The last game in Season 5 against the mighty UC...We had beat them convincingly the first leg but NEVER underestimate UC!

We fielded the same team as the 1st leg, Tasan defending the flag room, Spog(hpb) the Water entry & Diabolic(hpb) guarding the main Hall.  This left Luke, Spawny & Rude(hpb) to Quad hoe / Attack.
This was the first time Rude had played on his 28.8 modem since he got ISDN and despite a miserable con he still got off some amazing shots, Nice R00D!

It took 5" before our dependable 'flag hoe' Spawny got his first cap, then another after 15". Unlike the first leg, MiddleMan(hpb) had plenty of support from Roc & Rif at the Quad. This paid off with UC winning plenty of Quads to smash our defence with.   I must say Roc got off some nice rails too! (git).

After 20" MiddleMan captured after our base was wiped out and before we properly re-grouped they Quad rolled in again and MMan not only stole our flag, but to rub salt in the wound our STR tech!  Along with the Medi, this bolstered Bismark & Aqua's(hpb) defence.

A combined attack from UNR resulted in us taking the lead again with Spog capping & Spawn retrieving OUR Str!  Whilst both teams struggled to build up their defences, both main defenders ended up with the opposing teams flags...A stand off that certainly didn't suit UC at 2-3.  The whole of UC seemed to attack and Tas was mowed down... with 3" to go it was 3 all!

Roc whipped out of our base into the water with our flag but good ole Spog killed him whilst Luke grabbed UC's flag.  Would Luke do another last second Cap like the first leg? YES!  With 10 seconds to go he capped making it 4-3.

This was an exciting game which both teams enjoyed.  Well played UC & UNR!!   Thanks Obby for your demo :O)

BBC had made it very difficult for us in the first leg but we were all a bit more familiar with the map this time so let the battle commence....

UNR had Tasan defending the flag room, Insomniak(hpb) stationed around the RL, Diabolic(hpb) & Rude in midfield (Quad) and Spawny / Spog(hpb) attack.

Spawny made a couple of caps within the first 10 mins but it took a suprise Quad attack to retrieve our flag from an annoyed Shift to make it 3-0 after 15 mins.  I believe Shift complained he was lagged..which brings me on to the server ; It was bloody awful which ruined the game for me, Rude and a few of the BBC dudes :O(

This time UNR had better control of the Quad which was such a problem the first leg.

Spawny carried on his cap-fest but as the game carried on, BBC's attacks got beefed up and Numpty capped with 5 mins to go! Another big attack resulted in Nog nicking our STR but with a few minutes to go it was too late to make use of it.

BBC showed some excellent understanding of the level...Spawnys "spawny_bastard" demo shows him attempting to return to our base base with their flag..
Every exit / entry is blocked by Numpty, Termite, Killermal, +MattyCake, Nog & Shift!   But Spawny being the cTf god he is (Yes Spawn I am complimenting U ya dog!) made it back
and capped as the audible 10 sec timer struck 0 (phew!..ya Spawny Bas!)

Despite the crap cons, BBC kept their heads and played well. Tas complained afterwards that he sometimes had too much assistance in the base (;OP Spog) but better too much support than not enough!
Well played UNR, a good 10-1 victory.

The first leg APO had defended hard but to little avail..this time they appeared to go for a stronger attacking team.

UNR had Tasan / Spog(hpb) defending the flag and Diabolic(hpb) defending the RL entry. This left Yakumo(hpb), Rude & Spawny to attack.

Shortly after the game kicked off UNR got their first cap. we soon got more than our fair share of Techs, even when we lost 'em they were soon won back.

As the game progressed and UNR's score was rising, APO seemed to go for all out attacks. It was amazing in our base as the fps went down to 1 during these mighty battles!   MD, mrZEE and kia's attacks finally paid off when Amadeus's co-defender MrPink finally managed to capture our flag with 1 minute to go!

The game finished at 22-1 to UNR. A truly frantic game, a great time was had by all!

Unusually I have included my recently fixed pov demo of this game..Laugh at the lag! Admire the skills ;OP Nick our Binds!  Enjoy...

The first leg had seen UNR manage a 1-0 win defending the Lower Blue base....This time it was our turn to defend the Red. We were confident we could at least force a draw, if not win ;O)

UNR had Tasan defending the Red flag & Luke the RL entry.  A new tactic was tried after witnessing NKVD's fondness of the BFG (first leg).. Diabolic(hpb) was put on water entry/bfg guard.  This left Rude, Spawny & Spog(hpb) to try and get down that damn tunnel!

As the game started, Bluffy got first quad but was splattered by D at the Bfg. Meanwhile it soon emerged that BigDom had been placed by the Railgun.  Throughout the game Bigdom almost totally controlled this position with some excellent rail skills (I'm told he uses no other wep!). If things got too hot in this entry area, he was always helped out by by at least two team mates.  If our attackers managed to get past this choke point they had Silicon(hpb) & K'Wolf to deal with in defence.

After 10 mins a Quad BFG attack by Fluffy, MAn00k & Bluffy resulted in NKVD's first cap and the loss of our STR tech... NKVD now had all the runes :O(

Tas ordered Luke forward to assist in the battle around the Rail. Unfortunately Fluffy managed another cap 17 mins into the game. Fluffy played exceedingly well with some excellent railing! Although UNR had control of the BFG area most of the game, NKVD were getting BFG's from kills and attacked / returned primarily from the less defended RL entry / exit.

With 8 mins to go fluffy managed another cap. Tasan just couldn't continuously fight off attacks on his 0wn but he certainly clocked up plenty of frags!

At this stage, Diabolic also pushed up forward to assist at the Rail / Quad area.   UNR managed to compromise NKVD's base and poor ole MAn00k was prevented from capping inches from his flag (nice work Spog!).  Rude managed to get out the tunnel with the flag but was fragged.. Diabolic picked it up with the Medi and started grappling back to the base.. A quick 180° meant losing his pursuers around the BFG and he made it back to the base via the RL. Unknown to D, Bluffy was waiting inside our flag chamber and point blank BFG'd him moments before fluffy was killed and our flag was returned..sooo close! (Damn BFG!!).

NKVD's base was ours and Rude started heading back with the flag as the game finished. We felt another 5 mins and we may have made a come back!

NKVD played exceptionally well and both teams thoroughly enjoyed the game. Nice one NKVD, nice try UNR!

BYC had beat us first leg 6-4, so we were looking forward to this second leg..We now had a stronger cTf team with the help of Flex!
Due to Yaku on holiday & Insomniak in the process of moving
house, UNR could only raise 2 hpb's...
Facts :
1) BYC refused to postpone the game.
2) BYC could have played 4 LPB's.
Not all the BYC players were happy with this but they forced UNR
to play with 5 players and this, although within the rules, was
TOTALLY LAME and un-sporting. Shame on you Mepei.

BYC had DirtyD(hpb) doing an excellent job defending with the STR
along side Sandman & Mapei.
This left Che, Zen(hpb) & Archimed to attack which they constantly
did. Che seemed to get many of his captures by a lightning fast
respawn above our flag & grapple out the front exit. Again Che's
ability was a credit to his team. Zen(hpb) also showed some excellent
skills.
UNR had Tasan in our flag room, Diabolic(hpb) on the Quad and Luke
below the RL. This left Flex & Spog(hpb) to attack.
No matter how hard UNR fought, we couldn't hold on to any Techs we
won due to the constant pressure, but we made BYC work hard for their
captures...this shows in the final score.
Against all the odds, Spog(hpb) managed a cap (nice one dude!) and
also managed to hold out until 10 seconds before the end when Che got
BYC's 8th cap.
Despite the uneven teams this was an excellent game with BYC showing
some nice CtF skills and UNR putting up a gutsy performance which I
for one was proud of.
The final score was 8-1 to BYC. Well played UNR.

After the first leg, DS were out to prove that the last game was no example to what they can usually achieve... We were happy to again play Robin Hoods merry men..

No changes in UNRs defence team.. Insomniak(hpb) patrolling the base & Tasan in the flag Room. Diabolic(veryhpb) & Spog(hpb) were on Quad/Assist duty whilst Luke & Flex were attack.

After 2" a message came up saying [DS]LJ had made the first capture! I saw nothing of this for one and Tasans 'wtf' message repeated my thoughts!
It appeared DS had started with a generous helping of Runes so our team set about stealing 'em & redistributing 'em! (sound familiar DS? :o)
After 10" Luke mananged to get 'Tasans Rune' (the STR ;o).... UNR very quickly gained all the Runes and started to cap.
At about half way through disaster struck! The server was accidentally reset and we had to start over, losing our hard fought over Runes!
:O(
The game restarted with 20" to play. It was difficult to see DS's positions as they were darting about but I did notice Nasir in his fave Rail position!
Much(hpb) seemed the main man in defence with WScarlet, Bull(hpb), RobinHood(hpb) & LJ sharing mid/attack.
After a while we managed to obtain more of the Runes and 3 caps.
With 6" to go, RobinHood answered with a cap of his own.

After the first leg it would have been nice to get a better server but it was pretty poor imo but both teams carried on without complaint. The server reset kept the scores lower than it may have been but DS regained their self-respect and we gained an overall 7-2 win this time. Cheers DS, well played UNR.

Nomad, who played so well the first leg was absent for the second…never mind I’m
sure well play the big guy under his other aliases again many times ;O)

For this game our usual chief defender Tasan was unavailable but hard luck SR, we
got Rude in his place! Along side Rude was Yakumo(hpb) on Main Ramp duty &
‘grenade meister’ Spog(hpb) keeping an eye out on the other entries/exits.

As the game started Flex grabbed the Quad and he must have killed most of the SR
team in the preceding minute! Meanwhile our other attacker Spawny made a very fast
capture. UNR held the Quad for the first 5” making a total of 3 captures before SR
gained Quad control and Bob got a capture.

My personal favourite capture came after 10” when Flex was killed by Bob in
midfield whilst carrying the flag. The lucky dog only respawned right next to the flag
and finished the cap ; SpawnyMkII !!

SR’s defence team of Nighthawk, Diddyman & DragnoratH were caught by surprise
more than once by some Quad grapple entries by Flex/Diabolic. Meanwhile some
nice grappling skills from PurpleMagic & Slarti, earned the latter a capture making 7-
2 halfway through the game.

As the final 10” approached, Diddyman killed Flex in our base, only to see Flex’s
carcass land on our flag and capture! That guy must have sold his soul to CHE to
obtain his luck! (He says its UNReal skillzz if you ask ;OP ) Instead of giving up, SR
swamped the mid and our base BFG’s a blazing… Slarti made his 2nd capture and
Nighthawk another.

By a strange coincidence the game finished as it started…Flex going mad by the Quad
with his SSG (score hoar he he). The Server was ok most of the time. Well done
UNR, a good team effort! Thanks SR for a spirited battle.
Final Score 13-4.

RTctf is a great map for Railing..Unfortunately for UC we had both Luke & Rude available with Flex sitting in reserve!
As the game started, Tasan grabbed his trusty STR tech for defending our flag room
and Spog(hpb) was placed defending the water pipe entry,
Diabolic(hpb) the main hall.

Rude and Luke soon got to grips with controlling the Quad, usually against a lone Middleman(hpb). The demos show some excellent stealth dodging between the pillars by MM but he stood little chance against the two of them.

UC had much better luck in defence...Bismark & Aqua(hpb) were trying out a new tactic that proved deadly for the first part of the game..it was called 'Haste Grenade spamming the entrance'! It was funny to watch them hiding under the stairs firing grenades like machine gun bullets at the door!

All of our initial Quad attacks were flattened until Spawny's trusty grapple paid off. He grabbed the flag & the Medi tech and we had our first capture after 7".
The next two captures were made by Rude with 14 health & Luke with only 7h!

Rifleman(hpb) got some nice rail sniping going but UNR started to build up the captures whilst our defence team stayed solid.

As the game progressed the Haste, Disruptor & Medi techs started to swap teams but Tas stubbornly held on to his STR until the last 10". It was 13-0 to UNR so UC decided to bolster their attack force of MM & Slv with Roc.

An all out attack resulted in Slave grabbing our flag and the STR, but Rude managed to cut him off in the water..a close one!

One of the funnier attacks was Rude quad hyperblasting the whole of UC dead before his flag run was finally cut down. He then captured and with 28 seconds left, Luke grabbed their flag...It took him 27 seconds to cap!

The server wasn't too bad..I only phone jacked for a few minutes this time!
Thanks UC for the game, well done UNR for a 19-0 victory.

This was the first time UNR had ever played SPOGctf as a team, some have not played it at all!
UNR played two main defenders, Tasan in the base & Rude on the main ramp. BBC also opted for two defenders, Willow & Brunny(HPB)....unfortunately for UNR with the Medi & Str techs respectively!
If that wasn't bad enough, mEsP had the Disruptor shield and used it very effectively by capping within a few minutes.
The only Tech UNR managed to get was the Haste but Flex's gamble of quickly trying to retrieve our flag didn't pay off and BBC grabbed that too!

After a few battles, Flex grabbed the Haste back and Spawny obtained the Disruptor Shield, capping and equalling the score after 8".
Another attack on BBC's base resulted in Spawny winning the STR....unfortunately things weren't all roses in midfield...

BBC's mid/attack force of mEsP, GrOiN, Termite & Nog(HPB) were timing the Quads and all meeting under the bridge as it respawned. Even if Flex or Diabolic(HPB) did manage to win it they were usually very low on health as a result of the onslaught. Only when Spog(HPB) started to help out in this area did UNR get better control of the Quad.

One of BBC's many Quad attacks resulted in Nog grabbing our flag & Termite the STR. We managed to retrieve the tech quickly but it took a surprise Quad ambush by Spog to wear down Nogs Medi tech enough to return our flag....2 caps followed and it was 3-1 to UNR with 13" left to play.

BBC's next attack was excellent. Bluffys demo shows Termite successfully hiding from Tasan by crouching behind the boxes in the water whilst a Quadded Nog won the flag and capped.

In the final 10", UNR managed to gain control of all the techs and Spawn / Flex made a few more captures. The game finished 5-2...BBC had put up an excellent fight but UNR, despite a few connection problems experienced by their modemers, won a deserving victory.

Recently reintroduced after a long absence it was Capture Showdown.. one of my favourite maps.. as long as you have the FPS to support it!

A slight change around for UNR, poor ole Luke & Flex had to sit out (:OP ha ha) partly due to the 3LPB limit and partly to give some of the other players a chance to play!
Back after decorating leave, Insomniak(hpb) was back in defence with Tasan in the Flag area. Diabolic(hpb) was floating around the RL area with Yakumo(hpb), Spawny & Finn in attack.

As the game kicked off it soon became apparent that APO meant business when it came to defence. Although Finn managed a capture after 3" (shortly after Spawny managed to steal the STR from their base), future attacks were soon quashed by a 4-5 man defence. APO's main defenders were Amadeus, MrPink(hpb) & Ferret with mrZEE(hpb) & Greml:n(hpb) hanging around the corridors near their base.
This usually left poor ole MadDog to attack alone!

For the next 13" APO, 1 nil down, still played defensively but UNR were not going to settle for 1-0....
Tasan instructed Insomniak to attack, leaving UNR's base solely defended by Tasan & Diabolic. It was a gamble but boy did it pay off!
Some excellent grappling skills from Inso broke the deadlock, making it 2-0 after 13".
The extra man in attack improved our chances in their base, giving Spawny, Yakumo, Finn and Inso regular caps. Only once did APO wipe out our base and Ferret grabbed our flag. Unfortunately for him, UNR took over their base so the flag was returned in a short time, whilst our defence quickly regrouped (if you can call 2 a group!).

One memorable moment was Inso getting mowed down with the flag in our RL ramp by MadDog. Unfortunately before he could return the flag he blew up against Diabolic and Tas completed the Cap. Hard luck MadDog!

Server-wise, MrPink briefly overflowed and Diabolic locked up for 4". A lot of FPS lag was noticed in APO's base, Amadeus's constant use of the hyperblaster may have contributed to this but we fought on.

At full time it was 22-0 to UNR. Many have said CTF5 requires a large defence but we rose to the challenge and were rewarded. Well done UNR and thanks APO for a great game.