****************************************************************************** ** ** ** H'Pak Match Summary for 2002 0824: ** ** ** ****************************************************************************** _____________________________________________________________________________ +020824 2047 BHTv Gimble in StB - HS Wins Gimble in the Wabe FFA 4: Baak, HedgeSnake, vinylrake, Two Saks VR has it, then Baak grabs it - but suddenly finds himself *surrounded* by *everyone*!! Comes down to a *great* ending - but HS takes it with excellent timing!! Nicely done! _____________________________________________________________________________ 020824 2104 BBHT.Knuckle o StB - NKI & TS Win Knuckle of the Oasis v1.1 / Knuckle of the Oasis (Light) 3v2: Baak & HedgeSnake & vinylrake, Big Purple Thing & Two Saks Both teams go for the Bacon, only NKI & TS seem to have a bit of an edge unit-wise - NKI summed it up nicely: "We caught you with your pants down" Spank! ;) _____________________________________________________________________________ 020824 2117 BBHT.Knuckle o StB - NKI & TS Win Knuckle of the Oasis v1.1 / Knuckle of the Oasis (Light) 3v2: Baak & HedgeSnake & vinylrake, Big Purple Thing & Two Saks Baak & HS & VR go for a flank maneuver, but it doesn't quite work... Last minute chase *could* have been closer, but Bacon won't move! ;) _____________________________________________________________________________ 020824 2134 BBHT.sleepyho StB - Baak & HS & VR Win sleepyho / Sleepy Hollow (dark) 3v2: Baak & HedgeSnake & vinylrake, Big Purple Thing & Two Saks Baak & HS & VR do a nice job of picking at NKI & TS - a couple of Warlock fireballs soften up those Mauls that come in at the end... _____________________________________________________________________________ 020824 2154 BBHT.Hedgerow StB - Baak & HS & VR Win Hedgerow / Bustle In Your Hedge-row (wacky) 3v2: Baak & HedgeSnake & vinylrake, Big Purple Thing & Two Saks NKI & TS get the Bacon and defend at the center. Baak & HS & VR lose one Warlock, but the second is a *bit tougher*! ;) Good 3-man teamwork here - but watch out for that TS Dorf! He's *pure evil*!! ... And it appears that NKI & TS may have lost track of the time! ;) _____________________________________________________________________________ +020824 2206 BBHT.Hedgerow ^ StB - VR Wins Hedgerow / Bustle In Your Hedge-row (wacky) sakcannon_warlock FFA 5: Baak, HedgeSnake, vinylrake, Big Purple Thing, Two Saks Nothing like *FIVE* pairs of Sak Cannons and *SIXTY* (OMG!) Flare Dorfs!! lol!! HS gets sandwiched by everyone (check out the starting positions!) VR and Baak are at it again - amazing Baak's Cannons *both* survive, but don't do much damage!! Comes down to a huge Satchel Air Strike Fest at the end - but VR manages to keep tagging it! Nicely done! _____________________________________________________________________________ $+020824 2225 BBHT.BrokenArr^ StB - Baak & HS & VR Win BrokenArrow_v1 / Six Dwarven Cocktails (6 team slugfest) Dwarf Rockets 2 3v2: Baak & HedgeSnake & vinylrake, Big Purple Thing & Two Saks Ooooh this is a *good one!!* Lots of tension - lots of "not knowing *exactly* what's going on out there"! Couple of *really close spots* too! Especially the very end, where a NKI & TS Ghol comes in for the Bacon *and* attacks the last Rocket Dorf! *Luckily* Baak & HS & VR have one JMan left and they manage to dance around just right to finally get the Ghol! (plus they push the Bacon into the trees to be *sure* it is *stuck*!!) Good Game!! _____________________________________________________________________________ 020824 2242 BBHT.Knuckle o StB - NKI Wins Knuckle of the Oasis v1.1 / Knuckle of the Oasis (Light) FFA 5: Baak, HedgeSnake, vinylrake, Big Purple Thing, Two Saks Baak heads out only to find himself in a three-front situation - he retreats, and tries to sneak attack VR - but this leads to a one-on-one battle that lasts the *entire game*!! (Sorry, VR!) Meanwhile, TS grabs the Bacon back from VR (VR got split in two by Baak being where he was). It comes down to the last minute - HS comes in and is giving TS a really good run for the money - even when NKI comes and joins in - but NKI is just too strong and VR's Herons don't quite get there in time... _____________________________________________________________________________ 020824 2319 BBTa Amsterdam StB - Baak & VR Win Amsterdam / Conquest Of Yer-Ks 2v2: Baak & and it was all yellow, Big Purple Thing & Two Saks Baak & VR are really rollin' on this one - some excellent teamwork leads to a solid win. FUNNY: Ending is total overkill! *Pus that Spider!* lol!! _____________________________________________________________________________ 020824 2327 BBTa Redsand_v StB - Baak & VR Win Redsand_v1 / Red Sand, Black Blood 2v2: Baak & and it was all yellow, Big Purple Thing & Two Saks One of those "quick ones" on this map!! Both teams go for the Bacon, but Baak & VR pull back and then immediately attack - one of two Dwarves breaks onto the hill, leaving a dead NKI & TS Dwarf - with his satchels!! A fire arrow and BOOM!! From there total melee chaos and a fast game! _____________________________________________________________________________ 020824 2340 BBTa Redsand_v StB - TS Wins Redsand_v1 / Red Sand, Black Blood FFA 4: Baak, Big Purple Thing, Two Saks, and it was all yellow Baak and VR are at it again! (lol! That final taunting bre'Unor is *so funny*!!) ... Then NKI gets in on the action!! TS has an *excellent* pair of Ghol Assassins that get Baak! Baak tries to run with it, but needs a couple more guys and a few more precious seconds!! Nice one, TS!! :) _____________________________________________________________________________ +020824 2357 BBTa Green Par StB - NKI Wins Green Paradise v1.1 / Green Paradise FFA 4: Baak, Big Purple Thing, Two Saks, and it was all yellow Oh man - this one is all down to the ending!! VR gets an *excellent* Wight shot on Baak (who knew he was in there and had *just* turned away! Perfect timing!) - Baak has a perfect FF Dorf accident too! lol!! But... Baak does manage to contest the Bacon (seemingly with 1/2 a second to do so with those stunned Ghols! CLICK-CLICK-CLICK!!) and thus draws out the ending - TS contests for a long time with those Thrall, but NKI is the one that storms in with perfect timing! _____________________________________________________________________________ +020825 0013 BBTa Venice ^ StB - TS Wins Venice Dwarf Rockets 2, sakcannon_warlock FFA 4: Baak, Big Purple Thing, Two Saks, and it was all yellow What a *perfect* shot at the end TS!! Nice!! Rocket Dwarves AND Sak Cannons!! OMG!! This one you just have to watch to fully appreciate! ;) _____________________________________________________________________________ +020825 0026 BBTa Amsterdam LoH - Baak Wins Amsterdam / Dwarven Dutch Holiday FFA 4: Baak, Big Purple Thing, Two Saks, and it was all yellow Baak sneaks a flare attack in on NKI who is facing the other way - unfortunately! Funny too because it takes Baak *three* flares to get him - and he *almost* moved out of the way! While NKI and Baak duke it out by the bridge, TS comes in on Baak's flank and VR comes in behind NKI! With the rain this one is *SOOOO* close!! You've just *gotta* watch it! Well worth it! :D By the way, what happened to TS's and VR's last Dwarves? lol! _____________________________________________________________________________ +020825 0041 BBTa Leagues f LoH - VR Wins Leagues from Nowhere / Leagues from Nowhere FFA 4: Baak, Big Purple Thing, Two Saks, and it was all yellow Baak gets a nasty couple of hits on NKI (that Pile o' Dorfs was just *too* tempting!!) - although NKI gets a bit of revenge! (and nicely done!) Everyone goes for the flag at the end - where VR has been standing for most of the game - but Baak backs off thinking TS is contesting, and TS does the same! Doh! While fighting off NKI's advance, VR takes it uncontested!! LOL!! _____________________________________________________________________________ +020825 0053 BBTa BrokenArr^ KoH - Baak Wins BrokenArrow_v1 / Six Dwarven Cocktails (6 team slugfest) Dwarf Rockets 2 FFA 4: Baak, Big Purple Thing, Two Saks, and it was all yellow No "One Minute Truce" on this one!! Baak is hammering NKI, and Baak and TS exchange a couple of *close* shots more than once!! FUNNY: Baak "clears the Flag" with a shot! Including his own guys! lol!! _____________________________________________________________________________ 020825 0110 BBTa sleepyho ^ StB - VR Wins sleepyho / Sleepy Hollow (heavy arms) Dwarf Rockets 2 FFA 4: Baak, Big Purple Thing, Two Saks, and it was all yellow VR flat out *dominates* on this one!! Baak tries to launch it, but can't seem to get it to go! *And* he just can't get the Bacon rolling! lol!! NKI started in the center (tough on this one) and TS got hammered early when NKI launched the Bacon into his corner... _____________________________________________________________________________ #+020825 0127 BBTa The Untam LoH - VR Wins The Untamed Lands FFA 4: Baak, and it was all yellow, Big Purple Thing, Two Saks Baak gets a sneak in on VR, only to get snuck in on by TS! Nice! Then VR's Avenging Dorf is *really tough* (nice double-Dorf kill with one shot, VR!!) NKI is surrounding the Flag with Thrall, only they are *just* too far away from the Flag - the two that are close enough are taken out, one by a VR Dorf and the other by a TS Dorf! - VR tags it with a lone JMan - and it *remains uncontested*!!! OMG!! _____________________________________________________________________________ +020825 0145 BBTa Knuckle o LoH - VR Wins Knuckle of the Oasis v1.1 / Knuckle of the Oasis (Light) FFA 4: Baak, and it was all yellow, Big Purple Thing, Two Saks Several little "tag the Flag", taunts, and other exchanges - but it comes down to one *huge* and *very long* Sudden Death!! It looks like someone's got it *over and over and over*!! Then it *just* gets contested - and things don't look quite the same! Then it all happens *AGAIN*!! Wow! The tension on this one was *unbelievable*!! Heart pounding!! Great Game!! _____________________________________________________________________________ *020825 0202 BBTa I'll FalG^ StB - Baak Wins I'll Fall On Your Grave sakcannon_warlock FFA 4: Baak, and it was all yellow, Big Purple Thing, Two Saks Baak *just* misses a Wight Sneak on NKI - NKI and Baak team up on VR in the center - then NKI takes VR's place. TS tags the Bacon but it is in a *nasty* No Man's Land under the deadly gaze of NKI, as well as TS and (briefly) Baak. FUNNY: Baak has a Dwarf that gets hit by enough arrows to make him one shot away from death - and he manages to dodge *many more shots* to get back into the woods (he has no JMan this game). Just then he sees TS's lone Archer wading in the water to get him - he watches the arrow leave the bow - but can't move the Dwarf in time... CASUALTY!! ** What a shot!! ** lol!! It's all timing on this one! One *big* end battle!! NKI and Baak both come at TS for the ball - Baak and TS take on NKI's melee while TS goes after the rest of NKI's Archers. Baak finishes NKI off in the water and suddenly it's down to two wounded Baak Warriors (one in the red) and one TS Warrior who's almost untouched... Baak *just* gets TS with a two-on-one Warrior duel in a *tense* Sudden Death (watch the two-on-one in slow motion to fully appreciate the shielding ability of Warriors!) - ending the game *with only one wounded Warrior!!* OMG!! Great Game!! _____________________________________________________________________________ Legend: * = Game Of The Week + = Game Of The Week Runner Up $ = Deciding Game to win The Sacred Sword & Axe of Shaal'a Manx ^ = Deciding Game to defend The Sacred Sword & Axe of Shaal'a Manx # = Deciding Game to win The Shield of Honor s = Slide Show Notes: This week NKI is "Big Purple Thing", TS is "Two Saks" and VR becomes "and it was all yellow" for the last half. ______________________________________________________________________________