Good morning, Füsters and willkommen to Week 8, the final week of Winterfüste 2019. As of today, there are 50 players left in the Northern game and 27 players left in the Southern game. We dropped a collective 18 players. That 20% drop rate is the lowest in recent memory and is a testament to how hard you guys have been playing the game. GG has been very impressed with what he’s seen during WF19 and can honestly say this is the best group of Füsters in the last century. Herr Doktor Mediziner Schneebärtchen would be proud!

Now for some final week updates:

On Finale Friday (or Saturday for the SEPs), don’t forget to weigh in first thing in the morning and then text a pic to GG (or JJ), same as you did on Day 1 and the half way point. We will not be doing a weigh in at the Finalefüste event so if you want your pounds of lost flank meat to count as points for your Gruppen, make sure to send the weigh in pic.
There is no homework assignment for this final week (not like most of you were doing it anyway, based on some of the struggles GG has witnessed during the recent audits). So relax and spend the week preparing for the coming brutality of the Finale Konfrontation!
GG will put out location information for the Finalefüste in NorCal within the next 24 hours. He is happy to report that he has secured two venue options and just needs to make a final decision. Both venues are in central Santa Rosa so they will be easy to Lyft to . . . remember, GG has a strict no drinking and driving policy so if you plan to imbibe, plan to pay for a ride.
And to that, some details on the Finalefüste event:
- Please wear athletic-ish attire. The Finale Konfrontation is physical and requires strenuous activity from the players. GG respects the fact that you want to show off your newly earned skinny jeans but you’ll look just as good in something that breaths and allows a full range of motion.
- For the NorCal event, food, beer and wine will be provided. Unfortunately, hard alcohol will not be allowed at the venue. If you have a special drink that you’d like break your drunkenfast with, please bring enough to share.
- SEPs, you’ll be receiving info on your event directly from JJ.
There’s a final plankenfüste bonus posted for Week 8. Check the Bonuspunkte page for details.
Audits will continue this week so don’t be surprised when you get tapped to complete one. There is a +2p bonus associated with the successful completion of an audit request.

That’s it for now . . . there will most likely be one final communication out to this group before Friday. In the meantime, don’t let up! Your flank meat is on the ropes, beaten down and confused as to what the hell just happened to it. Keep the pressure on through Friday! Stay away from the sugar and the alcohol and get those Trippelts in for the most punkte possible. If you have open bonuses, get those done too! The game will be over as of Friday and there won’t be another opportunity to Füste until 2020, so this last five days is it! Get as much final punkte as you can and hit your flank meat hard! Now is not the time to start slacking off!

Good luck in the final week and as always, may the Füste be with you!