PM Pals showed up, dropped an 86, and left absolutely no room for debate. Twenty points in Round 6, 20 more in the final, and suddenly everyone else was playing for second. A clinic.

 

Box Wine Children started with a ridiculous 17 through two rounds and looked poised for a runaway night. Then they followed it with a -2 in Round 4 and spent the rest of the evening trying to remember where those points went. Still managed second because apparently chaos is their brand.

 

Pa's Peninsula Peeps were sitting on 16 points after four rounds and somehow still finished third. A 20-point Round 6 and a 20-point final wager turned what looked like a rough night into a podium finish. Never count them out, apparently.

 

KT put together one of the stranger scorecards of the night. Six points in Round 5, twenty in Round 6, two in Round 7. That's less a trivia strategy and more a heart monitor.

 

Cosmonauts were steady all evening, which is usually a compliment. Unfortunately, when the teams around you are dropping 20-point rounds, "steady" becomes another word for "fifth place."

 

Better Late Than Never lived up to the name by scoring absolutely nothing in Round 3 and then spending the rest of the night trying to make up for it. The effort was appreciated.

 

Mortal Wombat had one of those nights where every time they started building momentum, another round came along and politely asked them not to. At least the final wager didn't make things worse.

 

Pint Half Full remains one of the most optimistic team names in trivia. Finishing with 23 after a negative final wager is certainly one way to test that optimism.

 

Overall, Far Field was basically a masterclass in why survival isn't enough. The top teams weren't just answering questions—they were vacuuming up bonus points and throwing around 20-point rounds like they were Halloween candy.