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We have to wrap this up. There's no way around it.

We can't get to 36, I am pretty sure we can't and to be honest I am more afraid of someone in the list of 32 eventually dropping than hoping to get to 36. And honestly, Blood Bowl League structure is so stupid that 36 wouldn't really be optimal at all. Even more uneven numbers are just headache material, especially cause the separated divisions running as different Leagues would be a pain for statistics and the likes.

I am closing at 32.

At the moment I am letting everyone in. IF we actually have more than 32 (meaning everyone who is supposed to join actually does), I think we'll have enough spare extra players  and time to make a fantastic Qualification Round! between the last 7 or so coaches to sign up, running a short League between themselves to qualify for the last four spots. It sucks, but I can't think of anything better at the moment. The added bonus of playing in the Qualifying Round is that your team, should qualify, would start S#4 with some money and possibly a few level ups. It's not so bad after all, I think.

So,

Situation as of now:

First 28, with a guaranteed spot.

1 - Falconeer
2 - Paelos
3 - Modern Angel
4 - Sky
5 - Gruntle
6 - Ginaz
7 - Sir T
8 - Comstar
9 - Bann
10 - HaemishM
11 - Proudft
12 - AndyDavo
13 - Teleku
14 - Reborn
15 - Llyse
16 - Megrim
17 - Avaia
18 - IainC
19 - Celer
20 - Lamaros
21 - Drogg
22 - Eldaec
23 - Ingmar
24 - Strazos
25 - Ruvaldt
26 - Ezrast
27 - Ironwood
28 - Ice Cream Emperor

Qualification Round! (it's a mix of newliness to f13 and late signup), (4 out of 8 will get through).

These players would compete for the last 4 spots available. 3 will be eliminated and will have a guaranteed spot in S#5. It goes without saying, should anyone of the 28 decide not to confirm his/her participation the list will be updated accordingly. Priority is given by the number, so in case, let's say, Modern Angel chickens out, Der Helm will take his place as a "guaranteed".

29 - Der Helm
30 - Carnifex 27
31 - Ulysees
32 - Longstrider
33 - Kail
34 - Merusk
35 - Sjofn
36 - Dusematic

I am sincerely sorry for the mess. It could have probably been avoided if I kept updating the list as we did in the previous editions so we could close it at a specific number, but I am not sure it would have worked anyway since we've always been ambitious and aimed for moar. Next Season will have a cap of 32 and the Qualification Round! will be official, so people will know in advance that if you sign up too late, or if you sucked in the previous League, you might have to face the horror of the bloody Qualification Round!. Again, sorry if things didn't go as smooth as hoped. Never meant to be a jerk to anyone, or to leave anyone out (should this actually happen).



How to apply for the League in-game:

*EVERYONE* IN THE LIST SHOULD APPLY NOW (regardless your position number)

How to:

1) Run the game, go multiplayer. If it's your first time creating an online account, please use the same name you have here on f13.
2) Go to the "Leagues" tab.
3) Click on "League Finder"
4) Search for either "f13 League  * Season 4 *" or under manager "Drew Falconeer". Make sure to join Season #4, not the Feeder League or any other League I am managing.
5) Highlight the League you want, and click "view League" (as far as I know, you have to "view the League", applying from the search tool doesn't work).
6) In the League page, choose your elegible Team from the dropdown menu in the lower part of the screen and "apply".
7) The password is: vanguard

You are set. I'll manage applications based on whoever keeps his/her word and I'll keep you all up to date here, especially those who might be involved in the Qualification Round!.

PLEASE, APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! THat will help understand what is going on, and will be useful to everyone. Once again, PROVIDE ME A VALID EMAIL if you haven't yet.
Also, let me know if you need to be invited to the Steam Group, by sending me a pm or an email stating your Steam, name.

I think this is all. Don't be shy, ask questions if you are confused or in doubt. As everyone knows, I am surprisingly friendly and pretty much always online on Steam. Name there to add me to your friend list is [f13] Falconeer.

Thanks everyone for making all this possible. I love it.

Before you all start yelling, 36 was a messy number anyway, even ASSUMING we could really be 36. So, Qualification Round! it is anyway, it's cool, for real.

Am I allowed to forfeit? I suppose not.  :why_so_serious:

Why should you want to forfeit? The Qualification Round! is perfect, giving you the thrill of the League without (eventually) committing you for more than a couple of matches (should you really lose as it seems you are planning to do). I think this is perfect for new players who are not sure if the League is for them or not.

Are you calling me a coward?

No, Sir. I just thought who would have been the funniest to poke at. Ha.

Your entire team is dead.

I actually sort of like this qualifying games stuff for the newer players

I'm not really going to forfeit. I even created an online account! Maybe eventually I'll make a team!

Remember to name your players, Sjofn. It's the best part of the game.

Oh, I will. I am almost mad at you for taking the feminist theme! Perhaps I will use it for fun anyway.

I cant see my team on the list. Its still stuck in season 3 and I have no idea how to leave that league.

For sure! We can have a feminist feud, like what happened for real with the pro and anti porn wars!  :drillf:

Go into Season 3 and have your team quit the league.

Also, Falc - Can I perma-confirm for league play, until I say otherwise? I don't like my name being so far down the list, and frankly, it would be unfair to other to have me play qualifying games if I'm using a returning team.

The Ex-Presidents of Doom have left the f13 Feeder League, been pared down to a lean and mean 1250TV, and applied for membership into Season 4.

Hail to the Chiefs...of Chaos!


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Thanks. Done. I even have a couple of cheerleaders now. Woo hoo.

This made me laugh out loud. Well done.  :heart:

Before I swap out for my feeder team, 2 questions about my current team:

1. Is there any kind of procedure for "mothballing" the current team (screenshots, etc)?
2. Can my current team then join the feeder league?

I'm going to continue being a pain in the ass about this. Qualifications that can allow experienced coaches oust newb f13 members from the league is a shit idea.

I'll try to stifle my commentary at this point, since I think everyone gets my protest by now. But it bothered me having ringers last season and now we have a lot of new f13 blood, which is the only reason we needed to pad the league in the first place!

I done applied.

The problem, if you will, is larger than just 1 player slot at this point. What would you suggest we do?

We voted for postcount in that other thread!  :grin:

Sky, I see your point. Still, in the Qualifier for this season there are not previous f13 League competitors, aside from Helm who participated in Season 1, vanilla BB. Then, except for Duse and Sjofn, everyone else could be more than experienced. Ulysees and Carnifex showed their interest in participating in the League right after S#3 started, so they have been waiting for this for a long time. Longstrider is a new entry, but he did the right steps to signup and he's been on f13 for a while according to his signup date and first message. Like you, I'd love to keep this "in the family", and this is what I am trying to do. Last year I kept AndyDavo at the very bottom of the waiting list even though he signed up way before the deadline and had helped us in setting up Season #2 just because he wasn't from around here. Eventually we needed his help again to get to 32, so even though he let us down by winning (ha), I am kind of thankful to him for being there and letting last season work smoothly (caps and punctuation aside). For this year, we had more applications than expected or than it's manageable with the stupid in-game tool, and we had legitimiate new people trying to get in the League asking for that way before the due time. If we could imagine that we would have had an overabundance issue I would have stated that anyone with a specific post-count from f13 would have gotten priority, but since I didn't.. I don't feel it's right to just cut off anyone. Hence, the qualifier feels to me like the best way to ensure that everyone who applied gets a taate of the S#4 League without cutting out anyone who could have been purchasing the game just for this.

Early morning English is tragic, but I think you all got the point. This solution is far from optimal, but given the League hard-limits, the nature of the League recruiting post, and timing of applications, I feel this is the fairest way make sure everyone can participate one way or the other.

Finally, I asked for help in finding a better way to set this up a few times, and even though I got some constructive input, none of the offered solutions felt resolutive, fitting, feasible, or anything less than a complication. Again, my apologies for not thinking in advance of the possible over-popularity and how to tackle it.

You're doing a fine job under trying circumstances.  Don't fret about it.  I, for one, appreciate it and I know everyone else does too.

I've now signed up and I notice something that hadn't penetrated my brain yet - My new wee shitty ratties are going to be up against teams that have played all 3 seasons.  I'm going to get fucking pasted.  The rerolls alone for Falcs team will end up with about 8 Ratty Deaths, I feel sure.

This is going to be fun.  Short Lived.  But Fun.                  <--------------  NOT GREEN.  SERIOUS.  NON-SARCASTIC.  I LIKE GRATUITOUS VIOLENCE.

Ironwood, the new teams vs. experienced teams is a horse that has been beaten to death at the beginning of last season. Funny thing is, out of 32 teams the winner has been a very experienced coach, for sure, but with the worse team in the League (meaning, not only hestarted at 1000 TV, but he suffered countless deaths during the season). So yeah, there IS going to be a difference between a new and an old team, but inducements and player skill can close the gap more than anyone could imagine.

Plus, the divisions will be made with a ranking system that makes sure you will have a fair amount of old, new, and newer teams in your League.

Finally, to partially overcome this issue, we created the f13 Feeder League a few months ago, where you could "train" a team up to TV1250, which is not only better than 1000, but gave everyone enough room to min-max those 1250 points. I am sorry you didn't know about this possibility, I guess it required some reading of this forum (or the recruitment post, where it says "Feeder League teams"), but you still have about 10 days to fiddle with it if you feel like it.

Settle down, I wasn't complaining.

I think the qualification round is a good compromise to be honest and I just want to add that I have not played against a human opponent yet so I am definately not going to be complaining if I have to sit this season and wait for next but the only reason I made an account here is because of the Blood Bowl thread and that was also the reason I bought the game, though I have been lurking for years (mainly in the MMO forum).

*edit* took out the bit asking for qualification stuff - must get new glasses!

Thank you, Falconeer, for taking on this thankless task.  Again.  :heart:

Look, I'm stoked that you're doing this Falconeer. It's great!

But what is the name of the league? F13. With all due respect to others, f13 members should take precedence. Even dusematic. When I'm going to bat for DUSEMATIC, it's srs bsns.

There's no way I can be convinced it's a good idea to have an outsider over a community member. I don't care how interested they are, how long they've been waiting. If people like duse, sjofn and helm aren't in the f13 BB league and want to be, IT'S NOT THE F13 BB LEAGUE.

Talking about how a non-community, non-participant won the last season is just rubbing sand in my fiddly bits. Yay, some random internet tard won, big fucking whup. I could get that from Auld World, I want to play the f13 league to play against a cast of known characters. If we need outsiders to pad the league to a format, that's fine. But it should never interfere with f13 members who want to play.

Just to reiterate, my disagreement with Falc about this does not for a second mean I don't appreciate the effort he's putting in.

Seriously. I don't know if it was the best idea either, but there's no sense in fretting more about the Qualification Round! since the decision is done. Falc, all the effort and thought you've put into running the league, keeping everything organized, and adding all the personal touches like the videos and player awards has been really great. As a relative newcomer to the f13 community (by which I mean I did not have a Waterthread account  :oh_i_see:) I still haven't been able to game with most of the cats around here*, and it's great to get some games in, contribute to the fun, and learn a little about the people behind the avatards. So, thanks for making that happen.

*of course, the chances I do have I usually squander by losing interest in the game after a week, but only because I understand it to be a strict requirement listed in f13's ToS.

And with all due respect back, the only people who have quit the league mid-season have been f13 members, it took ages to get even this recycled forum and closing ranks in a community that can't even keep a guild in any MMO going longer than a month is probably not a wise idea.

Enjoy the fresh blood who don't have any idea what the fuck people are arguing about when the word Trammel comes up and realize you're the only one bent out of shape about this. Or don't, I'm certain an old hand would take your slot without a second's hesitation.

Sky,

I agree with pretty much everything you said. I want to state it again, I agree with everything you said.
Just, without outsiders we wouldn't have had the League the way we had it so far, and the added bonus is that some of the outsiders eventually became regulars, which is cool to me.

Again, I agree with you, but there was no way to do this otherwise, in my opinion. Other than just kissing "outsiders" goodbye and eventually having a crippled and non-working League, in S#3, S#4 and eventually S#5. f13 regulars still have priority, that's why I bumped down in the Qualifier pretty much all the new outsiders, and I told you about how AndyDavo joined as a filler last year (we had 31, dammit. What could we do other than accepting him?). Maybe I could have put in the rules something like "if you are new to f13 you will be put in a waiting list", but I didn't, and instead put this line in the recruiting post, for three seasons in a row now:


I am not gonna backtrack from this, as my word is a bond to me. But you have a good point Sky, so I'll change the "recruiter" accordingly for Season #5. This one has been up for three Seasons and no one ever protested the quoted text since we always faced underpopulation issues, not overpopulation. This couldn't be predicted, I'd say.

That said, I hope none of the new participants will feel offended by any of this. Personally, I am very thankful for your participation and your contribution to the League. Be it f13 or just a bunch of good people, I think we've all been awesome so far and I am glad for every single participant that has been respectful, useful and fun to play with (except for NiX, you damn dropper).

Silver Horde has applied. Somebody push a button.

Out of interest, how are we running the qualifier?

Double elimination organised through feeder league matches might be a good scheme, you can get everyone two or three matches, no possibility of a 5 way tie, and introduces everyone who doesn't make the cut to the feeder league.

Also (and I don't mean this as a criticism, it just amuses me)...

*States we can't get 36*
*designs qualifier system*
*lists 36 coach names*
*is Falconeer*

36th name, Dusematic, appeared RIGHT AFTER I created the League and this thread (I literally edited the OP to put his name in the list a few seconds after posting, but it has all been written with 35 names in mind). I could have deleted and redone, but as I said I am not comfortable that out of 36 everyone will confirm. Having to do the thing NOW (because you were leaving in less than 24 hours), and feeling time was running out, I came out with *a* solution and thought it was much better to do the qualifier than to have a 36 teams League that couldn't be filled.

ALSO,

we can't actually run a 36 players in-game League. We should have done the "6 leagues of 6 teams" thing, then running the playoff as another separated competition. This is doable but a) it's a lot of trouble for me statswise. And b) it's less games per team, only 5 instead of 7, which in my opinion is way less fun. This all assuming that everyone would have signed up, which still has to be seen, since I am pretty sure I haven't received confirmation emails from everyone (as opposed to previous Seasons).

Things could be better, but they are not.

Details on the Qualification Round! will be posted in a few days, as soon as everyone will have supposedly applied in game for the League. We can't proceed until we know if actually all 36 join, or someone drops the ball.

Pretty sure the point where you are no longer a newcomer is something less than seven years.

OTOH maybe we keep the first 32 people to make a LtM reference itt.



TAXI TO VICTORY!

http://replay.web.archive.org/200012060947/http://boards.xrgaming.net/forums/list.php?f=93

 :awesome_for_real:

So what's this I hear about Oak Tanin?

Dandies applied for season 4. Looking forward to it.


The only LtM post that jumps to mind right now was the one where he was taunting OSI about macroing. Something along the lines of "My whole guild is macroing in a Large Porch right now, what are you going to do about it?!" 

I guess I'm a megalurker.

I don't come from the LtM diaspora at all.  :heartbreak:

Honestly, I am sort of pleased with the QUALIFICATION ROUND, just because it means I get to play a little, and if I totally suck ass at it, I am saved the pain of an entire season. And if I don't, my team has gotten a few games in, which means I have some XP for my little dudes, right?

I has applied for the league, but still haven't received the steam-group invite.   :mob:

There's a Steam Group?

So, what am I going to be up against in the qualification round ? I'll play CHAOS

I've taken to the Amazons because they have a running game which I can get my head around, but don't lack for Str like the Dark Elves did. (though I do miss that agi on ball-pop turnovers. 4 missed pick-ups cost me a game last night.)

(http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/50313_121963193966_4698426_n.jpg)

So, at the moment, 26 signed up, 10 still to go.

I am gonna wait two days, then I'll automatically cut anyone who didn't sign up, old, new, tall, short, man, woman, alien, bug or anything. Apply or you are out.

Apply to the League NOW (read the OP for instructions)!

2 days ? Damm, I need to sort my technical problems out before my PC will even think about running BB again. I a swamped with writing a term paper, I'll see what I can do.

Guess I'll uh. Pick Norse and get a move on actually making a team.  :ye_gods:

Drago say Norse break like crunch

I read that as pick nose and get a move on.... :ye_gods:

No, don't do it! Pick someone else!  :drill:

Thanks.

I see.

But seriously, i think i have added something to last season, not detracted from it. Sky, you dont like me, i get that, but accept that i took an active part in the forums too. So i cant spell, oh well. Sorry for that.

I have also applied for next season, just to make your day Sky, maybe, if we are lucky we wil get drawn together? x x

Don't nitpick me. I've been very thankful to you, and sincere. The intention has always been to have a full f13 League. When things started not working, in S#2, I decided to open up and I defend my choice and the people I invited, because it's thanks to them that we had an awesome S#3.

to be fair i was taking your quote out of context i was just linking quotes. I mean no disrespect.

Stop hating on the Norse, I have made my snap decision and I am going to stick with it, you motherfuckers!

Umm? Who is still to apply? I have applied but I haven't been accepted?

I still only show 2 teams even in the league at all.

Did discover tonight that it gets all fucked up if you are trying to play on their servers with two machines behind the same NAT. I guess if I end up in Sjofn's division I'll have to take my laptop somewhere else to play her.

You could just concede.

We could arm wrestle instead, whoever wins that gets the victory!

Ok, applied. Hopefully before the angry-Italian cut-off mark.

I am not accepting anyone, ony gathering applications. Proudft was a mistake  :awesome_for_real:

Ain't that the truth.

 :grin:

Can you tell us here who has done so, so we know if we have/it worked?

It would probably have also helped to be able to see how many of which race we had in this season. Especially for those who had been undecided and didn't want to double or treble-up on teams which we already had.

That precious theorycrafting is reserved for feminist loving Italian League commissioners only!

Bring on a league full of orcs and beastmen! :drill:

I really hate you people for reminding me that mark of infamy on my passport (Or that in order to be free I need a passport, a permission, in the first place).

Are you and Iain smacking it out right now ??

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?


I just installed the game at work so I could apply to the league before I forget. There's zero chance that Cyanide's netcode will like our company firewall enough to allow me to actually play from here though.

This is the anti-shamelist. Meaning who is here is not being a lazy ass cockblocking the League.
They are in ordered, from the first to the last, by application time.

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3584773/Applications%2032.png)


32 names. 4 missing. Who is?

PHEAR MY DANCING MONKIES OF DOOOOOOOM!

WE BASH U TARD

I actually called drogg on the phone to inform him how angry you were and how he must apply POSTHASTE!

Gonna try to reinstall Windows 7 tonight, as I expected, this laptop can't even run BB.

Prepare yourselves.

(http://www.israellycool.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/beard.jpg)

How does scheduling and notifications work?  Email is best for me, not always on f13.

I generally do both a pm and an email. If I can catch the person on Steam, I do that, too.

So, my team is created, someone send me the password for the application, because Falc did not  :awesome_for_real:

I are stupid.

Applied.

If it would help, I would like to offer my services as someone to play against before or during the season. I have noticed that there are a fair few new coaches and maybe myself and some of the other more experienced coaches could help  show what online play is all about? I would also recommend that games are conducted, where possible, with the addition of a V.O.I.P.

35 applied already.

Cmon, you 36th!

That's a nice offer that I may take you up on.  Schedule is crazy busy at the moment (for the first time in months) but I'll see what I can do.

VOIP may not help you with my accent however.

Now I am looking forward to playing against you.  :awesome_for_real:

I was bummed Haem and I weren't able to get voice working. I can generally make out the twang, having relatives down near Tupelo. My great-grandma never wore shoes.

I'l make a big fat post with Teamspeak 3 instructions and dedicated server info soon. People will be more than free to ignore it, but it will be there.

I haven't actually used voice during any of our games yet.

No big deal - it would mostly be me swearing at the screen the whole time. :oh_i_see:

Yeah, that. If you can stand listening to a deep South accent cursing a blue streak the entire time, you are welcome to voice chat with me during games. If, that is, my mike is loud enough to work. Sky missed a lot of really good cussing that game. :drill:

I heard it in my brain. Unfortunately you had my Aunt Hazel's voice.

Fitting considering how my team were complete pussies that game.  :awesome_for_real:

I don't have an (interesting) accent. :(

So make one up. There's a position open for a country/wurzel accent.

Sadly i  dont have an accent either - however i  am from the UK so maybe all of you will not understand me when i  talk, since i  used the Queens english and not american english. :)

I don't have an accent either, my voice is what English sounds like if you say it properly.

I don't have an accent either. My voice is what Falconeer sounds like if you say it properly.

I sound like an educated redneck.

I'm from NJ, but my accent is very slight, much to the disappointment of basically everyone.

Let's get this fucker on the road.

Apparently I'm the only person in the league that speaks Midwest.  I'll be sure to ask if anyone wants some sliders and pop before the game.

Don't worry, I'm a pasty Wisconsinite.

Well either you are or I am. Because I have no idea what you just said.

Well, not really, but I thought pop was a west coast thing? I did have to look up sliders. Somehow I've never lived anywhere with a White Castle.

Let's play Blood Bowl.

Dusematic, do we really have to go back there? What's the matter with you?

Do you really have to ask?

Do you really want to know ?  :grin:

Do we really have to let him in?

Do you really want to hurt...me?

Ok, I'll stop.

 I'll try not to be too much of a douche.

I don't have an accent, if you're from Melbourne, Australia.

Deal.

Your stupid comment came out of the blue, no one was talking to you, picking on you or anything. You have been a douche just because you are, not because I am uptight. Or, if you still hold a grudge for our old posting history, it's even more douchy to think that you felt the need to unleash a provocation on a random topic just to irk me. "I will stop if.." You don't set conditions. You can be a douche on f13 if they don't ban you, but not on our League that functioned smooth and nicely so far without anyone having to make stupid remarks, so don't try to make it sound like you are entitled your douchery because of someone else's actions, views or set of ethics.


I am very uptight about very few things (like two or three) and I plan on keep being like that. I don't see any particular reason to share something with someone who provokes me on stuff that matters to me. Since I can't remove myself from this annoying equation by walking away from the League, keep disrespecting me and people who are annoyed by your aggressive views, and you'll walk away from the League. I know it's not a big threat, it's not meant to be. It's simply all I can do to ensure that a pleasant environment I contributed to create for mine and everyone else enjoyment won't be tainted by gratuitous ignorant hateful shit.

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12021422/Photos/GroupHug.jpg)
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Now that all is fixed, I am gonna sort this whole thing out on wednesday. Sadly, I am very busy until then, and NOT with Rift. Just real life guests occupying my house and life.

 :woot:

So.  If we want to switch teams, what's the process?  I think it was asked before, but I either missed the answer, or there wasn't one.

Switch teams? What kind of switch exactly?

S2 and S3 team to a feeder team.

You didn't apply to S#4 in-game with the Feeder team? You should have just quit the Feeder League and applied with THAT team to the S#4.

It's all good, I just wanted to secure a spot and can play necro one more season.

Tomorrow formula and calendar of the Qualification Round! will be announced!

And there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

So when is the regular season? May? June?

Is Qualification a one game process? So many questions!

Qualification won't be longer than two games, I think. Ideally, Regular S#4 kickoff is in 10 days, max. Maybe less.

Thought Qualifiers were going to be a round-robin.  :headscratch:

That's definitely too much, I think. Fair, but too long.

Well, again, I'm going to be in Europe till May 11th, but depending on how late this starts, I might be back in time for the end of the first game day.  I'll keep seeing if there is someway for me to play while visiting, but it appears everybody in France only owns Macs.   :oh_i_see:

I'll be in Germany for a few days, maybe I'll have better luck there!

Where in France will you be? If you're in Paris, there are PLENTY of gaming-capable net cafes (at least there were in 2005).

Internet cafe's able to install Blood bowl?!

I'll be in Paris 1st of May  :awesome_for_real:

Is there going to be a video? Also, it's tomorrow. Just saying, fyi.

I demand a fucking video.

I am working on everything right now. No video for Qualification Round.

Looks like we only have 35. Longstrider dropped the ball. Too bad. Qualification Round! will be 7 coaches battling for 4 spots 6 oaches battling for 3 spots. I am officially advancing Helm in the main group due to participation to S#1, and due to too many issues in running a Qualification Round between 7 players trying to stay inside 10 days.

I've never been to a gaming cafe before, so fill me in here.  Wouldn't they actually have to have Blood Bowl?  I guess if they had steam, I could log into my account and download it.  But is that even allowed at most places?

I'll be in Paris as well.  If this goes like the last two seasons, I'll be playing you first anyways.  I guess we could have the ritual blood bath in person this time.    :oh_i_see:

This is the League roster, ordered by Team Value. You can see races too. "Points" is a useless value that refers to past Seasons. Reliability tells us that Ruvaldt has crappy internet connection.
TV is interesting. And before you ask, only one team (Llyse's Alive Not Dead, AKA the zombie version of the Buffalo Bills) in the Top 5 ever got to the final, and didn't win. Comstar S#2 winning team is 6th overall with only 1560, and AndyDavo's S#3 winning team has been dismantled, with a TV as low as about 1300 (I think).

29 teams already in:

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3584773/BB4%20roster%20pre.png)


6 Qualification Round! teams:

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3584773/BB4%20roster%20qualificators.png)

Wow. That would be like the NFL, with the season opening game played somewhere in Europe.

Further on the TV thing, which I realize is going to make some of the newer guys nervous: I was completely skeptical at the beginning of last season that high TV teams weren't grossly overpowered. As such I pushed for a cap pretty hard. I was wrong. TV is obviously important but the Inducements the lower TV guys get makes up for it in spades.

Note, that was NOT a request to place us in the same division for the 3rd time in a row.   :awesome_for_real:

Whoever is not in the f13 BloodBowler Steam Group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/f13bb) MUST JOIN IT NOW. It temporarily doesn't need an invite. So, just join.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/f13bb

Au contraire, I'd love to see divisions carry over as much as possible.

Joined the Steam group and applied to zee Feeder League. Exciting!

I would rather play new people personally, just for the variety. But if I have to kill another Llyse wolf this season, so be it.

I'm a sucker for multi-season rivalries.

You guys want to borrow my board version? You'd have to switch to orcs and humans, though.My use of the halfling chef to spoil Iain's shot at the playoffs probably made him apoplectic. At the time he probably had a good 3-400 point advantage on me. At some point you almost want them to have enough on you to get the better Inducements. Which I guess opens up another aspect of game strategy, which upgrades for players are worth the TV, which are just inflating your TV without bringing much improvement to your game. :why_so_serious:

Yes indeed. This is why I'm still waffling over the deathroller as my next buy. At 160k I'm basically saying "have a wizard" to everyone for the plus of having a loner big guy for one drive/game. So probably not worth it. But on the other hand, it is a DEATH ROLLER. Choices, choices.

When I was there, they had all sorts of games installed; new games, too.

Wouldn't hurt to go in and ask. I would highly suggest you bring a phrase book with you.  :awesome_for_real:

Send an email to the guy who maintains BB Manager, maybe you can pay him a visit.

Fuck no!  Last season I was in a division with Andydavo (S3 champ), Comstar (S2 champ) and IanC (someone who's been playing for years).  The only games I had a chance to win was against the other noobs (Mister Sky and HaemishM), though I did kind of screw IanC out of a playoff spot by only losing by 1 TD. :awesome_for_real:

I've been in the same division as Falconeer for two seasons now. I don't think he wants me in his division either.

YOU ARE WRONG!


(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3584773/BB4%20Bell%20Jar%20fake.jpg)


We are SO waiting for you, Mister.

Picture is false - your girls don't look beaten and battered enough.  :oh_i_see:

Just a curiosity: Your list sorted by TV is wonky, right? It doesn't count players who are currently injured and the like? IainC has the highest TV once his injured guy is back.

True.

As i'm (fairly) new to all these boards, whats with all the talk of videos? Falc - did you do one for last season? if yes, does anyone have a link to it? (or them if there is more than 1)

Heh. Season #3 Divisions lottery is here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahxKGCUnmzM). I am not proud of it, but it worked.

It's actually all an elaborate ploy to get Falc to waste lots of time.

Hartsman has that covered imo.

Love that AD didn't know about the lottery.  :oh_i_see: Something to be said for staying in character, yeah?

Seriously? Lol. :dead_horse:

I stopped taking Sky's jabs at AndyDavo seriously a while ago. I now think it's perfectly in-character smacktalk for what is probably the biggest feud in the history of the f13 League. I hope Nuffle will put them in the same division... forever.

I've not even started yet.  Fear Me.

Can I be in Ironwood's division?

Comedy gold there.

You should distract your cat with a ball of twine or a bowl of tuna to ensure that it happens. :awesome_for_real:

He already has enough trouble with trying to decide whether to rig it so that I'm either in his division or not.

This is the only place we are on an equal footing. Feel free to put us in the same league, all points are welcome. Where ever they come from.

Now this is what I'm talking about!  :awesome_for_real:

Also is it wrong to point out other forum users parents in photo's? Considering that the photos are already linked to the forums - or am i  going too far?  (i can see some people's mum's there...)

...Wat?  :headscratch:

I think he's saying your moms all play roller derby.  :grin:

It would be totally cool if my mom did!

Totally.  Set me against the God Bloke.

What's your team anyways ?

Chaos.  :awesome_for_real:

Ok, put me up against the Monkey EARLY then.

 :why_so_serious:

Chaos don't start being mean till about 1500-1700 (depending on setups) and anyone playing a fresh chaos team will struggle to get that far in season 1. So if he's fresh you need not fear him. Just yet.

Yeah, I know.  That's why I'll take him early.

Later, not only will he be powerful, but all my ratties will be limping on broken legs and dealing with snapped necks.  So brittle...

Pfft, you can't take me late, early, noon, or otherwise! Your ratty players are gonna get exterminated.

:why_so_serious:

It's cute watching the noobs argue over table scraps.

Haha this is true. I'm actually hoping to have a full roster team this season, then i might actually be a force to be reckoned with!

 :oh_i_see:

Edit: errant bold tag.

This is what is known as "subtlety in shit talking".

Is one allowed to ever play games outside the auspices of the league to level up their guys?

Only in the feeder league we have, otherwise no.

And once a team is in the main league, you cannot go back to the Feeder league...as far as I know. Besides, coming out of the feeder league limits you to TV 1250 or whatever.

The short answer to your question Duse is ABSOLUTELY NOT. If you play any game with a team outside of the Feeder or main League that team is screwed forever.

And once you are in the Main League you can't even play in the Feeder anymore. Ever. So don't use your Qualifying Team fr anything except the qualifier game vs. Ulysees and eventually the main League.

For games outside the F13 incest circle, just make throwaway teams. That way you can get some practice in against complete cockgobblers before you play the half gobbling psychos of f13.

So am I supposed to shittalk now?

HERE COME THE NORSE, BITCHES

(http://www.eclectech.co.uk/b3ta/vikingbunny.jpg)

FUCKING AWESOME!

Brilliant.

So whenabout are we doing the unveiling of this season's matchups?

Seems like we are good to go. 32 Teams are in the League so I just let the computer do the auto-calendar thing just for fun. AS YOU KNOW there will be a manual/random lottery made be me and my furry assistants to determine the 4 divisions. But since we all love to speculate, take a look at what the computer decided for you before I take over and fix furtherly randomize the calendar. That will realistically happen in 3 days.

Just as a reminder: DO NOT PLAY YOUR GAME YET. THE CALENDAR YOU CAN SEE IN GAME NOW IT'S NOT THE DEFINITIVE ONE.

Another reminder: this Season 4 teams per division will advance to the playoffs, not just two. This should keep things interesting for lower tiered teams a little bit longer than in the past.

"Practice Draw" results:

Battletech Division

Hazardous Hippies - WElf 1410 - Teleku
Silver Horde - Norse 1490 - Eldaec
Catfighters - Amazon 1560 - Comstr
Diplomatic Immunity - Norse 1950 - Strazos
Beardstorm! - Dwarf 1400 - Ingmar
Burrowing Beetles - Khemri 1170 - proudft
Acherontic Welkin - HElf 990 - Megrim
Marauding Memes - Chaos 980 - Helm


Cthulu Division

Team SnooSnoo - Orc 1630 - Modern Angel
Spleen Flay Hackers - DElf 1940 - IainC
Alive not Dead - Necro 1750 - Llyse
Rape of Skabine - Skaven 1370 - Lamaros
Harbingers of Homeopathy - Nugle 1290 - SirT
Nifty Helmets - Chaos 1080 - Gruntle
Chemical Elvers - HElf 1250 - Celer
Ironwoods Itchers - Skaven 1000 - Ironwood
 
Stormbringer Division

Necco Waivers - Necro 1680 - Avaia
Reborne's Wrestlers - Ogre 1470 - Reborne
Bashtards - Orc 1290 - Sky
The Dandies - Human 1400 - Bann
7 Deadly - Lizard 1260 - ezrast
Slann the Mann - Lizard 1080 - Ginaz
Dancing Monkeys - Chaos 1000 - Paelos
The Minizillas - Lizard 970 - Ulysees

Twilight 2000 Division

The Bell Jar - Amazon 1500 - Falconeer
Negative Capability - Necro 1490 - Ice Cream Emporer
Peace Dogs - Helf 1210 - HaemishM
Huhnqua Huhnqua Burninluv - Lizard 1450 - Drogg
The Ex-Presidents of Doom - Chaos 1250 - JRuvaldt
Carnifex's Cripplers - Lizard 1290 - Carnifex27
Paper Armour Dolls - DElf 1250 - AndyDavo
The Mutiny - Norse 1070 - Sjofn

Oh good, I get the Dwarf division.

And I get the Lizardmen division. :ye_gods:

I too, am happy enough to be taking a reroll here.

Playoff predictions for the alternate universe were this is the draw

Catfighters
Diplomatic Immunity
BeardStorm!
Welkin
Silver Horde to tie all 7 games and come 5th.

Alive not Dead
Hackers
SnooSno
Skabine
Easiest group to pick

Necco
Dandies
Wrestlers
Bashtards
Stormbringer to run to the last day again - every team in range of the playoffs on day 7.

Bell Jar
Huhnqua
Paper Dolls
Ex-Presidents
Negative Capability as a maybe.

I would be very pleased with a draw such as that, although I'd become close friends with the chef.

I very much like my division too. Seems a shame to go and change this around!

That would be fun. I have unfinished business with Ginaz and there should really be a rl price on a certain wolf's head.

Also, lolz here come the Norse Bitches.

I am pretty sure if those divisions stayed that way, I would uh. Not be the happiest girl around. Not that I'm expecting to not be crushed, but I'd be hoping for at least one fellow noob in my division.  :ye_gods:

Don't worry Sjofn, all is not as it seems. Greatful teams were queueing up to play my sickmen all of last season.

You aren't in my fake division either! I am not comforted!

What??? :ye_gods:

Good news. I got Delicious Cake for every opponent in my division.  :heart: :awesome_for_real: :heart:

Oh wow, I just realised that we have five (!!) Lizardman teams this season. What the hell people, seriously...

Mmmmmmmmmmmm skinks.

Yeah I'd take that draw in a heartbeat.

I'm still laughing that out of that entire horrible division Megrim looks and goes 'Oh noes dwarves!'  :heart:

Holy shit, five lizardman teams?  RA RA RA!   :awesome_for_real:

Yeah, Millard Fillmore is looking forward to meeting those skinks on the pitch.   :drill:

Oh wow.

Really torn with the imaginary division.
I lost thoroughly to lizards last time as I couldn't pick up the ball, and lost 2 snotlings but got 2 levels on ogres for just beating everything into the ground.


Also, Woo!
Someone thinks I'm going to win a game  :drill:

Major props for playing Ogres again, Reborne.  They are not for the faint of heart.

Lot of attitude flying around here that skinks aren't going to pull their weight. Now, that's understandable. Maybe some of you were in Drogg's division, and, well, I don't know what sort of scrawny lads he's got prancing up the pitch in his games. But let me tell you, if you think you're going to waltz in to my ball carrier's tackle zones and get out with all your parts intact... you're wrong.
7 Deadly.
Get ready.

Real men play all Skink teams.

My Norse haven't had the pleasure of going up against Skinks yet... :grin:

I laughed louder at that than is probably proper.  :why_so_serious:

avaia tried that once.  It ended poorly, as I recall.

Just wait, I am going to make an all-snotling league.  It will be SPP galore, which much death.

I've been having a great time with them.
I don't go in expecting to win but every single game I've played has been interesting and that includes the games I lost 3 (or was it 4+?) - 0

I like to think that my opponents had just as much fun  :awesome_for_real:


I haven't made an all snotling team, but before Legendary came out one of my friends was joking about an all goblin league.
I have a Warner Bros. themed goblin team still waiting for the day  :drill:

When can we expect this show to start? Are we moving the divisions around for sure? If yes, is it seeded? If yes, how? TV or last season(s) performance(s)?

I assume the team distribution will be done similar to how it was done last season:

 - Playoff teams evenly distributed among the divisions
 - New teams, old coaches evenly distributed among divisions
 - New teams, new coaches evenly distributed among divisions

All of this will be done at random by picking them out of various hats, colanders, and whatever else Falc has laying about his apartment.

I believe part of the "delay" is to account for people on vacation, in order to give them a chance at getting their Day 1 games in.

Every time this subforum lights up and it's not Falc with the divisions I am sad.

You guys are so excited for it to start, it's adorable!

If it takes much longer we'll need a second belt for our beards.

As promised, tomorrow will be the day  :heart:

Looking over my team, I noticed one of my poor rotters is starting the slow decay of Nurgle with -1 AV  :heartbreak:

I will be taking applications for a replacement once the league starts.  :grin:

Out of curiosity, when you kill folks and take them on as rotters, do they keep the same names that they had in life?

Yes.

The sun is in the sky on the East Coast. It dawns on the rest of America out West. It's nearing 4PM in Italy.

Where are my divisions?

Hooray for Pool Day!

Working on it as we type.

Dammit Falc! Stop posting non-pool updates! You are doing to my hopes what Dominic the Donkey will do to opposing teams in the soon to be started season 4!

Yep, but they just look like ordinary rotters, which is a shame. it would have been nice to have the model show up on my side, just shaded green or something.

I think I only took one rotter last season, Az the Mad.

Update: I am creating an official ranking, based on participations and placements, that defines seeding positions. It's cool.

That needs to be posted before the actual draw for maximum theorycrafting.

And here it is!


OFFICIAL f13 RANKING

Based on the first 3 Seasons. Season #4 contenders are in orange.



1 Comstar            270

2 Llyse                240

3 AndyDavo         180

4 Strazos             160
4 Megrim      

6 Modern Angel   110

7 Scadente         100

8 Falconeer          90
8 IainC      
8 Lamaros    
8 Aez      

12 Eldaec            75
12 avaia      

14 Helm              70
14 Drogg      

16 Proudft          65

17 Teleku           60

18 Ruvaldt          55

19 Ezrast             50

20 Cadaverine      40
20 IceCreamEmperor  

22 Hoax              35
22 Ingmar      

24 Xuri                30
24 Sky      

26 Bann              25
26 Kailas      
26 Ginaz      

29 Reborne         15
29 Celer      

31 SirT               10
31 Gruntle      
31 HaemishM  
31 Nix      
31 Typhon    

36 Ulysees          -
36 Carnifex27
36 Sjofn
36 Ironwood
36 Paelos

Can a brother get an equation for that, yo? :grin:

Holy shit, I'm not last.  :awesome_for_real:

Hmm, 10 points for a win, 5 for a tie?

Can you rename players? I want to rename them all after My Little Ponies: Friendship is Magic.

No, you can't and I hope you have a three year old daughter to justify your interest.

WHERE IS MY SCHEDULE DAMMIT?

50 for season winner?  Perhaps elevated points for any playoff wins as well (looks like 15).  I'm not certain there are playoffs in the f13 league, of course.   :heartbreak:

Yes, play against more Norse teams, then you get to rename your Amazons one at a time.

Recalculating standings by Elo. Because Elo is the shit.

Here are the tiers.


Top Tier:

- Comstar
- Llyse
- AndyDavo
- Strazos


Tier 1:

- Megrim
- Modern Angel
- Falconeer
- IainC
- Lamaros
- Eldaec
- Avaia
- Drogg


Tier 2:

- Helm
- Proudft
- Teleku
- Ruvaldt
- Ezrast
- Ice Cream Emperor
- Ingmar
- Sky


Tier 3:

- HaemishM
- Gruntle
- SirT
- Celer
- Reborne
- Bann
- Ginaz


Tier Noob!

- Ulysees
- Paelos
- Ironwood
- Sjofn
- Carnifex27



I am going to draw now. Results of the lottery won't be up in less than three hours...

Go Tier Noob!

(http://files.myopera.com/crystalacey/Smilies_Emoticons/Pom-Pom_Cat_and_%20Kitten.gif)

Is three hours up yet?

is it sad i  keep refreshing my browser all the time waiting for new posts? this is going to be a great season!

1400 dwarves seeded in the lower half?  :grin:

The lottery is done. Just a few minutes to edit the crappy video...

Tier Noob for Life!

If you get seeded in my division, I'll be more than happy to help you make that happen.  :why_so_serious:

Psht, like I'll need the help.

Here are the divisions.


(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3584773/BB%20Tease.jpg)

I can't believe I am stuck in a division with a top tier team, two tier 1s, two tier 2s, two t3s, and a nub team.

Edit: damn, that could possibly be wrong.

Few of those where odd letters are visible.

Haha you guys are such addicts

A video something is in the making. No fluff though, it has been a shitty day.

a list of who is where would be ace, one that is readable that is.

Video is done. Uploading right now.

Complete with cats.

Here it is.

Enjoy.

Season #4 divisions and calendar lottery. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o86HeDqaZLc)

Did you just eat a bunch of chocolate for breakfast?

I AM COMING FOR YOU, CALVIN

Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance.

So if I coped that down correctly it's

  BATTLETECH
Carnifex's Cripplers - carnifex27 - Liz
Nifty Helmets - gruntle - Cha
Slann the Mann - ginaz - Liz
Marauding Memes - der helm - Cha
Negative Capability - ice cream emperor - Nec
Rape of Skabine - lamaros - Ska
Necco Waivers - avaia - Nec
F13 Catfighters - comstar - Ama

  CTHULHU
The Dancing Monkeys - paelos - Cha
The Dandies - bann - Hum
Peace Dogs - haemishm - HiE
Beardstorm! - ingmar - Dwa
7 Deadly - ezrast - Liz
The Bell Jar Utd. - falconeer - Ama
Acherontic Welkin - megrim - HiE
Alive not Dead - llyse - Nec

  STORMBRINGER
The Mutiny - sjofn - Nor
Reborne's Wrestlers - reborne - Ogr
Harbringers of Homeopathy - sir t - Nur
The Ex-Presidents of Doom - ruvaldt - Cha
Burrowing Beetles - proudft - Khe
Spleen Flay Hackers - iainc - DaE
Silver Horde FC - eldaec - Nor
paper armour dolls - andydavo - DaE

  TWILIGHT 2K
Ironwoods Itchers - ironwood - Ska
The Minizilla's - ulysees - Liz
The Chemical Elvers - celer - HiE
Bashtards - sky - Orc
Hazardous Hippies - teleku - WoE
Hunqua Hunqua Burninluv - drogg - Liz
Team Snoosnoo - modern angel - Orc
Diplomatic Immunity - strazos - Nor

Ingmar, Llyse, and I from Battletech last season are now reunited in Cthulhu (making this the third season in a row I'll be matched with Alive not Dead). I think 6 Pools faced Haemish's Peace Dogs back in S2, the rest are new to me.

EDIT: Looks right so I will remove my duplicate spams.

Stormbringer looks like an extremely bashy division, minus the dark elves.

Clearly you aint seen me play my Dark Elves! I'm there to kick the living sht outta ppl in what is known as dark elf murderbowl. (Sadly last season i was the one getting murdered).

Falc, when will the game reflect your cracking video? I am excited to see who plays who in round 1.

Welp, at least I got the same division I got last year, though I think all the teams/coaches will be new to me.

Wondering how happy Falc is with his own division placement - at least we're not in the same division AGAIN, right?  :why_so_serious:

He tackle seemed tackle sort of tackle disappointed tackle to be in the division with dwarves tackle.

Thank you for the work you put into this, and the video!

Also, the amount of violence that's going to go down in Cthu^H^H^H^H^H^H CTHULU is going to be glo^H^H^H^H^H^H^H SPLENDID.

p.s.

Dwarfs.

Uhm, you know

all

fuck.

Oh, dwarves.

Cold milk, a drop of coffee, a little sugar. A feast of sweet stuff, preferrably with chocolate in, around and over it. That's my addiction since I was 3.

Cthulhu looks the most balanced to me. Battletech is on the bashy side and Stormbringer will be total murder, but we've got 2 bashy teams, 2 runny teams, 2 passy teams, 1 balanced team, and Alive not Dead.

But but but, what about Twilight 2000?

What was the update I just downloaded?

Season starting tomorrow?

Twilight 2000 is the MYSTERY DIVISION. Orcs, norse, and lizards all strike me as being able to be built with varying degrees of bashiness. Though I have next to no experience with the former two.

In my experience, Bashing is all Norse do.  :grin:

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...


 :awesome_for_real:

Either someone is going to throttle Comstar with bashings, or he's simply going to dice hack dance and dodge his way to a perfect regular-season record. :oh_i_see:

Oh lord, Stormbringer is going to be bashorama. Pure and utter carnage.

I'd better stock up on Apothecaries and rerolls... Oh yeah  :awesome_for_real:

Cthulu 4 LIFE, DOG!

I was in this division last year. I'm good with that. I look forward to being able to block against a few of the teams in this division, including another High Elf team.

Love the videos, Falc. Thanks for all the hard work you put into this.

It's hard for me to imagine much in the way of bad divisions as long as I'm not up against 'that wolf', Ingmar's beardbash, or those horrid, horrid bitches of Comstar's. I was hoping to draw Iain to allow him to punch me into oblivion for sticking out my foot as he ran for the playoffs last season and Andy for obvious reasons...but since I would've lost both of those games, it's probably for the best.

Game I'm sweating most (and no offense meant to the other T2000 coaches): Bashtards vs Snoosnoo. Don't hurt me, Freight Train Joe. Or at least sign my jersey as you roll on over the poor bashtards!

I should be pretty easy pickings, I have only played official f13 league games. I need to practice more.

2 lizards, 2 chaos, 2 necromantics, and some other chumps.

Really it's all about whether I have enough games to get tackle on somebody before I play Comstar. I swear that two thirds of my team's SPP is on zombies.

Stormbringer is going to be awesome!  Hail to the chiefs!   :drill:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c5/Spider-Man_Maximum_Carnage.jpg/250px-Spider-Man_Maximum_Carnage.jpg)

I'm going to be all about random replacement loner dudes getting MVP this season, aren't I.  :ye_gods:

The best part about free replacement guys is it makes it easy to figure out who to put on the line.  :oh_i_see:

You should just put your Thro-Ras up there to get the inevitable out of the way.

The thing to remember about Snoosnoo is that they are not, actually, Orcs.

MA has built some bizarre fake elf passing team with developed throwers and catchers but nothing on the front line guys.

Just remember you are playing against particularly ugly elfs and keep punching them in the face until they go away. You'll be fine.

It's amazing how much more fun that video is when you're actually one of the teams taking part this year, awsome job as usual Falc. Can't wait for the slaughter to start - viva la bloodbowl!

Haha, I noticed that too. I was all WOO THERE'S MY NAME. And then I was all OH SHIT THIS ENTIRE DIVISION IS GOING TO KICK THE SHIT OUT OF ME.


But I need to think positive! Raar!

(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a225/g_vuotto/Viking-cow.jpg)

Tier Noob.

Fair enough....

Wow.
I wasn't expecting so bashy *without* any lizards.

I wonder if someone will manage to wipe the field of snotlings this season  :awesome_for_real:

Thanks to Falc for all the effort.

This is going to be fun.

Great video again falc. Thanks for all the work you do to make this happen. Got a few tatts?

Hah. Just a few  :oh_i_see:

You are all welcome. Sometimes I feel the pressure of all the stuff I created, but most of the times I have a great time doing it and actually I'm the one who should be thankful, as I would have never played a real Blood Bowl League without the enthusiasm of you all.

So is it game 1 time now?

I checked this morning and the divisions weren't organized quite yet. I imagine by the end of the day it will be.

At work now. Let me get home and I'll turn the goddamn switch on.

Uh, are the divisions right? They weren't a couple hours ago. It'd be Very Bad if it got turned on but they were set up incorrectly.

No they are not right at the moment. I have to get home, launch the game, fix the divisions, and then start Game Day #1.

Firstly, how dare you slander the name of my fine young green orcs. They love their mothers and their fathers beat them daily, like any good orc family.

Secondly, the Bashtards spent most of last season emulating Snoosnoo  :drill: Jerkface (Snoo) was the 2nd best thrower in the league, 3rd in passing yards. Chuck (Bash) was the 5th best thrower, 6th for yards. I had some real comedic moments, but due to the amount of throwing I did, and some lucky dodging in a couple games, well, most of the teams that played me except for my last two games (where I was practicing ground&pound) would call them ugly elves.

Going to be difficult to get my high ranking in the killer category this season, going to have to decimate some skinks and rats, along with the usual elf-punching. Actually I think there needs to be wagering of which of the three real teams (the tards, the snoos and the dips) in T2000 is going to punch the most faces into the pitch.

Immortal Jenkins is ranked 8th for passing yards despite never having thrown a ball in his career. The hall of fame has some interesting loopholes.

In-game stats are deeply flawed, and never reset over seasons.  I have a better way, with more stats, and it is ready for season 4.

Well, please, do tell.

I bet it involves chickens.

On page one of the resources and questions is where th BB manager instruction are - will just check with my opponent to make sure I do it right the first time.

1. Run the BB Manager program.   It takes 6 years to start.
2. Enter your name and password.  (If you don't have one yet, Create Account).  Hit OK.
3. Wait 4 more minutes for it to finish loading.
4. When you see the page of news, it is finally ready. There is a button "Submit Match" in the upper-leftish part of the window.  Has a disk icon next to it. Push this button.  Wait some more.
5. It pops up the last match played by default.  This is why if you run it right after the match, it is easy.  It fills in everything automagically EXCEPT Game Day (set this to whatever it is, well, except on day 1) and Password (which is the same as the league password).  (And maybe league name, I can't remember. That would be f13 season 4, of course.) Fill these out.
6. Push Submit, all done!


EDIT: Too bad, you get instructions anyway!

2a: If you have ever had multiple versions of BB on the same machine make sure it is set to "Legendary Edition" on the login screen.
5a: I find that a lot of the time I have to set the coach names myself also.

Top job - Thanks for the guide Proudft - one last question - do I have to have BB manager running at the same time as playing a game?

Nope.

If you do it'll automatically detect games played and ask you if you want to upload them. Plus I think Falconeer said doing it this way helps avoid issues with corrupted replay files.

Oh, interesting.   I haven't seen any corrupted replays myself - maybe cause I usually only play one game per firing up of Blood Bowl?    But yeah it doesn't hurt anything to have it running at the same time and saves you a lot of waiting on starting BB Manager.

Thanks again for the replies - hopefully I won't screw it up now    :grin:

YES you want to do that. Otherwise

a) You will have to rerun the replay for BBManager to detect it correctly

and

b) it often gets corrupted in the process.


So yeah, you all want to ave BB Manager running while you play and instantly upload the game as soon as it's finished (it will tell you "game detected" as a BB Manager tooltip) to make sure it doesn't gets corrupted and it all works fine.

Oh man, I had no idea having it running at the same time was a good idea...

Yeah, me neither. For a program that runs like a stuck pig in slop, it seems to have a remarkably small footprint.

I've never run it at the same time and never had to re-run a replay for it to get detected.  :headscratch:

I have also never had to replay a match to have BBManager detect it. I just press the 'submit match' button and select the right game from the browser window.

That is not totally true.


BB manager can be started after a game, it detects the last game played so you don't need to, what you must not do is play a 2nd game OR watch another replay before uploading.


It is definately recommended that you have BB manager running in the background however.

So when do spiralling expenses kick in?

1750 I believe.

How are we breaking ties this time around?

Hammers to the ankles.

Misery Style.

Uh oh.

Just dragging this over here because there is a chance that not everyone is looking at the predictions thread. (also I don't like to tangent specific threads, I know, I'm weird)


I like this, more games.
Also loser bowl means everyone gets more SPP from my snotlings!  :awesome_for_real:

Could it be a reverse playoff? The loser bowl where you try to battle your way out of the cellar? At the end, the two teams who haven't won at all battle to determine who has the worst dice!

Then we eat the losing team.