Filed under: Hockey Zone

First of all here's how the seedings look:

#1 Chindi
#2 Dirtybirds
#3 Baby Seal Killers
#4 Admirals
#5 Fusions
#6 Mazer
The top two seeds get a bye into the semi finals. Here's how the first round looks (which, as ever, is subject to change and being HZ it probably will), all times are in EST:


Baby Seal Killers vs Mazer

Game 1: Wednesday April 19th @ 9pm

Game 2: Monday April 24th @ 8pm

Game 3: Wednesday April 26th @ 9pm (if needed)

Series winner will go on to play Dirtybirds


Admirals vs Fusions

Game 1: Sunday April 23rd @ 5pm

Game 2: Saturday April 29th @ 3pm

Game 3: Sunday April 30th @ 5pm (if needed)

Series winner will go on to play Chindi

For all the latest league and zone news, check our Center Ice.

Filed under: General News

The blog isn’t dead, I’ve just had a ten day break from Subspace and gaming in general to deal with a few real life things (always good to stick your head outsite the window at least once a month to remind yourself what colour the sky is and what real flesh-and-blood people look like).

We haven’t missed much news, specially as all leagues took a break for Easter last weekend. WZL, Premier League and MSHL are all about to head into the playoffs and there will be more news here through the week of the state of play in each league.

In the RSHL the Blackie Cup is set with MISConduct taking on Money Inc. Creasers almost threw a spanner in the works, coming from 2-0 down in their series with MI to tie it up with two exciting wins in OT, before losing in the deciding game. The full finals schedule should be released soon and will I will post it here when it is.

The other SVS league currently running is the returning Dueling League which is about to start pre-season games. So expect some news out of 2v2 too.

It’s all go here.

Filed under: Premier League

Odin has just posted his thoughts on the Premier forums about last Sundays games. Here's what he had to say:


Nightbane vs Joke

I looked at the game log on MR and remember that I actually witnessed this disaster of a game... Neither team showed 4 at the start but NB took only minutes into the game to put 4 players in and sweep Joke for a 12-0 win. The curious thing about the log is that the ref (Cruncy) ends it with a "gg teams" message... it was not a GG. It was a terrible game. Steps should be taken from preventing players on squads like Joke to rejoin league but it's not fair to all the people there. Oh well, look carefully folks, don't recruit any of these clowns next season please.

NB has struggled in Pro but I've said this before, I admire the fact they show up and play the game and even though they don't win every round they try.


Intrinsic vs Radar

The game was postponed and since I didn't do predictions this round I will knock that one out now! Personally I think both teams are evenly matched, they both sport 4 or 5 very strong players and the rest are not so good... Intrinsic has had a good season while Radar on the other hand has had a terrible season. My view is that Radar is a better and more talented team but is suffering from lack of activity. If they show up for a game I know they can beat Intrinsic and probably anyone else. Since they postponed the game I think they're taking it seriously and will show up during the makeup round.

Intrinsic on the other hand is getting too cocky because of some of the success they've had this season vs top teams. I think Radar is the team who will show them where they stand which is somewhere slightly above average in Pro.

Predicted outcome: Radar wins by 6
Players to watch: Benji, Savage as he challenges Radar to duels after the game.


Unhallowed vs The Dark

I honestly came into this game expecting to get pushed around and barely scrape by with a win. We had practiced vs Unhallowed in previous weeks and they were much more dominating in their practices then during gametime. Notably Grifter and Seismic and Nova were missing from their lineup... this meant very little offense from Unh and an embarassing loss with a final score of 12-2. Both of the TD deaths came on late reps and besides the time Chrono owned and killed me I don't think I really had to rep the entire game. We even got frustrated with the backarrowing and Da_monkk said something which in turn caused comments from the attending Unh players.

I'm sure if Unh had their usual lineup in they could've pushed us and even won, but this show was very bad for them and the game was rather boring despite the high score.


B.I.A. vs Stalkers

Not sure why but apparently Stalkers forfieted the game... they have been good about showing 4 players to games so far, not sure what happened. This is once again bad for BIA since playoffs are coming and they need all the gametime they can get.


Assassins vs Starseed

Two of the top teams, this marks the second week in a row Starseed has gotten rolled. Notably Rage and life were missing but I don't think it would've mattered because Assassins won 11-1 while Travis was sitting in spec. The only death for Assassins came when Mop traded in the middle of the game and took out Enforcer and Megaman at the same time (I think.) The only player on Starseed who did anything productive was Suprem, and the productivity narrowed down to running the clock out in a jav. Actually Suprem's entire team was out and he still had 3 lives and a rep. And I thought he would be the one to choke when I first looked at the SS starters.

Seriously, Enforcer and Megaman need to get back in shape, they dominated Pro a year ago and I'm not sure why they're not producing anymore. Get online and prac a bit.

Reaem guaranteed a championship a while ago, I think he's going to have to wait for Assassins to retire before he obtains his goal. Reaem, if you're reading this, I hope you realize it's not going to get any better then this.


Gods vs Spell

Spell wins by a no-show, good job Inde, way to get banned for using a !burn command on a known cheater (LOL.)

Filed under: Hockey Zone

Here's how Sunday evenings conference finals doubleheader finished:


MISConduct bt Phasers 2-1 (after OT)


1st Period:

10:42 Phasers goal by J-Walking Assists: Thrill HZ, Luminus


3rd Period:

8:00 MISConduct goal by Catch 22


Overtime:

0:23 MISConduct goal by Doobie Assists: Catch 22, Dhaulagiri


Stars:

1st star: Catch 22 (1g 1a HRP)

2nd star: c-wolf (22 st 19 to)

3rd star: J-Walking (1g)


MISConduct win the series 3-0
match report


Money Inc. bt Creasers 5-3


1st Period:

3:26 Money Inc. goal by Meow Mix Assists: Rage, Lawn Dwarf


2nd Period:

0:55 Money Inc. goal by UKillMe Assists: Meow Mix, Lawn Dwarf

1:59 Creasers goal by Ellis D.

2:47 Money Inc. goal by Lawn Dwarf Assists: Rage

11:14 Money Inc. goal by Lawn Dwarf Assists: Meow Mix

11:35 Penalty on WhiteIrishRebel (Money Inc.). 2:00 for DC.


3rd Period:

1:05 Creasers goal by Poseidon Assists: Jumper, vigilanty

1:05 Penalty over: WhiteIrishRebel

5:41 Creasers goal by vigilanty Assists: Jumper

7:48 Money Inc. goal by Lawn Dwarf Assists: Rage


Stars:

3rd Star: Convolution (11 saves)

2nd Star: UKillMe (1 goal, HRP, 42 checks)

1st Star: Lawn Dwarf (3 goals, 2 assists)


Money Inc. lead the series 2-0
match report

MI have the chance to join MISConduct in the finals when game 3 of their series is played tonight (Tuesday) at 9pm EST. Here's a few screenshots I took while watching the games:

Filed under: Warzone

The league bots were down again last Sunday so there's no stats, just the results. Here's how the games ended:


Gust vs Kindred Spirit vs Nightbane
Gust win

elderslayers vs DOMINATION vs ReDS
ReDS win

Unionville vs DAMN_Yankees vs BLaCK STaR
DAMN_Yankees win

And here's how the standings look:

 Squad Name    Points
----------------------
elderslayers     20
ReDS             12
DAMN_Yankees     12
DOMINATION       12
Gust              8
BLaCK STaR        8
Revenge           0
Kindred Spirit    0
Nightbane         0
Unionville       -6

With one regular season round left to play es have clinched the #1 seed for the playoffs. The full playoff format should be announced soon and I'll post it on here when it does.

Filed under: Warzone

Warzone are setting up the first Scrabble Tournament right now, I'm surprised it's taken this long to do as the scrabble arena is one of the most popular sub-arenas in ss.

The tourney will start on Friday 14th April. For more info and to sign up go here.

Filed under: Premier League

The latest audio predictions for rounds 9 of IML and Pro (no AML this week) are ready for your downloading pleasure over at the new Premier Studio website hosted on SSPremier.

Filed under: Dueling Arizona

The last of the sites that lost hosting when Subspace.net shut down is back. You can now find the dueling league forums at duel.sspremier.com. I've changed the link on the sidebar to the new addy.

Filed under: Premier League

MasterRater still isn't all the way back yet, but it does have a full schedule as well as some predictions. So here's how the games look in each of the three leagues along with the MR point spread. All times are in EST and will be played on Sunday unless stated otherwise.


Pro League Round 9

Intrinsic vs RaDaR (postponed by RaDaR)

Joke vs Nightbane (played on Thursday)

The Dark vs Unhallowed @ 4pm (Unh by 2.0)

BIA vs Stalkers @ 4pm (BIA by 8.5)

Assassins vs Starseed @ 5pm (Ass by 5.0)

Gods vs lkdsjgdslgas @ 6pm (lkd by 4.5)


IML Round 9

Prospect vs StarFire Elite (postponed by SFE)

Llamasery vs Nightwatch @ 3pm (llamas by 5.5)

Disavowed vs Invidium @ 4pm (dis by 5.0)

Externals vs IMLlamasery @ 4pm (ext by 6.5)

ElementalForces vs Warlords @ 5pm (EF by 5.5)

EForces vs Massacre @ 5pm (EF by 3.5)

Alcoholism vs OUTLAW's @ 5pm (Alc by 1.0)

Hitlist vs Typhonn @ 9pm (Typh by 9.5)


AML Round 9

Fly-NDie vs SkyRakers @ 4pm (FnD by 4.5)

Liquid Inc. vs StarFire Academy @ 4pm (LI by 4.5)

Fly-NDeath vs Warlords AML @ 5pm (FnD by 3.5)

I don't know the result of the Joke/NB that was played on Thursday evening. I'm guessing the the log will be added manually to MR along with the rest when the whole round is over. You can keep up to date with all the league and zone news by checking out the Premier League website.

Filed under: Hockey Zone

Game 2 in the Misc/Phasers series was played in HZ on Thursday evening. Here's how it ended:


MISConduct bt Phasers 7-2


1st Period:

6:16 MISConduct goal by Doobie Assists: Dhaulagiri, Catch 22

8:21 MISConduct goal by Catch 22 Assists: Dhaulagiri

9:17 MISConduct goal by Doobie Assists: Dhaulagiri


2nd Period:

3:06 MISConduct goal by Ronnie Franchise Assists: Dhaulagiri, Doobie

6:47 Phasers goal by Thrill HZ Assists: Olly, J-Walking

11:50 MISConduct goal by Doobie Assists: Dhaulagiri


3rd Period:

0:49 MISConduct goal by Catch 22

4:26 MISConduct goal by Catch 22 Assists: Malstryx

10:05 Phasers goal by Olly Assists: J-Walking


Stars:

Third star: Wolfers (Great mid all game, 2:1 ST:TO, 23 checks to 8 deaths)

Second star: Doobie (3 goals, 1 assist)

First star: Catch 22 (HRP, 3 goals, 1 assist)

Dhaulagiri also deserves a unofficial star for his FIVE assists.


MISConduct lead the series 2-0

you can read a full match report and get all the game stats here. So Misc are one game away from returning to the finals. They get the chance to sweep Phasers on Sunday in a playoff double-header. First up is game 2 of the MI/CR series at 9pm EST, followed my Misc/Phasers at 10pm EST.

Don't forget you can keep up with all the league and zone news at Center Ice.

Filed under: Warzone

Here's the match up's in WZL this Sunday. All game times are in EST and will be played in SSCX Warzone CTF:


Gust vs Kindred Spirit vs Nightbane @ 2pm

elderslayers vs DOMINATION vs ReDS @ 2pm

Unionville vs DAMN_Yankees vs BLaCK STaR @ 4pm

If elderslayers win their game they will take the #1 seed for the playoffs. Even if we lose we will still claim the #1 spot if the game ends in a tie or ReDS win. Only a Dom win can stop us taking the spot. Did I say we? I of course meant they. The Subspace Blog is neutral in these matters.

For more information check out the Warzone website.