I went down to Indianapolis this weekend for the Mid East Classic Yo-yo Contest (MEC). It was fun. The level of players who were there was really high, and although there were a good number of players, the audience for the contest was smaller than we had hoped. Takeshi was the organizer, and he decided to try out a new bracketed judging system that seemed to work out really well. I am very interested to see how people felt about it overall.  From the stand point of the non-yo-yo player spectator, this system is vastly more interesting to watch, so it was a shame that there weren’t more  people there to see it all.

While there was a little bit of Battletop, we didn’t have enough players to have a real battle, but that didn’t stop me from destroying my friend Jon-bot.

You might notice that I threw the top so hard that the tip actually stuck all the way through the Frisbee that we were using as an arena. That’s right… I’m a powerful, powerful man, and I’ve got skills. You might also notice that Jon-bot is in the background crying. Battletop is a cutthroat business.