Here in the AGLA we’ve been swinging hammers and exploding bombs for quite a while, and so we’ve got a bit of history. Here I’ll be trying to collect the winning teams and rosters. Thanks to sp0ny for the idea to put this stuff here, and to Goosechecka for organizing a thread to collect most of this information. If you’ve got anything to add, leave a comment at the bottom of the page.
The initial idea for Grifball came about when we were making the Red vs Blue D.I.Y. video for the map pack release. There was an extended version of the script that had Donut and Grif making Forge creations on Foundry to go along with Simmons’ rail gun invention. Grif’s invention was going to be the laziest game type possible, where you basically walk into the middle of the room, pick up a flag and plant it two feet away. That scene really wasn’t that funny after the flying dumpster gag, so it was cut, but I had already made the game type. I started messing around with it while we were uploading the video.
After playing it a couple of times, it basically turned into a ten second race to the middle of the room, but something seemed fun about the frantic, simple nature of it, so I changed it to Assault, gave each team a goal and started everyone with melee weapons. After that, it was more like a hockey rink, and the original rush to the middle was now just the faceoff to start the rest of the action.
We’ve modified lots of variants. For instance, we tried shotguns at one point, but it did not have the same feel. Most of the focus went into the ball carrier and his attributes. He’s essentially the only unique player in the match, so it’s great that the Assault game type lets you set the carrier’s properties separately from everyone else. We have also tried various maps modifications with items like stairs and rolling wire spools, but we always come back to the classic court.
Pre-WL08 Tournament Champions – SG1
Roster: Kroze, Dix, Godzilla, Paladin, Aperture
Links: Respect Your Roots
WL 08: Champions – Cannonball
Roster: Bebop Gastelum, dropg, ii flowers ii, JOEPRO v2, OboeCrazy, orcishmiscreant, TTL Quikthnkr (JustJwl honorable mention_
Links: Respect Your Roots, CannonBall!
SL08: Champions – Grunts of Fury
Roster: El Driver, Blade Binion, Shadow S16, Youngnastyman79, FunkySteam, protoplayer36, x0 pie x0
Links: Respect Your Roots
SML08: Champions – Shut Your Lips and Learn
Roster: El Driver, Magormorphengerwtflolbbq?, Shadow S16, x0 pie x0,l Flowers l,x Zeg x, Sgt. Nathan West
Links: Respect Your Roots
WL09: Champions – Gaming So Hard
Roster: NKOTb4evah, iWrestle8, Twizzted Status, Love Thumee, Doc Status, PhD Spaz?
Links: Respect Your Roots
SL09: Champions – Strictly Business
Roster: Shadow S16, x0 pie x0, l Flowers l, Super Status
Links: Respect Your Roots, Grifballhub Article
SML09: Champions – Power Outage
Roster: TurbanEspy, TheCokester, Jlamanna91, Proj3ctSnake, The Corn Ninja, Sean Cohen
Links: Grifball hub interview, YouTube channel, Respect Your Roots
FL09: Champions – C.U.N.T.
Roster: x Zeg x, x0 pie x0, lol Ninj0
Links: Respect Your Roots
WL10: Champions – <3
Roster: Taylor Cann, T Rich Da King, D Hans, l MajorSilva l, Doc Status, Love Thumee, Lost Status, Crowing?
Links: Respect Your Roots
SL10: Champions – Dat Orange Kush
Roster: I Major Silva I, MenztrualCramps, Twizzted Status, T Rich Da King, YoungNastyMan79, McCrowing
Links: Highlight reel
SML10: Champions – Cool Kids Club
Roster: AllegedHornet, x0 pie x0, Taylor Cann, Love Thumee, Doc Status, Veritas
WL11: Champions – Cabs Are Here
Roster: halfbreed105, OverweightTank, Fanciest Pants, Yo DrGreenthumb, CJ Plaunsters, skipper iz here, PacFRITZERman
Links: Bracket
SL11: Champions – Way to Fail
Roster: PriestXYZ, v Determined v, ID I2 IA G O N, DlGITAL PAIN
SML11: Champions – <3
Roster: Love Thumee, T RICH Da King, Shadow S16, Doc Status, The Silvaa, SMD in SPANISH, iWrestle8
WL12: Champions – Lake Greats
Roster: Yo DrGreenthumb, blue collar kid, T RICH Da King, halfbreed105, Fanciest Pants, YEAG3R, OVERweightGOAT, and Hi im Pacman
Links: Article
SL12: Champions – T Rich and Rockman Go Back To High School
Roster: Major Silva, Shadow S16, Rockys12, T Rich Da King, and v Determined v.
Links: Article
SML12: Champions – Easy as Pie
Roster: Major SiIva, x0 pie x0, IVI 0 0 S, Rockys12, Shadow S16, T Rich Da King, Taylor Cann, and Tad Neptune
Links: Article
SML08: Champions – The Rain Makers
Roster: TRM Doc, TRM Jayhawk, KiLla Iz PrO 13, iheartMETHADONE
Links: Respect Your Roots, Team Page
WL09: Champions – Put It On The Pad
Roster: Tad Neptune (Silver Bullet), HighlndHellrazr, donnieredboy, guthouse, Mr Loots
Links: Respect Your Roots, Game, Another game
SL09: Champions – Galloping Seagulls
Roster: Dr. Waffels, El Diablo 230, Major Silva, Doer Stopper, Amerijap
SML09: Champions – Zero Logic
Roster: NHALING2XHALE, JudasFEKE II, MSSR Martin, Otakusamurai2, Final Keyblade, Bojangles9000, and blue collar kid
Links: Respect Your Roots, GrifballHub Interview
FL09: Champions – Yup Guppies
Roster: Pacman, II BlueZebra II, Dinglefritzer, iStrafety, and Delta Force (?)
Links: Respect Your Roots
WL10: Champions – Apocalypse Ponies
Roster: blue collar kid, ManbearpigX2, HoboSaaz, Nolan Black, DSR Pie, Oh Booster Seat
Links: Respect Your Roots
SL10: Champions – Trippin Ballz
Roster: I DIM3 I, St8 Metal, bred4war, TJP11
Links: GrifballHub Interview, Video salute
SML10: Champions – Relentless
Roster: oDime, V IE R I T A S, Overweighttank, JAW5H OF D00M, TJP11
Links: Waypoint Team of the Month
WL11: Champions – DownStait
Roster: Hoya16, BigG1790, NoFun4You888, Matrixmonkey17, paul dobly, xIShepardIx, LoydTheVoid
Links: Bracket
SL11: Champions – Red Ray
Roster: Avaianche812, Momstaco81, Papa Cap X, JKPgamer, Sp0nY
Let me know in the comments if there’s another aspect of the league you think we should keep track of as league history…prior administrations? rushes? best/worst forum threads?[/wptabcontent]
The Respect Your Roots article might be useful in this project.
Yep, they’re definitely good. I’ve included links to those articles for the seasons that have them so far and will update as more are published. I haven’t had a chance to go through them all and fill in gaps in rosters or anything like that yet, but maybe that’ll happen someday.
The roster for galloping seagulls looked something like this:
Dr. Waffels (captain)
El Diablo 230 (his brother)
Major Silva
Doer Stopper
Amerijap(bench)
You forgot Nokyard on SL 11