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Savage CTF Season 4 Reports
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Well the last game in Season 4 against UC... the winner being Division 1 champs….An important game indeed. UNR could only field 5 players and UC wouldn’t lend us their spare ;O) UC seemed to be defending heavily during the first part of the game but it heated up after 5". A quadded UC_Will killed Tasan and stole the str rune but UC_MM overflowed whilst carrying our flag :O( UC_Sub replaced him immediately but the flag was returned. UNR’s attack force of Luke & Spawny made a cap each 10" into the game, shortly before MM returned to the fray. Then a good spirited game took a sad turn….
After 13" Rude overflowed and Diabolic, Spawny, Rude, Tasan, Luke & UC_Aqua all complained of massive packet loss (see screeny!)….for me it seemed the type of con you get when the Server is being heavily used by another application. UNR were now temporary down to 4 players as MM made UC’s second capture. It was now 2 - 2, Tasan asked KlanWolf to abandon the game but MM had to agree. After 5" of requests, MM finally refused a rematch, the score now standing at 3-2 to UC. I tried a recon, only to get an average ping of 320….As with Spawny, it was ridiculous on an analogue connection. I noticed in KW’s demo that UC didn’t seem to suffer from ping problems…The result was I couldn’t contribute in holding midfield and UC just kept on quad attacking. Insomniak joined the game with 12" to go but it was too late.. the game finished 7-2 to UC. Not an enjoyable game, imo the game should have been abandoned as it was unplayable for many of us and don’t forget…it was the Final! Congratulations UC on winning the Savage, I just wish it had been a better game on a playable server. Thanks to KlanWolf for his demo. |
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After a delay due to UNR’s presence at the LAN party, this game was played on Tuesday. Thanks to BBC for this sportsmanship :O) Within a few minutes it was 1 a piece.. BBC seemed to get early control of most Runes (Tec’s to you younguns ;O) so our attack force of Spawny & Yakumo set to work… At the cost of going 1 - 2 down after 5", UNR won back some important Runes, ensuring our defence team of Tasan & Insomniak were well prepared for BBC’s many attacks… ‘Mantra, ADDICT & Termite were BBC’s attack force. Special mention to ADDICT for getting 3 of BBC’s captures, at the cost of 6% efficiency…Now that’s what I call dedication! BBC had 3 permanent defenders…Brunny, GrOin and Nog, who seemed to spend a lot of his time in their Rail Room, making life hell in the mid area. UNR had Rude & Diabolic placed in midfield…..we knew BBC, as most clans, love a Quad BFG attack on this level so it was our job to make access to this area as difficult as possible. ADDICT & ‘Mantra fought especially hard for access to the BFG. At one stage it got so busy in mid that we even had a telefrag battle :O) A capture to remember was Rude making it back to our Ramp before getting BFG’d, Diabolic, who was escorting, killed the attacker and picked up the flag, only to get killed half way up our Ramp. Insomniak killed D’s slayer and completed the capture..nice team work guys! A minute later poor ole ‘Mantra made it to our Rail window before discovering his fps was too high to exit. Yaku beat him out and stood there waiting for him. Doh! After 25" BBC carried out some big attacks on UNR’s 2 defenders. They stole some Runes and Termite got our flag making it 3-14. UNR regrouped and bolstered their defence. With BBC holding the Runes and having an easier time in mid, they were able to launch more frequent Quad/BFG attacks. This constant pressure resulted in ADDICT making BBC’s final capture but time was running out… At 40" it ended with the score 19 - 4 to UNR. An excellent performance from UNR against stiff opposition from the guys of the BBC. Thanks to FuGu, +MattCa+, DaZZeR and JuBoy for their support of this game. P.S. Can somebody PLEASE sort out the ‘server was killed’ bug that constantly stops demos! |
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Outlands 2…not a great level for flag captures, especially with BYC defending the Blue lower base! …Well it’s in the tournament so we’ve gotta play it (I’d prefer the original Outlands or CTF5 Final Showdown ;O) For reasons beyond common sense, the best Runes seem to appear below the Quad near the Blue base at the start of the level, so we had some pretty difficult attacking to do! BYC had 3 permanent defenders…Mapei & DEADELUS in the open area and ‘Stratos !’ in the tunnel by their flag. These guys were very tough, especially at the start with 3 runes. Respect to our attackers, Yakumo, Spawny & Rude for robbing BYC of all but the Medi Rune during the course of the game. Stratos stubbornly held on to this Tech and got 100% efficiency for his effort! With Tasan & Insomniak defending our base, as BYC put it, ‘a brick wall’ was in place. Once Tas got his fave STR he was his usual mowing machine self! Midfield was a different matter….Rude did a brilliant job controlling the Quad much of the game with some amazing Railing, but he wasn’t the only LPB who ‘had a railgun and knew how to use it!’ BYC Sandman proved to be a major problem for UNR… Railgun in hand, he frequently took control of the RL area from Diabolic and proved difficult to budge. Due to UNR’s strong defence team, BYC’s Hive, Sandman & SpOok seemed to concentrate on the midfield..clocking up many frags. UNR became concerned that BYC may be going for a 0 - 0 frag difference win but that’s not our style… After 20" of hard slog we got the break we needed……Yakumo escaped from BYC’s base with the flag and their defence team on his tail! He finally got mowed down in the tunnel to our base but a quick acting Rude chaingunned 2 dudes and completed the capture. Well done guys this capture was truly amazing! Despite a major attack shortly after this capture, BYC seemed to concentrate on defending their base heavily against our continued attacks, leaving our defenders hungry for action. All credit to UNR for going for, and justly obtaining a win…BYC are probably one of the toughest teams in the league, respect to them for the hard battle they gave us. Thanks KlanWolf for his demo (available on the Savage web page), thanks BYC for displaying some excellent CTF skills, and well-done UNR for another good solid team effort. |
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For the third game this season we had APO to battle… The game started off very quietly with APO concentrating on defending. It took 3" before [UNR]Luke managed to make our first capture. APO put up 2 LPB’s in defence (Amadeus & Ferret) along with Tiamat. They seemed to defend mainly from the Main Hall in front of their base as I got fragged immediately every time I respawned in that area. APO’s attack force of MadDog, mrZEE & Bateman had to get past [UNR]JuBoy, who did a great job around the Mixer, before reaching our defence team… [UNR]Diabolic controlled the Rocket Launcher area whilst [UNR]Insomniak guarded our Quad. If the poor dogs ;O) managed to get past us they had (UNR)Tasan pumping STR Rockets into them! After about 25" APO’s attacks got stronger and they managed to grab our flag a few times…MadDog made it past the mixer before being gunned down by yours truly ;OP [UNR]Spawny and Luke made many more captures before the game ended 31 - 0. For a change the server was quiet good, even for us forced to play on the old modem! Thanks APO for an excellent match and again well done UNR for an excellent team effort :O) |
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No chance for UNR to relax this week as we were up against our old rivals the Defenders of Sherwood on Stronghold Opposition… UNR put up their usual strong defence team with Tasan guarding our Flag room and Insomniak patrolling the lower chambers. Meanwhile in mid-field we had Diabolic and JuBoy trying to control the bridge/Quad area…something DS Friar Tucker had something to say about! He was positioned in the Rail room and persisted with some very nice Rail sniping into the exposed bridge area. I personally took great pleasure in not only returning some rail shots, but firing a Rocket point blank into his back as he peered out of the window ;OP DS MaidMarion and Azeem had the job of defending their flag against our attacking team of Luke and Spawny… with our mid controlling the Quad most of the time they had limited success…Spawny & Luke made regular captures and DS seemed to leave their base undefended when trying to recover their flag. DS Little John & Naseer worked hard to make a capture….Naseer who was very difficult to hit made it as far as the water pipe before eating a rocket but Robin Hood’s hard work paid off with a capture after 25". Nice one dude. A very good game played in good spirits despite the usual awful lag in the open space around the bridge for the modemers. The game ended at 34 to 1, with us chuckling at Tasan for falling off the platform.. ;O) He is fallible! Well played DS and great teamwork again from UNR.. Well done :O) |
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No easy start to Season 4 with UNR matched against Abfab on Mckinley Revival... A level they have proved to be difficult opponents in the past... Shortly after the game started, [UNR]Yakumo got ‘popped by a grenade’ and duly overflowed :O( …leaving [UNR]Spawny to attack single handily. [UNR]Luke pushed forward to fill the gap and got our first cap within the minute! With {Abfab}Alchy & OxygenE doing some excellent defence work, it wasn’t until Yaku returned that Spawny managed to get our second capture after 8". In midfield {Abfab} put Cheese up against [UNR]Diabolic to control the quad…after 10" {Abfab}NC17 joined in the battle and the water became a very busy area indeed. Above water, Luke did an excellent job controlling the Quad but half way through the game Abfab seemed to flood the mid area above and below.. OxygenE swapped with Baal who preceded to start sniping with the Railgun from the window. Meanwhile in our defence, (UNR)Tasan & Insomniak did their usual superb job. If {Abfab}Havoc or Spliffen managed to get past our mid they had no chance against our ever dependable defence team. Despite the usual lag for the poor ole modem players this was an excellent game and with a score of 23 captures to nil, a good win for UNR. Well done team and thanx Abfab for a ‘gg’ :O) |
