If it is in May, go ahead and add us to the list. We've had an incredibly hard time getting people together of late, but I should be able to get our team reformed for a tourny by then

/probably Old Chicago, Louisville, KY

In all seriousness, I ignore all teams from the West. At this point, I don't really care who they are -- their scores can't be trusted. I know of too many people getting the answers, including a few that aren't the cheaters everyone complains about. Takes the fun out of it.

I would not do East vs West as final round, if it's at all possible. West will end up winning. Competitions always bring out the biggest cheats.

For those that might be curious, the shirts BOD sent us last year were great. They were silkscreened with a "Sci-Files" logo, a "rock, paper, scissors, lizard, spock" diagram and the names of the top four bars in order of finish. When I wear mine in public I feel just like a super model. Without the puke breath...

Bottle openers!!!
Hell... now I'm thinking about cheatin'...

For those that might be curious, the shirts BOD sent us last year were great. They were silkscreened with a "Sci-Files" logo, a "rock, paper, scissors, lizard, spock" diagram and the names of the top four bars in order of finish. When I wear mine in public I feel just like a super model. Without the puke breath...

Perhaps with the East/West theme this year they will make the prize an end of the split. I doubt it.

Just a head's up:

If there is a repeat Sci-Files game during the tourney and it is allowed to count against the aggregate, 86th Street will concede.
It's unfair to those that haven't seen the game previously.
Plus, it's just lame.

Just a head's up:

If there is a repeat Sci-Files game during the tourney and it is allowed to count against the aggregate, 86th Street will concede.
It's unfair to those that haven't seen the game previously.
Plus, it's just lame.

We'd still lose with a repeat game. However, we would like to be in the tourney again.

Which BWW, Henderson, we have 3, I figure the one on Eastern?

This is the list I have for the West so far. As I stated before I very little "feel" for these teams as I play in the East. I have asked in this forum for someone to give me a good 10 to 15 team list that I could start from. Lacking that , I had raw data from Buzztime to try to interpret. If I had more time to develop this list I could gather more Hall of Fame data and build a database to work from. Failing that, this is the best I can come up with. Please give me a shout if you believe that there are more deserving teams or that some of these teams don't deserve the honor.

Hometurf sports bar, Portland Oregon
BWW Henderson Nevada
Torrey Pines Pub, Las Vegas Nevada
Scooters Pub, Las Vegas Nevada
BWW, Missoula Montana
Old Chicago, Colorado Springs Colorado
Old Chicago, Lakewood Colorado
TGI Fridays, Colorado Springs Colorado
The White horse Inn, Oakland California
Mr. B's restaurant, Los Alamitos California
JB's Dinner room, Gardena California
The Sand Trap sports bar and Grill, Beaumont California
Marc's sports Grill and nightlife, Glendale Arizona
TGI Fridays, Tucson Arizona
Rembrandts, Calgary Alberta
Schanks sports Grill North Calgary Alberta

I don't have a dog in this fight, but I thought I would share a thought. The problem with just going by raw data is that you have no idea how that data was achieved. If you don't know any of the players at a specific site, or at least have second hand knowledge or something, then they probably shouldn't be in this competition. Some of the above sites would be involved in a competition without even knowing it, and that's no good for a lot of reasons.

There are quite a few west feed sites that can be vouched for by players, but I don't trust how sites achieve their scores just by raw data. And that goes for east feed, west feed, any feed. Why include any site that doesn't have at least a secondhand presence on whatever trivia sites you are using for discussions?

My two cents.

I was going to play at my home bar, Torrey Pines, after hearing about the phone call we got challenging us. But I will not, and don't think others should participate knowing that the cheating fucking douche in Louisville has his home site entered. Frankly, I don't trust any site in that area.

I get lumped in with the cheaters in the west feed, that I don't know. They get lumped in with a cheater in their own town, that they actually know.

That is a different Old Chicago... there are 2 in Louisville. The entered one would be a 3 man team of Dante, Tim and Crackhead.

I hope Tim has better things to do in May than play Trivia!
While I rarely find a nugget in Sci-files, I should be able to play. Also, you left out Zeke. Guess you have been gone too long. With a little luck BEric might show up for a game or two. Old Cloudy managed to show a few times last year. Cannot remember the last time Fshman played with us. Yes, we would be playing at Old Chicago Springhurst and not Old Chicago 7052. I understand Lewser's position on this, but Dante will not allow any shenanigans on Wednesday nights.