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The DeathCup League will be starting on Dec 9th, sorry for the late response in alerting people to this but I have had things going on.
The DeathCup League will run for 12 Weeks. With the start of a new week on Sunday obviously.
The Deathcup Commissioner will be Stephen Riley, Lykosan on the Forum Boards.
The finals for the League will run the following Saturday or Sunday depending on what is best for the 4 Teams that have made it there.
The rule set that will be used is the Blood Bowl Competition Rules that can be found here: http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m2350017a_m780049a_Blood_Bowl_Competition_Rules.pdf
The following additional Teams are allowed to be used: http://www.orclahomabowl.com/documents/New_Teams.pdf
You will have 1,000,000 gold to buy your team with the following exception: DO NOT BUY FAN FACTOR. Every Team will start with a Fan Factor of 5 and it will go up or down per the normal rules of the game but it will not count towards your Team Value. All Team Rosters will be kept at the Store in a Binder that I will provide. Along with these Rosters will be provided Result sheets to track your Win Lose records.
As for actual models to be used: No you do not have to have actual BloodBowl Models to play in this league. the models you do use must be Numbered in some way. The models that represent different positions must make it clear it is actually a different position: A Human Catcher and a Human Blitzer should not have the same model. That is the only modeling rule I have for this League.
Sudden Death will be used for each game played.
Each Team will be allowed to play up to 2 games against each opponent each week that will actually count for the League, anymore is just for fun and have no bearing at all on the League.
Each Coach will be required to sign up on these boards (if they are not already here) and tell me what their Username is. If you do not do this that Team will be disqualified and thrown out of the league and replaced with a bunch of squigs that can at least do that simple of a task. This is because if their are any special rules for the current week or any anouncments they will be in this Thread. Also the Written challenge rule will be used and you will need to be able to respond to my messages if I end up sending you one.
To be eligible for the Finals you will have to play at the least 12 games. The Final 4 Teams will be picked based on their Win-Loss Ratio. The Standings will be done Weekly.
I am aiming to cap this at 16 Teams total. The cutoff for joining the League will be the week of 12/30/12. If you joined the League by this point you are eligible to play up to 10 make up games to simulate the first 2 weeks of the League. Make up games are limited to 4 games against the same opponent and must be marked as such on the Results sheet or I will be led to believe Shenanagins are being had and the Bruiser Squigs will be sent out to have lunch. These make up games must be played by the 6th week of the League or they will no longer be able to be played.
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Ian Mulligan - Chaos Pact
Stephanie Mulligan (Stephatron on the forums) - Orcs orcs orcs.
Steve, I'll make the trophy!
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The Grudebearers(Dwarves) will be there.
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I am in, Dwarf team, The Bad News Beards.
Drew
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Boris' Neckbiters <Vampire Counts> are in
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Thats Jay Walker btw
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alex moon high elves
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Withdrawing from the League.
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Just spoke with some local folks on FUMBBL about this. Exciting!
Also, too many dwarfs!
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I'm one of those FUMBBL folks, just signed up here. Recently moved to the area (Bridgewater) and hadn't really looked into Blood Bowl as I assumed I'd have to get all the way into Boston... but I would be really interested in this. Not sure yet if I could make it work for this season or not, I guess it depends a bit on what day and time.
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Hey Guys. Ian just clued me in on this league over on Fumbbl. I'm living in East Boston without a car. It would be a bit of a trek with public transportation, but I don't mind.
Is it imperative that I be there this Sunday? I'm going on a snowboarding trip this weekend. Normally Sunday's work great for me.
I guess I can play Wood Elves, if you don't already have them. I'd rather play Underworld, but that team is still on its way in the mail, and I would have to use different figures to represent them for the first two weeks or so.
This is exciting!
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Missing a week should be fine.
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Just spoke with some local folks on FUMBBL about this. Exciting!
Also, too many dwarfs!
Ian, you need to stop spreading filthy lies! There is no such thing as too many Dwarves!
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Uuuughghghhghghg. I'm so glad I decided against my goblins or underworld. Tackle is brutal.
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I'm in! Will let you know my team in a day or so, micahmbg is micah obv :)
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Thomas Callahan= Team undead.
Mummy smash ;D
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As to sunday, i will give you my roster thursday steve cause im usualy not at BG sunday till 4-5 or 6
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For people that can Not make it this Sunday that is fine. Just send me a message with what Team you wish to play, Your Name, and Forum Handle. This Sunday I plan on being there around noon to 1 to start this up and go over and answer any questions about the rules.
Tuesday Nights I guess we could make into the unofficial night to play, but that is the other reason I want people actually on these boards, so they can arrange games slightly easier. Once I have all the teams and Forum names I will Edit the front page thread with them so it will be easier to contact each other.
As for actual models to be used: No you do not have to have actual BloodBowl Models to play in this league. the models you do use must be Numbered in some way. The models that represent different positions must make it clear it is actually a different position: A Human Catcher and a Human Blitzer should not have the same model. That is the only modeling rule I have for this League.
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Bill dark elves are in
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Cool. If I can use temporary models for a week or two I'm playing Underworld. Tackle be damned. My name is Joe Baranoski. If anybody else can't make it this Sunday, want to play against me on Tuesday?
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Maybe I missed it, but what time is this running on Sunday? I probably also won't be able to make it until later if it all this week.
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Noon to 1pm I plan on getting there answering any questions people have then Kickoffs shall begin at 1PM for the season.
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I will be around next Tuesday evening, probably around 4 or 5 until late.
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Sweet. I start working the 6am-2pm shift at work next week. I would definitely be down to play a league match or two at 4pm on Tuesday. Let me know.
Addition:
Also, I see some of you are newbies; I consider myself fairly experienced. If any of you newbies are around next Tuesday I can play a practice game or two and give you some strategy help.
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I've decided to play it risky and throw smart TV and starting skills out the damn window. The Northern Wastes Grimdarks, complete with 3 big guys, will be participating.
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i can make it in a lil after 4pm on sun for a couple of games. working before hand
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I've decided to play it risky and throw smart TV and starting skills out the damn window. The Northern Wastes Grimdarks, complete with 3 big guys, will be participating.
That's the spirit!
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Name/Forum Name: Cale Laquidara /Cale
Team: Humans (I'll be ordering the GW team soon, but will likely be using some human Warmachine Models to represent my players until they come in)
Just so some of the non-regulars know, below are the listed Battleground Store Hours of Operation, so that people can plan accordingly.
Battleground Abington Business Hours
Monday - Friday: 12pm-10pm (we usually are open until at least 12am)
Saturday: 11am-10pm (we are usually open until at least 12am)
Sunday: 10am-7pm (the store usually closes promptly at 7pm)
I'll be willing to keep the store open late on Tuesday evenings (since I'm the closing employee) provided people need to finish up a league match.
I'm looking forward to a bloody season :)
-Cale (Battleground Employee)
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Alan/Achillius
Reading rules now, probably playing Orcs ;)
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Just made my marauders. Man, those guys were basically Blood Bowl minis already! The Chaos Ogre should be a blast. Can't wait to sculpt crazy horns!
::EDIT:: Just played my first game with the team... I hate Amazons.
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So...my Underworld is definitely not going to arrive by Tuesday. At least I have some painted Hobgoblins, but I hope my first few opponents won't mind that I am using female Wood Elves (with color-coded bases) to represent my Skaven. They're basically the same thing...
I hate Amazons.
Yes.
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So due to some major school projects/ mid terms coming in the future, I can't play in this league. But I am still intrested in the game, and (once I get okay at the game) am open to any casual games so you can test a new list or something. Sorry Riley for the flip-flop, -Dylan
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Dan Hipp, <Lizard Men>
Im in if there is still room.
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Due to circumstances I'm unfortunately unable to partake. If someone wants to have practice games or test out strategies I'm willing to be a test dummy.
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So...my Underworld is definitely not going to arrive by Tuesday. At least I have some painted Hobgoblins, but I hope my first few opponents won't mind that I am using female Wood Elves (with color-coded bases) to represent my Skaven. They're basically the same thing...
No worries! My team is a sea of plastic/pewter for a while. It'll be fine.
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So due to some major school projects/ mid terms coming in the future, I can't play in this league. But I am still intrested in the game, and (once I get okay at the game) am open to any casual games so you can test a new list or something. Sorry Riley for the flip-flop, -Dylan
Sorry you can't make it little man, it always seems like you have tons on your plate. Keep busy though, it's good for you. Oh yeah, and enough with that whole Vegetarian business :P
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and enough with that whole Vegetarian business :P
Lies.
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Correct, the Vegetarian business is lies.
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Correct, the Vegetarian business is lies.
Har har har.
On a Blood Bowl related note, the Grimdarks have been advised by their attorney to (due to liability for charges such as larceny, assault with intent to kill, and conspiracy) reincorporate the team as the Sons of Northern Darkness.
Cannot wait until tomorrow. Spent all night with some green stuff getting everything looking right!
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Decent initial showing. 5 games were played today! Sadly, the Sons lost both of theirs, but maybe Niffle will be less harsh with the dice next outing.
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The inaugural Day has come and gone. 7 teams have joined the League currently and more will be joining on Tuesday night.
I will try to be down on Tuesday night but if not the Roster Binder and Rules Binder are behind the counter.
I also left my copy of Bloodbowl at the store so that makes two boards with pieces at the store.
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Riley, I am now modelling a chainsaw dude just for your fucking Zonz.
EDIT: also, thanks for the compliments on the models, dudes. It was my first time sculpting so it was great to see that people liked the way stuff turned out!
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Woohoo! Every model but my troll arrived today. At the very least, I'll color code and number the bottoms so that everything makes sense. The Warpdivers are ready for action. I'll be there tomorrow around 4. I hope to get a game or two in. See some of you tomorrow!
Ps. Do we want a website to keep track of our league results? I own a URL that I'm not using right now...
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EDIT: also, thanks for the compliments on the models, dudes. It was my first time sculpting so it was great to see that people liked the way stuff turned out!
It really turned out great, can't wait to see it painted!
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Might be a little late tonight. Probably closer to 5 than 4, but my wife and I will definitely be there.
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Awesome games tonight!
Dwarfs (Bad News Beards) vs. Vampires (Boris' Neckbitters) - Dwarfs 2-0, I believe.
Underworld (Warpdivers) vs. Amazons (Helga's Horde) - Underworld 1-0
Dwarfs (Bad News Beards) vs. Orcs (Greenskin Packers) - Dwarfs 2-0
Chaos Pact (Sons of Northern Darkness) vs. Vampires (Boris' Neckbitters) - Chaos Pact 2-1
Chaos Pact (Sons of Northern Darkness) vs. Amazons (Helga's Horde) - Chaos Pact 2-1 in overtime.
I didn't catch all of each game, but what I did see was awesome. Underworld vs. Amazons was interesting.
Loads of casualties through the night, with Boris' Neckbitters suffering the most. The vast majority were self-inflicted!
After Sunday's abysmal showing by the Sons of Northern Darkness, it appears that the lashings, death threats, and combat drugs are working for the team! Bomber Dribblesnot may or may not have contributed by exploding some Amazons...
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THE HORROR! THE BOMBS WERE EVERYWHERE!
Even in the racoon wounds.
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Undisputed Bad Ass of the Night goes to Riley's AG4 linewoman, who endured many, many attempts on her life.
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Undisputed Bad Ass of the Night goes to Riley's AG4 linewoman, who endured many, many attempts on her life.
Knocked her out twice, and she just kept coming back for more. I did badly hurt one of those damned blodgy blitzers though. I believe that cas came on one of the two successful one-die blocks I made on a blodger. :-) Nuffle was undeniably kind to the Whitepeak Warpdivers last night, except to my blitzer, Argus Blightclaw, who dropped the ball in the end zone and then got knocked out by the crowd. Rough night for him.
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The risen would like to clarify that a thrall is a Player first, then food a very close second.
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Anyone around tomorrow? Steph is working and I'm going to need a break from finals prep.
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So finaly got in 2 games this week
1st game went into sudden death Vs the counts, but never fear, my zombies relentlessly chased down the ball and managed to bring a long but hard win to team Mummmy smashers
2nd game ended up agaisnt dark elves. After a very early causlties to the witch and assasin, the dark elves fought back hard, but a horde of hungry zombies surrounded them and the feeding frenzy began
All and all, im happy with my teams performance, felt bad crushing the dark elfs players hopes(dice where rolling poorly so i felt even worst)
The funny news is, both MVP rolls landed on zombie snake number 5, and i ended up rolling double 6's. So now i got a str 4 zombie. As much as i love this, i really hope i dont get more MVPs on this guy, they need to go to my mummies. They can break armor but i cant inflict causulties even with mightly blow
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I'm really interested in how the +STR works out. I think I would have ditched it in favor of Guard.
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I'm really interested in how the +STR works out. I think I would have ditched it in favor of Guard.
Rule number 94. ALWAYS take the plus strength. Even if it has a negative effect on your team value, Nuffle will punish you for your insolence if you don't take it.
Also, you guys are getting a lot of game in! I've got to catch up. I'll be there in the early afternoon on Sunday. Hoping to play at least a pair.
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Str 4 zombie did help but against 3 giant str 5 monsters and Ians dice being on fire, really dint help in the long run. 3 creatures that dont do anything good on a roll of a 1 and he goes all game without rolling that 1. A dead zombie and dead ghoul really hurt but zombie was replaced with 12th member of my team. another zombie. But poor ghoul i had to pay for again :( for a new ghoul
On the bright side i played allen right after that and it was a big slug fest. everything getting knocked down but just about no armor pens. We called it a tie end of 2nd half at 1-1 since store was closing.
The only luck i had tonight was that my zombies where winning 1v1 vs bigger stuff and letting oppent chose. Not 1 of my own zombies went down to that :)
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Extensive training in the art of "paying attention" with Necrobutcher, Horgh, and Vrangsinn has really paid off!
Yeah, dude. That game was bananas. I can't believe I didn't fail a single big guy roll (outside of 1 or 2 Wild Animal rolls that didn't matter).
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Sounds like you lot are having a blast! I'll have to dig out my High Elf team and try to get in on the next one, though I will need lots of refreshment. Last game was... 8-10 years ago? I liked the game so much I even had cheerleaders for my team!
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Sounds like you lot are having a blast! I'll have to dig out my High Elf team and try to get in on the next one, though I will need lots of refreshment. Last game was... 8-10 years ago? I liked the game so much I even had cheerleaders for my team!
I'll be there tomorrow Nate. More than willing to play an exhibition game and help you out a bit if you can get there (and as long as I can get two league games in). Though, it will be strange for you to play against the truly bizarre roster that is underworld after not having played for that long.
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Another great day of blood on the pitch! Here were the games that were played:
Sons of Northern Darkness (Chaos Pact) vs Warpdivers (Underworld) - Warpdivers 2-1
Sons of Northern Darkness (Chaos Pact) vs Boris' Neckbitters (Vampires) - Sons of Northern Darkness 2-1 in overtime.
Warpdivers (Underworld) vs Mummy Smash (Undead) - Warpdivers 1-0
Helga's Horde (Amazons) vs Rich's Gobbos (Goblins) - Helga's Horde ?-?
A great night for the Warpdivers in terms of touchdowns, but not so much in terms of casualties suffered! One goblin, after witnessing the relentless thrashing of his team mates finally snapped, channeling his rage into his tiny little arms. The Killer Gobbo has been born.
The Sons of Northern Darkness continue to develop their unique style of play, slowly eschewing ball handling for face pounding. Even Ihsahn, the renegade dark elf, has begun to ignore the coach's shouts to run the ball, intentionally dropping it when recovering a kick off and refusing to hand the ball to team mates.
Boris' Neckbitters have seen their vampires become much more reliable ever since adding a supplement to the stadium's Orca Cola causing blood to taste like lemons.
Undisputed Bad Ass of the Night goes to #7, Skaven Lineman for the Warpdivers. He tied up numerous Marauders and big guys, while disrupting the Son's attempts at a touchdown. All of this while being pummeled constantly!
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A great night for the Warpdivers in terms of touchdowns, but not so much in terms of casualties suffered! One goblin, after witnessing the relentless thrashing of his team mates finally snapped, channeling his rage into his tiny little arms. The Killer Gobbo has been born.
Tom and I both displayed some epic ineptitude in our match. From failed dodges and pick-up rolls to self-smash, our game had every form of failure one could possibly see on a blood bowl pitch (I guess my troll didn't eat any goblins, but that was probably due to the fact that he was too busy getting knocked out whenever he had the chance). Nuffle rewarded our good sportsmanship despite the 1s and skulls with some awesome skill rolls. I hope I don't have to see that blocking mummy anytime soon. That thing is a goblin destroyer.
As for Shoeless Joe, the killer gobbo, the second MVP and subsequent strength increase serves as redemption for the tormented road to this point in his warped life. "Droopy-face," they said. "Useless mutation," they said. Now look At him. Asked to comment on the speculation that he had eaten a kilo of warpstone before the match, Shoeless Joe responded, "Nuuuuuuuurrlllll......abluh. Duh...bluh"
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Ian - I can't do Tuesday due to a prior commitment, are there other days you can play this week?
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I'll be around Thursday and can be available Friday.
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ATTENTION!
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Due to the oncoming Holiday The Deathcup League will be having an 'off week' next week.
I am going to extend Week 2 of the League to be a 2 week 'Week' only because of the Holiday. This will mean you can play more people or get in games that would be harder to get in because of the Holiday season. All the regular rules apply for this extended week, meaning no more than 2 games against the same person for this time period and so forth.
Have a good Holiday folks.
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Actually, Thursday sounds much better than Tuesday for me as well this week, as I'm meeting with the game designers meet-up group on Tuesday evening. It's kind of a huge hassle to stop at home after work, so I'm going to head out that way as soon as I'm out at around 2pm. Should be there at around 3 pm. I'll just fart around for a while if nobody is there yet.
This Friday is my last day at my current job, so I wouldn't mind playing much later than usual to celebrate the holidays/leaving my stressful office environment. Hope to see some of you on Thursday!
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Thursday works for me as well. My team is all prettied up and ready to brawl!
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The Snow Troll Cometh! He just arrived in the mail today!
And what's more, Greebo straight-up gave me a star player Skaven and their entire Norse Team for free to spread the holiday cheer! http://www.greebo.it/public/oscommerce2/catalog/index.php?cPath=2_49
If this suggestion is okay with the league, I'd like to regift Greebo's holiday karma and offer a loan of these Norse models to the guy that was playing Gobbos. I can't remember your name, but I fear Gobbos will turn you off to the game entirely and think you would have a much more enjoyable time with Norse. They actually like to win games and have interesting players and stuff. Of course you would have to find your own Yeti, as I'm using that awesome model for my Snow Underworld team, but you could borrow the rest of them (unglued and unpainted, assembly would be your job).
Maybe William Taft will finally inflict his first casualty now that he's no longer suffering the identity crisis of a Troll in the body of a miniscule Minotaur...but doubtful. The Whitepeak Warpdivers seem to have adopted the personality of League pacifists...
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Joe, that is awesome. Way to spread the spirit.
Also, thanks for reminding me about Greebo! Just ordered the Bull Centaurs my Chaos Dwarfs were sorely missing. Like I needed another team...
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.....my team just shot up in prices :( 1,260,000
guess thats what happens when you buy a re-roll and 3 guys lvl up in a game
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Drew, Steve, and Moon - tomorrow is going to be a little weird for me. I have to take a friend to the airport at 4. So, Moon, if we start promptly at 1ish, we should definitely get our game in. After that, I'll need to leave for a while but should be back by 7 for the other games if that works.
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Great game last night against Dan, his Lizardmen got the win, but not without cost ;)
The Orcs have only played a couple of league games, hoping to change that this Friday, I'll be in the store most of the afternoon and into the night, Dan'll be there too I believe.
Cheers,
Alan.... (Still working on a cool team name..)
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Are you officially signed up? I know Tom had to drop your game with him because at that time you weren't.
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I have been for a while.
So not sure why Tom would have to drop my game.
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Just went back and saw your post. Weird. I'd track Riley down.
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I am planning on being at BG tomorrow from open to whenever. So I am interested in any games that can be fit in during that very specific time period.
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Just went back and saw your post. Weird. I'd track Riley down.
I have, getting it sorted... so that said. I'll be down Friday :)
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Drew - think you'll still be around close to 7? I really want to punt dwarfs!
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I will be there.
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Just a reminder, I will be there tomorrow starting around 3. Probably until late.
I was just wondering, how many active teams ended up in the league? Ian and Steve, any chance one of you can put the league standings or at least the league composition with coach's names in your first post in this thread? It would be nice to know who exactly is in the league, and how many games they've played. If it's too much work, no worries.
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When I'm in the store tomorrow, I'll compile all the information.
EDIT: Joe, I've got a bunch of games lined up but if there's time and you're free, I'd love to try to put some of your gobbos down for good. School is finally over and it is time to gorge on nerd.
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Just curious, if these games are played with the 4-minute per round time limit? I have to start looking towards getting a BB league going in Plainville.
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Yes. Id never do it any other way. It makes you a much better player and guarantees more league games.
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Just curious, if these games are played with the 4-minute per round time limit? I have to start looking towards getting a BB league going in Plainville.
Using the timer is absolutely necessary, IMHO. Strictly enforcing it is not (necessary that is). My rule is that if a coach has declared an action before 0, he gets to make that action. If something game-changing just happened or the current turn will decide the match or anything like that, I will almost never call the timeout. But you need the timer to have a way to speed up somebody who's just putzing around (as I am often wont to do). Blood Bowl is a completely different game without a sense of urgency.
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So, there were like 10 games tonight. No exaggeration. I have no idea who played who exactly or what the scores were. The main tables were filled with pitches from open to close. Yeah. This league is pretty fucking amazing.
That being said, all I can give updates on are the Sons of Northern Darkness.
Frost, the skill-less marauder, suffered a busted knee against the dark elves of Darkness Rising (so much darkness!). He was quickly thrown into the slave pit and replaced with Satyr, renegade Skaven. In his first game, Satyr scored two touchdowns and assisted in causing a turn over. In one game he did more than that poser Frost did the entire league.
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Team mummy smash, even with all its highly skilled players is only 4-5.
Just waiting for my zombies to lvl up and get tackle so people can stop running away and making passes where my slow zombies cant reach
PS, Rab beat me his first game with norse. The dice gods are on his side. Plus a wizard with a very VERY accurate fireball. Killed a zombie and my QB wight is out for next game :(. His teams going to be scary onces he gets werewolves and yeti
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The Whitepeak Warpdivers played two matches, the first of which was a grudge match against team mummy smash. The team showed off their hybrid running/passing attack in the first half. Blitzer Samuel Wormtail opened a hole in the zombie swarm and quickly became free for a quick pass from one of my passers. The zombies couldn't catch him, and he made it 1-0 on turn 5. Tom tried to quickly force the ball up the pitch to tie it, but I broke a hole in his cage while the ball was still in his half and marked his ball carrier with my Blitzer Argus Blightclaw. Nervous under pressure, his carrier tripped over his own rotting feet. Argus Blightclaw recovered and managed to sneak his way into the end zone before half. The ineptitude of his ball carriers would foreshadow Tom's second half. Needing only a dodge to score on turn 5 and still have a chance, Tom's wight fell victim to that trickster nuffle, who simply disallows successful rolls when all you need is a 3 to score, and Tom rolled a 1 and then a 2. Tom managed to score an impressively difficult passing touchdown on turn 7, but alas it was too late and the Warpdivers escaped with a 2-1 victory.
"Escape" was the Warpdivers method for success yesterday. Game 2 was against Boris' Neckbiters, and the score does not show what a nail-biter it was. The Warpdivers opted for a more traditional run drive in the first half. The Vamps made some nice dodging and hunger resistance to close in on my passer near their own goal line, and they even knocked him down and popped the ball free, but my passer showed his resolve with a blitz of a vamp and a sure-handed pick-up to score near the end of the half. The vamps didn't like this very much, and they started to absolutely annihilate my team. Wormtail, the mighty blow Blitzer, sat on the bench seeing stars for most of the game. Despite a perfect kick in the back corner to start the next half, the vamps got the ball quickly and put on a clinic. If not for the heroism of my troll, William Taft, who continually stood up in the face of 4-5 players just to get smashed again, the number difference would have proven too much to overcome. The vamps attempted a long bomb, which they achieved on the reroll, but the receiver lost focus and dropped a sure score on a 1. This gave my 6 or 7 remaining players the turn they needed to retreat. The vamps easily picked up the ball again and got extremely close to breaking free, but Argus Blightclaw and Shoeless Joe, the killer gobbo, made some fantastic dodges to close off the scoring lane. Yet again the opposing ball carrier ate turf when the tides were turning, and the Warpdivers managed to get the ball and seal the deal for what was a very intense and competitive 2-0 win.
The Warpdivers recorded another casualty yesterday, which brings their casualty ratio to something like 2 for-a bajillion against. Considering their bend-but-don't-break defensive style, I am confident that the Warpdivers have easily rolled the most dodge dice and the least block dice. Argus Blightclaw, following the example of Shoeless Joe, has declared that enough is enough. After the brutal match with the vamps, he took a warpstone ice bath, and exited the tub with a jagged weapon where his left arm used to be. His namesake is fulfilled. The rage flows in his bright green eyes. Armor 9 beware.
Lol. That was really long. I'm a silly. I have all this energy today because it's my last day of work. Happy Holidays everyone! I will probably be in Pennsylvania until after New Years, so see you then!
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Awesome report. Enjoy the holidays!
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Here is the comprehensive list of those currently participating in the Death Cup league listed by record with games played (as of 8 tonight) as a tie breaker. If you aren't listed, your roster isn't in the binder and that means there might be a problem!
Coach - Team (Record)
Joe Baronoski - Underworld (5-0)
Chris? - Dwarfs (2-0)
Rab - Norse (1-0)
Dan Hipp - Lizardmen (5-1)
Ian Mulligan - Chaos Pact (10-3)
Steve Riley - Amazons (5-2)
Drew - Dwarfs (3-3)
Thomas Callahan - Undead (4-5)
Jay Walker - Vampires (1-10)
Alex Moon - High Elves (1-3)
Bill Morgan - Dark Elves (1-2)
Alan Phillips - Orcs (0-1-1)
Stephanie Mulligan - Orcs (0-5)
Cale - Humans (0-0): Play some games, asshole!
14 players! Pretty good!
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I'll be at the store Sunday for some more games. Who else wants to take on the Bad News Beards?
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Steph and I will be down. The Greenskin Packers are definitely interested in a rematch.
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better change my rating to 4-6. As to a game that looked like it was going to sudden death, Allen and his green horde recieved the ball on there very last turn of the game. His orc picked up the ball and handed it to his gobbo. His troll in turn, passing stupid and hunger rolls went and threw the little bugger over my undead and the brave little bugger ran in to win the game 2-1.
I really need to start naming my players, but as it stands, zombie #6 got bashed and pummled and will not be in next game until he can be stiched back together. The newly hired wight, bought to take the place of wight 9 since she was missing a game, ended up making to completions and ending up with the MVP. Sadly for the orcs, they did a great job at smashing up my armor but only managed a few causaties, one being a mummy who had to sit out most of the game
If anyone would like to play me this week, my schedual is as followed
Sunday 10-5 (quick game when i get out would be nice im only 10 mins away from store)
Monday 12-6 ( sadly, family stuff is higher then blood bowl games)
Tuesday= I get to be lazy day and dont leave my house
wensday 4-11 (if you want to play a game with me during the day, tell me soon, so i can make sure to set my alarm)
Thurday I am off. Be there from 1 to midnight, but have D&D from 7-10
Friday I forgot but im 99% positive im out at 6 PM
Saturday 4-11 if you will be there in morning and wish a match tell me ahead of time so i dont go out and do stuff
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A 5-1 Lizardman coach? I issue a 2013 challenge to Dan Hipp. Also, Ian and Steve, consider yourselves perpetually challenged.
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;D excellent. Hopefully I get those gobbo punting boots for Christmas.
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Chalenge acepted. Let me know what day is best for you, Joe. Also, looking forword to playing Steve, and I know Ian wants a rematch too.
I want to say I have been having a blast playing. All the Coaches I have played put on very chalenging and fun games.
BTW.... Where are the humans?
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Cale is too busy with LoL/Planetside. Lame.
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So, two 5-0 wins this afternoon (I was neither). Dark Elves over Orcs and Undead over Dwarfs. Yeah. That is a thing that has happened. This league continues to get weirder and weirder.
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As expected, this league day was a little slow. Riley is still feeling like poops and loads of people had holiday stuff to get done. The Sons of Northern Darkness, Greenskin Packers, Team Mummy Smash, and Darkness rising battled it out on the pitch!
Sons of Northern Darkness vs Bad News Beards - Sons 3-0
Bad News Beards vs Team Mummy Smash - Mummy Smash 5(!)-0
Darkness Rising vs Greenskin Packers - Darkness rising 5(!)-0
Sons of Northern Darkness vs Darkness Rising - 2-1
The new offensive coach for the Sons of Northern Darkness truly transformed the team. Snik-Rikk Wurmdongle joined the team after being fired from the Sewer Chewers for forsaking the Horned Rat in favor of the Chaos Gods. While the team has certainly progressed in its ball handling skills and touchdowns per game have gone up, the change hasn't gone over well with everyone. In a blow out against the Greenskin Packers, the team did not injure a single player. Hellhammer, the team's leading defender/murderer was disgusted, warning of consequences if the team continued to play like Elves. The following game, the Bad News Beards ended the match with 6 of the Sons knocked out or injured. Despite the solid victory, this insult was too much for Hellhammer. He raged in the locker room, attacking support staff and team mate alike. Finally, he burst onto the field during a post-game interview with the Necromancer's Broadcasting Circle. Snik-Rikk was brutally charged by the frothing marauder, who subsequently crushed the rat-man's skull with his helmet. Blinded by rage, it took powerful restraint magic and eventually the full weight of Vragsinn sitting on his chest to end his rampage. Khorne witnessed the carnage from his crimson throne and was pleased. He gifted Hellhammer with a chitinous maw in place of his arm, ensuring his next bloodthirsty rampage would not be ended so easily.
May your holiday dice roll nothing but POWs!
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mmm as much as team Mummy smash seemed to have scored 5 TDs with no problems, it was only due to the lack of dwarf speed. So while my runners just ran past the dwarfs, the line of scrimage was a complete mess of hits being traded, mummys and dwarfs alike going down but no one really getting hurt on either side.
I give a great applause to the dwarf team for the pow pow game and im very glad i did not suffer any losses. Think my mummies where dropped 7 to 10 times during the game, even with wights with guard in there supporting them
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You put up a hell of a fight! Once the score reached 3-0 in the first half it was no longer a game of scoring TDs for me. I was just trying to slow you down a bit, and take down your team a peg or two! Honestly, I'm just glad you didn't kill my Trollslayer again, and now I have two of them with Mighty Blow.
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lol yeah i wouldve felt bad if i killed another troll slayer with mighty blow. BUT it wouldve been funny if it was the lone zombie on the sideline fighting off both slayers in the secound half
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Who's around tomorrow afternoon?
Cheers,
Alan
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I'll be around all day.
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Sons of Northern Darkness will be there accepting challenges.
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I think the next time I will be able to play is next Thursday, as I will be in Pennsylvania for New Years.. Until then, I hope everybody has a great holiday break!
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i will be around, possibly, was driving home from work tonight and found out i had a flat tire. So i will be spending the morning on trying to solve this problem in time to be at the store around 1
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Is anyone going to be around friday? I only have two games in so far, and would like to get several more.
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I will be at BG on Fri and Sat for games.
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Dan, Friday would be much easier for me than the reschedule to Saturday. What time will you be there?
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As soon as I can, probably means around 2:30- 3:30
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Ill be there at 2:30 for mayhem, then.
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I'm still lurking, but have yet to make it in yet. I guess that means I have to give this season a miss, but I will still try to come in a time or two to watch and/or demo a Slann team. :D
I would be interested in joining next season though! If there is any kind of announcement list for the upcoming seasons (or this season's news) please put me on it!
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Well, the Sons winning streak came to an abrupt end due to some awesome Lizard positioning forcing more die rolls than I'd like combined with a dysfunctional claw and inept dark elf. Niffle is the ficklest of gods. I think he's telling me to play less games per week. Either that or stay away from Chaos Pact next league. :P
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Team Mummy smash had some great games today.
a 2-0 win vs dwarfs
a 1-2 loss vs lizards, being a dodge roll away from that endzone line
and a 0-2 loss vs amazons. But even though i was shut out, the mummys cracked their knuckles and causes 2 casualties a piece.
So Team Mummy smash is now 8-8 and with a team rating of 1,680,000. To buy that re-roll or not to put me at spiraling expences. hmmmmmmm :P
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To make sure everyone is aware Battleground will be closed on Sunday and Monday this week (the 30th and 31st of Dec).
What this means for the league is this: Since Sunday is usually a starting point for the week I will make Week 3 Start on Tuesday and go for one additional week. So week 3 will be a 2week period. Week 3 will start on 1/1/13 and end on 1/12/13. This way the week includes an actual Sunday for people to come and game on, it finishes off the Holiday season for people and the Store itself will probably be a little bit hectic in the first few days of the new location opening.
This will be the final extended week of the season.
Hopefully everyone had some good times with their families and such and now can go back to beating the thier opponents skulls in :P
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I believe you meant that the week ends of 1/13, as opposed to making it a ten month week.......
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
ahem. Well, anyone around Tuesday to break in the new store?
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YOU SAW NOTHING!
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if the new store is open past 9 i will be there
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Hey again.
Tuesday I will be driving back to Boston from PA, so I unfortunately can't kick off the new year the right way with you guys. I will definitely be there in the early afternoon on Thursday. Let's say 2 pm. Anybody else going to be in on Thursday?
In any case I appreciate the extension of week 3, Steve. I'll definitely be there on Sunday. Hoping to play a game (or more) against Amazons, Chaos Pact, or Lizardmen one of those days. Happy 2013 to you all!
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Ill be there Thursday.
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As am quite certain I will much prefer death over much of anything else come Tuesday, I will be around for games on Thursday.
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daniel perrone in dark elfs team ego deus
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Helga's Horde and the Sons of Northern Darkness have been battling it out on the pitch. The first game was a 3 hour long affair, stretching to the very end of overtime. Neither team could score so the game was settled by an unmodified d6 roll. that's right. We played for 3 hours and the game was basically one die roll each. My skill shined through, and the Sons picked up a well earned victory!
Riley and I played again tonight to make up for the lame-itude of the previous game. Little did we know what we were getting into. Ihsahn, my dark elf, decided to skip the second half and fail every roll he was required to make. 2+ dodge with a reroll? Pfft. No. 2+ pick up roll with reroll? HA. Go for it? NO. Riley's AG 4 linewoman felt similarly, dropping passes and failing dodges. We again went to over time and it looked like it would be settled with another shoot out, until a lose ball bounced on Hellhammer, my claw/mighty blow marauder. Through some very fortuitous die rolling, he managed to make a pass to another marauder who went for it into the end zone on turn 8. Riley was a blast to play as always and helped make the mass failures hilarious rather than tragic. Easily one of my favorite games of BB I've played.
The Chaos Gods rewarded their servants well. Hellhammer's last ditch pass earned him enough SPP to get Pile On. Yes folks, we now have our first official league CPOMBer. He will wear the target on his back with pride. Fenriz, a relatively unpopular and untalented marauder, got a strength increase. Looks like I'll be feeding him some touchdowns this weekend and building another killer!
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Rub it in why don't ya :P
Also the standings have been done for post week 2. Unfortunatly I forgot to write them down and take a copy with me but they are updated and is in the front of the Roster Folder at BG.
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Top 4 was:
1) Warpdivers
2) Golden Claws
3) Sons of Northern Darkness
4) Helga's Horde
Yo, Warpdivers. You're in my seat.
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Mummy smash is in 6th. Having problems with giving teams so much free money to spend is hurting my actual chances of winning. So next few games i plan on just trying to let people not close to lvling score my TDs. AKA Zombies and Mummies
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Hellhammer will gladly thin your TV for you. Starting with the mummies... :P
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I'm sorry to say I won't be able to make it today, not feeling my best. Good luck to anyone who wants to knock Mummy Smash down a peg or two though!
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Feel better, Drew. Mummy Rot is a tough one.
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My evening:
http://youtu.be/VpV3pAVPnS4
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Also, I halted the Warpdivers winning streak because I am the greatest Blood Bowl player alive. Definitely not because of clumsy goblins.
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The Warpdivers finally suffered their first loss tonight at the hands of the Sons of Northern Darkness. Things didn't look good early, as William Taft, the academically gifted troll, suffered a badly hurt on turn 2 (or 3?) and failed his regen roll. I thought Nuffle had changed his mind when a Skaven lineman broke free for a score. Ian had a dicey chance to blitz the escaped lineman but his first action of the turn showed him snake eyes with his two-headed dodging goblin. This resulted in Ian's Dirty ClawPOMBer being exposed to a crowd surf, but four rolls that would have a 1/9 chance of failure would be required to push the bastard into the hands of the eager fans. My better judgment prevailed, and I took the score, but I will never make that decision again. That player must die.
The Warpdivers played some sound defense to keep the lead before the half, but the casualties started to pile (-on) up. Without the troll and down significant numbers, the Warpdivers played some intentionally soft D in the second half; the thinking being Ian would not be able to stall til turn 7, as my well-intentioned Gobbo wizard was waiting on the sidelines. After he scored, I had 5 turns to score with limited positionals, and I tried to run out the clock on my offensive drive. My players were being no help at all. Failed dodges willy-nilly, bad block dice, etc. led to a much more difficult situation than desired. I freed up a blitzer who would then be able to get in scoring position on turn 7, but the play required my passer to not be completely useless. Ian recovered the errant pass, but I decided to use my Wizard as a gobbo was still in a good scoring position. Lightning fail, and Ian won in overtime easily.
As every single member of the Warpdiver's staff failed miserably in this game (two failed apos and a failed wizard), the manager, yours truly, decided to install a serious overhaul in the coaching staff after the game: two new assistant coaches and a fourth reroll. To bring up the morale after this emotionally-draining loss, 2 cheerleaders were also hired.
The Warpdivers got two more games against the League's two Orc teams after the loss. Nuffle, that trickster, decided to be a friend again. Dodges were succeeding almost every time; my players were actually causing casualties; and touchdowns came easy. The team suffered no serious set-backs, and all of the Skaven are developing nicely. However, William Taft is maybe not as brilliant as I previously thought. He has yet to gain a single SPP and failed his Really Stupid rolls with regularity during my games against the Orcs. Perhaps he is really dim after all, or perhaps he's a rebellious troll genius, who has grown unhappy with his role on the team, namely to stand up in front of a ton of guys so that they can hit him in the face repeatedly. I can't be blamed; he's just really good at what he does.
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Anyone around for a game of bloodbowl tonight?
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i am james aldoupolis and i play dark elves
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Sons of Northern Darkness suffered their first real casualty of the league tonight. A bunch of dark elf linemen from Black Hole stomped on Vrangsinn the chaos troll. -AV is tough for my roadblock. Vrangsinn has been a pillar of the team and I don't think I'm heartless enough to fire him, but this does make him significantly worse at getting punched in the face; ie his primary job. I'm going to have to sleep on it.
Hellhammer is fully painted and ready to go out in a blaze of glory, eviscerating in the name of the Gods. Looking forward to playing some games tomorrow.
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Seems my guard dudes just don't feel like playing lately! In what has developed into an intense rival match, the Warpdivers caused 5 casualties between crowd surfing, fouling, and bashing. Sons returned the favor, but gobbos < marauders. Awesome swingy, statistical outlier fueled, memorable play filled match. I have a feeling Warpdiver vs Sons of Northern Darkness matches will begin to be a weekly staple.
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Nothing normal happened today. It all started when my gps took me and my bike on a highway to get to the store from the Braintree stop. I was pretty freaked out as the cars were wizzing by, and I rode back to Braintree and just took a cab to the store. Weird start for the blood bowl Sunday.
I only managed one match today because my 23 turn match (can we institute draws please?) against Ian was just too damn long and epic to give me time for my normal two matches. Ian put it well. What a freaking match.
Things started off pretty well for me, as the very first turn of the game was my defensive blitz to put 4 members of my team right next to where the kick was going to land. My blitzer failed the kickoff catch, and Ian's sneaky gobbo managed to get the ball in the scrum, but there was simply too much pressure too soon. I managed to get the ball with a gobbo and race down the sideline with a skaven protecting either end, but I failed to notice that Ian's dark elf learned leap, and he crowd surfed my poor gobbo. The bloodthirsty crowd appreciated the gift from the Sons, and they threw the ball in probably the worst place it could have been for me: right next to Ian's ogre and ag4 marauder. Ian managed to hand the ball to the his traitorous skaven lineman, and away he went toward my end zone. I had the opportunity to 1-die blitz the skaven with my blocking passer, but Nuffle decided to add injury to insult. I snaked a go-for-it with a reroll on the blitz attempt. And the ground stopped the heart of my poor passer. Thankfully, my apo finally wasn't a total gobbo and he saved the young player's life.
I don't even know what happened next. Out of frustration I gave up my sound positional play, and decided to start bashing and fouling the hell out of the sons. I managed to get that bugger clawpomber with a gang-foul, and put him out for the game (alas, I narrowly missed winning my own pizza bounty). I rolled skulls just when I thought I could push for a score, and I gave up another before halftime. 2-0 at the half, the game was all but lost.
At least the second half I started with the ball. As a wood elf coach at heart, I knew the only chance was to play some serious elf ball. I pushed my players down the field quickly, leaving my passer back with the ball to survey the field. The Blitzer Samuel Wormtail broke free, caught a pass, and the score was his for the taking. But today was not a day for risk-taking, not yet it wasn't anyway,and the Blitzer failed his go for it in the end zone. If today was a day for anything, today was for statistical outliers. Ian's next turn saw him snaking a 2+ dodge, and the score was still there. The hero of the day, passer Frank Sewergrass, sure-handedly picked up the ball in the end zone and the turn 3 score gave me some hope.
The next kick started with a riot, and the clock was pushed ahead a turn. Not looking good. Somehow, someway, the Warpdivers started to gain the numbers advantage and they managed to pop the ball from Ian's ball-carrier. Samuel Wormtail once again escaped with the ball, and this time he would not fail. The Sons' gobbo desperately flailed at the Blitzer, but the unphased Wormtail smacked the gobbo out of the game and managed a turn 8 score. Overtime.
And what an overtime it was. The Sons' won the toss and elected to receive. They set up a drive next to the sidelines, and this resulted in an epic blood bath. The crowd absolutely tore both sides to pieces, and the final player count ended up something like 6 against 5 (in favor of the Warpdivers). The Warpdivers popped the ball loose, and it dramatically bounced around amongst the scrum of downed, confused, and/or injured players. Then, the unthinkable: The Sons' steroid-freak of a Minotaur caught the ball on a 6. Note to the league, if you want to give my team problems, develop a strength 6 ball carrier. The only defensive option I had was to put players behind the Minotaur, so he would have to block and follow-on back toward Ian's end zone. Then the Minotaur surprised me, Ian, the crowd of 30-some thousand, and any analyst and player that knows anything about blood bowl: it dodged away from the scrum successfully and headed toward the end zone. Alas, amongst all of the successful catching, dodging, and avoidance of mega-traits, the creature became arrogant. It went-for-it and tripped over it's own hooves.
Turn 7. I have a narrow opening. I send a rookie gobbo down field and prepare to blitz and run away with, who else, Frank Sewergrass. He managed to distance himself a bit, but he was still in double-go-for-it range of that damn Minotaur. The reliable bastard got to my passer and knocked him down. Defying all odds, Sewergrass resisted the mighty blow of the Beast and willed himself to stay focused and on the pitch. My last chance. Sewergrass dodges from the Minotaur (3+), goes back next to him and picks up the ball (4+), dodges again (3+), resists his racism at the sight of the waiting gobbo (2+), passes to the gobbo accurately (3+), gobbo catches it (3+), and finally, the gobbo, goes for it twice to race into the end zone as time was expiring. Victory grasped from the jaws of defeat! Lo, today was no normal day. Today will be remembered as a day of outliers.
The match ended and Samuel Wormtail learned tackle. I should say he learned tackle throughout the course of the match, as he clearly had no problem smacking down that dodgy gobbo at the end of half two. It should come as no surprise that Frank Sewergrass is now Ag4. His play at the end of the game was a turning point in his career. As always, kudos to William Taft, the world's smartest toughest troll, who has likely been on the wrong end of the most POWs in the entire league. Still he stands up and persists in the face of pure carnage. Maybe one of these days he'll have a SPP to show for his efforts.
Wow. That was way too much. I'm a geek. That match just needed a report that did it justice. I should also say, kudos to Ian, who was a great sport despite the up and down frustrations of the game. Mostly because I'm a douche, I threw a gobbo at Ian's Minotaur on turn 8 of overtime. I didn't recall that this uses a pass action, and Ian disregarded the play and let me attempt my epic last second pass attempt anyway. That was very stand-up. This will indeed be a mutually-respected but heated rivalry as the season progresses.
Anyway. Now would be a good time to plug my pizza bounty. Kill Ian's clawpombing bastard. Pizza awaits you.
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^Like.
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I'm getting that pizza! Tomorrow I feast!
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Team mummy smashed has ended its 3 game scoreless streak and loss streak by defeating the dodgy and blocking amazons yesterday. After playing the pesky girls 3 times and losing 3 times, the coaching staff decided that it was time for a new tactic. In the previous 3 games, the undead did all the smashing and bashing but still could not win. So for this game the coaches figured to let the amazons do the bashing and smashing and try to do what amazons do best, Dodging.
In a unprecedent amount of KO's ever to be seen happen to team mummy smash, the undead managed to pull out a 3-1 win over helga's/zyra's hoard.
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Today, the Death Cup league had its collective intelligence rise just a bit. Necrobutcher, the iconic minotard of Sons of Northern Darkness fell on the pitch. His is the first death the Sons have experienced. He died as he lived; baying angrily at a gigantic ball of fire. He will be missed.
R.I.P. Necrobutcher
Week 1 - Week 3.5
May the Gods allow you to blitz as much as you like, sweet prince.
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R.I.P. Necrobutcher
Week 1 - Week 3.5
May the Gods allow you to blitz as much as you like, sweet prince.
Boom! Take a dirt-nap, Roid Rage!
Eerrrmm...ahem. I may or may not be there tomorrow, guys. It's going to be a game-time decision. I've been frantically sending out applications and want to end off this week feeling über-productive. Besides, I've already got 3 games for the extended week 3.
P.s. If you know of any cool, t-accessible coffee shops that might be hiring, let me know.
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Dave Goss is in with Chaos Team. Pitch Perfect Beasts Corp.
Anyone up for a game tomorrow?
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Ian, dont feel bad. I played Dan P.'s dark elves today and it was his second game of the season. Needless to say i had to retire my Leader Ghoul and Pile-on mummy. The ghoul had her neck broken making her agility 2 and the mummy had his ankle smashed making him movement 2.
So had to retire and rehire counter parts, Bought a re-roll and hired a 3rd fresh ghoul. so instead of going down in team ratings, i went up to 1,740,000. ;D soon i will be the first to reach spiraling expenses
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Had spiraling expenses already. Sorry, bro! :P However, you'll be there for good far before I climb back up.
Looks like the new blood is proving themselves. Team killers. Every one.
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Had spiraling expenses already. Sorry, bro! :P However, you'll be there for good far before I climb back up.
Looks like the new blood is proving themselves. Team killers. Every one.
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You can't have nice things AND smash noobs!
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well dam and anyways cant help it when im getting stabbed 4 times a turn or so
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I won't be there today guys. See you on Sunday.
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Vengeance was carried out in the name of Necrobutcher. 7 casualty game against Goss tonight; 5 from Hellhammer. No permanent injuries, but a few MNGs. I'm fairly satisfied.
Oh, and Hellhammer hit Super Star after claw dropping a few vampires. Amazons, goblins, and elves: you are on notice. This man has tackle.
SHAMELESS PLUG: My friend Kevin and I have organized a Blood Bowl tournament. It should be fun. Check it out here: http://www.battlegroundgames.com/forum/index.php?topic=5191.0
Edit: TEAM MUMMY SMASH - I call you out for a casualty filled, no holds barred, piling on and mighty... er... not that one, Blood Bowl match this Sunday! Its high time the two bashiest teams duked it out.
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After seeing how the first few weeks have gone here is the first Rules change to be had to the Deathcup League.
Overtime is no longer required to be played if the 2nd half ends in a draw, with the following exception: If one player wishes to go to Overtime then it must be played or the refusing team will have forfeitted the match with the normal consequences.
Originally I thought it would be needed but it is not for Regular season. Overtime will happen with the playoffs in a modified format to be announced at a later date.
That is all for now.
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depends on if im working till 5 or not, but i will be there today, friday as long as i dont over sleep or read my book
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7 Beastmen = 7 Beastmen. What a shame :'(
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7 Beastmen = 7 Beastmen.
An excellent example of the commutative property (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutative_property) in Blood Bowl terms.
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I won't be able to make it today, guys. I'm having stomach issues, and attempting to ride my bike 6 miles may very well end in...eermm...some unfortunate circumstances. I have something scheduled for Tuesday, so if anybody can be there on Thursday I would like to get 2-3 games then. Have a good week!
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I should be around for games on Thursday.
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I will also be around Thursday. What time were you thinking of heading in? I could give you a ride from Quincy Center.
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Ok folks the 4th week has started, Grab a result sheet from the back of the Roster binder and label it 4Th week if one is not allready in the sleeve for you.
Also we have hit 16 teams in the league so no more teams are being permitted to join.
One clearification on the Record sheets: Casulties recording - Any type of casulty that is inflicted by a Member of your team, no matter how, is to be recorded. IE Fouls, stabs, block dice. Anything that is either self inflicted (IE failing a dodge roll or go for it) is not and the crowd results are not either. This should clear up any questions about this I hope.
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Does anything change for week 4? or have we always needed a new sheet each week?
I'm around tomorrow if anyone wants a game. Like to play someone different for once...
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New sheet Each week, it makes it easier for me.
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Sons of Northern Darkness finally go their uniforms in. Fully painted and ready to crush \m/
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Good times this evening. Vrangsinn the chaos troll brutally tore Glart Smashrip Jr. to pieces in real tight draw against the Warpdivers.
Looks like everyone had great games tonight!
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I may have racked up three more losses, but they were awesome losses. I even got to watch a Kroxigor score a TD!
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-sigh- team mummy smash got greedy today, ended up losing 1 and winning 1. so still at 50/50 rating.
but i did go up by 6 casulties 8). dint realize Ian has played more games than me and was leading me on cas. If im going to win anything in the league, it must be cas!!!! MUMMY SMASH!!!
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Claw guy is a casualty factory. If you want the crown, come get it, bra.
Edit: I said it on the tournament thread, but figured I'd cross post here. Anyone up for trying out some tournament lists sometime? I have Chaos Dwarf and Necromantic rosters I'd really love to try.
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I played on Thursday and sadly didn't write even a brief match report, though all three games certainly deserved one. Hopefully tonight I can recap the week's games.
I have made the sudden decision to make today my blood bowl day of the weekend instead of Sunday. I will be leaving shortly with my bike, and I should be there at around 3. Sorry for the short notice. I'm hoping somebody will be there!
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i will have to. But claw guy has to get a actual block off to use his claw ;D
anyways monday im out at 7 pm and tuesday out by 8 if anyone wants to play
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Whitepeak Warpdivers. Week 5. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Game 1 - Dan's Lizardmen - Win 2-1
Good: Absolutely amazing TDs in the first half. Dan had a TD that involved several dodges, a go for it, and a Stunty pass. The Warpdivers returned the favor with a pretty unlikely 2-turn score of their own.
Bad: William Taft. Bad troll was bad. Got smashed down pretty early and would also miss the following game.
Ugly: Turn 16 Krox failure. The Krox rolled double both down when the Skinks had a chance to score a TD that would have tied the game on the last turn (and probably would've outdone Dan's first TD in its ridiculous awesomeness.)
Game 2: Drew's Dorfs - Win 1-0
Good: 1-die blocks for both sides. 80% of the time, they worked every time.
Bad: The lone TD. I didn't earn it or deserve it. I made a positioning mistake on offense, which I simply could not afford in this match-up, and the first half was a jumble of dwarves surrounding the ball near the sideline and my players having a tea party in some useless location on the pitch. Guard and tackle everywhere. It was an actual nightmare that I had back when I was just a rookie Goblin. The horror. Ag 4 and Nuffle bailed my ass out of that one.
Ugly: Ball-and-chain inducement. Oh who am I kidding. His single turn in the game was hilariously worth the price.
Game 3 - Ian's Cheating Bastards - Draw 1-1
Good - The Warpdivers' fans. They ended the day for the ClawPOMBing ego-maniac and for the surrounded, side-stepping, blodgy Elf. I missed my scoring chance in the first half to crowd-surf the Claw Douche. Worth it.
Bad - The Cheating Bastards' lack of execution. Ian deserved to win this one, but his players failed him in all the right ways when he recovered the ball on defense in the first half. The half should have ended 1-0 in his favor, but the Bastards just failed all sorts of dice rolls.
Ugly - Pizza bounty unclaimed. What's going on league?! It's simple. Foul him every time he Piles-on; crowd-surf him every time he thinks he's safe. The dice will get him eventually...
Game 4 - Jay's Vamps - Win 3-0
Good - High-powered offense. 3 TDs. Contributions from everyone, even the hobbled Gobbo, Limpy McGee.
Bad - Peer pressure. What?! Now everyone gets a piling-on jerk-face that only rolls 11s when they hit my armor 7 and absolutely eviscerates my team?! This aggression shall not stand.
Ugly - Sweltering heat. I'm sorry. There's no other way to express this weather result. God-fucking-dammit.
Game 5 - Alan's Greenskins - Draw 1-1
Good - Team development. William Taft finally got 2 points. No permanent injuries, despite all of the abuse. Samuel Wormtail is now a TacklePOMBing bastard. Argus Blightclaw is a PO away from...ummm...tickle fights? Shhhh...I'm not a hypocrite! He'll be like the Robin Hood of ClawPOMBers, only dealing damage to the league's other cheating bastards. I promise.
Bad - Not using my field. Alan put some sort of voodoo magic on his home field. I don't trust it. Which leads to...
Ugly - First half. Smash. 1. I'll use a reroll. 1. Smash. 1. I'll use a reroll. 1. Smash. Etc. "I'm glad you're having a great time, Alan. I'll just sit here and wait for the second half, at which point I will hopefully have more than 2 players and a dim, isolated troll on the pitch. No, no. Don't worry. I'm sure I'll smile again in my lifetime." Second half kick-off result: Blitz. Looking back on the week. I guess I had this coming. (I kid. It was a fun and ridiculous game. Great way to end the week. I chain-pushed a gobbo into an Orc lino into Passer Frank Sewergrass into Alan's ball carrier to get him exposed to a 2-dice hit. Have you ever even conceived of such madness?)
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Very lame league day. As of 4, Steph and I were the only players around. We got a good game in, though. The Greenskin Packers got their first touchdown of the season :P
Standings were updated. I'll post the complete standings later (this probably should have been happening the whole time), but the top four as of week 4 is as follows:
1) Warpdivers
2) Sons of Northern Darkness
3) Golden Claws
4) Chris Brett's team whose name escapes me.
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I'll be around all day tomorrow, I should be playing Saga around noon, and have a D&D game in the evening, but beyond that I am completely open. Hopefully I can squeeze in a game or two if anyone is free and interested.
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Tom - I can fit our challenge in Tuesday at 8 pm. Does that work for you?
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sweet, will be there once i get out at 8. so long as no one calls in and they ask me to cover ( i will still say no to staying)
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Tom's team scared the crap out of me. Multiple S4 zombies, loads of guard, and a complete disregard for statistics. I panicked and never got off of my heels. Some amazing plays from ghouls put him up by one, but my equally amazing goblin tied it up. Surprisingly low casualty game for the number of blocks thrown. 2 meaningless ones from Mummy Smash, zero from Sons of Northern Darkness.
I caught the league's pass fever against the Warpdivers and went for a TD waaaay to early and unsafely. Skaven popped my carrier and a chain of goblin hand offs left me fouling in spite. 2-1 Warpdivers.
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My big battle report:
Alan and I played football. He won. It was fun.
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The Whitepeak Warpdivers got their sole game in for week 6: another close one with the Sons of Northern Darkness. I've been taking a lot of heavy damage in the first half as of late, which was especially strange in this game, considering I started with the ball. The Sons killed Glart Smashrip Jr. for the second time this season. I'm not sure if that means I shouldn't induce him anymore because he stays alive against the Sons for an average of 3 turns or if I should continue to induce him because he seems to deflect the punishment away from my rostered players.
Frank Sewergrass has been promoted to team captain after yet another astounding AG4 performance helped my team get their score in the first half. The Sons recorded a pretty straight-forward score of their own before half-time, as my Skaven were really having an off-day, especially on defense. The first half ended 1-1 with a bunch of my players sitting on the bench, and this was definitely playing out like a traditional 2-1 grind in favor of the bashers.
I won a subtle but important victory at half time, when all three of my knocked out players returned on a 4+. That was just enough to offer some significant pressure early in Ian's drive. He decided to toss the ball downfield to his blodgy Elf to move the ball quickly, but the speed of my Skaven and the usefulness of Wrackle helped me bring the elusive elf down. My Skaven were generally unhelpful this game, barring a play here and there, but for once it was my Goblins that bailed me out. Limpy McGee (who I crudely named to remind myself that he has MA5) is really starting to grow on me. Despite my distaste for having a hobbled player in crucial positions, he always seems to be in the right place at the right time and makes great plays. In this case, he caught the ball as it was fumbled out of the Dark Elf's hands and weaved through Ian's ferocious Big Men to hand off the ball to Shoeless Joe, who we haven't heard from in a while. Shoeless Joe was in a great location, but that Murdering Clawpombing Bastard made a 4+, 3+, 2+, 2+ (and Ian was out of rerolls!) to get a tackle zone on the sprinting goblin. One more timely dodge and blitz was required from a Skaven, and Shoeless Joe was home free. All that was left was for Shoeless Joe to stall near the end zone, as he watched the Sons brutalize the Warpdivers' few remaining players all in the name of fair play and sportsmanship. Another tight win for the Warpdivers! 2-1.
After the game, huge strides were made in team development. After 12 games of not recording a single SPP, William Taft got a cas last game and an MVP today. Not only that, but he got a doubles roll on his first skill. His persistence has finally paid off, and now I might finally use him for something once in a while other than getting smashed since he's learned Block! In addition, Frank Sewergrass is officially an emerging star. Man, underworld is fun to develop. With block, ag4, and a normal roll there were tons of different ways to take him, but I ultimately decided on Nerves of Steel because I thought this might open up some great options for the team's play book.
Last but not least Shoeless Joe, the Killer Gobbo, who had been sitting at +ST and 15 spps for quite some time, finally got his second skill-up with today's dramatic, game-winning touchdown. After the match he took a celebratory Warpstone bath and exited the tub with a brand new pair of horns. I hope to seriously confound at least one opposing coach with Shoeless Joe's new abilities during Week 7 (unless of course he dies on turn 2 of my next game, which will surely happen considering I just typed it.)
Hope to see some of you on Sunday!
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Yeah, dude. I need to stop default passing. That guy is really fun, but a cage works soooo much better for Chaos Pact.
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i need for more zombies to level!!!!
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The Bad Moon Bashers continue to have ill fortune against the Sons of Northern Darkness. On the first play, Hellhammer decapitated an orc lineman. Though the Bashers managed to get back into the game with a solid touchdown, the blocking game was pretty much always mine.
Awesome game. Now to get back to painting Necromantics for Freak Frenzy! One more week!
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Anyone heading in tomorrow?
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I'll be there tomorrow. If I'm not there before dark and haven't posted on here, it means I've already died of hypothermia on my bike, and you shouldn't worry anymore because there is nothing you can do. Hope to see some of you tomorrow!
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hmmmm well now. Mummy smash has more wins than losses for the first time in the league. looks like the passing game is starting to pay off. As for week 6 here is my work times
Sunday out at 6. -doing 2 headed giant tornament at 7 so no games for me
monday out at 7. -If you want to play a game with me, please post on the forums if you will be down at BG. If not i will be going home instead. I will check the forums on my phone before i leave work.
Tuesday out at 8- If you want to play a game with me, please post on the forums if you will be down at BG. If not i will be going home instead. I will check the forums on my phone before i leave work.
Wen. Well out at 11 PM so wont be gaming
Thursday. No work!!!!!. Sleeping in. will be there around 2-3. Unless someone will be there earlier and wants to play. Just post on forums and i will set my alarm
Friday. I am out at 5. But i got D&D at 7. So unless your sure you can fast play a game, no game for me
Saturday. Forgot what time im working, will edit soon.
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So, yeah. Sundays are pretty much completely devoid of players. Is there a better day/night to get games in?
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I can be around for a few games on Thursday, after I get out of work at 5.
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Sunday was a disappointing day for the Whitepeak Warpdivers. No, they didn't lose any games. No, they didn't lose any important players. They simply couldn't get a game! I think we should have free Star Players for Week 7 to try to start the second half of the season with some energy (idea stolen from FUMBBL). Maybe we could do something like each coach has a Star Player that represents them, their team, their coaching style, or whatever, and at the beginning of the match each team randomly chooses one of these special "coach" star players.
I think I'd like to be something like 8237 Dodge, Stunty, Right Stuff, Foul Appearance, Big Hand, Extra Arms, Two Heads, Tentacles. That would be some silliness.
We don't have to implement this specific idea, but I would really like to try a special week to start the second half of the season. It was a bit disappointing going all the way out there on Sunday and not getting a game.
The good news is I got to kick some ass as superman in the DC Universe deck building game! Also, I rode my bike there and back from Braintree! Although I often felt like I was going to die and my butt was feeling pretty weird by the end of the day, I got the best sleep I've had in weeks.
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So, yeah. Sundays are pretty much completely devoid of players. Is there a better day/night to get games in?
I'm trying Thursdays and Saturday afternoons...
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I have a pretty slow physics week, so I'm actually free today. Anyone around for a game?
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ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION!
There has been a rescent epidemic of Squigs on the loose. We at the Deathcup Foundation are attempting to intercept any wandering squigs before they become a menance to the pitch. So far we have been successfull but they are increasing in number. We have informed the refs of this problem and they are inspecting the balls before each match to ensure that it is an actual ball and not a Squig. This is to notify the various coaches that the Deathcup Foundation has taken this incident seriously and has the best intentions for the various teams in the League.
The Commisioner
SQIUG BALL!
For Week 7 of the League all balls on the pitch will be Squig Balls.
The following rules will be in effect for Week 7 of the Deathcup League:
1. If the Squig Ball is on the Ground: At the beginning of each Team’s turn, before anyone takes an action, a Squig Ball on the ground will move d6 squares in a random direction. (use the scatter template) The Squig Ball does not need to dodge to move through tackle zones.
2. If the Squig Ball is held by a player: At the beginning of that Team’s Turn (not the opposing teams turn), before anyone takes an action, roll a d6 (this cannot be re-rolled) On a roll of 1, the Squig has squirmed free and will move as above starting from the players square. This does not cause a Turn Over.
3. If the Ball Squig’s movement carries it into a players square: The Squig throws a ST:0 Blitz with the Dauntless & Juggernaut Skills. Neither team may lend their assists. The Squig ball will never follow up and will end its movement in the square where it threw the block (regardless of any surplus MA). The Squig can never be knocked down, injured, K/O’d nor stunned. Players knocked down in this fashion will not cause a turn over. The target players opponent always rolls the appropriate dice decides where to push the player if applicable.
4. If the Squig Ball’s movement carries it into the crowd: they will throw it back as usual. It will bounce and then end it’s movement where it lands (regardless of any surplus MA).
5. The Squig Ball is Hard to handle: All GFI Rolls (while holdong the ball) and agility based actions involving the ball suffer a –1 penalty. This includes GFI, Pick Up, Catch, Pass, Intercept and Landing (if holding the ball), but not Dodge rolls.
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is this current week 7 or is this week 6
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Currently Week 6
Week 7 starts on 02/03/13
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Yes! So pumped for squig ball!
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my poor poor passing game
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Damnit, Orc's even more of a problem picking up the ball, on the bright side if its a squig maybe it'll be easier :)
I think you should be allowed to "Block" the ball, Skull, squig smacks you, arrow, it runs away a square, anything else = pick up :)
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Can't i just bite the damn things to keep em still??
Count Boris' minions disapprove. There will be riots in Slyvania this week as a result.
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Next time you folks are running a Blood Bowl League, Abington or Plainville, let us know here (http://www.dorkamorka.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=30). You might lure in a few players, and more to the point the borders in the local Blood Bowl community might start becoming a little more fluid.
Most of the DorkaMorka folks are north of Boston, but a few of us are on the south side.
Also, if Blood Bowl is going to become more of a part of the Battleground fabric then I highly recommend setting up the OBBLM software for team and league management. Ours is here (http://www.dorkamorka.com/bloodbowl/index.php?section=main) if you want to check it out. It works really well and the development work is ongoing.
I am among those that missed the tourney due to work yesterday, but I do hope to make the rescheduled event and meet some of you folks. Feel free to do the same as we gather in Watertown on Thursday nights at the Fraternal Order of the Eagles.
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Hey All!
Will anybody be around on Tuesday for some squig ball? I'm looking to get there at around 2-3 in the afternoon and play a couple of games. (Time dependent on feedback. I won't be there if nobody responds on the forum.)
I will potentially start a new job on Wednesday, so it may be my last day of funemployment. I want to celebrate it the right way. See you soon, hopefully!
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sorry joe, i dont get out till 8 tuesday
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I wouldn't be able to get there til late at night myself joe, sorry man.
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No worries dudes! My girlfriend is taking work off tomorrow, so maybe it's for the best that I can have a free day to spend with her. See you Saturday, mayhaps?
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In a close, amusing, and bloody spectical tonight the amazons took a 1-0 win over the undead, managing to kill napoleon. We warn any other teams when facing the amazons this week to check their endzones for any left over bait, as for some reason the ball(squig) only wished to run towards the undead endzone
Other than that, the poor napoleon was my only guard zombie :(
Squids as foot balls are truely amazing. Been trying for the onside kick since if the squig runs over its legal XD
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It's been a tough week. With being sick and the blizzard heading in, looks like the Golden Claws willl be a no show for Squig Week. Hope see you all on the pitch next week.
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I am hoping to get the Bad Moon Bashers down to play tomorrow afternoon. Bloody Snow interfering with my sporting activities :o
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Squig Ball
Since a few people told me they liked the rules presented and how goofy it can be, Squiq Ball shall continue on!
From now on if BOTH players want to play Squiq Ball as their game for the league feel free to, but BOTH players must agree or it is just a regular game.
Week 8 starts on 02/10/13
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Steph and I had to bail on Quincy and head to my mom's place until power is restored. We won't be around for Blood Bowl until things get cleaned up.
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whats a snow?
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Yup snow messed up BB intentions bad. Bashers not happy...
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Anyone around Thursday afternoon?
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Anyone around Thursday afternoon?
I wish I could. I'm off tomorrow, but it's also Valentines day. Apparently, I'm expected to do something or other with the special lady friend.
Honestly, I'm probably only going to show up for games when directly challenged at this point. The energy in the league seems to have really worn off, and it's a big hassle getting all the way out there from East Boston. Not to mention, I'll be working a pretty uneven 5-day-a-week schedule, generally working until 8 or later. If anybody wants a game, feel free to message me.
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Looks like a no for Thursday. Anyone around Sunday? Joe?
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:(
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Can't do tomorrow. I will be play-testing some board games in Malden. I can post my schedule for next week on Monday.
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I'm in for Sunday, assuming there are any takers.