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posted by RSshruew on Jan 9
Well, after back…to back … to back … to back … championships across two leagues, Ranger Squad has decided not to do another season in COD4. After nearly 2 years of nightly scrims and weekly matches, enough might be enough. Throw in the seeming death of COD as a PC platform and it’s time to move on.
This streak of success is unprecedented in the 6+ years RS has been around and I hope everyone appreciates that success. It’s also the first time we put so much work in preparing for so long. So, I’d like to thank all members of of RS present and past for making this all work. Setting up nightly scrims (Bo, and GenG early on) is a pain. Walking through maps in gory detail trying to find every firing angle from every position to lay out the spread is time consuming. But, it all paid off.
For those curious why this run was so successful, I can point to a few specific factors that were different from other times in RS’s past:
- Keep the core team small. If you’re picking a 8 person roster from a pool of 25, not everyone is going to be prepared. The downside is you are often scrambling to make the minimum to play a match!
- Corollary to the above on keeping the team small. Have a team. RS doesn’t recruit for skill nor do we have an open door. It’s hard to explain it any further than to say – you have to fit in. We’ve told more highly skilled players to take a hike than people who couldn’t hit the side of a barn.
- Work. Intra-squad scrims are good for fleshing things out, but playing other teams are essential to see different plays.
Obviously, we couldn’t have scrimmed every night without the help of other teams in the tactical gaming community. So, thanks to everyone who played us and helped us get our act together. I can’t even begin to count the weeks where our first couple of scrims we got it handed to us only to make us better come actual match play.
Right now RS is looking forward to the release of the latest Battlefield game, Bad Company 2. The Medal of Honor relaunch might be interesting. All we know is that our cuises will demand we find something to play.
posted by RSshruew on Dec 29
Congrats to Los Perdedores for taking down Thorn in the championship match. Thorn consulted many sage and sound resources, but was unable to conjure a victory. See everyone for Season 7 next year!
posted by RSshruew on Dec 22
The season wraps up as we’re down to the championship match with Thorn and meatspace friend Los Perdedores. Can Thorn become the first repeat champion in history? What would he do with two bobbleheads? The mind boggles at the possibilities.
posted by RSshruew on Dec 15
Reigning RS Fantasy Football champion, chillbilly, has been defeated. The nation is heart broken. Not since Olympic shot put hero John Godina retired has the collective sports fan nation been so upset. But, we must carry on.
With the elimination of GenPip and chillybilly, the final four are: Thorn, GenG, shruew and Los Perdedores (the only non-RS to make the playoffs). Could Thorn or shruew become the first in Ranger Squad history to be the first two time winner? If so, could anything stop them with the power they would attain? This and many more questions will be answered in the coming weeks.
posted by RSshruew on Dec 8
Congrats to the six teams moving on to the RS Fantasy Football Season 6 Post Season. The top two seeded teams from shruew and Thorn. Chilly and GenG fight for the right to play with Thorn. While GenPip and Los Perdedores battle to for the honor of facing shruew.
posted by RSshruew on Dec 2
The regular season for Fantasy Football ends this week. Thorn, shruew, and GenPip have all secured their playoff spots with SkyLark, GenG, Chillybilly, Slobberknockers (?) and an outside RS friend all competing for the final three spots. As the schedule stands now, all could in theory end up tied in W-L record and would go to points for the tiebreakers.
In terms of league play, RS is still continuing to discuss options.
posted by RSshruew on Nov 24
Well, with league play done there isn’t a whole to update other than Fantasy Football, so here goes…
Two former champions (shruew and Thorn) are tied with GenPip for first. Another former champion (Chillybilly) rounds out with them the only teams with 1000 or more points after 11 weeks. The hard luck award so far goes to Sarg who has 999.44 points, but sits 4-7. He would by 5th in points, but sits at 9th. Still, most teams are still viable for a playoff spot.
posted by RSshruew on Nov 16
RS defeats RWC 7-5 in the championship match to bring home the TCC crown (trophy?) for the second straight season. Congrats to the players of last night’s championship match and everyone who helped out during the season.
