Our fledgling brother region to the east has a successful
weekend with their first tournament gathering. It was a 3 on 3 held a
little late in the hopes of generating some interest for a full 5 on 5 on
January 7th. People who never traveled before, traveled, and I hear there
were some really good games played. The event seemed to have really paid
off as teams are now coming together for the tournament. The big question
remains, are they ready for a traveling team from the Great Lakes region?

I am not sure what the format will be, 5.x, 3.1, divided,
open... But they will probably use their own set of rules as they refuse
to use the National standard. This is fine as we shouldn't have any
problem adapting, but it may bite them in the ass if some of the new players
decide they want to come to Nationals.

Nationals being in Pittsburgh this year is not that bad of a
trek for these guys, and with a successful region, they have a very good chance
of being able to host Nationals the following year, that is, if they show up.

January 7th is just a month away, and I will be just getting
back from Texas the weekend before, so I am not 100% sure I can make it.
But there is a good chance. Will we take a full team, will
Pittsburgh? Or will we take one combined team? Perhaps our
Armageddon friends from Baltimore will show up?

And why did I blog with with an old ass picture of Nathan? Well it was the only picture I had of him and I don't have anything else to represent their new region. And for the people just playing with him for the first time, they can see him fron years ago when they first came to our region.