{"id":166,"date":"2005-07-31T09:40:23","date_gmt":"2005-07-31T09:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=166"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=166","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

While a variety of reasons have led to the folding or fraying of most residencies over the history of the game, DelPenn<\/B> has only grown stronger during its 6 years of service. Commandeered by the well-respected revelation<\/B>, it harbors quite a few the game\u2019s oldest and most respected players. <\/P>

The history of the GR Simsters<\/B> is quite different. The main-core of the GR Simsters<\/B> met away from the game and began slowly getting involved in the fray over the last 3 years. That late-start, however, hasn\u2019t stopped their leader jedi<\/B> from quietly commandeering them into of the more dominant forces in the sim.<\/P>

When the Smackdown<\/B> series between DelPenn<\/B> and the GR Simsters<\/B> was first announced, most believed DelPenn<\/B> would own this series much like it had many of the previous residency battles it had partaken in. Savvy simmers (DelPenn<\/B> included), however, believed the outcome would be much closer than the general public anticipated. That belief became even more plausible with the recent announcement that epic<\/B> had joined the GR Simsters<\/B>. The stage was set and the waiting was over; Smackdown<\/B> had arrived!<\/P>

After a whirlwind day of top-flight racing, the GR Simsters<\/B> walked away with the Smackdown<\/B> title. DelPenners<\/B> were gracious in their defeat, though are only likely to use this small faltering as motivation to reload their already well-stocked arsenal. The GR Simsters<\/B>, quietly powerful during their sim existence, can hide themselves no longer; they have proven themselves on-par with one of the sim\u2019s elite residencies, and the limelight of a Smackdown<\/B> victory is sure to keep them in the headlines of the Black Type Bugler<\/B>.<\/P>

The Equinics<\/B> will guarantee a well-fought rematch between these two residencies, but that hasn\u2019t stopped the rumors of a second Smackdown<\/B> from already swirling only days after the completion of the first. The fighting spirit of each residency confirmed, the likelihood that given<\/B> and afc<\/B> would arrange such a rematch definitely exists. Let\u2019s hope these two residencies give us exactly what we want : Smackdown II<\/B>!<\/P><\/FONT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The GR Simsters and DelPenn put on quite a show for the sim this weekend. But will there be a round 2?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}