“Orca Cola Cup Middenheim Challenge 12/06 Semi-Finals

The walking deceased of Dead Alive were looking to make a push at another OCCS title but faced a staunch bunch of Chaos Dwarf Bandits in their way.

The game started with the Dead receiving and attempting a push down the left sideline. The Dwarf defenders stymied that push but a quick toss to star werewolf Joey Ram-Moan and he was making a break-away on the reverse. The dwarf defenders scrambled after him but he was able to slip away for the score midway through the first half.

The Bandits recovered the deep subsequent kick-off and managed to get the ball into the hands of the monstrous Jurga, but no lane could be opened that could accomodate the massive centaur and the drive faltered. The half ended with the ball wrenched free and Golem McGory trying to get one last hit in at the buzzer... his block backfired horribly as the opposing dwarf wasn t fooled and knocked McGory s stitched body apart once and for all.

Things started poorly for the undead in the second half. The Bandits failed to secure the ball early and sensing an oppurtunity the undead pressed forward towards the ball.

However, seemingly, the ball blunder was a clever trap. The Bandits isolated and punished the Dead. Smashing the unlife from the undead players. It appeared an opening had been made and Hobgoblin Fals made a break for it.

The unexpected speed of the undead though was too much and Fals was brought down. The ball eventually squirted into the stands and some eager fans pitched the ball into an open area near the end zone.

Undead and CDs alike did their best to plod towards the ball, surrounding it with bodies on all sides. Things got sloppy and bodies were knocked to and fro, eventually at the buzzer Hobgoblin Org made a play to scoop the ball and lunge for the endzone, but alas (perhaps greased by the blood of fallen undead) the ball slipped free of his hands and Dead Alive s narrow victory was preserved.

With four players lost for next game (2 permanently) it looks like it will be an uphill battle for the Dead to three-peat in the OCCS.


Thanks to lauth for a very tight and enjoyable game! A couple unlucky breaks cost him OT where he would of had heavy man advantage. Hope to see him in future OCCS tournies... he deserves a rematch (but only after I have some time to heal!!).”