****************************************************************************** ** ** ** H'Pak Match Summary for 2002 0913: ** ** ** ****************************************************************************** _____________________________________________________________________________ 020913 2059 HNT Venice StB - TS/HS Win Venice 2 Team: HedgeSnake, Two Saks, Noteasei Good solid game - looks pretty even, then TS/HS start cleaning up - watch the Bacon get pushed through the wall! _____________________________________________________________________________ 020913 2109 HNTv BrokenArr StB - NKI/VR Win BrokenArrow_v1 / A Broken Javelin (2 team dark) 2v2: Two Saks & HedgeSnake, Noteasei & vinylrake ~OoH~ NKI/VR take the Bacon and wait - TS/HS do a nice flank, but it results in a near-even trade. Then NKI/VR decide to take out the other half of the TS/HS army and end up with a huge advantage. _____________________________________________________________________________ 020913 2118 HNTv Knuckle o KoH - NKI/VR Win Knuckle of the Oasis v1.1 / Knuckle of the Oasis (Light) 2v2: Two Saks & HedgeSnake, Noteasei & vinylrake ~OoH~ Ouch! NKI/VR's Dorfs are *hot* in this one - keeping TS/HS to only six seconds on the flag... ;) _____________________________________________________________________________ *020913 2136 HNTv Smells_1 StB - TS/HS Win Smells_1.1G / Smells Like Giants In Here (Team) 2v2: Two Saks & HedgeSnake, Noteasei & vinylrake ~OoH~ A comeback and an *extremely close ending* all wrapped up into one! Woohoo!! This one starts with *each team* split into two parts of the map, one half is led by a Trow, the other by a Myrk Giant! Most of the game is an excellent give and take between both teams, but it all comes down to the ending - and check this one out! - Dang! TS/HS have a bunch of Heron Guards while NKI/VR have a wounded Trow, a few Heron Guards, two Archers (which are running to the Ball) and a Mortar Dwarf (which is also headed for the Ball). Those Trow are hard (read: impossible) to chase, and there's nothing like trying to charge a Mortar Dorf head-on (see "NKI's Revenge"). It looks like NKI/VR are headed for the win, but some fancy footwork and one Dud at the worst possible moment swing it for TS/HS! You just have to watch it to appreciate it! Nicely played all! _____________________________________________________________________________ 020913 2158 HNTv Dead ManC StB - NKI/TS Win Dead Man's Chest 2 Team: HedgeSnake, Two Saks, vinylrake ~OoH~, Noteasei Oh Man! HS/VR have a nice lead early in the game but don't take advantage of it! Dang! NOTE: This is HS's *very first* turn as Captain! :D _____________________________________________________________________________ +020913 2213 HNTv Dead ManC StB - VR Wins Dead Man's Chest FFA 4: HedgeSnake, Two Saks, vinylrake ~OoH~, Noteasei VR snags the Bacon ...and takes it towards TS! Whoops! Luckily he manages to steer it towards his home base and he and TS go at it for awhile - then NKI makes a TS sandwich! Fun ending to watch as there are several times when you can't quite be *sure* VR is going to keep it - but he does - nicely done, *and* we get to see a relatively new part of the map! _____________________________________________________________________________ +020913 2230 HNQT.Hedgerow StB - VR Wins Hedgerow / Bustle In Your Hedge-row (dark) 4 Team: HedgeSnake, vinylrake ~OoH~, Ques-, Two Saks, Noteasei FUNK: The Order of H'Pak is infiltrated by Queso, who everyone initially believes is Kaor is disguise! Also he managed to guess the somewhat weak password we have been using lately! FUNK!! What do those robed guys do anyway? Seems like every once in a while they manage to turn one unit to stone, but not very often! Comes down to a big dogpile at the end where Queso has stashed the Bacon - VR manages to take it and fend everyone off just long enough. _____________________________________________________________________________ # 020913 2249 NQTv Dead ManC Asn - VR Wins Dead Man's Chest FFA 4: vinylrake ~OoH~, Two Saks, Noteasei, Ques- A tad funky! Queso gets the first kill; TS and VR go at it briefly, but TS is getting sandwiched badly. VR quickly takes the lead and never looks back. _____________________________________________________________________________ 020913 2305 NQTv Clash in StB - VR/NKI Win Clash in the Cloudspine 2 Team: vinylrake ~OoH~, Noteasei, Ques-, Two Saks VR/NKI take the Bacon back all the way up onto the fortress wall - this makes all the difference, although at times both teams have some friendly fire problems and TS/Q make a good run for the ramp... the first time! ;) _____________________________________________________________________________ +020913 2319 NQTv Picket Fe LoH - Q Wins Picket Fences / Picket Fences - Dark Invasion FFA 4: vinylrake ~OoH~, Noteasei, Ques-, Two Saks NKI and Q are going at it on one end of the map while VR and TS go at it on the other! Meanwhile, VR keeps on the flag... Q nearly takes out NKI's Mortar Dorf, Warlock and Fetch with a Myrk Charge but is fended off. Q keeps his Fetch safe for a long time and it comes down to a *very* close ending with Q's Warlock possibly making the difference by hitting NKI's Herons hard from the side. FUNK: The Infiltraitor "Q" wins! lol! _____________________________________________________________________________ +020913 2333 NQTv Gimble in CtF - VR/Q Win Gimble in the Wabe 2 Team: vinylrake ~OoH~, Noteasei, Ques-, Two Saks VR/Q split forces and whittle down NKI/TS - VR/Q bring in reinforcements and it looks to be a close fight when VR/Q touch the flag *uncontested* for an instant and *BOOM*, GAME OVER! Oh Man! ;) _____________________________________________________________________________ 020913 2349 NQTv Amsterdam StB - VR/Q Win Amsterdam / Incident At Yer-Ks 2v2: vinylrake ~OoH~ & Ques-, Two Saks & Noteasei TS/NKI take the Bacon to a good spot, but VR/Q get some devastating Warlock shots in and TS/NKI never quite recover - although they do make a nice run with the Quissinart Dudes. _____________________________________________________________________________ $+020914 0006 NQTv Venice StB - VR/Q Win Venice 2v2: vinylrake ~OoH~ & Ques-, Two Saks & Noteasei VR/Q grab the Bacon and take it to the edge of the map. Lots of back and forth on this one - check out that TS/NKI Mortar Dorf! lol!! Also the VR/Q Ghol Assassin that forgets to keep attacking the TS/NKI Warlock! TS/NKI *just miss* contesting the Ball... _____________________________________________________________________________ +020914 0025 NQTv Hedgerow StB - TS Wins Hedgerow / Bustle In Your Hedge-row (wacky) FFA 4: vinylrake ~OoH~, Noteasei, Ques-, Two Saks You can see why NKI is so fond of Flare Dwarves... lol! ;) VR and Q go at it for quite a while and end up nearly even. Meanwhile, TS has quietly taken the Bacon back to the edge of the map. But one thing about Flare Dwarves is that you don't need a lot of them to win, and sometimes it's better *not* to have so many! TS fends off the first attacks but gets sandwiched between VR and Q and *almost* loses the Bacon in the final assault! Instead, TS wins with no units remaining! Nice! _____________________________________________________________________________ +020914 0040 NQTv The Badla KoH - Q Wins The Badlands FFA 4: vinylrake ~OoH~, Noteasei, Two Saks, Ques- Good solid KoH game and Q is really on top of this one. NKI makes a good go for it as well, but Q's Warlock is *really tough*. _____________________________________________________________________________ 020914 0051 NQTv Demise on Ral - NKI Wins Demise on the Plains FFA 4: vinylrake ~OoH~, Ques-, Noteasei, Two Saks TS makes a valiant try for it (Flag I), but NKI is all over this one, bringing in a *huge* army to push Q off Flag I for the win. Nicely done. _____________________________________________________________________________ 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: ~OoH~ is infiltrated by Queso! LOL!! See the 020913 2230 game! :D ______________________________________________________________________________