TOFSG had just woken up. amr were getting ready for their afternoon naps. Unfortunately for both, there was a match to play...

The knife round began with Grounded issuing the command for his team to get on top of the APC outside CT spawn. 2 minutes later he realised this was a stupid idea and got down, although it took him some time to convince the rest of his team to do the same. A melee ensued (Grounded died first, of course) with a 5hp Alkali emerging as the victor. amr elected to switch to T and attempt to defend some hossies. For the first rounds, they failed miserably, being annihilated in sub 30 second rounds no matter which strategic option an increasingly desperate amr team captain threw out. Some vicious camping at the rescue point salvaged a few rounds, amr going into the break 7-5 down.

As CT things started almost equally badly. Their rushes meeting with stiff resistance, amr fell back on the tried and tested tactic of hanging around the office room, hoping to bore their opponents into submission. Gradually they sneaked back a few rounds to go into the lead. At 6-3 up and with a 1on1 situation to at least tie, masti locked up and was easily finished off by a P90-wielding Porter. amr desperately called a time out to wait for their absent team mate, which TOFSG graciously agreed to. Once masti and returned, the game was restarted only for everyone to realise that the money had been reset to 800! Queue time out number 2 while the two teams tried to decide how to proceed. Eventually it was agreed to restart with both teams on 3000. Amidst muttered complaints that they couldnt buy colts, amr plodded up to their favourite office room once more and eeked out the equalising round to ensure at least a tie. At this point, team captain Grounded got a little carried away that his team would actually have a point on the board but there was still a round remaining and the unfamiliar prospect of actually winning.

What followed next remains a blur - a few minutes later amr emerged having somehow clinched the final round. amr."first dead"grounded played little part, of course, but that didn't stop him blacking out with excitement afterwards.

A jolly good caper all round, including some fine heroical hostage rescuing as well as cringeworthy abject cowardice.