Category: Recaps
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League Night Recap for 1/14/20
The first league night of Season 14, and also the first of a new decade, saw two new members joining, Travis and Erik. Lexi and I had both been trying to recruit some new members on Facebook but were not ultimately successful. There’s still time yet to join, though! You only need to play four…
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Zen Night and Other News from the Break
We’re about to come back after over a month off league, with a new theme for our banks (the Labors of Hercules) and a new game (Stranger Things). By the time of the Zen tournament we had an exciting development: The Beatles was back! And other games too, but mainly The Beatles, that’s the important…
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No bad luck here: Danny wins Season 13
Thirteen must be Danny’s lucky number as he emerged from November 12’s final tournament as the victor of Lansing Pinball League’s Season 13. In fact, since things wrapped up after midnight, that added another 13 – November 13 – to the count. And another three, since Danny is the league’s third-ever champion, taking the crown…
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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 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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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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League Night Recap for 4/23/19
April 23 was the eighth and final night of the regular season for Season 12. As such, it would decide who got that juicy top seed position and who would play A and B. We were on the randomly-chosen bank Calliope, the “adventure” bank, sparing us another night of South Park. The night stands out…
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League Night Recap for 4/9/19
April 9th was the seventh league night of the season and, as we have only six banks, I randomly drew from among the sixth to see which one we would be repeating. The answer was Clio, the “Cartoons” bank, which includes The Addams Family, Deadpool, Iron Man, The Simpsons Pinball Party, and South Park. Yes,…
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League Night Recap for 3/26/19
It was an exciting week-plus for the league as we had League Night #6 on 3/26 followed by March Hare Madness, the Stephen T. Kendrick Memorial Pinball Tournament, on 4/2. (More on that second one in another post, I hope.) We would be playing Polyhymnia, the bank created to account for the fact that Munsters…
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League Night Recap for 3/12/19
The league night of March 12 was our fifth of the season, meaning that Season 12 is officially over the hill. Time to go buy some black balloons from Party City. It was also a surprisingly short night, finishing by 9:30, despite high attendance. We played bank Calliope, themed to “adventure” (yes, it’s a vague…