I know that everyone has been in breathless anticipation for the results
of the 1999 CWRU Buzz-a-Trois 1-On-1-On-1 Trash Singles Tournament.
Unfortunately, I've had a few delays, including a busted fiber-optic cable
in my room, a political philosophy paper, and bleacher seats at the Jake
last night.

Well, what was intended to be part incentive to come to the Celebrity
Shoot and part massive ego-stroking in writing an entire tournament myself
has come and gone, clocking in at about 6 1/2 hours, including dinner, 
for anyone curious on how the experimental format went.

The questions are now available for sale, trade(trash or academic, even
hardcore incest-inciting, et cetera, et cetera), or any other form of
transaction imaginable.  It will get you 170 seed questions + 10 rounds of
27 tossups + assorted tiebreakers. Just remember, TRASH Regionals are
coming up soon, and you want the practice.

First off, thanks to outside readers such as Nicholas Rothfuss and Brian
Saxton. Thanks also to Craig Barker, who read in my room a couple of times
after playing on rounds, freeing me to set up the trios for the next round
with reasonable speed, and to anyone else who did the same and gave some
of the regular moderators a break. Thanks also to Mike Burger who gave me
a few logistical pointers.  

To recap the exciting finals. Entering the first game, Greg Sorenson had
zero losses, Dwight Kidder had one, and Craig Barker had two, in the
triple-elimination format. I have conflicting reports on who won a couple
of the games, so I'm going with majority vote among my sources. My
apologies if I make a few mistakes.

Game 1: Dwight wins, sending The Craig the way of the Rick and the Mike
O'Malley Show (oops, a little inside QB-chatroom humor). Dwight and Greg
are now tied at one loss. Game 2: Greg wins by a small margin. Dwight now
has two losses. Game 3: Greg wins. Game, set, match. You can stick a fork
in Dwight, he's done. (R.I.P. Gorilla Monsoon)

A bunch of prizes were tossed out at the end. I don't recall who got what,
but some of them were: a David Lee Roth book (by him, I believe), a book
of Negro League baseball postcards, Omar Vizquel Salsa (I think it was
Omar and I think it was salsa), boxes of Flutie Flakes, a WWF Trivia Game,
and a six-pack of Miilwaukee's Best NA, among other horrendous awards.

Here are the final standing. The number in parentheses is the inital
placement after the seeding round. Ties among individuals eliminated at
the same point were broken by virtue of initial seeding. I don't have last
names on everyone, and if anyone wants to fill in blanks, fell free. If I
screwed up, please correct me.

1: Greg Sorenson(1)
2: Dwight Kidder(4)
3: Craig Barker(6)
4. Mark Coen(2)
5. Mike Burger(3)
6. Kirsti MacPherson(5)
7. Douglas Grote(8)
8. Rebecca Golden(9)
9. Eric Steinhauser(12)
10. Adam Schaible(13)
11. Mike Roke (17)
12. Josh Levit(7)
13. Ed Markman(10)
14. Kristen Hamelin(11)
15. Josh Sokoloski(14)
16. Beth Gaughan(15)
17. Becky Fairweather(24)
18. Bev Nordahl(25)
19. Dan Concepcion(27)
20. Toby Betts(16)
21. Mike T.(18)
22. Joel Schuer(19)
23. Zack Slates(20)
24. Nick Repsher(21)
25. Scot Limestoll(22)
26. Kyle Slaughter(23)
27. Lena Katz(26)