Congratulations to all my Carrot Brotherhood mates. And congrads to Radiant and all the other teams that put in the effort to organize and make a go at it. And thanks to Staff for putting on what I think was one of the smoothest run tournaments yet. Eutheran is indeed a huge addition to this staff. And all the work Supaham and Waffle have been putting in will pay dividends I have no doubt.
I was listening back to the little interview I did after the game. And as always there are things you wish you would have said. I think first and foremost it is important for everyone to know that Ulan is also co-owner of the squad. And just like all the other guys he played amazingly well. And he has always been there for us and has always been so unselfish. Sometimes he literally has to play at like 1AM his time just to help us fill the roster on a given day. How he plays so well with those 130 pings is beyond me. Ulan has been a great co-leader for our squad.
A lot of people don't know this but Ulan and I sort of inherited the squad from Silver Bullet when he and our other best player left to join Ellipse in tourney #5. I had literally just joined the squad a day or two before and was so excited to play in my first tournament. Being gold helmet I was always on the edge of being invited or not invited onto teams. At any rate I think the squad at that time was just me, Ulan, AurumMiner, and the color_of_dirt. We needed some good players badly if we were to compete against the arsenals some of the teams at the time were building.
I reached out to McBall_Scrafty and he graciously said he'd play with us even though he had already retired. On one eventful night I had gotten to know Scrafty a little bit and we sort of hit it off. And I was honored that he'd come play for us. I mean really it was just some old guy and a really young Ulan (both gold helmets). So here was the legend himself willing to come out of retirement and play a few games with us. In those days on MCBall that just didn't happen. Everyone was trying to build all chain teams. Heck we lost our two best players so they could join a stronger team. But Scrafty joining was huge and probably THE tipping point for this squad. That led to us being able to recruit some really good players like Snatman5000 and Applelaw and later Buzzsaw100.
I think for that first tourney where Ulan and I were leading the squad the team was Buffowatts, Ulan01, Scrafty, AurumMiner, Snatman5000, Applelaw, and Jadja. And the rest is history. All of those guys are still part of the squad. And though many of them didn't play this tourney I wish I had remembered to mention all of them by name. I think it is important to stress the point that they were all every much a part of tournament #8 championship as the guys who got to play this time. Every single person has contributed to the squad in their own way.
And I don't know the complete history but I think The Carrot Brotherhood was actually playing in the tourney#4 also. I think we have now played in 5 of the 8 tournaments on MCBall. I think there is a lesson there to be learned. If at first you don't succeed try try again.