My team "Boondocks" took second place this past
weekend at the December Laser Storm regional at Jester's Court. First
place went to "Oblivious" from Pittsburgh.

It was a decent tournament, with 6 teams we were able to take
our time and still get done before 4am. We did make the mistake of setting
up the arena the night before the tournament, this is always a bad idea, and it
would come around to bite us in the ass. When the players came in to look
at the arena after the captain's meeting, they found 3 barriers we had one one
side but not the other. This was fixable, but it is amazing that we missed
so many in a 2,000 sq foot arena.

The real issue didn't show itself until later when Justin
(Pittsburgh) pointed out a barrier that was one grid length off from the other
side. This one barrier space created a "god" spot that was
really able to effect the game play. We knew better than to change the
arena so late, but we really didn't have any other choice as most of us are very
busy most of the time.

Oddly enough, the green side had the advantage, and we
only got to play on that side once. That is the time we beat
"Oblivious" by 45 points, (30 player hits, 3 pod hits). All of
our other games were played on the red team. The games we lost to
"Oblivious" were by 8 points and by 11 points.

All the teams played really well, and "I Love
Lamp" was able to celebrate a victory. Our second team "FauxOblivion"
was able to not only stay in the game, but almost beat
"Oblivious". Hopefully they will stick together to make a good
showing at Skate Zone in January.