Bahahahaha, that was an AWESOME end to my CTF playing today.
I told Frankman that BM Eucadia CTF was going to be my last match (I'd only stuck around the previous 2 rotations so I could play it). All my other games had been shit; one team base raping the other, no fun. But this time I knew it was going to be different.
Frankman and I were on opposite teams. I was one of about 4-5 APCs escorting the blue flag back to our base. Meanwhile, Frankman takes the red flag in his own APC. Just as we are coming round that round road behind Base 1 (the part where the two spawn points are, with 3 jeeps and a plane), I see Frankman entering Base 1 on his way out. If I were in his situation, I would've used the APC to boost over Base 1's cliff wall, skipping the APC convoy entirely. So I go wait at the bottom of the cliff... Next thing I know, there's a flying blue APC careening over the cliff face, followed by some rolling and tumbling. BAM! Boosted that APC into his face, killing both Frankman and his passenger... (or was that the driver and you the passenger? Either way.) Then I had to fend of people who were respawning at the jeeps; ended up just plowing through the vehicles every time they respawned.
Red Team: 1
Blue Team: 0
Half way through the match, your actual CTFing got interrupted by a e-peen contest with the various APC drivers. ManuelMUEN or whatever his name was must be a regular APCer. He'd been taking me out all night and was pissing me off. In the end him and another blue were chasing me down in their APCs. There was no way I could take on two of them; by the time I could turn around and charge, they would've both blasted me. So I was running away from them, first on the bridge in the centre, then to the grassy patch where an APC spawns, then into the middle of that tunnel. As I was leaving the tunnel I did a quick skid/charge combo, and boosted straight at the wall to my right. Charged up the entire thing and landed on that platform of land immediately above the tunnel. It was there that I made my nifty escape tried to drop off the other side of the tunnel to lose them, only to be blasted by the MUEN guy. DAMN HIM.
Red Team: 1 (still)
Blue Team: 0 (still)
Time remaining: 6 minutes
We are in possession of most of the bases on the map (including Base 7, the one near the enemy home). Blue peeps are 3/4 home with the flag. They are coming through the towns near the tunnel, and are about to pass that two spawn point area I talked about earlier. I have an APC, but I'm near the middle of the map. I decide to head around the other way and try to cut them off before they pass that bridge. So I do, and go fairly well for time. The enemy APC looks close on my minimap, and I'm hoping they are going to follow the dirt road... Time to start the charge. But once I've initiated the charge, I see them on the real screen. They are too far away! No way I could reach that with a single boost, and as soon as they see me they are going to swerve out of my path. So I go for it anyway... I boost, only to see them heading up the grass bank to avoid me. I push left... left... left... EXPLOSION! They APC is dead. But my vehicle is almost destroyed, and there's a plane above putting serious pressure on me. A spin around and aim for the gear fix. I see a guy taking the flag, and he's headed towards a backup APC, but it's too late now. If I don't get that gear fix in this boost I am dead. I boost... and hear the sweet sweet sounds of vehicle fixing. I spin around -- there's still another APC! I see it on the map, but I'm out of charge, I can't do anything! I accelerate and steer right, hoping to avoid certain death.... Then WHOOSH! I see the APC flash by on my left, missing me by millimeters. And when I say flash by me, I really mean it. That thing was going fast. And I was already close to the edge... Surely it would've gone into the river!
Time remaining: 4 minutes:
I stare at the top right of the screen.... The red flag is still in blue possession. No "Respawned to Base", no "Dropped the Flag". Nothing. No location icon on the map. I'm blind. There is a whole load of clusterfuck as people fight at that point where the lower bridge intercepts the road to the home base. I die under pressure from two jeeps and air support, so respawn at Base 7 and take the APC from there. Sometimes someone drops the red flag, only for another person to pick it up. But all this time no one gets in a vehicle. I have my suspicions... there's a ledge near the lower bridge where you can get stuck. I head there in my APC, and my fears are confirmed. The flag carrier is on the ledge, and there's two planes trying to lift him up on their wing, and no one on my team seems to be doing anything about it. Enemy ground support is light thanks to us owning Base 7, so I charge in there and just drive off the cliff. Still in midair I drop the e-pod shield.... A number of things happen simultaneously; there's a flash of orange, a huge explosion, and a BOWWWW noise to let me know the flag carrier is dead, and my vehicle hits solid land. I get up from the rolling to see my little ledge. Huddled in the corner of my shield, I sit helplessly on the flag and wait for a plane's electrical attack to expose me. Which of course happens. They retake the flag, and I respawn at 7. I take the APC again, and launch right off the cliff with an e-pod shield again. It's a denial of service attack. They can't get in with their planes so long as my shield is up, and if they don't get in with their planes then they can't airlift their team mate out. So for 4 minutes I keep respawning and getting to that APC before anyone else can even think about taking it.
The clock ticks down... End result...
Red Team: 1
Blue Team: 0
