/utg/ History

Team history of  /utg/.

The Early Years

/vg/ League 5

Founded by CuriousAnon !!NNJPLf1BkZ and Admiral !!QRmoFrkaSpZ on November 2, 2015, /utg/ would punch its ticket into VGL5, despite its recent inception as a general on /vg/. Mostly due in part to the overwhelming support for a team from the success and popularity of Undertale, which had just come out a few months prior. Before the cup even kicked off, /utg/ got off to a hot start, defeating league powerhouse /5N@F/ in the /vg/ league 5 friendlies 2-0, giving a lot of fans high hopes for the team.

The draw would find /utg/ in group B, along with /domg/ /vitagen/ and /mgg/. /domg/ having had a recently strong performance in /vg/ League 4, would show up with a questionable formation, and /utg/ would continue its strange habit of scoring with nonmedal DMFs, opening the game with a quick spaghetti goal from booby. BAD TIMES would rock the stadium with Megalovania once himself to give them the lead 2-0 at the 67th minute, and despite a late rally by /domg/, would hold onto a 2-1 lead, giving them their first win in their first official match. The success would soon come to a grinding halt, as /mgg/ would blister them with a high powered offensive, rocking 4 goals past But It Refused and only allowing 1 in return from GOAT Mom. The match would put /utg/ into dire straights, as they would be put up against fan favorites /vitagen/ in a win or die matchup. The cute monsters of /utg/ would have to put on a hell of a matchup to find their way to the knockouts, and put on a show they did. But It Refused was ready for his second start, and would put up what may be the greatest keeper performance in VGL history, absolutely stonewalling the cute anime girl offensive, making 10 amazing saves and holding them down to only 2 goals. The offense would come together like a well oiled machine, linking up 4 well taken goals and squeezing /utg/ into 2nd place in Group B. The knockouts wouldn't be as kind to /utg/, placed against former league laughingstock /kspg/, who were just themselves finding their first knockouts. The match would open up even, /kspg/ would find an early goal, but it would be matched by Burgerpants at the half, keeping the game level. The game would remain level until the 74th minute, when the defense would collapse and let in three more goals from /kspg/, ending their cup run on a 4-1 defeat. Though they didn't taste a huge amount of success, they would retain an "elite status" for making the knockouts, and look forward to build on that success in the future

/vg/ League 6

Back in action for /vg/ League 6, /utg/ would look to maintain their elite status and improve on their last VGL success. They would be drawn in a group with the tumblrites of /lisg/, extra terrestrial exterminators /xcg/ and familiar faces /kspg/. They would get off to a hot start, defeating an /xcg/ side that had to dig its way out of the qualifiers in a decisive 3-2 victory. Interestingly enough, this would give them the opportunity to top the group after just 2 matches, the same situation they were in with VGL5. This time however, they wouldn't blow a golden chance, absolutely tearing apart the /kspg/ defense with a 6-1 massacre. The result at the time, matched the highest margin of victory seen by a VGL team, and it would not only guarantee /utg/ a spot in the knockouts, but to top their group as well after just 2 games. While the third game had little importance to /utg/ for promotion's sake, BAD TIMES would refuse to slow down, rocketing 3 goals past /lisg/ to put /utg/ at 9 points, and tie him in the race for Golden Boot. At 9 points and with a huge positive Goal Difference, /utg/ would go into the knockouts second in the rankings. This success however, was shortlived. BAD TIMES was unable to get his shots past the golden glove of /drg/, and in a rather disappointing upset /utg/ would be sent home in the RO16 again, and although they squeezed into the top 8 of the rankings and a pot 1 position in VGL7, they still have been unable to win a knockout match. Only time will tell if /utg/ can get over this block, with their chance coming soon in VGL7.

/vg/ League 7

/utg/ entered /vg/ league 7 with a bit of hesitation. With their primary manager freshly retired, pressure was put on Admiral to recreate the success that the general had come to enjoy. A peculiar formation would cause some headscratching by couch managers and viewers alike, but it would prove itself sharp quickly in Group C. A solid 3-1 domination at the new Underground Stadium over the degenerate weebs of /nepgen/ would set the pace, and a follow up game just 2 days later would leave them to once again promote after just 2 matches. Another solid 3-1 win over /lolg/ would have them again poised at the top of their group, and with advancement already confirmed, the formation would take it easy, allowing /lzg/ to sneak in a 2-1 win over them to close out their groupstage. Another strong performance in the groups confirmed /utg/ as one of the longest standing elite teams in the /vg/ league, but they had yet to put together a win in the knockouts. Disaster would strike, and it seemed the trend would continue early on in their RO16 match against /mhg/'s lightning hot offense, but a record matching performance would see BAD TIMES scoring 5 goals in one match. Finally through their RO16 slump, /utg/ looked promising to take the league by storm, and show up their rivals in /5n@f/. Another powerful performance from /utg/ would see them sitting pretty on a 3-1 lead over /hsg/, but for some reason the records have been struck past the 86th minute.

/vg/ League 8

/utg/ entered Season 8 under new management from Flowery !!13v461Mqm5Q while CuriousAnon !!NNJPLf1BkZ fucked off a Spider Bake Sale somewhere. With no aesthetic changes and a place in the League already secured, there was very little to fuck up. In spite of this, the new manager managed to get an incompatible version of PES 17 and only found out about it half an hour before the deadline, and had to send in a pastebin of the tactics export. Although it was a potentially league-excluding upset, /utg/ managed to secure the necessary paperwork to compete once more. Starting the league off with its first match against /aceg/, /utg/ made a strong showing in the first half with uncharacteristically aggressive tactics for a team with such a defensive build, scoring two points. The winds of fate would begin to shift in the second half as /aceg/ caught up within a matter of minutes. Ultimately, /utg/ was able to secure a third goal and become the only team in their group to win their first match. /utg/ faced off a week later against /sog/, and was quickly put on the defensive. The entire round was a cage match, with /utg/ barely managing to sneak in two goals while barely defending /sog/'s relentless onslaught, ending the game in a tie at 2-2. Everything came down to the wire on the third and final game for /utg/, facing /nepgen/ this time. Earlier, /sog/ had won its match against /aceg/ with a goal difference of 5, putting them a point and several goals ahead of /utg/. To advance, /utg/ would have to defeat /nepgen/. Unfortunately, the offense just wasn't feeling up to it, and the entire match joined football's endless list of could-have's and should-have's, ending with a tie of 0-0. Although /utg/ managed to get 5 points in its group, it wasn't enough to overcome /nepgen/ or /sog/, and /utg/ was eliminated, making /vg/ League 8 the first league since /utg/'s arrival that it failed to advance to the round of 16.

/vg/ League 9

/vg/ Leauge 9 was a league of change - and not necessarily one for the better. Sporting a much more offensive (compared to the old 5-3-2) 3-4-3 formation, the team sought to break the stereotype that /utg/'s preferred method of play was to score and then "park the bus", relying on cheeky longball and PES/kekoff abuse to secure a win. During the first match against /digi/, things seemed to be going well, as /utg/ managed to blitz /digi/'s defenses while denying them any chance of scoring on their own. Walking away from their first victory of 3-0, the team was confident that the results could be replicated against /meg/ and /aog/. These hopes were dashed as /meg/'s calibrations led to an utter shredding of /utg/'s weakened defense, with /utg/'s offensive capabilities finding it difficult to retaliate. For whatever reason, it was also the match that /utg/ decided to play dirty as fuck, with a blistering 4 players on the pitch earning yellow cards. The match ended in one of /utg/'s worst defeats, a SOUL-crushing 2-5 loss. Recoiling from the loss, /utg/ went to face off against future-champion /aog/, their new tactics again failing to penetrate the more staunch defense of /aog/ while also conceding two goals. This final loss ended /utg/'s run in /vg/ League 9, and granted them a final ranking of 24th, by far the worst rank the team has received to date.

The Lost Years

GAME OVER? (X, 11, 13)

A time period overseen by the trip-less "E" man.
In /vg/ League X they made it to the /vg/ League X Survival Round but got whomped before knockouts.
In /vg/ League 11 they were in Group A and ate shit so bad they vanished for a year.
In /vg/ League 13 the team conquered Group H to immediately get knocked out by /drg/... again.
And then the team's little heart just snapped in two...

The Return

/vg/ League 17

For /vg/ League 17, the team was resurrected as a hollow vessel to fill out the /vg/ League 17 Qualifiers by a mysterious unnamed jagoff who ghosted at the last second; their existence remains questionably canon. After a rocky start losing to /kfg/ and a clumsy first half against /osg/, the team finally began to gel. They rescued their second match and breezed through their final qualifier game against /acg/. Because of the team's refusal to stay dead, they not only topped the qualifiers, but claimed another entry in the /vg/ League Records with BAD TIMES/Sans' player rating of 9.0 for the second time in League history. Based on my aunt this performance, a loser from the actual general hastily took the name Prunselball !!W7Lisdehms came aboard as interim caretaker to help the team get a well-earned coat of fresh paint.

As a result of qualifying, the team was slotted into /vg/ League 17 Group D. Also in this was /egg/ and their star vice-captain CLANG, the first and only other VGL player (at the time of their eventual face-off) to ever receive a 9.0 rating. The first group's match against a /dng/ was a spaghetti-dropping fiasco, but /utg/ proved better acclimated to high-autism play conditions and won the day. The imposing performance of /wtg/ the week prior turned out to not matter at all, as /utg/ went full Yellow SOUL Mode and shot holes through their defense. Starwalker's debut matches as goalie were both clean sheets, thanks in no small part to active backfield support and a critical kapow in each game.

The team was sitting on top of the group with a +6 GD and guaranteed the Survival Round at least, and it would take a 5-goal loss to unseat them. Like idiots, they chose to take their last group game lightly, whereas CLANG and his /egg/mates were faced with win-or-elimination and played accordingly. The individual players in the Nines Showdown managed 2 goals apiece, including Sans flipping off the camera twice, but /egg/ went with the clever team-based strategy of having more than one player score during the match, handing /utg/ a 2-4 loss. Maybe /utg/ wanted to conserve energy for the Round of 16 at the cost of bragging rights, or sacrifice an L to the Gods of RNG before Knockout Weekend? Also I guess Starwalker remembered he doesn't have arms. Anyway, shortly after that, the team got the snot beat out of them in the Knockout Stage by an /mjg/ that was bound for Grand Finals, and that was that. No dramatic facing off with /indie/ or /drg/ or anything cool like that. But hey, 14th overall is pretty good for an auto team who almost didn't even get to play!

/vg/ League 18

The story of /vg/ League 18: new game (PES21), new formation (3-5-2)... but old foes. Two of the other teams in Group C (/kfg/ and /dng/) were faced only seven months prior. The third, /drg/, was the team's white whale, having killed the team's playoff run in both of their two clashes... both in shutouts. Though /utg/ looked dismal early in their first game back, fortunes quickly changed, and a hard-fought 3-2 win against /kfg/ provided a much-needed ray of hope given the opponents left to face. Energy Sword Sunday saw the first goal the team ever scored against /drg/, and subsequently the first time they ever lead in a match against them... but it did not last. An equalizer and a heart-rending free kick goal later, /utg/ tasted their third dose of despair in a 1-2 loss. With the group at 6-3-3-0 thanks to /kfg/ going over /dng/, the winds of fate howled: of the 3-pointers, /utg/ arguably had the easier opponent final opponent, but the possibilities ranged from surviving on 3 to dying on 6. After a quiet first half at the debut game for our spiffy new Cyber City field, /dng/ scored and things looked dire, but /utg/ refused, answering back and taking the win with a cheeky 90+1 squeaker. After /drg/ gave us a heart attack for 86 minutes, they claimed their own win, topping the group and ensuring /utg/ would make it to the survival round! And then /@/ roared back to peak performance and thrashed our asses. Oh well, still made the team cut and Top 20 again pretty much for free.

/vg/ League 19

As the first cup under live coaching in many years, Group E of /vg/ League 19 was predominantly new faces, but an opponent met once before in /digi/ was up first. Jevil, now confined to a wheelchair, decided to finally start doing things (scores, assists, defense, back flips, etc.) en route to being honored Man of the Match after a 2-0 victory. That win was ultimately a twotoriel tutorial match, though, as /feg/ chose their match against us to not bench a medal, and proceeded to kick the monster gang up and down the pitch for the first half. The second half was better, but ultimately the damage was done, and a valuable lesson was learned about fluid formations cobbled together the night before. Sitting as the low 3 of a precarious 4-3-3-1 in group stage math, it was essentially Just Win LOL against /alg/; doable, but not guaranteed. After another intensive all-night cram session before the game, the team discovered the fabled tactic known as "having offense" and cruised to not only victory, but narrowly clinching the top of the group without even using their substitutions.

Elated with the fact he didn't completely shit the bed, the coach happily crashed asleep... and totally missed that there was a bonus playoff against /pmmm/ later that day; oops. Thankfully, The Lads knew the playbook and the team took a 3-1 win to a temporary top-eight seeding. After a nice Day 10 not having to manage via phone (and Flowey getting Day 9 Player of the Day for being a cheeky li'l shit) the Round of 16 match against /fgoalter/ proved to be a nail biter. LIZ LOVE drew first blood, but a goddamn ERA PENAL put the score level again. A cheeky 45+1 brace from DETERMINATION had /utg/ up at the half, but Kiryu-chan soon pulled it even. At last, buoyed by the synergy of Susie and Krabs in the backfield, Determination nailed a crucial hat trick at 87' and sent /utg/ to their second-ever Final Day. Unfortunately, the team's coaster car ride ran out of track against /akg/; two quick goals early in the first half couldn't be answered, and the monsters lost by one, just like their meeting in the New Thread Cup not long prior. Still, at least the difference wasn't a FUCKING MICKEY MOUSE FREE KICK. And hey, SPAMTON ACTUALLY SCORED! Top 8 for the second time ever, ending a six year drought? Pretty good. Now to laugh, and return to their mind palace...

/vg/ League X-2 or 20 or Whatever

The team enjoyed their downtime before /vg/ League X-2 began, including finally notching a(n exhibition) win against their Super High-School Level white whale /drg/, but the new season brought new challenges. League officials' new rules and a return to PES19 took time to get adjusted to, and the opponents of Group D presented an immediate threat amid the headache of a playbook revamp. /gig/ had just come off winning bronze last League, /@/ was in similarly strong form having kicked the tar out of the team in recent memory, and the newly-debuting /xgg/ represented a complete unknown.

With /xgg/ to face down first, Burgerpants scored quick and the team held it together for most of their first game against the rookies... but it didn't last. They were plagued by fatigue in the last 15 minutes of play, and a 2-0 lead dissolved quickly into a hard-fought tie, thanks in no small part to Starwalker's tenacious goalkeeping. Uncharacteristically for the Extended Universe Fun Gang, they responded next week's group math pressure with a fury not even their coach knew they had in them. /gig/ drew first blood, but unknowingly had opened their own personal Doorway to Brazil, spending minute 27 on having a really, really bad time. The team sat (precariously) at the top of the group, with a big cushion between them and group stage elimination, but the idols of /@/ were in top form... and /utg/ knew it. They assumed a defensive position, and kept the loss from being a rout, but a baited foul from FAT BITCH got Jevil his second yellow card, suspending him before Survival Round when the team needed him most to do something... anything!

Day 9's mind-warping length led to a series of impromptu pickup matches, and a loss to /5N@F/ at the end of a seemingly endless day sank the team's spirit and brainpower even further. As a result, their Day 10 rematch with /fgoalter/ was one of the most dreadful contests in recent memory... at least until it went to 0-0 penalties after ET and looped back around to being funny. The first 3 exchanges went tit-for-fat, but a save on Burgerpants proved the difference maker. The monsters clawed out a roster slot all the way at the far end of the bench, but the tournament was over for them. While the post-revival representative streak survived the ordeal, the team was demonstrably in need of some work.

Dead/Dormant Rivalries

/kspg/ - OuterTale Bowl

A matchup between the most autistic faggots on /vg/ and /utg/. While the boards themselves don't cross culturally, they are fierce competitors on the field of divegrass, holding each other's biggest wins and losses for a good chunk, if not all, of their shared existences. Their first meeting in VGL5 was both team's first knockouts appearance, which ended in a 4-1 victory for /kspg/. /utg/ was quick to pay them back with interest, defeating them 6-1 in the following VGL6 group stages. FUCKING DEAD BECAUSE KSPG WAS NUKED FROM /vg/ A ALONG TIME AGO ;_;7

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/drg/ - Fingers In His Ass Bowl

"Love-hate" doesn't even begin to describe the history here. The first two times these teams met were both shut-out knockouts in favor of the high school students, but the relationship got a little more tangled from there. Their third meeting, on VGL18's Energy Sword Sunday, was for the first time a Group Stage match... yes the Super High School Level soccer team won, again, but the Underground denizens finally put a score on the board. Arguably, it was a heroic job by the Dangan goalie that kept the group math in Undertale's favor in the very next game of the day. The Wheel of Fate decided to run that match back again about 2 months later in the New Thread Cup, right down to the scoreline. While /utg/ finally claimed a win in their fifth meeting, will they ever claim victory over /drg/ in an actual cup? Fuck you! Shove it up your ugly ass! I'll shove your asses so far down your throats that when you crap you'll sing fucking Beethoven! died because nobody fed them, carcasses eaten by Toko's pet stinkbug ;_;7

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/5N@F/ - Drawfriend Derby

Two of the most artistic generals on /vg/ who have both a lot in common and little in common. They both flourish because of helpful and nice drawfags creating new content all of the time, they both have friendly circlejerks, they both waifu cool monsters of either the robotic or monster (or both) type, they both like to discuss alternate universes and they both are not well-liked outside their own walls. They also both hate each other and actually care more or less about VGL divegrass for some reason, hence a rivalry is natural. They've met twice in friendlies, with /utg/ beating /5N@F/ once in the VGL5 Friendlies 2-0 and /5N@F/ beating /utg/ in Rigging After Dark 3-2. An impromptu no-coaches meme match at the end of VGLX-2's last Group Stage Day put the robotic furry bait team up in lifetime versus records, but despite the timing the two have still never faced off in an official capacity. FUCKING DEAD BECAUSE FN@F WAS NUKED FROM /vg/ ;_;7 Nevermind they're alive again lmao Nevermind they're dead again because they got distracted by getting a mid movie ;_;7

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