/d/ History

The complete history of all things /d/

Team Colours

In the original board meeting the colours were decided upon, they would be purple and gold, these colours gradually changed into the Violet and Mustard colour the team uses today. The original reason for the colour change was because when the /d/ custom kits were being created they were sampled from existing Italian club ACF Fiorentina kits, hence why the home kit is now traditionally Violet, the away kit White and the Goalkeeper kit Charcoal. As the /d/ kits gradually changed style - from Fiorentina, to Czech Republic and now to a completely custom variety the formula of the kits has only changed marginally from Violet shirt, shorts and Gold socks to Violet shirt, Purple Shorts and Gold socks. The away kit has taken similar changes; from White shirt, shorts and socks to White shirt, Gold shorts and Violet socks. Some other changes have been made, the kits are lightly based on Italian side Catania otherwise it's been marginal changes. Nobody has ever read this and I often wonder how I have written so much about virtual kits.

Badge

The current /d/ badge

The badge hasn't changed since the creation of the club, created by Anonymous and features tentacles clutching a faceless demon-girl. The badge itself has been regarded as one of the best of the entire cup by thread-based Power Rankings and in its simplicity still shows off the heritage and culture of /d/. At the badge's base lies the inscription "In Tentacles Speramus" which means 'In Tentacles we Trust' and has now been adopted as the club's motto, even though the correct Latin translation would be "In Tentacula Speramus" some things just shouldn't be messed with.

History

Founding

Founded in December 2011 at the beginning of the Babby Cup boom /d/ are one of the older clubs in the competition; in a thread that gained surprising popularity amongst /d/eviants they soon got players together and decided on team colours and even drew up a rudimentary formation (see image). Given the timing of the teams founding coincided with a large change to the cup itself they found themselves in a group with /m/, /toy/ and /vp/ as the teams that would spearhead the creation of the Babby Cup. It wasn't long after that the team started to pick up steam as they decided upon a Goalhorn (Violent Pornography - System of a Down) and an Anthem (ULTRAnumb - Blue Stahli) to adhere to the rules that were in place. The original squad that /d/ named originally had 26 players. they were (Bold still active):

No. Position Player   GK Consentacles   GK Damn It Naga   LB NO WESTERN   CB Haigure   CB Holy Grail of Cum   RB Melon Fuck   DMF /d/'s for Duckgirls   DMF Helpful Femanon   LMF HSITMPBAMCWTPOP   CMF Dracula Penis   SS BREAK-A-BITCH   SS Bob 'DA BEAST' Sapp   CF Futaspammer

No. Position Player   GK Thread Hidden Expert   LB Vore   CB Chin Fuck   CB XXXX Corruptions   CB Tali'Zorah vas Normandy   RB Ganguro   DMF Potato House   LMF Shitting Dick Nipples   CMF 4 Leaf Clover   RMF Fairy Fighting Tiki   RMF Monster G Quest   CF Dmitrys

It wasn't until a couple of weeks later until a second thread came along where /d/ discussed goalhorns and anthems, by this time /m/ were testing formations and discussing the possibility of having management in this cup and had already looked to install someone so up stepped occasional /a/non and long time lurker on /d/, Guar/d/iola who volunteered to install the game and test out some tactics for the /d/ team. By the time he had done this /d/'s interest was waning and threads had gotten fewer and fewer up until the point the idea of a Babby Cup was finalised.

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  The original /d/ formation

Early Years

/d/'s first friendly and first ever game would bring /sci/ as the opposition, /sci/ would be heavily penalised and their team consisted of all 66* rated players - the game finished 1-0 to /d/, Shitting Dick Nipples the only name on the scoresheet. From there things took a turn for the worse and an embarrassing defeat to /s/ and handing /cm/ their first ever win left Guar/d/iola a lot of thinking to do. The 2012 Spring Babby Cup went very well for /d/ with their strongest finish in any competition after coming 4th, losing to eventual winners /m/ and even defeating finalists /3/ in the group stage 4-0. Following the reasonable success of their first ever cup competition Guar/d/iola went into conditional retirement after feeling he could no longer manage a team by himself; he left the team with a formation and players.

The 2012 Summer Cup friendlies were a mixed bag for /d/ and started with a 2-0 win against /cm/, throwing away a lead twice to draw with /y/ 3-3 and hammered by a strong /vp/ side 5-0. The draw for the 2012 Summer Cup saw /d/ drawn with strongly fancied /sp/, unknown quantity /b/ and potential dark Horse /o/ in what later turned out to be a group with 2 unmanaged teams and 2 teams managed by the same person. However the unmanaged /d/ prevailed after a crushing defeat to /sp/ after leading comfortably for most of the game, a tense 1-0 victory against /o/ and an 8-goal thriller beating /b/ 5-3, managerless /d/ had defied reason and were rewarded with a second round match-up against /pol/ - this piqued the interest from /sp/ user Based Soviets !Ydpjq4fCnU who in his own words saw it as a way to fuel his "massive ego" and to show off his supposed coaching prowess. /d/'s 1-0 victory over /pol/ from a 35 yard out freekick from Haigure on paper seemed like a great result but between the lines Based Soviets !Ydpjq4fCnU relied heavily on the fact /pol/'s then manager Cozmo !911.1dt/BY not showing up to the game and the team rode their luck in quite a few moments in the game, added to this the managers determination not to use the orange conditioned players at his disposable and instead continued with the fatigued blue players led a lot to be desired. /d/ and Based Soviets !Ydpjq4fCnU would eventually run out of luck in the Quarter-Finals against /int/ who went on to win 2-0 and he didn't return to the fray for another 3 months when he ruled himself out for good, citing 'Coaching reasons'. /d/ finished 2012 without having to play a single competitive game.

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  The original banner advertising the /d/ vs. /sci/ game

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  /d/ tactics used throughout the 2012 Spring Babby Cup

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  /d/ skillcards used on players

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  /d/ kits used throughout the 2012 Spring Babby Cup

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  The /d/ squad

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  The short lived /d/ newspaper that predicted /d/'s early exit from the 2012 Spring Babby Cup

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  Based Soviets on managing /d/

Managerial History

8th January 2012 to 22nd April 2012 (10 games) - Guar/d/iola - W5 D2 L3

/d/'s first official manager, he wasn't really as such elected by /d/ but he was the only one to download the game and the only person to test for /d/ thus earning him the privilege. His experience came from watching the game for many years and also playing the sport at amateur level this apparently was enough experience as he saw through /d/'s difficult Spring Babby Cup campaign and his work was the backbone of /d/ even after he left. He willingly resigned directly after the Spring Babby Cup had finished and has since taken a back-seat role as the Assistant to the later Manager Based Soviets and as the Caretaker Manager after he was sacked.

17th July 2012 to 3rd August 2012 (2 Games) - Based Soviets !Ydpjq4fCnU - W1 D0 L1

An appointment of some controversy as Based Soviets was somewhat renowned for being a mercenary manager and after allegedly being refused by /3/ and /a/ he came into the role after being asked by /d/ to take charge following /d/'s advancement from the 2012 Summer Cup group stages. He came into the job boasting good experience coaching with MLS side DC United (see statement) unfortunately for both /d/ and Based Soviets this experience never materialised and his managerial career ended abruptly. He was sacked after failing to appear after his /int/ defeat in the 2012 Summer Cup Quarter-Finals.

8th August 2012 to 10th September 2012 (2 games) - Guar/d/iola - W1 D1 L0

Guar/d/iola's second spell in charge was following the Summer Cup, after growing pressure was put on teams to make tactics for all games Guar/d/iola was forced to put together tactics for friendlies against /tg/ and /c/. Guar/d/iola suffered a rather public mental breakdown in the thread after forgetting the deadline for the /c/ friendly cup commentator Frontier Psychiatrist made a rousing speech on Vocaroo which appeared to have worked as /d/ went on to beat /tg/ in their next friendly. Frontier Psychiatrist would go on to make the tactics for the /h/ friendly, which /d/ lost 1-0.

9th January 2013 to 20th February 2013 (3 Games) - Catchment !k.78CAo0N6 - W1 D0 L2

Much like Based Soviets before him, Catchment originated from /sp/ and took charge of /d/ for the 2013 Winter Cup which saw /d/ relegated for the first time. Catchment didn't contribute much on thread so very little is known about him.

28th February 2013 to 25th November 2013 (16 Games) - Chance !!7M5Ec7DQIsF - W6 D4 L6

Chance came in to try and bring stability to an already crumbling /d/ side after their relegation from the 2013 Winter Cup. His first test was to steer the team back into the promise lands via the 2013 Spring Babby Cup, he achieved this with aplomb by creating an ever dangerous team that played with attacking flair and defensive sensibilities led by top scorer Bob 'DA BEAST' Sapp that saw them cruise through the group stage, break records and get knocked out to eventual winners /mlp/. Unfortunately this wasn't to last as poor performance after poor performance saw /d/ dumped out of the 2013 Summer Cup and eventually reaching the lowest ebb after crashing out of the following Babby Cup. This proved too much for Chance as he soon after went on a hiatus, ending what was a turbulent 2013 for /d/.

26th November 2013 to 19th July 2014 (8 Games) - DrDtroit !!i08rv3lDtpa + Mewyabe !!nQ8F1/ZhKLe - W1 D2 L5

Things didn't get much better in the first half of 2014 for /d/, for while they were saved the fate of competing in the Fetus due to the creation of the Mega Babby, they proceeded to turn in their worst performance ever with a disastrous 39th place finish in Spring. The cup started off fine, with a 1-1 draw to /ck/, but quickly turned south with a run that included a loss to /fit/, a 2-6 drubbing by /tg/ that stands amongst the all time worst games for the /d/ club, and finishing with a 0-3 no-effort loss to /int/.

19th July 2014 to Present Day (12 Games) - DrDtroit !!i08rv3lDtpa + Cyclohexane !!4LPJDnm9UYM - W6 D3 L3

After the disastrous Spring Babby Cup Mewyabe was sacked and Cyclohexane came in his place. The Autumn 2014 cup was a heartbreak for /d/, most remembered for the infamous 2-2 draw against then-new /t/ in which /t/'s goalkeeper had 10 saves and /d/ allowed /t/ to come back from 2-0 down to equalize, sending /d/ management into shock. Before that came a 1-1 draw against /3/ and 3-2 loss against /b/, which when combined with other results sealed /d/'s fate in 3 games as they were confirmed to be eliminated. However, /d/'s final game in the Autumn Cup was their best yet, a 7-1 victory over /k/ which sealed a third place finish in the group, /d/'s first cup win in over a year and very good seeding for Spring 2015.

The 2015 Spring Babby Cup was /d/'s best performance in years; grouped with /k/ (again) as well as /n/, /vg/, and /hm/, /d/ started out decently enough with a 2-2 draw to /n/ on a /n/ 90+ goal. However, through the next two games, /d/ blew the fuck out of /vg/ and /hm/, 4-1 and 6-0 respectively, which put /d/ on the verge of advancing to their first Elite Cup in two years. A comeback 3-2 victory over /k/ sealed the deal as /d/ topped the group undefeated and went on to win their first two knockout matches over /vp/ and /o/ with 6-1 and 2-0 scorelines. However, matchups against eventual 2nd place /co/ in the semis and autopilot /cgl/ in the third place match proved too difficult for /d/ as two consecutive losses left /d/ at 4th place. Most notably, /d/ ended up tying Winter 2013 /toy/'s goal scoring record with 24 goals in their 8 matches this cup.

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