The plan was to fight us January or February 2013. We are to be pre-conditioned during molting season. For us to have better environment and tall roosting pole to strengthen our bodies than what our team manager and our facilities can provide. In seven months or so with our team manager's friend, we should be better fighter and well conditioned. Our team manager's friend suppose to match us in hackfight fairly if not at an advantage. For every mortality, both shanks have to be saved and returned to our team manager who have to reconcile with our photo files. The plan was made last week of June 2012. 

But the plan was not followed. We were fought during the molting season.

2012-08-19: PJL Bittergame player won

• No fight video taken, so that our team manager know how we performed and be more knowledgeable on improving our strain.
  
• Report mentioned that he won from behind. He only suffered an injury on top of his left knee which crippled him a little. But still was able to kill his opponent with his infighting.
• Farm taken/Post-battle photo of the left knee showed no signs of the injury nor any cut feathers around the knee as if the photo is of a rooster fresh before fight. After more than 2 weeks after battle, he was returned with very noticeable injury with cut feathers around the injury. Thus, Our team manager do not know really from these details if he was really fought as reported.

2012-09-02: PJL Bittergame player lost

• No fight video taken, so that our team manager know how we performed and be more knowledgeable on improving our strain.
  
• A few days before he was fought, our team manager commented that if he was to be fought in that condition, we should bet on his opponent.
• Report mentioned that he was ahead when he lost. From this performance our team manager need to select more non-stop hitting with a bit of evasiveness.
• No shanks returned. Thus, our team manager do not know really if he is still living or was fought as reported.

2012-09-03: PJL Bittergame player lost

• Witnessed by our team manager, who thought our player is conditioned frail & very light and was fighting big tall strong foe.
• From this fight, our team manager confirms we, PJL Bittergame strain of gamecocks, have gameness til the end and aggressively pressing on even after many deep cuts and major injuries for about 2 minutes before dying suddenly from a deadly blow.
  
• Although, our team manager's friend comment was "[losing is] in the bloodline".

3-4 pm September 2, 2012

First buckle or first contact, PJL Bittergame player suffered major cut on top the the left knee while only managing to hit the shank of Scientific Warrior player. 

With knife shank disabled, the PJL Bittergame could not inflict anymore damage with any of its efforts.

And the Scientific Warrior rooster did not waste time to finish a downed foe with good shuffling to the body resulting to a major hit on the right side, breaking into two both the femur bone and tibia bone, and damaging the internal organs of the PJL Bittergame rooster.

That is the end of the hackfight battle.

Our player (rooster gamecock) details:

• Father: PJL Bittergame
  
• Mother: "culled" American Game
  
• Hatched: January 2010

Our foe details:

• Team: Scientific Warriors
• Phenotype: Sweater looking white shank; right shank with minor deformities
• Friend Owner reply to our congratulations via sms txt msg: "..... bit lucky"

In retrospect, our team manager is proud of our player in the cockpit today and in all of the spar memories. 

• Our fallen player crippled a few of our other players during spars along the years. 
• And his (spurless) mother also broke into two the tibia bone of one of our hens in a quick spar.

We, PJL Bittergame strain of gamecocks, lost again. Our team manager continues to suck. 

PS:

• A friend of our team manager reported that a PJL Bittergame player won last August 19, 2012.
  
• A friend of our team manager reported that a PJL Bittergame player lost today September 2, 2012.

Our team manager running record is:

• 0-3 using (Not Bittergame) Philippine strain drafts
  
• 3-0 report from friend using (Not Bittergame) American strain drafts bred by a backyard breeder and raised by our TM
  
• 4-4 report from friend using Bittergame strain and (Not Bittergame) American strain drafts same as above

We do not have a win yet under our team manager. We might also be sulking when hit and injured during the battle. At least that is the report from friend of our team manager.

We wonder if we can still win in the near future. We are PJL Bittergame strain of gamecocks.

This is the first time in the legacy of PJL and ancestors, that our rooster quit. Not dead game. Our team manager sucks.

We, PJL Bittergame, are not even in our top shape and class nowadays since PJL demise in 2009. And our team manager chose to fight three drafts that are neither in top shape nor class - all Philippine game strain bullstags (almost).

The result is our status quo.

1. One caught standing still when hit with deadly blow. 
   
2. One caught on the air with devastating blow.
   
3. One quit after getting hits. 
   

Bullstag #1: Loss - Caught Standing Still

• This is caused by our team manager as handler not heating him up before the fight. He was so calm that he just stand there while his opponent is going forward like mad with accurate deadly blows.
  

Bullstag #2: Loss - Caught On The Air

• This was caused by poor conditioning process and selection. At least he was dead game and hard trying even with his side wide open.
  

Bullstag #3: Loss - Quit

• This was caused by poor conditioning and selection process. Signs are obvious but ignored. He managed to inflict deep injury and slowed down his opponent. But he quit with two major injuries - an axe-like injury on the side and another injury with the point reaching the vital organs (i.e. heart, lung) throught his rib cage under the wing. He was alive well even after getting home. He was butchered instead of stitching up his injuries.
  

Here's our team manager's statements.

1. I am at fault as feeder and did not provide him with best conditioned health.
   
2. I am at fault as trainer and did not provide adequate exercise to make him agile and powerful.
   
3. I am at fault as selector and I did not select right. 
   
4. I am at fault as handler and he was caught standing even released at the closest reasonably distance - which is near the line. I did not heat him any.
   
5. I am at fault as team manager as I must protect PJL legacy as cockfighter out to win always. 
6. I caused us money and prestige.
7. I have to stop calling them drafts. They are PJL too. They represent PJL Bittergame sports team. Guess acknowledging that they are PJL too will change my easy going attitude towards them and make them better like my strictness with my PJL Bittergame.
   

We are now thinking what our team manager going to do to get us back in top shape just like when PJL is still with us. We miss PJL. Our current team manager sucks.

Let's keep a running score for our team manager. Currently, 0W-0D-3L.

Sigh....

Guess we can only imagine how we will perform in the upcoming BAKBAKAN 11-Stag Derby on September-December 2011. Without PJL now, our team manager will continue to suck. Hope he manages to reverse our fortune. And he stops to suck?!