****************************************************************************** ** ** ** H'Pak Match Summary for 2002 1012: ** ** ** ****************************************************************************** _____________________________________________________________________________ *021012 2117 BDHT.Gimble in StB - Baak Wins Gimble in the Wabe FFA 5: BaaQ, Two Saks, HedgeSnake, Don't Shoot Me!, vinylfake * Intense ending!! * :D VR and TS haggle for the Ball and VR pushes it over the cliff, where it will remain for the rest of the game - but *what a spot*! HS and NKI go at it briefly, then NKI and VR start up. NKI's Dorf goes after Baak's (who was trying to sneak attack) and gets flanked by Baak's Archers - so begins an escalating battle between NKI and Baak! (Surprised?) Then it's VR on the hill - he and Baak get into a frenzied Archer exchange which leaves them both reeling. The "One Minute Remaining" is announced and they gradually shift attention to the Ball! Meanwhile, TS and HS have been going at it - and HS's Dorf and Archers are a *menace*! Baak realizes the only way to contest from the top of the hill is to move next to the edge of the cliff and sit - but HS fills his JMan with arrows, swiftly followed by a Warrior! Get those Knights up here! ;) It comes down to HS and Baak, now deep in a two-minute-plus Sudden Death - and this match is to dee det... Great Game and *well played all*!! _____________________________________________________________________________ +021012 2140 BDHT.Going_to_ StB - NKI/TS Win Going_to_Town / Going to Town 3v2: Don't Shoot Me! & Two Saks, vinylfake & BaaQ & HedgeSnake VR/Baak/HS tag the Ball and slowly move it back, eventually pushing it over the edge of the closest cliff. Apparently unsure of where to defend, they get sucked into combat early - and it can go *either way* *several times!* Lots of intense inter-town combat, but it comes down to a *seriously tough* NKI/TS JMan (must have *two* coats on?) and some fancy footwork for the win! Good one! _____________________________________________________________________________ $+021012 2158 BDHT.Green Par StB - NKI/TS Win Green Paradise v1.1 / Green Paradise 3v2: BaaQ & HedgeSnake & vinylfake, Don't Shoot Me! & Two Saks Baak/HS/VR take the Bacon and wait - but not long! One continuous pitched battle, with NKI/TS slowly inching ahead until they run into the Baak/HS/VR Dorf! But *unfortunately* (not for NKI/TS!) this poor little Dorf gets left in the smoke on the hill! Doh! (He could have come in *mighty handy* at the end! ARGGGH!!) Nice chase sequence at the very end - and nice Dorfing by NKI/TS! - but unless their Knights trip (or *really* bump into each other), there is *nowhere to run*!! ;) Good one! _____________________________________________________________________________ 021012 2215 BDHT.The Blade StB - NKI Wins The Blade Garden v 1.0 / The Blade Garden [Classic] 4 Team: BaaQ, Two Saks, HedgeSnake, Don't Shoot Me!, vinylfake NOTE: TS/VR are randomly teamed. FUNK: On this map the Bacon Ball is located on the top of the temple, which is not in the center! Cool! :D Baak decides to try and defend the Bacon at the top of the temple - which doesn't go well! He gets hit in succession from everybody and only manages to do significant damage to HS, who Dorfs him when he exits! lol! The Ball is dislodged and it turns into a series of dogpiles, contested for quite a while - but NKI has a *huge* army at the end game! _____________________________________________________________________________ 021012 2225 BDHT.Amsterdam KoH - VR Wins Amsterdam / Dwarven Dutch Holiday FFA 5: BaaQ, Two Saks, HedgeSnake, Don't Shoot Me!, vinylfake lol! This is *such* a fun map! :D As usual, this one is much more fun to watch! VR is all over the flag. _____________________________________________________________________________ +021012 2240 BDHT.sleepyho StB - VR Wins sleepyho / Sleepy Hollow (classic) FFA 5: BaaQ, Two Saks, HedgeSnake, Don't Shoot Me!, vinylfake HS predicts pre-game that he will be in the Center - and he is!! lol!! And can you blame him for leaving that wonderful spot? ;) VR goes for NKI, while Baak and HS exchange a little - then NKI walks right into Baak and gets away not nearly as scathed as he could have been! Check out Baak's Archer! ROFL!! This guys sticks a Fire Arrow into the hill right at his feet, killing him, a Dorf, his Satchels - **BOOM!!** - another Dorf, etc., etc. Baak's Archer quickly reduces his army from 92% to 47%! lol! (After this crushing morale-buster, Baak continues to fumble throughout!) VR is *just plain brutal* and seems to be distracting and confusing everyone as much as killing them! And it pays off with a short contest at the Ball! Nicely played. _____________________________________________________________________________ +021012 2248 BDHT.Knuckle o KoH - HS Wins Knuckle of the Oasis v1.1 / Knuckle of the Oasis (Light) FFA 5: BaaQ, Two Saks, HedgeSnake, Don't Shoot Me!, vinylfake TS and Baak get into one of those "can't leave now" situations and end up wiping each other out (well Baak has a few stragglers, but they don't really count). HS and VR get into it, with HS emerging victorious. NKI appears poised to win, but *check out the HS Cuissinart Brigade*!! Yikes! (There's a funny moment (and tense as well) when one of NKI's Dorfs suffers a "hard death" at the hands of a HS Heron, blowing up several! There were satchels from another NKI Dorf nearby as well - it could have been really bad! ;) ) _____________________________________________________________________________ +021012 2313 BDTv Smells_1 StB - NKI Wins Smells_1.1G / Smells Like Death In Here FFA 4: BaaQ, Two Saks, Don't Shoot Me!, vinylfake TS takes the Ball deep into a new maze... hehehe. What is it with the Warlock auto-fire in this one? lol! Duh, let's see if we can blow up this wall... Baak and VR just keep going at it most of the game, and then NKI and Baak start up - Baak gets sandwiched and is forced to rush TS at the Ball - it doesn't work! One big dogpile at the end, but NKI comes out on top! _____________________________________________________________________________ 021012 2328 BDTv Hedgerow StB - TS Wins Hedgerow / Bustle In Your Hedge-row FFA 4: BaaQ, Two Saks, Don't Shoot Me!, vinylfake TS takes the Ball and Dorfs it *way* up the edge of the map! (Curse you, TS!) lol! Baak comes in and after TS moves away manages to dislodge it, starts to run with it, and - whoops! Fumble! Total chaos ensues... TS rips Baak to shreds! But where the heck is NKI - or VR? NKI has a way of "inspiring" combat mb? ;) _____________________________________________________________________________ +021012 2346 BDTv Leagues f Scv - TS Wins Leagues from Nowhere / Leagues from Nowhere FFA 4: BaaQ, Two Saks, Don't Shoot Me!, vinylfake Funk, funk, funk! Ok, so after the game we all realize that the Balls are invisible - but only on the Overhead Map! Baak spends most of the game defending a Ball and flat out runs out of time - VR takes his "on the move" with a Thrall - NKI does the same with a Dorf - but what does TS do? He goes around and Steals them! lol! Check it out! Watch TS's Ghols come in and snatch one from NKI! And although Baak wipes out most of them when they come for his, watch *again* as a *single TS Ghol* comes in and *takes it right from VR's Thrall!* ROFL!! It's really funny! (especially when viewed at 4x speed!) This makes all the difference, as TS tags the center Ball and comes out with four in the end! Nicely played! _____________________________________________________________________________ +021013 0003 BDTv Hedgerow ^ StB - VR Wins Hedgerow / Bustle In Your Hedge-row (slugfest) Dwarf Rockets 2 FFA 4: BaaQ, Two Saks, Don't Shoot Me!, vinylfake VR has no control - literally! - of a chunk of his Thrall! They are Blue (Neutral) outlined and look at the formation! (Dang, in viewing the film wouldn't you just *love* to hit that front one with a Dorf Rocket? LOL!!) This game is TOTAL CHAOS with Rocket Dorfs! It's *so fun* to hit a large group of Thrall! STRIKE!! :D But check out those final stats! Nice, VR! ;) FUNK: VR Wins with zero survivors *and* -50 Damage! lol! _____________________________________________________________________________ +021013 0017 BDTv Picket Fe KoH - Baak Wins Picket Fences / Picket Fences - Light Side FFA 4: BaaQ, Two Saks, Don't Shoot Me!, vinylfake Rare indeed: Baak manages to get the upper hand on VR's Archers! OMG! TS is keeping tight control of the Flag (with one tough Dorf!) and NKI is way too close for comfort - but check out Baak's Archers! (And VR's JMan, who survives a *lot* of Dorf Bottles!!) Baak's last threat is NKI's Archers, who systematically shred his Dorfs! But Baak has been trying to hit the shore of the moat with those Dorfs and gets one last miracle shot - check it out! - it *bounces* up from the edge of the water and takes them *all* out! OMG! From there those Archers have free reign! FUNK: Seems unusual to win with only Archer remaining... _____________________________________________________________________________ +021013 0026 BDTv Redsand_v KoH - NKI Wins Redsand_v1 / Red Sand, Black Blood (Dwarven) FFA 4: BaaQ, Two Saks, Don't Shoot Me!, vinylfake TS is wailing on us all, but *check out NKI's Trow!!* KICK - BOOM! - KICK - BOOM! ... And the ending is *classic!!* Four Wights vs. a Mortar Dorf! :D _____________________________________________________________________________ +021013 0035 BDTv BrokenArr KoH - NKI Wins BrokenArrow_v1 / Six Broken Arrows (6 team light) FFA 4: BaaQ, Two Saks, Don't Shoot Me!, vinylfake TS and Baak meet first at the center, and basically wipe each other out! Baak tries to sneak his Wight up on NKI, and just as he starts to suicide - NKI heals him! lol! TS does the *exact same thing to Baak*, and Baak does the *exact same heal maneuver on TS* - only it's even funnier since it's TS's last man! Such a humbling move! lol! Baak's JMan has a brief moment in the Sun at the Flag, but is quickly dispatched by NKI... _____________________________________________________________________________ +021013 0044 BDTv Dead ManC KoH - Baak Wins Dead Man's Chest FFA 4: BaaQ, Two Saks, Don't Shoot Me!, vinylfake This mesh is *SO DANG FUN!!* :D There's one point in this one where TS is watching VR's Wight and Baak sees a nice little fire burning *right next* to TS's imposing bunch of Dorfs (this was from a previous Fire Arrow) - Baak goes all out to shoot the front Dorf and VR *doesn't* Wight his Archers - these two things change the whole game! The Dorf drops his satchels and that Wight ends up stunning more of TS's Warriors than Baak's, giving Baak precious seconds to hack away! ;) _____________________________________________________________________________ +021013 0103 BDTv Going_to_ StB - VR Wins Going_to_Town / Going to Town FFA 4: BaaQ, Two Saks, Don't Shoot Me!, vinylfake Baak's Pus Ghols get stuck in Town when NKI shows up between them and Baak's army. Baak retreats and NKI turns his back... Well you can probably guess! ;) Unfortunately for Baak this leads to a Vengeance Quest by NKI which ends up sandwiching Baak between NKI and TS (he probably should have gone after TS!) NKI is frothing and basically shreds Baak - and there's *another* friendly fire Fire Arrow by Baak! LOL!! Must be a panic-induced fumble! But neither NKI or Baak ever touch the Ball... It's all VR and TS, but VR has those hypnotic Thrall! ;) _____________________________________________________________________________ #+021013 0135 BDTV The Untam KoH - VR Wins The Untamed Lands FFA 4: BaaQ, Veronica Rake, Don't Shoot Me!, Two Saks NKI's *HUGE* arc of Archers is *fierce*, and his Dorf is no slouch, but VR is simply *glued* to the Flag in this one! _____________________________________________________________________________ +021013 0149 BDTV Green Par StB - Baak Wins Green Paradise v1.1 / Green Paradise FFA 4: BaaQ, Veronica Rake, Don't Shoot Me!, Two Saks VR grabs it and despite TS's many efforts, manages to take it to the edge of the deep in a pool of his choosing... There he waits. NKI is compelled by forces greater than we know to charge Baak with his Pus Ghols (funny too - Baak was looking around for this but was *still* caught off guard!). Of course, to keep all matter and anti-matter balanced in the Universe, Baak is equally compelled to hunt down NKI in return, and manages to get his Dorf but *just* misses pusing the pile of satchels! ... Oh man - it would have been GLORIOUS! ;) Baak is trying to move the Ball via his Archers, and VR comes out with those Thrall that we all thought *might* be hiding in there - only Baak gets to hit a *lot* of them with his Dorf! Comes down to one huge dogpile in the end! Yet *another* great game tonight! Wow! :D _____________________________________________________________________________ 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: Tonight Vinylrake is "vinylfake" and "Veronica Rake", NKI is "Don't Shoot Me!", Baak is BaaQ (in honor of Queso) ______________________________________________________________________________