Ahh what a night… if your name is Highlander, Raxor, or Arby!
The night opened with what had to be one of the most obnoxious high pitched squealing events of 2007; as Pheonos gave Highlander the 3rd, 4th, and 5th degree for showing up at 9:25. Despite this verbal battery, Pheonos was not yet prepared to do battle. And so Game 1 pit Raxor & Highlander vs Genesis & Random Net Guy (RNG).
This game closed out quickly. After an early push, by yours truly, Genesis felt the need to press <ctrl> k… kaboo, and then there was only one. After a short time of bulking up, two spiders and a few dozen support bots from both me and Raxor finished off the net guy in glorious fashion. 1-0, it’s gonna be a good night!
By this time Mega and Quickset graced the scene with their presence. After attempting a 3v3 which failed miserably and left one GKC member still standing on the sideline, we decided to go for a few games drawn from a “hat”. Game 2 with team drawn at random set Quickset & Highlander vs. Pheonos & Mega. Right from the start, this game was tight! Pheonos was unable to obtain his typical dominating score. Quickset matched him pace for pace with Highlander and Mega following not to far behind. The game was tense, Quickset kept up some strong pressure, but Pheonos made a fatal mistake. Pheonos, being the map host, tilted things in his favor. This map had big metal in the middle. Pheonos took his commander and began to partake in the metal goodness located in the middle of the map. Sucking entirely too much sauce Pheonos was left a bit wobbly, just ask Raxor what too much sauce can do. His metal production was near nil. This left the team soft despite the heavy artillery and nuclear capability. Seizing the opportunity, Highlander promptly flew about 80 gunships into downtown MegaHurtz. Enjoy the goodness, 2-0 baby!
Distraught and humiliated, Pheonos dared not return for the remainder of the evening! Instead he tried to woo and seduce others into joining him in “other games”. It took Pheonos much time to regain composure, a feet I’m not sure if he has yet completely accomplished.
From here things became a bit blurry. Shaken up by Pheonos’s departure the group sputtered a bit, but I believe Game 3 set Quickset & Mega vs Arby & Highlander. This game was an all out blitz. With a HUGE T1 rush, 100 tanks and 100 planes, Highlander rolled into down town Quickset and made a large crater. Sadly, do to the size of the map; Mega was able to tech up before the T1 units could arrive. His point D made short work of the T1 army. The outcome of this game looked inevitable, but some distance off. Mega, in an act of mercy, self destructed… 3-0 oh yeah!
By this time a familiar voice logged into TS. Cyglific graced us with is presence but had patching issues so we fired up Game 4 just to keep loose. Highlander & Mega vs Arby & RNG. The game was fast paced and after being completely frustrated by Mega’s bombers attempted one of the oldest piss ya off moves in the book. He brought his commander to my base in a transport! In a moment of panic I see stuff firing and BOOOOOOOMMMM!!! I thought it was game over… fortunately he *only* decimated ¾ of my base, my ACU lived on. Poor Arby, now he would face the full force of our fury.
Now, a few points of EXTREME noteworthiness. 1) Cyg finally got his game patched. 2) Raxor and Quickset squared off for some 1v1. In the background, you could hear Quickset laughing, until the unthinkable happened. Raxor offs Quickset. Desperate for revenge, Quickset regains his composure and challenges Raxor to a rematch.
Highlander & Mega finish off Arby, and await their next game… 4-0. At this point, there is no persuading Quickset and Raxor from their 1v1. Like two wild beasts locked in battle over the headship of the heard, so were these two GKC warriors. Game 5 pitted Mega & Arby vs Cyg & Highlander while sounds of a furious 1v1 battle range in the background. Shortly after Game 5 began, Quickset, with great distress, announces I can’t believe it, not again! Quickset goes AFK to tend to Mark… we know better.
Game 5 continues, Cyglific’s score shows he’s come to play. Like a stallion he quickly jumps into the lead, setting the mark quite high. I begin building artillery and pummeling Arby. The game looks very promising. In the background Quickset returns, desperate to beat Raxor at least once. Mega, trying to play the roll of the spoiler builds some major artillery of his own. The stallion, quickly show’s his age and falls off. Unable to discern how to counter Mega’s artillery, the young Cyg becomes incredibly frustrated! Arby hides in the corner building some major ship… one breaks loose but dies quickly to a combination of artillery, plains, and subs… the tension mounts. Cheers arise from TS, Quickset as managed to beat Raxor, best of 5 or bed? Attempting to tie up loose ends, my subs go to Arby’s shipyard and stop all further production. Gitty with a Mavor at 90% complete, anti nuke complete, and the 1st anti nuke ½ way complete I hear, strategic launch detected… NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! SOB. Kaboom!! Good by Mavor, Good bye anti nuke… Mega!! Right about this time, Arby’s ACU shows up in Cygs base, and he’s looking large. VERY large. Arby pumped his commander full of some major mojo juice! He blows through Cyg in about 10 seconds! With the air ripe for defeat, I pull the cheap gunship attack on Mega’s somewhat exposed ACU…… Kabooom, good night Mega, take that! I fly my ships over to Arby’s commander who simply laughs and goes under water! Suddenly Arby’s commander shows up in downtown Highlander looking all buff… 10 seconds, Highlander goes boom, Arby steals the show with a super charged ACU, great game!
What a night. Pheonos falls from the sky like a comet set afire upon re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. Raxor in a drunken stooper kills Quickset, not once but twice! And what of that third game, was it an act of mercy? We had already lost one gamer for the evening? To top it all off, Arby rising from the aches pulls of an ACU rush that decimated two T3 bases and didn’t even scratch his paint! Tuesday could be interesting….
Game on!!
-Highlander
