Looks like we are down to a Minneapolis v Muskegon battle. Four
Minnesotans hit the road today, and five from the MLS are waiting for
them to arrive. We have our hopes up for one or two more players but
we are prepared for three groups.

Amazingly, my wife Amanda is one of the three seeds! The Minnesotans
have never played a FISTF tournament except for Zach, so the home
players are seeded higher than we might expect. The FISTF barrage
format however will allow for a fair bracket, as only the winners of
the first two groups are guaranteed a semi-final spot.

Group 1 (winner to semi, r/up meets winner of group 3 in barrage)
Zach Walker
?
?

Group 2 (winner to semi, r/up meets r/up of group 3 in barrage)
Mike Ewer
?
?

Group 3 (winner meets r/up of group 1, r/up meets r/up of group 2 in
barrage games)
Amanda Ewer
?
?

Entering the draw:

Chris Walker, Dave Scherr and Brandon Barnes (all Minnesota)
Ian Roy, Tyler Meldrum and Tae-Sup Shin (all Michigan)

It will be a quick tournament. Two games in official play followed by
either two or three in playoffs -or- one or two in the consolation
bracket.

Depending on how things go we may have a second tourney after the
Satellite to fill things in a bit.

mike
@mistfa.org