ElementalForces vs Hitlist (postponed by hl)
Gods vs Secret @ 3pm (gods by 8.0)
CHAOS*ZONE vs Liquid Inc. @ 4pm (li by 5.0)
Anarchists vs Victimise @ 5pm (narchs by 1.0)
Externals vs StarFire Academy @ 5pm (ext by 2.5)
DOMINATION vs Wretcheds @ 5pm (dom by 4.5)
posted by CelebPixx on Friday, April 29, 2005
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Here's all of Sundays results and stats and how the standings look.
Anarchists bt Liquid Inc. 12-4
MVP: G_BoNe (narchs) 4-1 LVP: Proxy (li) 0-3
box score - game log
DOMINATION bt ElementalForces 12-5
MVP: crzyman (dom) 6-1 LVP: Stem Cell (ef) 0-3
box score - game log
Victimise bt Wretcheds 7-6
MVP: Jeru the Damaja (vic) 3-0 LVP: psychobunny (wtds) 0-2
box score - game log
CRIPS bt StarFire Academy 12-3
MVP: bukkwild (crips) 4-0 LVP: Deaths Razor (sfa) 1-3
box score - game log
Secret bt Externals 7-5
MVP: SwEeT pIeCe Of AsS (sec) 3-1 LVP: PCP (ext) 1-2
box score - game log
Hitlist bt CHAOS*ZONE 12-0
MVP: Gunstar (hl) 6-0 LVP: EPA (cz) 0-3
box score - game log
Warlords bt Untarnished 12-3
MVP: Fuzzy (wl) 2-0 LVP: Symbsters (unt) 0-3
box score - game log
ReDS bt Gods 7-5
MVP: Oberic (reds) 4-1 LVP: Weezie (gods) 0-1
box score - game log
Thunder
Lightning
AML Round 5, Victimise 7-6 Wretcheds
MVP: G_BoNe (narchs) 4-1 LVP: Proxy (li) 0-3
box score - game log
DOMINATION bt ElementalForces 12-5
MVP: crzyman (dom) 6-1 LVP: Stem Cell (ef) 0-3
box score - game log
Victimise bt Wretcheds 7-6
MVP: Jeru the Damaja (vic) 3-0 LVP: psychobunny (wtds) 0-2
box score - game log
CRIPS bt StarFire Academy 12-3
MVP: bukkwild (crips) 4-0 LVP: Deaths Razor (sfa) 1-3
box score - game log
Secret bt Externals 7-5
MVP: SwEeT pIeCe Of AsS (sec) 3-1 LVP: PCP (ext) 1-2
box score - game log
Hitlist bt CHAOS*ZONE 12-0
MVP: Gunstar (hl) 6-0 LVP: EPA (cz) 0-3
box score - game log
Warlords bt Untarnished 12-3
MVP: Fuzzy (wl) 2-0 LVP: Symbsters (unt) 0-3
box score - game log
ReDS bt Gods 7-5
MVP: Oberic (reds) 4-1 LVP: Weezie (gods) 0-1
box score - game log
Thunder
# Squad W L T K D Diff
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1 CRIPS 4 1 0 48 25 +23
2 Warlords 4 1 0 44 23 +21
3 ReDS 4 1 0 35 34 +1
4 Gods 3 2 0 46 18 +28
5 Untarnished 2 3 0 33 41 -8
6 Externals 1 4 0 27 44 -17
7 Secret 1 4 0 24 43 -19
8 StarFire Academy 1 4 0 23 52 -29
Lightning
# Squad W L T K D Diff
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1 Hitlist 5 0 0 47 18 +29
2 ElementalForces 4 1 0 53 30 +23
3 DOMiNATiON 4 1 0 48 30 +18
4 Anarchists 3 2 0 46 28 +18
5 Victimise 2 3 0 33 44 -11
6 Wretcheds 1 4 0 35 39 -4
7 Liquid Inc. 1 4 0 29 58 -29
8 CHAOS*ZONE 0 5 0 15 59 -44
posted by CelebPixx on Wednesday, April 27, 2005
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We won our second game of the season on Sunday, beating Wretcheds 7-6 to put us back in the playoff picture. We used the same starting line as last week, although with a slightly different ship selection. They were Nick (weasel) Asinine (warbird), Lex (Warbird) and stool (warbird). Jeru (warbird) was our only sub. Wretcheds started Pretender (warbird, terrier), Forklift truck (terrier, warbird), deleterious (weasel) and Maeniel (warbird, weasel). Their only sub was psychobunny (warbird).
The game started out as expected; very slowly. Wretcheds are a very passive team and hard to break down. The opening minutes of the game were all about map position. Wretcheds were looking to take us into boxes and corners of the map so they could hide and lob, as well as use Forklift's terrier bullets off walls. Meanwhile we were looking to take the game to the centre of the map where there's very little obstacles so we could use our more aggressive style to push them back, burn them of specials and make the kills.
For the first twenty five minutes this is how the game was played. The score was 3-2 in Wretcheds favour, but both our kills were on the same slot which meant that psychobunny was playing with one life. This made Wretcheds even more passive, with psychobunny playing deep behind his three team-mates.
The problem with playing like that was that when we finally caught up with him he would be isolated. Which is exactly what happened at the 27 minute mark when Jeru (who had subbed in for stool two minutes earlier) took him out with an assist from Nick.
The game was effectively over from that point as Wretcheds just don't have the aggressive players to come back from 3v4 down. They continued to play run and gun and we were happy to wait until we got them in the centre of the map to open up on them. With 7 minutes to go we were 7-4 up and cruising to a win. This is where Wretcheds decided to abandon their passive style and rocket for kills. But it was too late and we ran out the clock. Wretcheds did get two kills to make it 7-6 with three minutes to go, but that just gave us more reps to keep them away and that was the final score.
The match MVP was Jeru, who went 3-0 with 1 KO and 1 forced rep. Credit should also go to Nick Rivers who went 2-2, with 3 assists and an awesome 10 forced reps. Here's all the stats and stuff from the match:
Full Match Stats
Box Score
Spec Log
Player Stats
Screenshot 1
Screenshot 2
Next up is Anarchists. If we beat them we will go into the seeding rounds in the top eight and in a playoff spot. Just a reminder that the game has already been scheduled and we will be played next Sunday at 5pm EST (10pm GMT).
AML Round 6 Time Confirmed
The game started out as expected; very slowly. Wretcheds are a very passive team and hard to break down. The opening minutes of the game were all about map position. Wretcheds were looking to take us into boxes and corners of the map so they could hide and lob, as well as use Forklift's terrier bullets off walls. Meanwhile we were looking to take the game to the centre of the map where there's very little obstacles so we could use our more aggressive style to push them back, burn them of specials and make the kills.
For the first twenty five minutes this is how the game was played. The score was 3-2 in Wretcheds favour, but both our kills were on the same slot which meant that psychobunny was playing with one life. This made Wretcheds even more passive, with psychobunny playing deep behind his three team-mates.
The problem with playing like that was that when we finally caught up with him he would be isolated. Which is exactly what happened at the 27 minute mark when Jeru (who had subbed in for stool two minutes earlier) took him out with an assist from Nick.
The game was effectively over from that point as Wretcheds just don't have the aggressive players to come back from 3v4 down. They continued to play run and gun and we were happy to wait until we got them in the centre of the map to open up on them. With 7 minutes to go we were 7-4 up and cruising to a win. This is where Wretcheds decided to abandon their passive style and rocket for kills. But it was too late and we ran out the clock. Wretcheds did get two kills to make it 7-6 with three minutes to go, but that just gave us more reps to keep them away and that was the final score.
The match MVP was Jeru, who went 3-0 with 1 KO and 1 forced rep. Credit should also go to Nick Rivers who went 2-2, with 3 assists and an awesome 10 forced reps. Here's all the stats and stuff from the match:
Box Score
Spec Log
Player Stats
Screenshot 1
Screenshot 2
Next up is Anarchists. If we beat them we will go into the seeding rounds in the top eight and in a playoff spot. Just a reminder that the game has already been scheduled and we will be played next Sunday at 5pm EST (10pm GMT).
posted by CelebPixx on Tuesday, April 26, 2005
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We're playing Anarchists on Sunday at 5pm EST (10pm GMT). This is a big game for us. If we win here then we move up into fourth place in the division, which puts us in the playoff spots for the first time this season.
I'll post the match report from last Sunday later today.
Squad History
I'll post the match report from last Sunday later today.
posted by CelebPixx on Tuesday, April 26, 2005
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Right now I'm visiting my parents. I was checking through the files I have on my Dad's PC and I found an early draft of the squad history page that I lost, so I put it up. You can find it by going to the about us section, the link is in the menu to the left.
It only covers the early days of the squad and our first AML Season. I will try and finish it some time this week.
We Won
It only covers the early days of the squad and our first AML Season. I will try and finish it some time this week.
posted by CelebPixx on Monday, April 25, 2005
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We beat Wretcheds today in a tight one 7-6. We had the lead through most of the game, but it was always close and very nearly ended up going to OT. Jeru nabbed the MVP, subbing in to go 3-0.
I'll write a full match report on the blog tomorrow.
Site Updates
I'll write a full match report on the blog tomorrow.
posted by CelebPixx on Sunday, April 24, 2005
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I've finally moved the playing guides and history pages off geocities and onto the blog. If you click the about us link on the menu to the left you'll now find that all the links, except for the SSHQ playing guide, point to pages hosted on here.
The only thing that's missing is the squad history page. I've checked search engine caches and archive.org, but I've not been able to find a copy of it and I no longer have the page saved on my PC. I'll have to write a new version of it. I'll try to get it up sometime this weekend.
I'm now concentrating on the player profiles, which is the last thing left to do.
AML Round 5 Schedule
The only thing that's missing is the squad history page. I've checked search engine caches and archive.org, but I've not been able to find a copy of it and I no longer have the page saved on my PC. I'll have to write a new version of it. I'll try to get it up sometime this weekend.
I'm now concentrating on the player profiles, which is the last thing left to do.
posted by CelebPixx on Friday, April 22, 2005
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Here's all of Sunday's AML games and the point spread, which is taken from MasterRater's AML predictions. All times are in EST:
Anarchists vs Liquid Inc. @ 4pm (narchs by 5.0)
ElementalForces vs DOMINATION @ 4pm (ef by 4.5)
Victimise vs Wretcheds @ 4pm (even)
CRIPS vs StarFire Academy @ 5pm (crips by 6.0)
Externals vs Secret @ 5pm (ext by 3.0)
CHAOS*ZONE vs Hitlist @ 5pm (hl by 7.5)
Untarnished vs Warlords @ 6pm (wl by 2.5)
Gods vs ReDS @ 7pm (gods by 5.0)
AML Round 5 Time Confirmed
ElementalForces vs DOMINATION @ 4pm (ef by 4.5)
Victimise vs Wretcheds @ 4pm (even)
CRIPS vs StarFire Academy @ 5pm (crips by 6.0)
Externals vs Secret @ 5pm (ext by 3.0)
CHAOS*ZONE vs Hitlist @ 5pm (hl by 7.5)
Untarnished vs Warlords @ 6pm (wl by 2.5)
Gods vs ReDS @ 7pm (gods by 5.0)
posted by CelebPixx on Friday, April 22, 2005
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We're playing Wretcheds this Sunday at 4pm EST (9pm GMT). It was a bit of an odd scheduling round. Wretcheds got the 4pm time they asked for due to the 48 hour rule. That rule is used when one team offers a time and one team doesn't, but I actually posted a time before Wretcheds did. I shouldn't be surprised about things like this by now considering we've been screwed in almost all our game times this season.
I'll post the full round 5 schedule this evening.
Seeding Rounds Explained
I'll post the full round 5 schedule this evening.
posted by CelebPixx on Friday, April 22, 2005
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Mizerie has posted on the AML forums explaining how this season's seeding rounds are going to work. You can read what he said here.
It's pretty much the same as last season. The two divisions merge into one big ladder and we play two games. The only difference to last season is there's one less round. Personally I'd like to see the seeding rounds stay at three games as this gives more movement up and down the ladder and more chances for squads to make the top eight and move onto the playoffs. Also ten rounds in total (seven division games and three seeding rounds) is a good length for a regular season.
But hey, who listens to me any more?
AML Round 4 Results and Standings
It's pretty much the same as last season. The two divisions merge into one big ladder and we play two games. The only difference to last season is there's one less round. Personally I'd like to see the seeding rounds stay at three games as this gives more movement up and down the ladder and more chances for squads to make the top eight and move onto the playoffs. Also ten rounds in total (seven division games and three seeding rounds) is a good length for a regular season.
But hey, who listens to me any more?
posted by CelebPixx on Thursday, April 21, 2005
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Here's all the scores, stats and standings from Sunday's games. With four rounds played the tables are starting to take shape.
ElementalForces bt Wretcheds 12-3
MVP: Five o ford (ef) 5-1 LVP: Trigger Happy (wret) 0-1
box score - game log
CRIPS bt Secret 12-2
MVP: D u e l e r (crips) 3-1 LVP: d i g i (sec) 0-3
box score - game log
DOMINATION bt CHAOS*ZONE 12-5
MVP: spectacle 2 (dom) 5-2 LVP: sniif (cz) 1-3
box score - game log
Untarnished bt StarFire Academy 12-5
MVP: Symbsters (unt) 5-2 LVP: Solar Hydro (sfa) 0-1
box score - game log
Victimise bt Liquid Inc. 12-6
MVP: Nick Rivers (vic) 6-1 LVP: silly_n00b (li) 0-3
box score - game log
Externals bt ReDS 12-4
MVP: Medi (ext) 4-1 LVP: Papa T (reds) 0-3
box score - game log
Hitlist bt Anarchists 8-5
MVP: DMD (hl) 2-1 LVP: krellin (narchs) 1-3
box score - game log
Gods bt Warlords 12-2
MVP: Pot (gods) 4-1 LVP: ZoAnimus (wl) 0-3
box score - game log
Lightning Division
Thunder Divsion
AML Round 4, Victimise 12-6 Liquid Inc.
MVP: Five o ford (ef) 5-1 LVP: Trigger Happy (wret) 0-1
box score - game log
CRIPS bt Secret 12-2
MVP: D u e l e r (crips) 3-1 LVP: d i g i (sec) 0-3
box score - game log
DOMINATION bt CHAOS*ZONE 12-5
MVP: spectacle 2 (dom) 5-2 LVP: sniif (cz) 1-3
box score - game log
Untarnished bt StarFire Academy 12-5
MVP: Symbsters (unt) 5-2 LVP: Solar Hydro (sfa) 0-1
box score - game log
Victimise bt Liquid Inc. 12-6
MVP: Nick Rivers (vic) 6-1 LVP: silly_n00b (li) 0-3
box score - game log
Externals bt ReDS 12-4
MVP: Medi (ext) 4-1 LVP: Papa T (reds) 0-3
box score - game log
Hitlist bt Anarchists 8-5
MVP: DMD (hl) 2-1 LVP: krellin (narchs) 1-3
box score - game log
Gods bt Warlords 12-2
MVP: Pot (gods) 4-1 LVP: ZoAnimus (wl) 0-3
box score - game log
Lightning Division
# Squad W L T K D Diff
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1 ElementalForces 4 0 0 48 18 +30
2 Hitlist 4 0 0 35 18 +17
3 DOMiNATiON 3 1 0 36 25 +11
4 Anarchists 2 2 0 34 24 +10
5 Wretcheds 1 3 0 29 32 -3
6 Victimise 1 3 0 26 38 -12
7 Liquid Inc. 1 3 0 25 46 -21
8 CHAOS*ZONE 0 4 0 15 47 -32
Thunder Divsion
# Squad W L T K D Diff
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1 Gods 3 1 0 41 11 +30
2 CRIPS 3 1 0 36 22 +14
3 Warlords 3 1 0 32 20 +12
4 ReDS 3 1 0 28 29 -1
5 Untarnished 2 2 0 30 29 +1
6 Externals 1 3 0 22 37 -15
7 StarFire Academy 1 3 0 20 40 -20
8 Secret 0 4 0 17 38 -21
posted by CelebPixx on Thursday, April 21, 2005
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After two bad defeats to EF and Dom to start the season, then the loss and appeal last week against Hitlist we finally started to show the kind of squad we can be with a 12-6 win over Liquid Inc. It didn't start that way though.
Our starters were Nick Rivers (Weasel), stool (bird), Lex (bird) and Asinine (Weasel) while LI went with the only four they showed: SabreTooth, Pension, Silly_n00b and Proxy (all birds). Neither team used any subs. We had the worst start to any game in the squad's history when Nick was killed after 10 seconds then stool was killed after 50. Not even a minute into the game and we were 2-0 down. Both deaths were due to slow reps. After LI got that lead we pulled it back and looked like pulling away but again died too easily. I think after all the bad luck we've had this season and the start we had to this game we were playing a little too reserved. The scores were tied at 2-2, 3-3, 4-4 and 6-6, although after it got to 3-3 LI never led again.
It was at this point we really took over the match. The next three kills saw us finally split the game open and knock out two of LI's slots. Once it was 4v2 it was a case of cleaning up without making any mistakes, which is exactly what we did to take it 12-6. Nick got the MVP, going 6-1 with 3 KO's, 1 assist and 7 forced reps. Runner up was stool who went 4-2 with 1 KO, 2 assists and 6 forced reps. After the nervous start where I think we were all expecting something to go wrong again, we really settled down into the game and for the first time we showed what kind of team we can be this season.
Personally it was nice to get a 2 weasel/2 warbird line out there. This has always been my favourite ship line up and it's what we've always used in Vic's most successful season's (AML 6 semi final and AML 8 quarter final appearances). Next up for us is Wretcheds. I've started scheduling and will post when I have a time confirmed. Finally here's all the stats and other stuff that only I'm interested in from the game:
Full Match Stats
Box Score
Spec Log
Player Stats
Screenshot 1
Screenshot 2
We Won
Our starters were Nick Rivers (Weasel), stool (bird), Lex (bird) and Asinine (Weasel) while LI went with the only four they showed: SabreTooth, Pension, Silly_n00b and Proxy (all birds). Neither team used any subs. We had the worst start to any game in the squad's history when Nick was killed after 10 seconds then stool was killed after 50. Not even a minute into the game and we were 2-0 down. Both deaths were due to slow reps. After LI got that lead we pulled it back and looked like pulling away but again died too easily. I think after all the bad luck we've had this season and the start we had to this game we were playing a little too reserved. The scores were tied at 2-2, 3-3, 4-4 and 6-6, although after it got to 3-3 LI never led again.
It was at this point we really took over the match. The next three kills saw us finally split the game open and knock out two of LI's slots. Once it was 4v2 it was a case of cleaning up without making any mistakes, which is exactly what we did to take it 12-6. Nick got the MVP, going 6-1 with 3 KO's, 1 assist and 7 forced reps. Runner up was stool who went 4-2 with 1 KO, 2 assists and 6 forced reps. After the nervous start where I think we were all expecting something to go wrong again, we really settled down into the game and for the first time we showed what kind of team we can be this season.
Personally it was nice to get a 2 weasel/2 warbird line out there. This has always been my favourite ship line up and it's what we've always used in Vic's most successful season's (AML 6 semi final and AML 8 quarter final appearances). Next up for us is Wretcheds. I've started scheduling and will post when I have a time confirmed. Finally here's all the stats and other stuff that only I'm interested in from the game:
Box Score
Spec Log
Player Stats
Screenshot 1
Screenshot 2
posted by CelebPixx on Wednesday, April 20, 2005
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We beat Liquid Inc. 12-6 earlier today. We had a shaky start when we died twice in the opening minute, but rallied for an easy win in the end. Nick was the MVP going 6-1. Expect to see a full match report up on the blog sometime tomorrow.
AML Round-up
posted by CelebPixx on Sunday, April 17, 2005
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Been busy this week so I've been unable to update the blog. So here's all the stats and stuff from the hitlist game:
Full Match Stats
Box Score
Spec Log
Player Stats
Screenshot 1
Screenshot 2
Still no news on out appeal of the game, but I have had confirmation that the staff have it and are voting on it. Our round 3 game tomorrow is against Liquid Inc. and will be played at 5pm EST (10pm GMT)
We Lost (Again)
Box Score
Spec Log
Player Stats
Screenshot 1
Screenshot 2
Still no news on out appeal of the game, but I have had confirmation that the staff have it and are voting on it. Our round 3 game tomorrow is against Liquid Inc. and will be played at 5pm EST (10pm GMT)
posted by CelebPixx on Saturday, April 16, 2005
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Hitlist beat us 8-6, but for the second game this season I've appealed the result and this time I expect the appeal to be approved and the match replayed. The problem happened when we made a sub at the 35:00 minute mark (Asinine for Nick Rivers).
The sub was incorrectly burned, but when the ref tried to fix this he gave all the players in the match full ships instead of just Asinine. I'll post a full match report sometime tomorrow with more details.
AML Round 3 Schedule
The sub was incorrectly burned, but when the ref tried to fix this he gave all the players in the match full ships instead of just Asinine. I'll post a full match report sometime tomorrow with more details.
posted by CelebPixx on Tuesday, April 12, 2005
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Here's all of tomorrows AML matches plus the point spread. All times are in EST.
CRIPS vs ReDS @ 3pm (crips by 3.5)
Externals vs Gods @ 3pm (gods by 5.5)
Secret vs Untarnished @ 3pm (sec by 0.5)
CHAOS*ZONE vs ElementalForces @ 4pm (EF by 6.5)
Liquid Inc. vs Wretcheds @ 4pm (wtds by 5.0)
StarFire Academy vs Warlords @ 5pm (WL by 3.5)
Anarchists vs DOMINATION @ 7pm (narchs by 0.5)
Hitlist vs Victimise @ 8pm (HL by 2.0)
AML Round 3 Time Confirmed
Externals vs Gods @ 3pm (gods by 5.5)
Secret vs Untarnished @ 3pm (sec by 0.5)
CHAOS*ZONE vs ElementalForces @ 4pm (EF by 6.5)
Liquid Inc. vs Wretcheds @ 4pm (wtds by 5.0)
StarFire Academy vs Warlords @ 5pm (WL by 3.5)
Anarchists vs DOMINATION @ 7pm (narchs by 0.5)
Hitlist vs Victimise @ 8pm (HL by 2.0)
posted by CelebPixx on Saturday, April 09, 2005
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We'll be playing Hitlist this Sunday at 8pm EST (1am GMT). I'll post a full schedule once all the game times have been confirmed.
AML Round 2 Results and Standings
posted by CelebPixx on Thursday, April 07, 2005
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Here's all the scores and stats from all of Sunday's games in AML, plus a first look at the league tables.
ReDS bt Untarnished 7-6 (in OT)
MVP: UbeR sHiZA (ReDS) 3-1 LVP: Largo (Unt) 1-2
box score - game log
StarFire Acadamy bt Secret 8-6
MVP: death's razor (SFA) 3-1 LVP: Trash-Killer (Sec) 0-2
box score - game log
CRIPS bt Gods 6-5
MVP: D u e l e r (Crips) 1-1 LVP: Soul Assassin (Gods) 1-3
box score - game log
Hitlist bt Liquid Inc. 12-3
MVP: Plutonium (HL) 4-0 LVP: black psycho (LI) 0-3
box score - game log
ElementalForces bt Anarchists 12-6
MVP: DeathKnight 6-2 LVP: Ender^Wiggin (narchs) 1-1
box score - game log
Wretcheds bt CHAOS*ZONE 12-1
MVP: Pretender (Wtds) 5-0 LVP: CrazySexyCool 0-1
box score - game log
DOMINATION bt Victimise 12-4
MVP: falsehood (Dom) 2-0 LVP: Cerium (Vic) 2-3
box score - game log
Warlords bt Externals 9-2
MVP: Gazelle (WL) 6-0 LVP: Blink (Ext) 0-1
box score - game log
Thunder Division
Lightning Division
AML Round 2, Victimise 4-12 DOMINATION
MVP: UbeR sHiZA (ReDS) 3-1 LVP: Largo (Unt) 1-2
box score - game log
StarFire Acadamy bt Secret 8-6
MVP: death's razor (SFA) 3-1 LVP: Trash-Killer (Sec) 0-2
box score - game log
CRIPS bt Gods 6-5
MVP: D u e l e r (Crips) 1-1 LVP: Soul Assassin (Gods) 1-3
box score - game log
Hitlist bt Liquid Inc. 12-3
MVP: Plutonium (HL) 4-0 LVP: black psycho (LI) 0-3
box score - game log
ElementalForces bt Anarchists 12-6
MVP: DeathKnight 6-2 LVP: Ender^Wiggin (narchs) 1-1
box score - game log
Wretcheds bt CHAOS*ZONE 12-1
MVP: Pretender (Wtds) 5-0 LVP: CrazySexyCool 0-1
box score - game log
DOMINATION bt Victimise 12-4
MVP: falsehood (Dom) 2-0 LVP: Cerium (Vic) 2-3
box score - game log
Warlords bt Externals 9-2
MVP: Gazelle (WL) 6-0 LVP: Blink (Ext) 0-1
box score - game log
Thunder Division
# Squad W L T K D Diff
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1 Warlords 2 0 0 18 6 +12
2 ReDS 2 0 0 17 11 +6
3 CRIPS 2 0 0 18 13 +5
4 Gods 1 1 0 17 9 +8
5 StarFire Academy 1 1 0 13 16 -3
6 Secret 0 2 0 10 17 -7
7 Untarnished 0 2 0 9 19 -10
8 Externals 0 2 0 10 21 -11
Lightning Division
# Squad W L T K D Diff
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1 DOMiNATiON 2 0 0 24 8 +16
2 ElementalForces 2 0 0 24 10 +14
3 Hitlist 2 0 0 19 7 +12
4 Wretcheds 1 1 0 16 8 +8
5 Anarchists 1 1 0 17 16 +1
6 Victimise 0 2 0 8 24 -16
7 Liquid Inc. 0 2 0 7 24 -17
8 CHAOS*ZONE 0 2 0 5 23 -18
posted by CelebPixx on Wednesday, April 06, 2005
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It's deja vu all over again. Like last season we have a great roster and should be challenging for a final four spot. But like last season we're getting bad showings and losing games we should be winning. Dom are title favourites and we stood toe-to-toe with them for the first 20 minutes, but in the end their better depth on the day saw them eventually come out easy winners.
We started Ceruim (Lev, warbird), bong (warbird, javelin), Lex (warbird) and Jam (warbird). Our only sub was me (bird). Dom starters were Air, crzyman, prowl and spectacle 2 (all birds) and they subbed in Krogoth (lanc) and falsehood (bird). Of the six players Dom used four of them were on Vic's roster at the start of the season and of the two that weren't one of them actually asked to join the squad.
We really lost this match in the pre-game. I usually like to have the starters picked at least 30 minutes before the game, then go into our private arena and have them play together against our bench until our match is called. On Sunday we never had 4 players until just before the game started. That meant we didn't have a single squad practice before the match and ended up warming up by dueling each other. I had no time to pick a good four to stand up to Dom's aggressive style and get everyone on the same page. I just picked the four we had and got them in the match. Considering how bad pre-game was we started really well.
We got the first kill of the game (air kb bong) and matched Dom pretty much kill-for-kill from then on. We stayed tight and didn't let Dom separate us. I was surprised at Dom's ship selection. Dom are a squad that are powered by aggressive weasel pilots, but they put an all-warbird line out against us. Things fell apart for us at the 31 minute mark however.
Dom were leading 5-4, but we had two slots on their last life (Jam and Cerium). Dom had subbed in Falsehood for Air and then Korgoth for prowl to keep their slots strong. I was the only sub so I went in for Jam when he hit 0 reps, but Cerium had to play on on 1 life and eventually on 0 reps and Dom targeted him. The next kill was predictably Cerium to put us at 3v4 and after that Dom took over. We never got another kill and lost 12-4.
It's still early in the season so I'm not panicking yet. We have 5 regular season games and 2 seeding rounds to turn it around. We still have some good players who've yet to play in a game who will be showing for us now and we've yet to put out our best starting four together in a game.
Next up for us is Hitlist. This is a new squad but they have some experienced pilots on their roster. I wouldn't call this a must-win game for us, but that's only because I consider all games must-win. I've started scheduling and will post here when I have a confirmed time. It might get a little dirty as Hitlist like times a lot later than we do. Finally, here's all the stats from the match.
Full Match Stats
Box Score
Spec Log
Player Stats
Screenshot
That screenshot gives you an idea about how messed up the start was. Anyone who's been on Vic knows how anal I get about making sure everyone wears the squad banner and I let three people get away without wearing it on Sunday. Scandalous.
We Lost
We started Ceruim (Lev, warbird), bong (warbird, javelin), Lex (warbird) and Jam (warbird). Our only sub was me (bird). Dom starters were Air, crzyman, prowl and spectacle 2 (all birds) and they subbed in Krogoth (lanc) and falsehood (bird). Of the six players Dom used four of them were on Vic's roster at the start of the season and of the two that weren't one of them actually asked to join the squad.
We really lost this match in the pre-game. I usually like to have the starters picked at least 30 minutes before the game, then go into our private arena and have them play together against our bench until our match is called. On Sunday we never had 4 players until just before the game started. That meant we didn't have a single squad practice before the match and ended up warming up by dueling each other. I had no time to pick a good four to stand up to Dom's aggressive style and get everyone on the same page. I just picked the four we had and got them in the match. Considering how bad pre-game was we started really well.
We got the first kill of the game (air kb bong) and matched Dom pretty much kill-for-kill from then on. We stayed tight and didn't let Dom separate us. I was surprised at Dom's ship selection. Dom are a squad that are powered by aggressive weasel pilots, but they put an all-warbird line out against us. Things fell apart for us at the 31 minute mark however.
Dom were leading 5-4, but we had two slots on their last life (Jam and Cerium). Dom had subbed in Falsehood for Air and then Korgoth for prowl to keep their slots strong. I was the only sub so I went in for Jam when he hit 0 reps, but Cerium had to play on on 1 life and eventually on 0 reps and Dom targeted him. The next kill was predictably Cerium to put us at 3v4 and after that Dom took over. We never got another kill and lost 12-4.
It's still early in the season so I'm not panicking yet. We have 5 regular season games and 2 seeding rounds to turn it around. We still have some good players who've yet to play in a game who will be showing for us now and we've yet to put out our best starting four together in a game.
Next up for us is Hitlist. This is a new squad but they have some experienced pilots on their roster. I wouldn't call this a must-win game for us, but that's only because I consider all games must-win. I've started scheduling and will post here when I have a confirmed time. It might get a little dirty as Hitlist like times a lot later than we do. Finally, here's all the stats from the match.
Box Score
Spec Log
Player Stats
Screenshot
That screenshot gives you an idea about how messed up the start was. Anyone who's been on Vic knows how anal I get about making sure everyone wears the squad banner and I let three people get away without wearing it on Sunday. Scandalous.
posted by CelebPixx on Tuesday, April 05, 2005
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Dom beat us 12-4 yesterday. We started well, but faded. Expect a full match report up by tomorrow.
AML Round 2 Schedule
posted by CelebPixx on Monday, April 04, 2005
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Here's all tomorrow's game times and the MR point spread. All times are in EST:
ReDS vs Untarnished @ 2pm (even)
Secret vs StarFire Academy @ 3pm (sec by 2.5)
CRIPS vs Gods @ 4pm (gods by 4.5)
Hitlist vs Liquid Inc. @ 4pm (HL by 4.0)
Anarchists vs ElementalForces @ 5pm (narchs by 2.5)
CHAOS*ZONE vs Wretcheds @ 5pm (Wtds by 6.5)
DOMINATION vs Victimise @ 6pm (dom by 4.0)
Externals vs Warlords @ 9pm (WL by 1.5)
Secret vs StarFire Academy @ 3pm (sec by 2.5)
CRIPS vs Gods @ 4pm (gods by 4.5)
Hitlist vs Liquid Inc. @ 4pm (HL by 4.0)
Anarchists vs ElementalForces @ 5pm (narchs by 2.5)
CHAOS*ZONE vs Wretcheds @ 5pm (Wtds by 6.5)
DOMINATION vs Victimise @ 6pm (dom by 4.0)
Externals vs Warlords @ 9pm (WL by 1.5)
posted by CelebPixx on Saturday, April 02, 2005
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