Too bad I no longer work at IBM, otherwise I'd be there with you. Haha. If anyone needs another member, please hire me and then I'll be eligible to play (hint hint: I'm looking for a job).
Networking and badminton, together at last! Joking aside, best of luck in your search, it's tough out there, but things are rapidly improving
Totally agree. I was not suggesting for complete exclusion, but just looking forward to next year with tons of companies lining up to join, how do we limit to still 16 max entrees. Glad to hear that IBM is putting together a team. Now where is HP, Microsoft, Sun, Apple, Applied, Symantec, NatSemi, AMD, Agilent, Juniper, KLA, Adobe...?
i believe we can no longer limit it to 16. we should allow as many teams as possible. if we double the size, we just make a huge draw and rent the gym for 2 days. imagine, if we can get all those companies you listed, that will be a major event in the bay area. (well, except Sun, which will be under Oracle...)
Last year, team Oracle came in uniform (I think or at least the same color shirt). I thought it was so cool. Hope other team would do the same.
Pretty soon.. ..with all those companies involved, this tournament will be re-named to: The Silicon Valley Badminton Challenge..
Did they have a WD event last yr??.. ..i'm looking at the winning team & notice only 1 woman in the pic..Did they have a WD match as well, last yr??.. *kwun, both of them will be waiting for your presence on the court..
they wouldn't need a WD team. they can win by just MD/MX alone. very good players. i don't know their name, but i probably won't get more than 5 points if they play serious..
^^Ohh, come on..^^ ..i think kwun is giving too much credit...Come on, kwun, those guys haven't seen what you've got in store for them and the rest of the competition...Do they know you've been training very hard recently??..
If I remember correctly, kwun is right. Ebay basically took all the MD (#1 and #2) and XD. They had a good MD3 and ok WD, to entertain the other teams. The only question was whether they would win 5-0, 4-1, or 3-2. However, I must say Oracle XD did give them a very good match (BTW, I don't work for Oracle. Just enjoyed a good match). ctjcad is right also. With kwun and others teams, it should be very exciting and try to de-throne the champ. Let's build some bay area badminton rivalry
The first one from right is Dzung Dang and the other is Luc Nguyen. Both are ex Vietnam National Players. Indeed very good players..A++.
Unfortunately no. We don't have enough players to form a team. It should be lots of fun with that many teams and mix of players. Not sure if you guys can do all that in a day though. kwun, you should give Ebay and Oracle a run for that gold metal BTW, maybe you can negotiate to have a Team BadmintonCentral for those who aren't part of any of these companies
we will see about Oracle. ebay is untouchable. while most companies are struggling to find enough players, they have so many good players i heard they had an internal trial and ended up with all A/B level players in the team. technically i just need to hire each person as a contractor for a day, fire them, and then they will be qualified, i will give that a thought.
