Nothing like a power outage...

ScottW

Fo' shizzle!
Silver Member
...to kill a tournament :/

I was playing in a tournament this past Saturday. It was down to five of us - two on the winner's side, three (including myself) on the loser's. I had at least 4th locked up.

Whilst the two playable matches were going, BAM - the power goes out. Comes back on a few minutes later, for a few minutes, then out again for good. One gal (g/f of one of the players) was outside smoking and said she saw about three transformers go POW in their typical spectacular fashion.

After a while, the five of us just decided to split the total prize funds even and go home. :P On my drive back up to my part of town, I drove at least two-three miles through areas also powerless, with the exception of the traffic lights (thank gawd for that).
 
JayBates said:
that sucks. did you at least make your entry fee back?

Yep yep. In fact I got more than I would have if I'd just taken 4th, since we split the whole pot five ways even. Heck, whichever guy who'd have lost that loser-side match (I'd have played the winner) made out like a bandit, as the tournament was only paying four places. So he got a 5th of the total instead of zip. :P
 
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