Spirits of Fire

We recently participated in a Modern Warfare 2 tournament hosted by Tied The Leader (TTL) and the Good Game Network (GGN). Here’s how it all went down.

The rules were simple: Search and Destroy, Hardcore settings, Best of Five, Double Elimination. Our squad consisted of JDubbs11, Apollo Running, Xerone, and Rowboat 000. We also got a little help from fellow HMB members: KalamariKidd and NartFOpc. (Thanks guys!)

Round 1:  SoF vs. Training Wheels (H3Wheelmen)
SoF wins 3 – 0

Round 2: SoF vs. #2 On Game Battles (TTL)
SoF loses 0 – 3

Round 3: SoF vs. 8 Bit Brigade (8BB)
SoF  loses 1 – 3

And with that, the SoF were sent packing. All in all though, we had a blast with the other GGN teams and are definitely looking forward to gaming with them in the near future.

Continue reading for a more eloquent telling of games with H3WM.

It was a dark and stormy night, (At least for Apollo!) when four brave men with orange insignias picked up their rifles and walked into battle. Xerone, JDubbs, Apollo and Rowboat went off to battle to protect their loves, Spirits of Fire and Hawty McBloggy.

The first map? Afghan. Charged with destroying the targets first, The Four Spirits ran into battle with heated passion.

“What’s the gameplan, guys?”, Asked an inquisitive Xerone.

“I’m just going to pick this up”, said Rowboat as he scooped up the bomb, “and run it to A.”

And with that, Rowboat charged into battle. The bullets started firing, and the Wheelmen started falling. Rowboat successfully planted the bomb, and from there it was only a matter of time before The Four Spirits had won the round.

“Again.”, crackled Rowboat’s voice in my ear.

Rowboat loudly roared a warcry to his God, Odin, before being struck down in a spray of fire. Apollo and JDubbs quickly followed, leaving a bewildered Xerone behind. A few shots later and there were only two enemies left. Sneaking around, Xerone quietly made his way to the bomb site and planted.

Unfortunately, he became suppressed and flanked. This was a battle that the Spirits didn’t win. Do not fret! For it was only a battle, and not the war! The four Spirits finished out the rounds with creativity and took victory in Afghan, 4 – 1.

After swiftly defeating the enemy in the sands of Afghanistan, we end up on the docks of a Russian Submarine Base. The first match on Sub Base found the Spirits attacking. JDubbs put his running class on and picked up the bomb. Followed by Xerone and Apollo he found cover and let them take down two opponents before planting the bomb. The bomb was planted and the Wheelmen came running, only to find the Spirits bullets and the end of the first round.

The next round, JDubbs tried to get cute by attacking B only. On his way to B he found his enemy, the claymore, and fell to his death. Others Spirits quickly fell and the round was lost.

For the third round, JDubbs stuck to the first plan that worked. He and Xerone headed to A. Xerone took out the lone H3WM guarding A, leaving the bomb site open, but there were still three Wheelmen alive. Rowboat called out 2 enemies on top of the generators and Xerone dropped death from above in the form of a Predator Missile, but only got one kill. JDubbs, relying on a call out from Rowboat, quickly sprinted around to the back of the map by passing the bomb site on full attack. He sprinted up the ramp, and removed one of the Wheelmen from action. On his way down, he found the last man standing and quickly dealt death from above with his UMP. The Spirits ended up winning the matches on Sub Base, 4 – 1.

The last locale for battle was Terminal. Here, The Four Spirits were again charged with the task of demolition first. Apollo quickly stormed A with the bomb, while the other three Spirits made their way through the book store. Apollo’s appeal to Odin rang in their ears as his blood thirst was quickly meat by the death of his enemies at the escalators. If you were to listen carefully, you could hear the ghosts of his enemies speak as they furiously exclaimed, “OH MY! WHERE DID I GET SHOT FROM?!”

This round was a favorite of Xerone’s, for this round was where he was blessed by the powerful Odin to overcome his enemies…against all odds. Apollo quickly made his way to A again, JDubbs and Rowboat went through book store. Being, some may say overly cautious, Xerone didn’t quite run either way, but carefully followed Apollo. Apollo ran around the corner and was lit up in a blaze of glory. The bomb fell to the ground.

Pfft, pfft. Pfft, pfft.

Rowboat and JDubbs fell.

Xerone was the last left alive. He peaked over a couple items of baggage and took out two guys near the bomb. Double Kill. Two down, two to go.

Beep, beep, beep, beep.

Bomb planted.

Clunk, clunk… Clunk, clunk.

“I hear you,” Xerone whispered, to no one in particular.

A hand, holding a grenade, appeared around the corner. Xerone took the initiative. A small target, yes, but good enough for him. Three down, one left. All was quiet. Xerone, again, took a peak over the baggage. Bingo.

Pfft, pfft

Spirits win the round and go on to finish the match 4 – 2, taking the victory. This leads to a spot in Round 2 of the winners bracket and that’s where it all went downhill.

~ by rowboat 000 on September 4, 2010.

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