I don’t think I’d have ever gone to Dubai if it weren’t for this tournament, and I don’t think I’ll go back for leisure; I’m just not into modern cities, though to be fair to the UAE, I didn’t explore outside of the square mile we stayed. It was still absolutely unreal; as the dust (and […]
That week was the first time we’d all been together since Sunday afternoon of Lei Out. I’d spend Sunday groggily going through the motions, running on 3 hours of sleep and an iHop latte*. We were split into three separate condos: Murjan 1, Rimal 3 and Al Fattan Towers, affectionately renamed MurMur, RiRi and FaFa. I […]
Saving the World the morning of finals The entire teams caffeine addiction and our coffee runners, especially the Quintuple-Shot Iced Americano before semifinals. Feet-Feet! Feet-Feet! A made up game where you float in the water and touch feet with someone else. Balcony Beers every night after games. Jessi and Cree’s general dynamic.
Spirit was taken more seriously here than any tournament I’ve been to; there was a Spirit Director and each team had a designated Spirit Captain, ours was Qxhna. I don’t remember having either for U23’s and certainly not at any US tournaments so I’m guessing this is new or something BULA instated. I didn’t quite […]
I’m midway through a 16-hour layover in London, opting to stay in the airport to sleep and get work done over venturing into the city. On the plane I wrote some notes and looked through pictures from the weekend, already reminiscing and feeling nostalgic about the past week. There’s so much anticipation going into these […]
