Mario Kart

Just thought I'd let all of you in on a very strange part of life here on the 8th Floor of Elkton. I have some friends down the hall who have Mario Kart down the hall. At first the game was exactly as it is, a game. The same people would always play and win, and people only showed up to have a quick "Kart Sesh." Slowly, the "Kart Sesh" has evolved into an extremely competitive league. Yeah, it may sound hilarious, but once you get blue-shelled right at the finish line, when you were in 1st place but now have dropped to 8th, only inches away from victory. Once you get hit with a red shell, get shrunk twice and then hit by bullet bill. You'll realize how addicting this game is. It is not uncommon to hear at the early hours of the morning, Rami or Peter screaming "FUCK, FUCK, FUUUUUUUUCK." You may think they're crazy, but when you start playing you understand their frustration. 

Recently, we put a ranking system up on the door just to make everything more chaotic. There are several tiers you can be placed in. Each tier has 3 people in it and there are around 5 tiers. This has only made the races even more competitive because there are long term effects to every race you participate in. Right now I'm in tier 2 but on any day I could move up or down depending on how I raced. I gotta go, got somekart to play.