Wednesday, January 18, 2006

when disaster strikes

Ok, it's time to set the fucking record straight. I've had just about enough of Angry Hippie's nonsensical rants, distortions of the truth, and cheat-beating mysogonistic falsifications.

On the night in question, yes, Truck and I did lose some games. Nobody disputes that fact. But here's how it went down: Truck and I handily beat AH and Turbo 2 games out of 3, which the entire Western world agrees is the default when beginning a tournament of bar games. When we won that set, AH and Turbo, their manhood no doubt shamed, absolutely begged Truck and I for more games. At this point, Truck and I were reluctant to continue. Not because we were basking in our victory, but because the party was running out of steam, and we all wanted to go home. AH and Turbo insisted on playing one more game, which Truck and I won. Again, AH and Turbo begged for more. They proceeded to win the last 2 games. At no point (until the last game was concluded) was the notion advanced that these subsequent games were somehow a continuation of the original best of 3 series. Truck may have summed up this situation most elegantly:
Let's get something straight. Turbo and Angry Hippy lost the best 2 out of 3 tournament. Because their pussies hurt so much, Matty and Firetruck decided to play on for a best 3 of 5 tournament. Therefore, it is 1 to 1 crackhead.

Indeed. Further, AH himself admitted this:
Now if we were talking about two matches, we would be discussing the fact that they won the first 2 of 3 and we won the second 2 of 3.

Which, since there was no a priori discussion of tournament boundaries after the conclusion of the initial, universall accepted best of 3 match, there can be no insistence that subsequent games were some sort of "continuation" that AH and Turbo "allowed" to happen. Therefore, the series stands, even by the most generous of definitions, at 1-1 (3 games won and lost by each team).

More recently, Truck and I did lose to AH and his wife. But Truck had just quit smoking and was off her game. So that shit don't count.

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