Check it out! Daily Heights regulars EmilyM, Isa and Susan made it into the Brooklyn Downtown Star’s article about of Atlantic Yards Smackdown 2005, the tournament-level Rock, Paper, Scissors (RPS) competition we organized at Freddy’s in Prospect Heights. PICTURED: First-place finisher Midnight Rider, hailing from parts unknown, delivers a crushing blow to EmilyM.
The article is by Theodore Ross, a reporter with a great eye for detail: “…in a hotly contested final, a young man known only as the ‘Midnight Rider’ defeated the lovely Amanda, a six-foot tall blonde from Williamsburg whose day job is as a crochet and knitting instructor… Rider described his victory to a reporter from Tokyo’s ‘News Forest’ television program, which came to Freddy’s to film the Smackdown: ‘This is a fantastic victory for me, for my students, and my school. And to the rest of the world of competitive RPS: notice has been served.'”
“The Midnight Rider … was something of a media darling. I interviewed him, as did the News Forest folks, another camera crew from VH-1 of all places, and a reporter with New York Magazine [Article] (another tourney participant, who, after his elimination from the Smackdown following an unfathomable run of seven consecutive paper throws, attributed his loss to being “caught up in the passion.” And he meant it).”
LINKS: One-Handed Warriors, of a Sort [Brooklyn Downtown Star]
Rock, Paper, Psyche [New York Magazine]
Hey! I played the maximum number of throws against him (three games of three throws each) and he only beat me in the last throw, which is closer to beating him than anyone else came. SUre, I went out in the first round, but to the eventual winner. I’LL BE BACK! And next time I’ll bring a hat.
BTW, you have some weird mailto: code in that Downtown Star link.