Our last league night started the second half of the season with a rotation of banks 5 and 6, named for Bishop George Berkeley, the underrated and often misunderstood empiricist-idealist; and David Hume, the probably-correctly-rated and mostly-understood empiricist-skeptic. This is also the last night a player can still officially join the league this season, because it’s the last time it is still possible to make the minimum number of league nights to qualify for playoffs. From this point forward, we welcome guest players but don’t charge them any dues, and their games do not affect the final season standings.
We did get several new players, all Grand Rapids-scene players of my acquaintance: Clyde B., Jaysin W., and Alex H. I should also mention that in my last league update I failed to mention another new player, Mike C. This was caused by Joseph mistakenly classifying him as a guest player, which caused me to overlook his name when writing the update. Sorry, Mike! Anyway, the result of this influx of new players is that this was the largest ever league night in the history of the league. We made use of the rarely-seen “A2” and “B2” group designations. Could this be a sign that the league is growing again? Only time will tell. The last time we had a big surge of players (which is when we began splitting into two banks by necessity) it proved temporary, and the league shrank back to its typical size the next season. Maybe this time it will be more permanent.
At our league meeting I was excited to announce that we had finally gotten T-shirts organized and that I had talked with the T-shirt printers and they had confirmed that we can have everyone choose their own color shirts as it will not affect our volume discount. League members can use this Google form to order a shirt to be paid for by Pinball Pete’s. Non-members should contact me (Heather) if they would like to order a shirt (payment will be required).
Since we are only halfway through each of the two banks, it’s a little premature to rank everyone. Still, I would be remiss not to mention that Peter had a huge night on Bank 5 and is currently leading the half-of-the-pack by a comfortable margin. On Bank 6, Danny is currently leading with an even bigger night. The problem for Danny is that no one is surprised when he does numbers like that. It’s a dog-bites-man situation.
Our Tuesday Night Smackdown was on Rush and continuing his stellar night, the winner was Peter. (For a moment I actually thought I might win, surprising since Rush isn’t a particularly strong game for me, but it wasn’t to be.) Joseph won the B division on Pulp Fiction.
I’ll see you tonight for our next league meeting!