« Reply #16 on: April 29, 2016, 03:30:48 PM »
Pam - sounds like you are having a blast!
Pappy - I'll try to describe what pinball league is...we have a little over 20 folks that get together and go to members houses and play pinball. We usually break up into groups of four and play against each other. This league (in Columbus) plays five games every time we get together. You play in a different group every time you meet. At the end of the season, you are ranked based on the standings from the previous weeks (8 weeks, I think - they throw out your two lowest scores). During finals, they take the rankings and make three groups. Those players play x number of games, head-to-head with the winner moving on and the loser going into the loser's bracket, until each group has a winner.
Wow, that was a lot more difficult to explain than I anticipated. Here's the easier verison:
Pinball league is a chance for me to go play a bunch of pinball machines that I wouldn't normally get to play. For free. :-)
When I think of pinball, I imagine the "old days." 5 balls for a nickel, just one pair of flippers, real bumpers - not electronic, you could "move" the machine a bit before the tilt (you had to know the limits of a particular machine - took MANY games to learn)... The good old "clunk" when you racked up a game... ohhhh those were the days....
Man you are old
Yes I am - but, you must be as well to recognize it...
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