Category: Recaps
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Chris Wins Again, Takes Home Sixth Trophy
Chris emerged from the second-chance bracket to defeat Mike S. and win Season 6 of the Lansing Pinball League. The nail-biting finale required him to win two best-of-three rounds against Mike, whom he had already faced, and been defeated by, in the first round. In a surprising twist, Adam and Chris – the favored finalists –…
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League Night Recap for 4/26/16
League Night #8 of 8 Games played: Tales of the Arabian Nights, Indiana Jones, Medieval Madness, Lord of the Rings League Night #8 of Season 6 will no doubt go down in history as the longest league night to date. Despite the fact that we played only 4 games (instead of 5 as had become…
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League Night Recap for 4/12/16
Season 6, meeting #6 of 8 Games played: Lord of the Rings, Iron Man, Monster Bash, Jack*Bot My first order of business for League Night on 4/12 was to have a private word with Matt and let him know that we had brought a surprise: a cake for Mike S., whose birthday was two days…
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League Night Recap for 3/22/16
Season 6, meeting #6 of 8 Games played: Junk Yard, Attack from Mars, The Walking Dead, Theatre of Magic, World Cup Soccer The night opened with Matt delayed by school obligations, leaving Aaron to get things organized. Initially it appeared that this would be the first night in quite a while that we would not…
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League Night Recap for 3/8/16
Season 6, meeting #5 of 8 Games played: Medieval Madness, Indiana Jones, Getaway, Attack from Mars, The Simpsons Pinball Party Joseph is a prolific writer with several blogs, and posts in at least one of them (and often more than one) every single day. One of the habits he has cultivated is to take notes…
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League Night Recap for 2/23/16
It’s just about time for another league night, so of course it’s time for my customarily delinquent report of last league night. February 23 brought us to the fourth meeting, and thus the halfway mark of the season. There is still plenty of time left in the season for positions to change, but at this point it is…
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League Night Recap for 2/9/16
The league continues to grow this season, as last league night – the third of Season 6 – saw three new players. Kandus brought her husband Joe, who fortunately goes by the short form of the name while my own husband Joseph never does, so I’m sure that will prevent any confusion. Chris brought his friend…
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League Night Update for 1/26/16
Prior to the start of our second league night, Mike S. told me that he was going to be playing in my group. I asked how he could know that, and he said that he just had a feeling that we would be grouped together. But it didn’t happen: when Mike’s group was called, I wasn’t in…
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League Night Recap for 1/12/16
January 12 began Season 6 of the league. Season 6! It’s amazing to think back on the changes that have come to the league since Joseph and I first joined during the third meeting of Season 1. At the time there were only four games (Medieval Madness, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, and Johnny…
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Sam and Sarah Win Super-Ball V
It’s time for the tournament report you’ve all been waiting for. Silver what? No, I’m talking about the Zen Tournament, also known as the Super-Ball, the traditional end-of-season party for the league. Yes, there was a split-flipper tournament again for the fifth season, held back on December 8th… in other words, just as the end-of-term crunch started,…