It was another great night of Mind Games Live at Old Chicago on North Academy in Colorado Springs. We started out with a game of Urban Myths; which asked if such statements, as in the title of this blog post, were true or myth. This was a big hit and high scoring. It came down to a three way tie for first place between Team Kirk & Patty, Team Late (aka Team Josh) and Team BR, when Team Late used his email extra. However, before the scores were announced, Team BR also used his email extra to win round 1; which was a pitcher of beer.
Round 2 came down to another tie for first place, between Team BR and Team Late, when we played Categorically Speaking. Team BR and Team Late fought for first place, with Team Kirk & Patty and Team Shane coming up in 2nd and 3rd places respectively. A play off ensued with the question being the number of months an average $100 bill stays in circulation. Team Late came closest, winning an appetizer coupon. Rich of Team BR won the BBQ individual drink, when he guessed the correct answer to the percentage of U.S. exports that go to Canada (2007).
Round 3 was the game Family Feud and found a bunch of new teams joining in; with Dr. W, Dirty Socks, Ramrod, and Dandk. Team Dirty Socks won the round; a $10 food and beverage coupon, with Team BR coming in a close second place, and teams Ramrod and Dandk tying for third place. Team BR was the overall winner for the night, coming in with 59 points and winning a coupon for a large pizza.
Other teams to play during the evening were Team 14 Teenagers and Team DVDA. It was a great night of Mind Games Live, thanks to all the teams for coming out and playing. We’ll see you this coming Wednesday at 9:00pm at Old Chicago’s on North Academy in Colorado Springs.
Team Dr. W.
Team Kirk & Patty
Team DVDA
Team Shane
Team Late
Team BR
Team Dirty Socks
Team 14 Teenagers
Team Dandk
We had some good natured team competition at Old Chicago’s in Colorado Springs last night. Teams Mojo and The Goonies raced to get their answer sheets to me first. However, there was no prize for who got there first, except bragging rights; which seemed more than enough for the two teams.
We started out with a game of Mad Gab and ended up with a tie for second place with Chicken Little and Tests 123. We also had a 4 way tie for first place between Moms & Son, Mojo, BR, and The Goonies, until BR decided to use his email extra for 1 point and the win. The next game up was Word Up, with The Goonies taking 3rd place, Chicken Little in 2nd place and BR winning the round. The winner of the BBQ was JoAnn from team Chicken Little. The game for round 3 was Start 2 Finish, it came down to some tough competition with team Chicken Little in 3rd place, followed by team Katie in 2nd place and team BR coming in first place, as well as the overall winner for the night.
Other teams playing during the evening were teams Ducksnorts, ZigZag, and Random. It was a fun evening of Mind Games Live, thanks to all the teams for coming out and playing. I’ll be at Old Chicago’s on Austin Bluffs in the Springs this coming Wednesday at 9:00pm, hope to see you all next week!
Team Katie
Team Chicken Little
It was another great night at Old Chicago’s in Colorado Springs. This was my first evening of running MGL all the way through and the fourth week of MGL being in the Springs.
We started out with a game of Wuzzles, the winner was team BR, with team Shane coming in second place. For round 2, we played Famous Name Us, team BR won, with second place going to team Josh. The winner of the BBQ was team Alex, coming closest to the number of Starbucks in the world.
The competition got tough in round 3 with the game Out of Order. Team Chick & Dick took third place, team T.P. in the F.B. and team Matt tied for second place, BR used his email extra to tie team Alex for first place. A play off ensued with Alex coming closer to the answer of the percentage of California’s population born outside the U.S., according to the 2004 census.
Team Alex won round 3 and BR was the overall winner of the night, other teams playing during the evening were teams Matt, Oreo, Darren, PVC HC, and AZN. It was a fun evening of Mind Games Live, thanks to all the teams for coming out. I’ll be at Old Chicago’s on Austin Bluffs & N. Academy in the Springs this coming Wednesday at 9:00pm, hope to see you all next week!
Team Josh
Team Chick & Dick
Teams Matt and Alex
T.P. in the F.B.
Wearing a target on your chest in a bar is, ummm, questionable.
Ramrod - Two heads are better than one
2 Guys & A Girl - how'd she get neon things in her hair?
BR - tonight that stands for Beat the Rest
Green Chitlyns and Harmony
Cannons - loose? I don't know
It's My Birthday - working on her bday drink
Butterflys and Unicorns - and rainbows and flowers and...
You would think we’ve been playing here forever. Tons of teams and some good old fashioned rivalry were brewin’ and making for a great time. Maybe it was because we had the Cinemark gift card to add to the mix.
The teams tonight that were knockin’ back beers and knockin’ down the answers were: 2 Guys and a Girl, Ramrod, But-or-fly, BR, Praise Be To Tebow, Unicorns, SSM, BJ’s, It’s My Birthday, Green Chitlyns, Delta Awesomeness, and Cannons.
Round 1 and Tribond got things started. The last few questions separated the pack, but it still came down to a 4-way tie. But after the tie-break, Unicorns was standing at the top, beating out But-or-fly, BR and Praise B2 Tebow.
Round 2 was Don’t Quote Me and saw a few new teams in the mix. And scores were all across the board but the use of the Email Extra pulled BR to the forefront. Just what he needed to edge out Unicorns and SSM.
For the BBQ, Jerry from But-or-fly was just 2 off. Nice one!
So for round 3 was WordSweep and a chance to score up to 3 points each question. So teams were bringing it. And each round the number of teams grew – from 8 to 9 to 10. And it was a heartbreaker when a handful of teams raced in their answer for the last question but wrote down GIFT instead of GIVE (which matters in this game of sequential words!) So BR edged out Delta Awesomeness by 1/2 point. Arrgghh! And close on their heels was 2 Guys and a Girl, But-or-fly, Praise B2 Tebow, and Unicorns.
So it was no surprise that the one man juggernaut, BR, took top points and most of the swag for the evening. Next week will be a grudge match I’m sure. Bring it!
Till next week then.
Ciao for now,
- Keith
Teams U and OMG - the letter gang
Janelle - somehow I don't think they're bothnamed Janelle
Salvador - and his dolly?
Teams Josh and Foo combined - Josh Foo?
The Erins - there's a story here somewhere
Chuck Steaks - tasty and smart
Green Chitlyns - green's my favorite color
BR - that should be short for BEER
“Creepy things in a bathroom” was our final question of the evening and provided enough funny answers to prove that I’m not coming to any of your houses.
And the houses I’m not coming to? They were: JoBros, Josh Foo, Awesome, The Erins, McDoolska, BR, Chuck Steaks, Denise, Nancy, OMG, Paul, Team U, Green Chitlyns, Janelle, Turtles, Your Mom, and Salvador.
We started with ReFraze and it made for a close, close race, but BR pulled out his email extra early to vault past JoBros‘ perfect score to get 9.5 points. Wow, nice move. And thanks to JoBros this was the round were everyone was figuring out different ways to incorporate “your face” in their answers.
Round 2 challenged everyone with their music knowledge – and although every team had their specialty Chuck Steaks had the most general knowledge and separated themselves from the crowd to take round 2.
And for the BBQ – we had one person guessed 2.5 over and one guessed 2.5 under… so we gave them both drinks! Good guessing BR and OMG.
Round 3 was definitely the highlight of the evening, with tons of funny, funny answers that had everyone laughing. We saw some different teams leap to the fore as they had the skills of picking popular answers: The Erins, Denise, Jacob, but by one point Turtles grabbed the final round.
So who was going away with top points for the evening? It was Chuck Steaks! Way to play tough. See it sometimes pays to name your daughter after Natalie Maines from Dixie Chicks.
What a night. Only our second night there and 3 return teams, and I think we got a lot of new converts this night as well. Looking forward to seeing who’s got game next week.
Team BR - notice the gold stein?
Fortune - trying to bring their own luck tonight
Cain Pain - a hink pink couple fo'sho'
Short Chicks - chicks? yes. short? hard to tell
Pretty good for our first night at Old Chicago on Academy in Co. Springs. We had 9 teams flow through the bar like so many beers on tap. We had Jo Bros, Navy 1 and Navy 2 (kinda like Thing 1 and Thing 2), Sanderson, BR, Short Chicks, Cain Pain, Fortune and Car Ramrod.
It was certain to be a good time, as we had people asking where MGL was before we started. And we got underway with Hink Pink, the funny rhyming game. We saw quite a few style point answers. With throwing out an extra point for signing up on the first night for Email Extras and Brainy Points, we had BR score 10! And Jo Bros were only a 1/2 point behind them and Short Chicks just a tad behind them.
Then we headed into round 2 and Balderdash, the game of definitions. And here is where Sanderson showed some creative muscle turning in some great style point answers. But it only earned them second as BR had a perfect round.
As we entered the late night happy hour some more teams joined the fray, and replaced some of the ones who had been there for awhile and had to leave. Both Fortune and Ramrod were determined to give BR a challenge.
And to prove it, one of the guys from Ramrod won the BBQ, beating BR and a handful of others who were fairly close.
So onto round 3 and Eye Know, with it’s multi-part visual trivianess. And BR and the new contenders proved that they indeed have the goods. Fortune had 17 pts and Ramrod and BR tied with 18. And after the tie-break, Ramrod claimed round 3. So the schoolin’ that BR was given to everyone, well, let’s just say ’schools out’.
But with the late starts for the newcomers, there was no way to catch BR for top points overall.
So everyone better be here for the start next week. Right?! I hope so – I’d love to see JoBros, Cain Pain, Fortune and Ramrod put up full round numbers next week, so BR has something to worry about.
Will you be there? Hopin’ so.
