What a mixed up whacky weekend.
Saturday was limited turnout, like 10 of us. Experienced players all. But weather definitely rained on the parade. And I was having such a good enjoyable day, too. Then God showed up. Made me angry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZH9ebAZoukSunday gave us another chance to become re-acquainted with grace, and Divinity. It started with Karma. I played and lost, but gimpy Forf was too slow to get to the pool. So I subbed out for him. Because dry people play (sometimes, more on that later), and that's what you should do.
Then, what do my wondering eyes do appear, but I fully grown pipe hitting group of Sand People:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1mfxGd0YCwThat gave us two choices for Salvation today: Water Jesus *:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z7U5pZRl2k*Exonerated on 8 year old charges
Or Sand Jesus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiC9AvJ0uX4Karma and fate put me on the Dark/Sand Side, with Sand Jesus, Dub, Javi, LJ, and Dieter (from Sprockets??). That team went dynasty, as it should've, but not without some serious bumps in the road.
The weakness I saw is that Sand Force 5 + yours truly would go up big, and then it was playtime. No, it's not. Hear the words of Darth Nowell, the ruthless Administrator of Dallas games: "Play hard. Put the pedal to the metal, because if you do not, you will sit."
Truer words never spoken. My version is this: "The best team on paper still needs to win in the water. That's why we play the games." Case in point. If memory serves, Mikey, Lil TJ, Jarrod, the Steves and Navy took us to the freaking wall. Won 19-17.
That goes down in the books as the Best Loss Ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8tz2jhRAC8The Dynasty was hours, but the glory is yours. Very nearly made it again to dynasty with Jarrod, Kent, Javi, Sand Jesus, ???. bit came up just a bit short. The other Dynasty team included NY, Dan, Chris Jay, George, Scott, others which I originally remembered in this post, before it went into the ether. They beat what should've been the Dynasty Killer team, which was basically Team Sand without me, and Forf in my place. That's why we play the games!
There were a lotta players today, which makes administration hard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh2DzGccvJchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUxkFCBPgx4We have 3 different systems in place, in no particular order: drys, shirts, and captains. They are in conflict. Just got to try to do the best we can with it.
Bring your own bombs is all I can recommend--be ready to fight, fight to the end:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUzd9KyIDrMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-6M5FukAoE&t=86sSee you next weekends, you magnificent bastards. Sometimes you're on one side of the barricade, sometimes on the other. Be ready to fight on both!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQrE8vOM0ss