On to the recap of my night:

My friend and I arrived at ARCO at around 6:15.  Upon arrival at the media entrance we were accosted by Security. 

"You got to use the regular entrance guys, this is media and special guests only"

"Oh I know that, I'm here to be part of the pre-game show.  I'm going to be on the XO Communications X-Over"

"The what now?", he replied, clearly thinking us suspicious types.

"I'm supposed meet Andrew Nicholson here, you know who that is right?"

"Never heard of him"

"Um… well if its alright could I just wait here for him?"

"Yeah just stay out of the way"

Meanwhile Andrew led me to the media room where the first man I spot is none other than Jerry Reynolds.  I immediately go up to him and shake his hand.

"Mr. Reynolds? Aykis16 of Sactown Royalty.  I'm doing the pre-game show tonight.  Huge fan"

"So Jerry, about that Brock Ness Monster…"

He immediately laughed and replied

"Ha, I read that you wanted me to split the royalties with you.  Well, tell you what, you can go ahead and have all of them because I haven't seen a penny"

Admittedly I was a bit nervous heading onto the court.   I had never addressed so many people before, but Andrew and Scott (who came to meet us when we reached the court) did a great job prepping me and the layout of the show isn't as nerve-racking since it felt like I was just talking to Scott and Andrew.  I spotted BTE's shiny dome while we were setting up, but didn't see that sneaky section214 until it was too late:

The actual interview went a lot smoother, quicker and easier than I expected it to and I was relieved when it was over and I had done better than I expected.  That's when BTE and section called over to me.  Thanks for the support guys.

This night was a huge blast and the great game that followed was just icing on the cake for me.