World Series of Beer Pong 4

Day 2 was finished, and all teams had played 12 games. Now it would be the record and cup margin that would separate the winners (people making it to Day 3) from the losers (people not making it to Day 3). Everyone hanging around to see the final standings hoped they were in the former rather than the latter.

Seeing that this was a matchup between Milwaukee and Chicago, people started gravitating towards the area to see these bitter rivals engage in a battle to the death. Ok, so even I will admit that it was a little overly dramatic. It's just a damn game of beer pong. And for all we know, it might not have even counted in the standings. But I'll tell you what, it is difficult to watch a game when you want both teams playing to win. In that case, you just always hope to see a great game that comes down to the wire. Cause then at least it's exciting to the end.

Triechel was intently awaiting the final standings to be posted, but honestly I don't see why. He wasn't playing in the WSoBP, so he had no reason to nervously await to see if his team was in the top 128. Denise didn't have to look at the screen, because she unfortunately knew that here 4-8 record was not good enough to make Day 3.

When we finally saw our name scroll across the screen, the number 136 was in front of it. Finishing 136 out of 414 teams normally isn't that bad, except that you need to be in the top 128 to make Day 3 (The Playoffs). That means that we missed out on the Playoffs by 8 FREAKIN' SPOTS!! Can you believe that shit? Even last year, 8-4 was a lock to make Day 3, but I guess the competition has gotten better, and we were good, but not good enough. Sure, it was disappointing as all hell, but all in all, I had a great time out here cause Kanz + I played the best that we could have.

I was in high hopes that our 8-4 record would get us to Day 3, because in the past every team that finished with an 8-4 record has made the playoffs. We won 8 of 12 games, which is 2 out of every 3. You'd think that a winning percentage of .667 would be good enough to make the playoffs, right? Wrong. Turns out that 8-4 was good enough, you just needed a better cup margin than -1. In fact, you needed to be 8-4 with a cup margin of 5 or better to make Day 3. Kanz and I had played as good as we possibly could have, but for the 2nd straight year, it would not be good enough to represent Milwaukee in the WSoBP playoffs. That distinction would once again fall onto 1 lone team. Last year it was Christian and Jeff, this year it would be Balkman and Brodey. If I was a gamblin' man, then my money would be all in on Balkman and Brodey.