S#4 - Game Day #2

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Game Day #2
** All games have to be played BEFORE May 25th 2011 **





** All games have to be played BEFORE May 25th 2011 **

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Scores and Standings after Game Day #1



Scores:





Standings (1 played out of 7):


Battletech Division





Cthulhu Division






Stormbringer Division






Twilight 2000 Division













Player stats:







Team stats:

[Llyse]

Awesome post and I'm looking forward to playing you league commissioner 

I'm GMT +8 and am happy to stay up late or wake early for the game.

[Comstar]

The team stats have the wrong coaches listed for some reason.

Only 1 death with all those matches? I would have lost a lineswomen thanks to the useless apoc, so I took the original niggling injury instead.

I think this will be my hardest match - no matter how many TD's I can get, that blasted rat can get a 1 turn touchdown every time. I need to kill it. Having 6 Blodges and 5 players with Guard ort to help, but the Rat Orge with it's prehensile-no-you-wont-dodge-away-from-ME-tail will make things difficult. I'm sure a star player or wizard or two will make an appearance as well.

Hope we can organize the game quicker this time! Lamaros needs to answer my PM's.

[Teleku]

A loner elf of mine died while trying to dodge away in the first game.  Perhaps it doesn't count that for some reason.

[Modern Angel]

Yeah, dodging or going for it causing a death doesn't count.

[Sjofn]

Man, I'm the only loser that had someone die because of someone else? Go me!  

[Ulysees]

Got your PM Drogg and replied, can you confirm your steam name, i didn't see you listed in the f13 Bloodbowl group.

[Strazos]

Teleku, I'm EST, generally available after 1730 mon-fri, weekends are normally open except for Sunday morning sports.

[Ironwood]

"Best Punching Bags".

Oh dear.

[Paelos]

Ingmar, just shoot me a PM. I'm available b/w 5-8 Pacific time any day this week.

[Ice Cream Emperor]

Biggest Brute, nice.

avaia, I am PST and tend to be around in the evenings. Steam chat or PM or whatnot -- my Wednesday & Thursday evenings are booked but otherwise I have nothing scheduled.

[Der Helm]

My next game should be an epic slugfest. Chaos vs. Chaos. Did that team play in the last season or in the feeder league ?

Anyway. I am looking forward to throwing a few beastmen around and dodging his warriors.

[Teleku]

Teleku, I'm EST, generally available after 1730 mon-fri, weekends are normally open except for Sunday morning sports.

I'm open all tonight if you want to play now (I'm on Pacific Time).  Just message me on steam or here if you can play tonight.

[Strazos]

Teleku and I played our match a bit ago.

I went in intending to make it a bashy affair, but the Hippies would have none of that. I win the toss and elect to receive. I start to drag my cage up the pitch, but it's a slow affair as the Hippies continue to dodge without fail, sitting just beyond my grasp each turn. Eventually, the single blitz I am afford each turn starts to make some inroads, and I manage to punch a hole in the elven lines. I flood as many Norsemen into that hole as I can on turn 6 or 7, intending to sit tight and take a last-turn shot at the goal. However, one of the elves makes quite a fancy move and manages to pop the ball out on a 1d block. Even though the elves recover, I manage to run them down and get a solid block on the carrier. Unfortunately, the ball pops into the hands of one of my Norsemen that had already moved, thereby robbing me of a chance to score at the half.

Second half starts with Teleku receiving, and he mobilizes for a stretch-pass strike. I thought I had everyone marked...and I did, but the elves simply scoffed at the notion, dodged out, and pranced in for a quick TD. When the Norse receive, they go right back to their bloody work, eventually managing to take some elves off the pitch. Massed at midfield, ready for a push, a crazed Hippy fan tosses in a fireball, hitting 5 players. Fortunately, only 1 player is actually affected, and the Norse march on. They're eventually able to get some separation, and star runner Bersi Kormak makes a dodge and double GFI to score at the buzzer.

1-1 tie.

Teleku did not flat-out fail a dodge the entire game (rerolled any potential failures into successes), and I pretty much made every block I was able to produce (not many when all the elves dodge out of your TZs each turn). I don't know who I play next week, but these Norse...they're out for blood.

[Comstar]

Why does Steam not allow me to message some people? clicking Send Message does nothing :(

Lamaros needs to check his PM's. I'm the lobby now.

[IainC]

Why does Steam not allow me to message some people? clicking Send Message does nothing :(

Lamaros needs to check his PM's. I'm the lobby now.

Sharing a group isn't enough to be able to message people, you need to add them to your friends list too.

The friends list in Steam is almost as badly implemented as the search function.

[lamaros]

Well. Pissed off with how that ended up.

Two deaths... bleh. Probably should have won. Failed dodges at some key moments, used the Wizard too late. Was getting too cocky and thought I could save him to steal a TD after I scored, but in the end I turned it over and had to use him to frantically backpedal.

Rat Ogre was being a shit. Failed blitzes several times, decided to spend most of the second half on the floor. (Albeit after I in-advisedly went for a double GFI crowd push... which he failed and KOed himself on...   )

Blah blah blah. 2 - 1 to the bitches.

[Comstar]

1 Dead Linerat, another one saved by an apoc, 1 badly hurt both sides. Amazons 2, Rats 1.

Was a very close game. The Rat Ogre failing 7 wild animals (3 on blitzes) and his tail failing 4 out of 5 times to prevent a dodge probably decided the game.

Amazons received off to a surprisingly compacted rat lineup with no rats in the wide zones and 12 rats on the field. Lamons kindly put the 12th rat at the endzone corner and didn't use him. The 1st roll of the game ended in a badly hurt linerat so the teams were equal at that point. The rats put up a good defense and were able to grab the ball after I placed the ball carrier too close to the front line, but a lucky interception stopped them taking advantage and then can't stop the amazons making a hole and after some sideways moving of the ball, the 1st touchdown came after 5 turns.

Rats receiving  are able to use the speed to get a single gutterrunner downfield, and I discoverer sidestep is just as painful to be used against me as I've used it against other teams, and I can't stop him making a single dodge roll to a touchdown. One linerat gets killed but is saved by the apoc. Several amazons are KO'ed for the rest of the game.
87/

The second half has a early dead linerat with no apoc to save him, and rats spread out. 2 Gutterrunners make a break but the one with the ball is trapped on the sideline with 3 amazons next to him. He makes the first dodge in a tacklezone, but fails on the 2nd, only 1 square away from the end zone! Amazon's pick up the ball, get a short pass downfield, and start caging up. Looks like nothing can stop a 2-1 victory...

..and then the waiting fireball goes off and breaks open the cage! The ball gets kicked out but for some reason the rat in range of it dosn't decide to pick it up. Amazons are able to get the ball back, but the rats form a solid line. However, the rats don't have any more reserves and with a hole punched through, a final dodge and a last GFI, the Amazon's score their 2nd touchdown on the very last turn.

One of the rat throwers gets his first skill, and one of my unskilled lineswomen gets one too. Think I'll take wrestle. 

[lamaros]

Yeah I don't know why I didn't pick it up.

Don't know why I didn't use my fireball on you when you had me penned in on the side either. Could have run to the other side then and stalled easily. Also failed a 3+ then 2+ dodge to score on turn 8 to make it 2-1 my way on the half. Had a heap of re-rolls still, but double 2s bit me hard there.

Oh well. Top 4 goes through, so it's not like it matters. But I do hate to lose.

Serious problem with my linerats now though. Another one dead, one with -1str, leaving me very exposed. Not really enough money to do anything about it. In hindsight I would have sacked the -1str guy before the game and taken the Rat Ogre Star Player instead of the Wizard and babes (who I never used), but I wasn't sure of the TV difference until we were in the inducements screen.

EDIT: Dead linerat got MVP... Also Comstar made 27 of 30 GFIs. Never seen so many GFIs. That is one way to fix up the speed difference.

[Modern Angel]

I once saw a guy say that Skaven are the most expensive team over time he's ever played. Because they keep dying.

[Ironwood]

I may have been that guy.

[lamaros]

I once saw a guy say that Skaven are the most expensive team over time he's ever played. Because they keep dying.

I think I had less than 10 (7-8?) injury rolls. For two deaths. I'm normally pretty good at keeping my guys safe from too much bashing per game. But you can't beat the dice...

[Ironwood]

Gubbed.

[Sir T]

2 players on my team Leveled, a beastman and (lol) a rotter. Both learned block for their troubles.

PM sent to Andydavo. Hopefully we can get a match going this week.

[Celer]

Chemical Elvers defeat Ironwoods Itchers, 4-2.  Pretty much what you would expect out of an elf-vs-rats match, with the dice allowing the elves risky play to beat the rats at their own game.

The rats received and scored in about 3 turns, with the elves managing to use a 1d block to knock the ball out of bounds only to be tossed right in the path of a gutter runner.  The elves received and packed into a nice tight cage which was promptly fireballed, giving the crafty rats a 2-0 lead.  The elves tried again, getting some receivers in position and attempting a pass, but Very Sunny conditions caused it to flutter harmlessly to the pitch.  A gutter runner was in range (of course), but after a dodge, pick up (burned reroll), another dodge, and a GFI, he tried one more GFI and ended up knocking himself out.  The Elvers thrower was in range to pick it up (thanks to his +MA), but left him wide open to attack and a 4+ pass from anyone (due to sunny conditions).  He risked the pass and it was overthrown, but it luckily bounced into the hands of another elf, who promptly ran the ball in to make the score 2-1 at halftime.

The second half began with an Itchers Blitz, which would have been disastrous had the ball not fallen out of bounds.  The Elvers coach decided to be bold and gave the touchback to an elf on the line of scrimmage, who ran 8 squares straight forward leaving most of BOTH teams in the dust.  Obviously there were rats in range for a blitz, but the blitzer failed his dodge and the ball carrier succeeded his, tying the game at 2-2.  The rats had an untimely double-skull turnover on the kickoff and the elves capitalized by scooping up the ball with a blodger.  The elf survived the incoming blitz, and got to blitz/dodge himself out of the rat cage to take the lead.  The last chance to equalize never materialized, thanks to another sun-impeded pass the rats never got full possession of the ball.  It went into a scrum and the elves pulled it out to seal the victory.

The elves got a LOT more hits in, but no lasting damage was done to either side.  The Elvers star Blitzer hit level 3, and I believe the Itchers leveled 2 Gutter Runners, so have fun with that going forward! 

[Ironwood]

Like I said.  Gubbed.

[Modern Angel]

Six TD game?!?

[Ingmar]

Six TD game?!?

Elves vs. Rats is a magical thing.

[Teleku]

I had a game were I scored 7 TD's last season.  Nix quit shortly afterwards.   

[AndyDavo]

Hi Falc,

My game just crashed, can we have a reset so we can try and play the game again please? really annoying and im sorry to my oppo.

[Strazos]

Heck, I'm not even sure if I've ever scored 3 TDs in a single game.   

[Ingmar]

Try doing it as dwarves! 

[eldaec]

Heck, I'm not even sure if I've ever scored 3 TDs in a single game.   

My Norse guys have managed 4 once, and 3 twice.

Punch harder.

[Strazos]

It's actually probably because I play pretty conservatively with the ball.

I tend to stall at the endzone for as long as possible while smashing faces, so I assure you - plenty of carnage is inflicted.

EDIT: And to be fair, 2 of those matches were against Ogre teams, and the other an unfortunate match where you massacred a DElf team.