- Hopefully by this
point everyone "gets" the rhythm of the games,
and is starting to grasp the addiction. We're not to
the really competitive games yet but you should
definitely see where this is heading as the more
skilled players make their way through. At this point,
it's all about characters and even though he's seen
more as JT's wingman... Paddy is his own character for
sure:
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- Paddy has a
famously bad temper, much in the way that JT does -
but his size is a drastically different vehicle for
that anger. And unfortunately for him (fortunately for
us though) four square really is equal parts finesse
and power so it can be quite frustrating for him.
Paddy is, as he said in his introduction, all brute
force. And believe me, when things line up right?
He'll take you out and there's absolutely nothing you
can do. He's really the only guy in the entire
tournament that can literally force those putting the
show together to change the rules. The
"redo" when the ball goes "out-of-play" rule? We
had no choice to put it in, because Paddy would
constantly hit it over the wall. On the playground? He
would be nearly unstoppable, however we have to work
within our environment so rules had to be
modified.
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goddamn did he test those rules. Whereas
JT just tests your patience, Paddy pushes
the letter of the law at every turn. His
"underhand" turns into spearing the ball,
while "technically" palms up, or RIGHT on
the line between over/under. You get hit
with it, and you assume it must be
overhand, but on replay - nope, it's
"technically" underhand.
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- Watch
closely and you'll notice that often time
he uses his thumbs over the ball, while
his hand is palms up. It's the essence of
Paddy to say "OK, these are the rules? How
'bout THIS?" Now do you see why it took
months of playing and arguing before we
could even attempt this show?
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- But
that's why it works for me, everyone is
unique.
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- Even more than
just uniquities in personality, I find it fascinating
how every single person hits the ball different. Isn't
that bizarre? I guess it's like the way people shoot a
basket, but it's so wild how people choose to attack
the same red ball with the same rules... in completely
different ways. Like, I think Paddy is crazy to
"spear" the ball as you lose control hitting it
with the tips of your fingers... but he rocks the
house at it. To each his own.
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- Alright, so we're
finally in the swing of things, a ranking and official
first round in the books, and next week we eliminate
our first contestants. Can't wait. Oh and this week I
had an interview on an internet radio station that
focused on FOUR among other things, and I'll throw
that together this week. Little by little, people are
paying attention. Need a lot more
though...
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- Adam
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