It was a busy Columbus Day Weekend in the Halloween Foosball World, and here is our Tuesday update to get you up to speed.
First of all, congratulations once again to Steve on his victory over Greg by forfeit. You can read all about it in the story in the Latest News.
In other news, there was some more progress in the preparation for Angel's Football Game. A football game was held on the resovoir hill, believed to be the proposed site of the October 27th game. Keith really opened some eyes and might have moved up on the draft list after his 6 TD performance. Plans are in the works to have a "Survivor" contest to determine who will be the captains for the game. More details on that later, but a recent mock draft brought into this scenario. Imagine Angel, Steve, and Pat(if he attends) on the same team. The Triplet Towers. Give them a QB with an arm and it should be quite a passing show. But of course it is too early to tell exactly. Soon enough we're going to have a page set up dedicated to the Halloween Foosball-Football game, and the draft etc.
Speaking of Football, 2000 Champion Corey joined Jim, Steve, and Nicky in attending the N.E.F.L. game between the Nashua Predators and Vermont Ice Storm. The Nashua Predators feature their superstar special-teamer/tailback/fullback, "Hollywood" Sergio Maldonado. Sergio had a good game despite the 8-0 loss, although Corey pointed out that he was "knocked five feet" by an illegal hit. If Sergio were to compete in Angel's football game, he'd likely be the #1 overall pick.
The Oil controversy is still ongoing. Jim, like a majority of people, is against Greg's oiling of the field. "It makes the players move too fast, its too slippery and takes away most of the skill involved in the game of foosball. Greg's main argument is that I should just adjust to the oiled field, while not admitting that it gives his style of play an obvious advantage. Greg features more power and less thinking, he relies on the slapshot from hell which becomes nearly unblockable with the excess oil on the field."
Jim actually is considering consenting to limited oiling of the last two red lines. But very limited and the oil would be immediately wiped off. "There is a little scracthiness to those two and if it smooths things out, then I'd agree to it." Jim and Steve took apart the table Saturday night and fixed the goalie who was slow, WITHOUT using the oil.
There is another problem to oiling the field, The Oil has apparently been hidden. There will be a full update on the whole story behind this new controversy that has gotten pretty intense.
Also one of the more cool new aspects of the Foosball tournament website is the new Online Virtual Halloween Foosball Tournaments. There you can vote for who you think would win the ultimate Halloween Foosball Tournament of all time. A Celebrity Tournament and a Bartlett Teacher's edition. While the favorites for the Halloween one are probably Jim, Steve, Greg, and Corey, you never know since this competition is done by online voting and not on the foosball table. Bill Clinton-The Man is one of the heavy favorites in the Celebrity Tournament which is wide open, with lots of celebs from all different aspects of the entertainment world and beyond. As for the Teachers, well Mr. Cyr, Miss Almeida, and even Hollywood have a shot at winning that one.
Thats all for now, more news on the Halloween Foosball Tournament later.
