I was very pleased with the results of Uptown 1.5 in Sedat's Prize Tournament I. 5th place is a great accomplishment, especially given the quality of competitors present. However, in reviewing the games played, I've started to become disillusioned / frustrated with the current "standard" opening of B90.
It seems we have two options currently. Continue to play the B90 game, and compete with the many authors who continue to tweak and perfect the existing lines, or to search out new land to explore. For the next SCCT Prize Tournament, I've chosen the latter, and have created a new tournament book, called 'Midtown'.
As far as the fate of the "Uptown" book series, I'm undecided. I do enjoy adding new lines to the book, and sharing them with the community, but I won't be able to dedicate my time to it 100% as I was previously. Right now I do plan to update "Uptown" but the updates may be slow and few.
SCCT Prize Tournament II is scheduled in ~ 2 weeks, so I'll know more when see how Midtown performs.
