Sorry for the silence. The National Graduation Test is in May and my mother has put my computer on top of the cupboard. Her exact words: "when you pass the test the machine comes down".
League news: the bracket on the wall has not moved. Dilshat-aka says the Lagers asked to play a "summer friendly". I said maybe in July. The Lagers are on the internet all day, they don't need a friendly.
The back room at midnight. 30 people watching 10 monitors. You cannot see the floor.The final was played on a big monitor that Dilshat-aka took from a dead computer in the shop. 31 people in a room for 14 people. A grandmother came in to buy a charger and stayed until the end (she supported Misgaron, because her grandson plays there).
Result: 16-13, MISGARON BOYS. The captain got the copper cup. He hit it with a spoon, it sounded good. Then he hit it with a bigger spoon and put a dent in it. It is now the OFFICIAL dent.
Thank you to everybody. Season 2 in December. The bracket will stay on the wall until then, please nobody wash it.
Semifinal 1 was great. Semifinal 2 was 11-11 when the light went out. All the monitors, the fans, the helicopter. 4 minutes in the dark. Somebody turned on the phone flashlight, somebody started to sing the anthem of Temir-Kapka, which is not an anthem, it is a song about a goat.
Dilshat-aka found the fuse. Light came back, the game was restarted from the same round (we trust each other, mostly), and Temir-Kapka won by one round. The Lagers say it is not fair. Of course it is not fair, it is a LAN in the Old City.
Short results.
The back room of Kashkar before anybody comes. 14 monitors, 14 chairs, 1 fan that sounds like a helicopter.OK people. After 3 weeks of arguing about the rules in the shop, the Old City CS 1.6 League is real. Dilshat-aka said yes, he will give us the LAN on Friday and Saturday nights from 20:00 and the winter is ours. Entry is free, you only pay the normal hourly price (5 som). Night pass 18 for those who want to stay until 7.
8 teams, 5 players each, starting 20 December. Registration is in the shop on a sheet of paper from my school notebook. Names so far: