duffjr wrote on 11/11/19 at 11:50:11:


Thanks for the options Drew, pretty much 100% I'll be travelling alone from London if I go, unless Moll/Clark/anyone else from UK is planning to. But most likely they / others will do different travel times as I'll be booking quite late on again like last year.

I absolutely hate driving vehicles so definitely wouldn't rent a car, though I'm sure the country roads must be calmer than a city. This may be useful for those in the U.S who are in any surrounding States

Oh and a polite decline in advance for the hot pepper business.   Would rather not cause a stomach upset during a short week away just in case.  

duffjr wrote on 11/11/19 at 11:50:11:

Yep, definitely. I don't know who is considering making except Scoub, actually.

Very cool Dave, thank you!  I'll place an order with them, and give it a try.
I got into eating hot peppers as a personal challenge, it evolved into cooking with them, making hot sauces, and powder.
A lot of the peppers are unavailable in local markets, so I took initiative this year growing my own.
Trinidad maruga scorpion has become my fav, has a taste that is head, and shoulders above others I've tried.
The best reason to consume hot peppers is they are very healthy.  I have about a pound of dried ghost pepper powder if capsulated you can get the benefits without the burn.  To play it safe they should be taken with at least a cup of milk.
I'll be growing on a much larger scale next year, and hope to have various products to offer.  I'd also like to   create a pepper it takes a long time, 8-9 years of crossing two peppers.  Bowser's breath will be the name though,  .

We will have more updates on the tournament in the coming weeks, I'll check back here on a regular basis if anyone has any future questions.

We are thrilled to have the champion return!  

Hopefully Martin will be able to return as well. Any word on Patrick, Aron, and JTC?

As long as I can win the Fenner shirt challenge against you I will be fine. No pressure, Sami.  

*To be there, bring the shirt and stage a challenge  

Patrick should show up just to do the spicy challenge

KVD wrote on 11/14/19 at 01:31:08:


The Fenner T-Shirt will only make an appearance at ASMKC under three conditions

1. If Fenner actually goes (if there is no news then better get working on this! 4 months should be enough time). In which case we have the opportunity to return it to its rightful owner. Kind of like a Crown that belongs to a King. We can get a nice photo with him wearing it at the ASMKC.

2. If I make it. Else the T-shirt stays with me in London till next time. But never fear, there is always another year. Hey that rhymes! It just has to be handed to Fenner's hand in person by me. #NoPost

3. If I don't do something stupid like forget to bring it (this one is easy, just remind me some days before to pack it as long as '1.' is guaranteed).

Sami de la SMK wrote on 11/15/19 at 01:54:51:


That's it, we're never going to see the shirt again.  
Why even bother listing the other 2 conditions if the first one is obviously never going to happen in the lifetime of our universe?  

All jokes aside, Fenner needs to be at this tournament and Dave Smith might be the key.  You are the one, Dave.  You see, you may have spent the last few years looking for me, but I have spent my entire life looking for you.  I doubt Fenner will want to fly from Charlotte to Monroe for obvious reasons but perhaps he can take a bus to Dave Smith (you live in Nashville, right?) and ride with him from there.  No pressure Dave, there's more than one way to get Fenner to a Mario Kart tournament, this was just the first idea (prophecy) that came to mind  .

Joe, you're more than welcome to stay with us again  .

Lafungo, I know the odds of you making it to the tournament are super slim but I'd love to battle with you, Eric, Drew, Joe and hopefully Fenner too for the US title  

Also, the poster is officially finished so I'll be posting that on here later today  

If that's not doable, I'll approach T-man about starting a go Fenn me to cover all his expenses.
The poster this year exceeded my wildest expectations, very excited for the unveiling!

Harvey Kartel wrote on 11/17/19 at 19:28:12:


For sure man. Posters are generally given out after the event, but im sure we can make an exception.

Eric Olden wrote on 11/17/19 at 19:46:09:


In that case, I'll wait until after the event, so I can get everybody's signatures. We can all go home from Monroe with a Kartamania 2020 poster with the signatures of everyone else who attended! How many signatures can I get? How many people will get my signature? In what far-flung parts of the world will there be somebody with the autographs of us, the Kartel?