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Ch4zm: /* The Grape Wall of Alewife Stands Firm */

2025-07-26T21:12:34Z

The Grape Wall of Alewife Stands Firm

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			===Burnt At Both Ends===

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	==Alewife in the Hellmouth II Cup==		==Alewife in the Hellmouth II Cup==

Ch4zm: /* The Grape Wall of Alewife Stands Firm */

2025-07-26T20:59:27Z

The Grape Wall of Alewife Stands Firm

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			{{GrapeChewsChokeArtistsHellmouthIIFragment}}

	==Alewife in the Hellmouth II Cup==		==Alewife in the Hellmouth II Cup==

Ch4zm: /* The Unbearable Lightness of Albuquerque */

2025-07-26T20:37:07Z

The Unbearable Lightness of Albuquerque

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			===The Shadow of Elko Descends Again===

			{{HellmouthIIShadowDescendsAgainFragment}}

			===The Grape Wall of Alewife Stands Firm===

			{{HellmouthIIGrapeWallOfAlewifeFragment}}

	==Alewife in the Hellmouth II Cup==		==Alewife in the Hellmouth II Cup==

Ch4zm: /* The Unbearable Lightness of Albuquerque */

2025-07-26T20:08:34Z

The Unbearable Lightness of Albuquerque

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			===The Shadow of Elko===

			{{HellmouthIIShadowOfElkoFragment}}

	===The Unbearable Lightness of Albuquerque===		===The Unbearable Lightness of Albuquerque===

Ch4zm: /* Hellmouth II Cup */

2025-07-26T20:00:12Z

Hellmouth II Cup

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	==History==		==History==

	~~==Alewife in the Hellmouth II Cup==~~

	===The Pothole Rodeo===		===The Pothole Rodeo===
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	===The Unbearable Lightness of Albuquerque===		===The Unbearable Lightness of Albuquerque===

	~~Fate had a hand in bringing together the~~ {{~~CTeam\|AA~~}} and {{CTeam\|ABQ}} in their first-ever Cup series faceoff in [[Hellmouth II/Season 15]]. Both teams were each facing off against one of the notorious [[Choke Artists]] (the Arsonists faced the {{CTeam\|DET}} while the Punks faced the {{CTeam\|BPT}}), and the resulting [[Double Choke]] sent the Arsonists and Solarpunks to the final [[Hellmouth II Cup]] series.		{{HellmouthIIUnbearableLightnessOfABQFragment}}

	~~The Arsonists' loss to the Punks~~ in the final Cup series was a spiritual battle, and a dark night of the soul for Alewife. The Punks brought an "Unbearable Lightness" - a clean, optimistic energy - that clashed with the diesel fumes and multi-level power structure of the Arsonists. The mysterious [[Brake Master Cylinder]] described the difficulties against the Solarpunks as "trying to set fire to the sun." The [[Hellmouth II Cup]] series loss was particularly galling because it showed that the Arsonists were potentially vulnerable to the strengths of another Cold League team (they had already struggled in vain against the {{CTeam\|EA}}; the {{CTeam\|ABQ}} represented a new, novel threat from the Cold League.)		==Alewife in the Hellmouth II Cup==

	===Performance Chart===		===Performance Chart===

Ch4zm: /* Alewife in the Hellmouth II Cup */

2025-07-26T19:53:12Z

Alewife in the Hellmouth II Cup

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	===The Pothole Rodeo===		===The Pothole Rodeo===

	~~The [[Hellmouth II/Season 1]] League Division Series pitted the~~ {{CTeam\|AA}} against the {{CTeam\|SFBS}}, and the wild 5-game series was a chaotic, messy, bone-jarring ride like hitting a series of massive potholes at high speed. The lurching, violent swings in momentum felt less like strategy or deliberate formations, and more like trying to hang on for dear life on a frenzied course down a neglected city street.		{{HellmouthIIPotholeRodeoFragment}}

	The final pothole of Game 5 caused the ultimate breakdown for the Arsonists, with the Boat Shoes deftly stealing a win from the Arsonists in the final generations, causing the ultimate breakdown for the Arsonists, and an eventful end to their season. Fans took to calling it the [[Pothole Rodeo]] for the jarring twists and turns the series took.

	~~{{HellmouthIISeason1Post_HotLDS~~}}

	===The Pothole Rodeo Redux===		===The Pothole Rodeo Redux===

	~~The [[Hellmouth II/Season 9]] League Championship Series saw a rematch of the first [[Pothole Rodeo]] between the~~ {{CTeam\|AA}} and the {{CTeam\|SFBS}}, and the 7-game series only provided more room for the chaotic, messy, bone-jarring ride to continue to play out. The two teams battled and bruised each other like a driver going in circles in a pothole-filled loop with no offramp. The two teams bashed each other half to death while continuing to try to hang on for dear life.		{{HellmouthIIPotholeRodeoReduxFragment}}

	~~In a heartbreaking repeat of the first [[Pothole Rodeo]], the [[Pothole Rodeo Redux]] saw the Boat Shoes prevail in an epic winner-take-all Game 7.~~

	~~{{HellmouthIISeason9Post_HotLCS~~}}

	===The Unbearable Lightness of Albuquerque===		===The Unbearable Lightness of Albuquerque===

Ch4zm: /* Hellmouth II Cup */

2025-07-26T19:50:19Z

Hellmouth II Cup

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	==Alewife in the Hellmouth II Cup==		==Alewife in the Hellmouth II Cup==

			===The Pothole Rodeo===

			The [[Hellmouth II/Season 1]] League Division Series pitted the {{CTeam\|AA}} against the {{CTeam\|SFBS}}, and the wild 5-game series was a chaotic, messy, bone-jarring ride like hitting a series of massive potholes at high speed. The lurching, violent swings in momentum felt less like strategy or deliberate formations, and more like trying to hang on for dear life on a frenzied course down a neglected city street.

			The final pothole of Game 5 caused the ultimate breakdown for the Arsonists, with the Boat Shoes deftly stealing a win from the Arsonists in the final generations, causing the ultimate breakdown for the Arsonists, and an eventful end to their season. Fans took to calling it the [[Pothole Rodeo]] for the jarring twists and turns the series took.

			{{HellmouthIISeason1Post_HotLDS}}

			===The Pothole Rodeo Redux===

			The [[Hellmouth II/Season 9]] League Championship Series saw a rematch of the first [[Pothole Rodeo]] between the {{CTeam\|AA}} and the {{CTeam\|SFBS}}, and the 7-game series only provided more room for the chaotic, messy, bone-jarring ride to continue to play out. The two teams battled and bruised each other like a driver going in circles in a pothole-filled loop with no offramp. The two teams bashed each other half to death while continuing to try to hang on for dear life.

			In a heartbreaking repeat of the first [[Pothole Rodeo]], the [[Pothole Rodeo Redux]] saw the Boat Shoes prevail in an epic winner-take-all Game 7.

			{{HellmouthIISeason9Post_HotLCS}}

			===The Unbearable Lightness of Albuquerque===

			Fate had a hand in bringing together the {{CTeam\|AA}} and {{CTeam\|ABQ}} in their first-ever Cup series faceoff in [[Hellmouth II/Season 15]]. Both teams were each facing off against one of the notorious [[Choke Artists]] (the Arsonists faced the {{CTeam\|DET}} while the Punks faced the {{CTeam\|BPT}}), and the resulting [[Double Choke]] sent the Arsonists and Solarpunks to the final [[Hellmouth II Cup]] series.

			The Arsonists' loss to the Punks in the final Cup series was a spiritual battle, and a dark night of the soul for Alewife. The Punks brought an "Unbearable Lightness" - a clean, optimistic energy - that clashed with the diesel fumes and multi-level power structure of the Arsonists. The mysterious [[Brake Master Cylinder]] described the difficulties against the Solarpunks as "trying to set fire to the sun." The [[Hellmouth II Cup]] series loss was particularly galling because it showed that the Arsonists were potentially vulnerable to the strengths of another Cold League team (they had already struggled in vain against the {{CTeam\|EA}}; the {{CTeam\|ABQ}} represented a new, novel threat from the Cold League.)

	===Performance Chart===		===Performance Chart===

Ch4zm: /* Klein Cup */

2025-07-26T19:30:34Z

Klein Cup

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	===The Empty Tank===		===The Empty Tank===

	~~After a magnificent [[Klein/Season 14]] regular season run and a guaranteed spot in the postseason, the~~ {{~~CTeam\|AA~~}} notched several critical moral victories. First, they swept the {{CTeam\|VV}} in the Division Series, avenging two bitter Division Series losses to the Vampires. Alewife followed that up by winning a very tough series against a dominant {{CTeam\|SFBS}} team. They prevailed in the Championship series and clinched the pennant, and after two huge, emotional postseason series wins against bitter rivals, the Arsonists entered the final Klein Cup series riding a wave of elation.		{{KleinEmptyTankFragment}}

	After the Arsonists took a seemingly commanding 2-0 lead in the series, everything began to fall apart like the universe was following a script. In four stunning back-to-back-to-back-to-back victories, the Boot Lickers ran the table and stunned Alewife. The mysterious [[Brake Master Cylinder]], who had spent most of the [[Klein/Season 14]] postseason boasting of Alewife's superior formations and tactics, memorably left the microphone open and walked out of the broadcast booth in disgust as the Boot Lickers closed in on their Game 6 clincher, leaving the game to close to a soundtrack of tortured subway trains grinding their gears down the tracks of the Red Line, their cries echoing through endless underground tunnels like the wailing of disappointed fans.

	===The Nose Wipe===		===The Nose Wipe===

	~~The [[Klein/Season 21]] postseason saw the~~ {{~~CTeam\|AA~~}} and {{CTeam\|BB}} meet in a long-anticipated rematch of the [[Red Line Robbery]] from [[Klein/Season 3]] - time had not healed any of the wounds. The series was a masterclass in focused spite. Like a crazed Boston driver cutting across 4 lanes of traffic just to cut you off while honking at you angrily, the Arsonists aggressively outmaneuvered the Boogers early in every game, using distraction tactics to soften the Booger defenses. Combining confusing maneuvers with choking, hazy diesel fumes from Alewife Station's tunnels rendered the Boogers confused and disoriented, unable to mount a proper defense. The Arsonists took the series 3 games to 1, and ended the Boogers' season like a very thorough nose wipe with a hanky.		{{KleinTheNoseWipeFragment}}

	The series would later become heavily studied by Golly historians and strategists due to the many innovative and brilliant formations the Arsonists had developed in secret and kept hidden until they were deployed against the Boogers.

	==Alewife in the Klein Cup Season by Season==		==Alewife in the Klein Cup Season by Season==

Ch4zm: /* The Empty Tank */

2025-07-26T19:25:11Z

The Empty Tank

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	After the Arsonists took a seemingly commanding 2-0 lead in the series, everything began to fall apart like the universe was following a script. In four stunning back-to-back-to-back-to-back victories, the Boot Lickers ran the table and stunned Alewife. The mysterious [[Brake Master Cylinder]], who had spent most of the [[Klein/Season 14]] postseason boasting of Alewife's superior formations and tactics, memorably left the microphone open and walked out of the broadcast booth in disgust as the Boot Lickers closed in on their Game 6 clincher, leaving the game to close to a soundtrack of tortured subway trains grinding their gears down the tracks of the Red Line, their cries echoing through endless underground tunnels like the wailing of disappointed fans.		After the Arsonists took a seemingly commanding 2-0 lead in the series, everything began to fall apart like the universe was following a script. In four stunning back-to-back-to-back-to-back victories, the Boot Lickers ran the table and stunned Alewife. The mysterious [[Brake Master Cylinder]], who had spent most of the [[Klein/Season 14]] postseason boasting of Alewife's superior formations and tactics, memorably left the microphone open and walked out of the broadcast booth in disgust as the Boot Lickers closed in on their Game 6 clincher, leaving the game to close to a soundtrack of tortured subway trains grinding their gears down the tracks of the Red Line, their cries echoing through endless underground tunnels like the wailing of disappointed fans.

			===The Nose Wipe===

			The [[Klein/Season 21]] postseason saw the {{CTeam\|AA}} and {{CTeam\|BB}} meet in a long-anticipated rematch of the [[Red Line Robbery]] from [[Klein/Season 3]] - time had not healed any of the wounds. The series was a masterclass in focused spite. Like a crazed Boston driver cutting across 4 lanes of traffic just to cut you off while honking at you angrily, the Arsonists aggressively outmaneuvered the Boogers early in every game, using distraction tactics to soften the Booger defenses. Combining confusing maneuvers with choking, hazy diesel fumes from Alewife Station's tunnels rendered the Boogers confused and disoriented, unable to mount a proper defense. The Arsonists took the series 3 games to 1, and ended the Boogers' season like a very thorough nose wipe with a hanky.

			The series would later become heavily studied by Golly historians and strategists due to the many innovative and brilliant formations the Arsonists had developed in secret and kept hidden until they were deployed against the Boogers.

	==Alewife in the Klein Cup Season by Season==		==Alewife in the Klein Cup Season by Season==

Ch4zm: /* The Seven Game Echo */

2025-07-26T19:13:27Z

The Seven Game Echo

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	{{KleinSevenGameEchoFragment}}		{{KleinSevenGameEchoFragment}}

			===The Empty Tank===

			After a magnificent [[Klein/Season 14]] regular season run and a guaranteed spot in the postseason, the {{CTeam\|AA}} notched several critical moral victories. First, they swept the {{CTeam\|VV}} in the Division Series, avenging two bitter Division Series losses to the Vampires. Alewife followed that up by winning a very tough series against a dominant {{CTeam\|SFBS}} team. They prevailed in the Championship series and clinched the pennant, and after two huge, emotional postseason series wins against bitter rivals, the Arsonists entered the final Klein Cup series riding a wave of elation.

			After the Arsonists took a seemingly commanding 2-0 lead in the series, everything began to fall apart like the universe was following a script. In four stunning back-to-back-to-back-to-back victories, the Boot Lickers ran the table and stunned Alewife. The mysterious [[Brake Master Cylinder]], who had spent most of the [[Klein/Season 14]] postseason boasting of Alewife's superior formations and tactics, memorably left the microphone open and walked out of the broadcast booth in disgust as the Boot Lickers closed in on their Game 6 clincher, leaving the game to close to a soundtrack of tortured subway trains grinding their gears down the tracks of the Red Line, their cries echoing through endless underground tunnels like the wailing of disappointed fans.

	==Alewife in the Klein Cup Season by Season==		==Alewife in the Klein Cup Season by Season==