Horns & Hooves *Season 2* Day One

[Ruvaldt]

You have until November 18th to play your games for day one of the tournament.



League Rules:

Please read the rules regarding skill progression for your beastmen and if you have any questions about the rules ask them; I am very accessible.  Failure to comply with the rules can result in the loss of the offending beastman.

On to Bleat Bowl II!

[Ruvaldt]

Lamaros, check your pms before you play your match.

Ulysees, prepare to be destroyed!!  Also, it looks like the occupiers will have their grudge match early.

[luckton]

So yeah, Ruv gave me the idea of a Deep Space Nine team. 

Make your time, Haemish!  Sisko's gonna wail on your arse! 

[HaemishM]

I'll check on Steam tonight around 7:30 pm CST. If we miss it tonight, tomorrow night's out (football game on TV) so we'll try for the weekend.

[luckton]

I'll check on Steam tonight around 7:30 pm CST. If we miss it tonight, tomorrow night's out (football game on TV) so we'll try for the weekend.

How about Friday?

[HaemishM]

Probably better for me, around 8 pm CST Friday night.

[luckton]

Probably better for me, around 8 pm CST Friday night.

Done. 

[Ruvaldt]

Goat Variations 1 - 0 The Horns of Wrath

The inaugural match has been played and the Tom Waits themed goats came out as the victors today, largely due to a wizard that couldn't hit the broad side of a barn and a well-paced scoring drive in the second half. 

The first half saw Ulysees picking up the ball with ease, caging and then dashing forward, and generally doing well on blocks in spite of me having a block advantage.  Ulysees left himself open to a blitz though on his third round and after that we had a big scrum, which I slowly gained the upper hand on due to a slight numbers advantage.  I eventually surrounded the ball and Ulysees used his wizard to nuke my goats, but the fireball came up a bust and I was able to pick up the ball and run it into his side of the pitch.  I was a hand-off and two gfis from scoring on my eighth turn but failed on the hand off and failed on the reroll so we went into the second half 0 - 0.

I took my time pounding up the field in the second half, and though I had a dicey moment in the third turn after a couple of red skulls, I got Chocolate Jesus close to the end zone and waited two turns.  I finally scored, giving Ulysees two turns to score, but he proved unable to pick up the ball after setting his players up for a hail mary pass.

Overall, a good game.  I got pretty lucky on my kickoffs by putting both of them in his endzone.  Ulysees has to get used to his goats a little, but he did great considering his team was skill-less and he walks away from this match without any serious injuries and enough money to pick up another goat.

[Ulysees]

Goat Variations 1 - The Horns of Wrath 0

The Horns are blunted on their debut in the Bleat Bowl. I was really not sure how to play this team and struggled to make an opening on my drive losing the ball early and spending the half desperately trying to regain possesion, largely in vain. My wizard crapped out on me when presented with a lovely tight bunch of beastmen marking a grounded ball and that proved to be the deciding factor on my drive for having a chance to score though I did limit Ruvaldts progress enough that he had to try a hand off and then if that worked make a 2 square GFI to score in the first half which, fortunately for me, failed to work for him.

The second half I was one goat down and Ruvaldt took advantage of that to press down the weakened flank, I mounted the best defence I could and even had an opportunity to blitz the ball carrier at one point but it didn't come off and eventually Ruvaldt beat up my goats enough to work his ball carrier free and run into an opposite corner for a turn 14 score. Ruvaldt's kick off was good again landing right on the goal line and, unlike the first half, where I made a 5+ pass and managed to catch the ball although I managed to pick the ball up I did fluff the pass, though not before I had worked an opening to move some of my goats into scoring positions. If only Nuffle could smile on me in my last turn, which of course he couldn't since I fluffed the pick up thus ending another epic attempt at scoring a tie.

Was a good match. I think I am going to need a bit more practice to get the hang of an all goat team but more bloodbowl can't be a bad thing.

[lamaros]

Lamaros, check your pms before you play your match.

Oh wow, that was stupid of me. What a waste of a level three player too.

I have sent her to the knackery. Her remains are being reforged in to a semblance of the original.

Heya Bann. Dunno when I'm going ot be avaliable as I'm heading away over the weekend (24 hours from now). I'm going to be pretty busy until the 16th my time, so maybe we can play on the 17th or 18th? If you're around in the next 4 hours we might be able to squeeze the game in now.

[Ruvaldt]

Could happen to anyone.  In any other situation that would've been a good way to develop him.  At least you have Bann's team to beat up play against in the first match and make up for the loss.

[lamaros]

I still can't work out why I gave her guard. She was my top scorer, and I'd just gotten a pass player. She was destined to have extra arms for sure.

[Comstar]

What's the league name in BB Manger? I only saw Horns and Hooves - not this season. I submitted it under that.

Green Bray Alpacas | 1 - 2 | My Little Beasties

Well, Chaos vs Chaos sure is Grim and Dark isn't it. 3 Badly Injured on my side, 2 MNG, with on 1 ST on the other side. The passing game does NOT work for either side, though my 2nd touchdown was because of one...only after 4 failed passes for both teams before hand! Though with the amount of dodging going on, both sides could be mistaken for Amazons. Ugly Amazons. First time I have ever got an injury from fouling.

Having 5 rerolls helped, though I ended the first half with 4 left over. The score would have been 3-1 if a last turn interception hadn't occurred. Despite losing 2 players next match, three of his players levelled up. so I expect he will be causing a lot of pain for the reason of the season.

[Ruvaldt]

You're right, I need to create a new league through BBManager.  I'll do that right now with the same password as entry into the league and validate your match.

[IainC]

Comstar and I played our match which was characterised my Beastmen trying to play like Elves from both sides.

First the Beasties try a pass which fails and leaves the ball open in the middle of the pitch. The Alpacas grab it, pass it successfully and run it out of reach of the Beasties before scoring on their next turn. The Beasties then decide to stop messing around, cage up and bash their way down the pitch like proper Beastmen. This results in an equaliser on their 7th turn. I have a chance to score in my last turn of the half with a 4+ pass but fail the pickup.

For the second half, I have 10 players vs the Beasties 9. I push through the shallow defence and form a cage but have to burn a reroll on a dodge because I moved the players into it in the wrong order. I try and throw the ball to the centre of the cage but it's fumbled and I've already used a reroll this turn. There's then some bullshit dodging and so forth from the Beasties and they get the ball. I manage to blitz down the ball carrier again and get the ball back, I set up a throw to a receiver but he fluffs the catch. At least now the ball is deep in the Beasties' half and I have a lot of players around it. Despite that however the Beasties grab the ball again but fumble the pass trying to get it to safety. After a bit of a skirmish, the Beasties make a dodge, a pickup and another dodge then a successful long pass and catch followed by a GFI to run in a second TD. The next drive sees a blitz on the kickoff and the Beasties manage to get a man under the ball. I knock him down but fail to pick it up and it bounces into the hands of another Beastie. There's a massive scrum for the next few turns, I set myself up for a late equaliser, but I fail to pick up the ball every turn. Eventually the Beasties get their hands on the ball and pass it off for a third TD however the same Alpacas who couldn't manage to pick up a stationary ball prove to be adept at tracking a mobile one and I intercept the pass to end the game 2-1 to the Beasties.

Game is uploaded to BBManager and I created the season 2 league in there as it didn't exist yet.

[Bann]

Fucking Claw/MB.

[Ruvaldt]

I think Lamaros led the league in casualties inflicted last season.  We feel for you, Bann.  At least you'll get a ton of inducements in your second match!

Submitted my match with Ulysees as well.  Does anyone have a problem with requiring bbmanager replay submissions?  It would be nice to have a proper Hall of Fame, just as the primary league has.

[lamaros]

I felt so bad I didn't foul. I got him down to three on the pitch still. 2-1 in the end.

We now have a level 4 beast(wo)man in the league. No prizes for guessing which one it is. Linda crushes skulls!

Lucky dice with the armor for me. Bann managed two blitzes at the kickoff events, but it wasn't anywhere near enough to deal with the damage as it was 5 v 10 at the second half kickoff.

Bann did find a Beastman with a bit of Elf in him though, managing to dodge like a crazy person on a number of occasions to get in some blitzes on the carrier. One to watch for the future.

[lamaros]

I think Lamaros led the league in casualties inflicted last season.  We feel for you, Bann.  At least you'll get a ton of inducements in your second match!

Got 5 on the board already, so I will be hard to stop. Linda is getting block to go with mb/claw!

[Ruvaldt]

I was going to write "someone kill it before it gets to me" but then I checked the calendar and you're my next opponent.   

Match validated.

[lamaros]

I was going to write "someone kill it before it gets to me" but then I checked the calendar and you're my next opponent.  

Match validated.

In that case maybe I'll got for Piling On instead of block... Bleh. She rolled doubles. What a waste!

[Llyse]

Fucking Claw/MB.

+1, bring back The Bull!

[Teleku]

Message me on steam when ever your available to play Falc.  I'll be free this weekend as far as I know.

[proudft]

Here Canklebiter Canklebiter Canklebiter....

[Falconeer]

Teleku, Saturday and Sunday are good days to me. What's your timezone again? I am on UTC+1 (Greenwich +1)

[Llyse]

Gruntle we meet again!

I'm GMT +9 but should be free MY Saturday night and sometime Sunday (with advance planning)

Let me know!

[Cancklebiter]

Here Canklebiter Canklebiter Canklebiter....

Heh,  I'm GMT+1 I'm usually on steam for most of the normal day but I'm at work so I'm not able to play.  If you see me on after 18:00 my time then I'm down for a game.

[proudft]

Mammals tie Baa Ram U 1-1.   Lots of injuries.  

BORAK THE CHAOS WARRIOR decided to meander onto the field to help out the sheeps, but he pretty much seemed to hang out in the middle of the field and flail uselessly at Mammals.  A Star Player with Dirty Player, that was sort of funny.

The League thingie seems broken for now but it was something like 1 death and 7 injuries split between the two teams.  Will try to upload later.

Edit: ah, it is up, and submitted:

[HaemishM]

Triptkyon 2 - Deep Space Goat 1

A good even match between two goatly goatfuckers. I would do a writeup, but I can't remember how the hell I scored the first time. It was early on after Luckton received the kickoff. He scored to equalize right before halftime. The last drive of the first half caused a rain storm to appear that wouldn't quit the rest of the game, but amazingly enough, didn't really have much effect. I got the kickoff in the second half and busted through the back with some decent luck, a few squares from the endzone with only one beastman able to catch me but unable to upend me. I blitzed him the next turn to fend him off, then scored quickly in case my luck ran out. From then on, it was a  matter of delaying the advance of his cage long enough for the clock to run out. His final turn he was one turn too far away to score, so the game ended with a few paltry blocks.

Luckton had great armor break/injury rolls, inflicting badly hurt on three of my games but luckily not permanently scarring any of them.

[luckton]

Aye, it seems that Nuffle blessed me greatly for my inaugural first match with the DSG team.  Haem actually has it in reverse for the first half; I elected to receive from the start in hopes of getting some lucky injury hits in before his seasoned mutants had a chance to pound me.  Managed to keep a cage up and protected all the way up the middle till my runner could make the play.  I could have easily made this a tie game instead, but I fumbled my order of plays to execute, attempting to gain an advantage on his runner by blocking someone that was marked, but even with a 2 die roll, an Attacker Down and Both Down came up, and me without nary a reroll left.

Still, it wasn't until the 13th turn or so that blocks started to land consistently from Haem, and another turn still that the KOs and one Badly Hurt finally started to take my players off the field.  Even at a number disadvantage for most of the match, Haem's coaching, strategic placement of his Guarding Goatman and skilled players overcame the odds and the weather to score a victory.

[Teleku]

Teleku, Saturday and Sunday are good days to me. What's your timezone again? I am on UTC+1 (Greenwich +1)

I'm Pacific coast time.  As I recall, thats GMT-8, I think.  But I'll be fucking around all Saturday and Sunday trying to see how quickly I can actually learn to program an iPhone/iPad, so feel free to message any time (I will probably be on the mac during all this while I learn, so might take me a bit to respond).

[Ruvaldt]

Validated all of the matches.  Quite a few level ups, even for the new teams.

[HaemishM]

Huh, I just had one guy level. It was my extra arms guy, who now has +1 MV. That's a valid combo isn't it? Just means his next level he has to buy a skillup if I'm reading the rules correctly.

[Ruvaldt]

Yep, unless you get doubles again, in which case you could take an AGI/Passing skill instead.  In fact, if you got doubles next, I would take one of those skills.

+MV with extra arms is extremely valid, especially considering the fact that the rest of your opposition is going to be one MV less than you unless they also got that result (like Ingmar's claw guy, I think) because everyone is a slow beastman.  Getting one step ahead of your competition every turn is a huge advantage.

[HaemishM]

Yeah, that was my thought as well. I've been using him and the +1 AGI guy as my ball catchers/carriers so giving him one more MV as opposed to giving him an AV of 9 (that was the other choice I had) seemed like a good idea.