“Quite a rough game, although minimal casualties to show for it. I'm amazed I pulled off a draw, as during the course of the game my opponent knocked out 12 players, and I managed to SI/RIP two of my own guys on failed dodges. I didn't get near as many armor breaks, but the ones I got counted.

It was a huge capacity crowd, the largest the Scions have ever enjoyed playing before. He received the kick, and proceeded to systematically drive down the field. Without really trying, I found myself surrounded by a million chaos dwarves with guard, making it near impossible to get a block in myself, esp as every turn one or two more of my own players got ko'd. He kept stalling, hoping with every block he threw he'd get a cas, but along came turn 8 and I had 7 guys in the ko box, one SI (my aforementioned failed dodge). Rather than scoring, giving me a turn 8 and then halftime ko-recovery rolls, he opted to not score in the half, so we stayed scoreless.

Second half, I'm only able to field 8 players, 3 of them catchers. Yet despite the odds, we sent our catchers racing down the field, while my ag 4 lineman (thrower was still ko) stayed ready with arm cocked to throw. He surrounded my catchers, but some fancy dodging allowed my rookie catcher to sneak free for the endzone. All it then took was 2 gfi's by my lineman and a LONG bomb pass, but luck was with me, and the touchdown was mine. Three more players awoke from ko, his three Morley's Revenge sufferers (my handicap roll) missed the kick, and now I had the lead and 11 guys to his 10. Things are looking good, but there's still 7 turns to go...

However, double-1's were the name of the day for my opponent, beit gfi's or double-skulls. I was able to harrass his ball carrier way deep in his own territory, but another string of ko's freed him up to advance the ball down the pitch. A long pass to his bull centaur (!) meant he'd even the score up pretty easily, but another 1-1 gfi ended his turn and gave me a shot to stop him. He says my boys dodged like elves, then hit like chaos, as I was able to surround his guys while bh'ing his ogre and killing another player. The victory was mine...til I got greedy. I tried to go for a second score, but to do so would require some fancy dodging by my ag 4 lineman, who wasn't up to the task--in fact, the apo had to save him from his own broken neck RIP on the dodge. Still, it would be a miracle for him to score...but don't tell that to his bull centaur, who again caught a pass and then 3 gfi's to paydirt. He got his miracle, turning a certain defeat into a draw.

Wonderful game! The only real bad part was us both losing fans off of this...”