I haven't written much about the league as there has been
so much going on the last few weeks. So, let me start with a brief recap.
Our original Mood Killers line-up was Tom, Peanut, Jared,
Max and me. However, Tom got a job that necessitated him dropping out of the
league, so Block stepped in to replace him after the second week. We were
playing against Cody's team (CWI), Beanz's team (Boneless Jungle Hams), Fox and
Wookie's team (EAS) and Christine, Evol and Zac's team (TBD).
Our team had some ups and downs and for the first five
weeks I don't think we had the same player line-up any two weeks in a row! Due to
my tag travels that were planned ahead of time we knew I would need to have a
sub step in for me on a couple of weekends. Thanks to Lenny, Block and our
"rookie" sub (who I heard was pulling 7K games the week I was in
Florida!) for stepping in when needed.
We played three team standard games until the end when it
went to two team play for finals. Although my team had a rather lukewarm start
in the beginning and had to work to make up some ground, there was steady
improvement and on the last night of regular play we had pulled nearly a clean
streak of wins (five out of six games, but there was a bit of a
"technicality" question and a pack issue when we took second in that particular
game). Overall I would say that this was a really good experience playing with
people I don't often get to tag with (as most of them play SM5 almost
exclusively). We had to play hard, but there was a reasonable balance for the
most part. And it was enjoyable to have a regularly planned schedule where you
knew there would be decent competition and a full slate of players showing up
on a particular day and time (which is not always the case in Syracuse).
The night of finals began with the Jungle Hams against
TBD and the Hams took the win that game. Then the Mood Killers were up against
the second place team, EAS. We figured this was going to be close, but
possible. We were leading for most of that game, but a couple of well timed
nukes at the end by Wookie pushed them over in the last minute. So that meant
we would play TBD (and we won, which put them in fifth place) then after CWI
beat the Jungle Hams we were up against them and won again (putting them into
fourth place). By that time CWI beat EAS and that meant we would go up against
them again. After having success the previous week I tried to be optimistic and
this also ended up being a close game, but not close enough. We came in third
and they went up against CWI. CWI took first and EAS took second...ironically this
was the EXACT order that we went into finals!
At the end awards were given for a myriad of random
things. Only one cash award would be given to any individual player, so in some
cases a runner-up took the honor, but results included the following:
Sportsmanship: Axman
Most Improved: Kiana
MVP: Beanz
And since Beanz had the highest game scores this award
went down the line to Cody. Now, it's at this point that things got interesting
because although Team TBD had taken a fifth place finish, their team took all
of the remaining awards because among their line-up they had the entire span of
highs and lows covered! What are the odds of this scenario happening, all on
the same team?
Highest Average: Zac
Lowest Average: Sadistic Queen
Highest Accuracy Game: Evol
Lowest Accuracy Game: Lil Bit
Highest Overall Accuracy: Pony Boy
Lowest Game: Killer Panda
But that's exactly what happened, so congrats to
everyone. Particular thanks to Beanz for organizing it all, which is no small
task. I really enjoy having local competitive tag and am hopeful that this is
part of a resurgence in tag interest in Syracuse that will lead to continued
opportunities for leagues and tournaments locally. So when do we start the next
league guys? :)
Comments or Questions?
Contact: tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com
Websites: www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com and
www.photonforever.com
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