The Miller Report
Good to see everyone (too many names to list). Wish I would have played better – but I always say that (felt like I was dabbn’ em’ good going into this). Conditions were tough as could be witnessed watching the best players on the stream table – pockets were stupid tight, balls seemed clingy (even a simple stop shot or lagging behind a ball was an adventure for me…), and the tables banked really short – always seemed to have too much spin or not enough. Assimilating/adjusting to all that in real time is no easy task. But….everyone plays on the same equipment/conditions and you just got to man up and own it.
Battled with Rowsey in Banks. Got blown away by Robert (4th time I’ve drawn him in my first match in these things – which is tough for anyone to fade). Battled again with Rowsey. Two and out. Bill was the benefactor of a few Miller bucks from both our matches.
Nice to meet some of first-time players/newer members. Talked briefly with Tony Lopez, Justin Tingle, and Liz Taylor. Especially nice to meet Bill Dagg (Beltsander Bill) – not what I expected at all…. I’ve made the acquaintance of Ken Lee before at Chris’s and the DCCs – real cool guy with a witty sense of humor and by all accounts a really solid dude (and player). However, I’m not sure I agree (nor did Steve) with someone who has not been a part of the group in any way whatsoever playing in the MOT (and more than anything, I certainly do not agree with the tone of the conversation that I was in ear shot of about it…..) and I’ll leave it at that. Once again, absolutely nothing against Kenny at all.
Thanks to Kyle Ferguson for being such a hospitable host (and running the brackets on-line while he was playing, tending to the stream, breaking out the machinist level for a table rolling off, etc.) as was everyone I had any interaction with at Railyards. They “get it.”
Great to see my road partners Arizona Jay and Lou finish well (although I’m sure they are both lamenting and licking their wounds a bit after getting so close). The STL players all got “Newkirked.” Congrats to JR on his strong finish also. And of course, congrats to Robert for booking his second MOT title.
Until next time.....