For some, satisfaction comes from just knowing that they can beat their opponents regularly; others enter tournaments to assert their dominance. In Quincy House, where foosball can become a way of life, there is at least one annual foosball tournament.

Michael Twomey '85, "Foosczar" for the past two years, oversees these tournaments as well as the foosball table, according to Quintana. Tournament winners are rewarded with a plaque in their name.

But, Quincy House may soon be expanding its foosball fad into an intramural sport, says Eriberto P. Lozado '86. This is not surprising for a House which, according to Harrington, is the only House at Harvard to have its own foosball tutor.

Harrington takes this all in stride, calling foosball an "athletic event." He says that since he has started playing foosball, his wrists have built up and he has developed backaches. "When you're playing fast and furious action for an hour, you can be sweating You come upstairs and your shirt's drenched."

The foosball tradition is one that has existed at Quincy for quite a long time, says Quintana. At the Quincy House 25th Reunion, legendary alums dropped by to see the foosball table of their college days. Says Quintana, "It's just like riding a bike. They were still pretty good, but you could tell they weren't their former selves."

It's not surprising that a former master can lose his touch. As Jacobsen says, "the only place you can find foosball tables are college campuses and sleazy bars."