Although the Tim (DINGO) Richardson Memorial Cup has had a shorter history than some other tournaments, it has always been long on excitement. Every year has witnessed extremely close competition throughout, with one or more lead changes over the course of the tournament. This year was no exception. Two weeks ago, Teaser's in Chicago claimed the lead, and then last week saw The Fellowship clinging to a desperately-tiny margin of 47 points over Teaser's, with several other teams within striking distance.
So here are this week's results:
13064 The Fellowship, Kent OH 12226 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 11897 Big Guys, Winnipeg MB 11780 Danny K's, Orange CA 11199 BWW-Albuquerque NM 11010 BWW-Arlington VA 10809 Teaser's, Chicago IL 10582 Four Corners, Chapel Hill NC 10436 BWW-Kalamazoo MI 10325 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 10083 Henry Hudson's, Oklahoma City OK 9439 Parlay Sports, Tallahassee FL 9145 New Edinburgh Pub/Moose McGuires, Ottawa ON 8901 Cedar Cottage, Vancouver BC 8839 Bilmar Station, Tampa FL 8813 Old Barn, Portland OR 8639 Broadway Bar and Grill, Nepean ON 8207 Mad River, New York NY 8171 BWW-Bloomingdale IL 8052 BWW-Columbia, MD 8042 Adams Mill, Manchester CT 7830 Pineapple Hill Grill, Tustin CA 7545 Hokie House, Blacksburg VA 6490 West Park Station, Cleveland OH
Clearly, The Fellowship picked a good night to have its best game of the tournament. Adding these scores to the others gives the following five-week totals:
60,343 The Fellowship, Kent OH 57,363 BWW-Arlington VA 56,650 Teaser's, Chicago IL 56,110 Big Guys, Winnipeg MB 55,696 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 54,836 BWW-Albuquerque NM 54,693 Danny K's, Orange CA 51,233 Parlay Sports, Tallahassee FL 50,697 Bilmar Station, Tampa FL 50,153 BWW-Kalamazoo MI 49,430 Henry Hudson's, Oklahoma City OK 48,950 Mad River, New York NY 48,747 BWW-Columbia, MD 48,671 Four Corners, Chapel Hill NC 48,455 New Edinburgh Pub/Moose McGuires, Ottawa ON 45,199 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 45,111 BWW-Bloomingdale IL 45,055 Old Barn, Portland OR 44,803 Adams Mill, Manchester CT 44,679 Broadway Bar and Grill, Nepean ON 39,283 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 38,995 Cedar Cottage, Vancouver BC 36,409 Hokie House, Blacksburg VA 33,144 Pineapple Hill Grill, Tustin CA
Although this makes it look like defending champion BWW-Arlington seized the silver medal, it was a bit too consistent over the course of the tournament for its own good. All of its scores were within about 1,000 points of each other, which means that dropping one did not do it much good. When we drop low scores, then, these are the final standings:
49557 The Fellowship, Kent OH 47255 Teaser's, Chicago IL 46383 Big Guys, Winnipeg MB 46353 BWW-Arlington VA 45734 Houlihan's/BWW-Westbury NY 44889 Danny K's, Orange CA 44664 BWW-Albuquerque NM 42148 Parlay Sports, Tallahassee FL 41858 Bilmar Station, Tampa FL 40999 BWW-Kalamazoo MI 40743 Mad River, New York NY 40695 BWW-Columbia, MD 40692 Henry Hudson's, Oklahoma City OK 39568 Four Corners, Chapel Hill NC 39310 New Edinburgh Pub/Moose McGuires, Ottawa ON 39283 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 38709 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 37613 Broadway Bar and Grill, Nepean ON 37171 BWW-Bloomingdale IL 36761 Adams Mill, Manchester CT 36511 Old Barn, Portland OR 34172 Hokie House, Blacksburg VA 32277 Cedar Cottage, Vancouver BC 28487 Pineapple Hill Grill, Tustin CA
Teaser's overcame a sub-par night to claim the silver medal, and Big Guy's put up a heroic effort to nose BWW-Arlington out for the bronze medal by a mere 30 points--a minuscule fraction of a percent of the total points scored.
So The Fellowship reclaims the Cup this year, followed by Teaser's with the silver, and Big Guys with the bronze. BWW-Arlington and the team FKA Houlihan's-Westbury round out the top five. Congrats to all of them: to place among the top spots in a grueling, multi-week tournament in what is arguably Buzztime's hardest game is quite an accomplishment and shows some serious trivia chops. Special commendation must go to the Westbury crew, who did so well despite finding out this week that Houlihan's dropped trivia, and having to adjourn to a nearby BWW to finish the tournament.
Before wrapping things up for another year, I need to thank a number of people. First, I would like to thank the team at BWW-Arlington for graciously entrusting the commissionership of the tournament to me this year. It was an honor.
Second, I want to thank each and every team that participated in this year's tournament. As mentioned earlier, this is arguably Buzztime's most challenging game, and you have proved yourselves to be among the best of the best at it, week in and week out. I sincerely hope you will sign up for the fifth edition of the tournament next April.
Third: Although few of them check into these boards, I want to express my sincerest thanks to everyone who played at BWW-Kent during the tournament. We had people who have been playing with us for a dozen years, some who just joined us for the last few weeks, and everyone in between. It has been a privilege to play with such a bunch of smart and funny people, and I continue to be in awe of all of my teammates--new, old, and visiting. Thanks again for being so good and so fun.
Last, but certainly not least, I would like to make a special note of remembrance to the person who is the reason for the trophy: Tim (DINGO) Richardson. His presence in the trivia forums is still deeply missed, and I would like to think he would approve of all of us remembering him in this way every year. There is a rumor that next Tuesday Buzztime will have a screen announcing this year's winners. If you feel so inclined, please raise a glass to Tim when it comes up so he can have a continent-wide toast.
So that officially wraps up this year's tournament. Thanks again to all who participated, and we hope to see you next year.
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