The following is my complete and unbiased opinion from the perspective of TBA:
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Alliance of the round - TBA – This award has to go to TBA. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a resistance of this magnitude last for so long. The members of TBA never gave up. They woke up during the night to attack, and refreshed constantly during the day to defend. None of the players complained about taking land hits at the beginning. Just an overall superb effort all round. Great job fellas.
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Best Offensive Alliance – TBA – In terms of offensive, TBA won most of the crucial battles which decided the round. Managed to attack Charades for several days without stopping during the night. Also managed to kill Event Horizon after realizing that they were not going to back out of the resistance.
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Best Defensive Alliance - Charades – Defensively, Charades were extremely resilient. There wasn’t a single day in the entire round when they gave us a free run for their land. Even when most of their members were zeroed, they stood and defended against us valiantly. I’m very honoured to have fought against an alliance of this calibre, and I’m sure my alliance mates feel the same way.
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Honourable Mention Alliance – Event Horizon – This alliance had a stellar start, and managed to become a powerhouse early on. They were also very willing to participate in the resistance, and their early morning retaliations for Charades were extremely painful to deal with. Needless to say, we expected much more from them when we finally attacked them instead of Charades. This alliance sure kept us on our toes. Cheers Max.
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Worst Alliance – Mo Dakka – Its rather paradoxical to give the title of “worst” alliance to an alliance that is looking to finish third. However, there are plenty of reasons for doing so. TBA definitely expected more pressure from this alliance, especially after EH was finally killed. They also seemed to be lacking in motivation, refusing to attack any real threats en mass, until they were finally killed by Charades late in the round. There were also times at night when they were practically free land. My expectations for this alliance were much higher, especially after their dominating round-start preformance.
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Best Leader – Twigley – Woke up during the night numoerous times to plan defense. Kept the fort safe during the day *and* the night. However, that is not his most important contribution; he kept the alliance in line even after the round was seemingly secured. He came here to win and his attitude throughout the round demonstrated this. There was not a moment when he stopped applying pressure to the entire alliance, ensuring that everyone preforms at their best. A true leader. Good job Twigs
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Worst Leader – ??? – Although I did make a post earlier regarding Charades’ leadership tactics, that was strictly for propaganda purposes. The truth is, everyone has their own leadership style, so it would be wrong to say that any particular one is “wrong.” The only thing I have to say about this is Max, I love you but going into sleep mode when you were rank 1 and leader must not have been very good on your morale (I do admit, it was better than going UC and dying though
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Honourable Mention Leader – Leeroy – Twigs is probably going to kill me for this but I do feel that this guy deserves some credit. It takes balls to lead FTW for the first time, and I hope that this round has given you the valuable experience necessary to succeed in your next attempt. I was impressed by the speed at which you were able to get your alliance organized for the resistance, especially after being bashed just the night before. It takes a whole lot of motivation and heart to not only get your alliance involved so soon after dying, but to also get other alliances on the same boat. A leader never gives up, and you were able to stay true to your alliance. T’is a shame that you broke before us, because your alliance was damn hard to kill and keep down. I hope that this round does not discourage you to lead in the rounds to come!
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Player of the Round – Allied - Many – I must give credit where credit is due, so this list is very very long. In no particular order:
Eden, Reprise – These two players sent on almost every single wave, bash, and train ever organized on Charades. These two kept me motivated during the first two weeks, making sure that our war-train never stopped. At the end I think we were averaging like 15 hours sleep per week each. They were amazing to work with, Reprise provided the hacks and Eden gathered our troops/ranges. Without these two I feel like our alliance would have given up a long long time ago when the resistance hit. Amazing, amazing players.
Our Original PoMs (Zehatman, Steve_God) + Emma – The first two PoMs kept us alive and kept our land safe. What can I say? Two of the most selfless, active, and contactable players I have ever played with. Zehatman even offered to trade routes with me at the start. If he had not done so, with my scorequeen tendencies, we would have lost the round 2 days in. Emma was a stellar replacement. I don’t regret recruiting her even one bit. These three PoMs made me sleep safe at night, knowing my land is safe.
Addicted – Our only striker player, and yet, one was enough for us. Was anything but amazing at the start, but definitely did not make me regret keeping him. Heck of a player. Selfless and active. Thank god we had a striker like him on our side and not Charades’.
Cfalcon – His bot is probably the best innovation introduced in the realm of bushtarion ever. His bot basically ensured that we never lost a single BR. A staple to our alliance.
There were many, many other players that were instrumental to our win. Examples on DshowS, Grissom and the list goes on. I could thank everyone in our alliance one by one, and write a paragraph about them, but that’d be too boring. Instead I’ve highlighted a few of the more outstanding members who have preformed at a high level all round. Good job gang.
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Player of the Round – Solo - Silence – Didn’t really pay attention to many solos but he constistently preformed at a high level and as a result, is going to end up rank 1 in H/F and effectiveness.
* Best Offensive Player – Addicted – As I said before, there are probably too many to name. However, without our key striker and armour stripper, Eden and I wouldn’t have put our rangers to good use. His strikers help us keep our lead in the late round.
* Best Defensive Player – FeR – As a rangers player, there is nothing more annoying than seeing the same goddamn RPG defending every time, without exception. Heck of a player. Pain in the ass to play against.
* Honourable Mention Player – Zazemen – Probably shouldn’t have been kicked. Mistake on my part =/
* Worst Player - Chef – Sorry bud but you were the one that stuck out. Even after many requests to kick-rape you, we decided to keep you, and yet all you did was to backstab us and go to Charades. Not to mention you have yet to grasp the basics in this game, which resulted in your getting massacred and kick-raped. Best of luck next round.
* Best Moment of Round – When I bought 33 mil hippies to stop what was supposed to be a definite land loss. We all had a good laugh on IRC.
* Worst Moment of Round – When IRC died. What the **** is that ****.
