Bar Buzz & The Challenges

Rainout weeks are always an interesting time at the bar. People just seem more laid back. There's no pressure to rush over to the bar, no need to worry about looking or smelling a hot mess after a good game, no game mishaps to obsess over, and no ref calls to drown in alcohol. It's just 10% of the league going out on work and school nights for good-natured fun. 

Of course everyone needs that extra push of motivation to come out. Though I never realized how much people needed to be bribed to come out to the bar! I thought people declared themselves to be anti-bribery....haha. Thank goodness we bribed people to have a fun time with cash prizes for flip cup, free apps, and another chance to win the bar belt. Bribery my friends, bribery goes a long way. But apparently it worked! We had a great few rounds of loud flip cup - those cups definitely took some getting used to! 

But my favorite part of the night was the #wakabarchallenge. As I've said before, one of the things I strive for through this blog is player-promotion. It's hard getting to know 353 people over the course of 10 Wednesdays. So I'm trying to take the burden off by making the people part of the challenges. And I think this one was well-received! As promised, the ones I received would be part of the blog, and here they are:

Just look at all of that player-mingling going on! Makes me so happy. So happy, that I've already decided on next week's challenge! Shoutouts to Kickheads, Breaking Brad, JFK, and WAKA Shame for participating! Sorry if there were more, you can always comment here with your pictures!

Kickout Photo

But not every Wednesday can be high energy, and not every person can be as ecstatic about the bar as I am. So we completed #AMP 15minutes early, completed the kickout photo by 12:30, and we were all on our merry way...but not before Mimi Gill attempted to convince me to go to the Cat...sorry Mimi, maybe one day.

#AMP

So shoutouts to DCOMB who was the best choice to christen the belt with. You guys were phenomenal this week with the #barbelttravels and you have set the bar high! I can only hope to see just as much activity from the other winning teams.

So who deserves the belt this week? Obviously with lower numbers it makes it a little harder, not to mention there was plenty of discussion on facebook about how this isn't about me. But I was chosen by a consensus of thumbs-up photos to lead this league in to the wilderness that is luckies! To choose those worthy of the being belted, and to better the WAKA name. So even taking into consideration a double-nomination of #WAKAholics by DCOMB (because remember the previous team winners now have to send me their nominations as well!), I have to make a choice. So congratulations to New Kickheads on winning the first rain-out #barbelt! Your dedication to making social media a better place with your presence, and your eagerness and excitement for the challenges has not gone unnoticed! Remember the bar has been set high because of DCOMB, so go forth and travel the belt. I expect lots of pictures! 

But there are other teams who are close contenders for the belt! JFK, Breaking Brad, #WAKAholics, WAKA Shame, are all doing exactly what it takes. But for next week, take it a step further - do something totally out of the ordinary and impress me! Make yourself stand out.

Until then, stay classy my friends.

Fagel