Tuesday, September 20, 2011
SUO 2011
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siu: HAHA here goes!
SUO2011 has come and gone. two days of intense ultimate competition. but we wouldn't have even been participating had it not been for zhangkai's suggestion. truth to be told, honestly i didn't feel that the time was right for us to be playing in SUO. maybe i was totally awestruck by the past SUOs i've watched. and i thought we weren't there yet. well yes, we definitely have a long way to go. and i thought we'd be like the weakest team in SUO. maybe what some people have been telling me is true. we truly underestimate ourselves too much.
prior to SUO, someone in camp who also plays frisbee told me that, his friend who was also playing SUO said his team was wary of Eat Disc. no idea which team it is. but he cited that Eat Disc was dangerous because we have a lot of chemistry and the team spirit's high. i really glowed inside, happy that there actually are people who think of us as a dangerous team, a team to watch, and a team that could pose a threat anytime.
it's just so amazing. so miraculous. it's really unbelievable that we've come such a long long long way. from way before Eat Disc was even formed, all of us being utterly noob players. i remember the first SUO i watched, that was at farrer park fields. we just all stood around in awe. we were dreaming that one day, just one day, we MIGHT be able to play at that level too. yeah, we dreamt alright. and we've woken up from that dream, and FULFILLED that dream.
i was so wrong when i thought Eat Disc weren't there yet. i can't believe what i was thinking when i initially didn't want to play SUO. money was a factor. but more so, was the lack of belief in myself, and the rest of the team. i'm sorry to have thought that way. but now i know otherwise now!
as we were in the thick of the games, it just felt so natural. so natural that we were playing in SUO. i guess that's progress. we've come such a long way. it feels all natural that we're at this level now. even though there's still so much to work on. we will get there someday. and now i'm dreaming again, WUCC? maybe, just maybe, we MIGHT just get there.
i would say we did pretty alright in SUO. we beat Wildcats (Malaysian team) and Masala Chai (Indian team) rather decently. while losing to Disc Knights (SG team) and this Australian team which has a rather long team name that i can't recall. won 2 lost 2 on the first day. we thought we could give the Aus team a tough fight. but they tore us apart rather simply with their excellent movement and quick passing. that was also the game in which kanzy and i shouted at each other. :/ which reduced me to tears. i couldn't believe i actually flared up. neither could he. that was the first time for me, and hopefully the last.
second day of games was rather disappointing for us. we lost to Flying Sprockets (Philippines team) 11-8. that match was an insane morale booster though. we were trailing them at 10-4, one point to game point / point cap at 11. but we managed to score 4 unanswered and the team morale was at an all-time high. everyone was jumping around yelling and helping the team from the sidelines. but finally things weren't to be, and they scored from a breakside cross-field hammer after i threw a disc which evaded my intended target and turnovered. D: oh well, i suppose we all knew it was a tall order to win it from 10-4 down, but it was amazing to see us fighting for every point that we could still get. we were all damn high even after we lost. and i'm sure we gave the Sprockets quite a scare! :D but i think they did deserve to win, after they just tore our zone defense apart so easily. but we would have loved to have gotten something from the game as well, purely for our relentless will to keep fighting.
however, we lost to jack's TriUne team on universal point. that was the big big disappointment. we all thought that we would beat them. but somehow we just played rather badly. a lot of the times, we were stuck at the handlers line. couldn't advance at all. :/ it was just damn jialat. and my mark got the hammer throw which i totally lost and got caught in no men's land. :/ ended our first SUO journey in a bad fashion.
i'm already looking forward to the next SUO. yes, i now can't even imagine us NOT in SUO. we will definitely play better next year. overseas teams, watch out for us, and remember our team. :D
that said, there were a lot of jersey swapping on our side, daryl and choon went to swap jerseys with players from Mochi, which was the eventual champions. and they got their shirts! quite cool haha, though i'm not a fan of jersey swapping. reason being i love the eatdisc jersey too much to give it away, and secondly, i'm too poor to buy another eatdisc jersey. thirdly, other people's sweat. yucks. nonetheless, it's still amazing that somewhere out there in the world, eatdisc jerseys are being worn by foreign players. not talking about jiawei and sham obviously. but like wow, it's like our "brand name" has even made it to outside singapore! amazing!
to sum up, i'm still very much amazed by the quality of INTERNATIONAL players. exactly how good are they! shiok fought so hard against mochi in the finals, but still got owned 15-9. and just for viewing pleasure, presenting to you, team MOCHI.
the SICKEST layout score i've seen in my life. such a pity we were sitting at the opposite side.
well i have a picture of my own too.
after this picture, i have a personal goal to make.
to try and close my mouth when i throw next time. buck-teethed!
ranted @ 3:14 PMSi Jie-
