Against ALL Authorities vs Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate

Qualifying Round 1 - Saturday 5th September - 15:00

Against ALL Authorities Wins First Qualifying Round of AT7

Reported by: Najax Lergazin

In the first match of qualifying, Against ALL Authorities (.-A-.) achieved a clear victory over the Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate (I.A.C.).



Against ALL Authorities fleeted an ECM setup and brought into the fight the first Tech3 cruiser to ever hit the tournament. Interstellar Alcohol Conlgomerate, relied on a more traditional heavy DPS setup.

Despite having lost Sensei Mefistoff and Hachou's ships as a penalty for a boundary violation, as well as a penalty imposed on SummerDryad for moving his ship prior to the start, I.A.C's team managed to survive for a respectable nine minutes.

"The idea was to just overDPS (the) enemy while staying out of its range," explained Hachou of I.A.C., who also admitted that Against ALL Authorities' setup worked extremely well against them: "If i tried to get out of ECM range i got damped, otherwise jammed."

TribalBleb of Against ALL Authorities, felt that the match "would have been a much more interesting fight without those losses," although he believes the result would have likely been the same.

TribalBleb was also the capsuleer who brought the first Proteus to the alliance tournament. He explained his choice using: "T3 cruisers are nice ships, albeit expensive... in tourney fights, if you lose expensive ships, it's just extra respect."