This Weekend
A couple of friends of mine have gotten me into a new game, WoW minis: http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/wowminis/en/default.aspx
It's kinda like playing magic in a lot of ways, but easier. Instead of decks having 60 cards, parties have 3 (or even sometimes just 2) members, each of which gets 2 spells. Also, it just came out, so instead of there being 10,000 cards around to keep track of, there's only about 70 so far. So building parties is easier, and playing the game is easier. I went to a huge tournament in SF a couple of weeks ago and lost just about every game. This last weekend, there was another tournament, with a grand prize of about $1000 and they were holding one in Roseville, which gave me an excuse to go up and see Dad. There's no way I could do as badly as I did in SF. Right?
Uh, actually, yeah. That is right. I fucking wrecked fools. I shut out about half the teams I faced, and I wasn't even rolling that well. (Okay, one game, I kinda rolled like a demon) The tournament format was retarded (I won't go into it) but I ended up 6-0 and the only undefeated. They cut to a top 8, and after one round, 3 of the last 4 people were me and my friends. The final ended up being me and one of them, and it was the only game I lost all day. It didn't really matter as we'd already agreed to a prize split. Oh, and along the way, there was a random drawing for a $100 prize and I got that too. So, all in all, it was a pretty good haul for $20 plus diesel. I like the game, and I'm looking forward to the new set.
Never did get to see Dad though, as I couldn't get in touch with him all week. Ended up spending the rest of the weekend having fun in SF (again). At this point, I think I've spent every weekend in SF since I've been here. Now though, I'm off to finish some work.
It's kinda like playing magic in a lot of ways, but easier. Instead of decks having 60 cards, parties have 3 (or even sometimes just 2) members, each of which gets 2 spells. Also, it just came out, so instead of there being 10,000 cards around to keep track of, there's only about 70 so far. So building parties is easier, and playing the game is easier. I went to a huge tournament in SF a couple of weeks ago and lost just about every game. This last weekend, there was another tournament, with a grand prize of about $1000 and they were holding one in Roseville, which gave me an excuse to go up and see Dad. There's no way I could do as badly as I did in SF. Right?
Uh, actually, yeah. That is right. I fucking wrecked fools. I shut out about half the teams I faced, and I wasn't even rolling that well. (Okay, one game, I kinda rolled like a demon) The tournament format was retarded (I won't go into it) but I ended up 6-0 and the only undefeated. They cut to a top 8, and after one round, 3 of the last 4 people were me and my friends. The final ended up being me and one of them, and it was the only game I lost all day. It didn't really matter as we'd already agreed to a prize split. Oh, and along the way, there was a random drawing for a $100 prize and I got that too. So, all in all, it was a pretty good haul for $20 plus diesel. I like the game, and I'm looking forward to the new set.
Never did get to see Dad though, as I couldn't get in touch with him all week. Ended up spending the rest of the weekend having fun in SF (again). At this point, I think I've spent every weekend in SF since I've been here. Now though, I'm off to finish some work.