On Sunday Oct 28th, a Division 30 duel was held
at David McGee's house in Sharon Hill.
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duel against 4 (count 'em FOUR) of the duelists in the following report...Joe
"Irish Hammer" Barlow, Micheal "Smokin' Cajun" McNeill,
Dave "Steel Cobra" McGee, and Curt "Two-Time reigning IDL
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Now onto the action...
With 8 duelists, we had a packed Aspen Octagon.
Clockwise around the table
ES Gate - Michael McNeill, who drove for a gazillion hours to get here.
His first ever face to face duel - "Gator Baiter Mk3b", mid, electric
w/HTMs, solid tires, no paint WS, body armor, turreted Gauss Gun w/extra mag,
hubs all around, Guards back, HRSWC, Ramplate, Composite Armor all around.
EN Gate - Joe Reynolds - Luxury, 3 RRs linked Right, 2 w/HESH and 1 w/HEAT, PS
back, SD w/normal spikes back, link PS-SD, link dropped weapons
with RRs, SaD front, FP Plastic armor, Hub FR, Guard BL, electric w/HTMs, solid
tires, CA around PS, SD, Driver, and PP, empty space.
NE Gate - David McGee - pregen Apollo - Luxury, gas w/Turbo, BC front w/extra
mag and HESH ammo, SBSolid tires front, SBPR back, 10 pt CA over each of the
PP, Gas Tank, Gunner, and Driver, 2 Crew, HRSWC, Spoiler/airdam, MD w/radio
mines, IFE, FOD L, FCD R, IcD L&R, HD Shocks, BTs to IcDs and BC, 10 pt
hubs front, 10 pt guards back, 3 pt hubs back, fake guards front.
NW Gate - Michael Keegan - midsize w/CA frame, electric, spoiler/airdam, 2 flechette
guns turret, hubs everywhere, guards back, 2 AP HRs front behind blow thru
concealment, SD w/explosive spikes back, heavy composite armor
WN Gate - Joe Barlow - sloped compact, gas
w/Turbo and Super, fake guards and hubs, HD Racing slick tires, spoiler/airdam,
100 pt FP Plastic ramplate, composite armor elsewhere.
WS Gate - Jeff Dodge - luxury, ATG front w/blow through concealment and HESH
ammo, ramplate, spoiler/airdam, electric w/HTMs, hubs front, guards back,
standard tires, CA ATG and Driver, empty space.
SW Gate - Curt Lindmark - midsize, gas, turreted HMG, left-mounted HMG behind
blow thru concealment smartlinked to turreted HMG, targeting computer,
spoiler/airdam, ramplate, hubs front, guards back, fake weapon back, CA Driver,
Gas tank, engine, FCD R, L & B, Stickyfoam dischargers L & R, IFE,
Plastic armor
SE Gate - Eric Freeman - luxury, 2 crew, ramplate, gas w/turbo and super, 2 RRs
linked right w/HEAT and dual weapon mag, HRSWC, IFE, Hubs front and BR, CA
Driver, Gunner, & Engine, Guards back, spoiler/airdam, fake discharger
back, SaD front, Composite front, plastic elsewhere.
Action: Right out of the gate, Curt and Eric fired upon each other with both
missing. Eric then turned West while Curt turned East. Barlow turned South while Jeff turned
North. Barlow had the opportunity to take the head-on ram, but passed on
it.
Keegan also went straight South. He fired his FGs at Jeff doing minimal damage.
Jeff's return fire missed. Keegan put his spikes on auto, and after
passing Jeff, Jeff turned East behind Keegan. This set off the spikes
which took off 3 or Jeff's standard (yes, standard) tires. The subsequent
hazard caused Jeff to roll and he eventually ended the roll on his side. (+20
Keegan, -20 Jeff)
McNeill turned hard South towards Eric, and they passed south of the SW
barrier. Eric took a shot at McNeill's wheel and missed, while McNeill's
return fire also missed.
In the NW corner, Reynolds had turned Northeast while David had turned Southwest.
They passed each other just South of the NW barrier. Reynolds
nailed Dave's right side for big damage, but the damage dropped an obstacle
right in his path. Dave responded by setting off his R IcD and rear
mines. The ice covered the obstacle and was unavoidable. Reynolds took
the D2 from ice OK and at the start of the next phase deceled to 25 before
hitting the obstacle on ice. With Reynolds still on the ice, Dave radio
triggered the mines. Despite the heavy hazards, Reynolds stays in control.
At around this point, Barlow starts tailing Curt, bumping him in the rear while
in the center of the arena for minimal damage. Curt drops a rear FCD and
right FCD&SkD. The stickyfoam slows down Barlow and gives some tire
damage, but Barlow is going fast enough to clear the FCs before they go off...
From the west part of the arena, Eric takes a shot at Barlow and misses.
Dave takes a parting shot at Eric with the GG and misses.
SE bound David and N bound Eric close on each other. David's BC shot at
Eric's front misses, while Eric's return fire later that turn takes off a good
chunk of David's front.
Around this time Keegan started turning West. He took a shot at Barlow's back
wheels and missed.
McNeill did a steep turn back North from the Southwest part of the arena and
rolled his car!
Curt goes into a fishtail and skid from some hazard. Barlow then again taps
Curt in the back, but this time the conforming movement pins Curt against the
middle North barrier, causing Curt to take a 70 mph T-bone to his right side and
putting Barlow at a dead stop. Curt also comes to a stop and survives.
Around this time Reynolds passes by and puts his paint (with spikes hidden underneath)
on auto...he gets a good clean shot at Curt and hits with 2
RRs...however Curt withstands the salvo.
McNeil ends up landing on his wheels!
To the South, McNeill and Dave mix it up with exchange fire...Dave's BC HESH
ammo scores a thit and does significant damage to McNeill's composite front but
does not breach.
Barlow turns East and accelerates to try and catch Reynolds who passed him and
Curt from the North.
Keegan moving East takes a shot at McNeill, which his tire protection deflects.
Curt accelerates and turns West to avoid the paint (and unknown spikes), this
leaves a shot for Eric, who obliterates the gas tank, making Curt a mobility
kill in 5 turns or so. The next turn, Eric hits the Driver compartment
with one shot, and comes within one pt of a full kill. He hits the PP
with the other shot and the engine critical hit puts Curt at a mobility kill in
two turns. The damage also sets Curt on fire. After one turn of
being on fire, Curt's IFE puts it out. Curt's return fire on Eric
misses.
In an attempt to complete the kill on Jeff, Dave takes some shots on the underbody.
He can't finish him off and passes with PB range of Jeff's ATG...Jeff has a
decent shot on Dave, but misses it.
With Barlow bearing down, Reynolds takes out two big chunk from his ramplate
while dropping paint and spikes. Barlow gets back up to 40 mph and
T-bones Reynolds. Reynolds survives the blow and continues on. This
slows down Barlow, but he has to roll to see if he hits the spikes, and lucky
for Barlow he does not hit the spikes...
Eric takes a shot at Barlow from the North and misses. Curt accelerates while
his is still able...but eventually is a mobility kill (+20 Eric, -20 Curt)
Barlow is still heading East with Eric just North of him. Eric crosses South
in front of Barlow with Barlow attempting to score the T-bone at 60 mph.
At PB range, Eric takes off a wheel. This send Barlow into a spinout,
which pops his remaining 3 tires. The range is far enough away that
Barlow collides into Eric's right side, but with the impact happening on
Barlow's right side and not the ramplate. Eric absorbs the blow and keeps
on truckin'.
Keegan takes some shots through Jeff's breached top, but hits either the PP or
empty space doing no damage..
David and Reynolds close on each other just east of the middle part of the arena.
At PB range, they both shear off a wheel from the other..causing both to go
into rolls..eventually Dave ends on his R side, while Reynolds ends on his top.
(+0 Dave, +0 Reynolds)
After leaving Reynolds, Eric takes a shot Barlow's back left rim and shears it
off for a full kill (+60 Eric, -40 Barlow)
Reynolds ends up ending his roll in Jeff's arc! Jeff fires at Reynolds every
turn, but Reynolds undamaged front is facing him, and Jeff misses
most of the time.
Keegan closes from the South on the slowing Curt. Curt heading East suddenly
turns back South. Keegan unleashes two AP concealed HRs on Curt, but Curt
has closed the gap enough such that Keegan cannot avoid the head-on collision
and slows down as much as he can. With the ramplate against a CA frame
the result is not pretty. (+20 Curt, -20 Keegan) However the fire
from the newly damaged PP does Curt in...(0 Curt, 0 Keegan)
Eric lines up a ram on Reynolds to attempt to get to two kills. He accels
to 85 and nails Reynolds in the back....and Reynolds lives! Denying Eric
anything! (It turns out that Reynolds had his body armor soak up some of
the damage from the collision..an understandable mistake..and one of those
fiddly Car Wars rules..)
McNeill bears down on Eric from the North. Eric down to 40 after the collision
accels to 60 and McNeill and he exchange fire. McNeill isn't going fast
enough to tag Eric for a ram. As he heads South to the East of Eric, he
nails Eric's back armor with his GG. Eric attempts a slight bend (D2
modified to a D1) North. This forces a control roll. Needing a 3 or
better, Eric blows the roll and goes into a skid. The skid forces Eric into
head-on ram with the SW barrier.
As McNeill passes to the South of Eric, he nails the stationary Eric's left
side.
The ram by Eric put Reynolds' left side to Jeff. After a couple hits Jeff
breaches the armor, but cannot finish him. Meanwhile the stationary Eric
accels backwards while taking pot shots at Jeff. On the third turn of
fire, Eric finally finishes off Jeff, to set the time clock ticking. (+80 Eric,
-40 Jeff)
McNeill attempts to circle back quicker to get a bead on Eric.
Eric pivots backwards and starts lobbing shots in the now breached side of Reynolds
(thanks Jeff!). The first two salvos hit but manage to hit either empty
space or the power plant. With only one RR shot and McNeill soon to
arrive, Eric takes his last shot at Reynolds.....and he HITS the driver,
finishing him off and securing the W for Eric (+100 Eric, -20 Reynolds.)
Results:
1st +106 pts Eric Freeman (full kill Barlow, mobility kill Curt, completed
kill Reynolds, completed kill Jeff, survival, 2 check pts)
2nd +6.5 pts Michael McNeill (survival, 2.5 check pts)
3rd +6 pts David McGee (survival, mobility killed, mobility kill Reynolds,
2 check pts)
4th +3 pts Michael Keegan (killed, completed kill Curt, mobility kill Jeff,
3 check pts)
5th +2.5 pts Curt Lindmark (killed, full kill Keegan, 2.5 check pts)
6th -18 pts Joe Reynolds (killed, mobility kill David, 2 check pts)
7th -34 pts Joe Barlow (killed, 2 check pts, survival)
8th -39 pts Jeff Dodge (killed, 1 check pt)