I woke up today and anxiously checked my handphone to see if I had any missed calls. Nope, all was quiet; my job agent had not called, so it looks like I can continue to be free for the moment. I had nothing to do for the day. I have finished watching all the Justice League cartoons I got from Darrell. It feels sad to have nothing to do.
I was still very unhappy & frustrated about Saturday's incident during our VS Hobby League. It vexed me greatly to learn that I had zero control over the organization of VS tournaments and that I was not doing a satisfactory job even by my own standards. And everyone knows that I take great pride in the tournaments that I organize and I try to be a perfectionist at it.
After Himura remarked that they had "not much reason to come to AMK" anymore, it made me feel very bitter. I do understand his reasons, though. After all, on that day itself, Himura & gang were so nice to drop from the 14-man VS tourney at CCK to come all the way to AMK for mine, which turned out to be an atrocity. When people complain, I listen. And I listen good.
With less motivation, I think I will organize less Constructed VS tournaments at AMK. In fact, I encourage everyone to join tournaments at other places once in a while. It is really good exposure and we get to befriend other players outside of our community. I really wished to promote awareness of the game at AMK, but without the proper support, I am forever fighting an uphill battle.
I decided to take my mind off the matter by checking out other places that hold VS tournaments. Today, I Google'd around, found the ComicsMart website (just as Dave had told me the day before) and learnt that there was a VS tournament at 7 pm. And so, I took the MRT to City Hall and went to Raffles Place. On my way up to ComicsMart, I got quite a big surprise when I met Jess at the escalator. He also told me that he heard about the shop from a friend and this was his first time there, too. Wow, it seems like fate. What were the chances of meeting like that.
We arrived at the shop and stuck around. I admired the cool comics in the shelves, feeling somewhat guilty that I was downloading them instead of paying for them. The two people tending to the store were actually people whom I have seen before; Leck Koon (a regular PCQ participant) and Hairul (a PCQ judge). Leck Koon was demonstrating a new miniatures game that used plastic chips to a guy in office clothes. It was a weird game and he joked, "Even if you buy the chips and don't use them, they are good for other things, too. Like for throwing at Noel Neo." It was so funny. After the demonstration, they checked and saw that only the few of us were there for VS. Oh, well, it was still enough to have a small VS Hobby League. It was me, Jess, Hairul and the 4th guy in the suit (match report can be found in the next blog entry).
It was quite fun. Everyone was real nice and they even invited me to come back again on Saturday for another VS Hobby League. I'd probably try to attend some more VS tournaments this week if I can. Wee.
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