So I haven’t had a chance to post my random thoughts from the weekend anywhere for this past Saturday’s Halo 2 4v4 Tournament … to put it nicely, it was insane!
24 teams, 96 people, $1,800 in prizes, and a total of 13-1/2 hours of constant Halo 2 play. Which is probably more work then my XBox (which I brought in) has done in the last 2 months! In the end, StrongSide’s team won again, I think this is his third or fourth win in a row going back to last year, but he got challenged moreso then anytime I’ve seen previously too by the team of David Durham, Jordan Blackburn, Chris Arozarena and Aaron Elam (one of Strongside’s normal partners!). It made for some really good play, and a couple of really good videos (which I will possibly upload here, bandwidth considering!).
From administering the event, it could not have gone smoother. I had Ben, Pat Jeanneret, and Ryan there helping watch and score matches, and then the 4v4 went pretty smoothly all things considered. We needed a few more chairs (but also didn’t expect 96 players), and the worst acting kids were a couple of 12 year olds, one of which whom tried to steal a figure, and the other one whom whined that he was being bugged, UNTIL Jeanneret watched his match and found the true story, and then mouthed off to me and Matt so much to get banned from the store!
Proof positive that nothing is perfect, but this was about as close as it gets. I don’t know what we’re going to do for the next event. Some want a new venue, other of us are pondering raising the price again and limiting the number of teams, so it’s 6 of one and half a dozen of the other, but I know the next one will be just as good.
