Yesterday was the third round of the TK series. It had been raining heavily overnight so we were unsure if the tournament would even go ahead! The field layout was very simple... maybe almost a little too simple but it was still quite fun to play. The center was consumed by this massive U bunker, making it pretty hard to get kills of the break. The snake was difficult to make a huge impact from, and the dorito side was a little easier to move on, but didn't really have many shots either. It was kind of unclear as to what had to exactly be done to win on the field...
I think not being able to be as aggressive shook us up a bit and we played a little shakey. In the morning we lost to Mixed Nuts and WASP, and then had a controversial game against Nemisis, which resulted in a draw. We managed to win all our other games quite convincingly, which I think got us over the line.
We managed to secure another 1st in the TK series.
Final standings were...
1st - STK
2nd - WASP
3rd - Mixed Nuts
4th - Kaos
Monday, June 22, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Super 5's Round 2 09
On Sunday we played the second round of the Super 5's. The weather held out despite rain being forecast so it made for a pretty fun day of paintball.
With the day depending solely on points, a few slip ups left us with a 2nd place.
With the day depending solely on points, a few slip ups left us with a 2nd place.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Super 7's Round 1 09
Stiffla and I had started writing this blog on the plane, but it's stuck on my laptop now and I can't be bothered getting it off... so I'll start again.
On Monday night we got back from the first round of the Super 7's. The event had pretty much all of Australia's top pro teams competing. We had arranged for Bobby Aviles to play with us from SD Aftermath. He's the best guy. And he played amazing.
The weekend went really well. The field was pretty challenging. The snake side consisted of two little snakes which were pretty hard to paly and then a big "U" which was probably the best bunker on the field. The dorito side was easier to move down but probably a bit less damaging.
Some hightlight games... Stiffla beating down on Menace in the prelims. Bobby winning a 2 on 1 vs. X-fighters. I had a sweet game against ECR on Sunday morning... Favourite game was the one against Geelong who had gone undefeated in the prelims. We managed to beat them the second time around and I felt we were really playing as a team. Beating Menace the second game too in the prelims. Actually, we beat everyone at least once on the weekend now that I think about it. We finished the prelims in 2nd.
We had to play Menace first up in the finals. The winner of this game would go on to play for 1st and 2nd. First game up, their American's got up the field really quick and we just couldn't fight them off. The next game, we dug deep and played a long and exhausting game. I dropped all 8 pods. We were right about to win the game, with Bobby just finishing shooting the last player I think, and then time ran out. Now we had to win the next game to go onto 1 on 1's to decide the winner. We went with the same gameplan. We battled the game down to the dying minutes again. Bobby bunkered out their "U" and the game withered down to a 2 on 2. It was just me and Logan left. I worked my way down the dorito side. I'd shot 8 or 9 pods again. I was trying to snap out their guy posted on me, but as luck would have it I was breaking paint and it was just flying everywhere, so I kept going to the 50 brick. I continued to gun-battle with them, aware that time was running out. I ended up losing the gun-battle and got a 1 for 1... I thought the paint had bounced, but it hit right under my chin where I can't see with the mask on, and when it hit I caught the shell spiralling away in the corner of my eye... I thought it was the whole ball bouncing off.
I'm not accusing anything here, just saying exactly what happened. The Menace player ran up to grab the flag, as he did so he looked at the back of his leg, where there was a sizeable blob of paint, stopped what he was doing, and casually walked to the deadbox. What the hell?! Isn't that playing on with a hit?! We argued our point to no avail. It would have made the world of difference if that player was eliminated earlier though. 2 on 1.
I was really proud of how the guys played. We were playing against 3 professionals from America. We gave it everything. I felt absolutely spent mentally after the Menace game. We bought it right to the wire.
Following this, we had to play Hostile, last year's series winners for 3rd and 4th. I don't think we played terrible, but that edge just wasn't there. It was sort of just like "damnit here we go again." Without that extra drive they beat us in two games, leaving us with 4th place.
Above all, I had a heap of fun over the weekend. This was the team's first trip away for the year. I don't think we can be disappointed at how we went.
On Monday night we got back from the first round of the Super 7's. The event had pretty much all of Australia's top pro teams competing. We had arranged for Bobby Aviles to play with us from SD Aftermath. He's the best guy. And he played amazing.
The weekend went really well. The field was pretty challenging. The snake side consisted of two little snakes which were pretty hard to paly and then a big "U" which was probably the best bunker on the field. The dorito side was easier to move down but probably a bit less damaging.
Some hightlight games... Stiffla beating down on Menace in the prelims. Bobby winning a 2 on 1 vs. X-fighters. I had a sweet game against ECR on Sunday morning... Favourite game was the one against Geelong who had gone undefeated in the prelims. We managed to beat them the second time around and I felt we were really playing as a team. Beating Menace the second game too in the prelims. Actually, we beat everyone at least once on the weekend now that I think about it. We finished the prelims in 2nd.
We had to play Menace first up in the finals. The winner of this game would go on to play for 1st and 2nd. First game up, their American's got up the field really quick and we just couldn't fight them off. The next game, we dug deep and played a long and exhausting game. I dropped all 8 pods. We were right about to win the game, with Bobby just finishing shooting the last player I think, and then time ran out. Now we had to win the next game to go onto 1 on 1's to decide the winner. We went with the same gameplan. We battled the game down to the dying minutes again. Bobby bunkered out their "U" and the game withered down to a 2 on 2. It was just me and Logan left. I worked my way down the dorito side. I'd shot 8 or 9 pods again. I was trying to snap out their guy posted on me, but as luck would have it I was breaking paint and it was just flying everywhere, so I kept going to the 50 brick. I continued to gun-battle with them, aware that time was running out. I ended up losing the gun-battle and got a 1 for 1... I thought the paint had bounced, but it hit right under my chin where I can't see with the mask on, and when it hit I caught the shell spiralling away in the corner of my eye... I thought it was the whole ball bouncing off.
I'm not accusing anything here, just saying exactly what happened. The Menace player ran up to grab the flag, as he did so he looked at the back of his leg, where there was a sizeable blob of paint, stopped what he was doing, and casually walked to the deadbox. What the hell?! Isn't that playing on with a hit?! We argued our point to no avail. It would have made the world of difference if that player was eliminated earlier though. 2 on 1.
I was really proud of how the guys played. We were playing against 3 professionals from America. We gave it everything. I felt absolutely spent mentally after the Menace game. We bought it right to the wire.
Following this, we had to play Hostile, last year's series winners for 3rd and 4th. I don't think we played terrible, but that edge just wasn't there. It was sort of just like "damnit here we go again." Without that extra drive they beat us in two games, leaving us with 4th place.
Above all, I had a heap of fun over the weekend. This was the team's first trip away for the year. I don't think we can be disappointed at how we went.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Pre-event Super 7's Round 1
So... 3 days till we fly off to Sydney for the first round of the Super 7's. I'm really excited and looking forward to a good weekend with the guys. Everyone better bring their "A" game... this tournament probably has the most competition at one event that Australia has seen in a little while. As long as we keep our heads and stay focused, I think we should be able to do OK.
We've managed to arrange for Bobby Aviles, a professional from America, to play on the team. Everyone is stoked. Having him should give all the guys a little extra confidence, and I think we're going to be able to learn heaps from him.
Everything is pretty much in place now... all that's left is to play the weekend out.
We've managed to arrange for Bobby Aviles, a professional from America, to play on the team. Everyone is stoked. Having him should give all the guys a little extra confidence, and I think we're going to be able to learn heaps from him.
Everything is pretty much in place now... all that's left is to play the weekend out.
Monday, May 4, 2009
TK Tourney Round 2
Yesterday was the second round of the TK series. The day went smooth and First & Only did a sweet job reffing.
I really liked the field. It was aggressive on both sides, and we decided pretty early on that a lot of games would just be a race to the 50's. You could even do damage from the first knuckle of the snake. Stiffla was able to get up the dorito side quickly and into the carwash. I went sort of up the middle into the 50 rolley. Griffin pushed the snake. Rambo got a kill off the break pretty much every game. We had Mason in the corner for the first few games, but later we moved him to play back center behind me. And we had Diesel play everywhere.
We won every game, except the one against Menace Kids. They were able to blow out our snake side and just tore us up from it.
Final results were...
1st - STK
2nd - Young Gunz
3rd - Menace Inc
4th - Menace Kids
Now we've got one more training and then it's off to Sydney for the Super 7's.
I really liked the field. It was aggressive on both sides, and we decided pretty early on that a lot of games would just be a race to the 50's. You could even do damage from the first knuckle of the snake. Stiffla was able to get up the dorito side quickly and into the carwash. I went sort of up the middle into the 50 rolley. Griffin pushed the snake. Rambo got a kill off the break pretty much every game. We had Mason in the corner for the first few games, but later we moved him to play back center behind me. And we had Diesel play everywhere.
We won every game, except the one against Menace Kids. They were able to blow out our snake side and just tore us up from it.
Final results were...
1st - STK
2nd - Young Gunz
3rd - Menace Inc
4th - Menace Kids
Now we've got one more training and then it's off to Sydney for the Super 7's.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Super 5's Round 1
Yesterday was the first round of the Super 5's, only one week after the TK tourney.
We were coming off our big win last weekend, and were feeling the pressure to do it all again.
We started the day shakey -- won our first games against Am teams, although in our first Pro matchup against Flashpoint -- we got all the way down the field, I was pretty sure we were right about to win the game, and then it just slipped from our grasp. I was at their head of the snake, came over the top with Nev right out in the open, shot at him and then my hopper jammed up, and I got bunkered. We were disappointed that we weren't going to have a flawless run like at TK, but I think we already knew that wasn't going to last forever.
Following the game, we got it together and got back into the rhythm of things I felt, beating both KAOS and Killswitch pretty convincingly.
Things rolled on pretty sweet, and then we had a lunch break...
I don't know what it was, but after lunch, it just wasn't the same team on the field. I don't know if it was the heat, hunger, or just lack of focus. We lost to Am teams Venom and Aurora -- and given there is no finals -- this robbed us of the chance at another first place. Thereafter, we had to really grind for every win subsequent to these games, even though they were all against Am teams.
Things went our way with Flashpoint though, who was ahead of us in points. They had a bit of bad luck and lost a couple of games, allowing us to secure 2nd place.
The final standings were...
1 Killswitch 1389
2 STK 1216
3 FLASHPOINT 1204
4 KAOS 964
I guess it's something for us to work on. I know we can play better. I think not having Stiffla hurt us too -- it would have allowed us to have a rotation; I think the rest would have helped us given the heat and the pace at which we were moving through the games, and also, just for that complete team feeling.
There's enough local tournies this year, I think we're going to have plenty of opportunity to make up for it.
We were coming off our big win last weekend, and were feeling the pressure to do it all again.
We started the day shakey -- won our first games against Am teams, although in our first Pro matchup against Flashpoint -- we got all the way down the field, I was pretty sure we were right about to win the game, and then it just slipped from our grasp. I was at their head of the snake, came over the top with Nev right out in the open, shot at him and then my hopper jammed up, and I got bunkered. We were disappointed that we weren't going to have a flawless run like at TK, but I think we already knew that wasn't going to last forever.
Following the game, we got it together and got back into the rhythm of things I felt, beating both KAOS and Killswitch pretty convincingly.
Things rolled on pretty sweet, and then we had a lunch break...
I don't know what it was, but after lunch, it just wasn't the same team on the field. I don't know if it was the heat, hunger, or just lack of focus. We lost to Am teams Venom and Aurora -- and given there is no finals -- this robbed us of the chance at another first place. Thereafter, we had to really grind for every win subsequent to these games, even though they were all against Am teams.
Things went our way with Flashpoint though, who was ahead of us in points. They had a bit of bad luck and lost a couple of games, allowing us to secure 2nd place.
The final standings were...
1 Killswitch 1389
2 STK 1216
3 FLASHPOINT 1204
4 KAOS 964
I guess it's something for us to work on. I know we can play better. I think not having Stiffla hurt us too -- it would have allowed us to have a rotation; I think the rest would have helped us given the heat and the pace at which we were moving through the games, and also, just for that complete team feeling.
There's enough local tournies this year, I think we're going to have plenty of opportunity to make up for it.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
TK Tourney Round 1
Well, it's a couple of days after the tournament, but I want to blog about our year as STK so I will write this up now.
This was our first tournament with our new roster -- we dropped Allan, and Zach left to play with Killswitch -- allowing us to pick up Griffin and Diesel (and Benji for 7man). Griffin and Diesel are great additions and pretty much give us the strongest lineup we've had.
This was the first TK event ever. The day went exceptionally smooth -- the reffing was great, the competition was great, and it costed us next to nothing to play.
The new roster lived up to my expectations. It allowed us to play more aggressively, like we all wanted. We were able to push Griffin really hard, he took it all like a trooper and excelled, mowing from the snake. Meanwhile, Diesel handled business on the dorito side in the smart, sneaky way he's known for.
Toughest game was against Menace Kids. They shut down snake side, eliminating Griff and I pretty early on, while pushing it really hard with Adam. Just Mason, Stiffla and Diesel were left, and I felt like they had a little extra experience on the remaining Menace Kids -- they were able to spread the field with the bodies we had left, and make moves at the right time. Especially Mason, he had a great game.
Following our win against Menace Kids, it was just a matter of staying focused for the rest of the games. We went on to win every game of the day and win the tournament.
1st: STK 938pts
2nd: Menace Kids 790pts
3rd: Wasp 632pts
4th: First & Only 632pts
Now this sunday coming, we have the Super 5's, where we have to do it all again.
This was our first tournament with our new roster -- we dropped Allan, and Zach left to play with Killswitch -- allowing us to pick up Griffin and Diesel (and Benji for 7man). Griffin and Diesel are great additions and pretty much give us the strongest lineup we've had.
This was the first TK event ever. The day went exceptionally smooth -- the reffing was great, the competition was great, and it costed us next to nothing to play.
The new roster lived up to my expectations. It allowed us to play more aggressively, like we all wanted. We were able to push Griffin really hard, he took it all like a trooper and excelled, mowing from the snake. Meanwhile, Diesel handled business on the dorito side in the smart, sneaky way he's known for.
Toughest game was against Menace Kids. They shut down snake side, eliminating Griff and I pretty early on, while pushing it really hard with Adam. Just Mason, Stiffla and Diesel were left, and I felt like they had a little extra experience on the remaining Menace Kids -- they were able to spread the field with the bodies we had left, and make moves at the right time. Especially Mason, he had a great game.
Following our win against Menace Kids, it was just a matter of staying focused for the rest of the games. We went on to win every game of the day and win the tournament.
1st: STK 938pts
2nd: Menace Kids 790pts
3rd: Wasp 632pts
4th: First & Only 632pts
Now this sunday coming, we have the Super 5's, where we have to do it all again.
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