Do Gaming BC2 Online Championships: +AdHoc+ vs [grrr]

4th game in a row that our team has managed to get Arica Harbour through the map elimination process. Arica Harbour has been a mixed bag for us. We have now played 4 games there: with 2 wins and 2 losses. (W, L, L, W)

Team lineup was as follows:

|Hunt3r|

Vitblitz

DJ1NN

zapdez

vip3rx

Viper24034

Delta

TheVovo

Hellbilly (sub)

Only given three days within to complete the match, organisation got underway. In the two day period leading up to the match there was quite a bit of smack talk. Grrr squad are quite well known, and loved for their animated banter. If you’ve ever read any of their match write-ups you would know exactly what I’m talking about.



On to the match. After their last performance on Arica Harbour, which was against =DAC= could have been described as hapless or bumbling, there was an air of trepidation in the AdHoc team. We had previously practised against grrr and had beaten them convincingly enough for that early stage together as a team. There was hope. We could beat them, if we only stuck to our task and didn’t chase kills. One, if not the biggest, challenge of having a mix team is to get everybody working out of the same playbook.



After a quick rundown of the plans, we got the game going. It was all out action from the start. The battle for the middle flag, B, was key. We did struggle a bit in the first round, capturing flags and then allowing grrr to bully us off them again. It went like that much for the first half. It was give and take right to the end. The 61-0 score probably doesn’t indicate how tough a fight the first round was.



Everything that we learnt from the first half was fully utilised in the secound round. We weren’t going to be bullied off flags. For much of the second round we held the majority of the flags, forcing the grrr team to using the flanks of the map. While they were effectively doing that, it did mean that they were applying less pressure to the flags. Which left us in the driving seat. It was a fight to the end of course, grrr aren’t a team to give up. The AdHoc team took the round convincingly with a score of 182-0



At the end of the game we tried to get some pictures of the group, which was interupted by a mortar strike and contuing machete madness ensued. Thanks for the game guys.

Do Gaming BC2 Online Championships: +AdHoc+ vs =DAC=

Team lineup was as follows:
Turk1shZAR
Vitblitz
DJ1NN
Hellbilly
vip3rx
Viper24034
Delta
TheVovo

Things not going the way of the +AdHoc+ team this week. Having a midweek practise session cancelled at the last moment by the opposition team was one of the worst things that could happen. Leaving us without our much needed time together to work on teamwork and squadplay. This meant that it was a relatively quiet week. Not much happened at all.

Come Sunday evening and game time, the race starts. 6 people are in the mumble channel. Eventually able to find to available reserves. Right… Great… we have the required 8. With little time to work with the squads are worked out and the kits assigned. “you go here”, “you go there”, all the tasks are assigned.

Lets just say that things didn’t go according to plan. People running around where they shouldn’t be, squads splitting up. It was total chaos. The =DAC= guys were clearly working to a plan. They all knew exactly what had to be done.

Totally outgunned and outplayed.

We now look forward to our next game. Since this stage of the tournament is double elimination we have a chance to carry on fighting.

Do Gaming BC2 Online Championships: +AdHoc+ vs sG

Team lineup was as follows:

|Hunt3r|

Vitblitz

DJ1NN

zapdez

vip3rx

Viper24034

Delta

TheVovo

Hellbilly (sub)

Game was played on Arica harbour, the same lineup was used as the match against [Epic-SA] and it was played on the same map too. This match however was totally different in terms of a contest between the two sides. The map choice probably played into the hands of sG, although playing a well organised team that has played together for a long time is always difficult. And what makes it even more difficult is the fact that we, +AdHoc+, are only starting now to form a team. The mish-mash of influences was this time caught short.

The round scores, I guess, give you a proper indication of how things went. A plucky first round performance gave some hope to the +AdHoc+ team, which was quickly quashed in the second round by a well drilled sG team. Round 1: 220 – 0

Round 2: 301 – 0

We came out all guns blazing at the start of the game, and on several occassions held the majority of the flags in the first half. It was always a case of being slightly outgunned though. We would get into good positions and would not be able to defend properly or would be attacking a point only to have our assault quashed.

The second round was pretty much one sided. Our first round performance convinced them to step things up a notch and they really delivered. Our frustration and somewhat deflated spirits were not going to help us here. Good effort by the +AdHoc+ guys! We’ll get them next time…

Although on the bright side, its a good time to get this slap in the face. Get us re-focused and ready for the elimination phase of the competition. Follow our progress here

Do Gaming BC2 Online Championships: +AdHoc+ vs [Epic-SA]

Game was played on Arica harbour, the same map that we will be playing on sunday against Synergy.

Team lineup was as follows:
|Hunt3r|
Vitblitz
DJ1NN
zapdez
vip3rx
Viper24034
Delta
TheVovo
MaverickZA (sub)

Unfortunately one of the opposition was having a problem with his computer blue screening repeatedly. After waiting for about 20 minutes, hopeful that he would be able to resolve the problem, we were told that they would have to play without him.

Due to the fact that we are a new group there was a deal of time spent before the game trying to organise the squads and also the strategy that would be implemented in the game. The squad layout seems more or less stable as we become more familiar with the roles that we need to fulfill within the squad, and also within the team. As we grow as a team we improve our performances.

There were some slight problems experienced during the game, but by the end of the 2 rounds I think we know what is expected of us. We look ahead to our next game. Its gonna be a tough one.

Do Gaming BC2 Online Championships: +AdHoc+ vs Sadistic

Just a quick update. We played our first game last night. The map we played was Laguna Presa.

The team lineup was as follows:
|Hunt3r|
Vitblitz
DJ1NN
MaverickZA
vip3rx
Viper24034
Delta
TheVovo

First round score was 139-0, second round was 92-0. We did a lot of chasing around and a lot of switching between flags, which didn’t help our structure at all.

Given the preparation that we have had this isn’t a bad result at all. Well played guys. Good result.

We hope that the result will be improved upon for our game on Thursday(27-01-2011) vs [Epic-SA]. To give us more of a foundation for our game on Sunday(30-01-2011) vs Synergy. Thanks to all involved.