We built Pickupalooza.com for fun primarily. 
We had great support from people like Councilman Bill Peduto, our friends like Eric at Blackberry Studios, and Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy. It was great as long as we all came to games and stayed motivated. The problem being that we get busy sometimes. It was an awesome way to meet new people and is still used by people we love like Colin at Fossil Free Fuels. We want to keep Pickupalooza going especially here in Pittsburgh but until Sunday I wasn’t sure how to get the energy back from last summer. That energy came in the form of Adam Nelson of Obscure Games. I spent nearly four hours on Sunday playing at Frick Park. I played games like Drop-In, Friggat, and Circle Rules Soccer. I told Adam it could have gone either way but it was awesome. Adam is like a camp counselor (in fact he has been one) and is a member of Pitt’s Outing Club. He is motivated and is able to rally people to play games nearly every day. The games were really fun and just competitive enough that anyone can play. I talked to him about the challenges we had with pickupalooza and the great thing he does is decide what game to play based on turnout. This way you don’t have too few for soccer or too many for something else. I think we are going to help Adam in his planning for a festival he wants to pull off next summer. The festival is tentatively called the PghPLAYS Festival and you can help Adam out by visiting the PghPLAYS blog. This festival will introduce you to a tone of cool games. For now you can find Adam’s games listed under the category Obscure Games on Pickupalooza Pittsburgh. Go Adam. Thanks also to all the cool people we met like Simon from SmallFarmCentral. Get out and play. It’s a great way to meet people. My only problem is that at age 32, things are starting to hurt a bit more. Running this morning was rough.