The Capital Combo
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League Night Recap for 1/9/18 and 1/23/18
In preparation for League Night #3 tonight, I present to you… the belated recap of 1/9 (and apologies for 1/23)! Season 10 started on 1/9 with my first night as the new league director, and what a start it was. I expected a few new players; I didn’t expect half the participants to be new…
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Some Catching Up
Good heavens, how the time slips by. It has been quite a while since my last update, long enough that I never even got a chance to write about the two between-season events, and here we are about to have the third meeting of the “new” season. Let me do something about that. After Season…
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Results for League Night #2, Season 10, 1/23/18
Lansing Pinball League Season 10: Scores and Standings It turns out that Match Play doesn’t really do what I expected it to with regarding to absentee scores, so from now on we’re going to have to use a homebrewed spreadsheet Joseph made for our league standings. Select “Current Standings” to see the season to date.…
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Results for League Night #1, Season 10 (1/9/18)
The results for our first league night of Season 10 are now available! Congratulations to Mike S. for winning the first night. This season we are going to be using MatchPlay’s tournament software to manage the league, so you can find all the standings for the season on our MatchPlay Live site. For a specific…
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The Familiar and the New for Season 10
Well, we’re less than a week away from starting Season 10, so I figure it’s time to get the final details out there. The main thing is, for the most part, league will run exactly as it always has: you’ll still show up, play 5 games with a group, and take down your scores. Your…
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Extra, extra… Silver Balls makes the paper!
The Lansing City Pulse ran a nice article on the upcoming 3rd annual Silver Balls in the City charity tournament. The tournament will be at the Avenue Café at 6:30 p.m. on December 27. There will be holiday-themed trophies! All proceeds benefit the Capital Area Humane Society. For more information and the latest updates, join…
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All Good Things
As you might have heard, our beloved league president Matt has decided he needs to focus on running the home stretch to his degree this coming semester, and after that, may be leaving town to pursue his career. As a result, he is going to hand off league-running duties to me. I want to express…
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Unbelievable – Undefeated!
Season 9 of the Lansing Pinball League came to a close on November 7 with the final playoffs in which Chris retained his undefeated status. He has won every season in the league’s existence. Due to low attendance, this time we had a single division playoff with a ten person bracket. The semifinals were between…
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Final Standings for Season 9
The final results for Season 9, as determined by the final tournament on November 7, are as follows: Chris Mike S. Joseph Matt Danny Heather Tim Mike B. Kristen Dan
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League Night Recap for 10/24/17 (Costume Night)
Alas! Due to a couple of very busy weeks (and overall a very busy month) I was not able to get you a proper league update for 10/24. I beg your forgiveness. So I am not entirely remiss in providing news of the league, I will just mention that 10/24 was the league’s third annual…
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