July 12, 2006
(Denver, CO)
Gentlemen -
Now that I'm settled into the new place, I'm up for hosting the next Beta & Friends pong tournament out here in Colorado.
ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE:
- Doubles tournament
- Singles tournament
- Tour of Coors Brewery - FREE BEER (allbeit Coors)
- Tour of Stranahan's Whiskey Distillery & the Flying Dog Brewery, downtown Denver - FREE WHISKEY AND BEER
- Tour of Celestial Seasoning's Factory in Boulder (for Matro while we're touring the breweries)
- Golf outing & horseshoes at beautific City Park (one block from my place)
- Local hike to any number of peaks in the front range (don't worry Matro we'll have bottled oxygen for you)
I've acquired a few local options for the actual tournament to be held. We'll do it up right.
TIMING
This might be tough... The weekend of August 11-13 is currently available on my calendar. However, that's two short weeks after a few of you will be travelling to represent at the Vegas World Beer Pong Championship.
So I need to know who's interested in travelling to Mile High City. Get back to me on the following...
1) If you're interested & able to attend the weekend of August 11-13
2) If not that weekend, are you interested in travelling here on an alternate date
3) If #2, then I need dates that you can travel. Options should include weekends in either October or November. (If we have a November tourney, there's a good chance we could get in a day of skiing at Vail or Breckenridge)
Hope you're all doing well, especially you slakers who've fallen off the face of the "pong universe".
-Checky
Seems Reminiscent of the 1996 San Fran Beer Pong Tourney setting.
Right Mr. X? Then again...who is Mr. X?
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Email Responses:
From Matro
Just two comments:
1. Do i get free tea at the celestial seasonings factory?; and
2. I only use designer bottled oxygen (something by Fendi or Prada will do)
matro
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From Dan "Thunderpoop" Walko
Hello Gentlemen....
Sean, Mr. X and I are right now sitting at the pool in the
Outer Banks of NC. Our nice relaxing beach week is
quickly coming to a close - and since we have all grown up
and matured, we didn't even consider playing pong.
As the reigning singles champ, Sean feels no need to
travel to Colorado to defent his title.
Jen has already voiced her opposition so we won't even ask
Mr. X...
As for me....Unless the tourament takes place within 50
miles of my home and does not conflict with a Dave
Matthews concert, I will be unable to attend.
We will all be looking forward to the streaming video of
the championship match.
Hope you all have fun...
Poop
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From Baroo:
Poop,
Good to hear from you. Sorry to hear some of the married Betas do not get out of their cages very much.
Perhaps making amends with the zoo keepers is in order?
Vegas content will be forthcoming and CO streaming footage will be on a Pay-per-View Schedule.
(Please tell Mr. X his web access fees will be 2x).
Enjoy your vacation!
Baroo
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From Checky:
Hey fellas -
Sounds like beach week was nice. I'm glad to hear you've all grown up and matured. Unfortunate to hear, though, that it necessitates abstaining from the good, clean fun that can be had on a pong table.
Standing congrats to Sean for his last championship at Kain's place. It was well deserved, especially given his first game against Conan - who had never played pong before that weekend (though admitedly he beat me - argggg pathetic.) In any case, it's too bad that championships don't stand longer than a single season. Tell him to enjoy his reign for the brief remaining weeks until the next tourney takes place.
Mr. X has been written off of serious competition for years. There was a day long-past when he could uphold a respectable game. However, I've heard his meandering excuses over and over again - but I wanted to extend the invite out of courtesy. It's no surprise though that he has a well worn excuse this time - business travel or some child's birthday or... Oh wait... That's right, this time it's as simple as his wife laying the kaibosh. Fair enough.
As for yourself, well, as much as I'd love to see you attempt to even keep the ball on the table for 5 minutes, I'd never expect to see your thunder-pooping self all the way out here. You'd probably pass out from oxygen depravation anyway - and besides, you wouldn't be able to bring that cute little daughter of yours as an excuse to not compete this time.
Since you're looking forward to the streaming video of the championship match, we'll do what we can.
Hi to the balls and chains for me :)
-Check
PS - What the hell are ya doing on email while sitting by the pool?
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From Matro:
Dan writes - "and since we have all grown up and matured, we didn't even consider playing pong" - this should be read as "Help us please, our wives wouldn't let us have a pong table even if we could find one in the Outer Banks". Also, Dan and Sean cannot travel more than 50 miles from their respective houses because the control chips implanted in their brains by their wives prevent them from doing so. As for Mr. X, just a withering look from Jen is enough to keep him in line.
-Matro
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From Kaino:
I need to be in Vegas the following week so I'm in if its a go.
-kaino-
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From: Joey D:
As one of those "slakers" whose fallen off the pong circuit, I think
this sounds great and would love to join in but Aug is already booked
up for me. I could do most weekends in Oct or Nov, though --
especially if I can get a decent rate on the flight. I can't promise
anything but I'd love to come!
Cheers (that British for -kai- :),
- Joe
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From Switz:
Well....
I'm not a Beta but my trash talking to Wildman recently and my general dominance of him in high school has brought me into the mix. As a Denver resident I truly would be a "sally" if I didn't participate.
Count me in !!
Marc
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Checky
Would love to be there though I'm already booked to be on vacation with my girls then. Would be interested in later dates in Oct/Nov
chico
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Hello Gentleman.
I'm glad to hear that you are all doing well. Things for me have been very
busy. I just got married last month and I'm currently working as a
pulmonary/citical care doctor. (No, I did not buy my degree.)
Despite all the trash talk, I'm sure that most of you may or may not
remember that you got your asses whipped in those last few days at Dickinson
by yours truely or by Sean. Sean, you know that you got lucky and just
managed to inch by me (I think that we played to 51 sinks!) Anyway, I would
love to come to mile high to teach you guys the porper way to play pong, but
August is all tied up. Maybe sometime in September.
By the way, if I am able to make it out there, you guys have nothing to
worry about. After I beat you, I can treat alcohol poisoning with no
problems.
Hope to see you all soon.
Raj
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