Wednesday, July 30, 2008

A Little Bit of an Update

We had our latest console gaming event on July 12th and despite Oxygen 08 and the usual summer lull, 45 gamers turned up to do battle. Not a bad turnout but we always expect around the 72 mark.

This was the first time that we set up a kind of public area for people to come without their console in toe. It worked quite well even if 95% of the attendees still brought their gear. e did use them for finals etc and it enhanced the atmosphere a lot.

I haven't been playing much poker lately as i really can justify the late nights - and subsequent late mornings - with 2 small kids. I've decided to play online a lot more as this is more "pick up and play" than heading into town.

My goal is to try and qualify for some of the "land based" multi-day tournaments that are becoming more frequent. The €500+ events where I can get more bang for my "absent from home" buck. A lot of these can be qualified from online sites like PPP, Ladbrokes etc. so it might make more economical sense as well.

Despite being moderator and very much involved from the start ,I can't get back into the boards.ie poker scene despite my willingness to do so. It's just to hard to try and jump into the thick of things and get anything worthwhile out of it. It's part to do with actually not being involved in the scene enough to get involved with some of the more mainstream discussions and partly because I like to know who I am talking to.

Maybe my problem will be solved when they all flock to talk to me when I take one of the larger tournies down ;)