Gearheads of War

The most memorable moment for me was in Garden, when Kenai went for the sole Boom and the remaining seven of us went toe-to-toe at the bottom of the steps - their side against ours (I kid you not, it was like something out of an old western, or 60's musical).  Funny thing is that somehow, even with friendly fire on, and shooting directly into the crowd, Kenai missed with the Boom - not a single kill!  :D  He made up for it though by carrying our team through the Escalation match with at least 12 kills, while the rest of us were under 5 - I think I had 2...if I was lucky. ;).  Really Doe did something similar but with an even greater spread at the beginning of the night, and if I am not mistaken, it was also on Escalation.  14+ kills!

ObiJuan had his "Sunscreen" on, as I coined it, and all twice times that I managed to kill him (or so it felt), there was great rejoicing: beers were poured, and women placed on our laps!  

However, I was the "Anti-Doe" - as I knighted myself proudly. I think there was one time that Really saw me coming and I could swear, he ran the other direction.  ha ha ha  That isn't to say that he didn't still hand me my ass 5 times out of 6 - but he did so, knowing full well that he was playing Russian Roulette with 5:1 odds of survival.  Hmm...come to think of it, that time he appeared to run away, Kenai was probably standing tall behind me tapping the Boom and gesturing where Really should go, where he could go...if you know what I mean.  <3 Really!  You were absolutely awesome all night!  

Machete...ah Machete!  Knowing that he is on the other team, and that there is a torque bow sitting unguarded on the map, strikes sheer terror into my heart. I did my best, at the cost of unity and comradery to my team, to keep him from getting it. I think I managed to slow him down a little (much like ants on the sidewalk might distract a 2-year-old), but we still lost miserably on Mausoleum.

There were friendly fire kills galore, and the most amazing shifts in momentum throughout the evening.  It is incredible, how much the map and teammates affect individual performance.  Zoso was definitely my charm, for with his entrance to our room, my kills doubled and more - I almost broke 5 in one match I think.  ;)  ha ha ha

Shenanigans and good people, that is what FFF are all about!  Thanks everyone!

I used my normal weapon swaps but I also added in a bunch of maps that I'd removed from the rotation just to mix things up.

You know the funny thing about the weapon swaps is that I had my best games on maps where the weapon swap didn't affect anything.  Like Subway where I seemed to destroy the other team.  One particular moment was popping out of a corner and sawing Robbins when he didn't expect it, taking the boom he'd picked up and destroying the last guy.  Not sure I remember who it was.

But without a doubt my favorite moment of the night was watching Kenai cross the tracks on Tyro Station, and then timing it perfectly so I met him when he was trying to climb up to avoid the train.  I used my shottie on him, backed him up and next thing I know the oncoming train took him out.  I basically forced him into the train.  I was practicing developing my skills with the torque bow and had five kills on Tyro Station with it.  I'm trying to make my skills better before Gears 2 comes out.

I also had two unfortunate team kills.  One was on Fuel Depot when Grymm was charging Robbins.  I tried to arc the boom over robbins to him the oncoming grymm, but instead it clipped robbins in the head and blew him to bits.  I apologize profusely for my stupidity in not arcing it higher.  And I also blew Grymm up as both he and ChrisB were trying to kill Kenai on Mausoleum.  All three were by the torque and I sent the boom into the fray hoping to blow up all three FTW.  Instead it just blew Grymm into little bitty pieces.  Damn!

Zoso had a ridiculous headshot through some smoke that was just ungodly and Robbins took my head off when I was in the middle of a roll...again.  I don't know how he even thinks to aim so low.

I actually asked my bro about the weapon swaps  and he said to me that he thinks weapon swapping is perfectly fine because Epic made the ability to do it for a reason.  

I had a ton of fun, but I do think some of the guys were getting frustrated with Gears and the shenanigans it hath wrought so I'll be glad to get to GTA IV MP next week.  I just hope the lag and shenanigans don't exist.  I know a few folks told me the lag in JohnE's room was bad.

i was on earlier, but i went to a fashion show, then the after party here in Portland, Or.  I know Zoso lives close by, Your gonna have to come hangout with me and come out and party!  my head is ringig so bad right now!!  It was worth it.  Models at everyturn!!!!  almost as good as a good game of gears!!!

our room was hella fun and esuns doe was killing my ass all day:)

blank had my number last nite, suns and i would trade off killing each other as well
the momentum shifts were incredible, the teams we evenly matched throughout
swaps or not it really doesnt bother me
although i do agree default does make for more shottie to shottie , the kills were for the most part evenly dispersed on both teams, with some exceptions like doe going off on depot
all in all the level of excitement was very strong

grade for the evening//   a+

The pisser :(

Since we'll be playing GTA4 for the next few FFF, It was a Great night for GEARS!

At one point we had 3 full rooms!  Well, at least 6 in each.

My room earlier was Tyrus (very cool guy) who I've never played with before.  Hope he keeps coming.
Major Dan was back in the mix with a friend (konzo or something) playing split screen.  Windowlicker, Grymm and Zoso.  It took a little while to shift guys around to have nonlopsided matches, but once we did, the competition was awesome!

Later, played with Papi.  Loved it!  Just trying not to get my head popped by Abe and Robbins!  Not an easy task.

Then later, JohnE's room.  Usually, I'm tired by then (2am), but there was so much energy in that room that I could still "Bring the Pain", that is when I'm not getting my head popped off by Really Doe or Torque bowed by JohnE or for that matter, Run over by Blankman.

As in the words of our resident Sage (ESuns)  "Good Times"!!

See yall soon,

Kenai signing out!

had some of the most and least fun in gears last night. Due to JohnE hosting, Blank essentially had host advantage and I literally counted about 20 rounds in a row without him using a SINGLE piece of cover. I literally broke a controller out of frustration (and I have never gotten THAT pissed) of my bullets going straight through him and having him roadie run shotty me.
Other than those few rounds in a row of absolutely no strategy ;) it was probably my favorite FFF in months. My torque was working for a few maps pretty well (especially bullet marsh) and having Blank in the room pretty much guarantees a good time. Really Doe was doing phenomenal and had 15 kills on Mansion.
I do agree with Blank about the weapon swaps though. It really seems to make everyone try to survive with just their spawn guns, and have to risk their ass to get a boom. I really don't think a boom should just be handed to a team from the get go with no confrontation, and I feel that the maps were balance to have Hammerburts (which is actually a very good gun) where they should be. The only gun that should really be swapped IMO is the hammer of dawn for boom. The gun is just beyond broken to me and it makes alot of sense having a boom where it is on most maps.

I go for default setups and a lot of people here like the weapon swaps like the hammerburst for torque or whatever but it has been a while since a lot of us have played with default so it is definitely a nice changeup. A lot of people always switch out the hammerburst too but after using it multiple people(myself include)say the hammerburst is stronger than the lancer.

get a chance to play with the late night crew and thats my bad.  I layed down with the lady for a bit as she went to bed, low and behold I passed right the fuck out.  I was really looking forward to some late night/early morning gaming with you guys but I did get my 3 matches in.  It was fun watching Zos' girl run around with the chainsaw and listening to Zos on his mic saying "B, B, hit the red button!"