Today's war was a 2v3, with myself and Nibor representing the Ridgewood Militia. We fought to a 5-2 win. [1 kill = 1 point]
Militia:
Duxburian: CPS 21K, CPS 1100 [the 1100 got taken and used against us]
Nibordude: CPS 1500, CPS 12K [Luckily the 12K wasn't taken]

Waterbridge:
Belisaurius
[I used Nick in the battle report since I don't like typing out Beli....]: XP 310, and my 1100
Matt: CPS 2100
Matt N: Flash Flood

When the battle started, Nibor and I immediately headed for the treehouse in the corner of the park and on a hill. Instead of entering the treehouse, we hid behind a large tree and waited.

Nick expected us to be in the treehouse, so his team popped up and checked it out. Finding nothing, they started to leave. That's when Nibor and I rushed them with water balloons and took a few shots. We retreated and fought to a standoff.
However, as time went on, Waterbridge kept heavy pressure on the position and we ran low on water as well. Despite a skillful defense, Nibordude had to flee and I fought them all off until hit. Both of us were hit.

We have a 2 minute rule, when one is killed, they must wait 2 minutes before coming back in. I walked down the hill and found Nibordude at the brook. We filled up in a small pocket of water [it was mostly dry since we have experienced a drought.] We then hid behind some bushes and trees on the other bank.

Sure enough, Waterbridge left the treehouse area and headed away. We came back to the treehouse to take our backpacks and Nibor's 12K. From there, the plan was to travel along the out of bounds line [private houses on the hill] until we came to a strong position near the main trail entrance. Another member of our team, Chris was supposed to show up mid-battle and we wanted to be near the trailhead for that. We managed to follow the rim of the hill all the way to the head of the trail, no sign of Waterbridge.

After getting into a nice defensive position, we called Chris, who happened to be at the mall. So, that plan was out. Down by one person, down 0-2 in score, there's much to look forward to.

We left the hill and followed the main trail to the dam, which was dry, and no sign of the enemy. Crossing the dam and walking along the heights revealed nothing. Standing at High Point revealed nothing. It began to rain, so we doubled back to the dam. By now, Nibor thought Waterbridge was hiding, and I had no clue where they could be.

Walking lazily down the path from the dam, I glimpsed Matt, one of the Waterbridge commanders. We also heard Nick's whistle, which was a dead give-away that they were approaching us. This was a perfect setup for an ambush, seeing how they had not noticed our presence a mere 50ft. up the path. It could have hardly gone any better. They ran back to where the path splits [the trail runs the length of the park but also goes up the middle to the entrance] and there stopped running. Nibor and I seperated, which proved to be a very effective strategy. Dividing your forces in the face of a superior enemy works, despite what generals throughout histroy have said.

We hit Nick, Matt, and Matt N. all in a minute or two. So it was now 3-2, Militia leading! And then more good luck: Nick was out of water. So he stood there while the fight became 2v2. Nibor killed Matt twice more, as we both put pressure on his positions.

The time ran out, and it was 5-2 us with the victory! All 5 of our kills came in the final 10 minutes of combat and in a fierce fight.

Both teams decided that our battlefield was way too large for just 3v2. We agreed that from now on, numbers will decide where the war is fought. Larger teams would mean at Goffle, smaller teams would mean at Waterbridge. We hope to have the next war next weekend. Soak on/Join the Revolution!

Nice battle summary i enjoyed reading it it was pretty intresting that the winning kill(s) came in the last 10 minutes of battle and the tactics used by waterbridge were genius. To be honest i cant believe you fell for that ambush but in the end you guys won. I learned alot from reading it including that fire power does not matter more than tactics in battle (you had greater fire power but had to come from behind to win). Nice summary i will use it to plan my teams tactics for next year.

Edit: Did you plan to use the 21k as the main gun with the 1100 as back-up and did nibor plan to use the 1500 as the main with the 12k as back up. If so then thats to much fire power for 1hk. ( thus giving me a reason to use a MXL in 1hk :lol: )

Um, you did read this a bit more carefully? Nibor and myself are not in Waterbridge. And you did notice the use of pronouns in the ambush section, right? "They" refered to Nick, Matta and Matt N, the 3 members of Waterbridge at the battle. This whole thing was written in the first person, meaning that "we" myself and Nibor, launched the ambush.

This war shows that A: People don't read the beginning section which tells you who is on which team, and B: Numbers kill firepower until you come up with an effective counter strategy.

EDIT: There is never too much firepower for a 1HK. And it's not about firepower. You want good range, good soakage, but not excessive soakage. All 4 of those guns have at least 50ft. range, the 21K can hit 60ft. on its current 1/4" nozzle. On a hot day like this [85], in a park like the Goffle [a mile long with steep hills], bringing an MXL or a backpack gun would be foolish. We ended up ditching our backpacks because they drain energy.

You are correct that my main was the 21K and Nibor's main was the 1500. When we were driven from the first position, they took the 1100, but didn't know about Nibor's 12K. They wasted the 1100 water really quickly, something one would not do if they had experience with a modded gun.

I know your not waterbridge but on the first read it kind of sounded like you ran into the ambush. But when i read it again (a few moments ago) i realized you ambushed them. My mistake. B)