Tip 10: Become
fully aware of how close 8 pm est Saturday is to
1 am est Sunday.
Tip 9: Have at
least 17 pencils complete with erasers sharpened
and readily available, even for a sudden death
tourney of 1 point rounds.
Tip 8: If you
are late, blame Yahoo!/Case's.
Tip 7: Watch
your pretourney spam for errors such as...
"can register any time... even if you come a
half hour late we'll push you through
registration/check in".
Tip 6: Steer
clear away from texas_allie.... she will spam
your lobby with PAIRINGS PAIRINGS ... WE WANT
PAIRINGSSSSS.
Tip 5: Keep a
beverage... preferably two... as well as chips...
chocolate... ice cream (eat this first)...
popcorn... fruit... and a bedpan handy from start
to finish of tourney.
Tip 4: When all
else fails and you feel snowed under by the
losses not reported and the IMs and the calls to
the tables, take a deep breath and put your hair
up into a long pony tail. For those of you
without that much hair, try to anyways...
relieves stress.
Tip 3: Keep the
windows open... the fan facing full blast on
you... the air conditioner on... music loud...
and the tooth picks handy for that 7 point 10th
round final match.
Tip 2: Never
EVER EVER EVERRRRR attempt to run a 100
points/round tourney in one evening.
