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eldaec
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on: July 23, 2011, 04:52:10 AM

 The Pre-Season Five Feeder League Drilling and Manliness Trophy

With half of the coaches now out of main league it seems like a good time to start a close-season league for those who really need to keep up their blood bowl intake.

I'm going to suggest that rather than create a separate league, we just play out a organised competition in the feeder league, that way we can all keep playing f13 matches with the teams we use after the competition is done with.

The basic format:

 DRILLING AND MANLINESS All matches will be played within the feeder league - to take part your team needs to meet the feeder league rules and get into that league.
 DRILLING AND MANLINESS One team per coach (post in this thread).
 DRILLING AND MANLINESS Matches and standings will be announced in a thread here.
 DRILLING AND MANLINESS Matches will be determined on a swiss tournament basis.
 DRILLING AND MANLINESS We'll play out six rounds, team with the most points at the end of that time takes the trophy, or a playoff will split a tie.
 DRILLING AND MANLINESS You can still play other feeder league matches with your D&M trophy team if you want.
 DRILLING AND MANLINESS I can't see any reason that participation would block your team from a future main league season but Falc can pronounce I guess.


As discussed in another thread , the advantage of a swiss system is that after the first round we'll increasingly be playing matches against teams at the same ability level, plus we should get to an overall winner by the time season 5 is ready, and by doing out of a feeder league we can cope with just about any number of coaches - though an even number would be nice.

Current Lineup:

Ermine Vermin (eldaec)
Calidor Fancypants (Modern Angel)
Blue Line (Bann)
F13 Pro Elves for Hoes (Comstr)
Festering Wounds (Sky)
Emperors of the Pitch (Ruvaldt)
Howls and Bones (HaemishM)
Kenosha Maroons (proudft)
Fianna Chulain (IainC)
Sons on the West (Hoax)
Going Forth By Day (Ingmar)
The Fantasticks (Sjofn)
SPHINX (Celer)
Sissyfaced Nancies (Strazos)
Court of the Moon (Gruntle)
Aery Faery's (sic) (Ulysees)
~something crazy~ (Andy Davo)
Lesser Immortals (Lamaros)
Midnight Bleat Train (Drogg)
Stir Fry (Avaia)
BridgeBurners (Carnifex27)
Pound Pound Mantrain (Megrim)

Competition starts 00:01 Johannesburg time 27th July
« Last Edit: July 26, 2011, 09:22:09 AM by eldaec »

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Reply #1 on: July 23, 2011, 06:51:52 AM

I am completely good with this.

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Reply #2 on: July 23, 2011, 07:08:54 AM

This sounds like a good idea. Just created a new team and applied to the feeder league for this.

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Reply #3 on: July 23, 2011, 07:20:53 AM

I'm in with the F13 Pro Elves.

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Reply #4 on: July 23, 2011, 08:57:07 AM

This is an awesome idea. I have to pass because I will be traveling for the whole month of August, but I am gonna be a bit envious about you folks.

Also, participation won't prevent teams to get into the Main League in the future. As long as they respect the rules of the Feeder League there is nothing in the D&M that would make a team unelegible (the 1250 TV limit is still in effect, although it might be raised before Season #6).

The only way to fuck up your team and make it permanently inelegible for the Main League is if it plays a match outside of the f13 circuit. One single match out of our racket, and it's done.

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Reply #5 on: July 23, 2011, 09:16:04 AM

Festering Wounds in.
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Reply #6 on: July 23, 2011, 09:23:51 AM

Does that mean that, for organization's sake, we could pull the teams out, put them in our own little Swiss League, and then bop them back over to the Feeder League later? Unless that's already happened and I'm misreading.
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Reply #7 on: July 23, 2011, 10:01:36 AM

Swiss league is a manually organised league within the feeder league, so it meets Falc's requirements of f13 circuit only.

I.e. Feeder League
Or main league  Ohhhhh, I see.
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Reply #8 on: July 23, 2011, 10:11:50 AM

I am soooo in.  I was just saying to Ingmar last night that we needed a smaller side tournament, and eldaec answers my prayers.

I'm not sure which team I'll be playing though...

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Reply #9 on: July 23, 2011, 10:17:52 AM

Yes, the way I understand it is that you play regular Feeder League matches, with point calculations made outside the game system by Eldaec himself, like, scribbled with a pencil on a scrap of paper.

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Reply #10 on: July 23, 2011, 10:26:00 AM

I'm in. I'll put in my Necromantic team, Howls and Bones.

Falc, one thing I'd like to talk about is raising the TV limit on moving teams from the Feeder League to the main league for Season 5. Since at lot of teams will be either carryovers from as far back as season 1 or 2, why not raise the TV limit to 1350 for Season 5? Right now, I've got a Chaos team at 1220 and my Skaven team is at 1100. With the 1250 limit, I'm soon to be unable to play either of them without bumping up against the limit in case I want to use them later.

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Reply #11 on: July 23, 2011, 10:45:00 AM

Yes, the way I understand it is that you play regular Feeder League matches, with point calculations made outside the game system by Eldaec himself, like, scribbled with a pencil on a scrap of paper.

That is indeed the plan, at least metaphorically. Though I could designate an official pencil and piece of paper if that helps.

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Reply #12 on: July 23, 2011, 10:51:14 AM

New teams only, or any ol' team in the feeder league?  If the latter, the Kenosha Maroons would like to join.
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Reply #13 on: July 23, 2011, 11:05:38 AM

Anything in the feeder league.

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Reply #14 on: July 23, 2011, 11:06:17 AM

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Reply #15 on: July 23, 2011, 12:18:25 PM

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Reply #16 on: July 23, 2011, 01:29:37 PM

I'm in, I'll pick a team at the latest possible moment though if that's ok I have only played one game in the last bunch of months. If you need me to pick which team to use Eld just pm me on steam and I'll make a choice.

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Reply #17 on: July 23, 2011, 01:52:30 PM

I'll play my terrible khemri team Going Forth By Day, since there's no chance I'll ever take them to the real league anyway.

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Reply #18 on: July 23, 2011, 02:06:15 PM

I'll play on my shitty high elf team, WHY NOT.


EDIT: To specify, my shitty high elf team is THE FANTASTIKS. Or possibly the Fantasticks. Pretty sure it's without the 'c' though.
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Reply #19 on: July 23, 2011, 03:25:33 PM

I'll play my terrible khemri team Going Forth By Day, since there's no chance I'll ever take them to the real league anyway.

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Reply #20 on: July 23, 2011, 04:01:15 PM

Also in with my terrible khemri team!
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Reply #21 on: July 23, 2011, 04:11:47 PM

I'll be playing my new Human team, the Emperors of the Pitch.

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Reply #22 on: July 23, 2011, 04:49:58 PM

Fuck it, why not - mark my elves, Sissyfaced Nancies, down as in.

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Reply #23 on: July 23, 2011, 08:18:11 PM

I'll offer up my d. elfs, Court of the Moon for everyone's defeating pleasures.
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Reply #24 on: July 24, 2011, 02:21:37 AM

In with my woodelves - Aery Faery's.
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Reply #25 on: July 24, 2011, 06:09:48 AM

Looks like we're quorate. I plan to post the first round of matches on Wednesday, so if those who haven't picked a team could do so Tuesday latest, that'd be grand. More signups also welcome of course.

Personally I'm torn between amazon, dwarf, skaven, goblin, ogre or halfling.  swamp poop

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Reply #26 on: July 24, 2011, 06:48:08 AM

can i  use my old DE's? the one's that got retired. if not i will roll with a new wood elf team, yet to be made / decided
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Reply #27 on: July 24, 2011, 12:03:31 PM

can i  use my old DE's? the one's that got retired. if not i will roll with a new wood elf team, yet to be made / decided
They only played in the main league, right? Should be fine.
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Reply #28 on: July 24, 2011, 12:55:26 PM

can i  use my old DE's? the one's that got retired. if not i will roll with a new wood elf team, yet to be made / decided
They only played in the main league, right? Should be fine.


From the OFFICIAL Feeder League Rules:

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Everyone can join AS LONG AS YOU ARE JOINING WITH A BRAND NEW TEAM. Have fun. Remember, you will only be able to join Season #4 with a 1250 team.

In order for a team to be able to join the Main League coming from the Feeder it has to:

- have not more than 1250 TV
- have ZERO cash available (you can waste excess money on Assistant coaches and Cheerleaders and then fire the extra ones)
- have 11 players
- having played only and exclusively in f13 endorsed Leagues.

It is possible to demote a team from the Main League to the Feeder League, but again always remember that if any of your teams play even a single match out of the f13 circuit that team is banned for life and death. Also, a team that played in the Main League, and then got demoted in the Feeder, can only join the Main League IF its TV is 1250 or less and all that jazz. Meaning, no matter who you are, the rules to go from Feeder to Main are the usuals.

Read the part after the "but" too. Essentially though, you can demote a team. Now, Eladec being OK with Andy's Wishmasters Wildcards, that's another story.

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Reply #29 on: July 24, 2011, 02:22:58 PM

Just to confirm, the only check I will be running on teams is that they are in the feeder league.

How they you get them there is entirely not my problem.


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Reply #30 on: July 24, 2011, 03:47:10 PM

im making a new team. Save a lot of hassle. I don't know what to make. Should it be something crazy like flings/ gobbo's?
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Reply #31 on: July 24, 2011, 03:54:00 PM

I'd say halflings for the extra challenge.

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Reply #32 on: July 25, 2011, 07:22:16 AM

Current lineup (I'm going with Skaven):

Ermine Vermin (eldaec)
~MY HElves~ (Modern Angel)
Blue Line (Bann)
F13 Pro Elves (Comstr)
Festering Wounds (Sky)
Emperors of the Pitch (Ruvaldt)
Howls and Bones (HaemishM)
Kenosha Moons (proudft)
Fianna Chulain (IainC)
~it is a mystery~ (Hoax)
Going Forth By Day (Ingmar)
The Fantastiks (Sjofn)
~terrible Khemri team~ (Celer)
Sissyfaced Nancies (Strazos)
Court of the Moon (Gruntle)
Aery Faery's* (Ulysees)
~something crazy~ (Andy Davo)

17 teams, it would be awesome we could get one more to avoid having one team sit out each round on a bye.

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« Last Edit: July 25, 2011, 07:24:30 AM by eldaec »

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Reply #33 on: July 25, 2011, 08:47:22 AM

My Nurgle are in.
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Reply #34 on: July 25, 2011, 09:13:40 AM

I'll bring Norse, team hasn't been accepted yet to feeder league.

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