Winter Won't Waiver...So Neither Will We

Temporary Ultimate Hiatus

Kapoor FTW.  Alex Rentzis - Ultiphotos.com

Well...sorta. Although it has been three weeks and a day since the Infinity Debacle and two weeks since Hopp Double Dipped in MHU Finals, to say Inception has taken a break entirely would be incorrect. Chewy will probably even chime in that there has been 6-10 overnight indoor tournaments since then. And he's skyed girls in every one. I believe at least The Saint, and maybe more Inceptors, played in a winter league final in Boulder. Since Boulder, CO is affectionately known as '25 square miles surrounded by reality', I'm going to have to say we're only counting results in the "real world", so the winter league win doesn't count as true offseason ultimate. Sorry, Boulderites.

Despite the numerous caveats, it's seemed like ages since Inception could be found tossing the plastic en masse. Cleats lay dormant in bedroom corners, slowly being covered by increasingly dirtier laundry. Inadvisable hammers going unthrown upwind. On the field, Inception is merely an afterthought in a dream (that metaphor worked out well!). 

Conversely, as dormant as Inception's on-field presence is, the off-field activity is abuzz. Email threads longer than Weezer's infamous sweater still stuff incoming mail boxes on the daily - nay - hourly. Arranging any type of organized sport gathering takes at least some preparation. And currently Inception is doing just that...along with typical offseason workouts, hangouts, and of course trash talking. The term "3-peat" still finds its way into any conversation longer than twelve seconds. Not going to live that one down for a while, apparently...

Here's a list of some of the things Inception is doing off-field, in the off season: