In the Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror," Kirk and his away team find themselves on the Enterprise in a topsy-turvy universe where all the crew look the same but are almost opposite in personality, including the famous be-goateed "Evil Spock."
With a few notable exceptions, last week's results seemed a bit like that, with the usual teams often taking unfamiliar positions in the standings. This week the goatees have been shaved: although the game was challenging (only two scores above 50k, four of the top ten places going to Borg teams), in terms of relative rankings the universe was a bit less topsy-turvy. Here are Tuesday's results:
Score Team 53,195 BWW-Crystal City, Arlington VA 49,790 The Fellowship, BWW-Kent OH 48,107 The Old Barn, Portland OR 47,597 Tailgate Sports Cafe, Minneapolis MN 46,055 The Ragged Rascals, Albuquerque NM 43,554 Danny K's, Orange CA 43,480 K-zoo Krew, BWW-Kalamazoo MI 42,555 BWW-Oklahoma City OK 42,223 Time Out West, Hanover Park IL 41,850 BWW-Tallahassee FL 41,302 Stained Glass Pub, Elkridge MD 41,197 Big Guys, Winnipeg MB 39,998 Tilted Kilt, Scottsdale AZ 39,890 Broadway Bar and Grill, Nepean ON 39,683 Scooter's, Las Vegas NV 39,269 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 38,852 Teaser's, Chicago IL 38,297 Bilmar Station, Tampa FL 37,704 Mad River, New York NY 37,422 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 36,714 BWW-Blacksburg, VA 36,242 Moose McGuires, Ottawa ON 34,194 Cedar Cottage, Vancouver BC 33,573 Humperdinck's, Dallas TX 31,705 Wallaby's, Lenexa KS 31,065 K.C.'s Time Out Lounge, Evansville IN 13,379 Meriden AOH, Meriden CT 12,047 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 0 Adam’s Mill, Manchester CT
Goateed or not, the former Grand Slammers at BWW-Crystal City continued to dominate the standings, while other teams bounced back from abysmal performances last week. Unfortunately, Adam's Mill was unable to play due to a weather-related closing. On the other hand, given the difficulty of the games so far and the fact that most of the teams have struggled, if there was ever a year that a team could bounce back from a disastrous game and a zeroed-out score, this year could be it. As a case in point, look at the cumulative standings so far:
Score Team 112452 BWW-Crystal City, Arlington VA 84451 The Ragged Rascals, Albuquerque NM 82078 Tailgate Sports Cafe, Minneapolis MN 78582 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 77813 Tilted Kilt, Scottsdale AZ 76585 K-zoo Krew, BWW-Kalamazoo MI 75148 Scooter's, Las Vegas NV 74243 The Old Barn, Portland OR 74013 Broadway Bar and Grill, Nepean ON 71439 Big Guys, Winnipeg MB 70977 Teaser's, Chicago IL 70834 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 70163 BWW-Tallahassee FL 69210 Stained Glass Pub, Elkridge MD 68862 Mad River, New York NY 68684 The Fellowship, BWW-Kent OH 68554 Moose McGuires, Ottawa ON 67135 Time Out West, Hanover Park IL 59291 Danny K's, Orange CA 56521 BWW-Oklahoma City OK 54255 BWW-Blacksburg, VA 54200 Cedar Cottage, Vancouver BC 53038 Humperdinck's, Dallas TX 52686 Bilmar Station, Tampa FL 45723 K.C.'s Time Out Lounge, Evansville IN 42459 Wallaby's, Lenexa KS 31748 Meriden AOH, Meriden CT 30629 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 12855 Adam’s Mill, Manchester CT
Despite the fact that The Fellowship lemminged to the wrong answer last week, it has somehow clawed its way (barely) into the top 16 even though it didn't crack 50k this week and is counting last week's gruesome score. If another topsy-turvy game comes up, who knows what will happen?
Of course the score to keep your eye on is the cumulative score after dropping a low score, which will be the one that determines who makes it into the elimination round. In what may be a McCarthy Cup Tournament record, only four teams that played last night failed to improve on last week's score, which indicates that Week 1 will probably be the dropped score for most of the teams. With only two weeks to go in the preliminary round, this means that unless you are in Crystal City, VA, there is little room for error from here on out:
Score Team 59257 BWW-Crystal City, Arlington VA 49790 The Fellowship, BWW-Kent OH 48107 The Old Barn, Portland OR 47597 Tailgate Sports Cafe, Minneapolis MN 46055 The Ragged Rascals, Albuquerque NM 43554 Danny K's, Orange CA 43480 K-zoo Krew, BWW-Kalamazoo MI 42555 BWW-Oklahoma City OK 42223 Time Out West, Hanover Park IL 41850 BWW-Tallahassee FL 41302 Stained Glass Pub, Elkridge MD 41197 Big Guys, Winnipeg MB 41160 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 39998 Tilted Kilt, Scottsdale AZ 39890 Broadway Bar and Grill, Nepean ON 39683 Scooter's, Las Vegas NV 39269 Houlihan's-Westbury NY 38852 Teaser's, Chicago IL 38297 Bilmar Station, Tampa FL 37704 Mad River, New York NY 36714 BWW-Blacksburg, VA 36242 Moose McGuires, Ottawa ON 34194 Cedar Cottage, Vancouver BC 33573 Humperdinck's, Dallas TX 31705 Wallaby's, Lenexa KS 31065 K.C.'s Time Out Lounge, Evansville IN 18582 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 18369 Meriden AOH, Meriden CT 12855 Adam’s Mill, Manchester CT
The bubble is still pretty big, and there is plenty of opportunity for movement in the coming weeks. Good skill to all on Tuesday, and Live Long and Prosper.
_________________ Anon "He may seem like Mr. Rogers but a dark spirit lies beneath."
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