To quote
Chad Olson, "It was a small, but mighty group!" (That's how it goes, right
TDalton )
Talk about a fun way to spend a Saturday, nothing better than doing it with Fellow Promoters! HUGE thanks to
TDalton (who drove all the way from Buffalo, NY to be here...6.5 hour IN THE RAIN BOTH WAYS!),
Mike M (who delivers faster than the USPS and coaxed a "crap ton of 6s" from the dice),
Sinestro24 (who made the day of decision to make the drive down from Jersey!), and to Louden Noxious (aka: Jack D)(who rolled up in his CA Convertible Mustang, unfortunately it was a "top up weather" type of day) ALL of whom made GoP1 a blast! 15 fantastic matches, 8 hours of comradery and many minutes of tomfoolery...add pizza, and a few different homemade treats made courtesy of Lori and cannot forget Opal (the resident kitten) making a run in to toss the RAIDERS dice (she loves them
Vegas!) around a bit...yep GoP1 was a HIT! (Unfortunately, Keven Butcher was unable to make it due to a last-minute issue, buuuuutttttt he will...and I mean WILL be here for GoP2.)
The GoP1 Tournament was a 16-man, single elimination, "Pick your Favorites...FROM ANY Edition & ANY LINE of Filsinger Games" tournament. All Promoters selected 3 of their favorites and since we had an odd number of Promoters, one attendee won the right to select a fourth entrant. The determination as to whom got the pick was, of course, a roll of the dice...there was a 3, another 3, and then ANOTHER 3, then a 5 broke the 3-streak...BUT a dramatic roll of a 6 (by yours truly, yep me) earned me highly coveted fourth entrant.
The tournament entrants were:
Tim | Andy | Jack | Mike | Pete |
Mayhem | Bob Backlund | Matador of M83 | Mr. Centra | Death Knight |
Akuma the Ninja, | Omega | Shayne | End of Days | DragonMaster |
William Muldoon | Andre The Giant | Exotic Adrian Street | Buddy Rogers | Bex |
----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | Alpha Force |
Here's how it went down!!!!
Rounds 1 and 2 - Standard Matches, Round 3 - TitanDeath Match, Final - TitanDeath Match...WILDER Version!
In Round 1, each match pitted different Promoters facing off...and matches would be re-seated as needed so that no Promoter would have to play a match on his own with two of his own entrants...unless it was the Final Match.
Round 1:
Mayhem over Bob Backlund (w/ Danger Zone)
Matador of M83 over Mr. Centra (w/ Bullwhip)
Akuma the Ninja over Death Knight (w/ a moonsault)
Shanye over Omega (via DQ)
End of Days over DragonMaster (w/ Unlimited Power)
Bex over Andre The Giant (w/ Ground Zero)
Buddy Rogers over William Muldoon (with Figure Four Grapevine)
Exotic Adrian Street over Alpha Force (via DQ)
Round 2:
Matador of M83 over Mayhem (w/ Bullwhip)
Shanye over Akuma the Ninja (after sitting down on Sunset-flip pin attempt off the ropes)
Bex over End of Days (w/ Pain of Bex)
Buddy Rogers over Exotic Adrian Street (with Figure Four Grapevine)
Semi-Finals (the Semi-Finals (Round 3) were re-seated so that Jack did not have to have two of his entrants face off against each other):
Matador of M83 over Bex (w/ Bullwhip)
Buddy Rogers over Shayne (w/ a piledriver)
Finals:
Buddy Rogers over Matador of M83 (with Figure Four Grapevine)
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Wondering what it looked like here at GoP1? Keep Scrolling down...
Around the table during the tournament...
IYKYK..."The Jammer Bros"
Here's the Gang from GoP1
L -> R: Pete (aka: "
DK II "), Mike (aka: "
Mike M "), Tim (aka: "
TDalton "), Jack (Rocking it Out...he is a *Rock Star* so it's to be expected!), & Andy (aka: "
Sinestro24 ").
One more of the GoP1 attendees...with Jack more "subdued"...
And your Winner is...guided to the GoP1 Tournament Championship by
Mike M !
GoP1 is in the books, & I am definitely looking forward to GoP2!