Too lazy to open up my template for this year so fuck ya&#039;ll.<br /><br />[center][img]http://xenaero.googlepages.com/BrokeBackCowboys-small.png[/img] [size=15pt]-vs-[/size] [img]http://xenaero.googlepages.com/BerserkerPackers-small.png[/img]<br />[color=red][size=3][u][b]SPOT LIGHT GAME[/b][/u][/size][/color][/center]<br /><br />I really like the matchup this week for these two teams, because of the talent backing both BSK and BBC, while one is extremely frag heavy, which is great for defense and covering runners in oda02, the other has talented runners that can weasel their way through defenses, which is great for offense here.<br /><br />The Cowboys begin this season with a new hope, in the form of RottKing, who&#039;s been doing fairly well in priv. With their powerhouse roster, they should be relatively safe from the Packers&#039; relentless runs. What I&#039;m interested to see is who will be running flags? Surely they have enough SSG know-how to cover their runner sufficiently, but the pressure is placed squarely on the runner to brings flags back. From what I know, RottKing is a great defender even though he hates playing D, which can potentially free up Mantis to run and Stall to just ruin BSK&#039;s day.<br /><br />The Berserker Packers have lost Fastidious, which would have been a great D this game in my opinion. However instead they picked up Rose who even in the States is well known for her running ability. What I&#039;m interested in is who will be playing defense and will they be able to stand up to the Cowboys? I envision Chow and Rose running in tandem to disrupt the Cowboys enough to be wary of sending in all their forces into Shak&#039;s carefully guarded base.<br /><br />[i]I think that with the Packers&#039; running power colliding with the Cowboy&#039;s tendency to frag everything that breathes (does shak breathe? scarf is too tight) will present an interesting conundrum. Eventually, the Packers will get through the defensive line, causing the Cowboys to fall back. Inversely, the same may happen to the Packers&#039; line of defense, causing the Packers to hold the flag hostage for a tense standoff or falling back to return it without a flag in hand. This might go on for three solid games.[/i] <br />[center][b]BBC 0-0 BSK[/b][/center]<br /><br />[center][img]http://www.upload3r.com/serve/030110/1262561859.png[/img] [size=15pt]-vs-[/size] [img]http://www.upload3r.com/serve/030110/1262561866.png[/img][/center]<br /><br />[center][size=5]Open up your lovin&#039; arms, watch out here I come![/size][/center]<br /><br />[center][img]http://xenaero.googlepages.com/SpreadEagles-small.png[/img] [size=15pt]-vs-[/size] [img]http://xenaero.googlepages.com/KillingBrowns-small.png[/img][/center]<br /><br />Good lord do the Spread Eagles have a bad record. But will they launch into the playoffs or ultimate fail just like good-on-paper SoM? Looking at SPE, I see the same thing happening. There&#039;s no clear runner! Goatface and Bones certainly have skills running flags but they aren&#039;t dedicated runners like Mikehail. I don&#039;t see Shadow_Ghost or METALBLACK running flags all too often that aren&#039;t dropped at the mid-way point or further. But no team with Bones should be underestimated. I can&#039;t make a prediction on how this team could play in their opening week because there&#039;s so many ways they can play. That&#039;s their biggest strength and weakness. If they don&#039;t settle on a solid plan, their own flexibility could bring them down.<br /><br />As much as I hate to admit it, the Killing Browns aren&#039;t doing so bad in pre-season practice runs. Could it be the map? The lineup? The plan? Tai??? Who knows! What can&#039;t be argued is as it stands now, they&#039;re a tough contender in their conference and have the potential to win the entire league this season. Why? Mikehail. The guy destroyed every flag record last season and could do so again, this time taking it all the way to the Masterbowl. But let&#039;s not get ahead of ourselves! Tai needs to stick to one position and they have a clear shot at winning this game. That position is defense. Oath and Mikehail are clearly built for running this claustrophobic, corner-cutting-required map. Problem is, will the flag be there by the time they come back?<br /><br />[i]Tai&#039;s superman tendency will benefit KGB in the short term but ultimately ruin his team&#039;s chances and cause immense infighting the likes of which we have never seen before. I expect many lines of &lt;mikehail&gt; in #idl post-game.[/i]<br />[center][b]SPE 2-1 KGB[/b][/center]<br /><br />[center][img]http://xenaero.googlepages.com/SuperChargers-small.png[/img] [size=15pt]-vs-[/size] [img]http://xenaero.googlepages.com/FlagSteelers-small.png[/img][/center]<br /><br />So we have a new Ralphis team, fresh from a horribly, incapacitating, debilitating, and other adjectives here to indicating a terrible season. But the point is now he&#039;s back with his mortal enemy Nostar to supposedly, in his words &quot;beat all your asses&quot;. I guess we&#039;ll see if he comes out on top this week. I see one problem with this. Where the hell is the support? Nostar isn&#039;t good support, and Fast has got to stay on D to fend off the powerful Steelers offense in the form of gyrossman. Now the tricky part is how Ralphis and by proxy Nostar will bring flags back. That part is pretty closely guarded, even though it seems like they aren&#039;t working great together in practice. Here&#039;s hoping they pull it together in time for the match.<br /><br />And now we have the Flag Steelers (whose roster I just looked up painfully thanks to THERE BEING NO FRONT PAGE LISTING OF TEAMS LADNA) which comprise of Suckass Slacker, White Whipper, Grapevine Gyross (ha ha get it hes drunk with wine which comes from grapes on a vine rofl), and Super Saber. I see Gyross running a lot in this game, supported by Ladna or Sabertooth. Having White on defense here is a MUST. He&#039;s a great defender and I&#039;m pretty sure he&#039;d just irritate Ralphis to the point to where he gets really reckless and misses lava jumps, which is critical when he&#039;s running the flag back to his base. Gyross is kind of an android and can somehow frag by treating 500 ping like its actually 5. Ladna will stand around slacking. Saber will probably kick Ladna off the team and help Gyross or White, essentially playing a floating position and assisting whoever needs it at that point.<br /><br />[i]Ralph&#039;s lava pit diving will ruin SUC&#039;s offensive pushes, forcing nostar to crash TT deliberately for a game reset, only to lose all focus the team has and lose at the hands of LADNA[size=1][s]FINISHACHIEVEMENTS[/s][/size].[/i]<br />[center][b]SUC 1-2 FLS[/b][/center]