Project Barley Brewery & Pizzeria

Lomita

Wednesday, 7:30 PM

Latest game: 7/9/25

Project Barley Lomita served up another night of brain-busting, beer-fueled chaos. Most teams came ready to play. One didn’t even stick around to say goodbye. Let’s break it down—with the proper amount of mockery.

Wolfpack (84)
Started with a zero. Finished with 84. That’s not a comeback, that’s a full-blown werewolf transformation under a trivia moon. They howled through Rounds 4–6 with perfect 20s and sealed it with a confident final wager. Next time, maybe try scoring in Round 1?

Barley Functional (71)
Functional, indeed—like a 2003 Honda Civic. Reliable, a little dinged-up midgame, but gets you where you need to go. A very solid first half, a little sleepy toward the end, but nailed the wager and walked away with silver. They may not be fancy, but they get the job done.

Portillo's Parking Lot (69)
Nice. They tied for third but won the tiebreaker, likely due to strong tailgating instincts. Their game was mostly consistent with one weird hiccup in Round 4—but they floored it in the back half. Not flashy, but effective… and probably covered in hot dog grease.

Potent Potables (69)
Tied with the parking lot people, but lost the tiebreaker—perhaps distracted by their own beverages. They led early but let the fizz go flat in the second half. Still, nothing to be ashamed of, and three League Points!

Hypnotoads Revenge (66)
All glory to the middle rounds. They started strong, slipped in Rounds 5–6, then spaced out completely in Round 7. Thankfully, the final wager pulled them out of the trivia swamp. A respectable finish for a team clearly hypnotized into forgetting half the game.

Doki Doki Trivia Club (63)
More doki than trivia in the second half. Started strong, faltered around Round 4, and just sort of hovered in the “decent” zone. Their final score makes it look like they knew what they were doing, which is the best kind of illusion.

Lucille (60)
Started promising, then the engine stalled. No points in the first wager round—either a bold strategy or a classic case of "we’re done here." Bonus points for surviving the trivia night without committing to an ending. Like a Netflix show that just stops.

Regal Beagles (59)
Apparently spent Round 1 chasing squirrels. After that? Not bad! Solid effort and a good wager, but they never quite climbed into the top tier. Regal in name, mildly disheveled in execution.

Houston We Have an Answer (49)
They did have some answers. Just… not enough. A strong second half kept them out of the trivia basement, but the front half was pure space debris. Ground control might want to double-check their launch sequence next time, as they missed some golden opportunities to double!

Gently, Gently, Gently…Nice! (42)
An emotional rollercoaster of tiny gains. Round 4 was great; everything else was like asking someone to whisper facts while jogging uphill. Final wager? No thanks. They preferred to gently glide into obscurity.

Rolling4 (37)
This team stayed on brand by rolling just enough to avoid catastrophe… but not enough to be relevant. Like the slowest die in Yahtzee—never quite exciting, but at least it stayed on the table.

Barf Lies (33)
Name of the night. Score? Not quite so hot. Early promise turned to existential dread by Round 4, followed by silence and confusion. Their story arc peaked at the team name.

Bell Bottoms (26)
A vintage vibe with a dusty performance. They never broke double digits in any round. I’d say they phoned it in, but it’s possible their rotary dial wasn’t working.

Smarty Pints (25)
They tried. That’s the nicest thing I can say. Every answer was met with a quiet “close enough?” followed by disappointment. But hey—5 points in the wager! That’s something!

Of Katherine (21)
Started slow, stayed slow, then stalled out. Whatever Katherine inspired this effort may want her name back. They politely exited before the final question, and no one had the heart to stop them.

U of O (9)
Dropped out after Round 3 and honestly? We respect it. When you know it's not your night, the bravest thing you can do is walk away. Right after three rounds of confused staring.

1st place: Wolfpack

2nd place: Barley Functional

3rd place: Portillo's Parking Lot (Won tie-breaker)