Tag: recap
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We have a winner: Mike becomes second-ever LPL champion
When the Lansing Pinball League was young, there was Chris, and there was everyone else. Chris’s victory was so certain that everyone focused instead on who would be the runner up. Matt called it “the Battle for Second.” After we switched to having a final playoff tournament instead of just basing standings on the points…
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League Night Recap for 10/23/18
So it turns out that I only took two (2) pictures during our league night of 10/23 (actually both of the Smackdown winners), which was also the final night of regular play for season 11. I think my mind was really elsewhere because I was a bit worn out from preparing for the Fear and…
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League Night Recap for 10/9/18
Our penultimate meeting of the regular season happened on October 9. We were all surprised not to see Lupe and Caleb. Just as league was starting I got a worried message from Lupe: she had misunderstood and thought league night was the following week, and would not be able to make it on short notice.…
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League Night Recap for 9/25/18
September 25 was the sixth meeting of Season 11 (out of eight) so we are starting to head into the endgame. Unsurprisingly, this has some members starting to pay close attention to the current standings. The day of league, I found a message on Facebook from Chris, who (understandably) misunderstood what was actually a spreadsheet…
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League Night Recap for 9/11/18
Our fifth meeting of Season 11 was supposed to be the one that would bring us up to date on all the games we had not yet played so far this season. Instead, by the time it rolled around, we had received a new game at The Avenue: Road Show, or as I call it,…
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League Night Recap for 6/26/18
Way back at the end of June (July was a busy month, OK?) we had the second league night of Season 11. The new Stern Army banner had been moved to its permanent location, so as we came in, we were greeted by Uncle Gary guarding the alcove. We had our first game switch-out of…
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League Night Recap for 6/12/18
Season 11, league night 1 of 8 Games played: AC/DC, Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Metallica, South Park Results for the night and the season so far June 12 was our first league night of Season 11, and it brought with it an exciting development. The Avenue is now Stern Army location #104! Derik and…
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Super-Ball X
We’re hours away from the start of season 11, so naturally there’s no better time to give a recap of Super-Ball X, AKA the Zen Tournament, which took place on May 22. Sadly, our turnout for the traditional split flipper tournament was very low. We ended up doing a round robin with the idea that…
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Plus ça change: Chris wins season 10
The league’s tenth season, and the first of the post-Matt era, ended Tuesday night with another victory for the undefeated defending champion. Chris made his way through the winners’ bracket of the A division playoffs, ending with a 2-0 win against Danny on Iron Maiden (which had just arrived at the bar that day) and…
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League Night Recap for 4/24/18
Our league night for 4/24 was the last night of the regular season. The total points for each player at the end of the night would be used to determine divisions and seeding for the playoffs. Although the pressure was on with it being the last chance to climb up a position or two…