Season 7 Day 6: The End is Nigh!

[IainC]

Day 5 overran for reasons that mostly boiled down to GDC and internet bills. No matter, we're all done now and ready to play day 6.

Here are the day 5 results


And here are your day 6 fixtures


The deadline for these games is Friday 19th April. Please make sure that you organise your games nice and early.

Here are the standings after 5 game days

40k:

Looks locked in with the top four, however EricSwiftblade can manage to squeak in past either Megrim or Carnifex. He plays each of them in turn and he must win both plus he needs either Ulysees to not lose vs Carnifex or Lightfax to not lose vs Megrim.

Hail Caesar:

Top 3 look safe but there's a three way fight for 4th with Avaia, Jasper and Gruntle separated by a single point.

Hordes:

Catfud and Teleku can afford to breathe but Luckton Drogg and Brocktoon are still in the fight. Willisterman can manage an upset but he's going to need a lot of help from other results.

Tamurkhan:

I'm in as is Lamaros. Ezrast is in a good position but not entirely out of the woods just yet. r3dknight, Proudft and Ingmar are all very much in contention however.

Stats from BBManager:


Just to remind you all, the top four in each division go through to a playoffs for the championship while the bottom four go through to a failoff. Both of these are 16 player knockout leagues meaning that you will play either 1, 2 or 3 games after the end of the main season. Ties are determined by the following in order:

• Head-to-head (in the case of three or more way ties, the total points from games vs all teams in the tie are considered)
• TD difference
• TDs against
• The caring hand of Nuffle

[Ruvaldt]

Avaia, we meet again.  Weekends are best for me.  Let me know what's best for you.

[luckton]

Schpain, WHERE'S MY DAUGHTER?!

[Modern Angel]

So drogg's in my other league with me. We play each other in both leagues this week. 

WORST BIRTHDAY EVER FOR YOU, ASSHOLE!

[avaia]

Avaia, we meet again.  Weekends are best for me.  Let me know what's best for you.

Friday is belgians and boards, so Saturday or Sunday I guess.  Let me know if you have any time during the week as well, I am usually around.

[drogg]

So drogg's in my other league with me. We play each other in both leagues this week. 

WORST BIRTHDAY EVER FOR YOU, ASSHOLE!

i'll have to console myself with the corpses of your hapless teams, i guess

[swiftblade]

Carnifax,

Might be able to play tomorrow night (GMT), or else I'm away the weekend, but have Monday off work, so that may also be an option.

[Reborne]

Just saw the score boards and nearly fell out of my chair laughing.

#1 Best Thrower 

[Llyse]

i'll have to console myself with the corpses of your hapless teams, i guess

Go Drogg! (I'm still writing a match report for our game.

Reborne: Tell me about it, Alive not Dead are 2nd... 

Willisterman I'm GMT +9 and am free at night and on Saturday morning and Sunday Let me know!

[z22]

sjofn, when would you like to kill 3 of my players? I'm in EST USA (GMT-5). In order from best to worst, these are my available times:

• Sunday: 11am to 8pm
• Monday/Tuesday/Thursday: 7am to 10pm
• Friday: 10am to 4pm

[carnifex27]

Carnifax,

Might be able to play tomorrow night (GMT), or else I'm away the weekend, but have Monday off work, so that may also be an option.

How does 10am (GMT) monday work for you?  I could probably play tomorrow night, but it would be late enough to technically be early the next morning for you :(

[Ingmar]

I essentially have to win both my remaining games to have a shot at the playoffs. Given how things have gone so far, I am not tremendously sanguine about this possibility, but I am ready to crush some rats regardless.

[schpain]

Schpain, WHERE'S MY DAUGHTER?!

Hey luckton!

You have committed every crime under the sun. Where your opponents have had the least AV there you have been the most bashy. It was you who began the indiscriminate 2die blocking. We will have no truce or parley with you, or the grisly Nords who work your wicked will. You do your worst - and we will do our best.

having said that - I'm moving house this weekend so my free time will be less than usual.  invite me on Steam and i'll look for you whenever I have a free moment.  GMT+10

[Danicia]

Huzzah! Ready to lose again. I'm gunning for last place, dontcha know. Drew, since I'm unemployed, I can easily work around your schedule.

[willisterman]

Llyse, your who's who says you are GMT +9, I'm GMT +1.  I'm away from Thursday afternoon, but I'm on holiday next week, so can easily arrange a match up then, from Monday onwards.  Say something like 8pm your time, lunch time mine.  Let me know.

Craig

[Llyse]

Llyse, your who's who says you are GMT +9, I'm GMT +1.  I'm away from Thursday afternoon, but I'm on holiday next week, so can easily arrange a match up then, from Monday onwards.  Say something like 8pm your time, lunch time mine.  Let me know.

Craig

That sounds lovely, I'll spend this weekend hungover! Not looking forward to all your inducements... 

[Jasper]

And..... another tie.  Understone Raiders 1 - Nifty Helmets 1.

The Raiders had a couple shots at it at the end, but double skulls saw one evaporate, and then I foolishly thought I had a turn left and so didn't move anyone into TD range on turn 16.  D'oh!  Also couldn't quite hold off the turn 8 counter TD in the first half.

The Helmets had a shot at it too -- or would have if the Minotaur hadn't gone 4/13 on Wild Animal.  Whew!

[Teleku]

Just saw the score boards and nearly fell out of my chair laughing.

#1 Best Thrower 

Nealtor, my legendary QB, has been injured three times this season, all 3 resulting in a missed game (including this weeks game).  So hes been down at least 50% of the time, plus all the time left in the games he was injured in, depending on how early he was injured in game.  The backup QB Nimrond has had to step in, but I've more or less been forced to play a running game of jamming the ball down my opponents throat this season.  Which has actually worked out ok so far, so I shouldn't complain.  Still, kind of sad not to be anywhere near the top of the passing charts like normal.

[Ulysees]

Celer I am UK based so GMT+1 so I reckon Saturday or Sunday will be our best bets to get the game done. I can do anytime Saturday and up until around 4pm GMT+1 on Sunday.

[Gruntle]

And..... another tie.  Understone Raiders 1 - Nifty Helmets 1.

The Raiders had a couple shots at it at the end, but double skulls saw one evaporate, and then I foolishly thought I had a turn left and so didn't move anyone into TD range on turn 16.  D'oh!  Also couldn't quite hold off the turn 8 counter TD in the first half.

The Helmets had a shot at it too -- or would have if the Minotaur hadn't gone 4/13 on Wild Animal.  Whew!

As you can see from  the Helmets were out-bashed by the skaven team. Actually they held their own through the first half, Mr. Big (the mino) even chipped in on a turn or three, and they just managed to tie the score at the break. In the second half however the bashy tide was with the rats, as the minotaur refused to perform some blitzes (and ate a reroll) which without his placement allowed the rats to almost kill a goat (the apoth turned it to -av). As chaos went down the goats kept the ball, swinging their cage from side to side behind a tide of rats, then in turn 14 with the cage collapsing and an elfy shot at the goal open before them, the goats tried for it and dropped the ball. In a flash a gutter runner had the ball back to the half line but just too far away for a score so the game ended in a tie.

For those who collect the statistics on wizards, Jasper's fireball downed 1 in a cage of 4 (not the ball carrier though).

The chaos injuries were two -AV ("fractured skull" and "serious concussion" -- so their helmets while nifty seem to be mostly decorative) and the Raiders suffered a niggling injury (damaged back).

[avaia]

Perfect outcome!  With the exception of the Ermine, this is one bashy division.

[Celer]

Celer I am UK based so GMT+1 so I reckon Saturday or Sunday will be our best bets to get the game done. I can do anytime Saturday and up until around 4pm GMT+1 on Sunday.

Agreed, GMT-7 here so let's shoot for Saturday or Sunday.  I'm usually best after 1pm (9pm you) but I can look into juggling my errands around to get an earlier evening for you!

[Ulysees]

1-2pm kick off your time would work for me on Saturday so will make sure I am on steam Saturday night then, given the time difference and the fact I probably can't do Sunday night that will be our best window I think.

[swiftblade]

Carnifax,

Might be able to play tomorrow night (GMT), or else I'm away the weekend, but have Monday off work, so that may also be an option.

How does 10am (GMT) monday work for you?  I could probably play tomorrow night, but it would be late enough to technically be early the next morning for you :(

Sounds like a plan

[Sjofn]

sjofn, when would you like to kill 3 of my players? I'm in EST USA (GMT-5). In order from best to worst, these are my available times:

• Sunday: 11am to 8pm
• Monday/Tuesday/Thursday: 7am to 10pm
• Friday: 10am to 4pm

If it makes you feel better, odds are good you'll kill one of my werewolves in return! If Sunday is best for you, let's do that. Any of those days/times are good for me, although I'm on the west coast, so I'd rather not 11am EDT, just because I don't wanna get up at 8am on a Sunday. :P

[eldaec]

I now have an image of Sjofn and Gort's teams' running about the pitch desperately trying to find something to impale themselves on.

"NO!  I'M MORE INJURED THAN YOU!"

[Sjofn]

Oh, he's definitely more injured than me, I was just trying to make him feel a little less despair. All those Norse in their panties are surely tempting targets for his team, right? The five of them that are left?

[Ingmar]

Missed me by ~2 hours, Iain. I'm normally ready to play around now. Tomorrow is kendo practice, but Friday night or the weekend are clear.

[z22]

sjofn, when would you like to kill 3 of my players? I'm in EST USA (GMT-5). In order from best to worst, these are my available times:

• Sunday: 11am to 8pm
• Monday/Tuesday/Thursday: 7am to 10pm
• Friday: 10am to 4pm

If it makes you feel better, odds are good you'll kill one of my werewolves in return! If Sunday is best for you, let's do that. Any of those days/times are good for me, although I'm on the west coast, so I'd rather not 11am EDT, just because I don't wanna get up at 8am on a Sunday. :P

How about Sunday at 3pm EST (noon your time)?

[drogg]

2-0 HHB over MA's redshirts.  -1 MV on a dwarf, -1..AV? [correction: -1MV ] on a bull.  and that's the sure hands hob.  

VENGEANCE IS OURS

[drogg]

just to really rub it in - if MA had taken block instead of claw, he would've kept the mino in the game.  mino soaked the apoth on a pow skull and then later went down to my pow skull 

[Llyse]

just to really rub it in - if MA had taken block instead of claw, he would've kept the mino in the game.  mino soaked the apoth on a pow skull and then later went down to my pow skull 

Brutally beautiful. Happy Birthday Drogg 

[Modern Angel]

It was raunchy. A really good first half which ended 0-0, though. I just could hang in the face of all those skills and I certainly couldn't outrun the lizards due to being dorfs.

It's a tough pill to swallow, since in league 2 I pulled off an amazing 3-2 comeback win with elves. My CDs are well and truly crippled for a bit.

[Ingmar]

Missed me by ~2 hours, Iain. I'm normally ready to play around now. Tomorrow is kendo practice, but Friday night or the weekend are clear.

Turns out kendo is canceled tomorrow so I should be free then as well.

[Teleku]

It's a tough pill to swallow, since in league 2 I pulled off an amazing 3-2 comeback win with elves. My CDs are well and truly crippled for a bit.

Oh hey, see you next week buddy!