Well6

The second map was well6, 8 v 8. Playing were Karl, Vic, Hetzer, Mil and rj on defence, and Fenrir, Mic and Shilka on attack.

This was the first time this particular attack squad had been used. In fact, this was Shilka's first ever proper match for the clan, and Fenrir's first time in an attacking role. Nevertheless, the attack managed to break through for some early success. Shilka got the key in the opening minutes, but was killed by a sentry before he could get away with it. Not long later, Mic destroyed the sentry and ran off with the key. He died before he could get home with it, but Shilka was there to finish off the job, getting our first capture (and of course his first for the clan).

Shortly afterwards, Mic killed the sentry again and got the key down to the ground, where Fenrir was able to pick it up and get it to the front of our base. Shilka then scooped it up and ran off to score again.

One further capture was made by us in the game, initiated again by Mic and then finished off by a good run home by Shilka, taking us to a 30-0 lead.

Our defence was doing a great job for most of the game, but a badly placed sentry was largely responsible for allowing our key to be taken three times late in the game. Fortunately for us, the game finished before our key could be captured the third time, giving us a win.

For XF, Dreadnought was particularly effective in defence, as lpb snipers tend to be! :-) Fortunately we were not badly affected by dropouts in this game. Mic did disappear at one stage, but this was only briefly. XF played with only 7 players for some of the game, but our first two captures occurred when they had 8.

Map result: Loki 30, XF 20.

Game result: 1-1 draw

Thanks again to XF for a couple of great games.