Illkillya
James Galvin
Entering a world of pain
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good and bad season for irish clans in the group stages of the ctf opencup. unfortunately n8z dropped out of their group and
out of tdm opencup also. fh finished undefeated in 3rd league, with wins over ston3d, ppp, naos, and uf!. this sets us up
for the playoffs, most likely against clan tt from group d; fixtures will be set sometime during the week. ded didn't make
much of an impact in group d despite moments of promise, such as a map win vs ^x^ and a win vs err... disappointingly defaulting against tt in the final week, ending
4th in the group ahead of estonians viga, and behind ^x^, tt, and ek.
fh currently are top of division 3a, although ^x^ have a game in hand and could overtake. a mixed season so far, a draw with
x, and a draw and a loss vs the dark-preachers, who have improved lots since our last encounter only 6ish months ago
countered by wins over bdi and a2q. difficult games remain, against belgians dx!, uk clan n2s, and king.
div3c is the one with most irish interest, as it contains two irish clans n8z and ded. in week 3, for the first time since
clan-wars deathmatch league (fh vs acid), two irish sides clashed in a uk q3 league. i would have done a preview if i had
noticed beforehand, but luckily managed to catch the game live on gtv. disappointingly the heavy hitters were unable to show
for n8z, with rapp offline, melachi inactive, mp/zero offline, and coda unavailable, but this game saw the return of kazz in
the n8z line-up. i was worried beforehand that n8z would be unable to field a team, but they had taken in some
reinforcements from ek (old friends of n8z and nd before them) in the form of cyph and van-wilder, their team of 5 completed
by the regulars broadband-powered-pyro and sky. ded had what looked like a usual line-up, arild, cascade, tru3n30, benji,
nozi and baz (i might be missing someone, am just going by memory).
ctf2 looked like a good, competitive game from the start. n8z were leading, and ded's chances of getting back into the game
were damaged when nozi had to quit because of porn trojans on his pc, and was replaced by baz. it was a disappointing return
for kazz who had bad ping, hitting 160 at times, but it didn't matter in the end as n8z were comfortable in a 4-1 victory.
w7 was when the new recruit cyph showed his worth for n8z, with some impressive caps, resulting in a 5-1 win for n8z,
sparking whines from some of the ded players. this put a end to ded's good start (win vs qq, draw+win vs inf), and also to
n8z' bad start (loss vs inf, loss vs lr). both teams had their week 4 games postponed. some potentially tricky fixtures
remain, against the likes of frenchies no, dutchies mobach g, and brits kw. given the starts to the season i would expect to
see ded finish up in the promotion spots, but n8z would have a lot to do to get there.
fh and n8z are plodding away in division 2... fh plagued by a new kind of ping problems, with killy (me) on 200 ping a lot of
the time on tuesday league nights, and vinnit unable to connect to jolt with oceanfree and having to resort to the inferior
eircom 64k, but we have managed to squeeze out points so far with the likes of aly, dest, mako, and ch on green or white
ping. the league kicked off with a very disappointing loss vs ac, disappointing since it should have been a nice win for fh
but aforementioned ping troubles struck to give ac a win by just a couple of frags on osp5, and a more comfortable win on
dm14 while i swam in the void on 200 ping. pings stayed down a bit in week 2 against es(a) and we were rewarded with maximum
points, thanks mainly to the opposition having to draft 2 guys from their b team. week 3 resulted in a draw, with 2k (still
mourning the loss of their star players rapp and staik... and rufus and rock and will) grabbing an 8 frag win on the
unfamiliar ospdm15rc3, while fh took a comfortable win on the more oldschool cpm4. n8z remain a sleeping giant, no points
gained so far thanks to a loss vs il, no disgrace given the fact that the belgians were tipped to win the division and should
have been placed in div1 but were late to sign up, and default loss in week 2 vs rb. a ctf-heavy line-up in week 3 came
second against the french clan ac. with zero returning from america, and 4 games left to play, hopefully they will manage to
field a stronger side before the season is over, perhaps getting rapp onto a broadband connect, or persuading melachi to
partake.
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