Well we have a surprise for you all this evening (for those who didn't notice it on the Calendar)...

Tonight at 9:30pm Eastern we'll be holding another NGA BOMB - ScoreFest 2!  It's the same game from last time (the closest thing we have to Halo 4 Grifball in Reach), but this time with teams of 4, and the health packs have been removed - both suggestions from those of you who played last time around.  Signups close 10 minutes before we play at 9:20pm Eastern.  

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Also, this Thursday at 9pm we'll finally be playing the postponed BOMB from last week - GrifPile Extreme.  For those of you who will not be able to attend, you should click on the Signup link and remove yourself from the list.  For those who would like to attend, you should sign up and we'll do the best we can to fit you in!

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Congratulations go out to Do the Sandusky Shuffle, captained by Rage More Nerd with teammates NOPLEX and Priest XYZ for winning last weekend's NGA ScoreFest after beating runners up The Dylanimals (Godlxss, A Winter Moose, Glockshine, MEGATRIXX and PAPA x VIPER) twice!

Reactions to the event, which was based off a new variant of Grifball we've named ScoreFest, were mostly positive. A few people had some great suggestions which we will try to work in for ScoreFest 2 (expect to see this in a few months). The idea here was to plant as many bombs as possible in a single, 15-minute round of Grifball. Next time we'll remove the health packs and have ties handled by a 5-minute Overtime game, to try and change things up a bit.

In the winners bracket, most teams had a close battle in the first round, while in the second round, every game was a big-margin victory. The third round was more balanced with Clutch Betrayal going 13-7 over White teen booty shake compilation #1, while Do the Sandusky Shuffle narrowly defeated Three Guys One Ball 3-2, then overtaking Clutch Betrayal 10-6 as well.

Meanwhile, over in the losers bracket, the first round was mostly forfeit games, while the second, third and fourth rounds narrowed things down to A Righteous Kill and The Dylanimals, where Dylanimals won 4-0 only to face Clutch Betrayal and beat them in a 20-2 game. This took them to their final match where they lost the championship in a very close 9-8 battle to Do the Sandusky Shuffle after putting up a last-minute push to come back, nearly forcing a third game.

Other notable teams include Clutch Betrayal (3rd place), A Righteous Kill (4th place), and Three Guys One Ball and White teen booty shake compilation #1 who tied for 5th place. Top tanks included shadowrain44 (Tig Ol' Bitties, 1.35 K/D), l0 Dolla Bagel (Iron Fox, 1.28 K/D), Glockshine (The Dylanimals, 1.22 K/D), DYNAMIC JAZZ (A Righteous Kill, 1.22 K/D) and A Winter Moose (The Dylanimals, 1.22 K/D). Among the top bomb carriers were Glockshine (The Dylanimals, 50 points), Godlxss (The Dylanimals, 49 points), KID TONGA 1 (A Righteous Kill, 40 points), Crusader0102 (Three Guys One Ball, 25 points) and Priest XYZ (Do the Sandusky Shuffle, 23 points).

Other notable stats: l0 Dolla Bagel pulled off the NGA's first Killing Frenzy-Dreamcrusher, and there were a total of 420 bomb plants (amounting to 700 explosion deaths). There were 15 teams, 58 players, 25 games played plus 3 tie-breaker games and a total of over 34 hours of playtime - leading to a total of almost 7,000 kills. Last but not least, A Winter Moose had the highest multikill - a single Killamanjaro.

All players have a shiny new award for participating in the ScoreFest, which can be found both on grifball.net and at HaloUnity. Finally, thanks again to our stellar cartographers, Master Sundown and Rage More Nerd for the great looking court and now-iconic mechanics of the ball falling out of the sky. This event couldn't have happened without you guys!

Our next event is scheduled to be NGA GrifPile on Thursday, August 2nd at 9pm Eastern (signups open a day earlier) - hope to see you there!

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