Board Thread:Current Episode Discussion/@comment-11295248-20141224023901/@comment-203.173.158.205-20141224092231

Wraith, cheers bud for your kind words. I wanted to go with a bang, and as I travelled on Day 5/6 I needed to get ahead days 1-4 to make sure it was secured.

Yip, Im in Christchurch for the 1st cricket test (Black Caps vs Sri Lanka) at a SOLD OUT (!) Hagley Park. Gonna be epic!!! For all you non-cricketers out there, what the hell? Get on the bandwagon guys! Test day cricket is all about sitting in the sun and drinking beer and staring at hot chicks and maybe, just maybe, watching a game for FIVE FREAKING DAYS STRAIGHT!!! (Much more fun than a TVT I can tell you)

Anywho, in lieu of a postmortem, I will give you the highlights:

Day 1: had a great team, beat my rival from last TVT, Grantorino. Very satisfied. Day 2: team came together and we had an epic battle with JaymePatterson and Zombie-con. Here is where I made a buttload of points, but to no avail. Went down by a slim margin. Day 3: up against Yyy25 and beat him. Once I got my MTM Prime, it became a hell of a lot easier. Team was good too, found another New Zealander (Wheeljk111) and an Aussie (Millzy) on my team. Shoutouts boys! Day 4: vs Ingesteve. Another fierce battle but we got there in the end. Good, hard battle indeed. Day 5: was travelling all day and was up against Superiorlegends. Man that guy was RELENTLESS. Went down by less than 5 million. Broke my heart as I felt I could have taken that battle out if my wife let me pull over to the side of the road to play for the final hour, but we had a deadline in another island to make. Day 6: still travelling and up against Jlchen1974. Another fierce competitor, he pulled out with 30 min to go, sighting a team that lost its mojo. Have to take my hat off to him for doing that. Much appreciated bro.

All in all, some good battles against some great players and some big names. Wouldve liked 6 wins, but at this time of year, who needs the stress?

Screenshots of leaderboards will go up in 2 days when I get home to my PC and Im not on the wifes iPad.

Happy holidays, merry xmas, or just a pleasant last week of December everyone.

P.S. I want to thank my wife, and every wife/ partner/ significant other who puts up with us and this obsession that is TFL. My wife endures constant score updates, bitching at leeches and snipers, high fives me when I pull an OP alt, as well as late nights, early mornings and periods of severe inactivity followed by a flurry of motion for about 2 hours during intebellum. With Mrs Ducre, this T1 and top screen finish along with all the others wouldn't have been possible. Thank you hun, happy wedding anniversary for the 25th.

Anthony Ducre