Jedi Academy Aurochs - Revision history

Masta: /* Masta: The Last Bid for Power */

2013-03-02T16:18:25Z

Masta: The Last Bid for Power

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	}}had a very tough time playing properly in the first round of the game against mFURT, which was lost with a score of 25-37, and he was consequently substituted by [[Vision]] in the second round where the team managed to just barely lose with a score of 31-34.		}}had a very tough time playing properly in the first round of the game against mFURT, which was lost with a score of 25-37, and he was consequently substituted by [[Vision]] in the second round where the team managed to just barely lose with a score of 31-34.

	Around that time, the excellent American player [[hisownfoot]] was awarded full membership at the team and the Aurochs went on to win the next three games in a row against other top10 clans, leaving the official ESL score since May 2009 at 4 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss. This eventually lead to the ~~JAA~~ climbing up to and surpassing the rank that was last reached by the old team in late 2006: They had finally reached rank #2 in the ESL TDM ladder and had managed to maintain that spot for over a month.		Around that time, the excellent American player [[hisownfoot]] was awarded full membership at the team and the Aurochs went on to win the next three games in a row against other top10 clans, leaving the official ESL score since May 2009 at 4 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss. This eventually lead to the Aurochs climbing up to and surpassing the rank that was last reached by the old team in late 2006: They had finally reached rank #2 in the ESL TDM ladder and had managed to maintain that spot for over a month.

	====The End and The Future====		====The End and The Future====
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	Barely any attempts have been made to restore activity from August 2009 onwards and the team slowly but surely began to fade away. The forums were still somewhat active up to mid-2010, but posting frequency declined steadily. With the Academy's own inability to deal with the issue of inactivity and with the generally low quality of the competition that was still left over after the major teams pulled out of the ESL, none of the Aurochs had any real interest in making a return anymore. [[Vision]] played CTF for a while, ultimately substituting that for JKA-unrelated games in late 2010 like Starcraft 2.		Barely any attempts have been made to restore activity from August 2009 onwards and the team slowly but surely began to fade away. The forums were still somewhat active up to mid-2010, but posting frequency declined steadily. With the Academy's own inability to deal with the issue of inactivity and with the generally low quality of the competition that was still left over after the major teams pulled out of the ESL, none of the Aurochs had any real interest in making a return anymore. [[Vision]] played CTF for a while, ultimately substituting that for JKA-unrelated games in late 2010 like Starcraft 2.

	The team would remain in the hands of [[Masta]] and [[Fullmetal]] for the next couple of years, ultimately abandoning JKA altogether. Throughout that time, many discussions were held in private about the future of the Aurochs. Some suggested we branch out into other games, most notably Starcraft 2, which many Aurochs actively play up to this day; some others suggested we wait for the release of the MMORPG [[The Old Republic]] and form a competitive PvP team for that game~~. So far~~, nothing has been ~~set into stone, nothing~~ decided~~. The team remains dormant~~.		The team would remain in the hands of [[Masta]] and [[Fullmetal]] for the next couple of years, ultimately abandoning JKA altogether. Throughout that time, many discussions were held in private about the future of the Aurochs. Some suggested they branch out into other games, most notably Starcraft 2, which many Aurochs actively play up to this day; some others suggested we wait for the release of the MMORPG The Old Republic and form a competitive PvP team for that game, but nothing conclusive has been decided.

	==Players==		==Players==

Masta: /* A New Dawn: R2D2 and Jade Jedi */

2013-03-02T16:13:41Z

A New Dawn: R2D2 and Jade Jedi

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Masta: /* Decline and Retirement */

2013-03-02T15:01:44Z

Decline and Retirement

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	====Decline and Retirement====		====Decline and Retirement====
	Unfortunately, inactivity became a serious problem from that point on. Many of the Aurochs got more and more preoccupied by issues ~~external to~~ the game, some became slightly complacent after having achieved so much and others were becoming disillusioned with the most recent defeats in the [[ESL]] ~~and with [[Wovian]] declining the JAA's open challenge~~. In an attempt to counteract this development, a new training system was implemented while the team took a break from competitive gaming. The training system was established ~~and conducted; however~~, ~~as previously mentioned, the timing was not~~ the ~~best. The~~ Aurochs were slowly losing more and more members to inactivity, ~~and thus~~ the training sessions only ~~had a handful of Aurochs present~~. ~~Eventually, the training~~ sessions were abandoned altogether.		Unfortunately, inactivity became a serious problem from that point on. Many of the Aurochs got more and more preoccupied by issues outside of the game, some became slightly complacent after having achieved so much and others were becoming disillusioned with the most recent defeats in the [[ESL]]. In an attempt to counteract this development, a new training system was implemented while the team took a break from competitive gaming. The training system was established, but despite that the Aurochs were slowly losing more and more members to inactivity, leaving the regular training sessions only mildly attended. The sessions themselves were eventually abandoned altogether.

	During this time, the Aurochs were having troubles with the [[JAC]] once again. Projects undertaken for the good of the Academy, which to the [[JAC]] however seemed to overstep the bounds of the role that the "JA's ~~football~~ team" is supposed to play, strained the relationship of the Aurochs and the Academy. Both sides misunderstood one another, not willing to look at the other's point of view, making it very hard to come up with a concrete solution to the problem. Eventually, these projects were abandoned, and problems that arose on IRC were mostly resolved. There was still a lot of tension present, which made the JAA's situation all the more difficult.		During this time, the Aurochs were having troubles with the JAC once again. Projects undertaken for the good of the Academy, which to the JAC however seemed to overstep the bounds of the role that the "JA's esports team" is supposed to play, strained the relationship between the Aurochs and the Academy. Both sides misunderstood one another, not willing to look at the other's point of view, making it very hard to come up with a concrete solution to the problem. Eventually, these projects were abandoned, and problems that arose on IRC were mostly resolved. There was still a lot of tension present, which made the JAA's situation all the more difficult.

	After a couple of months, the Aurochs noticed how inactive they had become. Due to real life circumstances~~, college, jobs,~~ and other factors, the majority of the Aurochs were not able to maintain a decent level of activity in-game anymore. Some felt discouraged ~~with~~ the constant conflicts with the [[JAC]] and considered quitting the team altogether, some others tried to give the team ~~another~~ wake-up call, hoping to restore it to its former glory. However, ~~This wake-up call was not~~ successful. The Aurochs could not maintain the level of excellence they previously had. They had only participated in 2 matches ever since they left the [[ESL]]. The majority of the team finally agreed it was time for the Aurochs to retire. The team planned on going out strong, hoping to leave an ~~Auroch~~ legacy that someone would pick up later in the JA.		After a couple of months, the Aurochs noticed how inactive they had become. Due to real life circumstances and other factors, the majority of the Aurochs were not able to maintain a decent level of activity in-game anymore. Some felt even more discouraged by the constant conflicts with the JAC and considered quitting the team altogether, some others tried to give the team one more wake-up call, hoping to restore it to its former glory. However, none of the measures implemented were successful. The Aurochs could not maintain the level of excellence they previously had. They had only participated in 2 matches ever since they left the [[ESL]] in August 2006. The majority of the team finally agreed it was time for the Aurochs to retire. The team planned on going out strong, hoping to leave an Aurochs legacy that someone would pick up later in the JA.

	When it was revealed that the Aurochs were retiring, the [[JAC]] explicitly stated that the team could not retire, but individuals could. This statement dissolved the Aurochs arranged plan to retire together after one last meeting. One by one, ~~Auroch~~ members stated they were retiring individually from ~~JKA~~. [[Tido]] cleaned up the forums and handed over access to [[R2D2]] and [[3th]], who was not present due to real life problems. The Aurochs beloved bot, b00m, run by [[Tido]], ~~became one with the Force~~ shortly after this happened. The team was left with only two of its members, [[R2D2]] and [[Jade Jedi]].		When it was revealed that the Aurochs were retiring, the JAC explicitly stated that the team could not retire, but individuals could. This statement dissolved the Aurochs arranged plan to retire together after one last meeting. One by one, Aurochs members stated they were retiring individually from the team. [[Tido]] cleaned up the forums and handed over access to [[R2D2]] and [[3th]], who was not present due to real life problems. The Aurochs beloved IRC bot, b00m, run by [[Tido]], was shut down shortly after this happened. The team was left with only two of its members, [[R2D2]] and [[Jade Jedi]].

	The greatest era of the Aurochs thus far ~~was finished~~.		The greatest era of the Aurochs thus far had ended.

	===A New Dawn: R2D2 and Jade Jedi===		===A New Dawn: R2D2 and Jade Jedi===

Masta: /* The Golden Age */

2013-03-02T13:35:49Z

The Golden Age

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	With a renewed sense of autonomy, the Aurochs quickly became motivated enough to start working on their new vision of the team. Because of the failure of the dual-team system, a new one-team system was drafted to create the "leaner and meaner" Aurochs. The idea was to have fewer numbers but higher quality players overall. The focus was no longer to field only the best players in competition, but instead equally force everyone on the team to improve. Recruitment requirements were severely toughened, and it was harder to remain a member of the team if inactive. Practice schedules were drafted out and a lot of attention was put on improvement as well as tactical sophistication. The Aurochs eventually moved back to the JA's website and much of the tension between the Academy and the Aurochs had lightened due to the unbanning of Sauce and various other reasons. This lead to a favourable training environment that would ultimately serve as the basis for much of the success that the team has had in mid-2005 till late 2006. During this time, the Aurochs assisted with TFFA classes within Jedi Academy, attracting new students to the [[TFFA]] gametype. The Aurochs also pushed for [[basejka]] Academy servers and eventually made it happen.		With a renewed sense of autonomy, the Aurochs quickly became motivated enough to start working on their new vision of the team. Because of the failure of the dual-team system, a new one-team system was drafted to create the "leaner and meaner" Aurochs. The idea was to have fewer numbers but higher quality players overall. The focus was no longer to field only the best players in competition, but instead equally force everyone on the team to improve. Recruitment requirements were severely toughened, and it was harder to remain a member of the team if inactive. Practice schedules were drafted out and a lot of attention was put on improvement as well as tactical sophistication. The Aurochs eventually moved back to the JA's website and much of the tension between the Academy and the Aurochs had lightened due to the unbanning of Sauce and various other reasons. This lead to a favourable training environment that would ultimately serve as the basis for much of the success that the team has had in mid-2005 till late 2006. During this time, the Aurochs assisted with TFFA classes within Jedi Academy, attracting new students to the [[TFFA]] gametype. The Aurochs also pushed for [[basejka]] Academy servers and eventually made it happen.
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	The team quickly rose to fame after it managed to win many significant victories against the very top clans of the North American JKA scene. This included most notably the famous game against clan [[DoX]] in August 2005. DoX had at that time usurped the title of NA champions because [[WoV\|Wovian]] became inactive starting around May 2005. The clan had also gained many new top players as recruits, including former Wovian [[Matrix]] as well as the famous [[subLime]], who was at that time widely considered to have been the best dual-saberist in North America. DoX was not afraid to field those players in the match against the Aurochs, complementing them with their own top players DoX.HavoK and DoX.skillz, thus fielding the best possible lineup in DoX history. The match was correspondingly tense with a lot on the line, but DoX ultimately succumbed to the JAA in two very close rounds, losing the first round 50-48 and the second 50-46 in an upsetting fashion.		The team quickly rose to fame after it managed to win many significant victories against the very top clans of the North American JKA scene. This included most notably the famous game against clan [[DoX]] in August 2005. DoX had at that time usurped the title of NA champions because [[WoV\|Wovian]] became inactive starting around May 2005. The clan had also gained many new top players as recruits, including former Wovian [[Matrix]] as well as the famous [[subLime]], who was \| at that time widely considered to have been the best dual-saberist in North America. DoX was not afraid to field those players in the match against the Aurochs, complementing them with their own top players DoX.HavoK and DoX.skillz, thus fielding the best possible lineup in DoX history. The match was correspondingly tense with a lot on the line, but DoX ultimately succumbed to the JAA in two very close rounds, losing the first round 50-48 and the second 50-46 in an upsetting fashion.

	Shortly thereafter the Aurochs challenged and convincingly defeated clan [[KoP]]'s best lineup, which had remained a significant force in the North American scene, with a score of 50-39 and 50-40 respectively. There were discussions held on the Aurochs forums of a potential challenge to [[WoV\|Wovian]], but because said clan had been inactive for a good few months now, the issue quickly became rather moot. With the American competitive scene having not much else to offer at that time, the next step was to focus more on the European JKA scene. Consequently, Master Aurochs [[3th]] decided to sign up the team for [[ESL]], the Electronic Sports League. It took the Aurochs a while to adjust to the incredibly tough competition faced on the European league, and despite a rocky start, the Aurochs {{multiple image		Shortly thereafter the Aurochs challenged and convincingly defeated clan [[KoP]]'s best lineup, which had remained a significant force in the North American scene, with a score of 50-39 and 50-40 respectively. There were discussions held on the Aurochs forums of a potential challenge to [[WoV\|Wovian]], but because said clan had been inactive for a good few months now, the issue quickly became rather moot. With the American competitive scene having not much else to offer at {{multiple image
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			}}that time, the next step was to focus more on the European JKA scene. Consequently, Master Aurochs [[3th]] decided to sign up the team for [[ESL]], the Electronic Sports League.

			It took the Aurochs a while to adjust to the incredibly tough competition faced on the European league, and despite a rocky start, the Aurochs {{multiple image
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	}} just barely won with a total score of 113-104, winning the first round 64-50 and losing the second one 49-54. They went on to defeat Zenith, BolS, beat the B-Team of clan [[TuA]] twice, won against [[SITH]] (now renamed to "Insane") for the third time and finally played against the then emerging clan [[Jedi Sentinels]], which would later go on to become one of the most successful clans in the history of the ESL. For that game, clan JS had decided to field Grizzli, the legendary player [[Minneyar]] and Unique, all of which were top players for their time. Despite that lineup, they did not manage to win against the Aurochs who took the game 41-36 and 49-44. This finally culminated in the team ascending to the third rank in the ESL team ladder, something that no other non-poke team would manage to repeat until late 2009.		}} just barely won with a total score of 113-104, winning the first round 64-50 and losing the second one 49-54. They went on to defeat Zenith, BolS, beat the B-Team of clan [[TuA]] twice, won against [[SITH]] (now renamed to "Insane") for the third time and finally played against the then emerging clan [[Jedi Sentinels]], which would later go on to become one of the most successful clans in the history of the ESL. For that game, clan JS had decided to field Grizzli, the legendary player [[Minneyar]] and Unique, all of which were top players for their time. Despite that lineup, they did not manage to win against the Aurochs who took the game 41-36 and 49-44. This finally culminated in the team ascending to the third rank in the ESL team ladder, something that no other non-poke team would manage to repeat until late 2009.
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	}}		}}losing the other one 19-33. They also decided to challenge [[Wovian]] to an official match they were starting to become more active again - but not sufficiently active enough, however, so an official match was never scheduled because Wovian kept insisting that they were too inactive for proper matches. As it goes, the discussion around the Wovian match got quite heated and the Aurochs could be spotted playing Wovian in full tags and with a proper lineups at various points in time. This resulted in some confusion on both sides, as nobody was sure what matches were supposed to be counted as proper as nothing was scheduled.
	Towards the end of June 2006, the Aurochs decided to challenge team p3g, which consisted almost entirely of [[aXiom]] players at that time, and despite their best efforts, they only managed to win the first round with a score of 57-53, losing the other one 19-33. They also decided to challenge [[Wovian]] to an official match they were starting to become more active again - but not sufficiently active enough, however, so an official match was never scheduled because Wovian kept insisting that they were too inactive for proper matches. As it goes, the discussion around the Wovian match got quite heated and the Aurochs could be spotted playing Wovian in full tags and with a proper lineups at various points in time. This resulted in some confusion on both sides, as nobody was sure what matches were supposed to be counted as proper as nothing was scheduled.

	Whatever the case may be against Wovian, a second match against p3g was scheduled on the ESL a month later. This time, the Aurochs had to face a full team of [[aXiom]] players, including such legends like aXiom][wArhammer and aXiom][kAmui. The timing was very unfortunate, however, because some of the Aurochs were experiencing severe connection issues during the match and so their performance suffered significantly; rescheduling the match was out of question at that time as well. Nonetheless, the game ended in only just a close defeat with scores of 35-38 in the first round and 37-59 in the second one.		Whatever the case may be against Wovian, a second match against p3g was scheduled on the ESL a month later. This time, the Aurochs had to face a full team of [[aXiom]] players, including such legends like aXiom][wArhammer and aXiom][kAmui. The timing was very unfortunate, however, because some of the Aurochs were experiencing severe connection issues during the match and so their performance suffered significantly; rescheduling the match was out of question at that time as well. Nonetheless, the game ended in only just a close defeat with scores of 35-38 in the first round and 37-59 in the second one.

Masta: /* The Golden Age */

2013-03-02T13:14:01Z

The Golden Age

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	With a renewed sense of autonomy, the Aurochs quickly became motivated enough to start working on their new vision of the team. Because of the failure of the dual-team system, a new one-team system was drafted to create the "leaner and meaner" Aurochs. The idea was to have fewer numbers but higher quality players overall. The focus was no longer to field only the best players in competition, but instead equally force everyone on the team to improve. Recruitment requirements were toughened, and it was harder to remain a member of the team if inactive. Practice schedules were drafted out and a lot of attention was put on improvement as well as tactical sophistication. The Aurochs eventually moved back to the JA's website and much of the tension between the Academy and the Aurochs had lightened due to the unbanning of Sauce and other reasons. This lead to a favourable training environment that would ultimately serve as the basis for much of the success that the team has had in mid-2005 till late 2006. During this time, the Aurochs assisted with TFFA classes ~~with the~~ Jedi Academy, attracting new students to the [[TFFA]] gametype. The Aurochs also pushed for basejka Academy servers and eventually made it happen.		With a renewed sense of autonomy, the Aurochs quickly became motivated enough to start working on their new vision of the team. Because of the failure of the dual-team system, a new one-team system was drafted to create the "leaner and meaner" Aurochs. The idea was to have fewer numbers but higher quality players overall. The focus was no longer to field only the best players in competition, but instead equally force everyone on the team to improve. Recruitment requirements were severely toughened, and it was harder to remain a member of the team if inactive. Practice schedules were drafted out and a lot of attention was put on improvement as well as tactical sophistication. The Aurochs eventually moved back to the JA's website and much of the tension between the Academy and the Aurochs had lightened due to the unbanning of Sauce and various other reasons. This lead to a favourable training environment that would ultimately serve as the basis for much of the success that the team has had in mid-2005 till late 2006. During this time, the Aurochs assisted with TFFA classes within Jedi Academy, attracting new students to the [[TFFA]] gametype. The Aurochs also pushed for [[basejka]] Academy servers and eventually made it happen.
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	~~At one of its competitive highpoint, the~~ team managed to win many significant victories against the very top clans of the North American JKA scene. This included most notably the ~~infamous~~ game against clan [[DoX]] in August 2005. DoX had at that time usurped the title of NA champions because ~~of the inactivity of~~ [[Wovian]] ~~and~~ had ~~fielded their very best lineup against the Aurochs~~, including the ~~newly recruited~~ [[~~dox.~~subLime]] who was widely ~~known~~ to be the best dual-~~saber user~~ in North America, but ~~they~~ ultimately succumbed to the JAA in two very close rounds, losing the first round 50-48 and the second 50-46 in an upsetting fashion.		The team quickly rose to fame after it managed to win many significant victories against the very top clans of the North American JKA scene. This included most notably the famous game against clan [[DoX]] in August 2005. DoX had at that time usurped the title of NA champions because [[WoV\|Wovian]] became inactive starting around May 2005. The clan had also gained many new top players as recruits, including former Wovian [[Matrix]] as well as the famous [[subLime]], who was at that time widely considered to have been the best dual-saberist in North America. DoX was not afraid to field those players in the match against the Aurochs, complementing them with their own top players DoX.HavoK and DoX.skillz, thus fielding the best possible lineup in DoX history. The match was correspondingly tense with a lot on the line, but DoX ultimately succumbed to the JAA in two very close rounds, losing the first round 50-48 and the second 50-46 in an upsetting fashion.

	Shortly thereafter the Aurochs challenged and convincingly defeated clan [[KoP]], which had remained a significant force in the North American scene, with a score of 50-39 and 50-40 respectively. ~~The~~ next step was to focus more on the European JKA scene. Consequently, Master Aurochs [[3th]] decided to sign up the team for the ~~European eSports~~ League ~~called ESL~~. It took the Aurochs a while to adjust to the incredibly tough competition faced in the European league, and despite a rocky start, the Aurochs {{multiple image		Shortly thereafter the Aurochs challenged and convincingly defeated clan [[KoP]]'s best lineup, which had remained a significant force in the North American scene, with a score of 50-39 and 50-40 respectively. There were discussions held on the Aurochs forums of a potential challenge to [[WoV\|Wovian]], but because said clan had been inactive for a good few months now, the issue quickly became rather moot. With the American competitive scene having not much else to offer at that time, the next step was to focus more on the European JKA scene. Consequently, Master Aurochs [[3th]] decided to sign up the team for [[ESL]], the Electronic Sports League. It took the Aurochs a while to adjust to the incredibly tough competition faced on the European league, and despite a rocky start, the Aurochs {{multiple image
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	}}managed to bring home their first major victory in ~~February~~ 2006 when they defeated the ~~then~~ emerging North American clan [[SITH]] with a score of 43-48 and 45-33. Clan SITH would return to challenge the Aurochs once again in April 2006, fielding their best lineup with former [[~~Master~~ Viper]] (aka SITH_Black) and [[~~Wovian~~ Ransom]] (~~subbing as~~ SITH_North). The JAA nonetheless managed to defeat SITH in an extremely close game for a second time, losing the first round 39-43 and winning the second one 48-38.		}}managed to bring home their first major victory in January 2006, when they defeated the well established clan Jedi7 with 59-70 in the first round and 42-57 in the second. A short while later they challenged and defeated the emerging North American clan [[SITH]] with a score of 43-48 and 45-33. Clan SITH would return to challenge the Aurochs once again in April 2006, fielding their best lineup with former Master [[Viper]] (aka SITH_Black) and Wovian [[Ransom]] (aka SITH_North). The JAA nonetheless managed to defeat SITH in an extremely close game for a second time, losing the first round 39-43 and winning the second one 48-38.

	The team continued to actively compete against some of the best clans that the European scene had to offer, ~~playing~~ many excellent matches against teams like BoS, Best, ~~Jedi7~~, losing just barely to [[TuA]], being unfortunately outplayed by the top clans noLimits and 333, but winning a close victory against a branch of the eSe clan.		The team continued to actively compete against some of the best clans that the European scene had to offer, winning many excellent matches against teams like BoS, Best, sf, losing just barely to [[TuA]], being unfortunately outplayed by the top clans noLimits and 333, but winning a close victory against a branch of the eSe clan.

	Another great hallmark was reached in June 2006 when the Aurochs pulled some stunning victories against a variety of top clans in quick succession. They first played roYality, who fielded the top player [[maerlin]] amongst others, and won two incredibly close rounds with scores of 38-35 and 43-37; then came the match against fiDelity, featuring such amazing players like [[reign]], [[aoshi]] and noiz, against which the JAA once again only{{multiple image		Another great hallmark was reached in June 2006 when the Aurochs pulled some stunning victories against a variety of top clans in quick succession. They first played roYality, who fielded the top player maerlin and DeXu amongst others, and won two incredibly close rounds with scores of 38-35 and 43-37; then came the match against fiDelity, featuring such amazing players like [[reign]], [[aoshi]] and noiz, against which the JAA once again only{{multiple image
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	}} just barely won, winning the first round 64-50 and losing the second one 49-54. They went on to defeat Zenith, BolS, beat the B-Team of clan [[TuA]] twice, won against [[SITH]] (now renamed to "Insane") for the third time and finally played against the clan [[Jedi Sentinels]], which would later go on to become one of the most successful clans in the history of the ESL. For that game, clan JS had decided to field Grizzli, the legendary player [[Minneyar]] and Unique, all of which were top players for their time. Despite ~~their~~ lineup, they did not manage to win against the Aurochs who took the game 41-36 and 49-44. This finally culminated in the team ascending to the third rank in the ESL team ladder, something that no other non-poke team would manage to repeat until late 2009.		}} just barely won with a total score of 113-104, winning the first round 64-50 and losing the second one 49-54. They went on to defeat Zenith, BolS, beat the B-Team of clan [[TuA]] twice, won against [[SITH]] (now renamed to "Insane") for the third time and finally played against the then emerging clan [[Jedi Sentinels]], which would later go on to become one of the most successful clans in the history of the ESL. For that game, clan JS had decided to field Grizzli, the legendary player [[Minneyar]] and Unique, all of which were top players for their time. Despite that lineup, they did not manage to win against the Aurochs who took the game 41-36 and 49-44. This finally culminated in the team ascending to the third rank in the ESL team ladder, something that no other non-poke team would manage to repeat until late 2009.
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	Towards the end of June 2006, the Aurochs decided to challenge team p3g, which consisted almost entirely of [[aXiom]] players at that time, and despite their best efforts, they only managed to win the first round with a score of 57-53, losing the other one 19-33. They also decided to challenge [[Wovian]] to an official match, ~~but~~ that match ~~never happened due~~ to the ~~inactivity on part of team [[~~Wovian~~]]. A~~ second match against p3g was scheduled a month later. This time, the Aurochs had to face a full team of [[aXiom]] players, including such legends like aXiom][wArhammer and aXiom][kAmui. The timing was very unfortunate, however, because some of the Aurochs ~~players~~ were experiencing connection issues during the match and so their performance suffered significantly. Nonetheless, the game ended in only just a close defeat with scores of 35-38 in the first round and 37-59 in the second one.		Towards the end of June 2006, the Aurochs decided to challenge team p3g, which consisted almost entirely of [[aXiom]] players at that time, and despite their best efforts, they only managed to win the first round with a score of 57-53, losing the other one 19-33. They also decided to challenge [[Wovian]] to an official match they were starting to become more active again - but not sufficiently active enough, however, so an official match was never scheduled because Wovian kept insisting that they were too inactive for proper matches. As it goes, the discussion around the Wovian match got quite heated and the Aurochs could be spotted playing Wovian in full tags and with a proper lineups at various points in time. This resulted in some confusion on both sides, as nobody was sure what matches were supposed to be counted as proper as nothing was scheduled.

			Whatever the case may be against Wovian, a second match against p3g was scheduled on the ESL a month later. This time, the Aurochs had to face a full team of [[aXiom]] players, including such legends like aXiom][wArhammer and aXiom][kAmui. The timing was very unfortunate, however, because some of the Aurochs were experiencing severe connection issues during the match and so their performance suffered significantly; rescheduling the match was out of question at that time as well. Nonetheless, the game ended in only just a close defeat with scores of 35-38 in the first round and 37-59 in the second one.

	====Decline and Retirement====		====Decline and Retirement====

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	On October 10th, 2004, then [[Jedi Academy Knight]] [[Tido]] wrote to Jaiko to allow [[Janus]], a former Aurochs and then a Knight, to take lead of the team and make it active again. Jaiko readily agreed and passed the responsibility to Janus. Janus laid a new foundation for the Aurochs and Tido constructed a new website to reflect the changes. The Aurochs took a design similar to the [[The Jedi Academy\|Academy's]] with the leader of the team being the "Master Aurochs", the leadership advisors being the "Master Auroch Mentors", the [[Jedi Academy Ranks\|JAK+]] who were involved being the "Mentors", and the rest of the team being "Aurochs". The team grew quickly by attracting many players, most notably [[Kain]], followed shortly by [[Masta]], both of whom would later on become some of the core players of the JAA.		On October 10th, 2004, then [[Jedi Academy Knight]] [[Tido]] wrote to Jaiko to allow [[Janus]], a former Aurochs and then a Knight, to take lead of the team and make it active again. Jaiko readily agreed and passed the responsibility to Janus. Janus laid a new foundation for the Aurochs and Tido constructed a new website to reflect the changes. The Aurochs took a design similar to the [[The Jedi Academy\|Academy's]] with the leader of the team being the "Master Aurochs", the leadership advisors being the "Master Auroch Mentors", the [[Jedi Academy Ranks\|JAK+]] who were involved being the "Mentors", and the rest of the team being "Aurochs". The team grew quickly by attracting many players, most notably [[Kain]], followed shortly by [[Masta]], both of whom would later on become some of the core players of the JAA.

	Janus couldn't remain as the leader of the Aurochs because of issues in his life and eventually because the [[purge]] removed him from the title of [[Jedi Academy Knight]] making him ~~uneligable~~ to lead the team. Janus passed the title of Master Aurochs to [[3th]], padawan of [[Aphex]] and a Knight at the time. The Aurochs continued to flourish.		Janus couldn't remain as the leader of the Aurochs because of issues in his life and eventually because the [[purge]] removed him from the title of [[Jedi Academy Knight]] making him ineligible to lead the team. Janus passed the title of Master Aurochs to [[3th]], padawan of [[Aphex]] and a Knight at the time. The Aurochs continued to flourish.

	===The Era of 3th===		===The Era of 3th===

Masta: /* Masta: The Last Bid for Power */

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Masta: The Last Bid for Power

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	}}Their first opponent was team Solum, consisting mostly of very good ex-TuA members. Thanks to great teamwork and especially the performance of [[Piccolo]] in the second round of the game, the Aurochs managed to win an incredibly close game over the ex-TuA members with scores of 16-16 and 20-19. They went on to draw a polish top10 team in their next game and lost to the #2 ranked team in the ESL called mFURT, lead by [[Hell Raiser]] himself. [[Piccolo]] {{multiple image		}}Their first opponent was team Solum, consisting mostly of very good ex-TuA members. Thanks to great teamwork and especially the performance of [[Piccolo]] in the second round of the game, the Aurochs managed to win an incredibly close game over the ex-TuA members with scores of 16-16 and 20-19. They went on to draw a polish top10 team in their next game and lost to the #2 ranked team in the ESL called mFURT, lead by [[Hell Raiser]] himself. [[Piccolo]] {{multiple image
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Masta: /* The Golden Age */

2011-09-18T13:26:57Z

The Golden Age

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Masta: /* The Silver Age */

2011-09-18T13:14:31Z

The Silver Age

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	Early in 2008, [[Piccolo]] became a full member of the Aurochs and previously inactive players like [[Komence]], [[Ninja!]] and [[Dark]] returned once again and the world renowned player [[Minneyar]] passed his trial shortly after, quickly increasing the competitive edge of the JAA. Team Captain [[Vision]] consequently pulled the "Meet The Spartans" practice team out of the ESL to make room for the reentrance of the main team and launched what would become the highpoint of the Silver Age. June 2008 saw the team play three top5 clans in a row: first of which was team [[aXiom]]. {{multiple image		Early in 2008, [[Piccolo]] became a full member of the Aurochs and previously inactive players like [[Komence]], [[Ninja!]] and [[Dark]] returned once again and the world renowned player [[Minneyar]] passed his trial shortly after, quickly increasing the competitive edge of the JAA. Team Captain [[Vision]] consequently pulled the "Meet The Spartans" practice team out of the ESL to make room for the reentrance of the main team and launched what would become the highpoint of the Silver Age. June 2008 saw the team play three top5 clans in a row: first of which was team [[aXiom]]. {{multiple image
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Masta: /* The End and The Future */

2011-09-18T12:59:57Z

The End and The Future

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	====The End and The Future====		====The End and The Future====
	That one last burst of greatness under the leadership of [[Masta]] was all that the Aurochs could muster, however, and in July 2009 they had once more begun to focus on practice sessions instead of playing proper ESL matches. The team would eventually become weaker and weaker with more and more players leaving, most notably Comma, [[Komence]] and [[Dark]]. Team Captain [[Vision]] would continue scheduling practice matches against various clans but the decline was inevitable: the last two serious matches that the Aurochs got to play in the ESL took place around August 2009 and both were heavy losses, the latter of which was even against the polish rival clan [[best]]. Shortly thereafter, the JAA's beloved servers went down for various reasons and activity reached a new lowpoint. The team left the ESL for one last time~~. They~~ would ~~not~~ return.		That one last burst of greatness under the leadership of [[Masta]] was all that the Aurochs could muster, however, and in July 2009 they had once more begun to focus on practice sessions instead of playing proper ESL matches. The team would eventually become weaker and weaker with more and more players leaving, most notably Comma, [[Komence]] and [[Dark]]. Team Captain [[Vision]] would continue scheduling practice matches against various clans but the decline was inevitable: the last two serious matches that the Aurochs got to play in the ESL took place around August 2009 and both were heavy losses, the latter of which was even against the polish rival clan [[best]]. Shortly thereafter, the JAA's beloved servers went down for various reasons and activity reached a new lowpoint. The team left the ESL for one last time and they would never return.

	Barely any attempts have been made to restore activity from August 2009 onwards and the team slowly but surely began to fade away. The forums were still somewhat active up to mid-2010, but posting frequency declined steadily. With the Academy's own inability to deal with the issue of inactivity and with the generally low quality of the competition that was still left over after the major teams pulled out of the ESL, none of the Aurochs had any real interest in making a return anymore. [[Vision]] played CTF for a while, ultimately substituting that for JKA-unrelated games in late 2010.		Barely any attempts have been made to restore activity from August 2009 onwards and the team slowly but surely began to fade away. The forums were still somewhat active up to mid-2010, but posting frequency declined steadily. With the Academy's own inability to deal with the issue of inactivity and with the generally low quality of the competition that was still left over after the major teams pulled out of the ESL, none of the Aurochs had any real interest in making a return anymore. [[Vision]] played CTF for a while, ultimately substituting that for JKA-unrelated games in late 2010 like Starcraft 2.

	The team would remain in the hands of [[Masta]] and [[Fullmetal]] for the next couple of years, ultimately abandoning JKA altogether. Throughout that time, many discussions were held in private about the future of the Aurochs. Some suggested we branch out into other games, most notably Starcraft 2, which many Aurochs actively play up to this day; some others suggested we wait for the release of the MMORPG [[The Old Republic]] and form a competitive PvP team for that game. So far, nothing has been set into stone, nothing decided. The team remains dormant.		The team would remain in the hands of [[Masta]] and [[Fullmetal]] for the next couple of years, ultimately abandoning JKA altogether. Throughout that time, many discussions were held in private about the future of the Aurochs. Some suggested we branch out into other games, most notably Starcraft 2, which many Aurochs actively play up to this day; some others suggested we wait for the release of the MMORPG [[The Old Republic]] and form a competitive PvP team for that game. So far, nothing has been set into stone, nothing decided. The team remains dormant.