So about two weeks or so a combined Rockin’ Cocks and RC
Revolution team competed in the CFOA Homecoming event at PBC in Greensboro, NC.
The field was a throwback to yesteryear as it was on a hyperball field. The
field itself was two combined 5-man fields however they combined them to make
one and then split it horizontally. There was a large snake on one side and
what can only be described as a wall on the other. With such a large snake you
would have figured players would have been all over it, but the crush and run
ground made diving impossible. With that said this made for ether very
defensive games or overly aggressive ones, however there was a limiting factor
in all of this and I’ll get to that a bit later.
The
combined RC squad consisted of Dana, Scott (Rev) and I. With RC there were a
total of 7 teams competing at this event with the favorites being RC and CPC
(Custom Pump Creations). The prelims were 7 games center flag with a 3 minute
time limit. For the most part everything went off well, with the exception of
the CFOA truck showing up an hour late due to running out gas. But once it got
there it was business as usual. RC was the second game of the day and it was
against CPC. Both teams came out strong, but RC got a K off the break and then
a second K fairly quick. Rayn (CPC) got me going down the snake, however Scott
shot him a second later and RC broke the curse of losing the first game. Our
next game was against Rock, Paper, Scissors and their aggressive play and the
horrible paint made the moves possible and gave them the win. By the end of the
prelims RC was 5-2 and advancing to the semi-finals ranked 3rd by
20pts. However a scheduling error gave Freakshow only 6 games and with them and
Rainbow Pump Squad were only separated in points by 1 game, so after a debate
it was clear all teams would advance to the quarter finals with the 1st
place team Fluffy Bunnies getting a bye to the semi’s.
The
quarter finals did not fare well for RC as we played Rainbow pump squad who was
ranked 6th in the prelims won two straight to advance to the semi’s.
Game 1 both teams started off strong, however the ongoing paint problems
plagued us and Rainbow was able to pull out the win, when they pulled a run
through on Dana and I after my gun went down. Game 2 started with both teams 3 up,
however RC tried a run through and got shot. Then Rainbow countered, got shot,
but a ref reversed the call stating Dana got shot 1st by a different
Rainbow player, which left me in a 2 on 1. I shot one played as he moved,
however according to the ref I hit him but no paint remained so they left him
in. After this call, my gun went down again due to the paint and Rainbow ran me
down ending it for RC.
The
rest of the quarters and semi’s were upset after upset. As CPC and Rainbow Pump
Squad made it to the finals, despite being ranked 5th and 6th
going into the quarters, both Fluffy Bunnies and Rock, Paper, Scissors got
knocked down to playing for 3rd and 4th. All said in done
CPC won the event in 2 games, giving them their first win of the season and the
overall season title.
Overall
RC had a great event and we got 5th overall. We look forward to
playing the CFOA next season. We would like to thank all the teams that showed
up (Fluffy Bunnies, Freakshow, CPC, Rainbow Pump Squad, Rock, Paper, Scissors,
and Heros in a Half Shell), our sponsors (St!ffi, Exalt, and The Lifestyle
Clothing Co.), supporters (CCM and MCB), and the folks at PBC and CFOA staff.
Also a big thanks to Tig from Freakshow for helping make this event happen.
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