S#5 - Game Day #4

[Sjofn]

It's even more endearing when he's beating you, trust me.

[Teleku]

I pathologically complain about my dice while playing.  Its cathartic.  Unless I get a really lob-sided fucking though (like the game where every single one of my guys who even stood next to an opponent got injured, leaving me with 2 players on the pitch in the second half) I never actually blame the dice.  Usually it ends up balancing out by me pulling off some crazy stupid Wood Elven bullshit with my Wardancers.

[Sjofn]

I'll talk about my dice, I think the only time I really went on a complaining tear was when my high elf feeder team failed, like, all the dodges. ALL OF THEM.

I can never decide if I should express pity when it is obvious someone is being dice fucked. Is it rubbing it in, or do people appreciate the show of empathy?

[HaemishM]

If anyone has a problem with dice whinging, don't fucking play me, because I am a LEGENDARY dice whinger. Also, my dice fucking suck... most days. 

[Megrim]

Holy hell it got feisty in here fast. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

p.s. I hope you two spite fouled each other on t16. 

[lamaros]

Did you see the bit where I got only one knockdown which wasn't my RO all game? Never had anyone on his side on the ground to foul.

Andy did, though. 

[luckton]

The wise bunny meditates in the storm.

[IainC]

Yeah I whinge about bad dice and point out the incredible luck my opponent is having all the time. I wouldn't ever suggest that the only reason I'm not winning is because Nuffle hates me though - I'm more than capable of choking without any help from blind fate.

[carnifex27]

Maybe it's just my mind set, but if I'm winning it's because of lucky dice.  When I'm losing it's because I did something dumb.

[Modern Angel]

Man, people are angry this season

[Falconeer]

Validated the validable. I thjink we need more feuds, the League went on too well so far and at this rate there's a serious risk we can actually have a Season 6. So please, more rage so we can finally kill this whole thing for good.

Also, my favourite unlucky dice comment when I'm playing is: "...". I say that a lot.

[IainC]

I'd like to pre-emptively complain that my dice tonight are (will be) shit and the only reason that a Dwarf team with ~500 TV on me can possibly beat my risk averse Wood Elves is because one or more yet-to-be-determined dice rolls will either fail or succeed at bad times. Fuck Ingmar and his (inevitably) bullshit dice!

[eldaec]

I, too, am expecting shitty dice to limit tonight's back to back grand slam season 5 / masters double bill to limit me most unfairly to around 5 norse on elf casualties and a 6 TD rat over lizard victory. I fully expect to be furious about this most unfair outcome.


Grrrr.

[luckton]

Hmm...maybe this means my Halflings will get a win in tonight? 

[IainC]

Seriously though, fuck any or all from tackle|deathrollers|block|deathrollers|Dwarf throwing|deathrollers|bullshit missed Elf passes|deathrollers*

[luckton]

Seriously though, fuck any or all from tackle|deathrollers|block|deathrollers|Dwarf throwing|deathrollers|bullshit missed Elf passes|deathrollers*

Tell us where the bad man Deathroller touched you... 

[Sjofn]

I tied Ingmar because I am awesome, not because of totally hilarious luck. 

[Ingmar]

Seriously though, fuck any or all from tackle|deathrollers|block|deathrollers|Dwarf throwing|deathrollers|bullshit missed Elf passes|deathrollers*

* Ingmar posts this in the locker room

[Ice Cream Emperor]

The Cloudpunks have finished their match against Silver Horde FC, for anyone interested in some afternoon blood bowl viewing. I would rate it as a pretty exciting match, especially if you like watching people constantly run out of time due to 2 minute turns!

On to the second game of our doubleheader...

[Paelos]

Sjofn is claiming injury, so we're playing tomorrow instead. 

[Sjofn]

My sinuses are afraid of goats. 

[IainC]

5 turns in and I have four injured players including both Wardancers. I did break the Dwarf cage at one point only for the ball to bounce into the hands of an escorting Dwarf. Not looking good for an against-the-odds turnaround.

1-0 to Ingmar at halftime and I missed an opportunity to equalise before the whistle due to being bad at reading turn counters. However a Quick Snap on the kickoff for the second half leads to a 1 turn Elf touchdown to tie the score.

[Modern Angel]

These reports need more rage about the vagaries of chance.

[IainC]

These reports need more rage about the vagaries of chance.

Despite being outnumbered on the pitch and heavily marked, I've managed to get a couple of 2d blitzes on the ball carrier but not had anything except blue arrows to show for it.

Turn 14 and Ingmar goes 2-1 up. Set up for another 1 turn TD for the return kick and it's a perfect defence. Well shit...

Elven bullshit comes through however and I'm able to flood the backfield with receivers, clear away the marker on my catcher and throw in an equaliser on my last turn.

Ingmar kicks the crap out of Morg as a last act of petty revenge and the game ends 2-2.

[Ingmar]

I was a little too confident in my defense + very sunny, should definitely have held onto the ball for another turn before scoring. Oh well, lesson learned! I think I have Khemri next, so I won't have that sort of nonsense to worry about in that game. 

[Comstar]

Amazons 2 draw Lizards 2

A very close game that came down to overtime when the ref put the clock back a turn, but foiled by the stunty fail throw from a skink. Personally I think the Lizards made a mistake spending two turns running the clock for their second TD, though it made sense at the time. It foiled their shot at a winning third TD.

Carinfex took the star player lizard triceratops, and his grab skill was highly effective at nullifying the Amazons dancing side stepping, and as expected the Lizards ST 4 players out punched the Amazons ST 4 players, and the guard skill was a wash. However, the Amazons blodging was as good as it can be expected to be vs a team without tackle, and the only injury is the newbee lineswomen out for the next game. The lizards in response are losing their Kroxigor, a much bigger penalty.

A Amazon Blitzer with guard and +1MV already gained a skill - I'm thinking Mighty Blow (or sidestep on doubles). The Amazon unskilled thrower also gains a skill - I'll probably get Kick. One skink gains a skill too.

[Sjofn]

Okay, Paelos, apparently tomorrow we should tie too.

[carnifex27]

The stalling may have been a mistake, but I don't feel it would have made much difference.  I'm pretty sure you would have played your second reception a little differently and taken more time than you did if you'd felt it was an option.  That being said it was a great game and as intese as it usually is when the two of us play.

[Ice Cream Emperor]

I didn't tie my game. Only the cool people get to not tie!

[avaia]

Meeeeeeegrim!

[Paelos]

Okay, Paelos, apparently tomorrow we should tie too.

0-0?

[Sjofn]

Sounds good! 


THE FIX IS IN, GUYS

[proudft]

Beetles lose 0-2 to Chemical Elvers.  Elves scurrying everywhere, it was like cockroaches you couldn't swat fast enough.  Only one injury to the pointy-eared bastards, too, and it was a mere badly hurt.   

[Celer]

As advertised, The Chemical Elvers win 2-0 over the Burrowing Beetles in a mere 14 turns.  Again, the lack of injuries saved the day for the elves, and the mummies could never get enough of a numbers advantage to really move down the field.

The Elvers received and a Riot immediately took a turn off the clock.  They positioned themselves to make a run down one side of the field, the mummies responded to cover, and the sneaky elves immediately reversed field and passed down the other side of the field.  Rather than score immediately, they stalled for a turn on the goal line before running it in, handing the ball off from the unskilled AV6 catcher (soon to be relegated to the practice squad) to a more suitable lineman.  With a 1-0 lead starting turn 4 and a full 11 players, the Elvers were able to put enough bodies in front of the skeleton rush to sufficiently slow it down (especially when the Sure Handed Thro-Ra failed the first pickup, and later a 1d block managed to knock the ball loose).

It remained 1-0 as the Beetles received in the second half, with ANOTHER Riot taking a turn off the clock.  The Elvers HELD THE LINE and eventually took advantage of a too-tight cage, chain-pushing the ball carrier into the open and blitzing the ball to the turf.  It took a couple turns for a skeleton to secure the ball, and at that point they had to take some risks to move down the field.  A handoff to the agili-blitz-ra succeeded, but he was unable to dodge his way down the field into scoring range and he put the ball on the ground.  At that point it was easy enough for the elves to scoop it up and move it upfield for a quick icing TD.

The key stat was the Beetles being 3/23 on armor breaks, with 2 of those being in the final 2 turns with the game all but over.  The elves just wouldn't go down, and when they did they popped right back up.  The Elvers were 24/28 on Dodges, usually out of the arms of waiting mummies (and a lazy Tackle skeleton).  The Elvers remain at full health for next week's matchup against some still-young Chaos, though the entire team is at least 5 SPP away from a skill.  Proudft is going to have a level 4 mummy and a bit of the bloodlust for next week! 

[HaemishM]

Zellar Dwellarz 2 - Underhill Uberchefs 0

In what should be a surprise to no one, my rats beat the halflings tonight but not nearly as bad as everyone expected. It started bad for Luckton and never got much better. Dice weren't really too bad on either side. I received the ball first, punched some holes in some halflings and sent a gutter runner with the ball close to the end zone. He was quickly ganged up on by two halflings and put down. OH THE SHAME!!!! One Stormvermin blitz later and the ball is clear for another runner to pick it up and score, 1-0. On the ensuing kickoff, my gutter runner's legs were too good, sending the ball into the endzone for a touchback. So Luckton chose to put the ball in the hands of Deeproot, the STR 7 star treeman, who spent most of the first half trying to lumber through lines of rats. On turn 7 I managed to bring the bastard down with a wrestling gutter runner, picked up the ball and ensured the half would end without a halfling score.

The second half saw my gutter runner got the kick in bounds, was picked up by a halfling and we spent the next four or five turns pussyfooting around a cage of treemen. Finally, one halfling with the ball broke free and made it three or four spaces from the endzone, only to yanked down from behind by a gutter runner. With little more than his three treemen and a couple of halflings left on the pitch, my runner handed it off to another runner, who ran down the field and tossed it to the third gutter runner, who ended up pacing up and down the goal line until the 15th turn, when he scored to seal the victory 2-0.

Despite their losses, the halflings did manage to get their licks in. Three players ended up in the casualty box, one loner merc, a linerat who will miss next game and stormvermin who loses -1 MA and misses next game. I don't think I'm going to finish the season with a full roster ever. Luckily, I got a reroll on the winnings so I should be able to either afford a thrower, another line rat or just save up for another runner. My linerat with MNG also got MVP.