Aberrations vs. Automatons

The Asgardian Aberrations

vs.

The Mithril Automatons

@ A remote desert in Southern Afghanistan

Paragon Percentage: Due to a pre-existing agreement between both parties, both teams will have their paragons in play. The Automatons bring out Sailor Moon, while the Aberrations - lacking in a paragon (Batman has been psuedo-reincarnated by a Mindflayer as the newly named Blrrtman, but is not as his full capacity) have had Batman's old friend Nightwing come out to support them in this role for one week. However, due to the roster limitations, Nightwing will wait in the...wait for it....wings...until a slot opens up. Sailor Moon agrees not to take over the QB or Defensive major roles as a token for his wait.

Coin Toss: Automatons win, will receive.

Kickoff: Donatello kicks to midfield where Kirby catches, driving center before being tackled by Brienne of Tarth.

First: Moments into the game, Blackbeard points to the sidelines and uses his kink to take over the kink of Lobo. Now impossible to injure, the team begins to make headway with the help of Sailor Moon. Relying heavily on a running game, the Automatons make headway against the now not-so-daring Lobo defense. Sure enough, a few moments in Lobo is injured. Ouka takes over that injury and backs out of the game, while Nightwing now enters and has Lobo step the fuck aside. Simba also steps out to aid the removal of his injured ally. During all this, the Automatons manage to secure a touchdown and conversion. Possesion changes and the Aberrations begin to fight back. Blrrtman shows his newfound kink by using some of the abilities stolen from injured opponents whose brains he munched on during his off weeks. The possession does not last nearly as long as the Aberrations rely on a passing game with Hawkeye passing off to Goro. The Army of the Undead, though unlimited, are semi-easily though slowly cleared out of the way by the very-familiar-to-this-situation Legolas with help from Venom and Brienne. However the sheer numbers do prevent small gains, which prevents a conversion.

Second: Shang Tsung pulls a sideline suckup and steals Donatello's kink, using it to reprogram GIR against the Aberrations. The Automatons find a much slower path to the endzone with Nightwing handling the Aberration defense. Eventually Iskandar pulls out his Chariot and manages to get by, but Nightwing's aerial prowess sees him easily block the kick. The Aberrations hit the field hard but see two penalties for extra men on the field until realizing that something is wrong with the supposed-to-be-benched GIR. With GIR removed to the lockers, the team starts at a third and long. Hawkeye manages to pull the team back into a first down with his passing, and the team again slowly slugs their way through the army and finally enter the end zone. The slow march takes up most of the quarter. This time Venom and Brienne make a wall in front of Legolas and allow him to make the conversion. At half time, the score is tied.

Third: The Aberrations take the field with Simba back, and the Automatons prepare for their carry. In a harsh play, Iskandar is injured while a somehow randomly Amazing Zapp maneuvers around Nightwing for a 81 yard touchdown. Iskandar is removed from play but Kirby manages to secure his abilities and keep the stone so that the Army of the Undead still fight for the Automatons. Professor Layton takes over QB duties for Mithril. With strong kinked-up players on both sides, we see a very gridlocked quarter mostly. No points are scored, though we do see a failed attempt at a seduction. Brienne is just damn near immune to the charms of men. The Aberrations do manage to force through the army for a touchdown but do not manage the try. Again we see the score tied at the end of a quarter.

Fourth: The Aberrations put the trust Lion duo of Simba and .... Lion (lets say his real name is... Lionel?) into play. With the .... mane attractions ... in play the Aberrations finally begin to pick up the pace after their delays due to kinks. Blrrtman and the duo aid the team in more effectively tearing through the army. As a result the Aberrations manage an extra carry and touchdown this quarter, giving them the win by a [lion's] hair.

Result: AA 32 - MA 26

Aberrations vs Spartans

The Asgardian Aberrations

vs.

The Requiem Spartans

@ The Singasteinn Superdome

Paragon Percentage: Neither paragon will enter play*

[*the Spartans spend an MVPoint to bring their paragon into play. Raiden will enter play.]

Coin Toss: Spartans win, will receive.
Kickoff: GIR kicks to King Kong, who avoids Venom but is taken down after a long gain by Brienne.
First: The two teams gridlock early on with the strong defense of Lobo and Raiden respectively. The long exchange of carries is finally broken when Legolas lands a touchdown. The try fails and in the final seconds of the quarter Spy sneaks by and lands a touchdown as well.
Second: Starting slow like the first, the Aberrations remove GIR and Donatello from play briefly. The teams lock down until [*the Spartans spend an MVPoint to raise Lara Croft's seduction ability.] Lara Croft seduces Lobo to leave the Aberrations. This forces Cowardly Lion out early who is injured. Ouka Hayasaka takes over the injury for the Cowardly Lion and Simba begins to plot vengeance. During this fray the Spartans do manage to rally for a lead of three touchdowns.
Third: The half returns and the Aberrations bring back a reprogramed fully functional GIR thanks to Donatello, who also returns. The Aberrations begin a full attack but the powerful defense of Raiden becomes a problem. Hawkeye and Green Arrow find themselves extremely less effective with their rival against them. Brienne of Tarth takes a chance on the sideline and injures King Kong who was out of play while the Spartan defense was in. Brienne is not kicked out thanks to Vash feigning and drawing attention away from the incident.  In the final moments the Aberrations call to the bench for a player to renew their defensive line when a not-so-familiar face walks from the entrance hall

...oh god.  Its the illithid-led shambling corpse now known as Blrrtman. However, what is this? [*having prepared for such possibilities, the Spartans have spent another (their last) MVPoint to protect the field.] Some unknown spell is protecting the field. It looks like Blrrtman's return will not happen today.

Fourth: With their defensive backup gone, the Aberrations rework things and bring out the no-longer-Cowardly Lion. With a revived team buffed to the hilt, the Aberrations finally begin to rally. Forcing Raiden onto offense with the Spartans line increasingly injured by Brave Lion, the Aberrations are able to score a run of touchdowns. The Spartans have the ball with seconds left but can't make the 60+ field goal. This brings the game into...
Overtime: The Aberrations gain first carry but Hawkeye's inability to perform against Green Arrow's defensive pals slows their gains. Legolas breaks away to almost end it all but is surprisingly brought down by Bebop and Rocksteady in the back field. This leads Raiden to head back to defense to prevent a touchdown. The Spartans gain possession on their own 3 yard line, forcing Green Arrow back. Lion makes it around for a safety sack.

Result: AA 26 - RS 24

Browncoats vs Steamies

The Big Damn Browncoats vs. The Sodor Steamies

@ Serenity Valley Stadium

Paragon Percentage: River Tam will enter play!

Coin Toss: Steamies win, will receive.

Kickoff: Ichigo kicks to Gorilla Grodd, who powerhouses by all for an immediate touchdown.

First: The Steamies start strong thanks to Grodd and Raistlin. Easily able to overcome the Browncoats defense until River switches to defense and gridlocks them. After a fast rally, the Browncoats begin to return the favor. The first quarter ends tied.

Second: The Steamies begin to push for another rally that is cut short when Grodd is removed for viscously attacking Frozone on the sidelines. With Grodd out, River and Gromph easily injure the physically frail Raistlin. 

Third & Fourth: With Grodd disqualified and Raistlin injured, the Browncoats halt any further scoring from the Steamies and spend the entire half advancing their lead.

Result: BDB 58 - SS 21

Season Two Week Eight Results

As discussed in last week's post, this final week of heats is mostly repeat matches so we will just have a short list of outcomes. Look for full writeups to return next week when inter-conference games begin! Then its playoffs time!

Browncoats vs Sentinels 33-14

Knights vs. Leviathans 6-47

Eels vs. Guardians 53-50

Mustangs vs. Briefs 14-12

Slayers vs. Impalers 17-64

Miners vs. Dragons 9 - 30

Hippie Punchers vs. Coalition 114 - 138

Aberrations vs. Mashers 69 - 44
Assassins vs. Stereotypes 3 - 21
Spartans vs. Team America 42 - 36
Steamies vs. Spacies 12 - 42
Explorers vs. Lycanthropes 20 - 26
Mercs vs. Pandas 80 - 99
Mutants vs. Doctors 6 - 12

Cyberbrains vs. Automatons 21- 69
MIA vs. Grenades 44 - 44 (tie)