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Fall 2005

Fall 2005 Statistics

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Regular Season Statistics

Team Player GP Orbs Assissts Plus/Minus MVP GP-Mayor
               
HDO Method 3   2 2 2 1
HDO IGGY 2 2   2 1  
HDO zhantrim 2   1 1   2
HDO Merloch 2   1 1    
HDO Cable 1   1 1    
HDO Genghis 1          
HDO Redxkingz 1   1 1    
               
Team Player GP Orbs Assissts Plus/Minus MVP GP-Mayor
               
JB Deceth 4 1 1 1 1 1
JB Warlord 3   2 2 2 1
JB Nightwish 3   1 1   2
JB BennyGuapos 2   1 1 1  
JB MuffinMan 2 1 1 2    
JB Ender 2          
               
Team Player GP Orbs Assissts Plus/Minus MVP GP-Mayor
               
WFC Surge 3   1 -1    
WFC Chaos952 3   1 -1   2
WFC Hot-Dog 2 1 1 2 2  
WFC DuneBug 2   1 0   2
WFC Lak Mobes 2   1 0 1  
WFC Zeike 2   1 0 1  
WFC Lejeune 1   1 1    
WFC Wujiamin 1     -1    
               
Team Player GP Orbs Assissts Plus/Minus MVP GP-Mayor
               
LA Jizohn 3   1 -1 1  
LA Tony9 3   1 -1 1  
LA sin38 3   1 -1   3
LA Orber(Major) 1   1 0 1  
LA names 1     -1    
LA Naters20 1     -2    
               
Team Player GP Orbs Assissts Plus/Minus MVP GP-Mayor
               
NBO mrmcnutz 3     -3    
NBO Cokesplash 3     -3 1 1
NBO ikickass 2     -2   2
NBO Yoyo 2     -2   1
NBO Scile08 1     -1    
NBO ScubaSteve 1     -1    
NBO Bandera 1     -1    
NBO Batcho 1     -1    
NBO Flash 1     -1    

Playoff Statistics
 

Team Player GP Orbs Assissts Plus/Minus MVP GP-Mayor
               
HDO Method 3 1 2 3 1 1
HDO Merloch 3 1 2 3 1 0
HDO zhantrim 2 0 2 2 0 2
HDO Redxkingz 2 0 2 2 0 0
HDO IGGY 1 0 1 1 1 0
HDO Genghis 1 0 1 1 0 0
               
Team Player GP Orbs Assissts Plus/Minus MVP GP-Mayor
               
JB Deceth 4 1 1 0 2 3
JB Warlord 3 1 1 1 1 1
JB MuffinMan 3 0 2 1 0 0
JB BennyGuapos 2 0 1 0 0 0
JB Nightwish 2 0 0 -2 1 0
JB BallsOut 1 0 1 1 0 0
JB FoozGrind 1 0 0 -1 0 0
               
Team Player GP Orbs Assissts Plus/Minus MVP GP-Mayor
               
WFC Surge 3 0 1 1 2 0
WFC Hot-Dog 3 0 1 1 0 0
WFC Zeike 3 0 1 1 0 0
WFC DuneBug 2 0 0 0 1 2
WFC chaos952 1 0 1 1 0 1
               
Team Player GP Orbs Assissts Plus/Minus MVP GP-Mayor
               
LA sin38 2 0 0 -2 0 2
LA Jizohn 2 0 0 -2 0 0
LA names 1 0 0 -1 1 0
LA Naters20 1 0 0 -1 0 0
LA Tony9 1 0 0 -1 0 0

Fall 2005 Summary

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Season in Review

The first ever Battlecity League (BCL) season has come to an end, and an interesting season it has been. We saw everything from first minute orbs to hard fought double-overtime battles with a few surprises and disappointments along the way.

As predicted, HDO ended up taking home the championship, but things didn't go quite as expected for some of the other teams. NBO was considered to be a strong contender but ended up losing every game. Meanwhile LA, perhaps the biggest underdog surprise of the season, earned their way into the playoffs with a win against NBO and a tie against JB.

When it came to the most exciting games of the season, the JB versus WFC matches were definitely the ones to watch. This was especially true during the playoffs, where the teams were so evenly matched that two of the games were decided in overtime.

All in all, the Fall 2005 BCL Season was a success. Thank you to all the clans that participated and all the referees who volunteered their time. It couldn't have happened without you!

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Final Standings

Champions: High Definition Orbers (HDO)
Runners-Up: Jungle Bunnies (JB)

Team_____Regular Season_____Overall
HDO__________3-0-1______________7-0-1
JB____________2-0-2______________4-3-2
WFC__________2-2-0______________3-4-0
LA____________1-2-1______________1-4-1
NBO__________0-4-0______________0-4-0

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Post Season Awards

League MVP: Deceth
Offensive Player of the Year: -Iggy-
Defensive Player of the Year: Zhantrim
Rookie of the Year: Zeike
Playoffs MVP: Method
Suprise Player of the Year: Zeike

All BCL First Team

Mayor: Zhantrim
Commando: Method
Commando: -Iggy-
Commando: Deceth

Written by Makaveli 

Fall 2005 Skills Competition

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The competition turned out really great! Sorry if it took long, but there were several skills and about 20-30 players lmao.

Thx everyone who helped out and thx everyone who took part! I had such a great time spectating and making this competition possible that I don't even feel sad I didn't get to compete 😉

Awesome job to the newer players who did really well! Hopefully some clans sent their scouts to keep an eye on these future superstars! 😉

Here is the list of winners:

Precisions Shooting: Surge
Tank Control: Surge
Simulated Combat: Chris
Tank Combat: Surge
Obstacle Course: ~Warlord~

Below are the full details on each skill! Check to see who was a runner up! 😉

Precision Shooting: Winner = Surge

The first skill was precision shooting! 5 orbs were set up and players had to hit all 5 in the fewest shots possible. When we tested this skill a few weeks earlier hardly anyone could get it in 5 shots.

Last night, Gangsta Grills stepped up first and hit 5 for 5! So.. right from the start, all participants had to go 5 for 5 to stay in the competition! Surge came up second and he also hit 5 for 5!

At this point, people in the crowd seemed a bit confused. Some were like.. WTF Weebo this is way too easy LOL. However, they didn't realize that the first two competitors really had done an incredible job. The next 15 players to try all failed to hit 5 for 5. We had a few people go 5 for 6 shots but many who did 7 +.

This was definitely hilarious to watch as people stepped up and on their first laser shot missed an orb. ROFL.

One exciting moment was near the end when a newbie named Spyderman tried his best. He hit the first 4 orbs in 4 shots and everyone was silent and watching to see if he would qualify for the final round..! He missed the last orb and did it in 6 🙁 However that was still an awesome job!

In the final round, we dropped 6 Orbs. Surge hit 6 for 6. Gangsta then tried to tie it up, but missed an orb too give Surge the victory!

Tank Control: Winner = Surge

The tank control was a sweet little race track which went around water and rocks and had walls in the path for people to manouever around.

The track was raced 5 times. After each race we allocated 3pts to 1st place, 2pts to second place and 1pt to third place. Surge won first place in 4 of the 5 races to win this skill

Surge = 14pts
Chris = 6pts
Biggz = 5pts
Warlord = 3pts
Chaos952 = 2pts

Simulated Attack: Winner = Chris

For this skill we set up 5 orbs behind 5 turrets. Each player had 30 seconds to destroy as many Orbs as they could. For a while, Gangsta Grills was the guy to beat after he destroyed 3 orbs! RBG then tied him a little while later with a mark of 3 as well! However, Chris then stepped up to the plate and destroyed all 5 turrets and all 5 orbs in 26 seconds! Most people were convinced that would definitely give him the win, but then CMB came up next and did the exact same thing in 29 seconds! No other players were able to tie them, so we went to the final round tie breaker!

For the final round, the same set up was put in place except the turrets were replaced with plasmas! Chris went first and destroyed all 5 plasmas and all 5 orbs in 28 seconds! CMB came close to forcing a third round, but ran out of time as soon as he destroyed the 5th plasma before he got a chance to destroy a single orb. Of course, having all the plasmas gone, he could have gotten all the orbs with 3-4 seconds.

Special dibbs to Zhantrim who ran behind the turrets safely sheltered by a group of rocks and then shot one of the orbs through the crack between the rocks. That was sneaky!

Also, spyderman once again got everyones attention during this skill. As soon as we said go, without ever shooting a weapon he charged straight at the turrets like a brave little warrior. He pulled a sweet turn down which made "most" bullets miss him, then managed to get behind the turrets to where all the orbs were LOL. He still didn't shoot though, he just ran on top of them and in my mind I imagined him pressing, "u" 10000 times in an attempt to pick them up. He was unfortunately blown to bits by the 5 turrets. Good effort though.

We also had some nice efforts by Biggz, GODZILLA and dudrubber.

Tank Combat: Winner = Surge

The tank combat was a duel tournament. If you lost your duel, you were out, if you won you qualified for the next round.

The final duel was held between Manta and Surge. Surge took out Manta in about 5 seconds landing every shot as a direct hit. Nice job getting all the way to the final though Manta!

The best duel I saw was between Surge and ~Warlord~ in one of the earlier rounds. It lasted for over one minute and both players were really running around dodging and shooting very nicely.

Nightwish had a close duel against mrmcnutz which he barely won, which was another good fight to watch. Chaos952 then took out Nightwish in the next round with another good battle.

Obstacle Course: Winner = ~Warlord~

Lastly, there was the awesome obstacle course built by Method. This course was designed like a gauntlet using buildings with turrets placed inside for the competitors to destroy. At the end of the structure was an orb! Whoever could reach the orb the fastest would win!

~Warlord~ made it to the end in 1min12. Penguinizi was a close second at 1min14. RBG was the only other person to complete the course. All others were destroyed by turrets 😉

Fall 2005 Playoffs

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Champions: High Definition Orbers

 

1st vs 4th Game1 Game2 Game3          
High Definition Orbers 1 1  —          
Lamers Anonymous 0 0  —          
                 
        BCL Finals Game1 Game2 Game3  
        High Definition Orbers 1  1  —  
        Jungle Bunnies 0 0  —  
                 
2nd vs 3rd Game1 Game2 Game3          
Jungle Bunnies 0 1 1          
Wuji Fan Club 1 0 0          

Dec. 05 @ 9:30pm EST
Lamers Anonymous vs High Definition Orbers

High Definition Orbers defeat Lamers Anonymous @ 6:09

Referee: Weebo, Makaveli
Match Report by Weebo

HDO MVP: -IGGY-
LA MVP: —

HDO (Skopje)

Zhantrim (Mayor)
-IGGY- (MVP)
Method
Merloch

LA (Jakarta)

si38 (Mayor)
Naters20
Tony9
Jizohn

This was a short match with LA getting "orbed" at 6:10, but really all dying as IGGY tocuhed the CC at 6:09 before getting a chance to drop the purple ball.

IGGY was selected as HDO MVP for getting 2 LA players stuck in a DFG, then almost orbing the city as Method blew up the wall factory. IGGY would have gotten the Orb, but his rush to the CC made friendly turret fire kill the last LA player.

Definitely a good start to the series for HDO. LA will be looking to even things up in Game 2. Hopefully home team advanatge will give them a competitive edge!

As another note, zhantrim completes another game without losing a single factory!

 

 

Dec. 06 @ 9:30pm EST
Wuji Fan Club vs Jungle Bunnies

Wuji Fan Club defeats Jungle Bunnies @ ~15:00

Referee: Method, Makaveli, Wujiamini
Match Report by Weebo

JB MVP: Nightwish
WFC MVP: Surge

JB (Bishkek)

~Warlord~ (Mayor)
Nightwish (MVP)
Deceth
MuffinMan

WFC (Jakarta)

chaos952 (Mayor)
Surge (MVP)
Hot-Dog
Zeike

This was a great match full of continual action. For the most part, JB was constantly attacking the WFC base with 3 attackers. WFC did a good job holding out, even after Nightwish almost sealed the deal when he took out the zook and turret factories. WFC recovered and managed to rebuild!

Near the halfway mark, Surge and Hot-Dog went to attack together. Warlord took out Hot-Dog and was left with Surge. Meanwhile, Weebo grabbed a turret to go help out Warlord, but hit a DFG on his way out. Warlord, who saw the help coming, ran into the base assuming Weebo had it covered. Both players found themselves stuck on the DFG. As surge made a turret kill both, MuffinMan was finishing a suicide run on the WFC plasma factory and Nightwish also died.

Game over! No more bunnies left in the Jungle 😉

Game 2 is thursday! The Bunnies will be looking to avoid elimination by forcing a game 3 next tuesday!

Good game everyone!

 

 

Dec. 07 @ 9:30pm EST
Lamers Anonymous vs High Definition Orbers

High Definition Orbers defeat Lamers Anonymous @ 13:43

Referee: Weebo, Makaveli
Match Report by Weebo

HDO MVP: Merloch
LA MVP: names

HDO (Skopje)

Method (Mayor)
Genghis
Redxking
Merloch (MVP) (Orb)

LA (Kuala Lumpur)

si38 (Mayor)
names (MVP)
Jizohn

As this match got underway, things were looking bad for LA who found themselves 2 players short. Despite the odds, sin38 and penguinizi decided to take on HDO 4 vs 2!

Before grace period finished, names showed up for LA! w00t!

Despite playing 4vs3, LA managed to survive nearly 14 minutes, which is more than double the time they lasted in game 1 with a full lineup =p

HDO was keeping on the pressue, and Merloch managed to take out all of the important factories several times each. sin38 did a good job rebuilding.

Penguinizi took a big rist near the 13 minute mark when he decided to attack despite his team being shorthanded. It was a brave risk that could have made him the hero and MVP had it worked. Unfortunately, it didn't and LA had their base completely destroyed.

Finally, with Merloch appraoching, sin38 decided to demolish all his remaining factories… including the turrets.. which let Merloch cruise on the CC and get the orb. Merloch would most likely have gotten the orb anyway at that point considering the CC was open and everything was gone except for the turrets, dfgs and zooks.

GG!

names got MVP for LA for a solid performance all game long. Both other players for LA battled strong as well against the odds, but they also both helped LA die =p

 

 

Dec. 08 @ 9:30pm EST
Wuji Fan Club vs Jungle Bunnies

Jungle Bunnies defeat Wuji Fan Club @ ~38:00 (2nd Overtime)

Referee: zhantrim, Makaveli, Method, Wujiamin, Merloch
Match Report by zhantrim

JB MVP: Deceth
WFC MVP: DueBug

JB (Jakarta)

Deceth (Mayor) (MVP)
Ballsout
MuffinMan
~Warlord~ (Orb)

WFC (Bishkek)

DuneBug (Mayor) (MVP)
Zeike
Surge
Hot-Dog

The game began inauspiciously for JB, with only three bunnies peering out of their rabbit-holes. Additionally, WFC had the ace in the hole, with one of their members signing on as ref. Fortunately for JB, a whole host of other refs signed on and the conspiracy came crumbling down.

Both teams boasted competent mayors, and each city was fully erected by the time the five minute building period had concluded. Despite this, neither team was quick off the blocks – it took nearly thirty seconds for the first move to be made. In the early going, JB put the pressure on hard with BallsOut, ~Warlord~ and MuffinMan making quick runs but doing little damage. I knew they were grasping at straws when I heard one of them exclaim they had taken out the walky factory. OMG.

Gradually, Hot Dog and finally Surge made their presence known at the fringe of JB's prairie. Hot Dog was executing surgical strikes on Jakarta's eastern front, while surge was penetrating from the south. HD nearly took out the cc's eastern wall several times, but each time was thwarted by JB's vigorous defense and a cleverly placed sleeper one space northward. Despite this, his forgotten dfgs kept trapping JB commandos long after he had died, much to my amusement. Surge was successful several times at destroying the JB zooka factory, but could make little progress inward. Only once did he have a golden opportunity, but three bunnies stormed him and blasted him out of their garden.

On the WFC side of the fence, Dunebug and his valiant wuji-lovers staved off multiple attacks in defense of their homeland. Few assailants were successful in blowing any significant buildings and the city held up extremely well. As an aside, both designs were excellent.

Overtime took hold and the mayors spent several minutes rebuilding, with Deceth rearranging some entryways and research locations to foil future assaults. Once the rebuilding period was over, the commandos burst forth to do damage. An immense amount of pressure was placed on the WFC base, and often they had to resort to four defenders to stay alive. Towards the end, mines and some research had been blown, but WFC managed to stave off enough attacks to reach a second rebuilding period.

The second overtime began in much the same manner; with Deceth having to do little rebuilding as NOT A SINGLE JB BUILDING HAD BEEN BLOWN during the first overtime. Hot Dog and Surge made several brief appearances, but could not penetrate the tenacious defenders and their wily turrets. WFC was not so lucky, losing the dfg factory and green turret research rather quickly. Soon, the problems compounded when the ss factory bit the dust and several large holes were formed to the northeast, northwest and southwest of the base. The death toll was sounded as the cries of "zooks, lasers!" resounded throughout the JB base. It was quickly over, with the WFC plasmas dying and ~Warlord~ moving in for the kill.

Had the WFC managed to survive for two more minutes, they would have been given the chance to rebuild and perhaps snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. It was not to be however. They fell wounded on the battlefield, bringing the series even at one-and-one.

Join us next time as the WFC tries to avenge their recent loss against their JB rivals. Who will emerge victorious to enter the finals against the impossibly difficult HDO? Who will be given the opportunity to come in second place? Only time will tell…. Very Happy

As a final note, both MVPs were the mayors for the match. Each distinguished himself on the field of battle. The designs were excellent and the play was elite. Especially noteworthy was Deceth, who did not allow a single building to be destroyed during either overtime period.

 

 

Dec. 13 @ 9:30pm EST
Jungle Bunnies vs Wuji Fa Club

Jungle Bunies defeat Wuji Fan Club  @ ??? (2nd Overtime)

Referee: ???
Match Report by ???

JB MVP: ~Warlord~
WFC MVP: Surge

JB (Bishkek)

Weebo (Mayor) (Orb)
~Warlord~ (MVP)
BennyGuapos
MuffinMan

WFC (Skopje)

DueBug (Mayor)
Surge (MVP)
Zeike
Hot-Dog

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JB wins in 2nd OT. JB wins series 2 games to 1, getting both their wins in games that went to double overtime! Very exciting series!

 

 

Dec. 14 @ 9:30pm EST
Jungle Bunnies vs High Definition Orbers

High Definition Orbers defeat Jungle Bunnies @ 16:30

Referee: Makaveli
Match Report by Makaveli

HDO MVP: Method
JB MVP: Deceth

HDO (Skopje)

Zhantrim (Mayor)
Redxking
Method (MVP) (Orb)
Merloch

JB (Jakarta)

Deceth (Mayor) (MVP)
Nightwish
BennyGuapos
FoozGrind

The Jungle Bunnies squared off against HDO tonight for the first game of the BCL finals. Initially it was looking like JB was going to end up playing short, but Foozgrind showed up to fill their forth position.

Both mayors, Deceth and Zhantrim, had their cites complete by the end of the five minute grace period. For the first few minutes of play, neither city suffered any critical damage from the other team. Then, with a single well placed bomb, one HDO attacker managed to take out JB's greens and sleepers while another took out bombs and zooks. Despite significant damage to his city, Deceth managed to rebulid with his entire team defending.

Unfortuanely for JB, when they moved to a four man defense, HDO switched to a four man offense and things really started to swing HDO's way. After blowing JB's sleepers, bombs, lazers, and plasmas multiple times, HDO finally managed to orb JB after 11:30 minutes of play (16:30 including the grace period) for the win.

The next game in this best of three series takes place tomorrow night at 9:30pm EST.

 

 

Dec. 15 @ 9:30pm EST
Jungle Bunnies vs High Definition Orbers

High Definition Orbers defeat Jungle Bunnies @ 13:10

Referee: Makaveli
Match Report by Makaveli

HDO MVP: Merloch
JB MVP: Ender

HDO (Bishkek)

Zhantrim (Mayor)
Redxking
Method (Orb)
Merloch (MVP)

JB (Skopje)

~Warlord~ (Mayor)
Deceth
Ender
BennyGuapos

Tonight was the second match of the BCL finals. With the Jungle Bunnies down 1-0 against HDO, tonight's game was a must win to stay in the running for the championship. They even tried stealing HDO's favorite city, Skopje, but unfortunately for them it didn't work.

Just like the last time these teams met, Deceth (JB) and Zhantrim (HDO) started off the game as mayors. Once the 5 minute grace period was over though, Deceth handed over mayor to ~Warlord~ opting to attack instead. For the first few minutes of play, the game was looking pretty even, with neither team doing significant damage to the other team's city. In fact, neither team managed to blow a single factory for the entire duration of the game! (This is a BCL first.)

After about six minutes of play, HDO (with Method and Merloch attacking) started threatening Skopje from the south by blowing the perimeter buildings and shooting the turrets and walls protecting the cc. (Around this time, players from another city started attacking JB and were killed by the ref (me Wink) but not before they distracted the JB defenders for a second.) At 13:10 HDO managed to break through JB's defenses for the win, with Method getting the orb.

With tonight being HDO's second win of the finals (it was a best of three series), they are now the very first BCL champions!

 

Fall 2005 Standings

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Chambers Division

Team GP Wins  Loss Tie OTL Points
High Definition Orbers 4  3  0  1 0 7 
Jungle Bunnies 4  2  0  2 0 6
Wuji Fan Club 4  2  2  0 0 4
Lamers Anonymous 4  1  2  1 3 3
Natural Born Orbers 4  0  4  0 0  0