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"Highlights are by toreyluv and Vince V."
This was definitely a fun tournament to watch. Ably announced by
Hellraiser, and rendered exciting by the participants' combination
of extreme striking power, and feeble dodging power, a good size
crowd of 10-14 for much of the night was well entertained.
With six monsters in a round robin format, the tournament took
5 rounds, 3 matches per round. I was there most of the first 3;
here is my recap.
ROUND ONE: Car Lie
Al and Evil Eye opened up the festivities with an excellent 5 rounder.
The Naga's topnotch techs had the wailing Whale down 2-1, before
a bevy of Carl's hardhitting techs led to two straight KO's and
a come-from-behind victory, Carl 3, Evil Eye 2.
Kung Pao vs Conan saw the first miss of the night - a Conan Earthquake.
Conan got an Earthquake in Power to win one match, and had a chance
to win another, but chose the putrid Tidal Wave [with 80 int], sealing
the 3-1 victory for the spicy Baku.
Steel Blade vs HCl Acid saw Acid totally dominate; except for a
999 Triple Slash in Power by the doughty durahan. Otherwise, it
was all Baku - 3-1.
ROUND TWO: Car Lie
Al vs Conan. Whale vs Whale led off the second round. Except for
one Wave Riding KO, all matches went to %, and Carl won 3-1.
Evil Eye vs HCl Acid was a truly bizarre match. The first two matches
followed the same pattern...Evil would hit a drill attack or turn
assault, and Acid would nap it off for full recovery. However, the
combination of the gutsdown of Evil Eye's techs and the cost of
the naps led to the naughty naga finishing off both matches with
a winning blow. Down 2-0, Acid came back with 2 punishing diving
presses to tie the score. Round 5 saw a return of the "napster"
pattern - but this time, Evil Eye's final tech was neutralized with
yet another nap. For the first time ever, a deciding match went
to a tiebreaker at 100% to 100%. The naga dominated the tiebreaker
system, and won 3-2 over the baleful baku.
Kung Pao vs Steel Blade. I did laundry. I learned that Kung Pao
won 3-1, with the durahan's one win coming on an impressive triple
slash.
ROUND THREE: Car Lie
Al took Steel Blade apart, winnning 3-1.
The battle of bakus then commenced - Kung Pao vs Acid. It was back
and forth throughout. Kung Pao used a 854 diving press to crush
his fellow dog in match 1; Acid made good use of his nap in the
second to even the score. Acid tried a power nap in the third, and
recovered some 800 points, but a last minute dust cloud by the Chinese
Chicken gave him an 87-81% win, and a 2-1 lead. Acid tongued KP
to death to again even the score, and set up a deciding fifth. The
ultimate match was anticlimactic, with Kung Pao using several little
techs to eke out a % victory and win 3-2.
Conan vs Evil Eye was another very exciting match. Conan was badly
beaten in match one when a last second earthquake shook the hell
out of the nasty naga. Perhaps overconfident, Conan began match
2 by inflicting 94 damage on himself with a rare missed press, and
Evil Eye capitalized with more hits to even the score. Each KO'd
the other in Rounds 3 and 4, once again setting up a deciding fifth.
Evil Eye used the occasion to uncork his secret weapon - life steal!
Conan averted the KO, but only by clinging to 2 life, as Evil Eye
cemented a 3-2 come-from-behind victory.
So as I stumbled off to bed, Carl and Kung Pao were 3-0, and Evil
Eye had jumped back into contention at 2-1. I see that things changed
in the final two rounds, but i will leave those to another scribe.
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The rest of this report is courtesy of Vince V. Thanx Vince - great
job!
Allright, taking Torey's place as scribe, I recorded the final
two rounds, which proved to be interesting indeed. I'll try to make
a good follow-up to his first half descripion, but it'll be difficult.
ROUND FOUR
The fourth round began with a battle between Car Lie Al and HCI
Acid. Acid tongued his way through the first round, and at the line,
he won, besting Car Lie Al by a close 14.6%. In round two, Carl
Powers up, but is flattened by two earth-shaking Diving Presses,
and Acid wins through extreme overkill. Round three was as far as
this battle went, with Acid tongueing Carl and then Napping away
the damage from his Earthquake. A Diving Press by Acid sealed the
deal and at the rounds end, it was HCI Acid who won, making a 3/0
victory over Car Lie Al.
In Kung Poa vs. Evil Eye, Evil Eye began his usual tactics, opening
with a damaging Turn Assault, but Kung Poa more than evened out
the score with a 999 sharp damaging Diving Press KO. Despite Evil
Eye's Life Stealing in the second round, Kung Poa once again prevailed
with some heavy damaging Bites and a Toungue Slap to seal the deal.
Round three was the exact same as round one, except that Evil Eye
opened with a Drill Attack this time. Kung Poa launched a Diving
Press and KO'd Evil Eye for the third time in a row. Final score:
Kung Poa 3/0, all wins by KO.
Next up was Steel Blade vs. Conan. Seemingly evenly matched in
the first round, they launched a volley of attacks at eachother
but at the time mark, a less than 8% difference in HP leaned in
Steel Blade's favor. Despite Conan's relentless Belly Attacks in
the second round, the KO-ing victory went to Steel Blade. A surprising
turn of events in the third round as Conan Pressed his way through
the match and won the round by a surprisingly small 9.6%. Already
on fire, Conan blazed his way to a KO vitory in the fourth round
with an Earthquake and a Body Press. The final round here, both
monsters put up a good fight. Conan tried to Earthquake and Roll
his way through this one, but with a 999 sharp damaging Rolling
Slash, Steel Blade won the fifth round, and the match.
ROUND FIVE
First up were HCI Acid and Conan, and Acid was once again up to
his old napping ways, fully sleeping off damage done by Conan's
Earthquake. Unfortunatley Conan couldn't shake off the damage done
by Acid's Diving Press, and at the end, a 16.6% difference leaned
in Acid's favor. Conan really fired this round up with a 752 sharp
damaging Earthquake, but after a few Charges were laid, Acid took
the time to sleep it off. Conan performed an amazing 999 sharp damaging
Roll Assault WITH POWER and KO'ed Acid. The third round proved to
be a humerous one, with Conan attempting a Tidal Wave, inflicting
a whopping 9 damage. The rest of the round followed in the footsteps
of the first, with Acid landing the win. The fourth and final round
saw a 15% difference for Acid, and the winner was HCI Acid, 3/1.
Steel Blade vs. Evil Eye: Nothing too excting in the first round,
Steel Blade managed to KO Evil Eye with a Twister Slash. The second
round proved a very exciting (yet very short) one. Evil Eye launched
a Turn Assault, and Steel Blade responded with a Ko-ing Deathbringer.
Round three set it in stone for Steel Blade, as he returned with
another Deathbringer and overkill Ko-ed Evil Eye. The winner here:
Steel Blade 3/0
The Final Match
Car Lie Al vs. Kund Poa was an intense match. Carl opened it up
with a weak Knocking Up, then reedeemed himself with a hard hitting
Earthquake. Kung Poa launched some minor attacks, Carl powers up,
and at the rounds end, Kung Poa was the victor. In the second round
Carl evened things out a bit, summoning a mighty 608 sharp damaging
Earthquake. Kung Poa retaliated with a good tonguing and a charge,
but Carl stomped him out with another Earthquake, winning the round
with a KO. Round three began fast with two surprise Diving Presses
from Kung Poa. Carl Powers up, and then down, to launch a Knocking
Up. Kung Poa responded with a KO-ing Tongue Slap. Carl is down but
not out and gets up once more with GRIT. Carl scratches a measly
108 damage and then the time is up. 0.1% vs 72.6%: Kung Poa wins
2/1. The next round was the one we were all waitng for, the fourth
round. Carl wastes his time uselessly Powering up, and launches
a lame 135 damaging Knocking Up. Kung Pow, on the other hand uses
Diving Press and Charge. Lisa encouraged Carl from the distance
of the Chat Room : "Carl! You need to Earthquake!" Carl
instead choose to go Wave Riding and inflicts 719 sharp damage.
Kung Pow Powers up and performs another Diving Press. Carl, by sheer
will, again gets Grit!, but too late because the round was up. 0.1%
vs. 14.5%, King Pow won 3/1.
The winner of the Tank Tournament was Kung Pow, but all the monsters
put up a good fight.
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