NYC Foos Action!

Holiday Present from NYC Foos to Foosworld

We do a stick wall pass

We do a stick wall pass

We do a stick wall pass

And you still sit lane

I once was a noob-ie in the foos world

But now i own your five with a bait lane stick wall

Oh, once in a while I’ll toss you a

Lane just to fuck you up with

I’ll go back to doing walls, and youll start to get pissed.

You finally decide to switch up your incompetent defense.

You stay on wall I fake you and you unintendedly twitch back up.

Finally, I’d like to just address this

I think you’re swell and today is christmas

So from New york City Foosball, kisses and a happy new year

-Lyrics & vocal representation by Ellen M

Holiday Cheer

I’ve been talking to Sia and other people, and we want more NYCFoosball.com merch!  I know a lot of you are shooting yourselves over not buying it the first time round.  Some people came to the foosfamily after the fact.  Some out-of-townees want some [I always get asked on tour].  Some of us want extras [Maybe for ourselves, or to give it to our loved ones to represent, or both!].  Either way I want head counts and sizes.  Also Sia wants to know if you guys would prefer hoodies over the jackets but I definitely want a jacket so I’m going make a post for both.  If you are interested in grabbing one or five, post on that topic [how many & size & how I can reach you].  We are estimating the price to be around 30 to 40 a piece.

Here are the links to post your head count, sizes, etc

Jackets

Hoodies

I want to wish you all a GREAT & GRAND holiday season. <3

From the NYCFoos factory to your-foos-family-name-here factory,

xoxoEllenxoxo

NC States

I didn’t play amazing, but I got my push shot back [sort of] thanks to William West.

Thanks again, Alex for sponsoring me and giving me an opportunity to advance my game.

Thanks to Tony Spredeman for asking me to play Open Mixed and annihilating the competition for a smooth win.

Thanks to Midori Kumara for playing open women doubles with me, bringing me to my first woman event victory, and first victory as a forward at a major tournament.

I met so many awesome people in NC [everyone is sooo nice there!], got reacquainted with old friends, and reconnected with foos spirit.

There is a One Day Event in NYC this weekend on Sunday!!  We’re all very excited about this long overdue family get-together.  Hopefully, there is a decent turnout as we have 2/3 events scheduled.  Undoubtedly, there is much fun to be had.

Yesterday, we celebrated Luis’ bday with flan and free play at Parkside Lounge.  There were over ten attendees.  Special thanks goes out to Sia Ea for hosting this lovely gathering.  Great to see you again Andu!! <3

xoxoEllenxoxo

NC States ‘09

I’m flying out to Asheville tomorrow morning to play some competitive foosball.

Have fun with Mario Iannuzzi & Mike Burns @ Fat Cat while I’m gone!

Thanks for sponsoring me, Alex!

xoxoEllenxoxo

Graphic Design Foos Tourney

-Our turnouts haven’t been record-breaking recently, on fcf’s & Tuesday tourney.

-Dawa moved back from Cali, after a year.

-Joe Carrafa & Ryan Thompson are married and will have baby soon :)! However, they moved upstate :(

-Davilson & Tonya recently had baby. Congratulations!

-Horst is moving back to Austria sometime in the future :( Paul is moving back to Holland sometime in the future :(

-Mike Woods moved to Chicago – visit us soon!

-Matt Groth needs to come and visit too

-This year’s Graphic Design tournament was last Friday, November 13, 2009 @ ADC Gallery in NYC. Final match represented NYCFoos on both sides! Nubcakes Christopher Brand and George Baier bested tour veterans Luis Gonzalez and Sia Ea. :O A stunning victory:) Great job guys!

xoxoEllenxoxo

Foosball

Hey, yeah -

It’s been a while, hasn’t it? A lot of you still read and visit, patiently awaiting updates from the small town of NYC, and I thank you so much for this. This blog has been up for a little over a year, and here are our stats on readers & subscribers near & far.

24 countries have visited my blog including Brazil, Germany, the UK, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, France, Luxembourg, Norway, Thailand, Uganda, Panama, Latvia, Jamaica, Argentina, Slovakia, South Africa, & Belgium. Marketing does matter! And New York City, YOU matter too!

Within these 24 faithful countries, comes visitors from over two hundred & fifty cities!

Thank you so much for your support!

As for foosball news, I officially have a world title under my belt, thanks to my Amateur Doubles partner from Michigan, Justin Chandler! Thank you everybody for upping my game. I’ve learned so much from every single person that I’ve played with and against.

Got the chance to hang out with Tony Spredeman, Erik Hueltner, Lindsay Albert, Jeff, & Amedio while I was touring in Wisconsin. Thanks for having me Tony! Your gameroom rox and I’m super jealous! You all made me feel so welcome, and it was definitely one of the better parts of the weekend.

We’ve have visits from Justin Chandler [MI], Liudas Abisala [Lithuania], & Jim Provost [PA] and will have Mario Ianuzzi [Canada] in the house for the Thanksgiving weekend!

Taking a little sabbatical from touring for a little while to focus on school & work.  So yay!, more updates from nyc!

xoxoEllenxoxo

Update on etc.

-Article - okay, so I’ll be honest; I haven’t really touched the article since that post. I’ve been super busy with school, work, play, and travel[also play!]. -results from recent tournaments that I’ve been to: Massfoos’ Summer Open: I’m lazy (ctrl+c,alt+tab,ctrl+p) I got 7th in Rookie Singles, 3rd in Rookie Doubles with Matthew McCroy. Had king seat in 2500 ltd with David Dent but got double dipped into 2nd. Had winner of losers in Open Doubles with Sean Lotterhos after being put down in semifinals. But then we got shut down because I bricked Brian Turman too well, if thats possible. So we got 2nd as well. More importantly I got 1st place with Sanjiv Jivan in Open DYP, sealing both of our very first victory. I would like to thank my partners in crime for playing so well though I literally bricked everyone but two people the whole time. about 99% of the teams we’ve faced were ridiculously strong and I really surprised myself as to how much I could really accomplish by actually trying. Thank you Lee & Vic for my current defense, MD Classic for finally letting me see holes, & Hanz for my five bar. I especially would like to thank Matt & Kent for a GREAT time and Kent & Sean for driving me to and from the bus terminal. I would also like to thank red bull for giving me wings… Back to work! And look out Atlanta! It was an honor being your host today on onTour[sort of]. Thanks Vic, for allowing me to spam on your blog with audio posts. Masters in Atlanta The results are in! http://www.vifa.com/results.asp something worthy of noting, S. Fowler & S. Langley 1st place in Pro Doubles. Guys & Gals, that never happens! History in the making! I did pretty awful in the first day of the tournament but i have officially perfected my pick up game [ha].I had soo much fun. Thanks for coming with me Luis!! I got a eagle trophy thing that I need to take a picture of eventually. I had fun hanging out with Jason Boone, Charles Mackintosh, Jason Shovlain, Mark Kraus, & Ryan Knapton [kleptomaniac!]. Great meeting all the girls/ladies for the first time! Great to meet John Liberati & Kyle Stall [I still hate you!] Great pick up games with Lee Kuether [especially 5-0ing you :)] & everybody else! Nice to see you in a state other than NY, Alex btw, Jason and I beat your mentor woot!!! the Boone&Moon team :) Tournaments I’m thinking about: Mid Atlantic Regional Tournament @ Walsh’s Tavern, Warminster, PA on 7/25/2009 USTSA World Championships @ Hilton DFW Lakes, Grapevine, TX on 09/2/2009-09/7/2009 MassFoos Championships @ Big City, Allston, MA on 10/3/2009-10/4/2009 Halloween Bash @ Fox Hills Resort, Mishicot, WI on 10/23/2009-10/25/2009 Tonight @ Fat Cat, we have two guest from out of town! Joseph Pluskauskis, PA Alex Jasper, SC I’m sure we’ll have a blast, as usual! More good news: Dawa is gonna live in NYC again! woot! xoxoEllenxoxo

Goodbye Florian

Foosball Article

Hey fans!

Just wanted to update you and let you know that I’ve started writing an article on foosball.  It will take me about a month to complete.

Woot

xoxoEllenxoxo

Don’t forget to check out what’s new…

Jefferson’s new helicopter shot [to rival Collignon’s!]

Password : SNAKE
captured by Luis Gonzalez

Also, Congrats to Charlotte Ellis for winning Womens Singles in 2009 Texas State.

Woot!!!!

xoxoEllenxoxo

Update

Ladies & Gents, it has been forever.

Surprisingly, I have not gone a day without views on this site.  Thanks for your support!!

Some things that I’ve experienced since Maryland:

Syracuse - NY State Championships [pix]

Massfoos[Allston] - Winter Open

Philly[Warminster] - Northeast Regional States Challenge [pix]

Albany - w/ Chuck Dooley

All of that has been extreeeeeemely fun and I got the chance to meet super awesome people!

A shout out to all foos folk that I’ve crushed :)

I missed the US Open in Atlanta, but many of us of nyc did manage to go [updates can be found at onTour] I miss you Matt!

Some visitors that have visited us at Fat Cat:

Alex Jasper [SC]

Jeff [WI]

Sean [WI]

Jeremy & Shelly [NY]

Joseph Pluscauskis [PA]

Joe O’Neil [PA, now CA]

A bunch of German dudes

If I’ve fogotten anyone, please comment so I can edit!  And advanced apologies.

I will definitely be making an appearance at Massfoos’ Summer Open [Flyer] if anyone wants to catch me there. LOOKING FOR PARTNERS [2500 Limited & Open Doubles], possibly for Rookie Doubles.

I might go to Masters in Atlanta [Flyer], will know by June 3rd.  LOOKING FOR PARTNERS [Amateur Doubles, No-Pro Women Doubles, Women Doubles, & Handicapped Mixed]

School has been so rough and work is everlasting.  Sorry for the nonupdate.  I’ve missed you!!!!!! *phantom hug*

Our prayers go out to Mike Philbrook who is recovering from heart surgery.

That’s all for now!

xoxoEllenxoxo