Hey everybody! I’m glad to report that Podtacular Rec clan successfully held its clanmatch against our friends over at ArmTheFlag.com on Saturday, December 20th.
Arm The Flag is a Halo community that produces quality machinima. Most notably, they have worked with Halo songwriter Bryan Simon to create a music video, which has been featured on Bungie.net in the past. Their website is www.armtheflag.com, you should check them out!!
We had a lot of fun playing, check out the results!
Podtacular Rec Roster: (alternating)
- Luck n Hype
- Paranoid Sarge
- JP Oliver
- CAPTA1N PLAN3T
- DAXTERUNLIMITED
- fOe KaNaRy
- Mives 7
- Uzumaki15
- Woooof
- ChuckieJ
- Hi Im PrOdIgY
ArmTheFlag Roster:
- Black0uTx
- Ix little xI
- Leader of Blind
- AnTi PROx
- AtF Corona
- J Pice 7
- Divine Plan
Mixer 1: Team Slayer BR on Rat’s Nest
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Tone of Game: Get in mah hog!
As usual, Podtacular Clanmatches will start off with one or two mixer games, where both clans combine teams for a fun filled meet and greet game. This game was chosen by ArmTheFlag, and man was it a good pick! The game was filled with loads of explosions, and PLENTY of warthog action. I am sure that everyone had loads of fun in this game, as I did, until the words “Game Over” popped up on our screen.
Blue team edges a close victory, 50-49!
Mixer 2: Sniper Hill on Blackout (Modified, Snipers only)
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Tone of Game: OMG! Who did I just hit!?!
Personally, this was my favorite game of the night. Sniper Hill was Podtacular’s gametype pick, courtesy of Mr. Woooof who suggested it in the forums. Before the start of this game, we had a quick roster change to give more members a chance to play. This round included sniper king JP Oliver, who betrayed me, eh, like 20 times. Hehe j/k!
The game was pretty crazy alright, with players constantly running in the hill from just about everywhere. Red team held a strong lead throughout most of the beginning of the game, but halfway through Blue team came back storming, catching up by over 50 points and eventually putting them back on the board.
In the end though, through all the frenzied sniper shots flying through the air, JP Oliver scores the final points for the Red team, 250-226!
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Game 1: MLG Team Slayer on MLG Pit v5
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Tone of Game: MLG 7v7 Lagfest!
So we’ve just finished the two funtastic mixer games, and we’ve locked eyes from across the room, downed the drinks while the rhythms boomed, took their hand and skipped the names, no need here for the silly…. erm….uh Yeah so we’re onto the match series!
ArmTheFlag decided that they had another player before the game started, so each team brought in a 7th player. Well, if the lag in the 6v6s weren’t bad enough, the connections in the 7v7 were quite…laggy. The game was a whole mess in connection for both sides. Podtacular was able to hold up for a little bit in the beginning, but ATF’s powerful slaying team kept us trailing in the scoreboards most of the match. As we began to break their control of the map and the power weapons, ATF swiftly retaliated and pushed us back yet again. This continued for most of the match, and in the end Podtacular just could not break the ATF map control.
ATF wins this game, 100-84.
ATF leads the series 1-0.
Game 2: Multi-Flag BRs on Valhalla
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Tone of Game: Haulin’ our grassy ass with the flag!
After losing the last game, Podtacular had their hopes to tie up the series again. Our pick was Multi-Flag CTF on Valhalla, an instant classic. Well let’s just say it wasn’t as easy as we expected. After a quick and minor roster switch up, Podtacular got the game going with a slow start, letting ATF zoom away with the flag in a mongoose. While the Podtacular squad tried to push forward against the ATF stronghold at middle hill, the sneaky guys over at ATF scored another capture.
Unfortunately Woooof had to back out, and I frantically found a replacement mid game. Podtacular did manage to grasp the ATF Flag a few times, but every time we were stopped by their powerful control of top middle. However, dodging wraith mortars, banshee bombs, and sniper bullets while taking out a speeding flag guy wasn’t the easiest job, and the Arm The Flag guys got the best out of it in this game.
ATF captures Podtacular’s flags, 3-0.
ATF keads the series 2-0.
Game 3: Team Slayer BRs on Standoff
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Tone of Game: WARTHOG!!
Ouch, so we were down 2 games, facing defeat against Arm The Flag. It was their pick this round, and ATF chose Team Slayer BRs on Sandtrap at first, but changed it to Standoff. Determined to win, the Podtacular gang went right to work, giving ATF a challenge to try map control on us again. However, the guys at Arm the Flag gained an early lead with the warthog, but it was no match for JP Oliver’s rocket launcher stopping power….and a few grenades from the rest of the team, of course.
The game was truly a match to be remembered. The scoreboard was constantly on the balance between both teams. The ATF guys wanted to end this series here, and the Podtacular guys wanted to keep this series alive. As many of you already know, the results of a Standoff match can lie on the balance of one vehicle: The Warthog. Both Podtacular and ATF acknowledged that, and did all in their power to prevent the other team from acquiring the hog while maintaining kills with one of their own. However, warthogs were exploding left and right on this map, and no team was able to control the warthog for long periods of time. The spartan laser and machine gun turrets proved to be the most effective during this game. The game closed extremely tight, both teams points away from defeat or victory. In the end however, ATF was able to slay enough of us to clinch a close victory.
ATF wins the final game, 100-96.
ATF wins the series 3-0.
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Although we lost, I would like to say that we had a great time playing with the guys over at Arm the Flag. They are a fun filled bunch of guys that I would definitely advise you get to know. I would like to thank both the Rec clan members who attended as well as the guys over at ATF for making this match possible. I sure hope to have more clanmatches come up in the future, and hope you join me for some fun filled nights of Halo action like this one!