And So it Ends...

Sorry for the lack of posts. We are having some technical difficulties with our internet connection in that it crapped out. That unfortunately precluded me from giving as many updates as I had hoped.

So in a nutshell we finished 8th. We made it through the power pool with one win and a pile of losses. That set us up with a meeting with Buzz Bullets in the quarters. We started that game out well taking the first point. Buzz then went on a 12 point run and ended up winning 17-5. They are essentially a proffessional ultimate team in that they are pretty much fully sponsored by a Japanese company called Bunka Shutter. All their players work for the company and they practice every day. All that to say that they are very, very good. That combined with tough, windy conditions made a win for us all but impossible. On a personal note I was ready for those little guys and played well; the team, not so much.

Then we had to play Fakulti again in the consolation bracket. We were leading, I think, but then blew it when they started to play zone on us. Again the wind was too much for us to deal with and we lost. As a team we just aren't at the level that some of these teams are at in tough conditions like wind. Give us fair weather and we can beat anybody.

That set us up for our 7/8 game against Double Wide. We started out slowly against them but came back in a big way to tie the game at 12-12. It was our fourth game of the week that went to double-game point. Unfortunately we ended up losing this one as well leaving us in eighth place.

We played well some times and we played badly sometimes but all in all I think it was a pretty good week. We showed that we could play with anybody (except Buzz Bullets but they killed everyone). We can take a few big wins home with us and hopefully build on that.

In the end Buzz Bullets won the final over Thong 17-8. No one is sure how Thong made it all the way there but they did... and we should have beat them but we didn't. Funny thing is that everyone I talked to who lost to Thong says that they should have beat them but didn't. So either Thong lucked out and got everybody's "bad" game or they really are that good but nobody say it coming. Personally I think they lucked out.

So now It's time for me to go to bed and spend my last night in Perth. Problem is there seems to be a raging party in our Condo so we'll see how that goes. The word circulating at the fields today was that "Mephisto is hosting a party". I don't know how that got started but as more and more people show up at our door I'm starting to get a bit worried that it might get a bit out of control.

Time to rest my sore muscles with some sleep now... I spent most of today getting worked by the waves while surfing. Some of the waves were taller than I am and I'm a much worse surfer than I would like to be. It was good fun anyway.

I'll recap everything when I get back; I'll tell you who played well, etc. and go into more details once I have a reliable internet connection.

DF