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League Night Recap for 11/9/21

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Heather

November 9 was League Night #3 and it was also the start of our new league format. Due to the record number of people attending during nights #1 and #2, we have instituted a new way of playing the banks. … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 10/26/21

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Heather

For those relatively new to the league, I have to explain a little history, which might help account for what probably seemed like a bizarre choice to cram more than two dozen people into the Avenue’s alcove at our last … Continue reading →

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Godzilla Launch Party

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Heather

The launch party for Godzilla will be taking place at The Avenue Cafe on November 30, 2021, at 7 pm. It will be a three-strikes head-to-head tournament using all the games at the venue, but with Godzilla used for the … Continue reading →

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Season 15 Standings

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Heather

The spreadsheet linked to below contains the current standings for Season 15. Note that the lowest scoring night for each player is dropped and that anyone who does not play is given the points equivalent to “tied for last place” … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 10/12/21

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Heather

The league started Season 15 on 10/12 with a historic event. The thing I had worried about and prepared for finally happened: more than 20 people attended, meaning we could not fit all the groups on five games. This was … Continue reading →

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Season 14 is over at last: Mike wrests back the title from Danny

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Heather

The interruption-protracted Season 14 of the Lansing Pinball League finally came to an end on September 28 with an exciting – but mercifully short – final playoff tournament. In the 8-person A division tourney, Danny climbed out of the second-chance … Continue reading →

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The return of Fear and Trembling

Posted on October 2, 2021 by Heather

Quarterly charity tournaments will return to The Avenue Cafe with Fear and Trembling, the annual Halloweelection pingolf tournament, on November 2. The course may be started anytime after 4 pm, and the last entries will be permitted at 7. The … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 9/14/21

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Heather

The league night of 9/14 was notable for two reasons: first, it was, at long last, the final qualifying night for Season 14, a season that began in January 2020; and second, it was the return of the Tuesday Night … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 8/24/21

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Heather

Our second meeting of August was the penultimate qualifying night of Season 14. (Despite what Kyle Kaminski of the City Pulse thinks, penultimate means “second to last.”) It was the last official “Labor of Hercules” as the final bank would … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 8/10/21

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Heather

August 10 was our first official return to league play since March 2020. We are continuing Season 14 which was already in progress when things got interrupted, changing our usual “long season league” into an “ultra-long season league.” Turnout was … Continue reading →

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