Category: Recaps
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League Night Recap for 9/22/26
Believe it or not, our last league meeting was almost a month ago, on September 22, making this the longest in-season gap we’ve had since our famous COVID mid-season hiatus. This resulted from two factors: first, that September had five Tuesdays, meaning we were scheduled for one of our rare three-week gaps; and second, that…
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Lightning Flippers Recap for 9/26/2026
September 26 was our third Lightning Flippers women’s league meet for the season. It was also Joseph’s birthday and he graciously postponed his birthday celebration until the next day in order to provide administrative assistance with the league. We drove the four hours to Indiana Beach the next day to celebrate his birthday and have…
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Lightning Flippers Recap for 9/12/26
Our second of six sessions for the Lansing Lightning Flippers women’s league happened drew nine players, resulting in a neat division into three-player groups. Abby, Sarah, and Mackenzie joined for the first time this season, but Dana and Stephanie were both out of town and we also missed Christy, Lexi, and Marnie. The Swiss pairings…
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League Night Recap for 9/8/26
Our last league night started a new bank rotation, this time between banks 3 and 4, also known (to me) as Hazel and Bigwig. The two characters from Watership Down make for a logical pair – one might call them the “bromance” of the novel. Did our players show the toughness and perseverance of Bigwig,…
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Lightning Flippers Recap for 8/22/26
The Lansing Lightning Flippers women’s pinball league started its second season on August 22 with a good turnout of 11 players! We had two new players, Elke and Jamie. Elke has previously played tournaments in Ann Arbor, but Jamie is new to the competitive pinball scene and decided to try it out after she saw…
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League Night Recap for 8/25/26
At our last league night, we finished the first two banks, “Woundwort” and “Hyzenthlay.” Alas, writing this recap is forcing me to relive one of my all-time very worst league sessions. I think last time I had a league night this bad Obama was president. I’m inclined to make excuses for it – I’d had…
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Hat Trick: Danny Wins 3rd Consecutive Season of LPL
Danny once again defeated Tim to defend his championship in Season 24 of the Lansing Pinball League on May 12. For the third season in a row, Tim fought their way through the second-chance bracket to face Danny in the finals. This time, Tim won the first round of finals 2-1, giving Danny his first…
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League Night Recap for 4/28/26
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…
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Lansing Lightning Flippers Recap 4/24/26
April 24 was another exciting meet for the Lansing Lightning Flippers women’s league. We had a high turnout of 12 players, which made for a tidy three groups of four. In addition to most of our usual players, we had a new player, Danielle – a friend of Lexi, I believe. Danielle did quite well…
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League Night Recap for 4/14/26
Our last league night saw us embarking on a rotation of our last two banks, known according to my whim as “Locke” and “Leibniz.” Despite the alliteration, as far as Enlightenment philosophy goes, you probably can’t get more opposite than Locke’s representative realism and Leibniz’s… whatever the hell the deal with the monads was. The…