Dark Mercenaries vs. Total Freaks

Well, it's time for another "Match of the week" after this second playday of JJ2WC Season 2 (actually, it's the third playday, since the match between C-C and GpW was played on Tuesday instead of Saturday on which the other matches we're played/forfeited) Anyway, let's give out the logs, shall we?

I felt like an early pre-game today (mainly because I didn't know for sure if I was going to host it) so the server was up already at 17:55, which was 35 minutes before the actual match started. The server was almost directly heavily crowded, with (surprisingly) a very high number of DM-ers (Spotty, Everett, AvK, FireSworD and DizZy were in the same server, and some others were around too). TF however wasn't really represented very well, only White Rabbit and Enigma showed up in the first place. Unhit promised to come but because he didn't appear at the matchtime, Dalspots was summoned to play. Unhit appeared finally during the first minutes of the actual match (while others were collection ammo) so TF decided to play with him after all. The match could begin!

Round 1
DM: FireSworD, AvK, DizZy (in red)
TF: Enigma, White Rabbit, Unhit (he replaced Dalspots after a few minutes)(in blue)

The pre-match went pretty fast and thanks to extreme coincidence, all players had the right colour directly! Anyhow, after collecting ammo, the game started, at 18:40. It took only about 10 seconds before the first goal was made by DizZy for DM, and it was a rather questionable one (I don't exactly know how it happened, but it appears to be that DizZy died on the enemy base, took the flag with him while another team member killed the enemy flag carrier) anyway, the official (me) decided to declare the goal as legitimate, and the game went on with a 1-0 advantage for DM. For a few minutes the game was pretty much balanced but the second goal came at 2.20, when DizZy scored the 2-0. He did this again at 3.50 and 5.05, making the round total 4-0 for DM then. FireSworD scored his first one at 5.55. For a moment, TF seemed to be doomed but Unhit saved the day at 6.05 with the first goal for the Freaks. After another short pause, White Rabbit scored at 7.50 – his first goal of this match. Before the halfway mark, DM took revenge with two goals: AvK scored his first one at 9.10, and DizZy scored a few seconds later the 7-2. For another period of about 3 minutes the game was stable again, but then DM raised their score with one point thanks to a nice goal of FireSworD (his second). The third and final goal for TF was made by Enigma at 13.15, which made that all players scored one goal in this round. After that, DM started with their final assault and they managed to pump up the score with a few goals (FireSworD scored 9-3 at 14.05, AvK scored at 14.40 and 15.20) Finally, DizZy, the first and last scorer of this round, scored the final point of the game at 12-3. The last minutes of the game were better for the Total Freaks, but they didn't manage to score. So, after 20 minutes of playing time, the final score was set at 12-3 in advantage of DM.



Round Results: 12-3 for Dark Mercenaries

Round 2
DM: FireSworD, AvK, DizZy (in blue)
TF: Enigma, White Rabbit, Unhit (in red)

After some cuddling about the results and changes in strategy and colour, both teams started bravely with the second round of this Match of the Week. Both teams contined with the same line-up (DM probably because the "never change a winning team"-reason and TF probably because not many other players were available). 8 minutes after the ending of round 1, round 2 started.
Round 2 was clearly a lot more defensive than round 1. In round 1, a lot of goals were made during the first minutes already, and the teams played much more on the attack. This didn’t happen in round 2 at all: both teams preferred to stay near base and flag losses were recaptured quickly. However, TF couldn’t prevent to quick goals of DM during the fourth minute (AvK at 3.10 and DizZy at 4.00). After these goals a long period of silence followed, which was broken by a goal of DizZy around 9.15. At the halfway mark, the score was still 3-0 in advantage of the Mercenaries. The next goal took again long to come, it was made by FireSworD at exactly 13 minutes of playtime. A few seconds later DizZy pulled another one of, making the score 5-0 for DM.
After 75% of the round, both teams started to play more and more offensive, which resulted in a lot of kills and quick flag changes. TF, however they played quite good during the last 5 minutes, couldn't find a way to score a point in this round. The last two goals of the match were made by DM: AvK scored one around 17.30 and FireSworD did it around 19.02. After the minutes were over, all players agreed it was a nice game.



Round Results: 7-0 for Dark Mercenaries


Closing comments
The second "Match of the Week" ended, as already was expected by some people, in a victory for last years' champion, the Dark Mercenaries. Overall they showed very good teamplay and quick manoeuvres in a hectical map like Quasar Quandary. The final total of 19-3 was not really representative, however DM was truly a lot better than TF. There was, unfortunately, some more lag than with C-C vs. GpW last week, but it still wasn't as much that it would be unplayable.

Final Score: 19-3 for Dark Mercenaries

[u]Top Scorers
DM
DizZy (10x)
AvK (5x)
FireSworD (4x)

TF
Enigma (1x)
Unhit (1x)
White Rabbit (1x)

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