. Our last meeting was the fifth of Season 13, meaning we’re over the…
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League Night Recap for 8/24/19
On 8/24, for our fourth night of the season, we played bank Urania, the “stars” bank (named for the Muse of Astronomy; this was an easy one). First, a sob story. I had expected by now that I would be settled in to my new computer, all my data migrated so it looked like home,…
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League Night Recap for 8/13/19
There are no pictures this week (that is, the recap for Season 13, meeting #3), and for a change it’s not because I forgot to take any. No, I have pictures, they’re just inaccessible. This is because the exciting news I got Monday morning, which is that my computer had been stolen from Capitol Macintosh…
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League Night Recap for 6/25/19
Remember our last league night before the July hiatus? Almost two months ago? Yeah, neither do I. Let me check the photos from the night to jog my memory… er, oops? I somehow didn’t take any photos. What the heck? I can’t explain that. But wait! This is what I keep notes for! Let’s see…
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Jurassic Park stampedes into The Avenue
You heard right: we’re getting a new Stern Jurassic Park (Pro). And that means a launch party. As usual, it will be a Lansing Themed Launch Partytm. Often imitated but never duplicated, our launch parties select five games (including the launch game) that fit a theme. Competitors are given two qualifying attempts on each game,…
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League Night Recap for 6/11/19
Season 13 kicked off on June 11 with the largest league night I can remember happening in a long while. Nineteen people were in attendance, including two new members: Bryan’s father Jim, and Lexi’s fiancé Nick. Given that we were missing a few regulars (Jason, Chad, Tyler, Dan, and Russell), it’s possible we will cross…
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Tim and Dan Team Up for Super-Ball XII Victory
Tim and Dan became the new Zen Champions at Super-Ball XII, the league’s traditional post-season split flipper tournament, on May 28. The champs came out of the “loser’s” bracket to defeat the winner’s bracket finalists, Joseph and me, in four straight games. It was a revenge match, since we were the ones who put them…
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Rocket Robin Returns in July
Rocket Robin, Michigan’s only IFPA-sanctioned round robin pinball tournament, will be returning again on Tuesday, July 9 at 6:30 pm. We will play a round robin tournament or as many rounds of one as time permits (using true Swiss pairings). Everyone plays the entire tournament and you are guaranteed not to play the same person…
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No New Champion for Season XII (Recap for 5/14/19)
The twelfth season of the Lansing Pinball League ended with Mike successfully defending his title as LPL champion. Mike became the second-ever LPL champion at the end of Season XI, dethroning 10-season champ Chris (though without actually playing him). Jason and Danny took second and third, respectively. Lupe is the new B division champ, Tyler…
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