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Ch4zm at 02:19, 19 November 2025

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	Rather than let the pattern pass, or using its wake to build a stable defense, the Sneakers - aggressively living up to their [[Sine metu]] (without fear) motto - targeted the anomaly, firing at it with a glider from a cross-bow. Gilbert the Albatross was rapidly dismantled into spare cells to fuel a temporary rush, and Seattle won their match - but inadvertently killed the luck that made the breeze blow. Killing [[Gilbert the Albatross]] marked the Sneakers team with a curse, that whenever they would reach the precipice of a championship, the wind beneath their sails would mysteriously die, their patterns would stagnate, and they would slowly twist in the wind until the inevitable decay of their patterns.		Rather than let the pattern pass, or using its wake to build a stable defense, the Sneakers - aggressively living up to their [[Sine metu]] (without fear) motto - targeted the anomaly, firing at it with a glider from a cross-bow. Gilbert the Albatross was rapidly dismantled into spare cells to fuel a temporary rush, and Seattle won their match - but inadvertently killed the luck that made the breeze blow. Killing [[Gilbert the Albatross]] marked the Sneakers team with a curse, that whenever they would reach the precipice of a championship, the wind beneath their sails would mysteriously die, their patterns would stagnate, and they would slowly twist in the wind until the inevitable decay of their patterns.

	By the end of the [[Hellmouth Cup]], the Sneakers had lost both of the two [[Hellmouth Cup]] series they had reached, and had made several early exits from the postseason, despite high hopes and expectations. Their Cup loss to the {{CTeam\|ORL}} in [[Season 22]] led the team to do some soul-searching. It was then, in the aftermath of their second Cup loss, while reviewing footage of past matches in the film room, that they first came across the footage of [[Gilbert the Albatross]] being cut down, and ~~they reached~~ the ~~inevitable conclusion~~: they had been cursed by Gilbert.		By the end of the [[Hellmouth Cup]], the Sneakers had lost both of the two [[Hellmouth Cup]] series they had reached, and had made several early exits from the postseason, despite high hopes and expectations. Their Cup loss to the {{CTeam\|ORL}} in [[Season 22]] led the team to do some soul-searching. It was then, in the aftermath of their second Cup loss, while reviewing footage of past matches in the film room, that they first came across the footage of [[Gilbert the Albatross]] being cut down, and realized the source of their postseason woes: they had been cursed by Gilbert.

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	-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43997/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-text-of-1834 "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"]		-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43997/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-text-of-1834 "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"]
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	~~[[Season 1]] match~~

Ch4zm at 02:18, 19 November 2025

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	Rather than let the pattern pass, or using its wake to build a stable defense, the Sneakers - aggressively living up to their [[Sine metu]] (without fear) motto - targeted the anomaly, firing at it with a glider from a cross-bow. Gilbert the Albatross was rapidly dismantled into spare cells to fuel a temporary rush, and Seattle won their match - but inadvertently killed the luck that made the breeze blow. Killing [[Gilbert the Albatross]] marked the Sneakers team with a curse, that whenever they would reach the precipice of a championship, the wind beneath their sails would mysteriously die, their patterns would stagnate, and they would slowly twist in the wind until the inevitable decay of their patterns.		Rather than let the pattern pass, or using its wake to build a stable defense, the Sneakers - aggressively living up to their [[Sine metu]] (without fear) motto - targeted the anomaly, firing at it with a glider from a cross-bow. Gilbert the Albatross was rapidly dismantled into spare cells to fuel a temporary rush, and Seattle won their match - but inadvertently killed the luck that made the breeze blow. Killing [[Gilbert the Albatross]] marked the Sneakers team with a curse, that whenever they would reach the precipice of a championship, the wind beneath their sails would mysteriously die, their patterns would stagnate, and they would slowly twist in the wind until the inevitable decay of their patterns.

	By the end of the [[Hellmouth Cup]], the Sneakers had lost two [[Hellmouth Cup]] series, ~~in addition to~~ several early~~-round~~ exits from the postseason, ~~leaving them~~ searching in ~~vain for~~ their first ~~Cup win~~.		By the end of the [[Hellmouth Cup]], the Sneakers had lost both of the two [[Hellmouth Cup]] series they had reached, and had made several early exits from the postseason, despite high hopes and expectations. Their Cup loss to the {{CTeam\|ORL}} in [[Season 22]] led the team to do some soul-searching. It was then, in the aftermath of their second Cup loss, while reviewing footage of past matches in the film room, that they first came across the footage of [[Gilbert the Albatross]] being cut down, and they reached the inevitable conclusion: they had been cursed by Gilbert.

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			Instead of the cross, the Albatross<br />
			About my neck was hung.

			-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43997/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-text-of-1834 "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"]
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			[[Season 1]] match

Ch4zm at 02:09, 19 November 2025

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	Sometime during that match between the {{CTeam\|SS}} and the {{CTeam\|SDBA}}, the Sneakers were at a critical point in their formation, when a rare, benevolent pattern known as [[Gilbert the Albatross]] formed on the grid. It was a neutral, ~~distinct~~ oscillator, mathematically perfect, and a signal of a "good south wind" (strong momentum carrying a team to victory) in the simulator.		Sometime during that match between the {{CTeam\|SS}} and the {{CTeam\|SDBA}}, the Sneakers were at a critical point in their formation, when a rare, benevolent pattern known as [[Gilbert the Albatross]] formed on the grid. Gilbert was a neutral, distinctive oscillator rarely found in the wild: mathematically perfect, and a signal of a "good south wind" (strong momentum carrying a team to victory) in the simulator.

	Rather than let the pattern pass, or using its wake to build a stable defense, the Sneakers - aggressively living up to their [[Sine metu]] (without fear) motto - targeted the anomaly, firing at it with a glider from a cross-bow. Gilbert the Albatross was rapidly dismantled into spare cells to fuel a temporary rush, and Seattle won their match - but inadvertently killed the luck that made the breeze blow. Killing [[Gilbert the Albatross]] marked the Sneakers team with a curse, that whenever they would reach the precipice of a championship, the wind beneath their sails would mysteriously die, their patterns would stagnate, and they would slowly twist in the wind until the inevitable decay of their patterns.		Rather than let the pattern pass, or using its wake to build a stable defense, the Sneakers - aggressively living up to their [[Sine metu]] (without fear) motto - targeted the anomaly, firing at it with a glider from a cross-bow. Gilbert the Albatross was rapidly dismantled into spare cells to fuel a temporary rush, and Seattle won their match - but inadvertently killed the luck that made the breeze blow. Killing [[Gilbert the Albatross]] marked the Sneakers team with a curse, that whenever they would reach the precipice of a championship, the wind beneath their sails would mysteriously die, their patterns would stagnate, and they would slowly twist in the wind until the inevitable decay of their patterns.

	By the end of the [[Hellmouth Cup]], the Sneakers had lost two [[Hellmouth Cup]] series, in addition to several early-round exits from the postseason, leaving them searching in vain for their first Cup win.		By the end of the [[Hellmouth Cup]], the Sneakers had lost two [[Hellmouth Cup]] series, in addition to several early-round exits from the postseason, leaving them searching in vain for their first Cup win.

Ch4zm at 01:43, 19 November 2025

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	With my cross-bow / I shot the ALBATROSS.		'God save thee, ancient Mariner! <br />
			From the fiends, that plague thee thus! - <br />
			Why look'st thou so?' — With my cross-bow <br />
			I shot the ALBATROSS.

			-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43997/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-text-of-1834 "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"]
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On the very first day of Golly, in the very first game ever played by the {{CTeam|SS}} ({{Game|14d8af13-a6aa-4c50-895d-a098ee47f6f6}}), something happened that would come to haunt the Sneakers for the rest of their existence. And that was the shooting of [[Gilbert the Albatross]].

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Sometime during that match between the {{CTeam|SS}} and the {{CTeam|SDBA}}, the Sneakers were at a critical point in their formation, when a rare, benevolent pattern known as [[Gilbert the Albatross]] formed on the grid. It was a neutral, distinct oscillator, mathematically perfect, and a signal of a "good south wind" (strong momentum carrying a team to victory) in the simulator.

Rather than let the pattern pass, or using its wake to build a stable defense, the Sneakers - aggressively living up to their [[Sine metu]] (without fear) motto - targeted the anomaly, firing at it with a glider from a cross-bow. Gilbert the Albatross was rapidly dismantled into spare cells to fuel a temporary rush, and Seattle won their match - but inadvertently killed the luck that made the breeze blow. Killing [[Gilbert the Albatross]] marked the Sneakers team with a curse, that whenever they would reach the precipice of a championship, the wind beneath their sails would mysteriously die, their patterns would stagnate, and they would slowly twist in the wind until the inevitable decay of their patterns.

By the end of the [[Hellmouth Cup]], the Sneakers had lost two [[Hellmouth Cup]] series, in addition to several early-round exits from the postseason, leaving them searching in vain for their first Cup win.