Blood Bowl - for real

[kaid]

It was supposed to not go live until tonight but apparently they had so many preorders they decided to kick it off last night and start letting people grab it so their servers don't choke tonight bastards. Hehe my friend got it last night and I did not know it was already live /cry.

My friend is pretty picky and so far he has been very pleased with it playing turn based mode says it is very very faithful to the game.

[Modern Angel]

It's a carbon copy of the tt game. Exact. Just missing some teams which are expansion material

[HaemishM]

It's a carbon copy of the tt game. Exact. Just missing some teams which are expansion material

Yeah, that. The demo was a fantastic representation of the miniature game. I will however, be waiting for the Steam version.

[Der Helm]

I never played the tabletop version (or any tableop game whatsoever). 

This game is brutal. The AI keeps kicking my ass.

Am I supposed to lose the first (few) games when I start the campaign or am I doing it wrong ? 

Fun game, though.

[Falconeer]

Helm, we DEFINITELY have to setup a friendly online game. We can even get on Vent. I'll give you the few insights I possess and explain to you the realy beauty of it. What's your ingame account name?

Anyway, it can be hard especially for one reason, which is my ONLY complaint with the game: they should have displayed BIG rolling dice for your armour/dodge rolls with the target result on the right and the actual one on the left. Instead, you can only see the result of the rolls on the field, but to look at the actual numbers you have to pay attention to the crammed chat and learn how to decipher the "Blood Bowl Code". This is just plain wrong: noit only it makes the game much less accessible, but it is just NOT cool. I want the computer to show me in big block letters what number should I get on how many dice (1 or 2? different actions take different # of dice) and I definitely want to see the dice rolling and giving me a big block result, not an obscure plain dull set of letters and numbers in the unfriendly ugly looking chat box.

Done with the complaint, on with the awesome!

[Der Helm]

Helm, we DEFINITELY have to setup a friendly online game. We can even get on Vent. I'll give you the few insights I possess and explain to you the realy beauty of it. What's your ingame account name?

It's Helm. 

you have to pay attention to the crammed chat and learn how to decipher the "Blood Bowl Code".

Completely missed the chat box, will have a look at it.

[Typhon]

When I ordered, I got dropped into the French download section, although the purchase form (correctly) listed country as US.  Did you guys have this?  Or am I downloading the French-only version as we speak?

EDIT: nevermind, I managed to modify the url to the correct one, and I see that the files that are downloaded are the same regardless of language.  In case you are reading this, just change the end of the download url to "Langue=en" and you'll see it in English

[Falconeer]

As far as I know the in-game language can be changed by via options menu, so versions should all be the same.

[Jherad]

Yegads, I'd been looking forward to this, and just got an email telling me it was available to buy. Put me in the 'they want to charge HOW much?!' camp.

Will definitely buy later, when saner minds prevail on the pricing.

[Cadaverine]

Downloading it right now.  If I'd remembered it was out today, I'd have taken the damn day off for this one.

[Aez]

This game is amazing.  They finally did a direct port of a tabletop game.

AezZea in game.

[Typhon]

Block seems overpowered, but maybe that's just because I've only played the game for 3 hours and don't know what the fuck I'm doing (GO CHAOS!!! GO TOOTHSOME HORRORS!!! KILL!!!!  doh, should have named my team TOOTHSOME TERRORS, dammit!).  I am starting to win though, which makes me much less stabby.  Good game, very well done.  The low-rez logos and when starting the game up, etc, are just a stylistic choice as I'm running the graphics at 1920x1200 and they look great. 

[Modern Angel]

Block is overpowered. It's why you should strive to give everyone on your team the unsexy but vital skill of Block as they level up.

I also remember when I first realized this. I was playing in the FUMBBL Java league and came up against an experienced team that had Block on every player. This struck me as odd for about two minutes before I ran into a buzzsaw

[Aez]

Block is more like a basic (bread and butter) skill than an overpowered skill.  So far, tackle and guard make a much bigger difference for strength type player.  Frenzy is also amazing as long as it's combined with block.

[Hoax]

I want this.

I'm so short on monies but I'll get it anyway.  Not home home until the middle of this week though.  I hope to get myself and at least two IRL friends on this by the end of July.

[Tarami]

I hate you guys for doing this to me. I've bought enough games lately.

[Falconeer]

So far in the game:

Falconeer
Viator
Helm
AezZea


Who am I missing? Usernames please! Cadaverine and Typhon?

EDIT: Created the f13 League, please join it for test purposes. Remember you need a NEW team not applied to the Public League to join. To find the f13 league you have to go to the League list and scroll down as they are sorted with Caps names first and non-caps last 

Pass is: bazooko

[IainC]

I got this last night. Been messing around with the single player campaign but would be up for some online league action.

[Modern Angel]

After you have one team in the public league further teams will be autojoined to it. So to app you have to leave the public league.

[Typhon]

Trying to join now with coach name "Typhon"... but it's teh hard!  Going to read manual to try to figure out how to create a non-public team.  :P

EDIT 3:
Ok, I thnk I figured it out.

0) Create a Team!  Delete Team cause it's public!
1) Find f13 League and hit "Apply"
2) Wait
3) Twitch
4) Wait
5) Success!
6) Create a team in the f13 League
7) Play!

Yellow - I am here

[Der Helm]

Trying to join now with coach name "Typhon"... but it's teh hard!  Going to read manual to try to figure out how to create a non-public team.  :P

EDIT 3:
Ok, I thnk I figured it out.

0) Create a Team!  Delete Team cause it's public!
1) Find f13 League and hit "Apply"
2) Wait
3) Twitch
4) Wait
5) Success!
6) Create a team in the f13 League
7) Play!

Yellow - I am here

Same here, I applied with my Lizard team the "Lucious Lizards"... yummy 

[Ironwood]

Not actually hit the shops yet and Digital Download from my house would be a joke not worthy of the telling.

I may pick this up in work tomorrow.

I'll probably be on as Ironwood once I remember my youth and how to play Bloodbowl.

 

[Falconeer]

Winner of the first test f13 league will receive a free copy of The Path. Sign up now!

[Aez]

I applied with a Skaven team.  What are the rules? Any general explanation of how it works?

[IainC]

How does one find the F13 league? The Private Leagues button is greyed out for me on the lobby.

NM Found it and I think I applied. Clearly UI feedback is for pussies.

[Falconeer]

Ok, the test league has 8 spots and 4 are already filled. 5 if Iain applies, but as of now no, your application didn't go through. You want to check that again :(

Roster, so far:

1) Bat Country - Falconeer
2) Lucious Lizards - Helm
3) Estalia Crushers - Modern Angel
4) Fraggers - Aez
5) ? - IainC
6) .
7) .
8) .

It doesn't start until all 8 spots are taken.

[IainC]

How do I apply?

I made a team and found the f13 league, tried to apply and was told that I couldn't apply with my team because it was public.
I deleted the team and tried again. Spammed the apply button a few times until it went away.
Now I can see the f13 league in the search list but there's no apply button.

What do I need to do? The manual is no help at all.

Edit: Just logged back in and now there's a 'cancel application' button. However I went to a different screen then came back and it's now missing. This game could have used a bit more QA loving.

[Typhon]

I'm in the same boat as IainC, I thought I did it correctly this afternoon, but I can see I'm not in the roster.  I'm currently doing the following and it's NOT working:

1) Search
2) Scroll through to f13 League.  Click on it
3) Click "Apply for League" - get a "you need a team, moron" dialog
4) Create a Team, click on "Apply for League" - get a "you cannot apply for league with a public team"
5) beat head against monitor.

Although amusing, after the third of fouth time this gets a bit old.  Can someone layout step-by-step in utlra-stoopid vision what they did to apply for the league?  I agree with the QA-loving comment because each time through the game has responded a bit differently.

[Modern Angel]

Make team
Teams are automatically in the Public League
Leave league on the right. Your team will go red on the left
Find f13 league under private league search
Highlight team
Apply

[Hayduke]

This game needs Youtube videos that are not 1) cinematic trailers, 2) by people who don't know how to play, and 3) boring + old.

[Der Helm]

Make team
Teams are automatically in the Public League
Leave league on the right. Your team will go red on the left
Find f13 league under private league search
Highlight team
Apply

Heh. Took me a good while to figure that one out 

[Falconeer]

So I am reserving the 6th spot for Typhon, I am sure you guys will eventually find a way to apply.

We still need 2 more geeks though.

[Scadente]

Lurker signing up, I should purchase the game once I get some cash, in a week or so. Keep a spot open for an BB Old-timer!

[Falconeer]

You want a spot open for a week? Sorry but we are starting as soon as we are 8... which could be in a week or never. Get the game now, you maggot!

[Falconeer]

Protips: N brings up names/roles. G brings up the grid and tackle zones.