July 14, 2013

Thirteen of us showed up on Sunday for a hot sunny day of fighting. A blistering 91* F didn't stop us from having one heck of a good time this weekend!

We began, as always, with an open ditch battle to warm up a little, where we spend a few minutes with every man for himself and get the muscles ready for a day of fighting!

Then we played a class team annihilation game with life pools and a twist. We use buckets of poker chips to represent the total life pool of each team. Today, the chip bucket contained blue chips for respawns, along with a special treat: a single white and a single red chip. If someone respawned with a white chip they tied on a white ribbon and had 2 points of un-dispellable magic armor. If they respawned with a red chip they tied on a red ribbon and they swung armor and shield breaking for that one life.

The game went very well, with members of both sides tearing into each other with their special skills and verbal magic as well. We had two bows on the field this week, with arrows being shot everywhere!

 

After that game was finished, we took a break for water and to catch our breath in the heat. Prada refereed the next game. In his usual creative style, Prada hosted a field class battle with a unique twist. We played a timed game, with each team receiving ten minutes to accomplish their tasks. Riken kept the timer for us, and blew the coach's whistle when the team's ten minutes were up.

With one team attacking and one team defending, the entire point of the game was smack in the middle of the field. The

defending team had a 15 second wait whenever they were killed, while the attacking team returned to life instantly. Attackers had to get to middle of field where Prada had a bag of all blue Legos and a single model sitting out. The attacking team had to find the pieces and recreate the model using the exact piece arrangement in the sample.

Pretty easy stuff... until the first attacking team actually go to the Legos! The first round saw the attacking team come one piece within solving the design when the whistle was blown. The defending team kept killing the puzzle builder, which was slowing things down terribly. When sides switched, the second round's attacking team had an easier time of things and solved the puzzle in an impressive 4 minutes, 30 seconds!

We took a break between games and got some more water into us. Once everyone had had time to tend to their liquid needs, we hit the field again with different teams and played live action version of Call of Duty that we like to call Gun Battle. This is always a hit, and we played several rounds. This game is slightly different type, using only weapons instead of any class skills. But still a darn good time!

Another water break due to the heat, and we went back to the field for another class annihilation game. It was during this time that we witnessed a most epic magic user fail. Several of us are near the opposing spawn. Prada throw an Abeyance ball at Hagari and he didn't even try to dodge. He had no need. Prada's toss went super high and wide. 

Then, Hagari tossed an Entangle ball at me and missed as well. In response, Zwick tosses his Lightning Bolt ball... only it goes horribly wrong! The Lightning Bolt ball flies high into the air and lands harmlessly on the ground a few feet in front of Zwick, not near any player. Everyone in the skirmish just stopped, looked at it, and burst out laughing. It was pretty awesomely bad.

By the end of this everyone was exhausted, dehydrated, sun burned, and ready to go.  People started packing up.

Those who stayed for a little more fighting had an impromptu fighter's practice at the end of the day, but soon the heat got to even those who stayed, and we retreated for another week.