Jillian's Beer Pong December 2005

December 29, 2005
(Boston, MA- Recap courtesy of the Sheetz Lady)
A surprisingly strong Beer Pong showing was had at Jillian's in Boston on December 29th-30th, 2005. A core team of Wild Bill, Dave "the Mole" and Responsible Henderson began with pre-practice which was bitterly contested by Mole Man Baker who later felt that early pong scores should have counted.

Baker and Sheetz in Preliminary Action	Don't Shoot the Pong Ball until you see the whites of Baker's Eyes...
Responsible Andy with a Beer Pong Injury: Cut Thumb

After a spirited round of early pong, Mr. Christopher Willis arrived to the glee of the rest of the crew. Soon a competitive doubles beer pong tournament emerged. Mr. Wildman mentioned at the offset the "Jillian pong rules" would be a modified 2X variation of Nantucket rules due to the doubles nature of the event, one pong table and low hanging lights. The rules were cheapie hit off the cup w/o save = 1 point, sink = 10 points,win by 2, game to 10. Hits on the serve= -1, sink on a serve = -10. Round Robin rotation for losers.

The Beer Pong Contestants

Lil Baker arrived and showed strong prowess on the table recording a sink or two in record time and several strong throwbacks establishing his presence at the tourney. However, in the end a controvertial call turned the man who "ventured to speak with babes" into a bitterman. In fact it was the bitter Baker brothers. Was it that they didn't hear the rules clearly or were they just bitter at themselves for not stepping up to the World Beer Pong Championships in Las Vegas (yet)?

Baker with a cross-legged save	Andy uses a coaster for a pong paddle
Lil Baker had a plethora of cool saves	Wildman and Willis say "Game On!"
Willis was the master server throughout	Lil Bakes may have deserved MVP

The beer pong controversy surrounded the 10 point sink rule. The Baker team felt that the sink rule brought the total points up to 10 (but no higher regardless if your score was previously 1 or 9), while the Henderson/Willis contigency claimed that a sink = 10 points and should be added to your total. Hence, if you were 2 and then sunk, your total would be 12 and if your score was 9 and you sank, you score would be 19. Also worth noting, we set the precedent at the beginning with the very first sink that throwbacks would negate 5 points (since each player received 1 toss). After a bitter debate, Wildman returned from el Bano and sided with Willis/Henderson team who had 5 points on the board and sunk to make it 15 requiring the Baker team to make both throwbacks to avoid elimination. Unfortunately for the Baker brothers, it was not in the cards.

Mole throws his arms up in protest	In the end we decided to Vote for Pedro

Soon after Lil Baker left in disappointment and the Wildman/Henderson vs. Baker/Wechsler battle drove on including such events as sink challenges whereby Dave Wechsler was required to go off in hot pursuit of 18 year old pool playing vixens.

Anyway, in spite of the controversy, it was a solid night of Pong play. We look forward to future tournaments at Wechsler's sweet abode and great future bids at the Vegas World Championship of Beer Pong.

Willis returns the Beer Pong ball	The Baker brothers in a rally
Willis with a nice return	Lil Baker taking a dump?
Awaiting the pong ball	Nice backhand Lil Baker!
Willis with a return	Willis had the most diving saves
Mole Man showing proper beer pong form	Andy with his classic forehand shot
Responsible Andy returns the Pong Ball	Wechsler joined in representing øx
Wildman was the leading Sinker	And yes we are Team Follically Challenged
Some Email Commentary
"Guys - great time last night. Who do I owe for the tab? I realized when I got home I didn't leave any money. Being a beruit player, I'll stand behind my 9 wins in pong. "- Lil Bakes "dying today. please shoot me. (AWESOME TIME THOUGH!)" - Wechsler "My pong performance was a disappointment with no sinks. Overall an INCREDIBLE time!! " - Willis "Excellent job with the site Bill. As to the play, is anyone surprised that the Baker boys can't play or keep score? And what the hell is going on with the wildman rules variations - Jillian's rule, Nantucket rules, modified Nantucket rules. For God sakes Bill, you stacked the deck and you still couldn't pull off a victory. Nice job to Andy with the most wins." -Matro "Gentlemen - Just back in SD, thanks SO MUCH for the Thursday school night push at Jillians. Excellent time!! Bill W. gets huge props for the tourney set up, and web site excellence. He also gets the "Peyton Manning" award for most touchdowns (sinks) but not enough wins. Lil' Bakes gets the overall Patriots team player award for excellence. This is not his prefered game, but he clearly showed flashes of brilliance. Big Bakes gets the "oh F*CK they towed my car" award and his lovely wife gets the "I can't believe I have to pick his a$$ up and drive to the pound at 3am award" Wily Willis gets huge props for coming out "although my girlfriend owns my balls" award. Dave Weschler gets the "Who invited the Theta Douche?!" award as well as the "fattest Boston pad but not enough moist panties as a result" award. Let's do it again!"-Henderson "I apologize to all for my horrid (even for me) pong performance...I think I was afraid of the three angry lesbians playing ping pong next to us and thus had trouble focusing but no excuses...however, congrats to my little bro for keeping the family honor with his very impressive beta pong performance despite coming from the minor leagues of beirut - the transition was almost seemless and he could be a force to be reckoned with in true beta pong rules future tourneys."-Baker

The Victor: "It's all about the Wins"