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===The 100th Game of 2001 - 2002===
The hundredth game of the first year was played in the [[East 3]] common room, and received moderate publicity via an email sent 28 April 2002 to the [[East]] and [[Fayerweather]] dorms:
<blockquote>That's right, today at snacks in the East 3 common room, what has been almost two semesters and one winter study in the making is finally coming to a head, when Zach and Jonathan play their 100th game of cribbage. It promises to be an exciting match, as this year has seen hands as big as 28 points, comebacks from 40-point deficits, and even a near miss at that elusive double skunk. What marvellous spectacles will Sunday's game hold? No one knows, but be sure to come to the East 3 Common Room at 10:30 for what is absolutely sure to be a milestone in cribbage history and a roaring good time. These two players have been neck to neck all year, forsaking social lives and academic standing to perfect their game. Come see the masters in action, as Zach "Z-Money" McArthur tries to keep his since-spring-break streak rolling against Jonathan "J-Dawg" Landsman's best efforts to turn the tides. If you see one game of cribbage in your life, THIS is the game to see.</blockquote>
Occassions of great moment need great events, and so the publicity for the second hundredth game of cribbage (#200) took on a wider scope. Emails were sent to the [[Bridge]] and [[Deviants]] [[listservers]]; the Deviants version, sent 10 April 2003, is reprinted below:
<blockquote>Pop quiz, hotshots: you're sitting at a table across from the smartest, most attractive specimen of your desired sex you have ever dreamed of. What do you do? Normally, an invitation to play bridge would be in order, but there are only two of you. So what, my friend, DO YOU DO?<p>
Whip out that cribbage board, my friend, the one you carry with you everywhere you go. That, a deck of cards, and another human with a modicum of intelligence, as Zach and I demonstrate, is all you need to play.</p><p>
Zach? Who's that?</p><p>
Zach McArthur has come to bridge a few times. He lives in Prospect, and is a lover of Deviance; some of you may see him around in Driscoll, and certainly never in class. I know him better as my first real friend freshman year, in my entry of East 3. We met, actually, when I saw he had a cribbage board. Last year we played 100 games, and he won in May with a final score of 57 to 55. This year, we finished our 99th game last Monday.</p><p>
It is time . . . for <b>***Zach and Jonathan's Big 100, 2003***</b></p><p>
Zach and I will be playing our 100th match in the East 3 common room TONIGHT AT 9:00, for tradition's sake. The frosh there have no idea. We hope they won't beat us up. The score now is Me 58, Zach 55, so Zach can put himself very close with a skunk (win by 31), or take the first 100 with a double skunk (win by 61). This promises to be an exciting match. We are looking for a commentator (only someone with a deep knowledge of the game, please, this is world class stuff here. Yes, I'm kidding) and a pregame and maybe halftime show. Zach and I are a show in ourselves, though. It's going to be lots of fun, everything is in jest. . . except the game, which is for all the marbles, the honor, the glory, the affirmation of our manhoods. If you can't make it at 9, show up as soon as you can. We'll likely be there until 9:30.</p><p>
And Bridge night will start this week at 9:30 in the usual place, Currier North 3rd floor common room, unless Cribbage spectators, like hungry children asked to wait for the pie to cool on the windowsill before digging in, just cannot bear any delay and break down to get down and dirty, bridge style, right there in the East 3 common room.</p><p>
Good wishes to you all, my friends.</p></blockquote>
===Highlights of 2002 - 2003===
:'''Subject:''' The Ulitmate Cribbage Game of the Century
<blockquote><p>You've followed their amazing story for years . . .</p><p>
You've seen it advertised in the Daily Messages . . .</p><p>
But nothing can prepare you for what's gonna hit the Odd Quad, this Saturday (tomorrow) at 1 PM:</p><p>
THE ULTIMATE CRIBBAGE MATCH OF THE CENTURY<br>Zach McArthur vs. Jonathan Landsman, year three, game 100, for ultimate bragging rights.</p><p>
Be in the odd quad at 1 pm for an amazing cribbage event to last about 30 minutes – a little light after-lunch fun, nothing that you can't break from work to do.</p><p>
For the history of this great tradition, born two and a half years ago in the great entry of EAST 3 and enshrined in its continued hallowed place ever since, show up tomorrow and be regaled with the information live from the famed players themselves, and your commentators, well-versed in the cribbage arts, DAN BURNS (and possibly AL GORDON too).</p><p>
Hope to see you there. It's gonna be a beautiful day for Cribbage.</p><p>
* * * CURRENT MEMBERS OF EAST 3 -- come and see what's behind the washable crayon graffiti on your common room wall! The cribbage spirit infusing your entry; it is part of your heritage!</p></blockquote>
The site was the [[Odd Quad]], a tringle of grass surrounded by conrete sidewalk right in front of Jonathan's dorm of [[Currier]]. Before the event, Jonathan and Zach labeled squares of the cicuit of sidewalk with numbers from 1 to 30, so that human “pegs†could make the rounds four times to reach victory. Live assistants were needed to play the role of peg for each player; for Jonathan, the lovely Margit Sande-Kerback '05 stepped forth, and for Zach, the enchanting Julia Brown '06 presented herself.