Blood Bowl - ** f13 League, Season #2 ** (Over! We have a winner!)

[Teleku]

Well, Modern Angel and I just had the biggest nufflefuck of a match ever.  We both should have easily scored and didn't.  Though after being denied what should have been an easy touchdown, I got one shortly after because of more screwball rolling.  And then there was even more bullshit rolls right to the last play.

Though I finally won a game!  2-1.

And Nuffle hates Wood Elven catchers.  DEEPLY.

Heres the replay:  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41488/files/Replay_2010-12-09_18-10-37.db

[ezrast]

Is there any way to speed up replays so they're not in real time? Half of my replays consist of nothing happening for a minute and then a flurry of activity in the last 30 seconds of each turn. Makes watching them kind of hard.

[IainC]

The plus and minus keys adjust the replay speed.

[Falconeer]

Yes, the critical keys for Blood Bowl are

+/-   =  speed up and down replays
SHIFT + G  =  shows the grid
SHIFT + N  =  shows names and/or positions

I am gonna validate Modern Angel vs. Teleku match later today. Thanks for playing and for the prompt replay!

[Llyse]

The plus and minus keys adjust the replay speed.

You sir deserve a gold star.

[avaia]

The plus and minus keys adjust the replay speed.

You sir deserve a gold star.

Make it two!  Makes replays watchable.

[eldaec]

G and N work fine without shift btw.

[Falconeer]

oh

Gold Star for you too!

[Teleku]

Ok, can somebody tell me again how we get replays from BBManager?  I cant figure it out..

[Falconeer]

Under the "Matchs" tab, select our League from the drop down menu, highlight the selected match and then click on the "Replay" button in the upper menu bar, between "Details & Stats" and "Export".

[eldaec]

Replay: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/318368/Replay_2010-12-12_10-24-04.db

Conclusion : IainC must have done something really bad in a past life for karma to be that mad at him.

[IainC]

Eldaec and I just played our game and once more I ended up on the wrong side of the dice. The first half was fairly solidly contested - a big brawl around the ball that had a few points where either of us could have broken out and scored. The Norse took control and formed their cage then went about breaking Dark Elves before scoring just before the whistle. They did this so well that at the end of the first half, I only had four players on the pitch. When the second half started I failed every single KO roll meaning that I only started with the four players who'd stayed conscious through the first half. I couldn't really contest the ball very well outnumbered 11-4 and Eldaec took full advantage in throwing my players around. He scored again when there were no Dark Elves left on their feet and again I failed every single KO roll. Once more I got mauled by an entirely undamaged Norse team and my one chance to break out and score a consolation TD ended up with my Witch elf getting piled on by half the Norse team. For the final drive I made all of two KO rolls so I actually managed to have 6 players on the pitch. This still didn't help and the final score was 3-0.

I didn't manage to even score a single KO against the Norse let alone any casualties.

[eldaec]

And it looks like Falconeer has already been in to roll it all over to Day 7.

[Llyse]

PM Sent to Comstar for the Division 1 Winner.   

[Falconeer]

IainC bad luck is beyond ridiculous. I mean, on top of everything else, fumbled pass on turn 1, with an AGI 4 player and a reroll? Double 1, babe. That's how much Nuffle really hates this man. Did you poop on his birthday cake?

P.S: Trying to have your Assassin dodge into a -5 tackle zone, and spending a reroll on it, probably not the best idea. But the fact that he dies trying goes straight back to the previous paragraph.

[Falconeer]

Alright Game Day #7, last one of regular season is ON!

Here's the schedule:

- Group A -

Modern Angel vs. IainC
Llyse vs. Comstar
Ezrast vs. Teleku
- Eldaec BYE



- Group B -

Xuri vs. Ruvaldt
Falconeer vs. Strazos
Proudft vs. Megrim
- Avaia BYE



Scores and Stats coming in a few hours.

[Falconeer]

Game Day #6, Scores and Standings.



Scores:





Standings:





** All relevant info updated in the OP. You can always find up to date Scores and Standings there **

[Falconeer]

Player stats:







Team stats:





** All relevant info updated in the OP. You can always find up to date Scores and Standings there **

[Falconeer]

We are currently Playing.....
Game Day #7 (of 7)
** All games have to be played BEFORE December 22nd **


Group 1

Team Snoosnoo - (Modern Angel) vs. Spleen Flay Hackers - (IainC)                    4 - 0                          
Alive Not Dead - (Llyse) vs. F13 Catfighters - (Comstar)
6 Pools - (Ezrast) vs. Hazardous Hippies - (Teleku)
- Silver Horde FC - (Eldaec) RESTS


Group 2

North by Northwest - (Xuri) vs. The Denton Despoilers - (Ruvaldt)      
The Bell Jar Utd. - (Falconeer) vs. Diplomatic Immunity - (Strazos)                     0 - 1                                  
Pointy Hat Squad - (Proudft) vs. Morsel - (Megrim)                            
- Necco Waivers - (Avaia) RESTS


** All games have to be played BEFORE December 22nd **

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** All relevant info updated in the OP. You can always find up to date Scores and Standings there **

[Strazos]

I like how I am doing fairly well, yet hardly rank in any category.

[avaia]

Goooo Strazos and proudft!

[IainC]

IainC bad luck is beyond ridiculous. I mean, on top of everything else, fumbled pass on turn 1, with an AGI 4 player and a reroll? Double 1, babe. That's how much Nuffle really hates this man. Did you poop on his birthday cake?

P.S: Trying to have your Assassin dodge into a -5 tackle zone, and spending a reroll on it, probably not the best idea. But the fact that he dies trying goes straight back to the previous paragraph.

I didn't realise it was a -5 tackle zone, I thought it only counted the TZs from the square you were dodging out of (so -2). As I was chatting to Eldaec at the time I didn't have the rolls tab open and I couldn't check it before deciding whether to use the reroll or not. As I thought it was a 4+ and I needed to try and stab up the ball carrier I figured it was a reasonable chance.

I don't think there's been a single game this league where I've had even average dice. This game and the one vs Comstar were particularly bad and all of my opponents have had average or better rolls when it counted.

[eldaec]

Afaik, when dodging all that matters about the square you are in is that it has at least one tackle zone - so you need to dodge. The modifier comes only from tackle zones on the square you are dodging into.

[Strazos]

Just finished a knock-down, drag-out match with Falconeers amazons. I received first half, punched the girls a bit, and am running for the endzone at the half...and one of my expert runners falls down and breaks his armor in the endzone.  That pretty much ended the half.

Second half, I kickoff, and blitz him hard. He cages up, and I manage to stall him a bit. Out of desperation, I run someone into the cage and manage to knock the ball loose. After some more bloody business, I manage to get the ball. This time I run it in without falling down and hurting myself.

1 - 0 win, it was kind of a nail-biter.

[Llyse]

Exciting stuff!!!

So These results means our great League Commissioner Falconeer is out of the play offs 

So it's now up to

Megrim to beat Proudft with the faulty High Elf Armour to make it into the playoffs. (Booo) 

OR

Avaia to pray Megrim loses or draws to make 2nd 

OR

Proudft to win by 6-0 to beat Avaia on TD difference 

EXCITING STUFF! 

[Falconeer]

Nothing to report. Blood Bowl sucks.

[Strazos]

So I face Comstar next, right?

[Llyse]

So I face Comstar next, right?

Totally 

Actually, since dropbox is blacklisted I can't see the current standings so my calculations aren't accurate...

But I think it's either Avaia or Falcon who are 2nd from Group B since Bloodbowl didn't include Falcon's bye game from Day 1 (from memory)

[Falconeer]

Dropbox blacklisted? Where the hell do you and Megrim live?

[Modern Angel]

Today is Trucknutz day as the blitzer went berserk against the Spleen Flay Hackers, scoring three touchdowns in a 4-0 romp by the orc team. It was weird seeing an across the board agility 4 team unable to dodge or pick up the ball while the black orcs had little trouble...

[IainC]

I cemented my position as dead last in the league with a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Modern Angel. I started off trying to soften him up a bit and quickly realised that there was going to be nothing soft at all about a line of Black Orcs. After that I tried to play a more fluid game, running around him and trying to move the ball around a bit. That kind of play only works however if you can trust your guys not to fail when picking up the ball and not to trip over their feet when dodging out of tackle zones. MA made sure that I had to roll a lot to do anything and, as expected I failed plenty of rolls at critical moments.

I'm playing in a couple of other leagues on another forum and I'm doing alright there against similarly skilled opponents as here. I really don't understand why I've done so badly in this league when it appears that I can play this game reasonably well at other times.

[avaia]

Halfway there!  Hard to root for elves, though.

[Modern Angel]

I really don't understand why I've done so badly in this league when it appears that I can play this game reasonably well at other times.

Nuffle is a fickle god and apt to fits of pique where He withdraws all of his love.

[Megrim]

Okay proudfeet, I'm ready to do this. When are you free? I'm GTM+11 and have a reasonably flexible schedule.

[proudft]

GMT-8, nice differential.   

I'm pretty flexible too.  I'll be on Steam for the rest of the day, just chat me up there when you are ready.