And we lost. We showed improvment, though. We managed to like, save our asses by recapping a point and holding it for a short time. And get the KOTH point for....like 12 seconds. But all this against the best team in the tournament, so GG...I guess.

That being said, as far as I'm aware, its all ogre now. That was our last match. No playoffs for us, even with Thighlander forfeiting. The Plat Effect was forced to forfeit match 2 because they had unregistered player but, Molester Man was also unregistered during the match with the Plat, but so...we both lost. And we had a fair and square match with GWMI who kicked our asses.

Some things I learned:

a. how not to be the world's worst pyro
b. we should have devised a better strategy. everybody go together != sufficent teamwork. we should have designated people who were going to cap, people who were going to stop the others from capping, made sure the medic and engy were sufficently used, communicated properly, etc.
c. we don't suck, but these guys all are incredibly good and are competitive players, so we were kind of screwed from the get-go
d. we all lost faith in the team, and our core players who were good were often not in the match. Nearly every match/scrim had either not 9 people or people not actually on the team. These people did not nearly as much experience/weren't as good/didn't have the same level of teamwork for obvious reasons. We should have been more organized and commited so we actually all showed up to every match.
e. unprofessionalness was death...but then again we all like to have fun
f. if everything was put together, we are actually a force to be reckoned with.
g. we failed miserably, but I think I can speak for everyone when I say we had fun. so...oh well.

GG NO RE

wasn't this episode banned for racism

that is all

The team GuysWeMadeIt would like to change the date of our match to later this week. The current match date is August 1st. If we do it this week, we should all practice a lot more! Comment if you're available to play this week, or tell us when you are available so we can come up with another date.

You may have also noticed the strange announcement headline. From now on, I expect all announcement headlines to sound like the names of the Pokemon Animated Series episodes. Don't forget the horrible puns!
Examples can be found here: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_anime_episodes

Hey everyone!

WE WON OUR FIRST SCRIM!
Well, sort of. We we're lacking players so 2 of the other team went onto our team so it was 7v7. But still. We won!

We faced the team we'll be fighting against in our second match, and they're pretty good, but I think we might have an actual chance. We're all slowly but surely getting better.

We need to focus on practice, organization, and teamwork.

I know waiting is no fun, but make sure everyone on the team knows the event is happening. Track them down if you have to. Our core team needs more practice as a team.

That being said, indivudal practice will help. Use tr_walkway and tr_aim! They're perfect for training.

Please, especially for a match, make sure time is allocated in advance. We don't want last minute cancellations. We need to be dedicated!

Lastly, have some faith. The leader of the opposite team gave us a 'not bad' review. Take that as you will, but regardless, we're not a hopeless team. We don't completley suck (anymore)

Well! Our first match complete!
And..........we lost! In fact, we got #rekt!

But. For the first time ever, we got our ♥♥♥♥ together. We actually had a full team, had skype going (despite constant ♥♥♥♥ ups on skype's end) and communicated.

For us, a bunch of n00bs, we actually played well. Even our most pessimisstic compatriots (*cough* Eagle *cough*) agreed that this was our best effort yet. In fact, we showed that we are capable of improvement and maybe one day victory.

And say we're sore losers, but are competitiors are good. Like, really good. Competitive level good. And they have 6v6 badges. So...they're liars when they say this is their first competitive match. There are blurred lines about the rules so it looks like they're allowed to be in the tournament, but they have a ♥♥♥♥ ton of experience both as a team and in a competitive tournament so our failure is not too surprising.

Still, at this rate, we might be able to one day reach their level. With effort, practice, teamwork, and good spirit, we could actually claim victory for ourselves.

Everyone,

Don't give up.

GG

Congrats to:
Operative, 2nd Foundation, Eagle, Deetz, Tux, Duppa, Molestor, Specified, Ghost, (Emu...?) and myself, Indie, on proving we are capable of greater things.

P.S. I am a dumb person.