HIGH VOLTORBS
First of all... FOR THE VOLTIDDIES! YESBALLS!
This year wasn't just electrical for us, we shocked the WHOLE city of Torn, power surges all across town! (we even tripped Discord worldwide :p)
It was an amazing year for us, we started out calmly and quietly, finding a couple friends in the initial groupings to try and keep alive through the boring all v 1 script that keeps happening every year due to the same and similar people. We were on that first list initially is why we got sent down by 'stray hits' and had to play on the pushes. So this year we thought FUCK THAT WE GOT SOME YES BALLS - LETS USE THEM
So we did that and got into the final 6. When we learned of the promises made to everyone to be top 3 by Sticks and Apex we declared the game was finally open and we were not playing to their tunes, the table split: HV, RE, GD, LC v AP, SS, RS.
Loose Cannons gave an amazing last stand to help us cause damage to the 'machine' that we chose to now rage against! They were valiant, those cannons were not loose, they were fixed to the ground where they had their final stand.
After their unfortunate dismantling, the gold rush popped up back in their old camp again, now HV and Reptiles were in a 4v2 against 2 string pullers and allies. We absolutely electrified the ground with our Lizard brethren jumping on those pushes like LEGENDS, you guys can hang on to anything i swear xD
But the Scientists uncovered plans to sabotage their rockets for launch, upon learning of these plans being plotted by supposed allies, they decided that they too would not just sit and play the most scripted elims ever. Reptiles and Rockets jumping pushes with the Highest Volts of Zeus striking down on Sticks and Stones from above... GET SMITED... SMOTED? A whole 40+ ticks went by and Rockets were still launching all they had into it, like Cannons, they are to be extremely proud of their actions... they eventually had liftoff and we had to wave goodbye, knowing that it was because of them that Sticks and Apex were battered or bruised.
To make sure Rockets did not go down in vain, we doubled down on Sticks and Stones, we wanted to break their bones! So that we did! It took a little bit of fighting, they put up a fierce resistance but as goes, Lizards and Voltage were able to execute Stones on behalf of Rockets.
It became a 2v2: GD, AP v HV, RE
It was a struggle of a battle but we never lost hope, we had every belief in Reptiles to do it, our team chats were identical just teams apart, Voltorbs were seen chanting FOR THE VOLTIDDES, FOR THE CROCTIDDIES! I have never seen quite a strong merge of ideals and organisation in elims before, let alone one that was forged in the flames of pure warfare elims, our longest and most impressive allies, unfortunately this morning they took a turn and Apex managed to prevent us from dropping them low enough to strike lives from. I hope our Lizard allies are proud of what they achieved this year, we may not have take the top completely but we sure as fuck put on one hell of a show for everyone!
The Penultimate
High Voltage stood alone against one of the initial scriptwriters this year while Gold Dust sit pretty having cleverly played the fences all event long, how the finals go is unknown to us, but having dismantled what was intended results is a victory for LC, RS, RE and HV, aswell as the teams that got fucked by the boring scripted play in the first 6. Apologies that we couldn't break it wide open before then.
OPERATION ORCA
We heard that there was an agreement made for a 1v1 between GD and AP, to balance the tickets and go for it, we are aware that APEX would have run away with it and taken the win as they wanted all along, we may not be able to make 1st ourselves, but we definitely had the power to choose who did or didnt. Assisting GD in gaining the win was our last great big fuck you to 'the system'. DEUS VOLT
For High Voltage,
You have been the best team I've been a part of, last year was fun but this year with this team is one to remember, with great people at all levels.
Captains Natty_Boh, WhackedMaki and Trailblazer were absolutely critical to the success and enjoyment that Voltage had this year, and has been an absolute pleasure to work with.
Councilors wet_bra, -thefish-, Dexterity, Glandem and Pacca did an absolute honour and service to High Voltage behind the scenes, managing the internal machinations that make a team run well, (these are the real people that organise the members and don't get near enough credit for it, they do today!!!)
Push Captains and Helpers, you are the lifeblood and the lifeline of a team, you keep the players on the ground going, motivating and directing to shoot in the right directions, organising pushes pre pushes, every 15 minutes for over a week... i didnt get to see every push capt in play, but id love to shout out Onlyelmosaints and Auggie as some seriously impressive motivators... they could easily organise any rabble into an elite force ready to fight tooth and nail they're scary good xD
To all Voltage Members, you are the backbone of this amazing team, you have made it possible for all of the above to even be a thing, to go out of our way to stand tall for allies and ourselves, you are the real ones, you are the ones that broke those meters and turned the volts up all the way up to ERROR.
This is my favourite year of elims yet and i hope to see you all again next year! And as always:
DEUS VOLT, VENI VIDI VOLTI, HIGH VOLTORBS, FOR THE VOLTIDDIES, YESBALLS, ZAP ZAP