****************************************************************************** ** ** ** H'Pak Match Summary for 2002 1019: ** ** ** ****************************************************************************** _____________________________________________________________________________ +021019 2108 BHv The Untam Ral - HS Wins The Untamed Lands FFA 3: BaaQ, vinylrake, HedgeSnake HS is tagging flags like crazy in this one! Mostly VR and HS are going at it, with Baak defending a couple of flags - but Baak can't seem to count to eight tonight and doesn't fight for one of those last two flags in time! Nice HS! :) _____________________________________________________________________________ 021019 2123 BHv Smells_1 LoH - Baak Wins Smells_1.1G / Smells Like Death In Here FFA 3: BaaQ, vinylrake, HedgeSnake HS starts out *way* in the corner on this one, and runs into VR while heading for the Flag... HS and VR get into a little Warlock exchange - but those Dwarf Satchels are *so* nasty!! Meanwhile, Baak sneaks in a Warlock attack against VR that is mildly effective against his Wall o' Archers. Baak has a serious advantage as the whistle approaches and just pushes his Wall o' Mauls into VR's lone Dwarf. Lucky for Baak HS decided to avenge his earlier losses against VR's Warlock! ;) _____________________________________________________________________________ +021019 2138 BHv Going_to_ StB - HS Wins Going_to_Town / Going to Town FFA 3: BaaQ, vinylrake, HedgeSnake VR grabs it - HS and Baak don't engage as they follow VR (Baak decides not to get sandwiched this time!) Instead, VR gets seriously sandwiched at the end of the game and starts to run with the Ball - right into HS! Oh man! HS comes in with *those Zerks*! (They are seriously tough in this one!) and does a *nice job* of staying on the Ball (while wiping the rest of us out!) Very nice, HS! _____________________________________________________________________________ 021019 2147 BHv Knuckle o KoH - Baak Wins [KoB] Knuckle of the Oasis v1.1 / Knuckle of the Oasis (Light) FFA 3: BaaQ, vinylrake, HedgeSnake VR is seriously owning the Ball, but Baak manages to get enough hits on those VR Herons to swing it - but it's still close timewise! _____________________________________________________________________________ +021019 2159 BHv Picket Fe Ral - HS Wins Picket Fences / Picket Fences - Dwarf Riot FFA 3: BaaQ, vinylrake, HedgeSnake HS *dominates* this one, plain and simple. Check out The Orange Wave that wipes out Baak near Flag II! Nicely done! Meanwhile VR is hammering Baak on the other side (Baak only gets one Flag this game), but HS manages to tag the Flag amidst the chaos and wins with a Sweep! Nicely played, HS! _____________________________________________________________________________ 021019 2220 BHv Dead of W Ral - Baak Wins (vs. VR/HS) Dead of Winter 2v1: BaaQ, vinylrake & HedgeSnake Very even game overall - Baak wins only by taking 5 of the 6 Flags first. _____________________________________________________________________________ +021019 2236 BHv Redsand_v StB - Baak Wins Redsand_v1 / Red Sand, Black Blood FFA 3: BaaQ, vinylrake, HedgeSnake Both Baak and HS seem to have picked strange units by accident! lol! VR is getting sandwiched and just keeps picking away at Baak while fending off HS (nice footwork!) Baak notices HS on his flank and decides to take the Ball elsewhere - HS seems to think VR still has it (or just wants to get VR!) - lol! Baak sets up nicely on a hill, but starts to wonder how great the position is as he watches *both* HS and VR rapidly descending on him as the whistle approaches! Baak pulls a Kobayashi Maru and pushes the Ball over the back of the cliff... _____________________________________________________________________________ 021019 2254 Bv Green Par StB - Baak Wins Green Paradise v1.1 / Green Hell FFA 2: BaaQ, vinylrake Starting close (*again*) leads to an initial duel - which leaves both sides almost exactly equal in strength! Baak is looking mighty strong, but then suddenly VR *steals* it - right under his nose! lol! Baak's troops take a serious flank shot from VR's Warlock and suddenly it looks a little closer at the end! _____________________________________________________________________________ 021019 2303 Bv BrokenArr StB - VR Wins BrokenArrow_v1 / Six Broken Arrows (6 team light) FFA 2: BaaQ, vinylrake VR and Baak were discussing how you can start right next to each other on this map - *and they do!* Baak goes for VR's Wight, but can't seem to hit anything! Wait a minute... ...Baak's Archers appear to have pumpkins for heads?!? VR is just flat out excellent with his use of Fire Arrows [tips hat], which end up wounding Baak's Zerks seriously. Baak also misses a possibly earlier Wight hit on VR's Zerks *and* gets a dud with his Mortar Dwarf the *one time* he has a chance to hit them early on! Doh! :) From there VR does a nice job of feinting his Zerks and leading Baak's fewer Zerks close enough to be slaughtered. Are Baak's Mauls inept too? lol! Yep! Baak's Mortar Dwarf doesn't stand a chance... _____________________________________________________________________________ 021019 2316 Bv sleepyho LoH - Baak Wins sleepyho / Sleepy Hollow (slug-O-rama) FFA 2: BaaQ, vinylrake VR is nailing Baak at the start - check out that double-dwarf kill at the center! Then suddenly after Baak chases after VR's Deadly Dwarf, Baak appears to activate his special Clairvoyant Dwarf Plugin - he just keeps targeting where he thinks VR is going to go - and it works! Plus Baak gets *very lucky* a couple of times: once with a VR dud, and again at the Flag with that rebound off VR's Thrall that *doesn't* kill him. _____________________________________________________________________________ #+021019 2330 Bv Hedgerow StB - Baak Wins Hedgerow / Bustle In Your Hedge-row FFA 2: BaaQ, vinylrake Baak gets lucky and has his Pus Ghols positioned *just right* to sneak in on VR's Dwarves. What's funny is the first Pus Ghol would have blown up both Dwarves right off (they just dropped their satchels!), but that Pus was a dud! Then the second Ghol's Pus is a dud too! 0 for 2!! OMG!! So that second Ghol decides to pick up the Pus and try again! ;) But both Ghols *do* take out the Dwarves and the first one blows up on death (having dropped only two satchels), taking out a couple of Stygian Knights in the process. VR takes off with the Ball, and so begins a Grand Chase! Check out the fire in the initial battle! *Wow!* This weakens Baak's Warriors a bit, and VR does a *nice* job of whittling away at the Ball-pursuing melee. In fact, it is a *super close ending* which is best watched in slow motion for the last 30 seconds! *Great Game!!* _____________________________________________________________________________ *021019 2345 Bv Leagues f StB - Baak Wins Leagues from Nowhere / Leagues from Nowhere FFA 2: BaaQ, vinylrake VR starts at the center with the Ball. While he is setting up a defense, Baak swarms in with enough Ghols to overwhelm his Dwarves and they blow up! Oh man! *But*, this leaves Baak vulnerable to the inevitable counterstrike as VR now has more Ghols than Baak (as well as a *bunch* of Thrall!) It's *very* touch-and-go when VR's Ghols swarm in on Baak - luckily there are no auto-satchel-explosions (this is *very tense!*). Baak keeps one Dwarf alive, and he appears blessed by the Gods of Balin. He just can't seem to throw a dud in the heat of it - and only *one dud* could mean the difference on this one! Check out VR's Grand Tour of the Desert!! lol!! *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: Baak is still BaaQ (in honor of Queso) ______________________________________________________________________________