The day started with an opening battle with Black Karma
defending the wall for the Tyrell against the Freeman
invasion. The Freeman invasion were too much for the
lone 30-man Black Karma team to hold out against and
the wall fell within a matter of 30 minutes. Once the
Freeman gained control of the wall, it was time for both
teams to gain control of their bases and other key areas
on the field. The Freemen were the first to gain control
of their base and move their insertion point closer to the
battle. The Tyrell had a little trouble in the form of the
502nd as they tried to gain control of their base, but finally
were able to eliminate the 502nd one player at a time.
As the day progressed, and the threat of rain went away,
the Freemen were able to control most of the field and
run their mission without much trouble. Slowly the Tyrell
were able to slowly gain some control of the field and
get some missions run throughout the day, but it was not
enough to pull ahead of the Freemen by dinner break.
The rumor going around during supper was that the
Freemen were ahead of the Tyrell by 800 points with the
night invasion and Sunday’s game still ahead.
There was good play during the day from both sides with
outstanding sportsmanship shown on both sides. One
funny situation during the day involved this reporter and
another player from the Bounty Hunters. As the Bounty
Hunters finished running a mission, the Freemen tank
and about 15 players came up the road to the tower that
the Bounty Hunters just finished the mission at. As the
remaining Bounty Hunters fanned out to avoid the tank,
one Bounty Hunter and I managed to get back in the
tower and posted at the top of the stairs. Both of us were
trying to remain very still and quiet as the tank pulled up
beside us and the Freemen players stood around the
tower. At that time, someone said that they should check
the building, but luckily no one took it upon themselves
to do it. Then the tank took off for parts unknown while
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