WSOBP V - The Recap Page 5

6. In a shameless attempt to make the Jay Leno Show, the Barn Animal¹⁶ pulled out no stops. He told fabulously gay intern Ross Matthews that he "could be his partner any day." This is either before or after he kissed his partner on the mouth, with tongue. Did I mention that he was nowhere to be seen in the 5 minute clip?

7. Dan (from Team Beirut and of Hit Cups Right Now Na Na fame) was on point with the day 3 verbal abuse, chiming in from the gallery at all the right moments. He asked for sparkly green girl's number, asked Fredo if his first name is "Al", and then said a bunch of things not suitable for this family friendly website.

8. Flick The Bean's WSOBP V Shirts better explained their team name than last year's design.

9. Chauffeur did work in the singles tournament. A memorable moment was hitting 5 cups for redemption against Zach Gillikson (Ohio), who promptly hit 3 in a row to start OT. Chauffeur was noticeably spent, not confident he had 8 in a row in him (and didn't), and was happy to finish 4th (as we were for him).

10. In order to set up for Day 3 filming, crews started working immediately after Day 2 ended, and security guards were ushering players out of the ballroom. A kind officer asked our group to leave. She had been a part of the earlier 5-person team it took to hold Lorenzo down. She was not initially amused when I said it would take 5 of them to make me leave.

11. With 5 cups to force overtime against God Given, Gary stepped up, bobbed his arm a couple times, then shot. Before the ball reached the rack, Fredo swatted it out of the sky, and pulled the cup. Confused, Mike & Gary ran around yelling at him to pull a cup (we've never seen anyone that cocky). Gossip Girl regrouped, and much to Vince's amazement, went on to hit the 4 left to force OT, then then next 3 in OT for the win. I applaud Fredo for his cockiness. He said he'd do it again in a heartbeat.

12. It was refreshing that "West Fuckin Coast" was either long enough so that Castro didn't yell it out every 30 seconds, or that the ballroom was big enough not to hear.

13. Ron dug into his well of creativity to come up with a new hairdo for day 3. See a two year outline of his hair styles. In discussing the possibilities, he revealed that he felt his strength was in stepping his game up for cash games. "If God wanted to play for a thousand dollars, I swear I'd beat him."

14. No pictorial evidence, but one of the best crowd chants was directed at Kessler - "He Has A Tramp Stamp!"¹⁷

15. Gossip Girl.

a. Perhaps it was the questionable team name. Whatever the reasons, Gossip Girl earned nothing higher than an honorable mention in a pre-tournament top 20 list. They took that as an insult, especially with Mike's status as a youtube icon (WSOBP IV & TF Slam Dunk).

b. On January 1st, they bested 127 of the nations best teams at the East-West tournament.

c. On January 2nd, they beat strippers in their first game on their way to a 6-0 record for the day.

d. Gary took 5th at the singles tournament.

e. Another 6-0 day, finishing pool play ranked #11.

f. On day 3, they rolled through the winner's bracket of their group, taking out the nation's highest profile homeless Jamaican beer pong player¹⁸, then the nations elite Dominican beer pong player¹⁹. A minor hiccup came against Maryland's Dream Team, but their first loss of the tournament did not prevent them from advancing to the elite 8.

g. Mike got a little drunk, but Gary absolutely stepped it up. They lost the first against God Given, and after confusion subsided, they continued the best 2/3 series. They were overmatched in game two, but hit the ridiculous swat+four redemption shots, and then won the series in the 3rd game.

h. They would win another couple exciting feature table games against Since Sliced Bread, including youtube worthy redemptions from both teams, a "GARY! GARY!" crowd chant, and some homo erotic wrist flips. i. The well ran dry as Sliced Bread came back through the loser's side, winning a series that went 6 or 7 total games, but Gossip Girl won over the crowd in the process, and made SCBP proud.