This is directed mostly at trying to convince Josh "Coolexplosion" Odzen to going to worlds, but I think applies to anyone going on the fence.

Here are my five reasons:

Aren't You The Least Bit Curious What WaKo Looks Like?

If there is one Realmer I am curious to see what they look like and ARE like in person it's this guy. Does he speak as eloquently as he posts? Does he talk nearly as loqaciously as he writes? Things like these keep me up at night.

I'm Instigating - Stu/Erick/Tchalla

MegaWeekend: LA was SUCH a let down.

So it's 11 PM at Edgeworld and I get a call from Curtis saying he's lost and needs directions. I kind of know the way but I'm out of lifelines, so I ask Curtis if he wants to talk to Erick, and hand it off after he agrees.

WTF?

First off, what kind of Wakandanism is that? The Black Panther is independent!

INDY-PEN-DUNT!

He doesn't need help from anyone, especially since they went and cured cancer twenty years before the white man (no Hudlin)

Oh, but it gets worse: Erick actually ends the phone call by saying "You're welcome. See you tomorrow."

Now, this statement might've been okay, if he had amended it with... oh... "You're welcome to an ### whupping from me?"

Or "I better not see you tomorrow or you're dead"?

But nope, nothing like that: Just a simple "kiss-on-the-cheek-tuck-them-in-bed" see you tomorrow.

In the morning, Curtis and Erick meet face to face, man to man, nuts to balls during registration!

YES!

My testicles are quaking in joy and trembling in excitement! Finally! It's going to happen; who's going to die?

"Hey did you guys have trouble finding the spot?

Sadly, they talk about something normal, like how they don't want to kill each other.

What.

A.

Letdown.

But at Worlds, I'm calling them out. I'm bringing the boxing gloves, the mouth guards. With all the smacktalk on the Realms, I need some closure. If you guys could print out all of their inflammatory posts and put them around that would be awesome too.

Even better: What if the three of them were on the same quiz team? OH MAN! Strong drama right there? Can you imagine the discussions that would arise from such a union!?

Failing that: I want a three way match between MOR-DOR era TNB, GK, and Vomit.

Playing VS is Fun

I'm really excited about all the formats coming up. Especially on Thursday: I have a really cool Golden Age deck that I want to spring - I definitely am going to get Brian's input on it before I bomb with it, but it has a lot of potential IMO to murder.

Just planning out what decks I'm going to play is probably awesome; as soon as I get a txt spoiler, I'm going to go home after work, relax a bit and print the spoiler, hit the gym, shower, then chill in Starbucks and just write on the spoilers with whatever my patron muse seeks to gift me with.

Maybe I'll bring my podcaster and just tape what I think?

Also: MUN looks to be an incredible format with awesome draft support, and I love to draft. Too bad MUN isn't on MODO yet.

Whatever format it is, VS is fun and there will be LOTS OF IT!

Be A Bad ### IRL

Many of you may be familiar with Ludin "RocketGurl" Romero.

For those of you who are not... he is the most insipid, diabolical, dastardly, presumptupuous, hateful ### el poster on the forums.

He is singlehandedly responsible for both the great StuBarnes Exile from VSRealms of March 23, 2007 and the great StuBarnes Exile from VSRealms March 24th, 2007.

Admit it; half of you listening to APZP epsode 2+ are looking to scribble down everything he says so you can argue with him!

This guy calls people out like he's Chris Hansen or something. It's not just just online either: I was saddened after my DQ at Worlds and wanted some love. So what does Ludin do? He rubs his prize sheet in my face and Nintendo Wii and told me: "QQ HARDER #####".

What a great guy right?

Well, guess what... he's not going to worlds.

Woah.

So, I propose a RocketGurl roast. I mean, he can't do anythingsince he's not there right? The topic should likely be how bad ### and savage we would be in his face if he was there - but he's not so it's okay!

(If you're WaKo maybe you can write an essay on the subatomic annihilation of RocketGurl with the particle accelerator you brought on your plane but are now unable to use since he's at Pomona QQing.)

How Gay Are We All

PLUG: This Thursday Bearsday's - or known affectionately as BEAR'S GAY HARDY HAR HAR HAR HAR - is a podcast of the queerest proportions - sorry that other guy : (

But admit it: Aren't we all a little bit in love with each other? Me, well I'm like the slutty cheerleader in high school that got pregnant by an unknown man after she threw up on her dress: I love all of you!

My signifigant Realmer man crush list starts with:

ERICK - one sided, but hopefully the BACK SIDE (awkward)
Captain Comet
Patrick Y
Billy Z
Josh Odzer
Chris Park
Brian Foley
Tommy Ashton
Adam Prosak

Haha, seriously though... all of the people I met at the MegaWeekends were awesome, and I'm sure it's only going to get even better since there's so many of us: Man love stacks like Fate Artifact.

Chipotle Grill in Walking Distance

Oh yeah.

So c'mon! GO TO WORLDS! What's holding you back?

If it's money, let me tell you, my budget is so stretched for this event that I can only afford to eat the protein bars and shakes that I brought. For those of you who have seen my eating prowess - check vs-blog.com! - you can fathom how terrible it is I will be suffering. I may even have to mug some YGO kid for a four day badge, but I'll do it man!

GO! GO! GO!

(What are the five best reasons you'd give to Coolexplosion to convince him to go?)

If I can get a cheap way to get there, I'll go, since I can stay with my brother. Anyone carpooling there from the East Coast? I live off of Rt. 80 in Jersey, so I'm easy to pick up!

You scare me sometimes, Paul. You know that?

Great points, though.

Except for #4.

I'm still deciding too...I want to play, but it's going to be an expensive trip, and I've got school.

Now, were there to be judge sponsorship available, say for a guy with a handful of Level 2 certifications...

Isn't that 6 reasons?

There will be a pirate there also!

If I can obtain sufficient quantities of MUN and if my girls come through, I'll be there.

I really only want a couple of boxes at this point, since most of my wants appear to be commons.

I know what WaKo looks like lol

Chipotle? Who cares about Chipotle when you could walk to Steak and Shake.

edit - wait a minute, I am getting Columbus confused with Indy. Humbug, I'm not going anymore.

Columbus has Waffle House.

And I will not be there to layeth the smacketh downeth... but I'll be at Indy to backup the trash I throw out here.

P.S. Did you actually expect the TO at MWLA to throw down with the standing high kick master? You need to use the weapons at hand... which is why I razzed tchalla about minimum deck size during my announcements. Erick 1, Curtis 0.

Seriously what is it with gamers and man love? Your worse then Cliff and Kamiza put together...(I bet they'd like to be put together) It's a little bit creepy, but mostly hilarious, except that no one loves me. You should all come to Origins so you can join me in laughing all weekend at the people in funny costumes, even if I am one of those people. At least I don't cosplay, and I'm defiantly not a furry(sorry bear), so I can still laugh at those weirder than me right?


I'm, pretty sure that almost any restaurant you can think of is either in the food court of the convention center which is it's self quite huge, or within walking distance. I can't make any promises though. Besides who wants stake and shake when you can have Chick Filet?

I need a good laugh today. this was funny and true. Everyone who needs a good time should try to make it to worlds.

Chipotle has odd hours. Steak and shake on campus is closed. You'll have to settle for BD's mongolian BBQ

That sounds exotic, and tasty.

I'm am stuck home too, thanks to the economy.

Teaching Video Game Design for the summer.

Good luck to everyone going, do us proud!