Pinball at the Zoo is a smaller pinball show and awesome tournament that takes place in Kalamazoo, MI this weekend. The show starts Thursday afternoon and runs until Saturday evening. It is held at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center and there is a ton of space so you don’t feel over crowded the whole time like at a lot of shows. The tournament is run by the Harmon family and they do an awesome job of making sure it runs smooth. On top of that all the money the tournament raises is going to Project Pinball which puts pinball machines in youth hospitals for the children to play. If you are curious about checking out a show I strongly recommend this one as a good starting point, it was my first show several years ago and I make sure I can attend every year now.

If anyone decides to make the trip up I will be staying at my family’s lake house which is about 30 minutes away and you are welcome to join.

I will be bringing my Viking pinball machine to be used in the tournament, and also my new Alien machine to be used in the free play area. I’m renting a cargo van for the weekend so if anyone needs a game brought back to the Lafayette area just let me know. Hope some of you can make it up and have a good time.

Full tournament game list is available from the tournament scoring website.

Another great turnout last night, and another new member of the Lafayette Pinball League, thank you to John Hawxby for making the drive up from Indianapolis to join us!

Full results for the week are below with MVP on the night going out to Tom Vandenberg for putting up an impressive 20 points.

Week 6 Games 4/25/2017 @ 7:30 PM

Games are Theatre of Magic, Twilight Zone, Cybernaut, Big Indian, and The Big Lebowski!

Monthly 3-Strikes Tournament Next Week 4/18/2017 8PM

Reminder that next Tuesday is our Monthly 3-Strikes Tournament brought to you by none other than Lafayette Brewing Company! They have donated an awesome prize package with awards for both finalists and anyone else who participates as well. Remember there is a $5 entry fee with all money going back to the top 4 finishers, you play head to head on a random machine and simply keep playing until you have 3 losses. Hope that we have our largest one yet, and again big thank you to Lafayette Brewing Company! Post tourney drinks shall be consumed there! And thanks to everyone who visited LBC before league last night as well!

Just your friendly reminder that it is League Night! Get on down the Main Street Amusements and be ready to play some pinball. Here are the games for tonight, Star Trek, The Walking Dead, Tron LE, Captain Fantastic, and Harlem Globetrotters.

Hoping we can have awesome attendance again and keep up the 5 groups just like last week.

MONTHLY TOURNAMENT APRIL 18th @ 8PM

Also another reminder that the following Tuesday, April 18th, Lafayette Brewing Company is sponsoring our 3-Strikes Monthly Tournament! A huge thank you to Lafayette Brewing Company, they have donated prizes for the tournament that include (1) Lafbrew disc golf disc, (1) Brewhouse Soda Growler & fill coupon, (4) Lafbrew pint glasses, (1) Lafbrew t-shirt, and (5) Lafbrew stickers! The biggest news is that they have also agreed to come on as sponsor for the remainder of our monthly tournaments this  year! Details are still being worked out about what exactly this will mean, but I think it is awesome to have them on board for support. Be sure if you need to get a pre-game meal or drink you are checking out LBC right down the street from Main Street Amusements! Also a  brew…or two…may be in order for a post-game celebration. I know I’ll be downing a few of their Scotch Eggs myself. Remember that on the 18th we will start at 8PM and there is a $5 entry fee with all money going back to the top 4 finishers. Some prizes will be for the finalist while others will be  given out at random in between rounds so anyone can win! Bring lots of friends to participate.

Again a huge thank you to LBC!

Sun King Brewery Presents our Monthly Tournament tomorrow night down at Main Street Amusements! Start time 8PM sharp. $5 entry fee, all money paid back to the top 4 finishers, as well as random prize giveaways donated by Sun King Brewery with all participants eligible to win! Format is 3-strikes just like always. A huge thank you to Sun King Brewery for their willingness to help out! Hope to see all of you there.

Another good showing, and again two new participants thanks to Michael and Danielle for showing up and playing in league with us, we hope you all come back for some more pinball in the future. Below are the full results from week 2. Reminder that next week, 3/21/2017, is our monthly 3-strikes tournament brought to you by Sun King Brewery with a $5 entry fee. All entry fee money is paid back to the top 4 finishers and we will have prizes provided by Sun King as well.  Week 3 will take place on 3/28/2017 and the games are listed below.

3/21/2017 Monthly 3-Strikes Tournament!

Games for Week 3, 3/28/2017 are Funhouse, Game of Thrones Premium, Harlem Globetrotters, King of Diamonds, and Laser Cue.

Hey guys and gals just a little reminder that you have an appointment tonight at Main Street Amusements for some pinball league action! See you all there!

Don’t forget that next week there is no league, but instead we have our monthly tournament brought to you by Sun King Brewery! $5 entry fee and start time of 8PM, three strikes format!

Hey Guys, a friend of mine Erik Wurtenberger from Kentucky is hosting a tournament on June 10th at his house. It is limited to the first 40 players that register. Erik is a great guy and has played in a few of our tournaments as well so many of you have probably already met him. It should be an awesome event and I encourage anyone interested in competitive pinball to give it a shot. You can sign up at the link below, and be sure to include your email so that you will be sent more details as the date of the event gets closer.

Register

Nice solid turnout for Week 1 of the 2017 Spring Season! Thanks especially to our new members Andy, Joe, and Terry. It was really nice to have some new blood out there and I hope you all had a good time during your first week. Below are the full results for the first week as Matt takes home MVP on the night with 17 points, closely followed by Tom with 15, and then Andy and Keith tying for 3rd with 14.5.

Next week’s games are Batman ’66, Black Knight, Captain Fantastic, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Fire!

Tip to new players check out PAPA’s (Professional Amateur Pinball Association) Youtube channel for a ton of video tutorials and tips on how to play certain games. You will be amazed and how quickly they can help you improve and a lot of them are just entertaining.

See you all next Tuesday at 7:30 for week 2! Don’t forget that on March 21st we will be having our Monthly Tournament sponsored by Sun King Brewery out of Indianapolis who has donated an awesome prize package!