Season #4 is over! 32 teams (35 considering the 3 which didn't make the cut, losing the
Qualification Round!) played more than 100 matches over 3 months. Blood has been spilled and bones have been cracked. The winner is once again "outsider" AndyDavo, which is the closest thing to unbeatable and unbearable at the same time. He's still a spelling mongrel, but he's really that good of a coach. He won (again) with a brand new team, and that says a lot about how luck is a certainly huge factor but it can be harnessed with enough skill. As I said last year, the double-skulled beast can be tamed, and AndyDavo is certainly the best charmer around (and now the #1 in the
Official f13 Ranking).
Summer passed, the magnificent pre-season that Eldaec put up just came to a close, and so it's time for Season #5! Go get your copy of
Blood Bowl Legendary Edition on Steam if you don't own it already and join us by posting here your intention to participate or asking questions. We love to answer,
Previous Editions Winners.
Season #1 - Aez's Fraggers (Skaven)
Season #2 - Comstar's F13 Catfighters (Amazons)
Season #3 - AndyDavo's Wishmasters Wildcards (Dark Elves)
Season #4 - AndyDavo's Paper Armour Dolls (Dark Elves)Now, enough self celebrating, let's move on with Season #5!
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** f13 Blood Bowl League, Season #5 **Start date is September 28th, 2011. Signup closes September 26th.How is this gonna work?- Depending on the number of teams, we'll make one or two divisions with 4 to 8 teams play-offs.
- Each team will have to play at least one match every 9 days. If ALL matches for one "game day" has been played, the League will advance to the next "game day" and the 9 days counter will be reset.
- Every Coach has to be a member of the **
f13 Bloodbowlers Steam Group ** in order to be able to participate in the League. If you are interested in joining the League please make sure to post here AND in the Steam Group, so I know who you are and that you fucking mean it.
- Every coach has to share a personal email address with all the other members of the League. Last year we tried with PM on this boards and Steam Group ones, it's not enough. If you are not willing to commit at least one of your precious email addresses to the League, then you are certainly not gonna take it seriously enough to ensure everyone's fun.
- Fixtures will be released before the League starts. Coaches have 9 days to try and set up an appointment with each other to play their match. If a match has not been played after 9 days, the League Manager will decide, after hearing both coaches, on an official result for that match, and will then advance the League to the next "game day".
What do I have to do to sign up?- You have to post your intention in this very thread.
- You have to have a copy of
>>Blood Bowl Legendary Edition.<< Sorry, no Regular or Dark elves Edition.
- For new coaches. When you create your online multiplayer Blood Bowl account in game, use the same name you have here on f13 if you can.
- You have to join the **
f13 Bloodbowlers Steam Group **. If you can, have your Steam name match your f13 name.
- You have to send me a PM with a valid email address. You will be sent an invitation mail there. You are supposed to reply to confirm you actually have access to said email address.
- All of the above are mandatory.
- EVERYONE can join, as long as you are from f13, meaning you have an account here. You can even make an account just for that but if you prove to be an imbecile before the League starts you'll be booted. You can invite friends from the outer world if you feel like it and as long as they are not complete muppets. They still have to join f13 and post here. Being new is not a problem, but this League works on participation, and just the right amount of trashtalk and cynical fairness. If you or your friends are not really forum people at all, maybe they can find a better League somewhere else.
If you have too many applications, how do you decide who's in and who's out? - Since the League can't be more than 32 players, and we had a few more applications last year, there is a bit of a waiting list. That is based on a few factors, "first come first serve" OT being one of them anymore. And still, whoever doesn't make it into the Main Cut, will play a
Qualification Round! to snag a wild card for the real thing. So, let's see how this works now:
Priority, from first to last:
* All those who participated in
S#4.
* f13 Regulars who participated in
S#1,
S#2 or
S#3.
* f13 Regulars who didn't participate in any previous
Season.
* Non-regulars who participated in any previous
Season (except
S#4, of course. That bumps everyone in the first bracket).
* All non-regular new applicants.
Teams can apply to the
Qualification Round! from the
Feeder League the same way they apply to the
Main League. The
Qualification Round! is by all means part of the
Main League, just not as cool.
How are the Divisions decided?- In order to keep some sort of balance, the sortings for Season #5 Divisions will be arranged according to the
Official f13 Ranking, same way I dealt with Season #4 (so no change here). But it is important to notice that each coach will be sorted according the Coach ranking, regardless of his or her team. So, if Strazos had won Season #4 and decided to start over with a 1000 TV team of noob hobbits, he will would have still been Top Tier in S#5. DO NOT FORGET THIS.
What should I expect from you?- I'll keep updating this thread with League results, recaps, tables and pictures.
- I'll do my best to help you communicate with each other.
- I'll make sure the League won't die on some of you lazyasses.
- I'm putting up a final price for the winner, in the form of a 20 USD/15 GBP/17 EUR (depending on your location) Gift Certificate on Steam. It's my pleasure.
And what do you expect from me?- To be fair.
- To keep in mind that other people's fun is up to you too.
- To try and do your best to communicate with your weekly opponent and be reasonable when it comes to setting up the time and date for a match.
- To keep reading this thread and participate in the collective chaos of badmouthing everyone but yourself.
- To make sure that the winner of the game instantly uploads his/her replay to BBManager, or in case of a tie you agree on who's gonna do it. When in doubt, you both upload it. This will save me a lot of work, and will take you only a few seconds.
Actually, that seems lots of work on my part.- Whatever.
- And not really.
When is this starting?- About 2 weeks from now. You have all the time in the world to get your copy or receive your package if you purchased the boxed version.
Start date is September 28th, 2011. Signup closes September 26th.I don't know man, I suck at this game and I hate to lose.- Fuck you.
What are the specific League rules?You can only join with a team that:
- Has only ever played in the f13 Main League.
- Has participated in the f13 Feeder League (or/and)
D&M pre-season Trophy) and at the moment of joining the S#5 League has a maximum of 1300TV and 0 gold.
- You just created, and has a total of 0 matches ever played.
- Turns are 2 minutes. TWO minutes. So practice with that or you'll get burned and pissed once the League starts.
- Fouling out of frustration in turn 16 is not griefing, it's allowed, and you should stop crying now.
How are tiebreakers in the Divisions gonna be handled Playoff- and Failoff-wise?* For the first 4 season tie breakers have been decided by: TD Difference >> TD For >> Head to Head >> Best TV >> Most Casualties inflicted >> coin toss.
* Starting with Season #5 they will be: Head to Head >> TD Difference >> TD For >> WORST TV considering one team's eleven bests including injured ones >> coin toss.
Why are you doing this, Falc?- Leagues are the best part of Blood Bowl. If you haven't participated in one you have no idea how awesome it can be. I used to enjoy the Table Top version about 20 years ago, and this is so much better. Get the game, you'll thank me.
Who is already in? I'm only joining if the cool kids around here joined too, you know...These are the applicants so far:
1) - Falconeer
2) - Luckton
3) - Bann
4) - Comstar
5) - Proudft
6) - Ruvaldt
7) - Strazos
8) - Modern Angel
9) - Sjofn
10) - Reborne
11) - Paelos
12) - HaemishM
13) - Megrim
14) - Drogg
15) - Celer
16) - Ice Cream Emperor
17) - Ingmar
18) - Avaia
19) - Llyse
20) - Ezrast
21) - Lamaros
22) - Carnifex
23) - Eldaec
24) - Ulysees
25) - Kail
26) - Ginaz
27) - Teleku
28) - IainC
29) - AndyDavo
30) - Sir T
31) - Scadente
32) - Cancklebiter
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