Ping Pong Battle

Friday night I attended a Ping Pong tournament hosted by Nuin and Tom. I am not very good at Ping Pong, but I love an organized competition! My first opponent was 15 years old. I figured I had the advantage, being more experienced in life, competing in general, and just having a much more well-rounded view of the world. And it was true, I beat his ass! I didn't rub it in too much, as I was by no means sure of my victory, and also, he had a sweet Rip City shirt on!

I'm sure he would have killed me on the basketball court.

Next it was like a retelling of the classic biblical tale, DAVID AND THE GOLIATH. Except instead of the humble David it was me, talking a lot of trash. And instead of Goliath, it was... a HUGE HUMAN, who i think may have been the 15 year-olds Dad. Well, unlike David, there was no underdog victory here. I was beat, and beat bad!

Fiona and I have played before, and we always seemed pretty evenly crappy. But something changed that night... and she became a Ping Ponging machine!

She lost her first match to Josh, but she took him into double overtime or whatever you call it.

Once I was out of the game, my attention wavered. But Josh was still in it, and if he went to the championship, we thought he would probably be facing The Great MacKenzie. The Great MacKenzie is a superb ping pong player, and he was crushing everyone. In order to level the playing field, it was my job to get The Great MacKenzie drunk. So I offered him beers, challenged him to drinking contests, and made certain he was drinking all the time.

In a way, it worked. The Great MacKenzie did not win! But unfortunately, neither did Josh. Josh went out to Jonah, who ended up taking out The Intoxicated MacKenzie. Oops.

I did not get pictures of many other players, which is unfortunate. I did capture a nice image of Bretta when I think he was facing Fiona (I don't know who won).

In the end, I am not a good Ping Pong player. Josh is solid, and Fiona is better than expected. If this competition happens again, I'll do my best to better track the results.

(see more pics on Flickr)