Category: Recaps
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League Night Recap for 8/8/17
Season 9, League Night #3 of 7 Games played: Indiana Jones, Attack from Mars, The Addams Family, Lord of the Rings, Getaway. League Night #3 is notable in that it was the first league night I went to this season, and that goes for Joseph too. For the first night we were up north, and…
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League Night Non-Recap for 7/25/17 (Plus Pinburgh News)
League Night #2 of 8 Games Played: Indiana Jones, Attack from Mars, Terminator 3, Jack-Bot, Fish Tales Once again I missed league night, this time because I was at Kings Island riding the legendary wooden coaster The Beast, as part of a whirlwind trip with fellow league members Joseph and Mike S. We drove to…
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League Night Non-Recap for 7/11/17 (plus Super-Ball VIII)
League Night #1 of 8, Season 9 Games played: Austin Powers, Junk Yard, Medieval Madness, Star Trek, Theatre of Magic To my dismay, I missed the season opener for Season 9, held on July 11. I was on a long-planned trip up north with my parents, brother, and Joseph. I heard that only six players made it there in…
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Eight Seasons, One Champion: Chris Wins LPL Finals
The final tournament for Season 8 of the Lansing Pinball League, held May 9 at The Avenue Café, ended with another win for Chris. Chris has won the league all 8 seasons, and once again did so without losing a single match in the double-elimination tournament. The final match was between Chris and the ultimate…
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League Night Recap for 4/25/17
League Night #8 of 8 Games played: Star Trek, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Junk Yard, Theatre of Magic, Getaway This was the last league night of the regular season, so the results after this would determine seeding for the final playoff tournament, and (of special interest to me) who made A division playoffs. I was…
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League Night Recap for 4/11/17
League night #7 of 8 Games played: Jack-Bot, Indiana Jones, The Addams Family, Fish Tales, Austin Powers. The penultimate league night was the first one since a Stern Star Trek LE appeared at the Avenue (adding to, rather than replacing any of, the current games), but we were not able to play it for this…
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League Update for 3/22/17 (plus: March Hare Madness!)
League night #6 of 8 Games played: Iron Man, Metallica, Lord of the Rings, Medieval Madness, Monster Bash Your intrepid blogger is, as always, reliable in her lateness. It has been a good while since our last update, since we had one of those months that resulted in two off weeks instead of one. During…
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League Night Recap for 3/7/17
League night #5 of 8 Games played: Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, The Simpsons, Getaway, The Addams Family This league night took place during my spring break, which meant that I could be on time for once this season. I also got more photos than usual thanks to being less rushed. We were originally scheduled to play…
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League Night Recap for 2/21/17
League night #4 of 8 Games played: Terminator 3, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Jack-Bot, Monster Bash, Fish Tales. This is going to be a rather scrawny update, which is because it was a very scrawny league night. None of the Grand Rapids players attended. Stalwart Chris and new member Parker (AKA “East Side Rodney”) were missing.…
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League Night Recap for 2/7/16
League night #3 of 8 Games played: Metallica, Attack from Mars, The Simpsons Pinball Party, Addams Family, World Cup Soccer. As usual for this season and my unfortunate new schedule, I rushed to league as soon as I could after work but still arrived after most people had started. Sam was waiting for me, though,…