sadly we cannot teleport to your venue or send a hologram to host in our place :( and gas is expensive and i drive a ~26mpg SUV!!! also making those event flyers takes a little while cause i like to make them extra cute to please the almighty social media algorithm
you can only imagine the HELL that the chess equipment goes through with a bunch of BOYS using it in dark bars weekly. ok i'm just being silly but those boards really do see spills sometimes and obviously i really do have to occasionally replace equipment
getting some income from this whole chess thing allows me spend a lil time doing online things to keep the chess nerds engaged between events...mostly in the form of making chess memes and hosting online tournaments. one time i spent a few hundred dollars getting custom punch cards and custom mugs made. the mugs were the prize for finishing the punch card ๐ฅ