/vg/ History
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Pre-2012 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
/vg/'s first matches 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.
2012 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
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/ due to their 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.
Pre-2013 4chan Winter Cup
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.
2013 4chan Winter Cup
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.
2013 4chan Spring Babby Cup
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 DMF Eugenics 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.
2013 4chan Summer Cup Friendlies
Stepping into the void left by the AWOL CAnon, Chicago. !.0C2daFIRE 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.
2013 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
DeMessi !!U+s2S3/fT0g debuted as /vg/ manager 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.
Pre-2014 4chan Spring 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 elite /an/ destroyed /vg/ 4–1.
2014 4chan Spring Babby Cup
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.
2014 4chan Summer 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.
Pre-2015 4chan Winter Cup
The /vg/ League 3 took place, with much-hated /5N@F/ taking a 3–2 final victory over /wtg/ while /twg/ took third place over /nepgen/. However, controversy over /5N@F/'s manager led to /vg/'s medals for this cup and the Spring Babby Cup comprising of meta player Git Gud and /wtg/ representative >arcade as the golds with /twg/ representative Napoopan and fourth-place /nepgen/'s representative Purple Heart as the silvers.
2015 4chan Winter Cup
/vg/ was drawn into Group E for the Winter Cup; grouped with /wsg/ and /g/ sides competing with new managers, as well as recently-successful /lit/, many thought /vg/ would overcome the curse of third place and advance from Group E. However, they were wrong. The first matchup brought /vg/ a 2–1 win over /g/, with the /vg/ side overcoming an early Teedus strike as Blaster ;) equalized before the half and controversial striker Git Gud finally got gud again to give /vg/ an opening win. However, /vg/'s offense looked completely toothless the next two games; losses in the next two matches to /wsg/ (0–1, since negated from the record books due to post-cup dramu) and /lit/ (0–3) came with very few shots for /vg/ in either game, as the team attempted and failed to play to its defensive strengths and DeMessi's tactics ultimately led to the offense being crippled badly after the first game. /vg/ finished 23rd out of 32 in this cup with 3 points; while certainly not the worst finish that could happen, it also wasn't the best, as /vg/ failed to overcome the third place curse and advance from group stage.
2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup
Drawn into Group F with /n/, /d/, /k/, and autopilot /hm/, many doubted /vg/'s chances in a semi-competitive group. Despite an initial 1–1 draw with /k/ after giving up a 5th minute goal thanks to >arcade's 85th minute equalizer, /vg/ fell to the mercy of a group /d/ominatrix as they lost 1–4 despite showing early strength and equalizing after /d/ took the early lead. The /d/ loss was followed up by /n/ taking 3 goals out of a /vg/ side that looked like it wanted to die in its sleep, and despite a Purple Heart consolation, /vg/ lost 1–3, killing them for good. Even worse, /vg/ lost its final match to an absolutely atrocious and auto-piloted /hm/ 0–1, cementing the team's worst performance since the 2013 4chan Autumn Babby Cup with a mere one point thanks to Bearforce's 24th minute goal. After the cup, DeMessi again won the Worst Manager award in the auties after the cup.
Pre-2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
The /vg/ League 4 was held with /dng/ winning a second star to get their gold spot back, while /hsg/ and /rsg/ representatives will take the silver spots. /vg/'s Summer Friendlies season saw the debut of their updated post-/vg/ League 4 roster and new tactics; while /vg/ played better in their two friendlies, no luck was to be had as they lost to /lit/ 2–2 in a penalty shootout and to /gd/ 1–2. /vg/ also played in the inaugural Vidya Bowl, where an atrocious first day and hardcore memeing in the third place match solidified their spot as the worst vidya board.
2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
Drawn into Group E with /h/, /wg/, /trv/, and /po/, /vg/ was in a tight spot with two of the best teams in the cup in its group and as its final matches. The first match of /vg/'s cup run was against /po/; initially down 0–1 at the half, a strong second half saw /vg/ come back and win the match 2–1. The next match against /trv/ was, like half of the day, delayed by a very spooky and sudden audio failure of the streamer's computer on Halloween, and /vg/ seemed spooked badly early on as they fell down 0–1 at the half. Despite looking much better in the second half and scoring twice, /vg/ still lost 2–3 to /trv/, putting their advancement in doubt. The final two matches were an exercise in collapse as /vg/ went from being highly competitive but unable to finish to absolutely toothless in successive blowouts to /wg/ and /h/, 1–3 and 0–4. The /wg/ match was entirely dominated by a strong /wg/ from start to finish, with the only consolation /vg/ could find coming far too late to mean anything. The /h/ match saw /vg/'s attack repeatedly fail to score despite looking clearly stronger in the first half, and /h/ took two goals from an utterly pathetic defense. By the second half, /vg/ seemed to have given up, as their management was in full panic and the team on the field was unable to stop giving up goals. Satoru Iwata's own goal was only additional pain for /vg/, and as a result they left with their greatest loss in hand from what should have been a far better performance, much like the /trv/ match.
After this cup, DeMessi silently retired, faithful in the new management despite a terrible first cup.
Pre-2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup
The /vg/ League 5 was held; /ffg/ won the final over /ksg/ and /kspg/ took third place. /vg/ participated in a barrage of pre-cup invitationals as well, with mixed results, but enough promise to at least look like they could get out of the fetus. >implying invitationals matter
2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup Qualifiers
Initially /vg/ were drawn into a 3-team group for the Spring Babby Cup Qualifiers, facing /po/ and /i/ twice. However, incompetence on the part of /o/ management sent them down to the fetus and in /vg/'s group as their first match. /o/ provided a big challenge to /vg/, scoring the first goal and a second after a half-ending Doctor Jewgle equalizer. The Moogles and Kerbals would give /vg/ a 3–2 lead after 72 minutes, but the Miata proved itself to be THE BEST as it scored a late goal to ensure a 3–3 draw. More problems getting early leads showed in a rematch against /po/, but /vg/ held the lead 3–2 after the half. Kickoff abuse struck in the second half and for the rest of the match /po/ kept attacking but failed to do anything. At the very end of stoppage time, /po/ goalkeeping went full retard and let Jewgle put in a winning goal, putting /vg/ at second place in the group after /o/'s convincing win over /i/. Despite only needing a draw to get through, /vg/ suffered a total meltdown, losing 4–0 to /i/, and dependent on /o/ continuing their fetus dominance to have any hope of not being aborted. /o/ made good on their end of the deal, as /po/'s management fucked up their export and let /o/ win 2–1. /vg/ somehow ended up best of the third place teams despite -3 goal difference, setting up a clash with /y/ in the third place playoffs. /y/ took an early lead, but the rest of the match was solely /vg/, as they ended up scoring seven goals and taking /y/ to Rio with a 7–1 victory. However, despite getting an early lead in third place playoff finals against /adv/, /vg/ gave up entirely afterwards, letting themselves lose 3–1 and keeping them aborted.
Pre-2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
The /vg/ League 6 took place, with /twg/ winning the final over /xcg/. /rsg/ got third place again, and a couple longtime players were forcefully sacked. Popular victory anthem Baba Yetu also returned.
2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
The Autumn group draw put /vg/ in a group containing two teams /vg/ have never played before and one that /vg/ have not played since 2012. Against /biz/, /vg/ overcame two offsides at the beginning of the match as Snaketits scored the first goal; /biz/' own new silver Trumpcoin equalized, but Napoopan rode through and Git Gud added insult to injury by making up for his previous fuck-ups in a 3–1 victory. Then /tg/ came, with /vg/ needing a win in order to become elite for the first time in two years. This time, Git Gud got gud right off the bat, scoring two goals in the first half; Snaketits continued her run of good form by adding a goal after the half while Git Gud got a hat-trick twelve minutes later to make it 4–0. Napoopan and Thok got in on the action with their own goals to make it 6–0, and /vg/ laid off the defending late as Doomrider scored the only goal of his team's cup run. /vg/ took a 6–1 blowout, and thanks to another 6–1 blowout courtesy of /sp/, /vg/ were confirmed elite for the first time in two years. The match that followed, /vg/-/sp/, was a memefest on behalf of /vg/, while /sp/ mostly >actually tried to get 9 points; they succeeded in doing so, taking /vg/ on a trip to Spain as TSUUUUUUUUUU and Le Cut Inside Man padded their stats. The knockout draw put /vg/ together with shitposting brothers /b/, who had come off 9 point master race status and two straight clean sheets; #REKT looked to be continuing /b/'s top-notch form scoring the first goal, but Napoopan quickly fought back and scored. Trolled 2 Death lived up to his name before the half, scoring a second for /b/, but Snaketits scored an incredible late-half equalizer to make it 2–2 against the half. A typically sleepy second half followed, but while the match looked to be going to extra time, /vg/ were given a free kick, which Napoopan nailed into the net. /vg/ sealed a 3–2 victory as a result. The quarterfinals were a mini-Vidya Bowl with /vg/ and /vr/, but a /vg/ defense still exhausted from getting this far didn't show up to the match until past the 60th minute (at which point it was 1–3 despite Git Gud gitting gud); the new keeper subbed in and Git Gud's second goal of the day proved too little, too late. /vg/ still achieved more than most had hoped for out of Autumn, and now look to re-establish themselves as an elite power in the 2017 4chan Winter Cup.