tournament recap

Monday, March 17, 2008 tnguyen308 2 Comments

Ok, so I didn't do too hot for my first tourney, but hey, at least I tried. We got to the event at 12 p.m. and the place was packed. It's a small space to begin with and now it's jammed with a bunch of kids and adults waiting anxiously for the start of the tournament. They finally did roll call and had the bracket laid out on the large flat screen. I was towards the bottom of the bracket playing I forget who now. Boy, was I nervous. My heart was pounding hard. People were practicing on the three systems they had set up and they were good! I think my jaw dropped a few times.

First up was John with a kid and Peter with a dude that had his personal strap for his guitar. We were thinking Peter had his work cut out for him. Long and I saw John's screen from afar and it didn't look like he was doing well at all. We looked at each other and mouthed, "oh no." We know he hasn't been able to practice, but come on, it's John, he's super good. Then we turn to look at Peter's screen and he's blowing his competition out of the water. Small applause for him after he finished his song. Yippee, one more song for him. Now we turn to look at John, I don't think he won. Oh, but wait, he did win, he was on the opposite side of what was on his screen. He did win his first song! Yippee for John. Both won the second song and moved on to the next bracket.

Now, it was my turn. I was up against some dude, kinda goth looking, he might be good, he might not. I had no idea until we started. At that moment, I was on my stool, heart beating uncontrollably, fingers unable to move like they normally would and I couldn't hear anything coming from the tv. Sweet, I won the coin toss and pick my song, which I feel pretty good at, Paint it Black by The Rolling Stones. The song starts and I'm doing pretty well, I think. But this kid, he was doing awesome, hitting all the notes. That's when I start messing up and freezing. What's wrong with my fingers? Did it get hot in here all of a sudden? I did not win on the song I picked. So sad. Now, it was his turn to pick his song and, of course, he went to the bottom of the list, songs I know I'm not good at. He picks 3's & 7's by Queens of the Stone Age and I know I am not good at that at all. I give Peter a very sad look and he gives me a thumbs up. I didn't fair so well and the better player won.

Oh well, as least I went out and did it. I just need more practice and determination and I'm sure I'll be as good as those kids there.