Let the Chaos Begin...

Earthquake Edition

That was the longest and the most enthusiastic quake that I have ever experienced so far. It lasted for about a minute or two and it was strong enough to knock down all my action figures on my shelf. Now I will have to fix them up again -_- Anyway, I checked online and as usual, my Facebook feed is flooded with statuses about the shakedown -_- and according to ABC-CBN news, it was a magnitude 6.8 earthquake and it hit the Negros-Cebu region, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Our house is only a hundred yards away from the sea but there have been no signs of a tidal wave (yet). Watching a lot of National Geographic taught me that one of the tell-tale signs that a tidal wave or tsunami is about to hit is when the water starts to retreat away from the shore back to the ocean, only to come back again as a giant wave after a few minutes. So far, the water looks to be the way it should be (I actually checked just a few minutes ago).

I just found out today that I was part of a 3 way tie for the fifth spot for the ACBA WCT round 5 but unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make the cut. I was ready to let it all go yesterday but knowing that I came that close to being able to get in the finals sorta makes me feel bad about it to be honest. It got even narrowed down to being a choice between me and another contestant, TheDEMAN92. He had an awesome display as well featuring Ant-Man finishing off a DC character that I don’t even know by throwing a train at him. He almost got eliminated for using multiple miniatures and different Ant-Man figures when the rule clearly states that we can only use two characters. Instead of eliminating him, they decided to scrub some points off his score card. I’m not really into being a sour grape but if I was, I would point out that he should have been eliminated and I should be in the final round. But I wouldn’t do that because I don’t wanna impose and cause a major argument in the whole ACBA community. Instead, I would take that as a challenge to be better next year when I join again. Better enough not to be on this tight spot again. Thanks to Boognice10 though for saying he thought my display was sick and he was rooting for me, that really means a lot. But there are other judges and the decision should b unanimous. I almost made it but almost doesn’t count. Congrats to TheDEMAN92 and goodluck to all the remaining five and I bet it will be an awesome final round.