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Der Helm
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on: June 19, 2011, 11:42:38 PM

You don't have time to commit a whole evening to a single game of Blood Bowl ?
You are a firm believer in swift and brutal justice on the pitch ?

Join the Speed-Dating league, where nobody finishes their turns in time


Anyone interested ? I find my 40s turn games in the public leagues hilarious.  awesome, for real

My Coach name = Hlem

Open league
Fresh teams only
No password, requires application.



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Reply #1 on: June 20, 2011, 07:16:55 AM

This... is... amazing!

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Reply #2 on: June 20, 2011, 07:21:32 AM

I'd be interested in this.

Does 40second turns help Strength teams or Agile team more though?

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Reply #3 on: June 20, 2011, 07:38:36 AM

I'd be interested in this.

Does 40second turns help Strength teams or Agile team more though?
You definitly won't be able to move all your players or bash all the players you want, so I am not sure. I rolled a generic High Elf team for this league.

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Reply #4 on: June 20, 2011, 11:38:28 AM

Is this that Real-time I've heard so little about?

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Reply #5 on: June 20, 2011, 11:39:19 AM

My gut instinct is it will favor teams with more of their power concentrated in a few positionals - ie the ones with a few good guys and a horde of crappy linemen who don't matter that much. It also will favor (relative to a regular league) turnover-prone teams, since a turnover will hurt relatively less because your opponent probably won't be able to move all his guys again anyway. Having good agility on the few good positional players will probably be important because you won't have time to knock everyone down and will thus probably have to make more dodges.

In other words it is the perfect league for vampires.  tongue

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Reply #6 on: June 20, 2011, 11:46:56 AM

Is this that Real-time I've heard so little about?

No, it's exactly like the other league, but turns are 40 seconds instead of 2 or 4 minutes.


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Reply #7 on: June 20, 2011, 12:28:33 PM

40sec became A Thing back in the waning days of Dark Elf edition. I got amazingly good at finishing my turns.
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Reply #8 on: June 20, 2011, 12:35:36 PM

Is this that Real-time I've heard so little about?

No, it's exactly like the other league, but turns are 40 seconds instead of 2 or 4 minutes.


It does feel a bit like playing an RTS, though.   Oh ho ho ho. Reallllly? (not ever having even started a real-time game so far)

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Reply #9 on: June 20, 2011, 01:15:10 PM


It favours passing teams big time, IMO.
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Reply #10 on: June 20, 2011, 03:59:59 PM

Wait, is this going to allow randoms? I don't want to have to schedule with randoms.  Ohhhhh, I see.

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Reply #11 on: June 20, 2011, 04:28:37 PM

Wait, is this going to allow randoms? I don't want to have to schedule with randoms.  Ohhhhh, I see.
No password on the league, but (as you should have found out by now)  I have to accept every coach into the league.

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Reply #12 on: June 20, 2011, 05:22:07 PM

I don't understand how I am supposed to arrange matches each day with randoms. Randoms that have the possibility to just up and disconnect when things don't go their way...

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Reply #13 on: June 20, 2011, 05:24:40 PM

Helm just told you there weren't going to be any randoms!

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Reply #14 on: June 20, 2011, 05:44:54 PM


It favours passing teams big time, IMO.

It favours teams who can punish turnovers and make risky plays (Read Elves.)

But it'll be good fun
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Reply #15 on: June 20, 2011, 07:06:27 PM

Helm just told you there weren't going to be any randoms!

Oh, I took his "have to" to mean "required" - stupid French, leaking into my non-work activities!  Ohhhhh, I see.

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Reply #16 on: June 24, 2011, 03:02:44 PM

Hm. One application so far by Strazos. Anyone else ?  awesome, for real

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Reply #17 on: June 24, 2011, 03:45:59 PM

Eh, what the hell. Maybe it'll teach me to stop running out of time every damn turn in the other leagues.
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Reply #18 on: June 24, 2011, 04:07:19 PM

Hm. One application so far by Strazos. Anyone else ?  awesome, for real

Alright Helm, I'll run a halfling team that everyone can beat up on.
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Reply #19 on: June 24, 2011, 04:13:14 PM

Applied with a Helf Team.

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Reply #20 on: June 24, 2011, 07:57:57 PM

Really? All the posts here, and I was the only one to actually apply?  Ohhhhh, I see.

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Reply #21 on: June 24, 2011, 08:49:02 PM

Really? All the posts here, and I was the only one to actually apply?  Ohhhhh, I see.

Maybe you were just the only one cool enough to make the cut.
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Reply #22 on: June 25, 2011, 04:03:18 AM

Accepted!  awesome, for real

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Reply #23 on: July 04, 2011, 11:45:48 AM

So is this league getting off the ground?

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Reply #24 on: July 04, 2011, 07:12:36 PM

I have applied with my goblins.
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Reply #25 on: July 05, 2011, 10:53:04 AM

So is this league getting off the ground?
As far as I understood, you guys just have to be online at the same time to have a match.

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Reply #26 on: July 05, 2011, 11:04:14 AM

Oh!

We didn't know it was an unscheduled, MM league.
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Reply #27 on: July 05, 2011, 03:58:14 PM

Err, yes. I was expecting a structured league. Makes it a lot easier to get a game going I would have thought.

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Reply #28 on: July 05, 2011, 05:45:32 PM

Gruntle challanged me via Steam for the very first match of the season. High Elves vs Halflings.

3-0, 4 dead lings (and 3 Badly Hurt and 3 KO'ed) and 1 dead helf (and another one out for the next game).

40 seconds makes the game very fas4...45 minutes at most.  A brutle game, with a halfling being killed every 3 turns or so, and one of my very expensive catchers. The other catcher got the Dodge skill, and one my Bltizers rolled +1ST, which will make him very likely to be my stuff ball carrier killer.  I replaced the catcher with a thrower, and I'm down 1 player next game.

I'm available to play in US prime time, or any time Tue/Wed/Thurs.

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Reply #29 on: July 05, 2011, 05:53:47 PM

Err, how do you FIND someone to play? There's no in game way of seeing who else is in the league that I can see.

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Reply #30 on: July 05, 2011, 06:43:38 PM

Accept my team Helm! You're ruining christmas!
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Reply #31 on: July 05, 2011, 07:15:38 PM

Err, how do you FIND someone to play? There's no in game way of seeing who else is in the league that I can see.

Could be that challenges aren't enabled?
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Reply #32 on: July 05, 2011, 07:54:44 PM

Pony Squad X has applied. Are you a bad enough breed to run... with the Pony Squad?
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Reply #33 on: July 07, 2011, 12:09:34 AM

Err, how do you FIND someone to play? There's no in game way of seeing who else is in the league that I can see.

Could be that challenges aren't enabled?
Just checked. They are enabled. Both teams accepted. Sorry. I am a bit busy right now.  swamp poop

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