AMLSeason03

Season 03 of Amateur League commenced late 2000.

Summary
Competing Teams (incomplete) : Birds Of Prey, BlackNike, BlairWitch, Blasphemy, -BlitZed-, Brotherhood, BUNNER, DAMN_Yankees, Dragonwings, E-5, Entrapment, EpiK, ESP, Exodus, -Final-, .foo., Friendly Fire, Giggles, Llamasery, )(Master)(, Militancy, No Data, The Orgy, Predators, Rebel Hope, red hawks, Secret, Skyrakers, SS CRIPS, The Storms, Symphony, =VeCToR=, Warlords, Zeta-Squadron. Champions: Rebel Hope. Runners-Up: Symphony

Divisional Split
There were most certainly multiple conferences, but exactly how many and how they were nested (sub-divisions?) is unclear. Two of the conferences were Hercules and Zeus. The play-offs treated the conferences quite differently, possibly because an exodus of teams from the competition left the numbers very uneven.

Regular Season
It was reported that the Regular Season for the Zeus Conference was two rounds longer than that for the other(s?). This seems to have been the result of teams departing the league mid-season, necessitating a change to the Play-Offs format. Round 2 - October 27, 2000 : No Data 12 def BlackNike 1 DragonWings v DAMN_Yankees The Orgy v red hawks Friendly Fire v Giggles Mutant Society v BUNNER Entrapment v Segallion's Heathens Zeta-Squadron v -Final- Predators v Secret EpiK v Birds Of Prey Rebels v Exodus Brotherhood v Llamasery )(Master)( v E-5 SS CRIPS v Skyrakers Blasphemy v Militancy Warlords v Red Star The Storms v .foo. BlairWitch v Eblana Space Police Symphony v -BlitZed- Round 3 - November 04, 2000 : Birds Of Prey 11 def No Data 10 -Final- v Skyrakers Bunner v E-5 DragonWings v BlackNike Brotherhood v Red Hawks Giggles v Militancy Friendly Fire v Secret The Orgy v Zeta-Squadron Rebels v DAMN_Yankees EpiK v Exodus Entrapment v )(Master)( SS CRIPS v .foo. Symphony v Blasphemy Mutant Society v Eblana Space Police The Storms v Llamasery Warlords v BlairWitch Predators v -BlitZed- Round 4 - November 11, 2000 Dragonwings def No Data Round 5 - November 18, 2000 Exodus v No Data Secret v Militancy -Final- v Llamasery BUNNER v Eblana Space Police SS CRIPS v Red Hawks Brotherhood v Zeta-Squadron Birds Of Prey v DAMN_Yankees BlairWitch v )(Master)( E-5 v Entrapment Symphony v Predators Friendly Fire v Blasphemy EpiK v BlackNike =VeCToR= v Warlords The Storms v The Orgy Giggles v -BlitZed- Skyrakers v .foo. DragonWings v Rebels - POSTPONED by Rebels '''Round ?? - November 25, 2000 :''' Rebel Hope def No Data Makeup Round - January 6, 2000 : Brotherhood v BUNNER -BlitZed- v The Orgy (best of 3)

Unsure If Regular Season Or Play-Offs
'''Round ?? - January 13, 2001''' No Data 12 def SS CRIPS 4 '''Round ?? - January 20, 2001''' No Data 12 def BlackNike 9

Play-Offs
Due to a disparity in the number of rounds between conferences, Hercules Conference would hold separate play-offs distinct from the rest, with the winners joining into the remainder of the play-offs system. The format as described is difficult to interpret from the source. Semi-Finals - January 27, 2001 Hercules Conference No Data v Skyrakers Game 1 - No Data def Skyrakers No Data v Skyrakers Game 2 - No Data def Skyrakers Secret def ?? Play-Offs - January 30, 2001 : There is reference to a match or series between DAMN_Yankees and Symphony. The date is a Tuesday. While the clash was referred to as the AML Championship, it is difficult to see how the label was not erroneous. Hercules Conference Finals - February 4, 2001 This final seemed to be isolated from the rest of the competition - The winner had no apparent opportunity to continue on and contest the AML Championship. Secret 11 def No Data 8 Secret 7 def No Data 5 Final - February 4, 2001 : ''This final seemed to be the culmination of the play-offs for all conferences except for Hercules. While excluding that one conference, the winner of this series has since been noted at A1 as the AML Champions for the season (as Rebels, not as Rebel Hope).'' Game 1 - Rebel Hope def Symphony Game 2 - Rebel Hope def Symphony Rebel Hope wins series 2-0