Thursday 23 February 2017

Team of the Week - Week 4

Four games took place this week with the eagerly anticipated matches between Void Siren team The Mega City Eagles and Male Human Real Tronkers followed by Teratons Turion City Terrors vs Ba'al Moon Smackers. But who gets in the team of the week...


Guard: Bibur Orxbasher. Gratious in yet another defeat for the Thunder Brokkrs, this guard atleast put up a fight and rips off the arms of StormFang striker Blad Creep. Dwarf points for him!

Guard: Tankor. Teraton captain Tankor gets into the team of the week for the second week in a row. Titanic clash with Orx captain worthy of applause from all and sunder

Jack: Terrasaur. A surprise enty this week, but Terrasaur when the powerfull Teratons hit like this, even when just a jack, the fans love it. Astonishing hit on poor goblin

Striker: Hagnur Icebreaker. Another Brokkr player in the team of the week even with a defeat. A quick peice of thinking opened up the scoring route early. They failed to build on it, but progress atleast

Striker: Judge Lopez. Mega City Eagles striker gets into the team of the week, though many fans will wonder why as she missed a clear 4 point strike very early to get a landslide. Well, you have to be there to miss those and Lopez was on it from the get-go

Striker: Snink The Lethal. He scored twice and is a rat. Enough said. Lethal indeed


Match Report for Western Spiral Arm Division: Round 3 Game 2 - Thunder Brokkrs vs Clan StormFang


Round No.TeamScorePlayerScorePlayerTeam
Round 3Thunder Brokkrs0Martinv5JodyClan StormFang


TeamPLDWLDGDPoints
Turion City Terrors330079
Clan StormFang4310219
Atletico Tronkers321086
Ba 'al Moon Smackers3120-23
Thunder Brokkrs4040-170
Endorian Forest United3030-170

The exciting Clan StormFang traveled to The Stone Fields to take on a poor Brokkr side. Attack vs defence. Speed vs no speed. Oh dear....

Well that is what the crowd thought. However a rapid passing play straight off the bat from Dwarf jacks Broadbasher and Icebreaker opens up a scoring route the a 1 pointer is scored. The Rats clearly not focused despite being second in the league and with a shout of a surprise title victory

Striker Snink catches the newly relaunched ball and storms forward. Easily evading Dwarf defenders and slams the ball into the strikezone for a quick 1 point score. 1-1. Two early game scores get the fans on their feet. If you can actually see that. Being Dwarfs and all....

The Thunder Brokkrs are unable to make anything of the ball when its relaunched. A metal sphere travelling at 200PN is too much for most species, let alone one with the reflexes of the Dwarfs
However the Rats, even with their lack of depth perception given to them by genetics are nimble enough to pick up rebounds and number 7, Snink, flies through for another score. 2 points this time. He is on a hat-trick already!!

Brokkr forwards struggle to make any impact in the opponents half. Tactics and personnel all wrong. This allows StormFang striker Toxide Sneek to do as his name suggests and sneak through for another  2 point score 

The Brokkrs, bored of being out maneuvered, switch tactics to a more physical approach and to inflict from damage limiation, score wise. Guard OrxBasher blasts into StormFang striker Blad Creep and rips the number 8s arms off. Ridicule a Dwarf at your peril

The remainder of the game trickles out. Clan StormFang has done enough to ensure a comfortable victory. Thunder Brokkrs back to the drawing board

Thunder Brokkrs 0-5 Clan StormFang

Match Report for Western Spiral Arm Division: Round 3 Game 3 - Turion City Terrors vs Ba'al Moon Smackers


Round No.TeamScorePlayerScorePlayerTeam
Round 3Turion City Terrors2Jodyv0MattBa 'al Moon Smackers



TeamPLDWLDGDPoints
Turion City Terrors431099
Clan StormFang3300169
Atletico Tronkers321086
Ba 'al Moon Smackers4130-43
Thunder Brokkrs3030-120
Endorian Forest United3030-170

Western Arm Spiral Division early season title contenders, the Turion City Terrors, engaged with the equally meaty looking Ba'al Moon Smackers. Both teams known for severe injuries. Lots of them. But with a lack of scoring, the fans were in for a treat

And unfortunately that treat never really transpired

In a scrappy game, flowing between slamming and counter slamming, Turion guard Rhinox decided he had enough of this sparring session and whacked goblin jack Slinvazy Groundfeet out of the arena. The Teraton fans go nuts. Rhinox merely stops in his tracks. Turns his head toward the nearest Ork guard and growls. The poor goblin is teleported to med-bay for resurrection. Hopefully Coach Gorgutz Unter and the medical team can piece him back together, otherwise its recycling for him

Still reeling from the loss of one of their kin, the Smackers are unable to gather any forward momentum. A trait not too uncommon with a greenskin team. The ruthless Teratons, gather themselves for another forward assault. Slowly. These are Teratons after all. Whilst all the slam and counter slamming carnage is occuring, Turion City jack Terrasaur decides he wants a piece of the action and slams into another helpless goblin. Poor Greasewick is knocked out of the game. Its rumoured his right arm wash ricochet into the fans, but that is unconfirmed at this time. Look out for that on the intergalactic auction sites if you desire. 

Ba'al guard and captain Santhus Manhunter has had enough. The poor goblins are getting obliterated by the Teratons, so he galvanizes his troops into a full on attack. Surrounding the Teratons one at a time. Turion jack Terrasaur probably wishes he left that goblin alone now, as the Ork attack has him join the goblins in the med bay as he is teleported out of the arena. A shell can't always protect you.

Tankor, the Turion captain, locks horns with counterpart captain, Manhunter. A titanic scrap ensues. The fans cheer as both hulking beasts batter each other for what sees like an age. Several of the other players, on both sides, are sucked into the elure of such a fight.

A lone Ba'al goblin (and probably the only one left!) notices the ball is loose. With everyone focused on the brawl, he sneaks through unchallenged to get a quick 2 pointer. Hang on!? How has a greenskin team scored!?

The Teratons awake from the slumber and gather the loose ball. The two warring guards decide enough is enough and move on. Each respecting each others strength and resolve. The fans boo. They wanted more blood. Well only 3 players killed this game is clearly not enough!

Ork guard Baxx Ironcleaver takes a slam on Turion guard Tankor. Tankor, fatigued from epic combat with this opponent is caught unaware. Not able to teleport out of the way, he is dumped onto the subs bench for the remainder of the game to lick his wounds

With the clock ticking down, Turion City number 7 Strika, realizes he is too far away from the strikezones so decides an audacious throw at an opponent. Fortunately the Ork guards armour is strong enough to take the hit and the klaxon sounds signalling a 4-0 win to the home team

The Teratons looking strong. The Ba'al Moon Smackers stutter again after an early season victory





Match Report for Eastern Spiral Arm Division: Round 2 Game 1 - Mega City Eagles vs Real Tronkers


Round No.TeamScorePlayerScorePlayerTeam
Round 2Mega City Eagles1Martinv0JodyReal Tronkers


TeamPLDWLDGDPoints
Kamino Kinetics321076
Real Tronkers312043
Mega City Eagles321046
Ragnarr Delvers2110-23
Clan RapidClaw1010-40
Daggon Moon Slammers2020-90

This hotly anticipated first match up between female and male humans delivered a fascinating conflict
Eagle number 8 Judge Lopez started the match with an early 4 point score right off the bat. This is after the captain Judge Hunter misses an easily slam on her opponent

The Tronkers are asleep at the start

In an effort to get back into the game quickly they charge forward once the new ball is launched. A few slams knocks a handful of Judges, but nothing bad.

In an astonishing turn of events, Judge Alvarez attempts a slam, twice. Brave move for a jack. Nothing comes of it, but the fans go nuts! Still buoyed by the early strike, Eagles striker Judge Kruger runs from deep and attempts another 4 pointer. Could they win the game on a landslide in the opening exchanges? No! She misses!

Sigh of relief from Tronkers coach Harry "Red" Knapp. He knows his team is rocking

They respond with Guard number 2, Rip Harrison, slamming Judge Kruger out to the bench. Retaliation for having the audacity to try and a landslide so quickly. This is the sort of game the fans and sponsored expected from these teams

Both teams exchange blows, until Eagles number 6 attempts a sneaky 2 pointer but misses. Again so close!

The Tronkers finally get on the score sheet after a double slam from the guards opens the back door. Ford "Fox" Storm glides through for an easy 3 points. Perhaps he should have gone for 4!?

Eagles instantly head up the other end, Tronkers AGAIN wide open in defense and Judge Lopez misses another 4 pointer. Dredd is looks on from the sides and is not impressed

The Tronkers pick up the rebound and launch a counter attack. Striker and captain, the legendary Kurt "The King" Kaan gives the Eagles defense the slip to set up a score... and misses! What IS going on today with the strikers? Too much blood on the pitch in the Stadium of Justice?!?

Mega City Eagles fans cheer widly as they pick up yet another loose ball but this time, perhaps under Dredd's steely gaze, they decide to park the bus and pull the ball into the wall to run down the clock. The Real Tronkers, finally finding the aggression that has been missing from the match so far, close in and pin the Eagles in. Taking a handfull out of the game, but only as far as the subs bench. 

Judge Kruger, still eager to make up for errors, takes the ball and runs up the pitch. She is chased down by the retreating Tronkers with Kurt Kaan attempting to steal the ball. Kruger fends him off and a defeated Kaan drops to his knees. Fatigued and with time now up, the Tronkers realise the game is up and they have suffered the second defeat this season. The Eagles however, march on.

Mega City Eagles 1 - Real Tronkers 0

Saturday 18 February 2017

Match Report for Western Spiral Arm Division: Round 2 Game 3 - Clan Stormfang vs Ba'al Moon Smackers


Round No.TeamScorePlayerScorePlayerTeam
Round 2Clan StormFang4Mattv0MartinBa 'al Moon Smackers

TeamPLDWLDGDPoints
Turion City Terrors330079
Clan StormFang3300169
Atletico Tronkers321086
Ba 'al Moon Smackers3120-23
Thunder Brokkrs3030-120
Endorian Forest United3030-170


The Ba'al Smackers get off to a quick start with number Jazemx Rustshatter passing to star player Rix Sparkmine who fumbles the catch, a little too much haste for an opening move.  The Clan grab the ball with number 3 Cackle running up the pitch as the Captain Fluxage Manfang slams Rix Sparkmine to clear the way for Cakcle to score the opening 2 point strike.