****************************************************************************** ** ** ** H'Pak Match Summary for 2001 1207: ** ** ** ****************************************************************************** ______________________________________________________________________________ 011207 2023 BKT Venice ^ StB - Baak Wins Venice FFA: Baak'lor, Terd St. Ain, Kaor2 TS sandwich; Kaor and TS get into it early, with TS taking heavy losses from both Kaor and Baak; Kaor does a nice move with Ghols against Baak's Bowmen, but runs out of time... ______________________________________________________________________________ 011207 2044 BKT A Borderl LoH - Kaor2 Wins A Borderland Odyssey / Aqualonian Killing Spree FFA: Kaor2, Baak'lor, Terd St. Ain First casualty with 1:30 left in the game; Baak's Ghols misfire against TS's Berserks - again!; Kaor takes the flag early and while TS and Baak duke it out at the shoreline, Kaor patiently waits for the two wounded armies to take him on; Kaor ends the game with 96% remaining, TS: 33%, Baak: 41% ______________________________________________________________________________ 011207 2100 BKT Sieve StB - TS Wins Sieve / Like Taking Candy From Strangers FFA: Kaor2, Baak'lor, Terd St. Ain Baak grabs the Bacon early and maneuvers it far from the center of the map, but ends up stranding it at the edge of deep water at the river crossing; Kaor captures the Bacon and sets up as defender, but ends up succumbing to a two-front battle against TS and Baak. A *tense* Sudden Death ensues, with TS coming out victorious with 3 Stygian Knights which are invincible to Baak's remaining Bowmen; watch for Baak's inept Dorf early in the battle. ______________________________________________________________________________ *011207 2117 BKT A Borderl StB - Kaor2 Wins A Borderland Odyssey / Nemedian Chronicles FFA: Kaor2, Baak'lor, Terd St. Ain Pathfinder Dorfs, Huge armies of Thrall, a dozen Wights, intermittent heavy rain - and the Bacon transformed into a Beach ball - what else could you want? This game was truly hilarious, starting off with simultaneous Wight onslaughts from both Kaor and Baak against TS's Dorfs, who were desperately trying to get the Bacon away from the water in the center of the map! Kaor's Wight explosion sent the Bacon to Baak with a lucky bounce and from then on Baak was on defense. Baak’s Dorf became over-zealous when maneuvering the Bacon from there and ended up taking it to the far NW corner of the map! The end of the game was so funny to watch, with Kaor's Relentless Thrall tracking Baak’s Dorf like The Terminator and finally capturing the Bacon when Baak’s Dorf failed to fend them off!! Great Game!! ______________________________________________________________________________ +011207 2137 BKT wasteland StB - Baak Wins wasteland_v1 / Wasteland: Dark Arena. FFA: Kaor2, Baak'lor, Terd St. Ain You could feel the tension in this battle from the get-go; very well-balanced units; Bacon gets stuck early off the edge of a mesa and Baak captures it; TS and Kaor wage two-front war against Baak, with Baak finally having to abandon the Bacon and wait for a better opportunity; *very* tense Sudden Death ending with a little help from a Kaor Dorf Dud! ______________________________________________________________________________ +011207 2157 BKT Picket Fe StB - Baak Wins Picket Fences / Picket Fences - Dark Invasion FFA: Kaor2, Baak'lor, Terd St. Ain Kaor grabs the Bacon early only to have it stranded on the edge of deep water; watch for Kaor's Minelayer Dorf at 7:34 - after meticulously placing three mines, the first one goes off accidentally, taking out the Dorf! Baak was watching the whole scenario from a scout Dorf; at roughly 4:00 TS begins his attack from the front, while Baak does a sneak attack from behind, leaving Kaor wounded after the brief two-front battle; TS steals the Bacon (watch Baak's units, you can tell he didn't realize the Bacon was gone until 1:00!); Baak sends all remaining troops to the Bacon, which is now on the far side of the map! Watch TS's Minelayer Dorf in the final battle between TS and Kaor: when he dies, he drops *all* his remaining mines - unknown to the two armies! With 10 seconds left in the game, they all explode, taking TS from 73% remaining down to 23% in an instant! Lucky for Baak, TS and Kaor have just enough units left to create a Sudden Death situation, and with what seems like a 1/1000th of a second left before the Sudden Death expires, Baak's first Myrk gets close enough to make the Sudden Death stick! With 80% of his units left, it's Game Over! ______________________________________________________________________________ 011207 2213 BKT Picket Fe^ StB - Kaor Wins Picket Fences / Picket Fences - Dark Invasion (w/sakcannon_warlock) FFA: Kaor2, Baak'lor, Terd St. Ain Baak and Kaor get into it early, with Baak losing a Cannon; Baak cornered Kaor but decided to go for the Bacon instead - which was a mistake! Baak limped away with one Cannon barely alive and managed to take out one of TS's before being reduced to a few Mauls; Kaor's Cannons were *hot* in this game! Kaor comes on strong at the end and easily takes the Bacon. FUNK: Watch for the MASSIVE REAL BACON at 8:29 in the NW corner of the map - Baak's Cannon hits *directly* in the center of the pig pen killing *all* the pigs! This summed up Baak's Cannons against Kaor very well... ______________________________________________________________________________ 011207 2253 BT Sieve ^ Cps - TS Wins Sieve / Like Driving On The Railroad Tracks (w/sakcannon_warlock) FFA: Terd St. Ain, Baak'lor Baak didn't have a *clue* - undergoing a "Bacon Flashback" quickly in the game and focusing all his attention on one ball! TS quickly captured the balls Baak originally held, and we discovered that once someone gets *all* of them, the game is over! ______________________________________________________________________________ 011207 2314 BT Higher & ^ Cps - TS Wins Higher & Deeper / Piled Higher & Deeper (dark) (w/sakcannon_warlock) FFA: Terd St. Ain, Baak'lor TS's Cannon was *amazing*, taking out Baak's with one shot, and then nailing his remaining units! Baak didn't have a chance against TS in this one... ______________________________________________________________________________ 011207 2345 BT Hedgerow ^ StB - Baak Wins Hedgerow / Bustle In Your Hedge-row (dark) (mesh contains Lich Mage) FFA: Terd St. Ain, Baak'lor Truly funky playing with the Lich Mages - seem to have missle attack which is not terribly accurate, but *cool* to watch! Many small scrimages and one big exchange. FUNK: Check out TS's Frozen Myrk at 9:39 - Baak's Lich Mage Special Attack actually worked! Also: TS's two Dorfs were wreaking havoc until Baak's Dorf came out and took them out with one shot - it just looks funny, like he's pissed off and tired of the pestering! :) ______________________________________________________________________________ +011208 0013 BNT A Borderl^ StB - Baak Wins A Borderland Odyssey / Nemedian Chronicles (w/sakcannon_warlock) FFA: Terd St. Ain, Nokilli, Baak'lor A Classic BNT Battle!! Baak took the Bacon early with a Wight and laid a trap for TS with another Wight by the wall near some satchels and pus packets - it was lucky for Baak that those satchels et al were there because TS's Dorfs started to run when Baak's Wight emerged, but the fallout from everything - including dropped flares - took out 4/5 of TS's Dorfs! But... That 5th Dorf was on a Blood Vengeance Quest and survived one of Baak's Dorfs when the rain changed, and proceeded to destroy a large portion of Baak's army when NKI attacked from behind! Baak had another Wight underwater near the Bacon, waiting for the End Game, and - surviving a brief and bizarre encounter with TS's Wight (where the two Wights seems to "auto-retreat"?!?), Baak's Wight returned to the deep water... At the very end, Baak's Wight did it's thing and launched the Bacon over to two of Baak's Dorfs - which were *very* lucky not to have taken a direct attack from TS's Wight which seemed confused! Great Game!! ______________________________________________________________________________ 011208 0034 BNT A Borderl^ StB - TS Wins A Borderland Odyssey / The Battle of Westermarck (w/sakcannon_warlock) FFA: Terd St. Ain, Nokilli, Baak'lor Baak takes the Bacon early and it's the last time he sees it! Baak and NKI get into it a bit and TS gets a good bounce from the Bacon being targeted by NKI's Cannons. Some good small battles. ______________________________________________________________________________ +011208 0052 BNT A Borderl^ StB - Baak Wins A Borderland Odyssey / The Battle of Westermarck (w/sakcannon_warlock) FFA: Terd St. Ain, Nokilli, Baak'lor After TS grabs the Bacon early, a well-placed NKI Wight launches it, but it bounces off two of TS's Ghols just before their demise, thus landing the now TS-owned Bacon in the middle of deep water! Baak sneak attacks TS, but fails to withdraw at the key moment - a HUGE battle ensues, leaving nothing but Baak's two Cannons! The Bacon still belongs to TS, even though he is out; as NKI pummels the pond with Cannon-fire trying to dislodge the Bacon, Baak sends in three Ghols to take out NKI's one Heron Guard at the edge of the pond; NKI *does* launch the Bacon directly over the heads of the two remaining Baak Ghols and NKI's Guard where the Bacon becomes "Contested" (at 2 *seconds* left!) - and with only ONE SECOND REMAINING, NKI's Guard succumbs to Baak's Ghols and the Bacon goes to Baak before it falls to the ground too far for NKI to recover! FUNK!! ______________________________________________________________________________ 011208 0126 BNT Sieve ^ StB - TS Wins Sieve / Like Sticking A Fork In A Toaster (w/sakcannon_warlock) FFA: Terd St. Ain, Baak'lor, Nokilli NKI takes the Bacon early; he and TS exchange blows for a while and cease hostilities with almost equal units remaining; Baak's sneak attack against NKI is not entirely successful, leaving him too wounded to take on TS's remaining army. ______________________________________________________________________________ 011208 0148 BNT Higher & ^ StB - NKI Wins Higher & Deeper / Piled Higher & Deeper (dark) (w/sakcannon_warlock) FFA: Terd St. Ain, Baak'lor, Nokilli NKI grabs the Bacon early and sets up an excellent defensive posture; Baak tries a flank maneuver only to be completely blocked by trees; NKI's Cannon is *on*; TS attacks from the other flank, but with NKI's Cannon smoking, there's just no way for TS or Baak to take it back! ______________________________________________________________________________ Legend: * = Game Of The Week + = Game Of The Week Runner Up $ = Deciding Game for The Sacred Sword & Axe of Shaal'a Manx s = Slide Show Notes: ______________________________________________________________________________