OK, box, you still consider yourself from Chicago? You are now with the big dogs down in Texas.
You see, we are going to have set up a City v. City Challenge, where each city will have to pop up 6 players - at least one 10- and at least one 11-14, to go up against another city's big 6.
I know Florida tried this for unlimited, and I hope it worked. We had to back out as our base store went out of business.
I would love to have 6 players from St. Louis Challenge any other 6 player team...my trouble would be cutting to 6...
Psyduck, Swanton1717, BigPoppaBeatdown, NEWMAN, ZAK and Mike H., that would be a team of 6 I would put up against ANY 6 players from any region of the country. And that is without having to have myself play.
We would have to make it interesting, each side bring 3 sealed boxes of Dragon on, and the winning team leaves with 6, and the losing team leaves with 0, or some such arrangement.
Too bad we all live so far away, I would love to battle Chicago this way, or Kansas City, or Sedalia, or Memphis, or Nashville, or any other city within range, where there is a good shot in between us to meet.
I mean currently, we have a skewed rating system (2 10- St. Louis players in the top 40? 1 in the top 20?), that bonuses players for playing a LOT, and, needless to say, being successful.
All we can hold out is our pedigrees, and say, look what we have won! IL had 4 of their 6 CC medals ripped out of their state to Texas and Missouri. There are VERY FEW top ranked players from last year around, but love him or have him, one of the Big Men resides in St. Louis.
I think a lot will be decided in the Gym and Stadium Challenges. I look forward to it! I really hope I get to go to Texas, if a Stadium is there - that competition seems FIERCE!
Talk to you all soon!
M45