Woodshed Revisited

Due to a league mandated socialist measure, lots of new teams competed on July 5th. In order to ensure that certain teams don't dominate the SCBP Open bid winning, we have instituted a rule that teams competing in SCBP Open Satellite Tournaments cannot consist of two players who have already won bids. This brought us teams such as Hey There Cocksman (Kendon & Brandon), SCBP Centerfolds (Trenor & RJ), Stay Away From My Prostate (Gary & Jaime), and Woods & Kim (Chad & Mike) amongst others. Lurking in the shadows were a couple of powerhouse teams that did not fit the category - All Day and Shaffs & Byrns (aka Norcal's Finest).

There is some history with norcal-socal battles. Just last weekend, Wideout, a somewhat unknown team that has only played in a few legit tournaments together, showed up to the West Coast Classic and shocked the circuit, coming two close games short of taking 5k home. In a Federer-esque moment of congratulating someone on a just-not-good-enough performance, yours truly gave a shout out to how well they played, posting to twitter that Wideout took Norcal's Finest (Shaffs & Byrns) to the Woodshed. [The Woodshed is a term that swept the Atlantic City 25k tournament, and as stated by MDBeerPong's Austin, "Just in case you don't understand the woodshed at this point in time, don't worry, you'll get it eventually."]

To go back even further, beer pong was bleak before SCBP's creation. In December of 2006, a WSOBP II satellite series was held at Dino's, a miserable downtown San Diego nightclub. Teams had to qualify one week for the chance at the series finale. Nine teams showed up for the week 4 qualifier. Games were played on plywood boards propped on bar stools. The guy running the tournament had different sized balls on hand, and was not aware of the WSOBP rules. People played with beer in the cups, but the cups were not only reused from game to game (ala house parties), but from week to week. Despite the awful organization, the talent showed up. The final match in that week 4 qualifier was played between Shaffs & Byrns and the Wet Bandits. Other teams that made the next week's series final: Team Kobe, Team Beat Down, and Don't Pee In The Fish Tank. The winner? Chauffeuring the Fat Kid. To sum up a long aside, we have a long history of playing with/against Daniel & Byron. There are no hard feelings, but in a tournament with Civil War implications, SCBP has to win.

With a modest field, Sunday's random draw matched up Gary & Jaime with Daniel & Byron in game #1. Gary was not pleased to say the least. His depression/anger turned to giddiness as Jaime started their game 4/4, with even a slow finish being good enough to send norcalbp's hope to the loser's bracket. With bullet #1 dodged, the key would be who could take them out in the loser's bracket. The winner's bracket played out to a final between SCBP Centerfolds, who beat Deja Brew (Stephen & Jway), and All Day, who beat 24/7 (pongleague regulars on the rise). Castro did his thing, with his legendary chants mysteriously missing, as All Day beat the Centerfolds.

In the loser's bracket, Team Beirut went on a run, with their 3 game winning streak ended by Fuck The Rain, who rode a 3 game streak of their own to 4th place. One memorable match was played between Prostate and Motorboaters (Flick The Bean in disguise), with 3 OTs, multiple bathroom/drink breaks, and Jermane coming back from a 6 month hiatus to hit multiple redemption shots. While 3 game win streaks are nice, those don't come close to the 8 games straight Daniel & Byron put together. They beat all the hybrid teams, some who decided not to really show up. When they hit last cup on All Day in the championship match, things looked bad. Superman Castro saved the day, hitting for redemption, then knocking down the last two after Fat Kid hit on the 3-rack on their first turn of OT.

Eric & Fat Kid of All Day

As the main tournament wrapped up, two 8-team side tournaments took place. In the first, ringers from Bako, Go Fuck Your Plunger took home the $30 after not playing so hot in the main tourney. The loser's bracket final had a twist, housemates playing for who had to do the dishes. Kendon and Brandon (should have played as Done 'ndon) came out on top over Pug Life. In the second tournament, Katie overcame the odds, hit two racks galore, and If You're Going To Ride My Ass, At Least Pull My Hair took the $30 from that tournament.

$30 Side Tournament Champions
Fuck Your Plunger	Katie & Scott of If You're Going To Ride My Ass, At Least Pull My Hair

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