Category Archives: Recaps

League Night Recap for 3/10/15

March 10th was the fifth meeting of Season 4, and it seemed as though a lot of people were feeling a bit off their games and disappointed with their own performance.  The absence once again of our beloved leader Matt P. … Continue reading

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League Night Recap for 2/24/15

On Tuesday, the fourth season of the Lansing Pinball League reached its halfway point, the fourth meeting of eight.  Despite my pessimistic predictions of Getaway failure,  every game chosen for this week – Getaway, Indiana Jones, The Walking Dead, and World … Continue reading

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League Night Recap for 2/10/15

Last week’s League Night (the third of Season 4) found us at peak attendance.  I remember well the days when we played three games every league night; now we usually have to play four to accommodate the number of players. … Continue reading

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League Night Recap for 1/27/15

Last week’s league night – the second meeting of Season 4 – was a night of shakeups.  Sarah ruled the night, leaving Alex and Chris in her dust in second place.  Two of last season’s Battlers for Third, Joseph and … Continue reading

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League Night Recap for 1/13/15

After a short break for the holidays, league play resumed with the first meeting of Season 4 on Tuesday.  The usual suspects were joined by a couple of new members: Kristen, whom I previously met at the Arcade and Marvin’s … Continue reading

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Super-Ball III Recap

Super-Ball III, the post-season tourney for Season 3, happened December 16.  Shortly afterward I got broadsided by the holidays and failed to write a recap.  I’m a firm believer in “better late than never” but this is about as late … Continue reading

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League Night Recap for 12/2/14 (and Zen Tournament Preview)

As I have not yet completely worked out my strategy for quitting my job and devoting myself to a life of pinball hedonism, I have been kept busy by the end-of-term crunch.  As a result I sadly did not find time … Continue reading

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League Night Recap for 11/18/14

Season 3 is in the final stretch, as Tuesday was meeting 7 of 8.  Due to snow out west, the GR crowd did not make it out and will be doing a makeup session in the coming week.  Russell also … Continue reading

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League Night Recap for 11/4/14

Tuesday, November 4th, was the sixth meeting of eight for Season 3 of the League.  It was also the eve of my birthday, so I was looking forward to a celebratory night of pinball as consolation for turning a certain milestone … Continue reading

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League Night Recap for 10/21/14

Tuesday’s league night, the fifth of Season 3, saw slightly lower attendance than the previous meeting, so we returned to playing four games.  Matt had previously randomly selected Junk Yard, Getaway, Addams Family, and Monster Bash to be the night’s … Continue reading

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