just so you know i'm using this journal to store my account of a q2 league that just passed so my clan can read it =) <---- excuse for using a journal and feeling desperately like a geek beyond help :D

anyway we were all pretty gutted to see the last uk q2 league die - we were already dabbling in the q3 mod threewave as a clan and came 2nd in jolt division 4 which is pretty damn good for our 1st q3 experience =)) but anyway when wireplay agreed to let q2central have servers for a new league we reformed, not really expecting much but excited nevertheless. our roster would be acid, aggnog, anat, kendo, veng and wootwoot. acid being our new french recruit oh la la .. and the rest of us have been in rage a long long painful time. this is how the story goes ..


season 1 week 1 - rfh on grom_dm3 (..screenshot)
this was one of the first times we'd play as a clan since our poopy end to sav league games 4 months ago (omg :)), and it was against rfh which wasn't ideal as we knew they were a very skilled european clan. fortunately we started out a little later than planned with 4v3 (im sure they were trying to buy time for their 4th player to arrive =]), it started out good and we seemed to break rfh's morals early in the game with doc threatening to quit server =) everyone stuck to their roles pretty well and alot of the items were picked up unchallenged. quad wasn't kept as tight as it should have been which we would pay for later, but meh we were winning :] for a long time rfh were stuck on the 19 frag mark and weren't going anywhere, but we started to become more scrappy and hardly touch quad area. and cause of that rfh started grabbing them all, but there was still a clear lead throughout and very little chance of a comeback big enough to beat us. gg =) a game that made us remember how great dm q2 is and got us motivated


season 1 week 2 - ud3 on q2cdml_2 (..screenshot)
we were slightly more prepared for this match, we had taccies and positions sorted for this (completely new to us) map and went in with high hopes knowing we were playing an hpb american clan and we had a bit of information about them. eventually after the match started our hopes were sunk after the plans to get the 1st quad were defeated. but that was only 1 of the 2 (?) quads they were going to get in the entire game =) after locking down key areas quickly it was clear to see within the first 5 minutes that we were going to win comfortably. not the best of maps balance wise, but gg
good review here: http://www.q2central.com/modules.php?op=modlo...&id=42


season 1 week 4 - vh on q2dm1 (..screenshot)
since we missed week3 because of odd number of clans in our division (all clans missed 1 match) it meant we spent a fair few hours revising our old dm1 tactics along with a couple of praccies. unfortunately they had us locked down from the start, near the 5 minute mark (?) veng dropped after getting totally battered and anat jumped in. the game went on, it looked like we'd get a comeback at a couple of points. occasionally mh would be held but then we'd lose it again and probably wouldn't see it again for the next couple of minutes. at around the 17 minute mark they were still at a substantial lead, and we went into "give it all you got" mode and looked as if we were going to win, bah if only we had another minute or two :) well played to vh for playing such a solid game. we knew if we won next weeks game we'd have to play vh again as we'd be tied on points, so not all hope was lost =)


season 1 week 5 - tfa on q2dm3 (..screenshot)
things were looking good for this match, we had beaten reg twice in dm3 praccy which is not often seen by us. and looking at the previous results of tfa's matches only put us in a better frame of mind. we joined the server .. waited and waited but nothing, turns out there leader wasn't about so nothing was organised, anyway we eventually got round to playing it (1 hour later =]) and things started off good with everyone clinging to their roles, i remember glancing at the scores and it was 30 - 5 something in the first 2 minutes or so. anyway things only got better, tactics worked great and much gh3y spawn raping was had (:]). tfa forgot about trying to get quad and moved over to the rail area where they did hold it very well for brief periods of the game. gg all =) .. unfortunately this was to be tfa's last ever q2 league game :( great sports for being so friendly during and after the match, if you are reading this rage wish you well =)


soooo week 6 was next sunday .. and we'd play vh again as we were tied on points, on q2dm8 + grom_dm3, and if tied unrdm1 would be the decider (/me does a very loud HMMMM) .. this is the decider to see who gets promoted to premiership division with the likes of xtc, drm, aof, v .. and you know what, we didn’t like that idea :)


season 1 week 6 - vh on q2dm8 (..screenshot)
since vh beat us by 8 last time we played them we were all evil eyed with butt raping revenge. our plan was 3 at rail and 1 at hyper with bfg .. i had to drop out due to ping problems after the first couple of minutes and veng jumped in for me .. eventually everyone scrapped the plan and everyone just ran around with rg and 200 ps :) very well played especially e and wootwoot (whore) :)


season 1 week 6 - vh on grom_dm3 (..screenshot)
now we were really in a good state of mind, a short break to get roles sorted out and we started. the first 10 minutes were pretty even, leads swapping for each quad. we found a good but blindingly obvious trick to the quad .. since quad drop is on in this league (...k) we just waited for them to collect it and then kill them just as they leave the water so we can collect it. we did this for pretty much every quad and got a good lead in no time. but VH kept the the vital rg area safe for alot of the match and still managed to get alot of good frags .. wp


division 1b champions .. have it