ABA Results (Week 10 - Season 1)

[CharmingCavalier 1723]

 

 

THE ALMARIS BUCKETBALL ASSOCIATION

GAME RESULTS

Week 10

Season 1

 

WE HAVE A TIE!

(THIS WEEK'S ANTHEM)

 

Ladies and gentlemen, thanks for picking up another edition of Almaris Bucketball. I am, as always, your dutiful commentator and author Martie Lickman. This week we saw, for the first time in ABA history, a dead tie between the Miners and the Dunes in the standings. Both teams have seven wins and fifty-five point surpluses! To add to the switch-ups, the Saints have let go of their first position to the Beserkers after a crushing defeat by the resurgent Foxes this week. Mostly because of key targeting, and possibly drugs, but nonetheless they aren't in first anymore. Both conferences are still in a dead heat, and no one can make a call at the moment for who is gonna make the playoffs or not. What we do know, however, is that the half way point of the ABA is next week and from there it is just a slog to clinch a shot at the grand championships!

 

(ABA OPENING POST LINKED HERE)

Vortice Krakens - Varhelm Beserkers

 

The Krakens faced another rough week as they hosted the terrifying Besekers. In fact, this is what the Beserkers needed and it showed as they now sit above the Saints due to a significant point surplus in this game. Beserkermania has swept over the Western Conference as this vicious team has gladly embraced the violence fueled by the new ruleset. On top of that, we have reports that the Beserkers showed up to the Kraken's side after the game and stole all their world-renowned snacks! No cookies, or Krakens, were spared this week as the Beserkers continue their rise and now look to hold off next week against the lack-luster Druids.

 

 

San Luciano Saints - Elysium Foxes

 

In a complete upset, we saw the Foxes take out the leaders of the West. It brought them in one more game of striking it into the advancing teams, but will this trend of Fox supremacy hold? The game itself was shocking because the Foxes almost entirely targeted the Mareno stars of the Saints. Herakles was taken out early on, though he is expected to return next game without any significant game-impairing injuries. Meanwhile, this sudden shift in the success of the Foxes has prompted an investigation by the ABA into alchemical substance abuse among their players. A shifty goblin was seen rubbing his nose and walking away from their locker room before the game, but the Foxes' staff have refused to comment on his involvement in this matter.

 

 

Iron Uzg Krugs - Karosgrad Crows

 

Both of these teams were at each other's necks this game, probably because if the Krugs lost it would put the Crows on even-footing win wise. Guess what? That happened and the Crows came out ten points ahead due to some excellent field play by Grigory Grubb. Despite being short he managed to score ten of his fifteen shots in the field and even snuck in three arch-rushes when no one was looking, and Reinhardt Barclay was holding the Krugs' arch guard's face to the ground. In the end, both teams left the stadium in a huff at each others apparent unresolved tensions, and now equal standings. One of these teams is on the verge of moving out of safety and into missing the playoffs, but only time will tell if that is true. Krug's head coach, Lari Be'rd, has made it very clear it will not be the Krugs but Head Coach May of the Crows has also made it clear it will be the Krugs!

 

 

Yong Ping Dragons - Elvenesse Bucks

 

The Dragons came close to losing to the Bucks but managed to squeak out a last minute arch-rush to win the game. Without Lanqui, the Giant of Yong Ping, their team has greatly suffered and they are left just on the outside of the advancing teams because they do not have his point surplus on the field. However they are tied for fourth with the Crows and the Krugs and next week holds their bout against the disinterested Purifiers. Could this be the win they need to push them ahead and bump off the Crows or the Krugs?!

 

 

Freeport Pigeons - Kal'Darakaan Miners

 

The Pigeons almost flew this game, but they ended up stomped under the iron boots of the Miners. Despite their small stature this team has held onto their lead over the East, except for this week when the Dunes now are tied in every category with the Miners! For once, we have a genuine tie for first place! The game went interesting at first, since the patented Dwarven Ball Tap does not work on pigeons and seagulls. Nonetheless, as many teams have found out, stepping on the avian players is far easier than trying to steal the ball away from their peaking beaks.

 

 

Providence Vigilants - Du Loc Flames

 

Another absolutely nail-biting game between the Vigilants and the Flames ended with the Susa Boys barely getting out a win. However, the Vigilants have been getting progressively worse after their recent rise through the standings and seem to almost be mellowing out, settling for mediocrity if you will. This announcer doesn't know if they have what's left in them to pull ahead of the Dunes or the Miners, especially with a point deficit of over thirty compared with those two teams. The only thing saving them at the moment is their easier game against the Krakens next week. For the Flames, Father Mantequilla has made it clear that small setbacks will not impact their performance. And its that type of attitude that is going to keep them in this game, well after the high-paid Susa boys fall off in a few weeks or two.

 

 

Rozania Rabbits - Haelun'or Purifiers

 

The Rabbits, surprisingly, beat out the Purifiers in a random field in central Almaris today. Still homeless, the game was played in a forest near the Orenian borders and the Purifiers have filed a formal complaint against the Rabbits for not even having fresh drinking water nearby. Perhaps it was a tactic, perhaps it was poor planning. Either way, their quenching of their opponent worked and the Rabbits managed their first win in a while. Next week they head it off against the Pigeons so maybe even another victory is in sight for this faltering Eastern Conference team?

 

 

Talus Grove Druids - Fakhr Dunes

 

When the Dunes get kicking, boy do they get kicking! Hakim, also known as the brick wall, kicked away the Druids' star Alexander Antler many times this week. He even managed to score some choice shots that seemed to incapacitate the Druids' star. This lack of a leader and other defensive flaws from the Druids made the Dunes take away a thirty-point lead and bank it before they knew what was going on. And to top it off, they are now in a dead tie for first against the Miners. Not even their point surpluses and deficits are different, its a dead tie! With a game against the Bucks next, we could be seeing the beginning of the Desertification of the East! Watch out Miners, you have an unexpected opponent!

 

 

STANDINGS
 

The Western Conference

 

 

 

Pos.	Team	Points	Played	Won	Lost	"+-"
1	Varhelm Beserkers	14	10	7	3	106
2	San Luciano Saints	14	10	7	3	40
3	Iron Uzg Krugs	12	10	6	4	32
4	Karosgrad Crows	12	10	6	4	11
5	Yong Ping Dragons	12	10	6	4	-13
6	Elysium Foxes	10	10	5	5	48
7	Elvenesse Bucks	4	10	2	8	-58
8	Vortice Krakens	2	10	1	9	-140

The Eastern Conference

 

 

Pos.	Team	Points	Played	Won	Lost	"+-"
1	Fakhr Dunes	14	10	7	3	55
2	Kal'Darakaan Miners	14	10	7	3	55
3	Providence Vigilants	14	10	7	3	28
4	Du Loc Flames	10	10	5	5	-8
5	Haelun'or Purifiers	8	10	4	6	-19
6	Rozania Rabbits	8	10	4	6	-62
7	Freeport Pigeons	6	10	3	7	-14
8	Talus Grove Druids	6	10	3	7	-61

 

 

 

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AMATEUR DIVISION RESULTS AND STANDINGS

 

Honeyhill Hedgehogs - Valwyck Bears

73 - 71

 

Halcourt Eagles - Fennic Blizzards

75 - 82

 

The Amateur Division

 

 

Pos.	Team	Points	Played	Won	Lost	"+-"
1	Honeyhill Hedgehogs	18	10	10	0	77
2	Valwyck Bears	10	10	5	5	-5
3	Fennic Blizzards	6	10	4	6	51
4	Halcourt Eagles	2	10	1	9	-129

 

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[AstriaS 3709]

Velsyni Indoren after selling a great many Beserkermania™ shirts, mugs and other such bits of merchandise, stared at the growing pile of mina in the backroom of her shop. "I have no idea what to do with all of this..." She said with a quiet sigh, beginning to portion the golden bounty off into snack buckets from the concession stand, which she then handed out to the players, the coaches and even the waterboys under the guise of a pay bonus. In reality, she was just running out of space for the spoils of her growing bucketball merch empire. The next day, she announced a series of public appearances and meet-and-greets for the Norlandic stars... And of course made a point of advertising that merch stands would be set up at said events.

[Slorbin 1774]

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[LatzMomo 2088]

Robin Volaren says "BERSERKERS MOTHA FUCKIN BALLIN!" He dunks one behind his head "LETS ******* GOOOOO!"

[Suicidium 1295]

Eugeo de Astrea snorts frost salts with his friends after the game in jubilance of the Foxes win. @ScarletFrisket @Northtitan @AnonymousAlexa @TwiSama @rukio @Muppet_queen @MrIronThing

[Northtitan 245]

3 minutes ago, Suicidium said:

Eugeo de Astrea snorts frost salts with his friends after the game in jubilance of the Foxes win. @ScarletFrisket @Northtitan @AnonymousAlexa @TwiSama @rukio @Muppet_queen @MrIronThing

Togrim Heartstring Vanari watches Eugeo snort Frost salts wondering how the hell he hasnt died yet. The will of Xan must be with this man as he watches in horror. 

[AnimeWolf0080 1493]

Kin was tired after the close game but thanked the Bucks for the game. After the game Kin went to go tell Lanqui how the game went bring some green tea & some flowers sent by the team 

[cappor 545]

Elysium Head coach looks to the group of Elysium Team Players snorting Frost Salt. 80 laps each was coming for them...

@Suicidium

[kazoo 586]

Alexander Antler would be furious to the loss and would blame it all at the defence that made no effort in any game, he was sick of this one man team which he was the “man” in it and he would send the Providence coach and the Saint Luciano coach letters, the letters would read: “Hello, I Alexander Antler would like to let you and your club know that I am looking forward for any transfer proposal from your team” he would also send one to his current coach: “I am looking forward to get transferred next season gaffer I can’t do it anymore in this team”

[Bethinwonderland 1094]

Lenora smiled to herself after the Beserkers took all the snacks. Did they really think she wouldn't be cautious after last weeks game with the foxes? Absolutely not! The good snacks were hidden at the Jusmia home, and it seemed only the Krakens would be indulging. While the Mali'ker woman looked rather perturbed when Beserkers took stole the treats, presumably eating the cookies before anything else they would find themselves in a rather peculiar situation as the cookies texture... didn't seem like cookies, it seemed like sand, crumbling apart in their mouths as they took that first bite. Don't steal, moral of the story kids. You will get sandy cookies that taste like salt