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Here are videos of all the games played by team Shockerowners at the 2005 International Amateur Open. Camera work was done by Dennis Buchanan and Matt Hurley, with a little bit of editing by Ydna.
No video of game 1 due to technical difficulties.
All games that Shockerowners won are marked with an asterisk (*).

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Game 1 - Shockerowners vs. Air powered
Russ with the flagpull early on, but all were eventually eliminated. Sorry, no video.

Game 2 - Shockerowners vs. BrassEagle.org
Adam with the pull and hang. Nobody elminated. Game lasted approximately three minutes.

Game 3 - Shockerowners vs. Palmers Oweners Brass*
Aggressive game featuring Greg the Renter taking the left tape with cover from Chris and Adam, eliminating at least two people. Chris gets eliminated but Adam takes the pull and the hang.

Game 4 - Shockerowners vs. Rainmaker Owners*
Team plays defense this game, but it pays off in the end. Dave provides excellent back player support even admist some Vision problems early on. Greg goes against one of the Rainmaker guys throughout the whole game and ends up being eliminated, but Chris take his position at the dorito and avenges Greg's hit. Russ takes the snake and covers Chris as he pulls and hangs the flag with seconds to spare.

Game 5 - Shockerowners vs. Tippmann Owners
Adam gets eliminated early on. Greg and Chris on the opposite tape lines are gradually eliminated as well, which leave Dave and Russ all alone in the back. Tippmann closes in and takes the pull as well as the last two eliminations, but time runs out on them.

Game 6 - Shockerowners vs. AKA owners*
Dave's hopper goes down early in the game but he stays in to call out movements from the back. Chris runs up and takes the flagpull but is hit immeditely afterwards. The game comes to an end when Greg makes a furious run-through up the right tape and eliminates both remaining AKA players with a single swipe of his gun, assisted by Mike from behind laying down a devastating 17-bps in cover fire (check that out in Goldwave if you don't believe it). Adam hangs the flag.

Game 7 - Shockerowners vs. Automags.org*
Greg is hit off the break, but the ball bounced and left him in the game. Dave is longballed leaving Russ all alone on the left stand-up. Greg runs up to trade snap-shooting skills with an AO player but ends up getting gogged. Mike and an AO backplayer trade ropes for a while, but they are eventually pulled as a one-for-one elimination. Russ is left on the field all alone and takes the flagpull and hang for the win.

Game 8 - Shockerowners vs. Matrix owners
Dave's hopper goes down yet again, but he menages to get it back up and working before half the game is over. Greg makes a move for the large dorito but can't get a shot on anybody, and is soon eliminated. After Dave gets hit Russ makes a run for the flag but it shot en route, leaving only Chris on the left tape. A Matrix player runs up while he has his back turned and hits him right in the mouthguard of his mask. Matrix takes the pull and hang for the win.

Game 9 - Shockerowners vs. Palmers Owners Nickel*
In this quick game the team makes their way up and plants their positions. Russ, Adam, and Greg take on the Palmers guys directly and eventually have them all eliminated. Adam yanks the flag and hangs it.

Game 10 - Shockerowners vs. AFTICA*
Early on a player makes an attempted run-through past Greg and Chris on the left tape (opposite side of the field as the cameraman) but Dave is able to take him down before he does any damage (spectators can be heard around 16 seconds into the game). Greg and Adam make their way up and take some eliminations with them. Russ runs for the snake but by the time he gets there the game is over.

Team Shockerowners finished first place in the preliminaries, with 770 points total. Next highest was AKA owners, then team Automags.org.

Finals Game 1 - Shockerowners vs. Matrix owners*
SO takes their revenge on Matrix owners during this rematch. Greg takes the 40 dorito right off the break and is assisted by Dave and Adam. Game ends in under a minute.

Finals Game 2 - Shockerowners vs. Air Powered
Greg once again takes the 40 dorito, but this time is summarily hit and eliminated. Chris runs over to take up the lost position but is also hit by the same player. Adam and Russ get surrounded leaving only Dave, who gets hit in the pack. Air powered takes the win once again.

Finals Game 3 - Shockerowners vs. Automags.org
The team decides to switch up the gameplan in this last game. A win would mean advancement; loss means elimination. Off the break Greg and Russ tke the tape bunkers but the AO guys assume counter positions and have everybody pinned down pretty hard. Adam gets eliminated first and leaves a clear gap, but Mike has it covered from the back stand-up. Chris takes the snake and stays hidden for a while, but in the meantime an AO player sneaks up past the 50 and pulls the flag, but is nailed by Mike. Russ gets out leaving a more wide gap than before, so once Mike is hit the remaining players in the snake are cornered and eliminated.

With just over one hundred points, the team doesn't have enough to make it through the first best-of-three round of eliminations, and placed fifth over all. Not bad for a bunch of internet guys that have never played before!

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