The Capital Combo
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Results for League Night #5, Season 3, 10/21/14
[table id=4 /] Players receiving 0 points this week were absent. They are all listed as a tie for 16th place to make table sorting neater.
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League Night Preview: 10/21/14
Rejoice! For tomorrow (Tuesday, if you’ve lost track of the week already) is League Night. Our beloved organizer Matt has announced the games (chosen by random lottery). Assuming no mechanical troubles, our games will be: Junk Yard: This one hasn’t been chosen as a league game for a very long time due to its frequent…
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Amateur Tips #3: Pinball Etiquette, Lansing Edition
I’m back with another round of “Amateur Tips” – advice for novices and from a novice. Today’s installment is all about pinball etiquette. It’s easy to commit a faux pas when you are new to the world of competitive pinball. Fortunately, PAPA’s Player’s Guide to Competition Play is a wealth of information for the new player and contains a whole…
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League Night Recap for 10/7/14
The third season of the Lansing Pinball League has reached its halfway point, as meeting 4 of 8 took place on Tuesday. It was a meeting that saw one heck of a performance from the night’s top-scorer, Danny. It was a high-scoring night in general as the increasing membership of the league led us to play five…
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Results for League Night #4, Season 3, 10/7/14
[table id=3 /] Those who scored zero points this week were absent. They have all been listed as a tie for 18th to make table sorting neater.
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League Night Preview: 10/7/14
Tomorrow is the night we all look forward to, League Night! The competition starts at 7 p.m. Our beloved organizer Matt has announced that the games for this time will be Lord of the Rings, World Cup Soccer, Indiana Jones and Junk Yard. This is, as always, dependent on the machines behaving. Junk Yard, particularly, has developed…
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Amateur Tips #2: What They Say, What They Mean
Welcome to part 2 in my continuing series of tips by a novice, for novices. An important thing to understand when you first join a pinball league is that what pinball players say and what they mean are two different things. I have prepared this handy table to help you quickly interpret the remarks you will hear…
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League Night Recap for 9/23/14
Tuesday was the third meeting (of eight) for Season 3 of the League. After the last meeting, dubbed Demolition Derby Night by Joseph, everyone was concerned about the state of the games, but they all got some TLC after that and all were working as league night began. I was hoping we would play Attack…
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Results for League Night 9/23/14
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Amateur Tips #1: Useless Pinball Moves
For my inaugural post on The Capital Combo I decided to start a series of “amateur tips” – advice from a novice. I am ready to share with you the accumulated wisdom of almost one year of league play. Today’s installment: Useless Pinball Moves These are moves that have absolutely no effect, but which I have somehow instinctively…