FoosTalk Live | Ep 303 | 2026 WFT NAC Champs Louisiana

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[00:02:17] We're looking forward to this one tonight because we're just about to step out and have some fun this next week in Louisville, Kentucky, or technically Elizabeth, Indiana, where we're going to the Caesars Casino. And we're going to be playing at the Nationals. It's called the National, of course, the National Championships and, well, the North American Cup, which has become quite contentious over the years. Regardless, we're going to have some fun tonight.

[00:02:43] It's Father's Day, so if you're tuned in on either Twitch or YouTube TV, happy Father's Day. And I certainly, if I'm going to talk about foosball, I think it's always worthwhile to have somebody nearby who wants to talk about foosball, who maybe even loves the game, which would be Chase Pennell. What's up, Chase? What's up, man? Foos family in the house. What's going on? Indeed. We got ourselves a big night tonight. This is crazy. There's a lot of people here.

[00:03:09] Oh, it is a little, we should always say full at the end, which is fine. We're cool with that. But first of all, you're going to be with us at Nationals this next week. Yes, sir. And what's up with Play by Play? Are you going to be doing some mic work? I'm going to be doing a lot of announcing. Yep, I'm going to be in the booth pretty much the whole time, which is going to be awesome. I'm playing a few events as usual, mainly the open events. Nice. So that'll be cool.

[00:03:37] Me and Sean Green are going to be playing together. Oh, cool. We've kind of determined we're going to be sticking it out for a little while. We think we have some good chemistry, so we're excited about that. And then, like I said, we're going to be in the booth a lot. We've got a whole team set up for this event. We're really trying to take it to the next level and kind of prep for the World Championships. We've got some really big plans set up in the future for the commentary and for what's going on and just foosball in general.

[00:04:07] So we're really excited for what's to come and hopefully the caliber of commentary to be, you know, next level. Oh, yeah, of course. And, I mean, each time you do this, you get better at it, obviously. You know, it's something that because of Ryan's leadership and moving forward and making the World Foosball Tour the best it possibly can be, you're in a great place. Great place, great time, and you're doing an awesome job. Thanks, man. Appreciate it. Trying.

[00:04:37] Yeah. Always going to have haters, but, you know. That's all right. If you're not getting haters, you're not doing it right. That's right. Exactly. They'll wear themselves out over time anyway. I've got tough skin, man. I made a video about how not to shoot a push shot, but why not to? Go read the comments of that and tell me what you think. Incidentally, I noticed you're on the Foos app with your instructional videos. Congratulations on that. That's really cool.

[00:05:06] And we've been talking about the Foos app. We did a little chatting about that last week. It's a new app you can download to your phone, but Foos app is in development. It has some interesting features, including instructional videos. So just saying that shout out to Jim Provost and Sean. Sean. Oh, God. Sean. Why can't I think of your last name? Sean. Sean Lindsay. Sean Lindsay is the actual creator of the software, and it's working out pretty well.

[00:05:34] We have some interesting things to talk about in the near future here, Chase, that we can't discuss yet, but we'll see. We're getting there. We'll get there. We'll get there. Well, without further ado, I have to say last year's North American Cup ended in a spectacular fashion. Dominating. Yeah. Dominating fashion, mostly because of our guests tonight.

[00:05:57] So Louisiana, the state of Louisiana fielded two, not one, but two teams for the competition, the blue and the red, and they swept it. They took first and second. Okay. So without further ado, of course, we want to introduce, first of all, Randall Stelly. Randall. How you doing? How you doing, man? Good, good. Welcome back to the show. It's been a little while since you've been on the air, and happy Father's Day. Thank you, Father.

[00:06:27] Thank you all. Yeah. And we also want to introduce Brad. Brad is with us as well. So, Brad, welcome to the show. Thank you for having me. And so, Brad, is this your first time on the team, or have you played before? No, I played for the first time last year. So this will be my second time. Now, you're the team captain, correct? Yes.

[00:06:56] I was selected as a team captain this year, more or less probably because, kind of like what Chase was kind of talking to earlier, you know, the others didn't feel like doing it. Oh, okay. You're throwing me under the bus already. I'm already under the bus. It was volunteer. You were the sacrificial lamb, buddy.

[00:07:20] But I'm lucky enough that the ones that are on my team are going to help me to do whatever it is they got to do. Nice. Very cool. And, yes, we want to also welcome Kevin Hayes to the table tonight. Kevin, welcome to Foos Talk Live. And now, have you played on the team before? Right. Glad to be here. Thanks for having us. This will actually be my third year. First year, we fell short to California.

[00:07:48] Last year, of course, we were able to take the top spot. And then, you know, we'll see what goes on this year. And, Kevin, how long have you been playing foosball? Probably about 40 years. 40 years. 40. 4-0. Wow. Yes, sir. I probably should be better by now, but I'm working on that. Well, we can, if you like, you and I can form a society of older people who should be better at foosball. That's it.

[00:08:19] Decades of glory. I can't learn new tricks. I'm telling you all that. Well, Randall, you are better. So, just saying. Yeah, no. There's a lot of tricks you can learn. It makes you a smarter player once you start playing this age, too. I mean, you learn a lot. I learn a lot from just Brendan and Isabel around here, you know? Oh, my goodness. I can't imagine. Always learn. Always. Yeah. So, first of all, and the other thing, too, we certainly want to introduce Anna. So, Anna, welcome to the show as well.

[00:08:50] She's, of course, with Brad. And you guys, obviously, are playing foosball together, correct? Yes. Yes, we're playing. Yeah. Yeah. She's on the Louisiana team with us. Nice. Very cool. And, Anna, how long have you been playing foosball? Two years. You said two years. Nice. Very cool. What do you think so far? I really like it. I really enjoy it.

[00:09:19] It helps me get away from the outside world. I like that. I like that comment. It helps me get away from the outside world. Or even put the phone down for a few minutes. By the way, that reminds me. I meant to give a shout-out to Michael Stahl, Jr., who's been in New York City and New Jersey this past week.

[00:09:44] Doing this humongous thing with McDonald's restaurants, wherein they're playing tournaments. I think it's eight rounds, including a finals round. And, of course, if you're like Anna and you're wanting to get into foosball and you're in the New York City area, you can do it. You can show up for one of these events and step in and maybe even win an Xbox. Really cool. Yeah, free food.

[00:10:11] There's also, what is it, grant money for school districts. So you can play for your school and win it. I think the grand prize is six grand, $6,000. Whoa. Yeah. There you go, Foosball Clubs USA. Yeah. Kudos to Foosball Clubs USA. I'm wearing the colors tonight. Moving on up. Yes, indeed. Indeed. But, so Anna, do you have friends at school that like to play? A couple.

[00:10:39] I tried to bring them to our local tournament. But they were kind of interested. But I think they would rather play more in school. Ah, got it. Got it, got it. Yeah, there's the scholastic thing that Michael has going. Now, would you like to get tables near school? Oh, for sure. I would love to have people in school. And, you know, what would be really cool is if you could step up to the table and whoop on a few of the football players.

[00:11:11] Right? Put them in their place. Like you guys think are tough, step up to the foosball table. I'll show you a few things. Watch this. Hold my Pepsi. Yeah, hold my Pepsi. Well, no. We're in the South. Sweet tea. Sorry. Hold my sweet tea. Oh, sweet tea. Yes. We're in the South. Excuse me. My fault. And Anna, do you mind me asking what grade are you in? I'm going to be a freshman.

[00:11:41] Oh, nice. Oh, very cool. In what? I'm sorry. Freshman? Freshman. Yeah. Freshman. It's a whole new experience. Yeah. Yes. And it won't be long. You'll have senioritis. Senioritis. Don't catch senioritis. It's a real thing. It is. I'm here to say. Senioritis. It's a brutal disease. Find yourself missing a bunch of school.

[00:12:10] Not showing up to class. True confession. With senioritis, when I was at that age, there were a couple moments where I kind of, quote unquote, disappeared or stepped out. And I would show up the next day because you had to come up with a written excuse as to why you weren't there that day. And I managed as a kid to imitate my dad's penmanship. So I could write as my dad and even sign his name just like he signed his.

[00:12:38] But I would kind of very carefully trace the letters. And they never knew. So there's at least four or five of his notes on file in the school that I went to. I'm sure they're still there. The evidence is there. Now, I'm not saying you have to do that. It's not a thing you have to do. You just admitted to forgery in public forum, by the way. Well, let's see. We're talking 1977.

[00:13:08] All right. Statute of limitations. Statute of limitations. I'm sure it's been surpassed. And do you want to know what I was doing when I skipped school? Who was that? Playing foosball. Oh, all right. Yeah, that's not what I would have said. Sometimes. Not what I was going to say. Sometimes.

[00:13:35] There was a couple of places we could go to to play back in the day, 1977. We had some decent locations. That was the peak. The peak, yes. The peak was 1977. Oh, they were everywhere, those tables. Everywhere. So, anyway, enough shenanigans here. So, guys, I'm going to start with you, Brad. What are you bringing to the team this year? What is going to be different? What are you guys going to do? How are you going to take on the competition? Just curious. Good question.

[00:14:07] Well, last year, let me look at it like this. I don't feel that I'm a very good singles player. I usually play really a lot better in doubles. Mm-hmm. But singles, I'm really only ranked a rookie. I don't play too often because I really am horrible at it. And last year, I kind of got put in the mix of having to play doubles and a single. Oh.

[00:14:32] I was kind of like, whoa, you know, this is going to be huge because some of the players I had to play against was very good in singles. Mm-hmm. And I was surprised at how well I did. I don't, you know, it really, I didn't know at the time. Thank God Terry didn't tell me, Terry Rue. But it came down to it where I had to play against a player who I knew was very good in singles. And he's won a lot of single events. I've never won a singles event. Mm-hmm.

[00:15:02] And I ended up winning that match. And as soon as I was done, Terry was like, you didn't win that. We weren't going to the finals. I was like, thank God you didn't tell me that before. Don't put the pressure on me. Yeah. Yeah, so this year, you know, I am looking at trying to do the same. I don't know if I'm yet going to be stuck in the singles as much. I know for my doubles player, we practiced a little bit, you know, so that's going to be looking really good.

[00:15:32] I think what it ends up coming down to is the lower-ranked players. Mm-hmm. You know, and the really top players that are going to be battling it out. But I really think it's going to come down to who has the best lower-ranked. Got it. And honestly, looking at, you know, I kind of, maybe I'm just a nerd like that, but I was looking at some of the teams already and pulling up their rank and taking the amateur

[00:15:59] teams that would possibly be playing and adding their score together, like their ranks together to see how they chip out. And so far, the actual Louisiana Red team, which would be Randy and probably Floyd playing together, so far looks like they're going to be the highest-ranked amateur team. Oh. So that's looking really strong for us. Nice. I think so, Randall. Randall, how about you?

[00:16:25] What is your game plan for, you know, you're Team Red captain, correct? I believe so. We use Red. Yeah, yeah. Yes. Yes, it's Red team. Yeah, we just got to go out there and have some fun and play. And win, we win. We're going to win. That's a good philosophy. That's the best answer ever. I did it. I'm not going to have any plans or anything. We have strategies, but we're not going to talk about that tonight. I see. Okay.

[00:16:56] Okay. Well, I mean. I'm going to let that on the table. You got to give the rest of us something, you know, something we can, well, I guess we'll just have to watch the films, huh? And then Munoz is our pro master, so that's it. So, like. Oh. Is that all? Is that all? Who's that? So, Kevin, where do you factor in here? Are you a singles player, doubles player? What do you like to play?

[00:17:26] I pretty much play doubles. And, you know, we just hope to bring experience from the past couple of years with us. It looks like there's definitely going to be more teams this year. And looking at some of the lineups, you know, I looked at New York, Mississippi, just some of them that were added recently. And, you know, quite the cast on all these teams. Hats off to everybody. It looks like it'll be, you know, an exciting event for everyone, for sure.

[00:17:57] I think you're being very kind. That's very nice of you to do that. And to try to cut some of the rest of us a little slack, you know, knowing full well that you, well, you guys are probably going to be, I don't know, at least near the top of this thing. But thank you. Appreciate that. And. We hope to be. We hope to be, Tom. Yeah, definitely.

[00:18:21] When you're looking at the Mississippi team, and that's one that I've been, I mean, we know all of them. You know, we hang out with all these people all the time. You know, whenever we're at tournaments. Mm-hmm. You can sometimes go over to Mississippi, you know, and hang out and play with these people. And they're very good. So, you know, that was definitely the team that I wanted to look at and see how things line up as far as their lower ranked players.

[00:18:49] And it looks like, from the way I was trying to figure it out, which may not be the right way, I don't know, but it looked like they were still not at the level, I guess, as our red team. When it looks at the lower rank. And doing the numbers, their lower rank would come out to, like, 3,779 points. And then our red team is at 5,740. Wow. So, it's a huge difference.

[00:19:19] And I think that's what it's going to come down to. I'm not done doing all the teams. You know, I'm doing it just for my own, you know, kiss and giggles, if you will. But, like, it's, I think that's what it's going to come down to. And right now, you know, we have some strong players. I mean, I'm not one to ever brag about ourselves or really talk smack. Oh, it's okay. Man, we do. I mean, it just is what it is.

[00:19:44] And then we don't even have Jacob Baucos, which could probably play on the Louisiana team now that he's living there. Yes. You know, so, it's, I mean, last year we didn't even think that we were going to do all that great. We were just hoping that one team needed it. And for both of us, that was a shock really for us, you know. So, who knows what's going to really happen. But I'm trying to figure it out ahead of time. Right. Understood.

[00:20:13] Now, I think this is, it's all speculation, obviously. But, you know, judging from performances, previous performances, California did have a great team at one time. And that was a couple of years ago. Is California fielding a team? Does anybody know? I have not seen a sign up for California. Huh. Doesn't mean it's not there. Doesn't mean it's not going to get posted. But as of this moment, there isn't a California team listed. Is there a Colorado team?

[00:20:42] Right. I've not seen a Colorado team listed either. To me, that would be another really good team. There could be huge. Some monsters out of that area. Oh, right. No doubt about it. I mean, look at Cindy and, of course, Rob Morris and, well, Todd. The Duke. The Duke. The Duke. Come on. But, yeah, I guess maybe they're just chicken. Maybe they're just, eh, you know what?

[00:21:12] Bring it on, Colorado. Bring it on. As somebody that's not a part of this event, I didn't join one of the teams, specifically the Tennessee team this year. I was the coach last year for it. I mean, just going through the lists and the names, I mean, there's four teams that stick out to me pretty heavily. Both Louisiana teams, the New York team, and the Mississippi team. To me, those are the top four teams without really any question.

[00:21:41] And that's just a, you know, very biased opinion. You know, a dark horse would probably be New England. With Phil Brook and his crew. Oh, yeah. But, I mean, everybody else on the list is missing that top master player. Right? And we know that this event is often won by the lower rated players to a degree. Like, that's where a lot of the points come from.

[00:22:10] The masters are kind of an anchor in a way where they're like, I'm kind of guaranteeing I'm going to get some points, especially in the lower rounds. When, you know, you're playing a not top rated master. Right? But when you're just looking at purely the lists of who's out there, you're talking Tommy Yor, you're talking Brandon Munoz, Terry Rue, and who's the... Dewey Coltepper. Dewey Coltepper. Thank you. Dewey. Right. And Dewey.

[00:22:50] Right? Oh, no. That doesn't count. I'm just talking about one slot. All right. Here's something else. We need to point out Kentucky because Kentucky now has Ryan and Iveta. Right? So... I didn't see either of them playing on the team. Oh, no. They are. I just looked at the roster. Oh, they are? They are. Yes. On the Kentucky team, you have Mary Moore, Ryan Moore, and Iveta Moore. Yep. Right? Oh, interesting. Yeah. Another pro would be Wayne Patrick.

[00:23:20] Oh, yeah. Okay. Wayne Patrick. Yep. I missed that. Okay. So add Kentucky to the list. Right. So whenever I did my little list of them and looked at the lower ranked... Out of theirs, up to 4,300. So they're still in there. Yeah. Wow. But in Mississippi, though, you got to look at... Yeah, you got Dewey Culpepper, but you also have Shannon Cooley, and you got Hannah Bufkin. Mm-hmm.

[00:23:50] How do they have two masters? Good question, James. You know? You got Hannah. Hannah's a master, right? I was talking about Shannon. Oh, yeah. Dewey Culpepper and Shannon Cooley. Yeah. Maybe one's an alternate. Maybe one's just a coach. That could be. Ah, that's right. You're right. They also have Marcus Heyman. They've got Hannah. They've got Bracklin. I mean, that's... Yep. Brian Ingram... That's a solid group. Yep. That's a solid group. Very solid, too.

[00:24:20] They have a strong team. But now, they're amateur-wise. The amateur division, they have an amateur and a rookie. So you add their points together, they're at 3,779. Wow. Is Bracklin an expert now? Uh, yes. He must be. Yeah, he is. 3,774 points. Yep. Yeah, Bracklin is... All right. I mean, that's... Bracklin is a beast. Bracklin's a beast. Oh, yeah. I played against him a few times, and he's just... Wow. He's solid. Especially from the two-rod.

[00:24:50] He's incredible. He's solid back there, for sure. Yeah. Wow. Wow. Well, there is some interesting stats here. I mean, especially, you know, Kentucky, you think about, okay, Ryan. Now, I grant you this, it's the beginning of the tournament. It's on a Thursday. You know, Ryan may not be too worn out at that point. So, yeah. He may be in it to win it. Yeah, definitely won't be worn out. Because he's not going to play, probably, any other event. Yeah. He may be...

[00:25:19] He may, you know, beginning of the tournament, too, he might be... Distracted. His mind might be all over the place. Right. There's so much stuff that's not really in place. It should be in place. You know how that stuff goes with tournaments. Of course. Yeah. He can be over the place, you know? The Pro Master. The Pro Master's all I got to say. He's a Pro Master. He can come back. But, I mean, that's Ryan. I mean, he can be half asleep and still just dominate, you know? Yeah, he'd still be one of the best on the planet. It doesn't even really matter, you know?

[00:25:49] You know what I also haven't seen is a Florida team. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that would be... But, I mean, who from Florida is really going? Right. Paulson? You know, but this is Tony. Like, I haven't heard... Does Texas have a team? I didn't see Texas. I didn't see Texas either. Yeah. That's a glaring... Those are a couple of glaring omissions right there with potentially the teams they could put together, you know? Colorado, Texas, and Florida.

[00:26:19] I mean... Mm-hmm. Hmm. Yeah, that's three of the biggest states in foosball outside of Louisiana and currently New York with Tommy being there. Interesting. Wow. We'll just have to see how the... You know, it could very well be they're just hanging back to see how this goes. And, well, if we have more fun this year, maybe they'll all say, okay, we've got to do it next year just because... And just to be clear, any Canada team can be scary.

[00:26:49] Right. Like... Oh, yeah. Just because it's... Just because their lower ranks are so dangerous. Mm-hmm. Like, I remember, you know, back in the early 2000s, Canada would come down and sweep, you know, rookie and amateur for years. And years. So... And they still do it. Always got to be worried about their lower-ranked players, man. Yeah. They're dangerous. They don't have a massive anchor in their ProMaster. Mm-hmm.

[00:27:21] But that's always a pretty tough, tough deal to deal with. I'm surprised Mario's not going to be there. I mean, you'd think, but... He's in Florida now. Oh, okay. Oh, all right. Okay. Kane's in Florida now. Mario really only comes out for maybe two events a year. Worlds. And Worlds being one of them. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yep. He is very much a family man now and does not get out as much as he used to.

[00:27:51] So... Boy, these excuses. They keep flying, you know? Just chicken. What do you say? You know, family? Man, when you get married and have kids and stuff, life's tough, man. I know. It gets you. It gets you. You got cats, brother. You don't got kids. They're kind of self-sufficient in so many ways. No, it's... They just dump a bunch of food on the floor. You'll be all right. I... Yeah. And I hope this is taken the way it's meant.

[00:28:19] But, yeah, I know. Family comes first. And absolutely. I'm 100% on side of that. If you got family going on, that's the thing. I mean, foosball is great. It's a family unto itself. But, yeah, if you got family, I dig it. I totally get it. But I got to make fun of you nonetheless. Absolutely. Just because. Why not? Yeah. So, Kevin, I'm curious. What... Are you a pull shooter? Rollover? What do you do?

[00:28:49] Oh, rollover. If I'm in the front, I primarily play the back. Enjoy the back there. But I can play both positions when called upon. Got it. Now, do you do God out every week? Because I know there's, what, three nights a week in Louisiana to play? At least. Yes. Randall actually had a good warm-up yesterday. And all of us were there that you have on the cast tonight. So... Nice.

[00:29:17] It was a great last-minute kind of warm-up. And, you know, before we head to Louisville. So, had a great time. Great competition. Had people from Mississippi, New Orleans. So, real good stuff. Very cool. Yeah. It's so accessible for you guys. I think we had 30 players show up. 30? Right. Wow. Wow. Man. Oh, that's great. We do Fridays.

[00:29:45] And the last couple of Fridays, it's because the weather is so phenomenal right now. We get like six players. Because everybody's out. Everybody's doing stuff in the sun. You know, it's so rare for us. Because the snow just melted two weeks ago. So, just saying. That's what you get for living in New York, my man. I mean, if you want to live up there and be a Yankee, you do that? You can do your thing up there where it snows all the time? That's why people move south. You know, it's...

[00:30:15] But, hey, when it's snowing, then everybody shows up for the foosball match. That's all I can say. So... I said we had 16 on Tuesday. 16. Nice. Nice. Very cool. Yeah. Shout out to our good buddy, Thomas Dyke, who joined us a couple weeks ago. And, of course, Mike Kelly from Tennessee joined us last week. They had a big event just last weekend. Yeah. In fact, it was, I believe, yesterday, the 20th.

[00:30:42] Mike Kelly did a Nationals warm-up in Nashville. Yep. And I presume it went well, because it sounded like he was just about sold out. It sounded like it. Yeah. Yeah. He had a lot of teams there and stuff. Yeah. He who shall not be named won it with a buddy of mine. So, a quick census from our panel this evening. How many of you have gone to Worlds more than once? I know, Randall, you probably have. Oh, yeah. Definitely. Gotcha. Brad? Yes.

[00:31:12] Yep. And Tim? I've been to one, two, three. Three Worlds. Three Worlds. Kevin, how about yourself? I've been to quite a few, fortunately. Okay. Very cool. And, Anna, how about yourself? Have you experienced the World Championships? I've only been to one. Just to one? But this year, okay. Okay. That was last year? Last year? Oh, that was the best one to go to. Yeah. She only went to one last year. Yeah.

[00:31:39] First one, and she won the Junior Doubles Championship. Whoa. Let's go. Nice. Hey. Congratulations. Well, we should have had you on the show long before this. My goodness. And then, after that, she ended up going, we went to Mississippi, and her and Brady teamed up together. Brady Wierowski.

[00:32:10] Expert mix. They won that. Wow. Wee. Wow. Let's go. Dang. Yeah. Well, I got to say, Brad, you must be spending some quality time there. Do you guys play a lot together? I'm trying not to play with her too much. She's beating me up now. You know, honestly, what I think kind of helps out a lot is, you know, we talk about the

[00:32:34] foosball family, you know, and everybody does, but our locals really take care of Anna as well. Yes. You know, not just our locals, but it seems like going to all these tournaments, like there'll be somebody that is willing to just walk up to the table with her and help her and point things out. And, you know, Sunday, like usually tonight, we'll go to Randy's house, and we practice there when she doesn't have school too.

[00:33:02] And there's players over there that'll help her with things, you know, and that's been really neat to see as well as seeing her, I guess, interact with the other younger players on the tour. Now, they're like live feed with each other, cutting up and having their own little, you know, talks and parties and whatever you want to call it. And it's neat to see that interaction among the juniors. Absolutely. That's awesome.

[00:33:32] Next generation, right? It's, we have to do this. We need more like more folks like Anna and of course, Brad, yourself encouraging their young ones to get into this. And some of the best players in the world, of course, we talk about second generation all the time, not the least of which would be Tony, Tommy, certainly. Brandon Morland. Brandon Morland. Yeah. I mean, just some, some really. Yep. Jacob Balcos. Well, look at Isabel. I mean.

[00:34:02] Isabel. Yep. I was at Brandy's house when Isabel first started. You know, I'm sure Kevin can, can visit us in there too, but you know, we saw her start, you know, and, and all of us were there to play with her and help her and look how far she's come already. Oh yeah. You know, it's, it's not, it's funny to see, like we were all kind of helping her and then now she's helping others, you know? So it's kind of neat to see how that's turning around as well.

[00:34:31] We're in daddy's butt all the time too. Yeah. Wait, wait. I'm going to get there, Brad. Wait, just wait. It's coming. Oh boy. It's coming. Oh yeah. Well, I went to Colorado state one time in, in like two weeks after another tournament and at the table, I'm playing her like about six rounds into amateur singles. So, okay. Isabel. Okay. Well, she had learned a whole new series by two weeks. It's like, Oh God, how did you learn that? A new series in two weeks. It's like, I didn't think about it, you know?

[00:35:01] Yeah. And she tore my butt up. She got the ball so much. I mean, I was ready for her. That was the last time after that. That was the last time I beat her. The last time I beat her. The time before, that was it. Be careful what you wish for. And she had to have to beat her again. Wow. That's awesome. We got beat by her last night. Huh, Randy? Did you? No, I beat her last night. Her and Brandon last night. I beat her last night. Oh man. That's who we lost. It was Brandon and Isabel. Yeah, that was my first.

[00:35:31] Brandon and Isabel opened. Yeah, they won. Yeah, they won. Nice. That's how my tournament started. I had to play against them to start. Now, with your local scene, I mean, what kind of formats do you use? Do you use just double elimination or what do you do? We had the warm-up. We had amateur singles. We had open doubles. Then we had a mega DYP. Oh, nice. Mega DYP is just, you know, everybody puts $20 in instead of $10.

[00:35:57] But the singles, you know, last time we had a warm-up, which was before Vegas. We had a group from Tennessee. They flew in from Tennessee and played over there. So it was great. It was awesome. But we had a good crowd this time. We were happy to have everybody. They came. It was great. Yeah. Wow. How many tables do you have, Randall? We have four out there. Four out there. I have like five at the house. Nice. Five in your house, four at the scene. Well, yeah. I got different ones over here. We have Tornado. We have the Tornado. We have the Leonhard.

[00:36:27] You got the Garlando. You got the Bonzini. Hmm. So we got the Tornado inside here, too. So, but I have a little office. I have a, you know, we used to play. That's where we used to play tournaments in my house for almost three years. We played in my man cave right there. Right in the garage. Wow. And we had people coming from all over. It was great. I might have asked you this question before, but would you adopt me? I don't need much. I really don't.

[00:36:59] With Randy having the foosball tournaments at his house during the COVID time, I think that was really just detrimental for our Lafayette group. You know, everyone else, for the most part, was stuck inside. You know, they couldn't go anywhere during the COVID. And we were still having tournaments. I mean, we were having people drive from Texas to Mississippi. We'd be coming to Randy's house. And we were still having full-blown tournaments.

[00:37:30] You know, and that. Yeah. We grew up. That time period definitely grew. Mm-hmm. Never stopped. I think, you know, in retrospect, there were a lot of scenes across the country that went covert. You know, because, you know, you weren't supposed to go to a public location. And, you know, so you had to find other ways of doing it. And fortunately, like you guys, we had a couple of dudes that were fine about, you know, bringing a bunch of us into their house. And it was no issue.

[00:37:56] You know, we, in fact, we had a couple of decent-sized tournaments that went, you know, an entire day where we brought people from outside. And no one was the wiser. So you had to do it. Sneaky, sneaky. Yeah. But it was worth it, you know. Oh, it was worth it. Definitely worth it. Got to keep the scene going. Oh, yeah. Well, I got it. And my wife, about six months for that time, too. She kept about six months.

[00:38:25] She said, I had enough now, Randy. So good. It's good. It's good. He did well. Everybody. Everybody at Cade, she was good for it. That's cool. Well, you got to have, you know, you got to have a support team there, you know, in the family, of course. When it comes to a good foosball scene inside and outside the family. And if you don't, well, you know, it makes it more challenging. But regardless, so guys, okay, who is going to be the biggest threat this year? We just talked about all the teams.

[00:38:53] I know that we kind of looked at the odds, the numbers. But, okay, I'm going to start with you, Randall. Who do you worry about most when it comes to another state? I'm going to have to go with Mississippi. Mississippi. Wow. Big time. Okay. And, all right, so, Brad, what about you? I'm thinking, you know, it's going to either be Mississippi or the Louisiana Red team for me.

[00:39:20] You know, I'm looking, though, really, if it's going to come down to the amateurs, it's going to be the Louisiana Red team. No doubt. No doubt. Yep. Kevin, who do you worry about? I'm going to have to go with the group. Uh, Mississippi. Mississippi, Louisiana Team Red. And just like it's happened in the last two years, I think it's going to fall between, like we discussed, those amateur and expert ranks.

[00:39:49] You know, that's a really interesting point. I think that it's pretty clear that, you know what, yes, it's good to have a master. It's good to have a top player. But when the wash is all done, you know, it's about the support team. Who's backing them up? I'm curious about the scoring system. For those who've never done this before with the North American Cup, how does the scoring work?

[00:40:18] What's the process there? You're going to have to rely maybe on space on that one because I'm not really sure. I mean, I was voluntold, you know. So if memory serves, right, there are, and I have to remember this exactly, there's, what is it, four doubles matches and four singles matches, I think, if that's right. Expert doubles and amateur doubles.

[00:40:49] So, yeah, there's, well, and the mixed event. So there's, right? Yeah, four doubles events, yeah. There's four doubles events, and then there's four singles events, I believe, because there's the master, the pro, the expert and amateur, right? All singles. Oh, no, five, because of the women's singles, too. The women's singles, women's singles, yeah. Right? So that makes it an odd number of matches. Yes. Right?

[00:41:15] So whoever wins the most matches of that proceeds to the next round. Oh, got it. Okay. So it's not points. Five is the key. Once you reach five, from what I remember, then you've got the win and you advance. Correct. Okay. Yep. So race to five. Yeah, race to five win matches, like match wins. Yep. So, yeah, the masters are a big deal, but as everybody said, right, so there's only essentially

[00:41:44] the masters play three matches, so to speak, right? They can play the single. Yeah, they play this. No, they, yeah, yeah, yeah. They play the singles. They play the open doubles match, which is usually the master and a pro, and then they play the mixed event. Hmm. Given that's three to your point of five, but when there's multiple masters and stuff, it gets a little, you know, hectic.

[00:42:11] But the majority of the points are then going to come from the singles events and the lower ranked events. So, you know, your lower ranked guys have to come through. Like, your master could lose all three and you guys still win. Huh. Interesting. Interesting. Wow. Yep. So, whoever's on. We only lost to Louisiana last year.

[00:42:40] I think we lost, we lost to Terry's team last year. The Tennessee team did. And we only lost by like one match or something, if memory serves. Like, it was the first round and it was tight. It's a real close match. It was a close one. And that one we lost because we don't have a master in Tennessee. Tennessee. I'm the highest ranked player in Tennessee and I wasn't playing. Oops. I didn't want to play.

[00:43:09] I wanted to give others the opportunity to play some of those top guys. I was coaching. I was doing my best at coaching. Okay. Um, but, uh, I know our, I think our rookie, which would have been the amateur or something. I think they won the doubles match. Cool. Or something. I can't remember everything, but I know the open was where you guys won that one heavily over us for sure. Cause Terry won all three or whatever it is matches he had to win. Right. Which was the big difference.

[00:43:39] Well, the current count, we might have what? 15, 15 states. Roughly. Yeah. Yeah. Which is bananas. Yeah. We need more. We need Texas. We need, we need Colorado. They need to come on and bring a team. And Florida. Yeah. Florida. So we. California. Yep. I mean, they were there last year. Yeah. Ideally speaking, they should, there should be 20. Should be 20 teams. If all everybody showed. Um, but, but Hey, you know, that could take a while.

[00:44:08] As even if you're just going to, uh, to five. This is probably the last year for this. Okay. Realistically. Right. And when I say that I'm speaking from my knowledge of, of what is to come, because this tournament in the future is going to be about the league. Okay. Right. So we're, so there's a big meeting for all the promoters at this tournament on Saturday morning, I believe. Yep. Where we're going to be talking about the future of the league, right?

[00:44:38] The world foosball tour league. That's going to be happening as much as humanly possible across the United States. This event is going to be kind of turned into the national championships league championships. Ah, yes. Right. So the leagues are going to send a team, which it's still going to be similar, right? But it's going to be based upon your local league. Okay. More so than it is you building a team from the state. Interesting.

[00:45:04] And the money that's collected, right, is to a degree is supposed to help get that team to the event. So it helps to pay entry fees and things like this? To get them specifically for this event, right? Okay. Not necessarily to pay for the other events like singles, doubles, whatever, but to get them there for the league championships. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. That's how it's been explained to me. I could be off, but that's how it's been explained to me thus far. But I know we're getting all of our details, you know, in six days. Yeah.

[00:45:32] Well, I'm anxious to see what, how that unfolds and how people are, you know, how receptive they are to whatever, whatever is about to happen. By the way, guys, just as a group, when it comes to Louisiana, do you want a league group? Do you want a league organization to work with? I'm all for everything. I'm ready to play. We'd love to play every night if we can. Cool. Play every night if possible. Yeah.

[00:46:02] There are some people that want to hear more. That's all I can say. I've noticed it's like, yeah, it would be cool to, I think that the idea of walking into your local DYP, your local, your local scene, regardless of how many people show up, you play, let's say through several rounds and, you know, you win a couple, you lose a couple, whatever the case, but it's always recorded.

[00:46:28] And so your, your quote unquote score continues to be compared against everybody else who also plays in the leagues. I think that, that to me is a, that's a really attractive idea. Definitely. You know, if they can work it out, that is. Yeah. My biggest worry with, when it comes to having a league, and this is one of those things that kind of scares me a little bit is you no longer have the person coming in off the street, being

[00:46:57] able to play like a monster. Right. Right. And, and a monster to me is the biggest thing when it comes to allowing new people to come in because you can pull them out. They can come in, play a couple of rounds and leave. Right. And that's their entry level into learning about foosball, seeing if they like to play foosball. And that's something we do a lot locally. We have like, for example, we had what, uh, 15 people last week, four of them, three or four of them at least left before we played the bracket. Huh?

[00:47:26] They just came, played the early round. Okay. So they can play a bunch and then left before we played the bracket. Interesting. Um, just so they could play some foosball at night and then go home, which is great. I'm, I'm all for that. Right. Like if you don't want to play the tournament that, you know, the little bracket at the end, fine, totally cool. We want you just to come out and enjoy foosball. We want you to, you know, learn, get better, keep coming so that you can, you know, and if, if there's a league holding us up, right.

[00:47:52] From being able to allow the new people to play, that scares me more than anything else. Like I love the idea of a league. I want to be able to play in a league, but I also need a door for those people. Yep. Yep. I don't want that closed. An opportunity for, for, to bring new, new players in. Um, and that's the other thing too. I mean, I don't know about you guys, but, uh, we're in a pool hall and when people walk past our, our, our area in the pool hall and see what we're doing, especially if you've got somebody like Tommy, you're on the table.

[00:48:23] They stand there for all of maybe two minutes and watch and go. Oh yeah. Uh, nevermind. Yeah. We actually did a, uh, a foosball league yet in 2016. Okay. And it was quite fun. And we, we did, you know, starting in January and ended right before Christmas. And, uh, we took a little bit, maybe a dollar off of each entry fee. Okay.

[00:48:48] And the weekly draw and we put it into a pool and, um, it was fun. We had, we had guys from Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas. Cool. And yeah. I don't remember what, uh, program we were using Kevin, but I remember being able to go into it and you can even look at who you played against or who was kind of like your nemesis from the local group. Like it had like stuff like that. And it was really neat. Oh, it kept you on your toes.

[00:49:16] Cause the, uh, the results were posted after each tournament. Um, so to see. Yeah. So it, it was, it was fun. But forward to doing, doing them again. And you get bragging rights, which is, which is always fun. Um, no, I'm, I'm curious about the, uh, the idea that, that, uh, geez, you know, uh, there are people who want to play. They, they played when they were in high school and there may be colleges kind of thing.

[00:49:43] And they come along and go, oh, you know, I love this game at one time. And then, then they see that the level, the level of play. Um, do you guys have any nights where we have just, just a no pro events? I mean, do you do, do any of that? Uh, no, no, no nights on the Thursday, uh, Wednesday nights. So we, uh, just do DYPs. So, uh, you know, sometimes I load DYP and sometimes we'll change it up to, you know, maybe a monster or mega. We just, we change it up every once in a while. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

[00:50:12] I think one of the key things with that, you know, even though we, we do just a DYP and stuff, we'll look at like, um, Michelle and Valerie, for instance. I mean, they came in from nowhere. We didn't know these two players whatsoever. Okay. They came in with, I mean, all the top players we have in our area. And I think what really helped out was just everyone helping and not just trying to bully them, you know? Right. Giving them, you know, hey, work on this, work on that.

[00:50:42] Let me show you this. Let me show you that. And that helped them from not ever playing to now, you know, they're both some, some really good players. Yeah. Don't let me hear a couple of years, but we, we, we worked with them a lot. Everybody worked with them. That's cool. Yeah. That's important. I think. And, and, you know, there's, I'm, I'm sure there's plenty of scenes out there that are like that, that do welcome new players and try to bring them along. It's just, uh, you know, in our experience, we've seen it happen a few times, you know,

[00:51:08] good players that show up, they, they kind of go, ah, you know, I'm putting 20, 10 bucks a week on this and, and, uh, not getting anywhere. So they just disappear. We don't hear from them again, but, but I guess it comes down to the individual. Uh, what, what they've got going on or, or, uh, you know, what, how they really, you know, whether or not they get truly addicted to the, to the, to the sport too. Um, I think there's, go ahead.

[00:51:38] Sorry. No, you're, I kept telling you to go ahead. Yeah. Well, yeah. Their level, like Michelle and Val's level has grown so fast. I mean, in two years, I mean, uh, Barry and, and, and, uh, and, uh, Michelle played, uh, they won expert doubles at Louisiana state. I mean, she's, she's coming along real quick. Valerie's coming along really good. I mean, they both play in really, really good football. Something that's kind of interesting too, uh, with that, you know, Callum is playing in our area as well.

[00:52:07] And I asked him, I, yeah. And I said, Callum, I was like, since you come here, you know, and play against us, I mean, he, he's very good. Um, you know, do you feel that it's made you any better? And he was like night and day difference, dude. He's like, he said, I feel like whenever I came to play against y'all, it was, you know, low expert player. And he's just now he's like, he's like, I'm chomping on the bit.

[00:52:34] Like for, he's like, I feel it. Like he, he said it made that much of a difference, you know? So that was pretty interesting to see and hear from his perspective. Got it. Yeah. It makes sense. He's having to work a lot harder to beat us now. He's a right hand man. He does a lot for me and everything. He does a lot for me. Mike with me in Kentucky or wherever it is. Oh, he's going to be, he's going to be doing some play by play. Yep. Good. Yeah.

[00:53:03] I mean, it's funny how that English accent of his tends to class up the place. It does. You know, he's easy. One, he's easy to bounce stuff off of. Like I can throw something out. He immediately picks up on it. He's really good at that stuff. I mean, he's quick. Yeah. And he's witty, which is awesome. So for, for being on the mic, he's, he's great to be, to be like a partner with, because he's really good at, at the back and forth during a match.

[00:53:32] He understands foosball, which is huge. Like he understands the. He doesn't have a Cajun accent yet. He didn't have a Cajun accent yet. So it's good. He's working on it. His British accent is a little different than when he came here. There's no question about that. It is definitely not the same. I don't know what it is yet, but it's not the same thing as when he first got here. Well, hang on a second. I have to, I have to qualify this because if you ask him about American fish and chips, his English accent comes back full force. One hundred percent.

[00:54:02] I believe that. Cause he, he just, he's like, man, I can't find good fish and chips, man. I mean, it's just, it's terrible. He's still like Austin Powers sounding to me. I'll teach your names though. He doesn't know the pronounceable. So that's good. I, I struggle with that too, by the way. And that's my profession.

[00:54:28] I speak for a living and, uh, I, I really struggle with some, some of the pronunciations I come across and it's not good. It doesn't, it doesn't bode well. Let's put it that way. But it's, uh, it's part of our challenge, part of what we do. Um, you know, and, and hats off to people like Jim Stevens, who was always spot on. He always had the pronunciations of the names, regardless. He was so well-researched. He said my name wrong for years. What are you talking about? Wait a second. Everybody says your name wrong. Everybody.

[00:54:58] I mean, it wasn't until recently you finally straightened me out and then now it's a penal. It's just didn't correct people. Cause everybody's like, Oh, Jim Stevens said it this way. So it's gotta be right. See credibility, credibility. That's what it's all about. 12 years that happened. So guys, uh, this is, uh, I'm really interested to see how this goes. Um, by the way, there, what do you, what do you guys feel about somebody putting like side bets out there?

[00:55:28] Uh, you know, like a little bit of money on the side for Louisiana, a little bit of money on the side for, uh, for, for, uh, the guys from New York state. I mean, what, what, what are your feelings on that? I'm curious. Uh, I mean, nobody brought it up for, I don't know. I mean, we haven't bet on anything really. Uh, I'm up whatever y'all want. I'll bet whatever. I'm sure if Brandon is on New York, he'd be up for it. He'd be up for it? Oh yeah. That's right up his alley.

[00:55:58] Okay. Okay. We're going to see this too, right? That's true. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Now I know that, uh, one of the sponsors at worlds was something called cut K U T T. And apparently that's, that's a, a gambling, a sports gambling thing. I won my bet. You did? I did. What did you, pray tell, what did you, uh, what did you bet on? It's about how many masters would make the top 10 or something like X or no, how many, uh,

[00:56:26] X world champions would make the top 10 X world champions. Yep. Really? So you can bet on that. It was wild. Yeah. I, I doubled my money. I was great. I still on the account. I could, didn't even pull it out. Now here's the thing with, yeah, but here's the thing with cut though. You, you have to have somebody else to take your bet though, right? Somebody on the other side has to say, I bet it this way. And I take, I challenge you. So I think mine was against Ryan to be honest. Was it really? I think so. Wow. Go figure.

[00:56:55] Um, I had great odds. That's why I took it. I don't even gamble. It was just for fun. By the way. Yeah. Just so I'd have bragging rights over Ryan. Show of hands. Anybody have a, have any, uh, any cash in the game when the Knicks want it? Just wanting to order. No, no, no show of hands. Okay. I was at, I was in a college bar playing foosball on the worst table I've ever played on in my life. Okay. They, so check this out.

[00:57:21] It was a, it was a tornado, but the back wall was so bowed and the one corner like of the actual surface was so raised up. They cut the foot off, like most of the foot off of it so that it wouldn't like hit the table surface. Where do you play? Huh? Where do you play again? This was in some college bar. I was in on that, that same night because they started, they had the game on it. Everybody was losing their minds.

[00:57:47] The other side, you couldn't, the, the foot would hit the back wall because it was so bowed out. Right. Like, so you couldn't flip the rod all the way around. It would just get stuck on both sides. Like it was great. It was so much fun. Oh, well, you know, it takes a table like that to really show you how, how good we really have it. So now I have to take a poll because at Texas state, there was a new batch of balls being utilized.

[00:58:17] New, new group of, of tornado balls. And, um, have you guys had a chance to try those at all? Anybody try the new balls? Yeah. Texas state. Yeah. Yep. Texas state. Yeah. They were, they were, they were, they were all right for a couple of games, a couple of matches. It seemed like they started getting a little slick still. Gotcha. Gotcha. Gotcha. So, I mean, they're going to get it right eventually. It seems like they're making strides. Tom? I just had a call from Caesars.

[00:58:47] They said, put your money on team Louisiana blue. Oh, man. I mean, if my teammates find out that I do that, they're not going to be real happy with me. We'll never tell. Like, I'm not going to throw the match, but, but, you know, if I got money riding on it, geez, you know, you know, I could do, I just kept somebody spot me, just do it, you know, do it for me.

[00:59:17] So, but, uh, but still it's like, it's going to affect my performance. I mean, I, I, yeah, I don't want to throw the match. I don't want to do that. But, but thank you for the, for the advice, Kevin. I appreciate that. It's, uh, always many. Thanks. Always. So guys, we all, we, we all need to go like, you know, hang out when we get to, uh, get to, to, uh, nationals. I'll be in the side bets. Okay. If you're to find me, I'll be in the booth, man.

[00:59:47] Yeah. Absolutely. Looking forward to it. And, uh, so everybody who's here is going to be there. Correct. Yes, sir. All right. Just double checking. Just making sure, uh, Thursday will be here before you know it. Everybody's going to obviously going to have to be there by Thursday. And, uh, I think that this is going to be a pretty good turnout. I think, what was it last year? What? Uh, 400 players. I don't think so. For nationals. Something like that. Three something, I think is what the final number was. Three something. Okay. Okay. Yeah. I think so. Like three 80 something.

[01:00:17] Oh, got it. So close to four. The number was. Yeah. It was in the ballpark of four though. Nice. Okay. Something like that. I feel like I could be crazy. Wow. I did not like the layout last year though. No. Okay. Not really. I liked the main room. The main room was great, but all those little side rooms, I was not a fan of. Right. Like I didn't love that they had all these side rooms. I love the worlds layout. That was fabulous. Tour kickoff was good this year. Mm-hmm. That was a great layout.

[01:00:44] I was not at Vegas because I hate Vegas. Just the truth. Yeah. Yeah. But I'm excited for another round of worlds at that same hotel. I think, you know, I think it was great last year. I think Ryan's going to up his game even more this year, which is going to be awesome. I mean, Ryan doesn't like to be outdone by anybody but himself. Correct.

[01:01:08] So I personally believe it's going to be even a little bit better than last year. And I love that they had tables out from the room so they could lock the room up and they still have tables people could play all night long, all morning long. Yeah. I thought that was fantastic. And that's something I did that for years coming up on the tour. You know what I mean? Like early 2000s and stuff. I remember. Yep. Yeah. Yeah. Tour kickoff back in the day, right?

[01:01:38] There was out in the lobby, not in the lobby, right outside the main room back when it was in Lexington. There was a time they had the Garlando table out there. They had a Bonzini table out there. They had Tornado tables out there. So like you could play on all these different tables and have a blast. They had a Jupiter table one year, which was so much fun. Jupiter. Table two, I believe. The what one? The Fireball table. Oh, Fireball. Yep. Love Fireball. That's a great table. I hate Fireball, but yep.

[01:02:07] But trash table. Barbage. Are you talking about Warrior or Fireball? I wonder. One, I'm 100% talking about Fireball. Okay. I was awesome on Warrior. Ah, yes. Give me those heavy rods and that bouncy-ass ball. Oh my gosh. Yes, please. Yes, please. We've got so many titles on that piece of junk table and broken so many two rods. Mm-hmm. Oh. Mm-hmm. We played two-ball rollerball on that thing one time.

[01:02:36] That table was falling apart. Yes. By the time we were done. Yeah. Oh, so much fun. Yeah, I've been there. I went to a tournament in Boston, Massachusetts at Fenway Parkable Places for a Warrior Tournament. And within the first two rounds, the two rods mostly were bent so badly, you could barely use them. So great. Yeah. Such a great piece of crap table. But fun. No doubt about it. Oh, so good. No doubt about it. Such a piece of garbage.

[01:03:03] Okay, I'm going to go around the table here, and I want you guys to take the opportunity to shout out to anybody you'd like or any other teammates or whatever the case. Kevin, you begin. If you'd like to do a shout out, here's your opportunity to say hey to whoever, whether they be a player, maybe a relative. It's up to you. I'll give a shout out to my partner, Carlos Amaya, coming from Texas.

[01:03:32] We'll be playing pro and open doubles. Look forward to that. And just a shout out to everybody that's gone. Safe travels. And it should be an exciting tournament. Nice. Okay, Anna, your turn. What's your shout out? It's hard to pick one, but... There should be a couple of them. Oh, I can? Yeah. Okay. It doesn't have to be just one.

[01:03:59] Well, I want to shout out my dad for keeping me interested in the sport. Especially introducing me to the sport and wanting to push me to get better and keep having interest in it. I want to thank my football family for helping me to get better and honestly taking care of me when my dad's not in the football room. I always know if I ever need something to go to any of the football family. Yes.

[01:04:25] And I'd love to shout out Seda Kruzis for helping me literally through everything. Go, Seda. And for keeping me interested and like willingly to take me under her wings from like me never playing before to helping me get way better and dominating. Birds aren't real. Cool. Okay, Brad, what about you?

[01:04:51] Well, I guess it would be, you know, of course for everyone to have safe travels to get there. That's going to be going out there. I wish some of our other friends that would be there, but they're not, that would be Wesley Perrette and wife Kelly. They're really sweet people. But we'll see them in Mississippi, I'm sure. So I'll give them a shout out.

[01:05:17] And Johnny Carrier, you know, he can't make it this time, but really good, good player. And his two sons are good players as well. And Randall, it's up to you. Hi. Hey, Jacob. Michael. Take care of it. We miss you over here. We can't wait to see you again. And all the Foo's family. Hello. Hello. Hello. And y'all good. See y'all in nationals. Be ready to play. Well said. Be heated. Do it. Well said.

[01:05:47] Awesome. Chase, what would you like to know more about? Anything else you want to wrap with tonight? Let's see here. Yeah. One. Where's Jacob? Where's he hiding right now? He's back at home right now. Oh, he's back at home? About summertime. Oh, all right. All right. All right. Very good. I was going to say, honestly, big shout out to Brandon and Isabel.

[01:06:13] They stopped by here a couple weeks ago on their way up to Maryland with Brandon's mom. They're the sweetest people. Like, they're so awesome. They were great. Like guests. They were really respectful. Awesome. Loved having him here. I hope his shoulder's doing better. I know his shoulder was having some issues for Brandon there for a minute. But if I was going to... Yeah. Is Brandon better? All better? I mean, he won the other night.

[01:06:43] He's feeling better now. Yeah. Good. But I expect to see him in full fashion. So, yeah. He's playing pretty good. Good. Good. Good. I was going to say, I expect him to see him in full force at Nationals. Let's see. Is everybody... Like, I was going to say, I think Kevin is an expert. Randall, you're an amateur and Brad, you're an amateur, right? Yes. You guys worried about playing each other in amateur dubs? That's interesting.

[01:07:12] I might play up to you. You never know. Yeah. You know, here's the funny thing that maybe I don't know. So, really me and Randy, played with Randy to win my very first title. And it's kind of interesting how this ended up taking place. Because I normally only play goal. And I was just starting to play forward. I didn't really have that much of a five band. I just kind of had like a brushed up pass. That's about it, really.

[01:07:42] And shooting-wise, I was learning the pull stop and learning how to cut back the ball, I guess you could say. In a certain spot. On purpose. Yeah. And I'm at home watching the tournament. You're going to Kevin. Yeah, sure. That's fine. And out of the blue, Randy calls me and he's like, hey man, what are you doing? I was like, I'm watching the tournament. He says, well, I need you to come meet me tomorrow and play rookie doubles with me. I'm like, what?

[01:08:13] And he was like, yeah, I want you to play forward. I'm like, are you serious? Like, I've never played forward in a tournament in my life. And he's like, yeah, come on, man. Like, I know you could do it. Cut back in that brush, I'm telling you. And he talked me into it. And I drove all the way to Mississippi for one year. I'm not even joking. And you won. Yeah. Whoa. And we did. Double dip. One. Double dip? And it was like, you know, that was awesome. You know, so.

[01:08:41] If anybody knows my game. It's Randy. You know, he is tough for me to score on. And he knows it. You know, and vice versa. We play each other really hard. We know each other's game very well. So that would definitely be a tough match. No doubt. You're saying Randy's going to whoop your butt is what you're saying. That's what I'm hearing. He might. He might. I hear fear. I hear fear and frustration. I'm coming out of you right now. Dang, Randy.

[01:09:10] This too. You know, when I won in Mississippi with him, I stepped up to the table thinking I lost. I'm not going to lie. I was like, I lost. But I'm just going to make sure that I don't make it look easy. I'm just going to fight as hard as I could. And we double dipped in one. So that's just my answer. All right. Take him to the ice cream shop. I like it. Yeah. So, hey. You know, he might. He might not. Who knows? So, Randy. Real quick question then. Is it nice not having to pay rent? Yes. Yes.

[01:09:40] It would be nice. It would be nice. And I'll be all right. That's about it. That's about all. That's good. It's going to be the first time. I like it. I like the idea. I think it's good. The promoters need to be shown a little happiness like that. That's good. And I think we're going to learn a lot from this meeting they're going to have for the league too. Yeah. Yep. I think it's going to make players better. So, yeah. I'm looking forward to all of it. Nice. Very cool. You'll see me in the meeting. I'll be there.

[01:10:10] I love it. And by the way, Randy, I love the speed wrap hat. That's awesome. Gotta promote. Gotta promote. Yeah. Represent. Right? That's very cool. And I've been trying those wraps, by the way. I like them. I really do. I think they're a good product. Thick yellows, baby. Thick yellows. Yellows? Oh, the yellows are the ones, huh? The thick yellow. Thick yellow. Is the specific one. You can get the thick green ones too. Okay. Young greens. But the thick yellows. Ah. See, we got. I know the truth.

[01:10:38] I know what's going on over there, Randy. I know where those come from. I like that. You don't. Preparator. Yeah. You gotta tell me. I get sweaty hands, man. Pull shooter with sweaty hands. Mm-mm. Oh, sir. All of the above. All of the above. Well, I gotta say, guys, this is an absolute pleasure. I mean, the hour went by so quickly. Super quick. When it comes to just having fun and talking about foosball. You guys are, you know, you are the best in the country so far.

[01:11:09] We'll say for right now, you are the best in the country. There's no disputing that. The numbers speak for themselves. But we'll see. We'll see on the other side. And we'll have to reconvene at another time to say, you know, how things went. We might have to jump on the mic Thursday, like Friday. Yes. Sometime. Yes. You know. If one of them wins, I'm feeling we're doing a on the road episode. Yep.

[01:11:39] Foosball radio on the road. We'll sit you down and you'll have to explain yourself. Sounds good. It'll be worse if you lose. Sounds great. Cool. Well, again, you've been listening to episode number 303 of Foos Talk Live with Kevin, Anna, Brad, and Randy all together. And, of course, Chase and I, we're looking forward to seeing all you guys at this upcoming Nationals

[01:12:07] Championship and, of course, the North American Cup. Go New York. Just for argument's sake here, I think we got it together. Just saying. We're going to see. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So, anyway, so we're going to be tuning in this coming week because, I don't know about Thursday, but Friday, Saturday, Sunday, we'll be doing the live show.

[01:12:35] But Foosball radio on the road all weekend long. Get as many people in front of the microphone as we possibly can. And who knows? I might even say hey to Chase when he's doing some play-by-play. Just saying. Maybe. Yeah. Might be there. You never know. Might happen. But, regardless, thank you so much for tuning in again on Twitch TV, but also now YouTube. And, yeah, we're feeling good about that. Thanks for tuning in tonight to Foos Talk Live.

[01:13:04] Stick around because coming your way next, we have Foos Talk Live's Tournament Beat coming your way. Time now for the Foos Talk Live Tournament Beat, brought to you in part by FoosGadgets.com, using technology to create a better foosball experience. And by Boise Foos Works, high-fidelity refurbished foosballs. Professional foosball is a game of precision, a matter of accuracy, consistency. Boise Foos Works presents the high-fidelity refurbished foosball.

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[01:14:29] Foosball tournaments are everywhere. Foos Talk Live proudly presents a weekly update of events near you. With the Foos Talk Live Tournament Beat, here's what's up. The World Foosball Tour presents the 2026 National Championships and North American Cup. June 24th through the 28th, Caesars Casino and Hotel Elizabeth, Indiana. Here comes the 2026 Mississippi State Foosball Championships.

[01:14:58] July 23rd through the 26th at Holiday Inn Pearl, Mississippi. The 2026 Ohio State Championships. July 30th through August 2nd. The competition comes to a new hotel. The Ohio Airport Marriott. Columbus, Ohio. East Coast Foosball presents the Duval Foosball Tournament. August 7th through the 9th at the Dart Bar, Jacksonville, Florida.

[01:15:24] Canada Foosball presents the 2026 Vancouver Island Foosball Championships. August 14th through the 16th, Courtenay Legion. Courtenay, British Columbia. The World Foosball Tour presents the 2026 World Foosball Championships. September 2nd through the 6th at the Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, Louisiana. It's the 2026 Great Lakes Classic. Now scheduled for October 15th through the 18th. We'll keep you posted on the details.

[01:15:54] The North Carolina State Championships. Scheduled for November 26th through the 29th. More details soon to be released. It's the 20th Annual 2026 Louisiana State Championships. December 3rd through the 6th. Stay tuned for lots more details. Each week we do our best to give you the most up-to-date listing of foosball tournaments near you. If you have an event you'd like to add, send us all the details at foosballradio at gmail.com.

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