Today's Action: Day 6 Results!
Game 1:
El Vez (Will/Ralves) vs. Weenie Beenie (Nate/Jess)
Another elimination game. Someone was going home. But who? Right from the get-go, you could tell that all the players wanted another game. Nobody was ready to go home yet. Ralves was still using the lightsaber paddle, but lo and behold, it seemed as though he'd actually gained some mastery over it. Will played to the crowd, but only at a 35% rate, well below his usual 87%. They were on target and keeping the score close. Nate worked his patented Twister serve (Auntie Em! Auntie Em!) to keep Beenie slightly ahead. Jess was working the entire playing surface and El Vez started to fall behind. Down by 7 in the late stages of the game, it looked like the end. Finding a resolve they may not have thought they had, El Vez forged on, tightened the score, and scared the pants off Weenie Beenie and Rebecca Warner (you were probably too focused on the game to notice). El Vez down by two! 18-16! Tasty pudding!
Alas, there wasn't quite enough in the tank. Beenie pulled its game back together and their pants back up and finished the job.
Weenie Beenie over El Vez
21-16
Game 2:
The Dooze (Jonny T/Blaise) vs. Lollipop Guild (JParm/JBrown)
Kirk: "I guess The Dooze is the Darth Vader of the tournament. Nobody wants them to win."
Brian: "Worse than that. They're Anakin."
Ouch! It hurts, but it's true. From the very first point, the crowd was heavily favoring the Lollipop Guild. Judging by the cheering at 1-0, you'd have thought that JParm had stepped onto the surface of Jupiter and JBrown offered to give everyone a million in cash. The Guild breezed through first service and led 4-1, but The Dooze caught up soon enough. This was going to be tight!
The next sound we heard could be described as the Dooze's wheels exploding then coming off, combined with a freight train wreck, mixed with an avalanche in the Alps, and a carton of eggs hitting the kitchen floor. The Dooze...wow. Words fail me (you wish!). The sound that we heard after that could be described as pure glee. The crowd was loving it! This was the most lopsided win in the tournament and fans nearly burst into flames from happiness. The Dooze absolutely fell apart as the Guild ripped off something like twelve straight points. One minute it was 8-6, the next it was 19-8. Unreal. Even JParm was flabbergasted, as suggested by his I-can't-believe-this-is-happening-but-I'm-glad-I'm-on-this-side-of-the-table look. Blaise became even more tightly wrapped as things unraveled (ironic!) and whistled a shot into JBrown's dice, hoping to swing the momentum, but there was no turning this tide.
Why is it that we love to hate The Dooze? When did they turn into the Oakland Raiders? Do we even care?
Everyone needs a villain.
Lollipop Guild over The Dooze
21-9
El Vez (Will/Ralves) vs. Weenie Beenie (Nate/Jess)
Another elimination game. Someone was going home. But who? Right from the get-go, you could tell that all the players wanted another game. Nobody was ready to go home yet. Ralves was still using the lightsaber paddle, but lo and behold, it seemed as though he'd actually gained some mastery over it. Will played to the crowd, but only at a 35% rate, well below his usual 87%. They were on target and keeping the score close. Nate worked his patented Twister serve (Auntie Em! Auntie Em!) to keep Beenie slightly ahead. Jess was working the entire playing surface and El Vez started to fall behind. Down by 7 in the late stages of the game, it looked like the end. Finding a resolve they may not have thought they had, El Vez forged on, tightened the score, and scared the pants off Weenie Beenie and Rebecca Warner (you were probably too focused on the game to notice). El Vez down by two! 18-16! Tasty pudding!
Alas, there wasn't quite enough in the tank. Beenie pulled its game back together and their pants back up and finished the job.
Weenie Beenie over El Vez
21-16
Game 2:
The Dooze (Jonny T/Blaise) vs. Lollipop Guild (JParm/JBrown)
Kirk: "I guess The Dooze is the Darth Vader of the tournament. Nobody wants them to win."
Brian: "Worse than that. They're Anakin."
Ouch! It hurts, but it's true. From the very first point, the crowd was heavily favoring the Lollipop Guild. Judging by the cheering at 1-0, you'd have thought that JParm had stepped onto the surface of Jupiter and JBrown offered to give everyone a million in cash. The Guild breezed through first service and led 4-1, but The Dooze caught up soon enough. This was going to be tight!
The next sound we heard could be described as the Dooze's wheels exploding then coming off, combined with a freight train wreck, mixed with an avalanche in the Alps, and a carton of eggs hitting the kitchen floor. The Dooze...wow. Words fail me (you wish!). The sound that we heard after that could be described as pure glee. The crowd was loving it! This was the most lopsided win in the tournament and fans nearly burst into flames from happiness. The Dooze absolutely fell apart as the Guild ripped off something like twelve straight points. One minute it was 8-6, the next it was 19-8. Unreal. Even JParm was flabbergasted, as suggested by his I-can't-believe-this-is-happening-but-I'm-glad-I'm-on-this-side-of-the-table look. Blaise became even more tightly wrapped as things unraveled (ironic!) and whistled a shot into JBrown's dice, hoping to swing the momentum, but there was no turning this tide.
Why is it that we love to hate The Dooze? When did they turn into the Oakland Raiders? Do we even care?
Everyone needs a villain.
Lollipop Guild over The Dooze
21-9
posted by Rally Chimp at 5:15 PM
1 Comments:
if only there was a bet possible that if ralves had used his real paddle they might have won that one...?
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