First of all, I would like to say - THANK YOU. Thank you everyone, for coming and playing pinball with me. I've wanted to do something like this for years, but alway made excuses for not doing it (not enough time, not enough interest, I wouldn't be good enough, etc...). So thank you for coming and playing, I hope everyone had a good time. I definitely did, and I was a pleasure meeting you all. I hope to see you all throughout the summer and at the start of the Fall pinball season (we will definitely have prizes for that one)!
Although a couple people consistently did well, everyone had great games and bad games, good nights and not-so-good nights. Pinball is very random and no one is guaranteed success. Entering the scores every week, I probably have a little more insight into how everyone has done over the season and I can say that no one was out of place. I think that the weekly scores were close enough that a good week here or a bad week there could completely change most people's position...everyone was competitive...and personal bests continued to rise throughout the season.
Overall, I think this test season went really well. There are some things I would change (flipping a coin worked ok choosing partners and machines, but it probably wasn't a long enough run for everything to really even out). I am also testing some new scoring ideas and still trying to think of new bonus point ideas. If you have any ideas or things you might like to see changed, please let me know...nothing is set in stone, and I am learning what I like and what works best for the league as much as you are.
Finally, a big thanks to Chris for paying this week, that was very nice of you...and thanks for hosting a party Friday. I think karma came back to you on the $121M game (all the other fifteen games on X-men last night combined were $156M).
I am attaching the summary and also the excel spreadsheet with all the weekly scores and info (in case anyone is interested).
Thanks again everyone, I had a blast. I will see you throughout the summer for practice and next fall for the next league start!
