Our last league night was a mere two days before Thanksgiving, but the proximity to the holiday did not keep many people away. No, everyone was too eager to secure the best seed they could. For those of us scrambling for the last position in A division it made for an exciting (and some might say too exciting) night. As one of that group, I confess to still being bitter about squandering an otherwise good season on a terrible final night. As you can see, I was so preoccupied with trying and failing not to try and fail that I didn’t take any photos all night.
Joseph, on the other hand, showed me up as usual by having amazing finishes on both of the last two banks and leapfrogging into 5th place. He was the top scorer on Bank 7 (“Pythagoras”) and Danny was the winner of Bank 8 (“Thales”) and the overall winner of the qualifying season, followed by Brian and then Tim.
Meanwhile, Peter passed me to get the final, eighth position in A division. I will once again be the top B division seed, though it was not a fair contest for Devon, who, I’m sad to say, was forced by a family emergency to leave suddenly.
Our Smackdown game was Dungeons and Dragons, chosen by Joseph when he realized I had accidentally set the Smackdown game to be Scared Stiff, which we were playing in league that night. When it came time to randomly draw a nearby game for the B division arena, the RNG picked… Scared Stiff. The Smackdown champion was Mike and despite my sour mood at this point in the night I managed to pick my crumpled pride up off the floor and dust it off enough to have a good Scared Stiff for the B division win.
The qualifying season is in the books and tonight we’ll be having our playoffs to determine final positions for season 23. Qualified players must check in by 7 pm to avoid disqualification from the tournament. See you very soon!