/mu/

/mu/
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Founded August 2011 IRL manager Feedback !!+8d1qFKeSP0 Headbuddy !!JuV2PJrVlWZ Team colors Chat color 00CC00 Green Ranking 5 Highest rank NUMBAH ONE BABY () Lowest rank 22 (Jan, 2013) Top scorer Jeff Mangum (27) Top assister N/A (N/A) Captain Jeff Mangum Website /mu/ - Music Nickname /mu/tants
Historic performance
W D L TOTAL EFFICIENCY 28 4 17 49 57.14%
GF GA GD 0 0 0
Biggest win /k/  1–7  /mu/ 8 February 2013 Biggest defeat /int/  6–2  /mu/ 16 May 2012 First match /mu/  0–2  /a/ 6 August 2011
Elite Cup Appearances N/A (First in N/A) Best result N/A, N/A Babby Cup Appearances N/A (First in N/A) Best result N/A, N/A
Team music
Anthem King of Carrot Flowers Parts 2&3 by Neutral Milk Hotel Goal horn Brother Sport by Animal Collective
Kits

Introduction

From humble beginnings as one of the original 16 teams of the 4chan Cup to a championship all their own, /mu/ have persevered through good times and bad. Managed by a crack team (though "alcohol team" sounds more appropriate) of patricians and overseen by Jesus Christ himself, the team seeks not only to win titles but to have fun as well. Whether through our goalhorns, silly socks or ridiculous banter, fun is valued both by the team and the board. After all, how seriously can actually take virtual roundputt based on a Tagalog face-painting website? We have plenty of exciting things planned for 2015, so stay tuned and thank you for your support!

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Pleb Test: Can you name all the kit inspirations?

Team Anthems

Team photo

/mu/ win the 2014 Summer Cup

Players

No. Position Player 34   GK Merzbow 42   RB Phil Elverum 3   CB Killer Mike 7   LB Mark Kozelek 9   CB Vaporwave 24   CMF Thom Yorke 30   DMF Kanye West 54   CF TALENTLESS HACK 74   DMF The Deak 10   AMF Jeff Mangum (Captain) 33   AMF MC Ride

No. Position Player 58   GK Dadrock 4   GK Steve Albini 1   CB Pierro Scaruffi 8   DMF Richard D. James 84   CMF 8.4 Best New Rerererereissued 2   CB Kevin Shields 18   CB Bjork 6   CB Michael Gira 5   CMF The List Goes On 22   CB Anthony Fantano 66   RB Varg Vikernes 13   CB Mac Demarco

Team History

Summer Cup 2011

As one of the founding 16 teams, /mu/'s initial cup run was a huge success. Grouped together with the eventual winner of the tournament, /a/, /mu/ fell to the loser's bracket before making their way through tough opposition from /k/, /x/, /adv/, and /fit/ before once again having to face their now rival /a/. In a dead even game, the match was taken to penalties not once but twice. After 10 intense penalty shots, it was /mu/ who conceded, giving /a/ their first (and only) cup win. /mu/ ended up placing fourth overall.

Winter Cup 2012

Another tournament, another loser's bracket run! In what would be the first game of their rivalry, /k/ took out /mu/ in penalty shots and sent the music hopefuls down to loser's matches. /mu/ absolutely crushed the plebby tastes of /v/ 3 - 0, but fell to the aesthetics of /fit/ in a game which would mean an early exit for /mu/.

Summer Cup 2012

With the cup now growing at a steady rate, many new teams entered into the cup to compete. Now with a proper bracket setup (no more Loser's bracket, yay!), actual manager presence, evolved formations, and team tiers, this cup was truly the start of the 4chan Cup we know today. Sadly and much like Winter's run, this was simply not /mu/'s year. Without a manager, /mu/ faced increasingly difficult opposition from teams who could change sliders and formations and ended their run with three ties. Normally, this sort of performance would see a team out of the cup, but Jesus was with /mu/ that day. As a result of the ever-growing cup, GermanBro announced that soon, there would be two more tournaments per year; the Spring and Autumn Babbies. Lower scoring teams were relegated to the babbies while /ck/, /a/, /mu/, and /fit/ were spared. It's also worth nothing that /mu/ won the Best Goalhorn award this tournament. (The only time this ever happened ever)

Winter Cup 2013

Winter was an excellent time for /mu/ fans. Their board had its first manager, Snorlax !!lXZGaIsEpIg, who seemed fairly... competent. /mu/ were drawn into what would be a nightmare group. Former cup winners /k/ and longtime semifinalist /n/ were set to face /mu/ along with /o/, a team who had escaped the very first Babby Cup. The fear of failure was quickly quelled as /mu/ took their very first game of the season 7 - 1 against the former champions, /k/. That initial success soon fizzled as /mu/ tied both /n/ and /o/, giving /mu/ enough space to reach the round of 16, but only just. In the Ro16, /mu/ would have their first fated run against /wg/, their soon-to-be rivals. /mu/ lost 4 - 1, leaving their initial success against /k/ and tournaments hopes both looking somewhat like a fluke.

Summer Cup 2013

Coming into Summer, the cup was a very changed place. Dragongate was still in the back of everyone's mind, especially that of /mu/'s manager whose previous group held 2 Dragonfag teams. In a bit of cheeky spite, Snorlax had decided to make /mu/'s players hilariously tall due to how often Dragonfag had maligned tall players. This cheeky play had far reaching effects in the cup which are still felt today. Because /mu/ first played with tall players in friendlies, other teams like /wg/, /x/, /b/, /fa/, and /a/ decided tall players were a fantastic idea and set their players to be very tall as well. The reason tall players were so good was only discovered after the cup had begun and changes could not be made. The term Height Abuse had been coined and this cup would be riddled with it.

Now, aren't you glad we addressed the height abuse stuff? So am I!

As /mu/'s group was drawn, it was clear that summer wouldn't be any easier than the previous cups had been. Perennial favourite /toy/ was present, as was newcomer /c/, and the ever-spooky /x/. Through tactics or centimeters (depending on how mad you are), /mu/ made it through the group on 9 points with a GD of 7. These results were so jarring to one manager in particular that he quit the cup completely. (RIP TinkerToy). With a manager, the furthest /mu/ had made it was ro16 and the fear was that /mu/ could easily repeat. In an intense showdown against /h/, /mu/ eked out a one goal win. Finally, /mu/ would play on that glorious last cup Sunday.

The quarter finals match for /mu/ was no easier than the ro16 had been. /mu/ would have to face /int/ this time around, but more than just /int/, Snorlax would have to eliminate his best friend Isa in what both felt was their most challenging game ever. /mu/ won a difficult and very emotional 2 - 0 and was on track to make it to the finals. Next up in the semis, /mu/ defeated /b/ in a close 1 - 0 series and had its ticket to the finals. As fate would have it, /mu/ would once again have to face off against /wg/, the board who eliminated them last cup.

/mu/ vs /wg/ was the unlikely final for sure, though it seemed like /mu/ had the majority of s̶u̶p̶p̶o̶r̶t̶e̶r̶s̶ bandwagonners. The final match went for an incredibly tense 90 minutes without either team being able to score. Going into extra time now, it was Spacecat who found a goal late into the first half of ET which was quickly followed by another by Cunt Destroyer. In the second half of ET, /mu/ answered with a holy goal from Jeff Mangum which, sadly, just came too late. In a cup of Height Abuse, it made sense for /wg/, the tallest team, to win, though this win appeased neither the near 3,000 viewers nor the majority of managers themselves.

Winter Cup 2014

Post-Summer, Snorlax had decided /mu/ needed new blood and began a 6-month endeavor to find new managers. A thread wouldn't go by where Snorlax's cup email, phone number, Skype, or even Motherless weren't linked in a desperate bid to find a successor. Luckily, and just in time, Snorlax found two. Feedback !!+8d1qFKeSP0 and Headbuddy !!JuV2PJrVlWZ were added to the managerial roster. Their first cup was both a test for these new managers and for PES14 as well.

Using poorly modified versions of their Summer 2013 tactics, /mu/ entered the tournament with high hopes and what seemed like an easy group. Newcomer /gd/ joined /u/ and /gif/ as /mu/'s winter opponents. The very first match with /mu/'s new managers ended 2 - 1, a win against /gd/ which positioned /mu/ nicely. Unfortunately, the next few games weren't quite as easy. /mu/ drew the ever pure /u/ and lost to /gif/, ultimately leaving /mu/'s fate out of their own hands once more. In classic style, a miracle was given to /mu/ for their continued faith in Jesus Christ. /gd/'s manager was sacked halfway through the group stage for throwing and /u/ managed to lose their game against a managerless /gd/ which sent both teams out. /mu/ was once again just barely through to the ro16, this time facing off with /h/ who ended their run with a swift yet painful 3 - 1.

All things considered, you could call this tournament a success for /mu/. Both new managers got ample time to get used to the game and somehow managed to stay Elite in the process. With hopes still high, /mu/'s managerial team was hopeful for Summer 2014 where they felt they could win it all.

Summer Cup 2014

It's been dubbed The Summer of Fallen Giants. In group stages, elite teams /sp/, /a/, /wg/, and former winners /trv/, /pol/, and /k/ were eliminated which left not a single former winner in the running. For the first time in a long while, we'd have a confirmed new champion.

/mu/'s group was everything they could have hoped for. The team would be able to show their artistic superiority over /ic/, display continued dominance against /k/, and get the sweetest revenge against /wg/. Managers Feedback !!+8d1qFKeSP0 and Headbuddy !!JuV2PJrVlWZ were battle-ready and /mu/'s first game went off without a hitch. /k/ was defeated 1 - 0 which left /mu/ with a comfortable 3 points heading into their second game against /wg/. While /wg/ were no longer the giants /mu/ had faced in 2013 4chan Summer Cup, /wg/ were able to take an incredibly close series 3 - 2. In one of the most tightly contested groups of all time, /mu/ would need to win against /ic/ or lose their status as the last remaining Elite (teams). Yet another miracle was in store for /mu/ in that final group stage game. /mu/ defender, The List Goes On, scored the only goal of the series which put /mu/ into the ro16, coming first in the group stage and giving /mu/ the title of last remaining Elite.

With most Elite teams and all the cup winners gone, the ro16 draw was an interesting time for everyone involved. /po/ ended up being /mu/'s destined opponent for their first knockout game of the season. In a tournament of no goals, /mu/ proved itself worthy and crumpled /po/ 3 - 1. For the Quarter Finals, /mu/ would have to once again face /ic/ and while /mu/ may have won their previous match, /ic/ was out for revenge. But like any rivalry /mu/ has, the results stay consistent. /mu/ took their game 2 - 1 over /ic/ and were next set to face /vg/ who had eliminated a few other giants themselves this tournament. /vg/ were no match for /mu/, however, and The Deak returned to form one final time to take the series 1 - 0. For the second summer in a row, /mu/ would find itself with a finals to play. This time however, they couldn't lose.

In what was a very unlikely end result, /hr/ defeated /x/ in their semis to deny fans and /mu/ from a Christ vs Antichrist match and leaving us with a /mu/ vs /hr/ finals. While some fans were disappointed with /hr/ vs /mu/, they were anything but disappointed by the game itself. /mu/ player Talentless Hack took an early goal to put /hr/ down a goal much to the crowd's approval. Another /mu/ goal followed later on and rode the 2 - 0 lead the conclusion. /mu/ had finally done won a tournament! More than that, they had proven themselves elite and, in the eyes of many fans, the best team in the 4chan Cup.

Rivalries

As an original sixteen team, the last surviving elite, and a champion, it stands to reason that /mu/ has a storied history in the 4chan cup and a host of rivalries to go along with it. These rivalries have been important, recurring, and most of all, loads of fun!

The Ol' War Song The best rivalries develop organically. /mu/-/k/ is the perfect example of this and in many ways the perfect rivalry in the 4chan cup. /mu/’s oldest and fiercest rivals, the /k/ommandos have never failed to meet up with the /mu/tants somewhere along the way whenever both teams have made their way to the same tournament. The first meeting between these two storied sides occurred in the original 2011 Summer Cup, which /mu/ took by a scoreline of 2-1. /k/ however returned fire next Winter, defeating /mu/ in a penalty shootout on their way to hoisting a 4chan cup. Once again, the two sides met the following Summer Cup, which ended in an explosive 3-3 stalemate in the group stages. Meeting again next Winter, we were to see a completely different story. /mu/ would reassert their dominance in style, outgunning the weapons board by seven goals to one, led by captain Jeff Mangum’s then-record 5 goals in a single game, helping send /k/ down to their first-ever babby cup. The two would not meet again until /mu/’s own Championship run in Summer 2014, where the game was decided in /mu/’s favor off a late Talentless Hack goal. Back in the babby for now, /k/ look to get back to Winter so they may tip the scales of this historic rivalry back in their favor, and the /mu/tants not only expect but relish the opportunity to meet the old enemy on the field once more in the best rivalry in the 4chan Cup. /a/ and /sp/ wish they could have a rivalry this great. /mu/ leads this rivalry with 3 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss.

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When Creativity Hits The Wall /wg/ man, /wg/. Yo, fuck /wg/. That is all. (Note to /mu/ management: Come on, please have some semblance of professionalism about this) (Counter-note: no u) Okay fine, I’ll do it. Perhaps /mu/’s second biggest (in personal terms) rival, /wg/ have crossed paths with the /mu/tants three times in cups, with /wg/ coming away with the victory each time. This first meeting came in the round of 16 in Winter 2013, with /wg/ advancing on a humiliating 4-1 scoreline. They would next meet in the Final of Summer 2013, where the tallest team in the tournament in /wg/ managed to height abuse their way to victory over a sweet, innocent /mu/ side. (To this day /mu/’s staff wonders where they got that idea. What a bunch of cheats, amirite?) The two teams would go a year without meeting again, until fate ordained that the two would be drawn into Group B in the 2014 Summer tournament. /wg/ won the battle 3-2 but ultimately /mu/ won the war, topping the group and going on to win the Cup whilst /wg/ lost their Nuevo Elite status after losses to /ic/ and /k/. Despite this silver lining /mu/ badly wants to get on the board in this rivalry, and looks to their next meeting to do so, whenever that may be. /mu/ has been utterly dominated in this series, losing all three meetings between the two sides. ;_;

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#SHOTSFIRED Rawr I'm drunk. This should probably be updated. Sooon™. I guess we fucked up, y'all.

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4chan cup history

Official Matches

Date	Opponent	Competition	Result	Scorers
August, 2011	/a/	2011 4chan Summer Cup	2-0 L
August, 2011	/k/	2011 4chan Summer Cup	2-1 W	???
August, 2011	/x/	2011 4chan Summer Cup	2-1 W	???
August, 2011	/adv/	2011 4chan Summer Cup	2-0 W	???
August, 2011	/fit/	2011 4chan Summer Cup	2-0 W	???
August, 2011	/a/	2011 4chan Summer Cup	1-1 (11-10) L	???
January 5, 2012	/k/	2012 4chan Winter Cup	1-1 (7-6) L	Fantano 37'
January 6, 2012	/v/	2012 4chan Winter Cup	3-0 W	Bateman 34' Alice Glass 40' Plebians 48'
January 7, 2012	/fit/	2012 4chan Winter Cup	5-1 L	Fantano 15'
March 3, 2012	/co/	2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup Friendlies	2-0 W	???
April 28, 2012	/m/	2012 4chan Summer Cup Friendlies	1-0 L
May 16, 2012	/int/	2012 4chan Summer Cup Friendlies	6-2 L	Bob Dylan 21', 25'
June 9, 2012	/co/	2012 4chan Summer Cup Friendlies	2-1 W	Bob Dylan 84'  92'
July 13, 2012	/k/	Group Stage SC2012	3-3 D	Trout Mask Replica 63', 90+1' Bob Dylan 89'
July 14, 2012	/int/	Group Stage SC2012	3-3 D	Bob Dylan 4' Trout Mask Replica 38', 45+2'
July 15, 2012	/sci/	Group Stage SC2012	2-2 D	Trout Mask Replica 16' Bob Dylan 34'
August 18, 2012	/tv/	2012 4chan Autumn Babby Cup Friendlies	4-0 L
September 9, 2012	/g/	2012 4chan Autumn Babby Cup Friendlies	3-2 W	Jeff Mangum 4', 9', 65'
September 23, 2012	/3/	2012 4chan Autumn Babby Cup Friendlies	2-1 W	Kanye West 90+1'
December 22, 2012	/n/	2013 4chan Winter Cup Friendlies	3-0 W
February 8, 2013	/k/	Group Stage WC2013	7-1 W	Jeff Mangum  25', 59', 62', 67', 79' (pen) The Deak  38' MC Ride  56'
February 10, 2013	/o/	Group Stage WC2013	2-2 W	MC Ride  53' Jeff Mangum  70'
February 16, 2013	/n/	Group Stage WC2013	1-1 W	Jeff Mangum  35'
February 23, 2013	/wg/	Round of 16 WC2013	4-1 L	MC Ride  48'
April 6, 2013	/int/	2013 4chan Spring Babby Cup Friendlies	0-1 L
July 12, 2013	/lit/	2013 4chan Summer Cup Friendlies	2-0 W	Jeff Mangum  9', 60'
July 14, 2013	/x/	2013 4chan Summer Cup Friendlies	4-1 W	Viper  10', 50', 86' Jeff Mangum  43'
August 16, 2013	/toy/	2013 4chan Summer Cup	2-0 W	MC Ride  66' Lil B  90+'
August 18, 2013	/c/	2013 4chan Summer Cup	2-0 W	Jeff Mangum  13', 25'
August 24, 2013	/x/	2013 4chan Summer Cup	4-1 W	Jeff Mangum  31', 57' MC Ride  69', 89'
August 31, 2013	/h/	2013 4chan Summer Cup	1-0 W	MC Ride  9'
September 1, 2013	/int/	2013 4chan Summer Cup	2-0 W	Jeff Mangum  3' MC Ride  46'
September 1, 2013	/b/	2013 4chan Summer Cup	1-0 W	Jeff Mangum  50'
September 1, 2013	/wg/	2013 4chan Summer Cup	1-2 L	Jeff Mangum  116'
January 11, 2014	/v/	2014 4chan Winter Cup Friendlies	2-1 W	Kanye West  15' MC Ride  83'
January 12, 2014	/x/	2014 4chan Winter Cup Friendlies	1-3 L	MC Ride  2'
February 14, 2014	/gd/	2014 4chan Winter Cup	2-1 W	Jeff Mangum 44' The Deak  56'
February 16, 2014	/u/	2014 4chan Winter Cup	1-1 D	Talentless Hack  76'
February 22, 2014	/gif/	2014 4chan Winter Cup	0-2 L
March 1, 2014	/h/	2014 4chan Winter Cup	1-3 L	MC Ride  82'
May 30, 2014	/r9k/	2014 4chan Summer Cup Friendlies	2-1 W	Jeff Mangum  54' Talentless Hack  81'
June 1, 2014	/soc/	2014 4chan Summer Cup Friendlies	2-1 W	MC Ride  73' Jeff Mangum  88'
July 18, 2014	/k/	2014 4chan Summer Cup	1-0 W	Talentless Hack  74'
July 20, 2014	/wg/	2014 4chan Summer Cup	2-3 L	Talentless Hack  14', 45+'
July 26, 2014	/ic/	2014 4chan Summer Cup	1-0 W	The List Goes On  6'
August 2, 2014	/po/	2014 4chan Summer Cup	3-1 W	Talentless Hack  13' MC Ride  18', 82'
August 3, 2014	/ic/	2014 4chan Summer Cup	2-1 W	MC Ride  5' Talentless Hack  18'
August 3, 2014	/vg/	2014 4chan Summer Cup	1-0 W	The Deak  85'
August 3, 2014	/hr/	2014 4chan Summer Cup	2-0 W	Talentless Hack  29', 87'
February 13, 2015	/vp/	2015 4chan Winter Cup	1-0 W	Talentless Hack  71'
February 15, 2015	/f/	2015 4chan Winter Cup	0-2 L
February 21, 2015	/i/	2015 4chan Winter Cup	0-3 L

Invitationals

Date	Opponent	Competition	Result	Scorers
November 25, 2012	/vg/	Trip Cup	1-3 L	Jeff Mangum  90+1'
December 25, 2012	/fa/	2012 Christmas Cup Round of 16	4-1 W	Jeff Mangum  7', 13', 36', 75'
December 25, 2012	/y/	2012 Christmas Cup Quarterfinals	0-1 L

Honors

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  2013 Summer Cup runner up

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  2014 Summer Cup champions