Gearheads of War

So I didn't get on until late last night because I assumed that no one would be on.  Most folks had said that they were either working or traveling with loved ones.  I finally decided to jump on around 10:30 when I looked at Gearheads and saw that GearsChrisB was waiting for me to host a room.  D'oh!  My bad, people.

I set it up and we had just a few folks join us in the beginning.  Blank, GearsChrisB, Abe, Suns' two boys (it was a lot of fun playing with them since I hadn't done that in a while) and Machete.  It wasn't long before we were joined by Degrees of Freedom, Jambi, ESuns, gackywacky and PureRageMonger.

We had plenty of boom rocket's red glare and nades bursting in air, giving proof that the Gearheads were still there.

I actually used the Torque Bow more often than boom last night for possibly the first time ever.  And I was pretty successful with it.  My biggest highlight was probably my last game of the night when I was the last one left against both PureRage and gacky.  I torqued PureRage when they were trying to flank me.  I don't think he knew it was coming.  I then worked my way around the sniper bridge to come around and get behind gacky before he knew I was there.  I knew I didn't stand a chance if gacky could see me coming.  I got behind him and blew him apart with the shotgun.  He saw me at the last second and nearly took me out.  That actually helped cap an improbable win for myself, Blank, Suns and GearsChrisB against PureRage, gacky, Jambi and Degrees on Canals.  When we started the match, none of us thought we had a chance.  And I had the extra complication of not being able to talk any more because my wife was angry that I was keeping her up with my talking.  So I basically had to mute myself for the last half an hour.  I apologize to my teammates for that.

Also I probably had the dumb moment of the night, even if it wasn't my fault.  It was on Process and I was shotgunning a guy in front of me over by where the Torque was.  Machete was behind me on my team and suddenly he blew up and it said that I killed him with my shotgun even though he never showed up on my screen.  On my screen he was still behind me.  All I could do was apologize.  Shenanigans.

But Machete made it through.  It is the Home of the Brave.