Ozymandius Camorr, here with the play by play. Sergeant Major Alsa has graced us with her presense for the analysis. Alright everybody, it's now week eight of the ACBL season. Today we've got a match between Minotaur squad, at an incredible 6 and 1 and 1 record, against Hydra, at 5 and 3. Alsa, thoughts?

Well today is really going to be an intresting match. Not only will this be the first one where the instructors will not be helping the teams plan tactics, we've also got a special suprise. Now, onto calling it. Minotaur is the favorite but I'm going to say that Hydra has a good shot at this. Their heavy emphasis on medium range weaponry and flexibility, plus the factor of the team planning thrown in, I'd say that they can grab this. Minotaur drew the defence in this situation, full spin on the G's by the way, a luxery resort and an escort to protect and I think they really need to just hunker in and hold on. It'll be hard though, Hydra's got a whole lot of entry points. Minotaur will be playing with a new toy, from the lab of Andrew Winters, a vertigo inducing turret that bypasses armor. Since it's a nonleathal we aren't even going to tone down the power.

Oh, and Minotaur's setting up.

Looks like they're putting out, trying to keep Hydra off at the perimiter. Mistake?

Well, as I said, Hydra's got some accurate shooters out there, and the Minotaurs are spreading themselves thin to cover the whole surface. I think it's going to be a real learning experience tonight.

You're already calling it done? Hydra's not even here.

Most battle are determined before the first shot is even fired. Right now it's a contest to see how Minotaur loses. Remember, for all of our talk of records, scoring is based on enemies killed or wounded, players survived, and objectives completed. And now... yeah, Hydra's coming out.

For those of you watching at home, keep an eye on Hydra's number 5 and 4, the Brothers Grin. They don't always put out well statistically, but when a gamechanging kill is on the line, you can bet the Brothers are going to be there making it. Here we go, shoots fired. Hydra's number three, Julius B, is taking sniper fire from Minotaur's sniper, no. 11, Jason Griggs. And... we have the first kill of the match. Jadon Griggs is hit by a two four round bursts right to the faceplate from Hydra's number 2, Alison Oz, peeking out behind cover.

Case in point Ozy. With another Minotaur out there, Julius would be down, and Alison up behind cover. I'm going to have to talk to Leo about how he's been coaching these kids.

And so the battle rages on, but Hydra's two or three man teams punch into the resort and finish off the Minotaurs in detail. As the battlefield tightens directly around the hostage Minotaur begins to perform better, especially with the turrets aimed down the halls. Never the less, Hydra comes out of it with 9 players standing, 2 'wounded' and the escort, with all tangos down.