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Team HBO Invades Christmas Eve *VIDs*
Posted By: pete_the_duckDate: 12/25/10 10:06 a.m.


Thanks to autoplay, you might want to leave this post open for 1-2 minutes before reading

Late last night, when not a creature was stirring, Team HBO putting the Win in ....WInvasion! It was an absolute blast--best game right I've had in a long time!

Let's take a nice, leisurely walk through it together.. shall we?

Game 1: Invasion on Spire

Team HBO:
BrusselsSprouts - petetheduck - CrazedOne1988
SonofMacPhisto (I know right?!) - Avateur - t6ram
vs.
Other Team HBO
NartFOpc - elpolloguapo - rowboat 000
marissas dad

At first you might be surprised--Team HBO has divided and is fighting amongst themselves? Still in shock, you might wonder why Team HBOs are not even. Well, Other Team HBO DID have a random and it's guest, both they both quit 5 seconds into the game. So that was the roster.

Team HBO breezed through capturing the first two territories, but once it became Core Time, things got interesting:

A little run in with elpolloguapo in the elevator on our way up:

And both SonofMacPhisto and I were a little too eager to bail out of CrazedOne1988's falcon when it got dicey, but I guess he ended up with the last laugh:

But then I got the banshee, and laughed all the way to the bank:

Our turn on defense, Team HBO skunked Other Team HBO. But you can't really blame 'em--down 2 players.

Team HBO wins against Other Team HBO 3-0

Game 2: Invasion on Spire

Team HBO:
petetheduck - rowboat 000 - SonofMacPhisto
Avateur - elpolloguapo - t6ram
vs.
Also Team HBO
NartFOpc - CrazedOne1988 - Xeronian Exile
BrusselsSprouts - marissas dad - adrenoctane

The first game was followed by a few customs, at which point we gathered enough players to have two proper HBO Teams. No randoms, it was ON; HBO on HBO war was being raged!

The first two territories went without too much trouble. Dirty duck that I am, I grabbed the enemy banshee as it spawned and soon Team HBO was rocking the Falcon/Banshee Air Superiority Victorious Victory Combo.

Well, except for the victory part. Also Team HBO weren't fools and bunkered into the top of the Spire. With 3-4 of our players on air patrol, the remaining 2 just couldn't overcome the odds inside to grab the Core.

I DID, however, have plenty of time to practice my new favorite thing to do in a Banshee on Spire. Just watch the doorway:

Avateur just managed to grab the core in the last 20 seconds of the round, but there just wasn't enough time. Elites win by about 30 feet.

On defense, Also Team HBO similarly made it to phase 3, just in time for more elevator schenanigans:

It was a very close game, Also Team HBO got the core to the base of the Pelican pad, but ultimately;
Team HBO ties against Also Team HBO, 2-2

Game 3: Invasion on Breakpoint

Team HBO:
petetheduck - rowboat 000 - SonofMacPhisto
Avateur - elpolloguapo - adrenoctane
vs.
Evil Team HBO
NartFOpc - CrazedOne1988 - Xeronian Exile
BrusselsSprouts - marissas dad - nomis78

This game started was rough: on defense, Team HBO had already lost round one, with Evil Team HBO stealing the core. Then Evil Team HBO started spawn camping in phase 1 and it really looked like we were going to get dinoskunked.

We only barely made it to phase 2 thanks to the fact that the computer cores rise in the capture zone:

And we only barely got the core thanks to Avateur totally spawning on me when enemies were around:

Team HBO ties against Evil Team HBO, 3-3

Game 4: Invasion on Boneyard

Team HBO:
rowboat 000 - NartFOpc - Avateur
petetheduck - Gnrl Vagueness - t6ram

After the hard battle that Breakpoint presented, Giant Team HBO dismantled and became Just Right Team HBO. 6 players meant we hit Invasion like it should be done: Team HBO vs. THE WORLD.

After an easy skunk, we were ready to push for that core and go worty wort wort all the way home. Of course, unlocking phase 3 meant that it was tank time. I was ready and waiting in my Wraith, but I wasn't quite prepared for what happened next. I think I improvised pretty well, though:

Team HBO wins, 3-0

Game 5: Invasion Slayer on Hemmorrage

Team HBO:
rowboat 000 - NartFOpc - Avateur
petetheduck - Gnrl Vagueness - t6ram

Let me just put this out there: Invasion Slayer on Hemmorrage favors Spartans. A plasma repeater doesn't trump a pistol, especially on a map like Hemmorage. By the time we hit tier 2 we were down, 15 to 26.

We WOULD have lost this game but for two things:
-3 players on the other team quit. For no reason--they were winning. We were only able to close the score gap when it was 6 vs. 3 in our favor.
-Words can't describe this tactic:

p.s.: Vagueness-- STRAIGHT AHEAD

Team HBO wins, barely, 64-61

Game 6: Invasion on Boneyard

Team HBO:
rowboat 000 - NartFOpc - Avateur
petetheduck - Gnrl Vagueness - t6ram

There isn't too much to say about this game. We came, we skunked, we cored. But one moment stood out: I'm not sure WHAT this blue guy was trying to do. I was waiting with the Wraith outside.. and yes, I got the splatter medal:

Team HBO wins, 3-0

That was it for our Invasion invasion. We did play some customs, and one in particular you NEED to see:

Merry Christmas everybody! Remember, be good sports out there and only tbag when properly provoked.

(I can't remember what that team did, but it was probably really bad)


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Replies:

Team HBO Invades Christmas Eve *VIDs*pete_the_duck 12/25/10 10:06 a.m.
     Re: Team HBO Invades Christmas Eve *VIDs*INSANEdrive 12/25/10 10:19 a.m.
           Re: Team HBO Invades Christmas Eve *VIDs*NartFOpc 12/25/10 10:35 a.m.
     Re: Team HBO Invades Christmas Eve *VIDs*General Vagueness 12/25/10 1:10 p.m.
           Re: Team HBO Invades Christmas Eve *VIDs*pete_the_duck 12/25/10 1:38 p.m.
                 Re: Team HBO Invades Christmas Eve *VIDs*General Vagueness 12/25/10 4:11 p.m.
     Re: Team HBO Invades Christmas Eve *VIDs*Avateur 12/25/10 8:28 p.m.
     Me? Play Halo?? ikr??SonofMacPhisto 12/26/10 12:39 p.m.
           Re: Me? Play Halo?? ikr??pete_the_duck 12/26/10 12:59 p.m.
                 Re: Me? Play Halo?? ikr??SonofMacPhisto 12/26/10 2:17 p.m.



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