Monday November 17, 2008
One-Legged Trophy Returns to 14th Street as O.O.P.S. Recaptures
Title
NYC now short an estimated
1000 cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon
New Media Designers
Remind Everyone That Print is Dead
In what turned out to be a rematch of the 2007 finals, O.O.P.S. (1)
defeated Sia Ea Design to regain the title of World Graphic Design Foosball
Champion Title of 2008. It was a complete and unexpected reversal
of fortune for Sia Ea and partner Luis Gonzales from last year, when
they swept O.O.P.S. (1) out of the tournament in straight games. This
year O.O.P.S. returned the favor. Certainly a difference maker
for O.O.P.S. was the stellar defensive play of Peter Ahlberg, who somehow
slowed Sia Ea Design's, Luis, whose virtually unreadable pull shot was
the difference last year. That, and THWACK! Paul's snake
shot was ON ON ON.
And where was karlssonwilker? First of all, drinking. Secondly losing
easily to O.O.P.S. (1) in the winners bracket finals, only to lose to
Sia Ea in the losers bracket finals after crushing them earlier in the
regional. But they sure had a fabulous time.
Great skills were shown by Big Spaceship and Your Majesty. Ogilvy's
BIG still going strong, but had seen better years.
A March Madness-type regional tournament was again implemented, with
the 61 teams being split up to play the opening rounds at three separate
locations (Pentagram, Sterling Brands and Fat Cat bar). The winners
of the winner and loser brackets at each regional then travelled to
(or stayed at) Fat Cat for the "Elite 8" final round.
Some WGDFC Firsts
for 2008:
Most testosterone in a foosball match—Big
Spaceship vs. Your Majesty.
Loudest foosball match ever—Big Spaceship (1)
vs. O.O.P.S (1). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU0rgfptD7c
Longest goal—In a match at the Pentagram regional,
Biete Pietrek of Number 17 pined a ball which was half way into her
own goal, and in one motion, skipped the ball to one side and shot it
all the way down the table for a goal on the other end.
Most PBRs—Hjalti Karlsson (13). Man, those Icelanders
can sure drink, now that the country is broke.
Weirdest Winning Gesture—Paul Sahre's fist pumpin'
madness after winning against Big Spaceship (1).
AGAIN:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU0rgfptD7c
Nicest Welcoming Line to an opponent—"You
Guys Suck" by the always friendly Jan Wilker.
First O.G.D. (Original Graphic Designer) Challenge—To
avoid a repeat of last years infiltration of non-graphic designer
foosers, a sealed, super-secret "Are You A Graphic Designer? Test"
envelope was delivered to each regional, with instructions in the event
that any of the participants suspected there was a non-graphic designer
playing. Losers bracket winner Big Spaceship (2) was called out during
the Pentagram regional, almost getting thrown out of the tournament
when they were unable to answer the question: "What does P.M.S.
stand for?" But they were gladly allowed to continue playing after
saying "oh, PMS, that's a print thing" and explaining that
they are new media designers.
Even without an appearance by Mr. Felix Sockwell, it was the best WGDFC
yet.
Also, sorry to all the kids in Williamsburg and Lower East Side for
drinking up all the PBR in the New York Metropolitan area.
See You All Next Year!
WGDFC 2008 TOP 12:
1. O.O.P.S. (Office of Paul Sahre) (1)
2. Sia Ea Graphic Design
3. karlssonwilker
4. Your Majesty (1)
5. Big Spaceship (1)
6. Big Spaceship (2)
7. BIG (2)
8. A2A Graphics (1)
9. 160 Over 90
10. Design Notes
11. Sterling (1)
12. Your Majesty (2)
SEE
PICTURES FROM THE 2008 EVENT
Please upload your images to Flickr tagged with WGDFC
Videos of select WGDFC matches:
(please check back soon, not online yet)
2008 participating
studios's urls:
http://frogdesign.com,
http://simonandschuster.com,
http://spotnyc.com,
http://pistolinc.com,
http://siaea.com, http://jamesvictore.com,
http://anomaly.com,
http://designnotes.info,
http://freemasha.com,
http://nytimes.com,
http://justinmsmith.info,
http://metropolismag.com,
http://number17.com,
http://bigspaceship.com,
http://studiokudos.com,
http://pentagram.com,
http://greggrabowy.com,
http://pureandapplied.com,
http://tendercreative.com,
http://playlab.org,
http://designrelated.com,
http://goodgraphicdesigner.com,
http://jamesfromnyc.com,
http://a2a.com, http://id-mag.com,
http://someat.com, http://lilostudio.com,
http://mgmtdesign.com,
http://leifparsons.com,
http://cgpartnersllc.com,
http://sterlingbrands.com,
http://wolffolins.com,
http://basedesign.com,
http://nytimes.com,
http://your-majesty.com,
http://rogerbova.com,
http://ogilvy.com, http://runnercollective.com,
http://verdeandverde.com,
http://us.penguingroup.com,
http://fathom.net, http://paulsahre.com,
http://louisefili.com,
http://karlssonwilker.com,
http://recyclebank.com,
http://notclosed.com,
http://edmundzalogadesign.com,
http://rumors-online.com,
http://160over90.com
about
the WGDFC
The first official WGDFC tournament took place in 2004.
(Scroll down for previous years’ tournament information &
photos.)
The coveted one-legged trophy (see picture above) goes to the winning
studio.
The WGDFC tournament trophy is a challenge cup,
so the winning team better bring it back to the tournament the following
year.
The
WGDFC is a doubles tournament.
It is played by the united states table soccer association (u.s.t.s.a.)
tournament rules.
It is a double elimination bracket tournament (everyone stays in the
tournament until they lose twice).
The Previous Years
WGDFC 2004
WGDFC
2005
WGDFC
2006
WGDFC
2007
