ALLIANCE CONQUEST | SEASON 21 ROUND 6 | TFI vs COU.

Lords and Ladies once again we have an exciting match of Alliance Conquest for one and all. Tonight, we have the reigning champions TFI facing COU an up-and-coming challenger for the title. TFI will be once again led by the fierce DiEhArD, his team has won every match thus far and doesn’t plan on losing here today. Their opponents are COU led by the hot headed IceMan7, no pun intended, he plans to practice for the play-offs since both teams have qualified already. Will TFI brush aside the challengers or will we have an upset in the making? 

DiEhArD expected to be facing ADm but seems they chose to skip their usual time slot, “ADm dodged us this time, they knew what would happen, BAIZIMING seems afraid of us, lets show them why they were right to dodge us,” DiEhArD believed they were the favorites for the whole tournament, only they could defeat themselves and it was his job to not let that happen. Alliance Conquest comes down to racing for structures on the map and holding them for points, most teams will swap in a stronger warrior to make it harder for their opponent to recapture the structure. Furthermore, the additional buildings you hold the more buffs you will receive and subsequently the harder it will be for the enemy to take the buildings back. “Don’t expect much of a fight today, whispers of our victories have reached all corners of Westeros, they probably know to save their resources for the play-offs,” varr was second in command and knows their reputation alone makes enemies hesitate.

Varr has been touted as the main weapon of TFI, “our invincible aura gives us an advantage but don’t get complacent, we need this win to stay in first place in the regular season, we can’t falter at the last hurdle,” varr was being cautious he knew over confidence is a mind killer and with them being so close, keeping their aura of invincibility could win them matches in the future. “Our big boy varr will need some help if he’s trapped in a building, other than that keep in mind other teams are watching let’s not show them everything today,” DiEhArD was lazor focused, he would let nothing stop his march to another championship. Will TFI’s invincibility hold? Is the first crack already forming?  

On the other hand, IceMan7 had two options either play defensively and accept the loss or go all out but jeopardize their play-off matches in the future, “we won’t be spending all our resources here today, we will play smartly and prepare for what’s to come,” IceMan7 was playing it smart but wanted to show the kinks in the armor of the reigning champions. COU needs just one moment, one slip up to make Westeros question TFI’s invincibility.

Finally, both teams entered the battlefield and once again TFI outnumbered their opponents, “we have 23 more warriors on the battlefield, let’s make this painful for them,” DiEhArD knew of the importance of the Temple of the Mother in matches such as this, he planned to capture the Temple of the Mother and make their opponents bleed. The race began for both sides and it was the TFI racers who would be most please as they took both outposts and the Temple of the Mother, “ swap me into the Temple of the Mother as planned, as soon as the bubble drops on the Warrior, you know what to do, “ DiEhArD had seen this a million times, his team knew exactly what to do and he was going through the motions with them. On the other side COU was content with the situation,” they will be coming for the Temple of the Warrior, we should start our rallies on the Temple of the Mother while we still have a bubble on the Warrior, let’s see what we can do,” WuMin was second in command for COU and wasn’t expecting miracles but wanted to compare his team to what he perceived to be the best in the competition. As the rallies were sped in to the Temple of the Mother and bounced right off, the Temple of the Warrior was soloed and taken by the tried and trusted former leader of TFI Joel1101, “if we stay like this, I believe it’s already over, “Joel1101 could see the writing on the wall for COU but he has seen stranger things happen in his time. 

The rallies on the Temple of the Mother didn’t go as planned, “DiEhArD is too strong to kick out of the Mother, I suggest we rally someone weaker,” WuMin suggested they rally the Targaryen Outpost as it was the closest target. “Their rallies on the Targaryen Outpost are bouncing off, they are causing more damage to themselves than us, only one of their rally leaders is a problem,” varr could see only IceMan7 was causing a problem but he liked the way things were going especially while the ports were about to open momentarily.

The time had come for the ports to open,” racers we need the first capture points from the ports, even if we lose them afterwards, the more points we get, the better chance we have of staying in the top 10,” IceMan7 could see where the match was heading and started the process of slowing down. The race was on and a few moments later there were huge cheers from the COU camp as they won both races. “Fill both ports up, they will most likely solo them out but we will keep them for as long as possible,” IceMan7 couldn’t believe his luck but didn’t wish to give his side more hope than necessary. “I didn’t expect that, no problem, we will take them when the bubbles drop, we have seen this before and overcame worse,” Joel1101 the old wise head of TFI spoke up in a time of need. As predicted both ports were taken by TFI just before Casterly Rock became available. 

Losing both ports would be disastrous for most teams but COU and Iceman7 in particular didn’t seem deterred, “I need my racers to do it again, I will continue rallies on the Targaryen Outpost in the meantime,” IceMan7 continued with his plan to lose gracefully. The race for Casterly Rock had begun and as the dust settled it was TFI that won the race, “prepare for the swap, we will put the big boy in, varr are you ready?” A minute later, varr was swapped in flawlessly which spelled the end for Casterly Rock as a pressure point in the match. “Well at least he can’t solo us out of buildings anymore, “WuMin was resigned to defeat and tried to bring a chuckle to the faces of COU. Unless a miracle happens, this is TFI’s match but COU’s early port wins and disciplined retreat prove they’re no pushovers. 

With 25 minutes remaining, TFI wanted to get some of their strongest warriors out of buildings just before the mines opened. “We need to get DiEhArD and myself out of the temples, let’s try hard swaps on both,” Joel1101 suggested a plan which was difficult but nothing TFI hadn’t done before. A few minutes later, DiEhArD and Joel1101 were both hard swapped out of the temples uncontested, “looks like they have given up, they didn’t even attempt to take the buildings,” varr was content with how things were going but needed as many points as possible to remain in first place in the regular season. “They hard swapped both the temples, now they have DiEhArD and Joel1101 free to contest the mines,” WuMin knew the mines were the last chance for COU to obtain more points for their rankings and it became harder with those two available to solo the mines if they do happen to win the race. 

The time came for the mine races, “let’s give it one last shot, if we win one, fill it up as quickly as possible and let’s gain some points,” IceMan7 believed he achieved his goals, COU had already reached 20k points and that was the best they were going to get from the reigning champions. The final race of the match began and both sides would be happy with the result as COU won the Targaryen Mine race and TFI won the Lannister Mine race. “We will swap myself into the Lannister Mine and they won’t have the Targaryen Mine for long,” DiEhArD was waiting for the inevitable as he was swapped into the Lannister Mine flawlessly and a few seconds later the Targaryen Mine was soloed out and taken by TFI. “We didn’t have the mine for long but that’s the end of the match for us, we did what we could but TFI are just better and there’s no shame in admitting that,” IceMan7 gave his final message of the match, calling his team mates to stop healing or continue hitting TFI’s hive if they so wished. The rest of the match was solo attacks from both sides on each other’s hive but the points gap would only grow for TFI as they captured every building on the battlefield.

As the final minute ticked away TFI celebrated their first-place finish in the regular season, “another chance to show all of Westeros why we deserve to be champions again,” DiEhArD knew what he had achieved a flawless 6-0 season in a league with BAIZIMING and other threats. “I’m still waiting to face BAIZIMING again, I can’t believe he dodged us this round,” varr wanted a challenge and knew BAIZIMING was the main threat.

On the other side of the battlefield COU also were pleased with how the season ended, “we made the play-offs, lets see how far we can get,” IceMan7 believed he achieved the best possible outcome with the chess pieces he was given. “We won many races against the champions, we don’t have a problem in that area, we can build from that,” WuMin could see the bright side of things and things could only go up.

In Alliance Conquest there is one message you should take to heart, “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die." TFI isn’t planning on dying anytime soon.