[CC3] IA vs. HH - [23-18] - Final 7/1

[pmchugh]

People may have mocked the map selection but I think its shrewd, if the other team have more experience why not even the odds with lucky maps? Now look at the score!

[grifftron]

People may have mocked the map selection but I think its shrewd, if the other team have more experience why not even the odds with lucky maps? Now look at the score!

Its actually a brilliant play... surprised underdogs have not used this method in the past... nicely played HH.

[Keefie]

Well the plan is to win, not be gallant losers.

I've taken some stick from certain members of IA in game chat, plus they have a least one member who loves a bit of dice bitching. But I can take all of that if the final score reads HH 21 IA 20

[freakns]

Well the plan is to win, not be gallant losers.

I've taken some stick from certain members of IA in game chat, plus they have a least one member who loves a bit of dice bitching. But I can take all of that if the final score reads HH 21 IA 20

dice complaining is common in CC... its interesting how its always about dice, never about skill...
as for map bitching, you guys are winning on their home maps, so i dont see hows that relevant. to tell you the truth, i dont like your map selection, but ill always take 50/50 on your home maps and then take care of business on our home maps.

[jackin_u_up]

Great match up so far. I agree kudos to HH on their map choice gambit. Can't wait to see their round 2 choices.
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[fishydance]

Well the plan is to win, not be gallant losers.

Free country - you can feel as you wish. Forgive me if I do my best to make you a non-gallant loser in as many games as possible

[ahunda]

2nd round games starting. First post updated.

Will add final players lists, when all games are filled.

[Swifte]

First finished game of set 2 to IA, 10-8.

[Keefie]

Sadly for HH the war is slowly drifting towards an IA win. 26-15 is looking likely, but 24-17 is possible.

I'd just like to say that since HH was formed last October we've played in 8 or 9 full wars plus the CL4. Every clan have been a pleasure to play. Sure there's been some banter and smack talk but it's all been in good spirit. While Ahunda and the majority of his clan have played and acted like gentlemen, I'm sad to say there are one or two players in his clan who I can only describe as complete assholes. Their completely unprovoked nasty, mean spirited remarks in game chat have left a bad taste in the mouth and have made some of the games quite unpleasant. I even said in the chat of one game that if any HH player acted like that they would be booted from the clan. Unfortunately for some folk winning is everything.

I wish IA every success in this competition.

[fishydance]

I wish IA every success in this competition.

Thank you, Keefie. Best of luck in the remaining games!

[ahunda]

Well, you know, Keefie, quite honestly: When I saw your map selection for the first round, I certainly would have liked to tell you to f*ck off.

The only thing I found more ridiculous & disappointing than your map selection were people from other clans coming into this thread & applauding you for it, encouraging you (and maybe other clans) to pull that kind of BS in the future too. I would have liked to tell them to f*ck off too.

Now obviously not everybody in IA has the self-constraint, that I have, and some of our members gave you sh*t for your choice in Game Chat. I consider it an achievement, that we haven´t given you sh*t over all this thread & turned this into a bloody flame fest, because you would have deserved it.

[John Deere]

Well, you know, Keefie, quite honestly: When I saw your map selection for the first round, I certainly would have liked to tell you to f*ck off.

The only thing I found more ridiculous & disappointing than your map selection were people from other clans coming into this thread & applauding you for it, encouraging you (and maybe other clans) to pull that kind of BS in the future too. I would have liked to tell them to f*ck off too.

Now obviously not everybody in IA has the self-constraint, that I have, and some of our members gave you sh*t for your choice in Game Chat. I consider it an achievement, that we haven´t given you sh*t over all this thread & turned this into a bloody flame fest, because you would have deserved it.

Well done! In true IA fashion!

[Ickyketseddie]

Well, you know, Keefie, quite honestly: When I saw your map selection for the first round, I certainly would have liked to tell you to f*ck off.

The only thing I found more ridiculous & disappointing than your map selection were people from other clans coming into this thread & applauding you for it, encouraging you (and maybe other clans) to pull that kind of BS in the future too. I would have liked to tell them to f*ck off too.

Now obviously not everybody in IA has the self-constraint, that I have, and some of our members gave you sh*t for your choice in Game Chat. I consider it an achievement, that we haven´t given you sh*t over all this thread & turned this into a bloody flame fest, because you would have deserved it.

Outrageous! I dont see how you can condem a clan for taking a approach that gives them there best shot at winning. Sure unfortunately they don't feel they can be competetive on there usual maps, but whats wrong with adopting a strategy that gives them a chance? Personally i think you guys should be humbled that they feel they need to take this approach to stand a chance.

Keefie - Classy post mate and impressive scoreline. HH seem to move from strength to strength! Can't wait to see how things have moved along in another 6 months.

[Keefie]

Ahunda your post is very disappointing I thought you were a class act.

[ahunda]

lol. What a bunch of hypocrites.

There are tons of threads in this here clan forum, where people discuss page after page how to minimise the luck factor & make clan challenges a real competition of skill. And yet, the guy choosing Doodle Earth, Duck & Cover and Luxembourg for his home games is not getting called out for taking a cheap shot or choosing the low road, no, he is applauded & encouraged.

Now you can all tell me what you want, but I don´t believe for a second, that you would have been happy to receive such away games in a clan challenge yourself, or that you would have enjoyed playing them.

We thought, what HH did here was pretty disrespectful, not only to us, but to the clan scene in general. Because this is simply not, what clan challenges should be. And the nerve of the guy to then accuse us of caring too much about winning ...

You might notice however, that until now we didn´t raise the issue here at all. We let it slide, sucked it up, played the games. And if you bother to check the games, you will find exactly one member of IA complaining about a) the map selection, b) dice, dice, dice. Now I can understand, if that irritates Keefie, but he could have let it rest after calling my clan mate "a dice whining fuckwit" & "numbnuts" in Game Chat. (After these insults, one other IA member got involved, so that´s two then.)

Instead he has to come in here and call my clan mates "assholes", whilst at the same time preaching about honourful conduct & gentleman behaviour. And yet again, he is in the right ("classy post"), and I am wrong ?

Here is, what I think:

If you face a more experienced & probably superior clan, you choose your best & favourite maps, and you give it your best shot, win or lose. Even losing, you can earn a good deal of respect, when you play well and get a close result. But as Keefie himself said at the start of the challenge, he would rather win than be a "gallant loser". 3 weeks later accusing us of caring too much about winning. Hypocrite ...

As mentioned before, we probably would not have raised the issue here at all. But being called out for making this challenge unpleasant for them (lol), and calling my clan-mates "assholes", whilst playing the gentleman card, sorry, but there is only so much, that I will take ...