Friday Opening Trip Report for the 23rd annual Texas State Foosball Championships

     Live blogging from the ballroom of the 23rd Annual Texas State Championships! Smooth drive in with a seamless check in to the Sheraton Grand Hotel DFW Airport. Ole' Dad Steve Murray gave me special access to check out the ballroom pre-tournament. Charles, Carlos, Spirit, Justin, and the rest of the table crew did a great job putting it all together.

     42 brand new commercial coin-op Tornado tables are on location to handle the event. Each table has a Fooslight installed for optimal play. I spent over an hour sparring with Spirit Mollice and Tornado is still doing it right! The tables are playing great! Multiple computer and water locations are set up around the ball room for the player's convenience. The fantastic IFP Everplay software will be used. You can register for events and keep up with the live brackets online at http://www.ifptour.com/ . Time to get back down to the ballroom and prepare for the draw! FOOS ON!!!

Live video streaming is available for the event.
Here are the details from Jim Stevens (Below is copied from http://www.foosballboard.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=12890)

Watch the 22nd annual Texas State Championships starting this Friday evening at http://www.netfoos.tv.

Watch 4 full days of live streaming action from the 2013 Texas State Championships starting this Friday, May 24th at 8:00PM (CDT, GMT-6) at NetFoos.tv. Get the High Quality Package for $19.95 and enjoy all the action with commentary and 6 camera angles. Or, watch the free one-camera stream. Go to netfoos.tv for all the action!

The High Quality Package includes...
• Complete 4-day Inside Foos coverage from Texas.
• More than 40 hours of championship action!
• Play-by-play commentary of Jim Stevens.
• 6 camera angles and full table sound.
• $15 off the price of the Texas State DVD set.
• Interviews, features, trivia contests for Inside Foos DVD sets and more!

Join Jim and the Inside Foos crew for a Free Hour of Coverage this Friday night, May 24th at 8PM (CDT, GMT-6) at NetFoos.tv.

A free, one-camera live stream can also be accessed at NetFoos.tv. This version includes only a view of table 1 with no commentary and will begin at 9:15PM (CDT) Friday, May 25th.

Live Streaming Schedule:

Friday, May 24: 8:00PM - 12:00AM
Saturday, May 25: 12:00PM - 12:00AM
Sunday, May 26: 12:00PM - 12:00AM
Monday, May 27: 12:00PM - Conclusion

All times US Central Time, GMT-6