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The
Swammi's Diary From The Madden Games
'Twas
The Night Before Nationals
I
was "sleeping down" as my wife calls it, deep in those
covers, when my cell phone rang at 6:45 am. I was like, who
in the @$%@# is calling me this time in the morning. On the
other end was Fruitman, talking about, "sir did you ask
for a 6:45 wake up call?" I was like hell naw I ain't ask
for no wake up call, then he said, hey this is The Fruitman,
and we laughed, and he told me the BFL caravan was on it's way
and would be to the hotel by 7:00 AM. Once they arrived, he
and Wink came up to the room and greeted me and we talked for
a few minutes. I decided to get up and head to breakfast. I
was eagerly awaiting a chance to go down stairs to rough up
the Embassy's breakfast buffet. When I woke, I was really tired,
and really wanted to stay in the bed and get some more rest.
But as I thought about that ham and cheese omelet, and fresh
pancakes, bacon, I seemed to get motivated to move. I soon realized
however that I didn't have any toothpaste. Oh no! Halitosis
city. D.C. stopped in just after Wink & Fruit and was quick
to offer me his Colgate. I was like cool. I rolled down to the
BFL floor....I call it that because they nearly had the entire
8th floor at the hotel.....and when I walked in X was getting
a game in with an employee of the Embassy no sooner than they
could get settled into the hotel! I told the guy, dude, don't
you get yourself fired fooling around with the BFL! Anyways,
I picked up the toothpaste, did my thang, then I rolled down
stairs dressed in my sweet Nationals III shirt that PC designed
with all of the names of the ballers in the field on the back.
Immediately I was the envy of the field, because once they saw
the shirt at breakfast, the ballers were ready for theirs.
The
Official Establishment of the MWS
We decided to kick off the MWS meeting at
10:00 am in the atrium of the Embassy. It was very comfortable
and perfect for the meeting. The PFL, DCFL, UMF, BFL, DFL, HMFL,
NOMB, and several other Free Agents sat in on the meeting. It
was an extremely productive meeting where we covered major ground.
Some of the topics included an official ranking system, establishment
of regional tournaments, and standardize rule play for nationals.
I was elected as the first President of the MWS(boy I have these
guys fooled) with PC elected VP, Guru secretary, and Bulldog
as the member at large. We were all pleased after the two hour
meeting, and are looking forward to putting our plans into effect.
The
Ballers Reception
Guys went up to the rooms to chill after the meeting.
Poor Fruitman, after driving all through the night, was dozing
off towards the end of the meeting, so I know he was looking
forward to getting a few hours of sleep. I began to feel it
also, and went up the room to get some sleep. HOWEVER, no sooner
than I could get comfortable, Che, stopped in and wanted to
get a game in. I watched Che take it to PC and several other
guys in the room with Lou. As a matter of fact, PC had the TV
in the bedroom with guys balling, and he had Lou whuppin em
up in the living room, and he also set up the projection screen
TV on the wall so it was literally wall to wall balling in PC's
room. So we set it up. Che and I had been trying to get a game
in since he joined the PFL Online Mac league when Madden 2K
came out for Mac. I knew he was a quality baller, because he
was one of the better ballers in the PFL Online League, plus
he was faring well in the HMFL. So it was on, we played to a
7-7 tie early in the second quarter before we had to suspend
play because my Mom (Momma Swammi) and my sis, and sister in
law arrived at the hotel. They drove from my hometown of Beaumont,
Tx to see me and visit some relatives in New Orleans. This happened
to be the second Nationals my Mom has attended. So when I roll
up on some of you busters on the forum and tell you that.."Yo
fool, my Momma has been to more nationals than you have!"
I will be telling the truth....don't take it personal. Anyway,
I was glad to see them, and we hung out until it was time to
get ready for the meeting. Billster, Candyman, DMAC, and some
other guys stopped by my room and helped me stuff packets and
get ready for the meeting. Meanwhile, the ballers had come down
and were hanging at the reception. Everyone had drinks and were
meeting each other. Meanwhile PC was in Diamond A & B working
on the Media set up. My boy D.K. rolled in for the weekend to
assist me in running the tournament. We grabbed all the packets
and shirts and went down stairs to start registering the ballers.
It was getting close to showtime! Just about everyone had rolled
in and it was so good to see the fella's once again.
The
Baller's Meeting
I already had my mental notes together on what to cover for
the meeting. We went through the packets, answered the very
few questions that were asked, and
rolled on. The guys seemed to understand what needed to be done.
And everyone just looked ready to get it on. Right at the end
of the meeting, The BFL asked for a moment to make some presentations.
Winky & crew came out and presented BFL tshirts to Mad Guru,
Pasadena Soldier, Afro Man as a token of their appreciation
for following the BFL website. Following that, they proceeded
to present me with a beautiful plaque on behalf of their league,
expressing their appreciation for all that The Swammi has done
to make Nationals what it is today. I was really moved by the
gesture, and the way the community has embraced me as a leader.
It was a great moment, and a wonderful way to start the tourney.
The
2 On 2 Tourney
D. Rob of the BFL
honored my request to be in charge of the annual multi player
tourney. Some of the teams included, Winky White and DC, Defending
Champ Candyman, and TrapJaw, Htown Bomber and BS Baller, and
Pasadena Soldier and Will Stitt along with 8 other squads. Candyman
had already mentioned to me that he really wanted to win the
2 0n 2 tourney and repeat as champ, as he won the 3 on 3 last
year with DaBillster and Triggerfat. So he planned to not only
repeat as the tourney champ, but the multiplayer champ. The
first big story of the night was Pasadena Soldier and Will Stitt
was getting blown out by two local ballers that were not even
in the tournament. And of course as the word spread more ballers
came in to witness the onslaught first hand. Little did Soldier
know that was a precursor to what his weekend would be like.
Meanwhile, BS Baller, who said he doesn't consider himself to
be a top notch baller, was playing with his older brother, HTown
Bomber. They pulled the second upset of the 2 on 2 by beating
Winky White and DC in semi finals. And low and behold, it was
an all HMFL 2 on 2 final. Candyman and TrapJaw proceeded to
take it to Htown and BS to win the title. But little did Candy
and Trap know, that would be the only title they would walk
away with.
Time
To Prepare For Championship Saturday!
I was exhausted by the time the 2 on 2 tourney was done so myself,
Billster Director and D. Rob signed off our broadcast, and I
went up stairs to get some Z's and get ready for tomorrow.
GAMEDAY!
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