Today's Action: Day 5 Results!
Game 1:
El Vez (Will/Ralves) vs. Lollipop Guild (JParm/JBrown)
Have you ever seen the movie Undead? It's a zombie movie where the local sheriff goes from being a mincing pansy in one shot to a take-charge blowhard the next, and the de-facto male lead stands motionless one moment and then moves with Matrix-style pseudo-martial-arts ability the next. After about ten minutes of having every character ping-pong back and forth between wildly disparate personality traits, my wife turned to me and asked, "What other movies have you got?" I couldn't blame her, but we let the movie run since there were elements that were mildly entertaining, albeit with absolutely no emotional investment from us. It was like ninety minutes of card tricks; nothing to get too excited about.
So, Ralves came out with his lightsaber paddle, Will let the first serve go past him while saying, "I didn't like that one," and someone turned to me and said, "What other games have we got?"
Lollipop Guild over El Vez
21-12
Game 2:
Lunar Platoon (Gibby/Morgan) vs. Quirk (Kirko/Stephen Q)
"This is like watching Joe Pesci opening for Eddie Murphy."
- Brian Smith
I told Brian that I had no idea what that meant. He corrected himself and said that it was like watching Joe Piscopo opening for Eddie Murphy. I still didn't understand, but I did feel that he was on the right track regardless.
This was the first elimination game of the tournament, so naturally there was a little more at stake. The loser would go home empty handed. The winner would get to continue on and have every game from here on out be an elimination game, as well. Welcome to the Loser's Bracket, where the pressure is so thick you can swirl it into a wafer cone and add rainbow sprinkles.
After Morgan woke Gibby up from his afternoon nap, it was game on. Safe to say that this was the game with the most points played below waist level. Lots of solidly hit balls ticking the net, causing the players to adjust their positioning and scoop a lot of knee-high returns. Thrilling play all the way, with the extra burden of playing with the Pong Reaper hovering just behind. Tim D came to the court looking to wager on the game going to Deuce and everyone, including the Pong Reaper, thought he was nuts. Little did we know how close we'd get.
The score was 15-20, with Q serving. Five genius serves to Morgan and we'd be looking at the tightest game yet and Tim D putting a downpayment on a house. First serve: Morgan couldn't handle the wily spins! 16-20! Second serve: Point to Quirk! Morgan was having a devil of a time! Third serve...
There is no joy in Quirkville; Mighty Q has struck out. Nothing but air.
Lunar Platoon over Quirk
21-17
El Vez (Will/Ralves) vs. Lollipop Guild (JParm/JBrown)
Have you ever seen the movie Undead? It's a zombie movie where the local sheriff goes from being a mincing pansy in one shot to a take-charge blowhard the next, and the de-facto male lead stands motionless one moment and then moves with Matrix-style pseudo-martial-arts ability the next. After about ten minutes of having every character ping-pong back and forth between wildly disparate personality traits, my wife turned to me and asked, "What other movies have you got?" I couldn't blame her, but we let the movie run since there were elements that were mildly entertaining, albeit with absolutely no emotional investment from us. It was like ninety minutes of card tricks; nothing to get too excited about.
So, Ralves came out with his lightsaber paddle, Will let the first serve go past him while saying, "I didn't like that one," and someone turned to me and said, "What other games have we got?"
Lollipop Guild over El Vez
21-12
Game 2:
Lunar Platoon (Gibby/Morgan) vs. Quirk (Kirko/Stephen Q)
"This is like watching Joe Pesci opening for Eddie Murphy."
- Brian Smith
I told Brian that I had no idea what that meant. He corrected himself and said that it was like watching Joe Piscopo opening for Eddie Murphy. I still didn't understand, but I did feel that he was on the right track regardless.
This was the first elimination game of the tournament, so naturally there was a little more at stake. The loser would go home empty handed. The winner would get to continue on and have every game from here on out be an elimination game, as well. Welcome to the Loser's Bracket, where the pressure is so thick you can swirl it into a wafer cone and add rainbow sprinkles.
After Morgan woke Gibby up from his afternoon nap, it was game on. Safe to say that this was the game with the most points played below waist level. Lots of solidly hit balls ticking the net, causing the players to adjust their positioning and scoop a lot of knee-high returns. Thrilling play all the way, with the extra burden of playing with the Pong Reaper hovering just behind. Tim D came to the court looking to wager on the game going to Deuce and everyone, including the Pong Reaper, thought he was nuts. Little did we know how close we'd get.
The score was 15-20, with Q serving. Five genius serves to Morgan and we'd be looking at the tightest game yet and Tim D putting a downpayment on a house. First serve: Morgan couldn't handle the wily spins! 16-20! Second serve: Point to Quirk! Morgan was having a devil of a time! Third serve...
There is no joy in Quirkville; Mighty Q has struck out. Nothing but air.
Lunar Platoon over Quirk
21-17
posted by Rally Chimp at 5:20 PM
1 Comments:
first game = joe piscopo
second game = eddie murphy
one was dog, one was good times from beginning to end. that's all i'm saying.
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