clark wrote:
spotes wrote:
Once Heroes passed us, they pretty much stopped playing Late Shift games until 2 in the morning with 12-18 boards in play.
They fell roughly 100 short of our record of 1491 gold medals though.
Tsk...tsk...
This bar is basically performing a less capable version of what Heroes did; a steady diet of Late Shift games. Their leading gold medalist even played a bunch of them on Christmas night for cryin' out loud.
I don't know whether to be happy or sad for these guys...
Very amusing post... Instead of offering kudos, you sound like Michael Jordan giving a HOF speech...
You guys used to consistently play 5 boards apiece on the 10 question games when they were on in the afternoon (and everyday of the week, I might add). How is this any different except we are night owls and play lunchtime on Sunday prior to NFL games?
We are definitely not as good as Heroes, those guys excel at all games, including Showdown and Six. However, based on the criteria it is what it is....It's significantly more of an accomplishment than worrying about players plus points or badge counts...
In a related story, I remember seeing a "Jaws of Life" for sale on ebay about a year ago. I would have gone ahead and bought it if I'd known how handy it would come in today in helping extract your panties from their current wadded position.
Come on, clark. You know I was rooting for you to pass Heroes. To my knowledge nobody at that bar has ever let me pummel them about the head and shoulders with questions about one hit wonders from the 70s...
Quite honestly, I don't care how you guys win golds. If you can do it honestly and fairly, I say go for it. Coming in first is always the optimal choice for my money. And I'm sure there will be a revolving door of medal leading sites that favor LS games. Everybody pretty much assumed as much when the schedule was introduced, They did at my bar, at any rate. But comparisons to the old afternoon BT/CD lineup are inequitable. Late Shift is four games an hour while the old afternoon games BT/CDs were three games per hour. Having a 33% increase in gold medal opportunities never hurts. The afternoon crowds were also much larger and less drunk thereby increasing the level of competition measurably. Those games also required 1000 participants, further penalizing limited player participation.
I don't hold any of these differences against you guys or Heroes. I have an equal opportunity to take advantage of these facts if I so choose. But I guess I'm just not motivated enough to go out on Christmas night to play Late Shift. I blame my upbringing...
And I'll take any comparison to Jordan that I can get my hands on.
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