Well Romeo and I weren't aware that we would be staying in SLO the night before. So then we had to think about it logically.
If we go to SLO, we won't be going to sleep until 6 am, because we will be having lots of fun.
Which means we'd have to leave at about 7 am because we'd be at least 3 hours from the tournament.
Which means we'd have to wake up at around 5:30am to reasonably leave at 7 am.
Which means we'd have to travel 30 minutes back in time to accomplish our goals.
Then, we'd go to a tournament tired as ****.
Then, since plan9 has class the next day, we'd have to drive back that same night, after a 10 hour+ tournament.
Something tells me none of that sounds like a good idea. Nothing to do with flaking, **** was just never a good idea to begin with. And people won't even be arriving until 2 am.
And we're not trying to stop anyone from going. We could easily find our own rides, and we could even fill Lovage's car with other people.
But that doesn't matter, it's not a good idea to begin with.
A much better idea would have been to plan this party for thursday night, use friday to recuperate, then head out friday night and sleep over in Norcal.
Parties before tournaments only work if you aren't driving 3 hours, playing for 10, then driving 6 hours immediately after the party.
I just don't understand what's stupid about any of that.