Tag: tournament
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Time for Some More ‘Fear and Trembling’
The annual Fear and Trembling pingolf tournament is returning to the Avenue Cafe in Lansing on November 6. This nine-hole course will have a unique twist, as usual: each hole will offer two objectives and you have to choose in advance which one to swing for. Hit the other one in the process? Tough luck,…
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Rocket Robin Returns in July
Rocket Robin, Michigan’s only IFPA-sanctioned round robin pinball tournament, will be returning again on Tuesday, July 9 at 6:30 pm. We will play a round robin tournament or as many rounds of one as time permits (using true Swiss pairings). Everyone plays the entire tournament and you are guaranteed not to play the same person…
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More Madness Than Ever at March Hare Madness!
The annual Stephen T. Kendrick Memorial March Hare Madness tournament returns to the Avenue Cafe in Lansing on April 2nd, this time with a new format. This year it will be a Critical Hit match-play tournament. To the best of my knowledge, this will be the first Critical Hit tournament in Michigan. What are rabbits…
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Time for a Mad Monster Party!
On Saturday, February 9, we will be holding Mad Monster Party: The Munsters Launch Party at The Avenue Café in Lansing. This is a launch party using the same format as our Battle of the Bands II launch for The Beatles. Qualifying will be from 3 pm (when the bar opens) until 6:30 pm. The…
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Silver Balls in the City to Return Dec. 27
The fourth annual Silver Balls in the City charity pinball tournament will be held at 6:30 pm on Dec. 27 at the Avenue Café in Lansing. The tournament will once again support the Capital Area Humane Society, but this year there will be a new twist. We will be holding a 10-strike progressive strikes tournament.…
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The Beatles are coming!
Ladies and Gentlemen… THE BEATLES! LAUNCH PARTY! That’s right, The Beatles are coming to the Avenue Café in Lansing, in the form of the new pinball game. We will be one of the few places in the state to have this game on location! And to celebrate we are taking part in the official Stern…
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Follow the Battle of the Bands here!
We are using a relatively low tech Google spreadsheet (authored by Joseph) to run the Battle of the Bands tournament. To see the scores, go here: Battle of the Bands score sheet
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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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Rocket Robin returns to the Avenue
The Lansing Pinball League is pleased to announce the return of Michigan’s only round robin* tournament! The third annual Rocket Robin will support the Capital Area Humane Society. This is an IFPA sanctioned event, and the top three will receive trophies. Everyone is invited to play, and all skill levels are welcome. The cost will…
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Some Catching Up
Good heavens, how the time slips by. It has been quite a while since my last update, long enough that I never even got a chance to write about the two between-season events, and here we are about to have the third meeting of the “new” season. Let me do something about that. After Season…