The first leg saw Tasan defending at the flag with the STR, Insomniak(hpb) on ramp duty and Bl0key(hpb) at the rail.  This was the defence Phreaky(hpb), MrBassMan and ToKsin had to face.   A bad start for NME as Spawny made 3 caps in as many minutes.  NME's defence team of Witz(slpb), Pants and Bully(hpb) then settled in temporarily preventing any more UNR caps.

Fun at midfield for Quad / bfg control..UNR had Diabolic & Luke going for the Quads as Bl0key railed the asses off any one who tried to get in our way!  Spawny managed another couple of caps and then Luke made UNR's final cap after 17".

UNR didn't have it all their own way as a big attack resulted in Phreaky grabbing our flag.  He was killed but Witz picked it up and made it back to NME's water pipe before being killed by Diabolic.  That was the closest NME came to capping and the game finished 6 - 0.

The second leg again saw Tasan obtain the STR and the other runes doing the rounds.. Being the first time in Savage that team colours were changed for a second leg, confusion set in.  To the trained eye the demo shows much 'friendly fire' :O0

The game had started without Luke due to an overflow but he quickly joined and Spawny made a cap within 2".  After the first leg, it was obvious that MrBassMan had his eye on revenge against Bl0keys railinq.. with some cheeky grenade chucks into the rail room from the water.  I've not seen this before..nice idea BassMan!

NME's defence seemed to be harder and it wasn't until 12" before Spawny managed a second cap, followed by Luke.   With 2" to go Spawny made UNR's final cap and the action again turned to the Quad.  UNR had control of the Quad most of the game but the demo shows in the last minute how hard it was fought for !

Spawny almost capped again but Phreaky killed him in our Pipe....Luke grabbed the flag but didn't have time to cap!

The 2nd leg finished 4 - 0 to UNR.   The game was played in good spirit and despite the hard time, NME seemed to enjoy the game.  Thanks NME for the game & thanks to Admin Bluffy for the demos..... and btw, who are these Bully/ToKsin dudes anyway ;O)

Due to Luke (and Bl0key) attending the EDL in Stockholm and other members being unavailable, we had to play the first leg against UC with 5 players :O(  We always particularly look forward to our games against UC due to their formidable cTf reputation, so I for one was very disappointed we couldn't raise a full team.

We had Tasan & Insomniak(hpb) main defenders, Bl0key(hpb) on rail duty with Diabolic midfield and Spawny attack.

With the help of Rifleman, UC controlled the Quad much of game and after 3" Roc managed to steal our STR tech... Added to the Medi, this made Bismark & Subs defence a difficult nut to crack.   After 6" Spawny killed Roc in their lift but the lift went up & Bis was presented with a UNR flag to cap!  It was 1 - 0 to UC.  3" later a stand off started with Spawny & Slv holding each others flags...Spawny got killed but Inso picked it up.

MiddleMan had to reconnect due to an awful con which seemed to get worst after :O( but when he returned it was still a flag stalemate...

UNR decided in the last 5" to get the flag no-matter what and that we did.  A big attack resulted in Bl0key killing Roc and a cap for UNR!  We decided to defend our hard fought equaliser in the last few minutes.  Fortunately Yakumo(hpb) joined us in the closing moments and helped harass UC's base.  The game finished 1 - 0.

On to the 2nd leg..............

The second leg saw the debut of Moon for UNR, giving us a full team!  Due to some exceedingly strict admining, the game started without Roc or Rif :O(   They quickly scrambled to the server after a minute but to make matters worst, UNR grabbed the STR & Medi.  After 3" we held all the techs!  Sub reconnected due to more hpb con problems and finally it was 6v6!

UNR had started to cap but were stuck a blow after 12" when Roc again nicked our STR!  Bl0key had the flag whilst Roc held ours.  A suprise attack on the ramp by Diabolic resulted in him losing both flag and Tech ( :-P revenge for 1st game;o )

Again Roc was denied a cap when first Diabolic, then Spawny grabbed the flag within metres of him capping!  UC never recovered from their poor start and UNR were in good form after our excellent performance 1st leg.  The game finished 10 - 0 to UNR.

Both games saw some excellent defending from Tasan & Insomniak as well good  midfield / attack work from the rest of us!  A very good result for UNR..well played team.

Thanks to the UC guys for some great matches as ever and thanks to Admin Rico for his excellent demos :O) 

For these games UNR played Tasan main defender, Diabolic(hpb) on Quad cover and Spog(hpb) on RL duty.   This left MooN, Luke & Spawny to attack.

Luke capped within 2 minutes and Moon after 5 but it was hard work...  BBC had 5 digital connections consisting of Butch, Willo, Mesp, Finch & Faxx (a Euro lpb).  Only Alchemist was on a modem but he played as well as the rest!  After 7" Luke managed to get the STR rune which helped out a lot and at 10" Spawny and Mesp both had the flags...neither team could prise their flag back no mater how hard they tried!  A poor advert for Cable-Modems as Moon was totally lagged and eventually overflowed despite a low ping!  The game finished 2 - 0 to UNR but we had the 2nd leg to play....

BBC quickly overwhelmed UNR's base and Mesp capped within 4".  A big counter raid by UNR resulted in Luke capping and us getting some runes.  Spawny fought hard and eventually won Power Shield control off a very determined enemy.  Alchemist took advantage of a UNR defence restocking and knicked our flag from under our noses!  After 8" it was 2 - 1 to BBC and then neally 3 - 1.. but Spog grabbed their flag just in time!  Some nice work from Moon resulted in the end of the two stand offs from which we got our caps.  It was 2 - 2 when the server crashed with 8" to go! :O( noooooooooo!

Deadmode sorted the server and off we went.  Moon came closest to capping twice but we ran out of time.  The 2nd game finished 0 - 0 which in total meant a 2 - 2 draw.

Some excellent play from all of BBC, Butch was impressive but UNR stayed solid and won in the end!  Thanks to BBC for a great game and thanks to Admin Deadmode for demoing.

As a treat ;OP the first demo is from my POV, the 2nd (Admin) demo is mainly freefloat.

Neurotica....A frag fest level of HellsFury proportions..

UNR decided on two main attackers, Spawny & Luke.  Diabolic was on Midfield / Power Shield duty which left three defenders...Spog(hpb) on RL/GL, Bully(hpb) on Quad and Tasan in the flag room.

Spawn captured within the minute but our base was overrun allowing Graken(hpb) and Iaxia to make two quick caps... Diabolic after chasing our flag into their base was killed but respawned above...Whilst HSF celebrated their lead he sneakily whisked their flag away making it 2 all after 3".   UNR quickly regained control of our base and started to cap.

HSF made defence difficult with regular 3 man attacks consisting of quakegod, Ixia, & Gracken.  This left Warspite(hpb) their main defender with Skid covering the whole upper area.  This was possibly HSF's main downfall.  Their 3 man attack ensured caps but this left their base and particularly their Quad vulnerable.

In midfield HSF had Billox hanging around the Railgun like a eagle ready to pounce!  From here he did his best to pick us off and grab some Power Shields.

Despite another cap by Graken, the first leg finished 7 - 3 to UNR.  A very exciting game, now it was time to swap colours and try and remember not to shoot your own team-mates!

In  the 2nd leg HSF again started with some nice runes..the STR & Medi. Within a minute Graken came within 1cm of capping but was denied.  Billox grabbed it off his gibbs but Luke had made off with their flag.  Unfortunately at this stage Bully overflowed but we took HSF's Quad and returned our flag....  It was 1nil to UNR after 4".

Next, rather amusingly caught on Bluffys Demo, a flag carrying Spog was grapple killed by Skid on his way home :O)  After 5" we managed to finally win the STR rune as quakegod evened the score at 1 - 1.  This proved to be HSF's final capture as Tasan went berserk in defence with his fave STR tech.   UNR started to build the caps up as Tasan mowed down HSF's countless well manned attacks (look at his final score ffs!)

This was Bullys first game for UNR and well done to him.  In fact the whole UNR team performed well against a very difficult opponent.  The 2nd leg finished 12 - 1.  Both games were frantic and good fun..the demos are well worth a peek!

The first demo is the action from my PoV in midfield... the 2nd is the only admin demo available..a great chase cam demo by Admin Bluffy..thanks dude.

In both legs UNR started with a 4 man defence... Tasan on the Flag with Diabolic & Insomniak(hpb).   Bully(hpb) was placed on RL duty.  An unlucky start for UNR when NKVD got both defensive runes ; the STR & Haste.  With a permanent 4 man defence consisting of Silicon, BigDom, Klan Wolf & Maymunkil(hpb) this proved to be a combination UNR's two attackers (Luke & Spawny) couldn't crack.
Meanwhile in NKVD's attack, MaNook concentrated on harassing UNR's base whilst Bluffy Armoured up before joining. This paid off after 7" with Bluffy escaping with our flag.  Inso killed him by the enemy RL but Dom finished the cap making it 1 - 0.   Inso pushed forward to help out in attack but to no avail.  Bluffy made another cap 11" into the game.  Tasan decided to push Bully forward too but we just couldn't crack NKVD's 4 man Runed up defence.  Bluffy took advantage of UNR's depleted defence and made a final cap in the dying minute.  The 1st leg finished 3 - 0 to NKVD.

Insomniak was replaced for the 2nd leg by Spog(hpb).  Unfortunately this level is very unkind to modemers and all 4 of them seemed to suffer lag.

Better luck for UNR when we started with the STR & Medi.  Unfortunately Luke was having problems joining a full server so the game started without him :O(  UNR soon won the Disruptor shield but after some initial attacks from kia (who had replaced Bluffy) and MaNook, it went quiet for our defence.  UNR won the final tech (accelerator) after 13" but it was still 0 - 0. NKVD seemed to have decided to have a 5 man defence with the odd attack.  Tasan issued the command to all attack, leaving Diabolic & himself lone defenders.  I'm not sure the big attack ever materialised but Spawny heroically grabbed the flag and single-handidly made it back to our RL before being killed.  Matters weren't helped by Spog overflowing but our attackers couldn't beat NKVD's 5 man defence and team work when their flag was taken. The game finished a disappointing 0 -0 after the full 20".

This game proved there is no substitute for good practised cTf team play.. apparently NKVD had been practising on ctf5 all week with BYC whilst UNR only ever play cTf together in Savage. If any good comes out of this game it is the possibility of some cTf team practices :O)
Thanks NKVD for a well fought game and thanks to KIA for the 1st demo & Bluffy for the 2nd, both chasecam :O)

After various action off the sever involving UNR/Flex/BYC it was time for the real thing on RTCTF1 (well Q2's real to me ;o)  Would BYC go for a 0 - 0 draw or would they go for it?  We joined the server.... Skirmish + RTCTF = Nooooo! :O0

The first leg got underway with Tas defending our flag aided by BULLY(hpb).  This left Luke, Spawny, SpaceMonk(hpb) & Diabolic to Mid / Attack.

BYC started off with the STR and Che single-handily defended with it. BYC's Midfield / Attack force of Hive, Zen(hpb), Arch, Sand & H0mi(hpb) Quad attacked us in force but our defence was Rock.

Meanwhile Luke attacked and killed Che, resulting in us gaining the STR and the 1st cap :O) Next Che was caught looking out the front entry as Spawny sneaked in the Water entry, capping.  Che was given the Haste rune but had another spot of bad luck... Admin Rumpy started doing Rate checks and demanded Che lower his... whilst complying Spawny grappled in unhindered and escaped with Che's flag (see demo). Che was furious but managed to stay relatively composed... ;OP
The Rate fun wasn't over... Diabolic was the next to be asked to rate lower but due to the busy mm2 situation, didn't notice the request and was duly kicked from the server :O(
After further attention all rates were below the 7k limit.. the game continued and Spawny capped... 4-0 to UNR.

Sandman took over BYC's defence which left Che to attack.. He tooled up, and I mean tool up.... Che was more TOOLED UP than a group of plumbers at an Anna Kournikova convention.
He attacked and capped.  SpaceMonk overflowed.
Spawny managed another cap but Tas suggested we assist in defence.  BYC launched some 'Mother of all attacks' resulting in H0mi & Che pulling the score up to 4 - 5 (to UNR) as the first leg finished.

The 2nd leg started and Sandy was defending with the STR (doh!) and Dirty-D(hpb) replaced Zen.  Che managed a cap on very low health and then a 2nd.
A big attack from UNR resulted in Luke capping and Diabolic grabbing the STR.  Che managed another couple of caps but we got all 4 Techs!

SpaceMonk again overflowed and Che got mowed down in our base by 4 peeps firing at him.. Even Che lags in this situation! :OP
With control of the Techs, Spawny and then Rude capped but BYC pulled back.... We couldn't break their 4 man defence and the game finished 4 - 3 To BYC.

Despite the awful lag experienced (mainly by the modemers) and the Rate business, these were excellent games.  Both BYC & UNR enjoyed the games and we even had a friendly afterwards!

Thanks to Admin Deadmode for his freefloat demos and Che for his.
Well played both teams :O)

After being delayed, we finally got together with the Defenders of Sherwood on Wednesday after a lot of hunting around on IRC channels (we couldn't see the wood  huh huh for the trees or something).  DS only had time to play the first leg so off we went.  DS played Wayland, Herne, Nasir, Much, RobinHood (hpb) and LittleJohn (hpb).  We played Tasan & Spog(hpb) in defence, whilst Moon, Diabolic, Luke & SpaceMonk(hpb) were Mid / Attack.  UNR never seemed to get going and DS won 3 - 2.  They were naturally delighted and decided to play the second leg.

UNR seemed to shift up a gear and we all had a much better game.  The match finished 3 - 0 to us :O)  Due to no Admins I have no overall demos so its hard to do a proper match analysis.  As a result I have included the only 3 UNR demos available so you can see for yourselves.  The first demo is the only one available (from my Pov), showing the action in midfield.  For the second leg I have included both UNR demos.. the first from my pov and the second from Moons.  Moon was made full UMR after this game, congratulations dude.

This will be the last match report I do due to time constraints versus a seeming lack of interest.  If you wish for them to continue feel free to e-mail me at diabolic@ <removed - 10th Jan 2003>