/vg/ History
Trofflesby !!fPFxZBomxK6 May 2012–June 2012
The original founder of /vg/. Never left his name on the page, and so went uncredited for months. He was the one that adopted /vg/'s popular and stylish 3–5–2 X Quick-Counter formation, as well as creating the initial roster, developing many of the face files, and picking the original anthem, Just Wanna Play Video Games.
The full extent of the changes and testing done during this period will likely never be revealed, but the earliest save states hint that Chie at least used to be a team member before being subbed out for Matador.
This was also the time during which /vg/'s games against /v/, /tg/ and /b/ took place, telling a tale of (mostly) success as /vg/ won two of the friendlies (1–0 and 2–1 over /tg/ and /s/) while losing one (0–1 to rival /v/) and earning the team a good standing to start off on.
CancerousAnonymous !!aW26533QJ29 Late June 2012–Summer 2013
Longtime former manaer of /vg/; stepped in just after the 2012 4chan Summer Cup.
Gained infamy among fans by spending the first two friendlies of his regime wasting time changing benched 66-skill player names on the roster, making a kit which went completely unused and changing the team's goalhorn with each match, rather than making any tactical changes whatsoever.
Likely only managed to avoid being ousted due to the fact that the team inherited from the original founders still somehow managed to find a way and win the friendlies against /h/ and /s/. Ironically, once he did make tactical changes in time for the /tv/ friendly, the changes were not spotted by GermanBro, leaving a loss on /vg/'s hands and his tactical competency still completely unproven.
The Babby Cup went off to a rocky start for /vg/, barely drawing 1–1 to a /b/ which was being actively rigged to be worse by GermanBro, due to failing to meet roster deadlines.
The /vg/ prospects in Group H continued to look poor, as they scraped a win against /u/, despite /u/'s manager not being present for the match.
/vg/ seemed to show a bit more form against /r9k/, though lost, a situation which made it possible for /vg/ to be eliminated if /b/ beat an already-eliminated /u/ by 2 goals. Thankfully, Gracen delivered and /u/ drew /b/ 0–0; with this result, /vg/ soared into the Round of 16 and, along with it, the Winter Cup, on 4 points at second place in the group.
With a match against the 5-defender formation of /y/, it seemed entirely possible for /vg/'s offense to be completely locked out. However, seemingly through sheer dumb luck, /vg/ managed to hold /y/ at 2–2, not only for full-time, but into extra time too. The penalties which followed were one of the greatest gambles in /vg/ history, though /vg/ came out the winner 7–6.
The following game, the quarter-final match, was against a /soc/ team fresh from eliminating /v/ in the Round of 16 on a /v/ own goal. As such, immense pressure flooded the /vg/ thread from /v/ fans to "avenge" them. Thanks to tactics donated by /u/'s manager, /vg/ managed to dominate the game, finally ending it 6–4 after extra time after the match was 3–3 at full time.
/vg/ had reached the semi-finals, against /wg/, however, the pressure of the last two games going into extra time was weighing heavily on /vg/'s players, while /wg/ was still comparatively fresh. /vg/'s defense completely fell apart from fatigue, with their offensive conditioning doing them no favours and /vg/ acquiring 2 red cards in the match. The result was a 3–0 victory for the far superior /wg/ side.
The semifinal loss to /wg/ forced /vg/ to fight for 3rd place against the team which had historically stomped them, /tv/. Both teams were appallingly tired, with /vg/ seemingly having the advantage in conditioning. Nonetheless, /tv/ managed to lockdown the game at a solid 3–0 until, in the last minute of the last match of the cup, Gootecks, who had before now completely failed to do anything in the tournament due to a combination of conditioning and chokes, echoed DesWOW's performance in the September 22nd /tv/ friendly and somehow scored, saving face and letting /vg/ "win 1–3". For a team which had come so close to failing to qualify for Winter, to finish 4th showed great promise for the raw potential of /vg/.
However, the apparent reliance of CAnon, on Gracen to produce any tactics which were halfway competent and innovative, caused problems come the next cups. Nonetheless, /vg/'s future looked bright, as it stepped into the brave new world of PES 2013. CAnon provided seemingly no tactical changes during the time leading up to the 2013 Winter Cup, possibly seeking to hold his cards close to his chest before the Winter Cup. In the invitational Trip Cup, where certain teams (/sp/ and /vp/, to name only two) submitted joke tactics, and others (like /vg/ themselves) didn't bother updating their teams at all, /vg/ made a strong showing, eliminating in no unclear circumstances /mu/, /sp/ and finally /mlp/ to win the cup. A substitute defender with no medal or cards, Buggleson, scored the third goal against /mu/, securing his place in the starting lineup thereafter.
/vg/'s good fortune seemed to hold, as in the single allowed Winter Friendly, they faced /vp/ for the first time in their history. While the game was closely contested, /vg/ eventually managed a 3–2 victory.
The close loss against /v/ in the Gracen Test Stream was disconcerting, but the 1–2 loss seemed more down to misfortune, than any particular failings. In all, it seemed just an unfortunate blip against /vg/'s other performances during this period.
Despite having a reasonably safe group, CancerousAnonymous lost a 2–0 lead against /fit/ and panicked, allowing a 2–2 draw to become a 2–3 loss in the last minutes; he also failed to live-manage during the game against /sci/, resulting in /vg/ losing 1–2, and, with /vg/ being already relegated by this point, didn't even bother to submit tactics for the /int/ game, resulting in another 1–2 loss.
With 0 points, 0 wins, and 3 losses, /vg/ collapsed out of the bottom of Group E, gaining a red card for substitute RMF Plesioth as they did so.
Being thrust into a Group of Death with /m/, /an/ and an only slightly less threatening /cgl/, effectively killed /vg/'s hopes of advancement before the first game. While they managed to stalemate /m/ for a while, poor performance on the pitch left the team 2–0 down at full time.
Against /cgl/, the team took a quick lead, only for the seagulls to equalise and go full bus-park. CAnon seemed unwilling to allow a draw, and kept impetuously (foolishly, with hindsight) pushing the offensive, allowing the chinks to form in /vg/'s defence which /cgl/ so ruthlessly exploited, giving them 3–1 against /vg/ at full time.
At the /an/ match, it seemed fate would not allow any consolation to the battered and humiliated /vg/, with Eugenics, their Defensive Midfielder and the vital link between their Midfield and Defence, being red carded within a mere seven minutes of play time. Facing the prospect of playing 10 men against 11 for the next 83 minutes of the game, with virtually no possibility of advancement, it seems CAnon decided to go out with a bang, putting on fundamentally ridiculous tactics, apparently trying for "double or nothing" in the red card department. His efforts were to no avail, leaving /vg/ with only one red card and a final score of 3–0 against /vg/.
With /vg/ failing to qualify from their group stage with 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses for the second consecutive cup, CAnon realised his time was up. After a short period of begging for a replacement to step up and manage /vg/ instead of him, he simply drifted out of the scene, ending his managerial career after just under a year at /vg/'s helm.
Chicago. !.0C2daFIRE Late June 2013–Early July 2013
Stepping into the void left by the AWOL CAnon, he seemed to at least have a much better idea of what he was doing. With CAnon reappearing a few days after Chicago had stepped up to the plate to offer his blessings to the new blood, it would have seemed he was /vg/'s best chance of escaping the Foetus and again making it to Winter. However, the mercenary /sp/ manager failed to successfully install PES, and in his frustration, gave up on the cup, leaving /vg/ without friendlies organised at the time of the deadline and wasting a chance for valuable points - points /vg/ would need to avoid the Foetus.
DeMessi !!U+s2S3/fT0g 2013 4chan Autumn Babby Cup–2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup
DeMessi debuted for /vg/ in a surprisingly difficult group. Though /vg/ ended the half of their first match with a 1–0 lead over group favorites /toy/ and scored a second almost immediately into the second half, /toy/'s star gold Madoka Titus gave /toy/ an avenue back into the match, while Kinder Eggs put a final nail into /vg/'s coffin as they took a 2–3 loss in their first match.
In their next match, /vg/ were scored on twice by /e/ in the first 30 minutes, but came back with late goals by Tamamo and New Thread to snap a 10-game losing streak by taking a 2–2 draw from the match.
The final match was against /fa/; with /vg/ still having a chance to advance simply by winning and having a good enough goal difference, they seemed to take immediate control as a 16th minute goal by Justin Wong put /vg/ in an early lead; however, Dick Ovens equalized merely ten minutes later, and /vg/'s defense collapsed late, allowing two more goals to pass and taking a 1–3 loss.
This guaranteed /vg/ entry into the 2014 4chan Spring Babby Cup Qualifiers, as they finished at the bottom of the group with 1 point and 28th place overall. For their trouble, /vg/ received two post-cup awards; At least you tried and Worst Manager (for DeMessi !!U+s2S3/fT0g). Shortly after the Autumn Babby Cup, the first iteration of the /vg/ League took place, with /dsg/ winning the final 2–0 over /acg/; this ensured that both generals' representatives (Git Gud and Saturday Turnips, respectively) would take gold position in the new /vg/ starting lineup.
Pre-cup friendlies showed cautious promise for a rebuilt /vg/; in the 2014 4chan Winter Cup Friendlies, /vg/ took a 1–0 win over fellow then-Fetus team [s4s] before /an/ destroyed /vg/ 4–1.
Due to 4CCC format changes before the cup, /vg/ found itself skipping the Fetus and going straight to the Mega Babby. This time, /vg/ were set to compete with 4 other teams (/c/, /u/, /sci/, and /vp/) in Group H.
/vg/'s opening matches were both roaring successes, both deconstructions of /c/ and /vp/ by 3–0 with new blood Git Gud scoring 3 of the 6 goals for the new team.
After the fast start, /vg/ would prove a bit inconsistent; two 1–2 losses in matches to /sci/ and /u/ put /vg/ in danger of failing to advance. Only a legendary choke by /c/ striker Konata in /c/'s final match (a 1–1 draw to /vp/) put /vg/ through to the knockouts and Summer Cup on 6 points (just one over the third-placed /c/).
In the Round of 16, /vg/ were able to find some of their early-group-stage magic again, dominating a /ck/ fresh off of a ten-point showing in their group and taking a 3–0 win as Git Gud got gud again just in time.
In the quarterfinals, /vg/ faced a surging /diy/; the match ended a 0–0 borefest in regulation, but both teams put in goals as MacGyver and Git Gud scored late in the second half to take the match to penalties 1–1, but Wilhelm II missed a crucial kick that allowed /diy/ to take a 5–3 win in the penalty kicks. /vg/'s 6th place finish marked the best showing for the team since the 2012 4chan Autumn Babby Cup.
Before the 2014 4chan Summer Cup, a friendly with /v/ resulted in a 2-0 loss for the Generals.
The second /vg/ League also took place during this time, with /dng/ taking a 2–2 win (4–1 in penalty kicks) over /pdg/; the roster rebuild for this cup resulted in a gold pairing of Blaster ;) and Git Gud (the latter being made a permanent gold due to meta status) with Simon Viklund and Snowager of third-place /npg/ becoming the silvers.
Set to compete with /h/, /v/, and /ck/ in Group D, many had low expectations for /vg/ as they entered the Summer Cup in an arguable Group of Death.
In the opening match, /vg/ was able to overcome a locked down /h/ defense with a single goal by Simon Viklund for a 1–0 victory. Though /h/ took many more shots, new /vg/ goalkeeper A DUD!? saved all of them, ensuring the surprise victory for /vg/.
In the next match, they lost a similarly tense 1–0 affair to a /ck/ looking to make up for earlier spaghetti in a 2-0 loss to /v/ and to keep the group's final day interesting after /v/'s 1–1 draw to /h/.
On the final day, the Vidya Derby matchup against /v/, /vg/ seemed almost dead on arrival, with /v/ having dominated the group to the final day and /vg/ needing to not lose to stay alive. This seemed to be the case when Mr. Bones scored for /v/ at the 3rd minute; however, a late-first-half equalizer by new gold Blaster ;) kept /vg/ in the match. By the end of the game, /vg/'s other medals had taken 3 more successful shots at /v/'s net, as a 4–1 victory combined with /h/'s 1–0 win over /ck/ destroyed /v/'s run and sent /vg/ through to the knockouts as the top team of Group D.
In the knockouts, the first matchup was against /f/ in the Round of 16; while it looked like /f/ would eliminate /vg/ here, late tactical panic allowed for goals by Git Gud and Based Mang in extra time to push /vg/ to the quarter-finals with a 2–1 victory.
Against /an/, a dominant /vg/ offense was stopped nearly every time by /an/'s goalkeeper Corgi; however, Blaster ;) scored at the 83rd minute to assure a 1–0 victory for /vg/ and a semifinal berth.
Unfortunately, /vg/'s semifinal opponent turned out to be a very strong /mu/; despite holding relatively even with /mu/, a cheeky pass to The Deak gave /vg/ a 0–1 loss and ended their hopes of winning the cup.
In the highly boring 3rd place match against /x/, /vg/'s goalkeeper A DUD!? stopped /x/'s attacks while Blaster ;) scored another late /vg/ goal to give his team a 1–0 win.
While 3rd place was /vg/'s greatest finish of All Time, the Elite Cup's third place curse assured that /vg/ would not stay elite for long.