We had a disastrous start. I was talking to Leaky on chat and I didn't notice that the game had started. I attached right in the middle of the action and was killed by WORDS after only twenty seconds. Then I spawned right where I died and nearly got killed again. Balls went 2-0 up after five minutes when Freaky Flow killed Leaky. At that point things weren't looking good.
But we got back into it with three straight kills, two on Thrull by me and Kyre and one on WORDS by Savman. Balls tied it up at 3-3 with a kill on Savman by Freaky Flow but I killed Bortas to even it up again.
With 15 minutes gone we had two Balls slots on one life, but that advantage didn't last long. Balls got two kills by WORDS on Savman and Leaky to put them on one life each and even it up. The first team to get an elimination looked favourites to take the win.
That team was us when leaky knocked out Bortas. But Balls made the game 3v3 a minute later when Thrull knocked out Savman. Then came the subs.
Demerol subbed in for Thrull when he had 0 reps, then bong replaced Leaky when he hit 0 reps. Remember Balls can only play one of their IML players in an AML game. But even with demerol in the game we still looked good, specially when Kyre killed Freaky Flow to give us an 8-7 lead and put another Balls slot on one life..
Balls then subbed out WORDS for Kepi. I of course complained to the match ref that Balls now had two IML starters in their line-up. It turns out that Kepi wasn't considered an IML player so they had done nothing wrong. This goes against everything that we were promised when BALLISTICS were given a spot in AML. They were only a shadow squad who weren't going to make the playoffs, would only play their bench and in the end they would be a non-factor. Instead of which, due to their personal dislike of me (and I believe 100% this is the reason) when it looked like we might beat them they subbed in two IML starters to win the game.
Which is exactly what happened. From the point Kepi subbed in we only got one more kill and lost the game 12-9. Demerol was the MVP going 3-0 with 1 assist and 2 forced reps. Our best player was Kyre who went 5-3 with 5 forced reps. This loss effectively puts us out of playoff contention. We could actually still make it if we win out last four games and other results go in out favour, but it's unlikely that will happen.
Our next game, the final match before the seeding rounds start, is against Blasphemy. I'll post here when I have a confirmed time. Finally, all the links from the match:
Box Score
Spec Log
Player Stats
Screenshot