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Steel Jaguar NA vs cReddit
Posted by Doyle on 26 Feb 2014 (1728 reads)

The results are in for the first NA Division A game, fought between Steel Jaguar NA and cReddit.

Expecting a tough game against SJR NA, cReddit gave it their all in four hard fought drops.

Drop 1 was the predictable crazy fast brawl, with light mechs and mediums swarming targets and burning them down in seconds. SJR NA went with 3 Kintaros and a Cicada as their medium choices, with cReddit taking a combination of Shadowhawk chassis instead. The teams met on Forrest Colony with the drop ending comfortably 12-3 in SJR's favour. With Shadowhawks being the main meta medium these days it was an interesting choice of medium mechs from SJR NA and it seemed to pay dividends!

Drop 2 took place on Canyon Network, and saw both teams take very similar drops decks, the main difference being in the choice of light mechs, SJR NA taking Jenners and cReddit trying out the new Ember hero mech. It's still too early to say which of the two light choices will be the best in the long run, but the final score for this drop ended 12-5 to SJR NA making the match score 2-0 in their favour.

Going into the heavy drops cReddit already had a mountain to climb, and with sync dropping being particularly difficult last night all 'credit' to them for having the stamina to see the rest of the match through! Private lobbies...Private lobbies...Private lobbies... >.<

Drop 3 saw the return of Canyon Network again, a map that really stacks the odds in favour of the team with the most jump jets. Both teams had chosen to take a pair of Orions each, an immediate handicap on this map, but cReddit also chose to take Altas D-DCs, putting them at a disadvantage on the terrain vs SJR NA's Highlanders. Unfortunately for cReddit this disadvantage did them no favours and resulted in a crushing 12-3 defeat, leaving them 3-0 down, and allowing SJR NA to claim a 50k bonus for total destruction of all opposing heavy and assault mechs.

Drop 4 was fought on River City Night, with SJR NA taking Highlanders and Dragon Slayers against cReddit's four Atlas D-DC lance and 2 Highlanders. It looked like cReddit were planning to be sneaky and get in close for a brawl using ECMs and darkness, but despite their valiant efforts they could only down 5 SJR NA mechs, losing the final drop 12-5. Another 50k bonus earned by SJR NA and a great start to their season. I'm sure cReddit will dust themselves off after this loss and look to their next match, there is plenty of time left in the season to recover from an early defeat!

With 3 matches scheduled for Wednesday it's going to be a busy night for mech fans!


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