Tag: tournament
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Announcing the Second Annual Fear and Trembling Tournament
The Fear and Trembling Pingolf Tournament will be returning to The Avenue on October 25 beginning at 6 p.m. As with last year, the theme will be “hard choices,” but this year there will be a new format and IFPA endorsement for WPPR points. The registration fee is $10 (all of which goes directly to…
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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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March Hare Madness 2017
The second annual March Hare Madness is coming! It will be a memorial tournament for my beloved rabbit Stephen, who died in December, and this time all entry fees (not including coin drop) will go directly to the Rabbit and Small Animal Rescue of Westland, where I adopted Stephen. I hope you will come and…
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Pinball Holidays
It’s been a long while since my last update (just about two months, in fact). Does that mean everyone in the Lansing area took a break from pinball? Ha ha ha ha ha… yeah, right. First of all, we had the traditional end of season “just for fun” tournament for the Lansing Pinball League, Super-Ball…
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Silver Balls in the City 2016
Announcing the 2nd annual Silver Balls in the City charity pinball tournament, supporting the Capital Area Humane Society! The tournament will be held at the Avenue Cafe in Lansing at 6:30 on Tuesday, December 27. It will be a four, three, or two strikes tournament depending on turnout (probably three). The entry fee will be…
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Fear and Trembling: The Post-Election Hangover Tournament
I’m proud to announce the debut of a new pinball tournament: Fear and Trembling, to be held November 9 at 6 pm (though late starts will be permitted) at The Avenue Café in Lansing (2021 E. Michigan Avenue). Why “Fear and Trembling”? Is it because I was going to hold a Halloween tournament and then…
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League Night Recap (Sort of) for 7/12 and Preview for 7/26
Unfortunately, I was not at the league night of July 12 (the Season 7 opener) due to a family vacation. From what I hear from Mike S., it was as hot as the devil’s armpit. Matt tried to mitigate this by having a “downstairs party” consisting of Iron Man, World Cup Soccer, Jack-Bot, Metallica, and Getaway,…
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March Hare Madness Tournament Rules and Information
In addition to the general tournament rules for Avenue tournaments, the following specific rules will be in effect for March Hare Madness. March Hare Madness is an “Amazing Race” style tournament. This means that players will race around a course of games, with the lowest player or players at each station dropping out of the…
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First ‘Silver Balls in the City’ Tournament Raises $260 for CAHS
You may have heard rumors about a tournament held Dec. 29 at the Avenue — no, who am I kidding? You were there. Everyone was there. Well, maybe not everyone. But including the tournament director, yours truly, there were 26 entrants, a number beyond my wildest dreams and most feverish nightmares. “The only way anything…
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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,…