(S9) - PT 3 - Past Events

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As much as it pains me to write about this, I'll be writing about the S7 Ultimus win by the Philadelphia Liberty. Everyone else is going to write about the mass retirements, the Nobles, or the Ers, but the one that hurts the most is the Liberty defying logic, reson, and the sim gods to win the Ultimus. It started with my team, the Yellowknife Wraiths, having the best record in the history of the league at 13-1 and finally securing home field advantage for the first time in team history. Every year, the Outlaws or the Otters always had home field and every year, the home team won. It was well known that in the playoffs, no road team has ever won a game. So what did the Liberty do? They came to the 13-1 Yellowknife Wraiths and beat them on their own field. It wasn't even really that close of a game. But in the Wraiths locker room, we were all thinking, "Well, we just handed OCO another trophy". This was indeed the first road playoff win in league history. So it was bound to happen in the Conference Championship game, but it would never happen in the Ultimus. Two road wins in a row? No way. Well as you can se by me writing about this, it happened, and not to be rude about it, but possibly the least talented team to make the playoffs won the Ultimus that year defeating both the 13-1 juggernaut Wraiths team and the three-peat Orange County Otters. Asipi Curse is forever.

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