Back after a longer than anticipated break, here are the Halloween Foosball News 'N Notes for Tuesday, October 15th 2002.
Jim, Steve, and Nick all contributed to the clean up effort. Greg and Keith were willing to help out on Friday, but they were shut down because the head of the Cellar Big Dig was not present.
Speaking of Keith and Greg, their claim of there being an "Ouellette Sweep" in the works for this October 26th has caused quite a controversy. Keith, who had never been known for his outspokenness in the past has recently been talking...and talking a lot. This sudden change from the humble brother to the family mouthpiece may change the perception of Keith, just as the gold fish throwing episode did to James Higson. Keith's most complete trash-talking took place today in his own guest column. The column is written by Keith, but its in the third person. It claims among other things that his brother is a "foosball legend."
One thing that may result from Keith's trash-talking rampage is the resurfacing of negotiations between Jim and Steve about forming "Team Ostis" this year to counterract Keith and his brother. "Team Ostis" is the dominant Jeopardy faction from Mr. John Mellonakos's Health B class of a year ago.
Keith's not the only thing thats pissing Steve off nowadays. The 1999 champion insists, "I am not Ptolemy! Thats a long standing myth, but it is not true. I'm Steve and Ptolemy's Ptolemy." Steve has requested that the picture of Ptolemy taken at last year's Halloween Foosball Tournament be taken down and a picture of his own face be put up. Those changes are on the way.
But that is not all! The first Ptolemy sightings of the season also occured over the weekend and Halloween Foosball News 'N Notes have those pictures for you. He was spotted playing Madden 2003 on Playstation 2. 
. We can expect that Ptolemy, whoever he really may be will show up at this year's Halloween Foosball Tournament.
Patrick Casserly is not sure if he will be able to attend this year's festivities. "It all depends on if my brother gets his car by then." Patrick and his brother, Jon have attended every Halloween Foosball Tournament since its inception, (they did not compete in 2000, however, due to a late arrival that year.) Patrick stressed however that he will make every effort possible to attend the tourney. His fellow UMass Minuteman, Hakmeng Kang hasn't responded for sure concerning his HFT debut. "I'll have to see whats up" he said.
This is somewhat late, but everyone should be aware that the voting in the second round of the 2002 Celebrity Online Foosball Tournament and the first round 2002 Virtuial Halloween Foosball Tournament end tonight at 11:59. Due to the limited amount of time until the tournament, each round will only be up for a matter of days. So go vote in those tournaments if you haven't already. Also the proposed "Sopranos Tournament" is on hold. Jim adds "I don't know if we'd have enough voters anyway." Hopefully tomorrow a full listing of the dates for the rest of the rounds will be up.
It may be a couple years late, but pictures of the 2000 Halloween Foosball Tournament will be up at the website soon. The pictures have been scanned and will be placed in a gallery similar to the 2001 pictures .
Jim also lamented about his distance from his hometown today. "From a foosball standpoint, being in Boston can be tough as I'm far away from the Halloween Foosball Tournament site and everything else. Many of the yearly traditions are compromised now. For example, I went to the Burger King on Commonwealth Ave in Boston on Friday, but it just wasn't the same as the one in Downtown Lowell." That is the Burger King that Jim and Steve often frequently visited in years past, particulary during the month of October. Also BK was where Lucky was always seen.
Jim also payed a visit to Lowell High School this morning. He said it was helpful in many ways. After visiting with Sophat Chheak in the Peter Stamas Library, Jim headed back to Boston very refreshed. "Lowell is the center of the Halloween Foosball Tournament. I believe that strongly. One cannot remove himself from the city of Lowell and expect to be still be one with the Halloween Foosball Tournament."
A new section to the Halloween Foosball Website is in the planning stages. "The Best Ever" would be a section dedicated to finding the best ______ ever from the Halloween Foosball Tournament. (Not to be confused with "the _________ from hell" which was invented by Richard Lewis). Its kind of hard to describe, you'll see it when its ready. Jim will also comment on who he feels is the Best Halloween Foosball Player ever. Also coming soon: Updates to the Meet the Players section, a newly revampled Statistics section, and updates to The Big Game section.
If you haven't already, you must go vote in one of the greatest polls ever invented. It is at the 2002 Preview section.
