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The Golden Neep RPG (thegoldenneep) wrote in neeps,
@ 2018-03-01 00:26:00

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! ic/ooc, ! match - npc, ! match report, alasdair buchanan, anais bolduc, augustus pye, chidera okeke, dani miracle, jamie abercrombie, jason king, justin finch-fletchley, kal sharma, lennox campbell, maggie macdougal, monte cameron, percy weasley, rachael codnor

Falmouth Falcons (3-6-1) versus Kenmare Kestrels (6-3-0)
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Falmouth Falcons (3-6-1 0.300) versus Kenmare Kestrels (6-3-0 0.667)
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Play Started:2000-03-01 at Bodmin Moor
Snitch caught in : 21 hours, 12 minutes
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Falmouth Falcons : 250
Kenmare Kestrels : 1080
Congratulations, Kenmare Kestrels
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Team Notes: Falmouth Falcons
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Falcons Reserve Seeker Alfredo Jones substituting for Seeker Troy Mather
Falcons Reserve Keeper Victoria Cattermole substituting for Keeper Monte Cameron
Falcons Reserve Chaser Wyatt Wilkins substituting for Chaser Marcus Flint
Falcons Seeker Alfredo Jones warned for Grandstanding.
Falcons Chaser Dirk Pyrite warned for Curdling.
Falcons Beater Betty Wyatt warned for Tucking.
Falcons Chaser Wyatt Wilkins warned for Yapping.
Chaser Maurice Leyland took 136 shots, scoring 40 points, with a shot percentage of 2%
Chaser Dirk Pyrite took 88 shots, scoring 0 points, with a shot percentage of 0%
Chaser Wyatt Wilkins took 146 shots, scoring 60 points, with a shot percentage of 4%
Falcons Keeper Victoria Cattermole blocked 273 shots, allowing 1080 points, with a defending percentage of 71%.
Chaser Wyatt Wilkins was lightly injured during play.
Seeker Alfredo Jones caught the snitch for a loss.

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Team Notes: Kenmare Kestrels
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Kestrels Chaser Wiley "Kip" Wiggins warned for Persnicketing.
Chaser Siobhan Moran took 200 shots, scoring 610 points, with a shot percentage of 30%
Chaser Sakura O'Reilly took 176 shots, scoring 460 points, with a shot percentage of 26%
Chaser Wiley "Kip" Wiggins took 5 shots, scoring 10 points, with a shot percentage of 20% before being removed from play for medical reasons.
Kestrels Keeper Aiden Kelly blocked 360 shots, allowing 100 points, with a defending percentage of 97%.
Keeper Aiden Kelly was lightly injured during play.
Chaser Wiley "Kip" Wiggins was severely injured and at risk for missing future games.
Beater Connall Fitzpatrick was severely injured and at risk for missing future games.
Beater Laura Wakefield was lightly injured during play.

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	mmmcc 2018-03-01 01:28 pm UTC (link)
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The Real Birds of Prey

neeples
2018-03-01 02:15 pm UTC (link)

The Kenmare Kestrels were early adopters of the pink, and the team that consistently flashed the most of it. They all wear some measure of it in matches, uncoordinated bits and pieces in support of their Captain. A picture to the Quibbler even showed what the team wears under those robes, bright pink sports shirts (thank Kip).

But when they fly out today they look different. Gone is the mishmash of random individual bits of pink, today they're uniform, coordinated, and with a new serious demeanor. Each player sports a pink rosette over their heart, and neon pink gloves. The only one that stands out today is Lynch who has added bright pink goggles to the mix. The Kestrels have flown out today as a united pink wall for the Falcons to crash up against. And boy do they crash..and burn.

This is the Kenmare Kestrels at their finest. They're coordinated and play with their signature smooth confidence, and don't give the Falcons an inch. Wiggins draws first blood, and for that the Falcons manage to knock him clean off his broom. But it only makes the Kestrels buckle down and get more determined. Their beaters come swinging back with the pass lane interference they're known for, and suddenly the points start racking up with no signs of stopping or slowing down.

It's a harsh and constant beating at the hoops from here on out, nothing the Falcons do stops or slows them down. Even when their beaters try to take out the opposing beaters and manage to hit Fitzpatrick hard enough he has to be taken out for about 6 hours of play (and is then put back in for the end because he insists). Nothing helps.

Kelly is a wall they can't get past, and the Falcon chasers don't manage to build any momentum in the 21 hours. They're cut off at every turn and their more aggressive but less precise beaters can't do much about it. It's a one sided beating through and through without a chance for a breath.

When the snitch makes its first appearance, Lynch chases down the young reserve seeker and it becomes very clear that despite his team being well up right now, they will not be letting the Falcons take the quick out. This is going to be a slow drawn out but absolute defeat, and the Kestrels will be ending it on their terms or it doesn't end at all.

And it nearly doesn't.

After two brief appearances and the 4th hour, the snitch seems to utterly disappear. What's more is that the Kestrels captain begins spending most of those 21h making up for the lack of chaser and the hours Fitzpatrick is out (he comes back in after more than enough time). He's weaving between chaser sets, drawing bludger fire, getting right where the Falcons want him least and drawing their attention and ire. Any time it looks like they might be building up a little positive momentum, this kestrel comes swooping in to nip it in the bud.

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After 21 grueling hours, finally the snitch appears again as a little ray of hope for the Falcons to get out of this nightmare. Aidan chases it down, flying well ahead of the Falcons reserve seeker with experienced ease. But when he catches up to the snitch, he doesn't reach a hand out for it. Instead he flies alongside the little ball, as he seems to wait for Jones to finally catch up. At last minute Aidan comes to an abrupt halt midair, letting the beleaguered reserve shoot up ahead to make that final grab while Lynch sits on his broom and deliberately waits. In a last act of mercy, the Falcons are given the dignity of closing it and doing something about the dismal 1080-100 point difference on the board. There's no need for that final twist of the knife, it's been clearly shown who set the pace and terms here.

And there was only one bird of prey playing today.

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Post-Match

neeples
2018-03-01 02:47 pm UTC (link)

As the exhausted Kestrels land they're all proud grins. Even Kip, who had the time to head to Mungo's get checked out and treated, and arrive back to watch the last hours, is there to pile onto the group hug. They're all emotional in that moment, and though their Captain is the muggleborn, many have a muggle parent or grandparent or are heavily connected to muggleborns through friends or marriage. The trigger behind the Cameron vs. Flint fight is no secret in the Kestrels locker room and it became the fuel for their performance today.

Tired as they are, they're bonafide pros, and gamely take on the press after.

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"Lynch! Why did you give Jones the snitch?"

"Because there was no doubt today who was the better team. We outplayed them on every front, and in every way.

I wanted it to end on our terms, but there's no honour in an over 1000 point win. They can have the snitch and the dignity of bowing out. We made our statement, we showed who the superior team was, and we weren't distracted doing it either."

"But your stats-"

"-This is a team sport, it's not about individual glories. I think we showed that out there. When someone takes out one of you, the rest will bind together and step up to meet the challenge. I don't have anything to prove with my numbers, but I do have things to prove with my actions. That's what today was about."

"The pink isn't new for the Kestrels but today your team looked different, can you talk about that?"

"I said before the match that we'll be looking to make a statement, and we did.

Every single person with muggle heritage, whether muggleborn or halfblood or with muggle grandparents, has been persecuted for it. Before the war we've been picked on, harrassed, beaten. And during the war so much worse.

The war is over, but the struggle is not. What's changed is that we as wizards and witches of any blood, shouldn't stand for it. And we wanted to show today that not only shouldn't we stand for it, that we won't. Gone are those days where there are no real consequences or pushback. Muggleborns are here to support each other, yes, but you're not alone in the wizarding world. You have people behind you. [Lynch indicates his team in the pink rosettes and gloves.] Uplift is about that support.

So this match is for everyone who's been persecuted for their blood, family, or standing up for what's right, good, and decent. Thank you for keeping going. You're not alone anymore, we've got your back. Things are changing for the better."

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