S#5 - Playoffs *THE FINAL*

[lamaros]

My current play is to play my Goblins and to try and kill the other sides.

I expect this might not make everyone happy, so please let me know in advance if this is the case.

[Llyse]

If there is a general feeling that i should re roll, then I will. I think I would be happy to change, but to what?

Khemri? Amazons?  or maybe Undead? - their not featured much

I might be one of the few who wouldn't mind Andy keeping his Dark elves... Although losing twice in the finals could have influenced my preference... 

Go for it Lamaros, just be ready to lose as many goblins as you hurt others 

[Ice Cream Emperor]

To be clear, I have no problem with Andy keeping his current team -- after all, it's not every day you get such a well-developped squad, it's not like that should somehow be twisted into a reason to stop playing the team. (It certainly is a good reason for people to start fouling them a lot more though, geez.)

[luckton]

My current play is to play my Goblins and to try and kill the other sides.

Not if I kill your goblins first 

[avaia]

Play what you want to play, Andy.

[Paelos]

Play what you want to play, Andy.

And by that he means Halflings.

[AndyDavo]

lol! Well i may then give the Paper Dolls 1 more season, but then i'm going to reroll to something else. I think maybe undead would be a total change. Or i will reroll to them next season, would be different!

[drogg]

i'd like to see the talk of a TV cap (at least a soft cap, as in, if you pass it during the season, nighty night at the end) reintroduced, but i don't have super strong feelings about where it ought to be.  ideally under andy's current TV

[AndyDavo]

not sure a tv cap is of any use - inducements make up for a lack of skills nicely, they also allow you to tailor your team to your needs. I'd play tv1000 teams without fear. I might even make an UD team and prove it :)

What does a TV cap do other than force you to reroll a team that you clearly love?

[Ingmar]

It also narrows the teams that are truly viable, since some don't start performing well until they get pretty high. Chaos would be an example.

[eldaec]

The only rule that should definitely apply to the main league is the 'f13 games only rule'. tbh I'm not even fussed about the 'max TV for transfer from the feeder' rule. And I'd certainly like to see the 'no transfers from gimmick leagues' rule go away.

[Sir T]

I;d just like to mention that I have never in 3 seasons rolled a double to get a stat up. My luck is atrocious in this game.

[lamaros]

I;d just like to mention that I have never in 3 seasons rolled a double to get a stat up. My luck is atrocious in this game.

I have. Then they died.

It's better your way.

[Paelos]

I saved up 150k in all losses to buy a minotaur who got killed on my second turn.

That one hurt.

[drogg]

I;d just like to mention that I have never in 3 seasons rolled a double to get a stat up. My luck is atrocious in this game.

my lizards not only have no stat ups, they have a single non-normal skill up   two in their entire history, the other was on a str 1 skink who promptly died.

It also narrows the teams that are truly viable, since some don't start performing well until they get pretty high. Chaos would be an example.

we could set it high enough that a chaos team could dominate for a while - maybe 2000? 

not sure a tv cap is of any use - inducements make up for a lack of skills nicely, they also allow you to tailor your team to your needs. I'd play tv1000 teams without fear. I might even make an UD team and prove it :)

What does a TV cap do other than force you to reroll a team that you clearly love?

a team like the dolls against a team that doesn't have as much careful husbanding/luck (like my poor lizards) is a messy matchup.  at least a cap forces the retirement of teams that are so carefully manicured as to be overwhelming against a fresh team.  i don't believe the dolls are unbeatable, but i do believe your luck thus far with them has bent the probability curve in a direction that at least to me is a bit unfun.

not to take away from your skills as a coach - i'm sure you could be viable and even dominant with a fresh out of the box team.

[AndyDavo]

Thank you  for the compliment. I came to this league initially at the request of Falc, when you guys were short of people. This now isn't the case so I was wondering if now is the time i step away from the league? I know not everyone is my greatest fan and sometimes I feel like I metagame too much for some peoples tastes - when I view it as perfecting a team.

If people think it is time i left and let other F13 players in I would sadly go. Also if, as i have previously said, people wish me to reroll to something else, I can. I view this league as a "fun league" and therefore I would not want to take away from the fun of others deliberately - A point I would do well to remember myself sometimes!

If others think that the dolls are too powerful I wil reroll.

[luckton]

I would say you do whatever the heck you want regardless.  If my inaugural season here of Blood Bowl has taught me anything, is that anything is possible, and everything is fair, regardless of how unfair it may be.  Sometimes the dice work, sometimes they suck royally.  

The Dolls are a magnificent team and a testament to how well the Dark Elfs can be when played well and when they get the right skills.  You shouldn't be penalized or regulated just for playing the game as the game rules allow; rather you should be celebrated for your fine coaching skills and luck of the dice rolls.

If anything, I look forward to the next season in which I'll be playing my serious face and bringing Blackrock and Roll to the big show, and if the Dolls want to return to defend their title again, I hope to the get the chance to take them on myself (no, not again, you know...because that match with the 'flings didn't count  )

 

[Paelos]

I'd vote you reroll in the name of fun. I think you've established that you can win with Dark Elves given the 3-peat.

[Strazos]

The skillups just make them painful to play against.