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, Mutant Society, No Data, The Orgy, Predators, Rebel Hope, red hawks, Red Star , Secret, Segallion's Heathens , Skyrakers, SS CRIPS, The Storms, Symphony, =VeCToR= , Warlords, Zeta-Squadron. Champions: Rebel Hope. Runners-Up: Symphony

Other Teams
The preseason competition was extensive for this season due to ongoing server problems. There is mention of a Round 2 dated September 23, 2000. Teams lining up during that round but absent by the time of the later Regular Season were : Emotion, ExILED, FUSION, The Jedi Squad, Red Dawn, ReDS, Spaceballz, Weapon. .

According to other data this is earlier than the season's start, yet the September start is also supported by reports from the Warlords website, which places Round 1 at September 17, 2000. . These may have been preseason rounds, or perhaps the season needed to be restarted.

Divisional Split
This table includes data captured very early in the season (Oct 10), which is prior to season's start (apart from =VeCToR=). Replacement teams did arrive: BlairWitch, Entrapment, )(Master)(, The Storms & =VeCToR=. At this point only =VeCToR='s slot position can be calculated. In addition to being the actual names of the conferences in this case, references have also been seen to treat Hercules and Zeus as a play-offs format. As it seems possible that Hercules Conference this season was a lower-tier grouping, with its winners not proceeding to challenge that of Zeus, perhaps the format known as Herc/Zeus refers to an upper and lower hierarchal approach to segregation.

Regular Season
It was reported that the Regular Season for the Hercules 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, and also necessitated 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 Pre-Playoff (Hercules Conference) Round - December 20, 2000 : ''Sudden death elimination knockout apparently to handle a discrepancy between the number of teams in the two conferences. These games seem to be intended to reduce "Herc" to a manageable size entering play-offs. Matches were single-elimination unless if the margin was less than 6 kills, in which case the clash converted to a best-of-three. red hawks v -FINAL- BlairWitch v BUNNER Brotherhood v The Orgy )(Master)( v Entrapment Skyrakers v =VeCToR= Zeta-Squadron v Warlords Eblana Space Police v Llamasery E-5 v The Storms .foo. v SS CRIPS Makeup Round (Zeus Conference) - December 20, 2000 : This conference had completed its Regular Season rounds and was now merely cleaning up postponements. Rebel Hope v DragonWings Predators v Blasphemy Predators v -BlitZed- Symphony v Friendly Fire Makeup Round - January 6, 2000 : Brotherhood v BUNNER -BlitZed- v The Orgy (best of 3)

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. Teams not featuring in the play-offs were The Storms and Llamasery. Play-Offs Round 1 - January 13, 2001 Hercules Conference No Data 12 def SS CRIPS 4 Secret def -FINAL- Skyrakers def Exodus BlackNike def Entrapment -BlitZed- def Eblana Space Police =VecToR= def Warlords Zeus Conference Rebels def Predators Symphony def The Orgy Friendly Fire def red hawks BlairWitch def EpiK DAMN_Yankees def Zeta-Squadron Giggles def .foo. Unknown Conference DragonWings def )(Master)( E-5 def Militancy Birds Of Prey def BUNNER Blasphemy def Brotherhood Play-Offs Round 2 - January 20, 2001 : Hercules Conference No Data 12 def BlackNike 9 Skyrakers def -BlitZeD- Secret def =VeCToR= Zeus Conference Rebel Hope def Friendly Fire Symphony def BlairWitch DAMN_Yankees def Giggles Unknown Conference DragonWings v E-5 Birds Of Prey v Blasphemy Herc/Zeus Grudge Match - January 20, 2001 : Llamasery v Zeta-Squadron Semi-Finals - January 27, 2001 Hercules Conference Game 1 - No Data def Skyrakers Game 2 - No Data def Skyrakers Secret def ?? Zeus Conference Rebel Hope def ??? Symphony def DAMN_Yankees (possibly played at a later date 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 : For some reason this final was treated as the culmination of all play-offs. Secret, the winners of Hercules Conference', did not enjoy an opportunity to proceed forward and compete for the league championship. Game 1 - Rebel Hope def Symphony Game 2 - Rebel Hope def Symphony Rebel Hope wins series 2-0