Guys, I think we came pretty close to destroying the parking lot. People were parking across the street, I know someone decided to park at that spa-place-thingy on the other side of the brewery... Listen, what I'm trying to say is that there's A GAJILLION OF YOU turning out for quiz and it's totally awesome. But we might need some more carpooling, or the parking lot is going to have so much mass in it that Forecasters is going to collapse into a black hole where neither light nor clever pub quiz questions can escape.

Do you want that on your conscience, quiz folk? DO YOU?

I think I've burned through my caps lock quota for this blog in record time. Here, have some sexy nerd pictures!

Rookies And Old Hands Dueling For The Top Spots. It Warms My Cockles! (Look It Up, Perv)

I got to take a wiki leak		66.5
Jelama					58.5
Team Misspelled				57.5
Combat Wombats				57
Drivin' Round in Jon Voight's Car	57
Whale's V				57
The Unflushables			56.5
Suck It Suck It Trebek			55
WTFC					55
Adam's Looking for Parking		54
Linchpin – Ripplepoint			54
King Grimlock				53.5
Team Snault				52
The 3 Amigos				52
My Father is Lady Gaga			51
The Magoos				51
Stealth Train				50
The Rockin' TA's 			49.5
Bees Knees				49
Coat of Arms (w/ amusing picture)	48
Summer of George			48
Cat-atonic				46
Liquored Sunshine			46
Massive Stimulation Package		45
Cluster Cuss				44
That's what she said			44
Illegally Parked			42
Unicorn Farts				42
Bavarian Trivia Werks			41
T&A					41
Amazing Gray Matter Players		40
Dither Dave Inc.			40
Ambrit					38.5
Can you repeat the question please? 	38.5
Comin from behind			38
Suck It, Trebeck			36
Jeff Move				35
Gano Hotel 				34
Gandalf and the Fellowship		31
Sarah's Hot mamas			30
Re-Ignite the Rivalry			29.5
Aliens					29
Slim Chance is Discontinued		29
Raging Clue				28
The Willy & Trex Show			28
El Tortuga Loco				26
Amy Party of 3's			23
Isabella				22
Angry Hank's				15

Why did I love this week? Was it because we had 52 teams? Was it the fact that everyone was super nice this week? Was it the close-but-not-quite-tied scoring separating the top three teams? Was it the beer (Yes)?

But mostly, it's because this week everyone decided to be super entertaining for the camera. Examples abound in only a couple sentences! But seriously guys, I had a great time this week. There were a million of you, we're still working the bugs out of the trade and grade system, but you guys still went out of your way to make us feel at home with you. Thanks for making quiz night so much fun for me.

And now: pictures!

52 Teams! That's One Team For Every Week Of The Year!

Server Kenny is Single and Looking		69
Team Misspelled aka Team Chocoball		68
Sexy Never Left					67
Free Lindsay Lohan				65
Me Grimlock <3's Canadians			65
Suck it Trebek					65
The Magoos					64
Nerds 2^2 Ever					62
Smart Bacon					62
Luke be a jedi tonight				61
The Unflushables				61
Cincinnati Bowties				60
Once You go african elephant you never go back	60
My Futon pulls out, but I don't			59
Robin's Hood					59
Shut your butt your teeth are showing 		59
Bush League All-Stars				58
Comin' from Behind				58
Team Ramrod (graded by sparkling blue water)	56
Toxic Shock Sandwich 				56
Amazing Gray Matter Players			55
Bubbalicious					55
Purple Haze					55
Double Pinochle					54
Babes in Beerland				53
A splash of Llama				52
Frodo Baggins and Company			51
Team Ramrod (graded by amazing gray matter)	51
The cutoffs					51
The New Directions				51
Kicking it like a stop sign			50
Lindsay Lohan's Chacha				50
Lucky Turtle's					50
Harmonicas: we only suck half the time		49
Its Noahs Birthday				48
`merica						47
Birthday					46
Chuggle our blokus				44
No Skinny Jeans					44
Brain Trust					39
I'm Just Sayin					38
97 Problems					36
Sparkling Blue Water Balloon			34
Uncle Murry's Baby Daddy 			33
Finnegan Mulligan's				29
I'm Drunk, So What?				29
The Texans					28
Huskers in Washington				26
Massive Stimulation Package			26
Donna Martin Graduates				24
Chubby Cheekers					23
Blueberry Muffins				22

The pressure is on at Forecasters! Forget acing the quiz, just finding a seat should be worth five points. We had another record breaking night: highest winning score, biggest (non-theme quiz) payout, but most awesomely, this was the most teams we've managed to pack into the bar yet. You guys give me a serious workout running around the room and yelling at you!

Okay, mostly I yell at the people on the patio. Because I'm an angry, angry man.

This was week two of testing the new trade and grade answer sheets! I didn't screw up the speed round this week (although some might argue the moment I decided to do that speed round I'd already made a mistake), so that was an improvement. And we managed things a little closer to on time than the week we had 44 teams, so it looks like it's definitely faster. Don't forget to tell us how you feel about the grading systems. Trade and grade is faster, so barring hue and outcry I think we're going to be sticking with it for the foreseeable future.

We had four team name references to the classic Connery vs. Trebek SNL sketch. If you don't know what I'm talking about, go educate yourself with some YouTube on the subject before you check out the pictures and scores, you heathen.

That is a lot of goddamn scores

Team Misspelled				81
The Unflushables			80
Suck It, Trebek! (With punctuation)	79
Anal Bum Covers				77
Ally's Last Chance!			76
The Dutch Skimmers			76
Nerds 2^2 ever				75
Ears					74
Me, Grimlock Died for your sins		73
Single Carrie's 29th Birthday
  (...She's very available)		73
Jesse's Jewels				71
Road Warrior's Rose Garden		71
Suck It Sean				71
Neverland Ranch Hands			70
Steinbrenner's Fat Ass Can Keep 
  Lebron's Seat Warm In Hell!		70
The Harmonicas: 
  we only suck half the time		70
Since When do they let babies 
  in the bar?!				69
That's What She Said			69
She Got the Ring, and I got the finger	66
Bear Breathing Fire			65
Off to the hostess			65
Deviated Septum 			64
Team Ramrod				64
Herf-Aderf				62
Elmos not ticklish for 1000 Yen 	61
Ebony and a lot of Ivory		60
Suck it Trebek 				60
Bananaramarads!!			59
Massive Stimulation Package		58
Why don't you have the fremont dog	58
5 guys, 1 girl, 1 wp			55
Advance to Triton			55
Amazing Gray Matter Players 		52
Half decaf iced triple grande 4 
  pump vanilla breve mocha		52
Dark Four				51
Staer 22				50
Brauts and Twats			49
Four non-blondes			45
New Directions				39
And In 1st Place			38
Hells of Guys				38
The double tap comeback			34
Do or dye				32
Los Ganadores				27
Botgrrls				25
Long-Hammered				24

All kinds of excitement at Forecasters this week. We've got two teams of two who are dueling for the title of Most Points Per Team Member, a bunch of new teams in the top spots, typically dangerous teams knocked down a few places, and umbrellas on the tables on the patio! Don't know about you, but I sure think that counts as excitement. Also, you bastards totally rolled me on William Howard Taft. That was Grover Goddamn Cleveland, and I am never listening to any of you ever again.

Also, you guys fail at religious questions! Color me shocked.

Also also, we're trying out a new Trade-n-Grade format. This was the first week of a three week beta. Let us know what you think in the comments, or e-mail us at info@geekswhodrink.com. Your opinions are going to determine what we go forward with, so throw us a bone, alright?

As always, the word count is in the captions and the scores are at the bottom. Catch you guys next week!

Team Misspelled				68
Suck it, Trebek!			67
Awesome Team Name			63
Fat girls always win at seasaw		62
Me Grimlock Sparkle in Sun		62
Parents' Night Out			61
Nerds 2^2 Ever				59
Captain Tit-Hand and the Muffin Tops	58
Man that thing is Big!			58
Hedrooks				57
The Llama Who Wore Tennis Shoes		54
SUPER Nachos				53
Sean of the Deadheads			52
The Unflushables			52
Bubbles					51
Captain Sober and the Sloshed Sirens	50
Captain James T. Cook			48
Andy's Toy Box				47
Off to Your Mom's Picture		47
The Amazing Gray Matter Players		46
Col. Lingus				45
Babes in Beerland and a Boy		44
I'm Just Sayin'				44
That's what she said			43
Witty Team Name				43
Slim Chance I have a Long Hammer	42
Freebird				38
The Stefan's				36
Team Kevin-Pretzel-Shark		35
Daisy Dave and the Bikinis on Top	31
Five Sexy Men and a Hideous Beast	31
Mighty Biker Boosh			31
Funk and Wankers			29
We got here so late we are rushing	27
Alan's Wolfpack				26
ESB: Extremely Serious Boozers 		24
Brian the Ballin			20
Bold and Hoppy				19

First thing's first. Head over to the Geek In Review and bask in your well-deserved glory. Forecasters finally finished as one of the top five bars nationally last week! Here's the proof. Check it out, then come back here for your photos/scores.

Speaking of records, we set another one last night, with 44 teams showing up for quiz. Our previous record was last week with 38. You guys make me feel so loved. I showed how loved I felt by forgetting how to take a goddamn picture.

We've got so many teams and so many pictures, I think I'm going to write waaaaaaay more than you want to read just by captioning the photos. But if you're feeling brave, gird your loins and soldier onward! More melodrama below.

Look At This! FORTY-FOUR Teams Of You Bastards!

The Unflushables			63
Handsome Men's Club +1			62
Me, King Grimlock Have Asperger		62
Totally Awesome Team Name		59
Captain Tit-Hand and the Muffin Tops	58
I Can see Eureka from my house		58
Off In The Corner			58
ShuttleCock Angina			58
The Destroyers				58
Sock Piddle				57
The Rusty Trombone Quartet		57
1-2 Knockouts				56
Landon Donovan's Illigitamate Children	56
Nerd Zeppelin				55
3 Broads and a Boy			53
2 Blondes and an ESB			52
Quadratic Equation			52
Sexy Never Left 			52
Wooly When Wet				50
Alex Trebeck's Hairstyle		49
We Brush Our Teef With a Growler of ESB	49
Nerds 2^2 Ever				48
Stealth Train				47
the EQ's 				46
James Van Der Geek			45
Shawn Kemp's Offspring			45
Eclipse					44
T&A					44
Beer Me					43
Zero					43
White Fang				42
A Null Sea Page				40
Sadie's Soldiers			40
I'm in the Kapua Sweet 			38
Turd Ferguson				38
Snip-Snap Double Tap			35
Hank Mardukas + the flight of Lucas	27
Bacchus					22
I've got wood 4 sheep			22
The Breakfast Club			22
Our Couch Pulls Out But We Don't	21
D+C INC					20
League of Legends			19
AWS					17