Last night left the bitter taste of defeat in my mouth, and I was hoping for better results in the nights battles. Bonestriker cast our chips, and we made our first landing in the semifinals of the Mines of Cyprus against 5th Canadian (Armoured) Division, who had already fought in the quarter finals. As battle time drew near, I was pleased to see 8 tier X and three tier IX on our side, along with my trusty T-92, so I felt pretty good about our chances. We have been working long and hard, the grinding is paying off, and we are finally fielding a very competitive team. Our gameplay was solid, and we lost only one vehicle to advance into the finals against Xtreme United Gamers. We were still smarting from our defeat to them last night, but we had been very close then, and we were better armed this time. Obviously, they were running scared, because they didn’t even show up… a technical victory!
Meanwhile, we had the second landing, the 1/4 finals at the Abby on the Canary Islands against the International Drunks. That battle would be at 2 past the hour, with the landing at Cyprus at 11 past. Obviously, we couldn’t risk entering the battle and not making the landing, so Sgt Joker led a second team into that battle. They were massively outgunned, so they did the noble thing and surrendered the battle, wishing them well on the landing.
The second team made it back into chat to wish us well on the landing, and we entered with high hopes. Alas, no land would be taken tonight. Their arty fired for effect, and their strategy was sound leading the Brothers Grim to safely defend their territory again.
