2fort5

The first map played was 2fort5, 8 v 8, using QW2.3 and TF2.8 on the Zip clan server. Playing for Loki were Victim, Proto, Grimm, Fenrir, Tetsuo, Shilka, rj and SOS. 10 year old SOS (Son of Strafe) was playing his first game with us in ages, while his dad Strafe was off enjoying himself at the movies. Mil and Goo spectated the game, Mic and Karl were working and could not play, Zel was unavailable because his hours had run out, and Hezter made it home from work with one minute left of the match!

When we had played SD before, the game had been a huge victory in our favour. This was when they played only on TIG and had little experience working together. Since that time, though, they have played on servers away from TIG and have practiced more as a team. Consequently, they improved a great deal.

At the start of the match, we were having trouble breaking through their tight defence. At times they seemed to be using anywhere from five people on defence up to the whole team, so it wasn't suprising that we were having trouble getting through! The more they defended, however, the more we attacked, and eventually we were able to get their flag and slowly move it up and out. Once we had broken through once, their defence weakened slightly and we were able to get in and out a few more times.

Our flag was taken only once and this was late in the game when most of our defenders were actually attacking. :) At this point, the defence fell back and the flag never made it to the top.

As we were expecting, this was certainly a much tougher game than our previous encounter. It was good to see that SD had learnt a great deal and were playing much better as a team.

Map score: Loki 40, SD 0.