****************************************************************************** ** ** ** H'Pak Match Summary for 2002 0907: ** ** ** ****************************************************************************** _____________________________________________________________________________ 020907 2100 HNTv I'll FalS StB - VR Wins I'll Fall On Your Spiderweb FFA 4: Noteasei, HedgeSnake, vinylrake ~OoH~, Two Saks HS starts in the center and does an admirable job defending the Bacon - To Dee Det - taking a fair chunk of NKI with him... VR and TS come head to head and the Bacon is slightly launched by TS's Fetch (on purpose perhaps? ;) ) - alas it stays tagged by VR and ends up deeper behind his larger army... _____________________________________________________________________________ +020907 2116 HNTv BrokenArr StB - NKI Wins BrokenArrow_v1 / Six Broken Javelins (6 team dark) FFA 4: Noteasei, HedgeSnake, vinylrake ~OoH~, Two Saks VR grabs the Bacon and stashes it at the edge of a deep pool on the side of the map. He and NKI face off while TS and HS have a brief, mutually destructive encounter. VR picks at NKI's Trow but gets his Soulless a *bit* too close to NKI's Warlock. VR does a nice job of sneak assasinating TS's Soulless, but loses his last two to NKI's Warlock while in the heat of the sneak... Comes down to a very wise strategic maneuver by NKI: placing his six Soulless in the deep part of the pool, close enough to the Bacon to Contest - this is enough to wear down TS's Trow and swing the game. Nicely done. _____________________________________________________________________________ +020907 2145 HNTv Picket Fe StB - TS Wins Picket Fences / Picket Fences - Dwarf Riot FFA 4: HedgeSnake, Two Saks, Noteasei, vinylrake ~OoH~ NKI grabs the Bacon and ends up launching it with a funny death-flare-launch! Check out HS and VR - they have two Dorfs *very* close to each other but not eye-to-eye until HS catches on. HS's Dorfs are a force to be reckoned with, and VR is just hammering NKI in the corner - what is it with NKI and those pigs, anyway? ;) NKI's final Dorf is a tough one, but TS's Cannon is just downright brutal throughout the game. _____________________________________________________________________________ +020907 2200 HNTv Drowned K StB - VR/HS Win Drowned Kingdom 2v2: Noteasei & Two Saks, vinylrake ~OoH~ & HedgeSnake NKI/TS take the Bacon at the center and defend. VR/HS taunt them and slowly pick away at their Soulless, then bring in their secret weapon: the Orange-Capped Dorf. With Air Superiority established, it looks good for VR/HS, until a sudden surge from the NKI/TS Stygian Knights adds some serious suspense... But there are VR/HS Warriors in reserve... Nicely played. _____________________________________________________________________________ +020907 2218 HNTv Drowned K StB - NKI/TS Win Drowned Kingdom 2v2: Noteasei & Two Saks, vinylrake ~OoH~ & HedgeSnake A Rematch and a near mirror-image of the last game! Seriously! This time VR/HS take the Bacon and defend, but it's NKI/TS that pick away at VR/HS, taking out their Dorfs (key) and pusing their Soulless that they draw into the Ghols. From there it's sheer numbers and a *ton* of Stygian Knights that make the difference. Nicely played as well. (What would have happened, I wonder, if it was just the VR/HS Soulless on the top of the hill vs. the NKI/TS Knights at the bottom with the Bacon stuck in place? Hmmmmm...) _____________________________________________________________________________ 020907 2233 HNTv Hedgerow StB - NKI/TS Win Hedgerow / Bustle In Your Hedge-row (slugfest) 2v2: Noteasei & Two Saks, vinylrake ~OoH~ & HedgeSnake NKI/TS grab the Bacon and run with it, but VR/HS are in hot pursuit. Lots of back and forth but one final NKI/TS Dorf really turns the tide... _____________________________________________________________________________ 020907 2238 HNTv Smells_1 StB - NKI/TS Win Smells_1.1G / Smells Like Giants In Here (Team) 2v2: Noteasei & Two Saks, vinylrake ~OoH~ & HedgeSnake The word "rout" comes to mind... Unfortunately VR/HS only bring half their army to the battle (this mesh is a bizarre split-the-team-into-two-starts game) and the second half looks like they missed practice. ;) _____________________________________________________________________________ 020907 2257 HNTv Raid on t StB - NKI Wins Raid on the Plains FFA 4: HedgeSnake, Two Saks, Noteasei, vinylrake ~OoH~ VR holds the Bacon most of the game but is having a hard time killing things ;) Looks like HS is coming in at the end but NKI manages to clear the Contesting teams just in time, and still has his Myrk Giant to contend with... _____________________________________________________________________________ 020907 2318 HNTv Amsterdam BC - VR/HS Win Amsterdam / Incident At Yer-Ks 2v2: Two Saks & Noteasei, vinylrake ~OoH~ & HedgeSnake A rare Body Count game - very close most of the time - lucky for VR/HS there was a tree blocking those Warlock fireballs! ;) _____________________________________________________________________________ $ 020907 2330 HNTv If I Had CtF - TS/NKI Win If I Had a Trow... 2v2: Two Saks & Noteasei, vinylrake ~OoH~ & HedgeSnake TS/NKI send a ton of Trow at the VR/HS flag and it pays off. _____________________________________________________________________________ +020907 2346 HNTv Killing G LoH - TS/NKI Win Killing Grounds 2v2: Two Saks & Noteasei, vinylrake ~OoH~ & HedgeSnake VR/HS are dominating with Archers and Pus, until... a lone TS/NKI Dorf sneaks in behind a column while they are healing and *boom*! Shortly after that the game seems to favor TS/NKI until ultimately they make a nice comeback - well done! _____________________________________________________________________________ *020908 0002 HNTv Redsand_v StB - NKI Wins Redsand_v1 / Red Sand, Black Blood (Dwarven) FFA 4: HedgeSnake, Two Saks, Noteasei, vinylrake ~OoH~ Wow!! :D This is one of those "you have to watch it to appreciate it" games! VR takes the Bacon and defends on a nice hill - or so it seems... HS comes on strong with a seemingly endless supply of Wights, taking a toll on VR and *especially* NKI! Yowza! Then HS gets in a couple of *NICE* shots on VR from the *lower* side of the cliff - but VR manages to return the favor by taking out two of HS's Dorfs. Then TS sneaks in a Wight amidst the core of HS's army and he is seriously wounded - but by no means out! TS is looking strong but is almost entirely eliminated save for one last Dorf that is serious trouble! NKI comes in with a pair of JMen that look like they just might steal it off the hill. NKI's following Thrall Horde are Wighted and then *completely vaporized* by TS's lone Dorf! lol! ... Needless to say NKI is not pleased and hunts down this last Dorf with his final JMan in a tense Sudden Death where HS manages to keep the Bacon contested with VR - it looks like VR might take it, but NKI's last JMan gets inside the Dorf's range! Nice! NKI takes it with the Lone JMan Maneuver!! Great Game!! (Shhhhh!! Don't tell VR he had a couple of units left on the field! ;) ) _____________________________________________________________________________ 020908 0025 NTv Amsterdam KoH - TS Wins Amsterdam / Amsterdam FFA 3: Noteasei, Two Saks, vinylrake ~OoH~ The first few minutes of this one are complete chaos and VR is nearly taken out early. TS is racking up the time on the KoH clock (surprised?) when NKI suddenly realizes those Fire Arrows might just come in handy! ;) Still, TS simply dominates this one. _____________________________________________________________________________ #+020908 0042 NTv Knuckle o KoH - NKI Wins Knuckle of the Oasis v1.1 / Party on the Oasis (Dark) 2 Team: Noteasei, Two Saks, vinylrake ~OoH~ LOL!! It's the two-team mesh and has a **LOT** of units! NKI vs. VR/TS Watch this one at high speed (4x or 8x) - lol! - really close until the end! And *check out the damage!* - NKI: 791 (!) - VR/TS: 696 - Total: 1487!! Wow! _____________________________________________________________________________ +020908 0054 NTv Knuckle o KoH - TS Wins Knuckle of the Oasis v1.1 / Knuckle of the Oasis (Dark) FFA 3: Noteasei, Two Saks, vinylrake ~OoH~ The ending on this is **FUNNY!!** :D NKi and VR get into it and basically wipe each other out - and each have 14 seconds on the Ball. Meanwhile, TS is racking up time and has 80% of his army left! ;) But check out the ending! NKI does manage to get one more second on the Ball, and VR puts up a *really good fight* - considering! Entertaining! :D _____________________________________________________________________________ 020908 0112 NTv Venice KoH - VR Wins Venice FFA 3: Noteasei, Two Saks, vinylrake ~OoH~ TS is hammered in this one and NKI is blowing up everything in sight! (Dang I bet VR could just taste that Warlock-Double-Mortar-Dorf kill on the wall - where are those enemy Mortar duds when you need them?) But even with NKI's firepower, VR ends with nearly double the clock time. _____________________________________________________________________________ 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: ______________________________________________________________________________