That is until we lost 2-1 to Lethal Bizzle, a team we were not expecting to lose to. That really took the wind out of our sails but at least now, we had something to fight for. We seeded 4th after beating Volatile, which turned out to be just enough to scrape into the top bracket as they had now decided to do 2 brackets of 4 after the prelims.
After this we had to win our next 2 games to win and win we did, defeating Rampage and Firm Academy. The games were hard and nothing was served to us on a plate, the weather was getting worse and worse and I personally felt like I played some of my worst paintball. I was catching paintballs in the face in the doritos. I put it down to a combination of getting tired after the morning and getting a bit too greedy; trying to wrap on the infield players when I can see their packs only to find that back corner wasn't as lazy or easily dominated as they seemed.
After this we had to win our next 2 games to win and win we did, defeating Rampage and Firm Academy. The games were hard and nothing was served to us on a plate, the weather was getting worse and worse and I personally felt like I played some of my worst paintball. I was catching paintballs in the face in the doritos. I put it down to a combination of getting tired after the morning and getting a bit too greedy; trying to wrap on the infield players when I can see their packs only to find that back corner wasn't as lazy or easily dominated as they seemed.
It may not have been as convincing as we would have liked but 1st is 1st and that's what we got for both the day and for the season!
It's been a great year and it is in fact my first full season with any one team and if I could have my cake and eat it I would be playing with the guys in Snatch for years to come, however with their plans to move into the open race-4 next year and Entity looking to play in the locked race-4, there's no way I could juggle the two.
It was a hard decision to leave but the opportunity to play with my best friend from the real world as well as friends from my early marshalling days at Skirmish Bristol in the locked division with the big dogs on the UK scene, was one I couldn't refuse. I like to think that once I've grown up and have more real world responsibilities I can take to the field again with the people I've gotten to know over the last year, but for now I'm young, dumb and have enough disposable income to throw at the game.
It's been a great year and it is in fact my first full season with any one team and if I could have my cake and eat it I would be playing with the guys in Snatch for years to come, however with their plans to move into the open race-4 next year and Entity looking to play in the locked race-4, there's no way I could juggle the two.
It was a hard decision to leave but the opportunity to play with my best friend from the real world as well as friends from my early marshalling days at Skirmish Bristol in the locked division with the big dogs on the UK scene, was one I couldn't refuse. I like to think that once I've grown up and have more real world responsibilities I can take to the field again with the people I've gotten to know over the last year, but for now I'm young, dumb and have enough disposable income to throw at the game.
