Season 7 Day 7: It's the Final Countdown!

[Llyse]

Teleku has a gameplan and, by god, he sticks to it.

Aye, Teleku 3 - Texan english teacher -1.

  I gotta get to Poland in the near future  

Edit: Luckton my internet is on the fritz but should be all fixed up by today. I'm GMT +9 so yeah weekends are probably best time for your norseman to be crushed on my way to topping Hordes Division 

[Megrim]

Insatiable 2 - 0 The Camp-town Ork Boyz

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[eldaec]

I think that means the only issue left in div 2 is whether Avaia steals Haemish's playoff berth, for which he needs a win. Gruntle's win means he is in and Jasper is out.

I think.

[IainC]

I think that means the only issue left in div 2 is whether Avaia steals Haemish's playoff berth, for which he needs a win. Gruntle's win means he is in and Jasper is out.

I think.

Yes, If Jasper wins and Avaia loses or draws, there's a three way tie for third and fourth and Jasper comes last in that. If Avaia wins then Haemish and Jasper are both headed to the Failoffs.

[Ruvaldt]

Sjofn, the only weekdays I'll be able to play are Monday and Thursday.  If not then, it'll need to be next weekend.  We're only two hours off though so it shouldn't be a huge deal.

[Ingmar]

We have kendo practice Mon/Thurs so I suspect that rules out you two playing until the weekend.

RK: I'm free evenings California time on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, then all day Saturday. Would have tried to grab you this weekend but I was booked pretty solid.

[Sjofn]

Hey, I coulda answered myself!

But yeah those two days are kendo, and we leave for that around 8:30 your time. And honestly I would rather not be a ball of rage when I go, so the weekend would be better. ;)

[Ruvaldt]

Really?  I'd think that would be the perfect time for kendo.  Getting pissed off during Blood Bowl and turning that aggression into brutal sword beatings against Ingmar could be very cathartic.   

Anyway.  Sounds good to me.  I'm free anytime on the weekends.  Your best chance to catch me unaware is on Saturday; I'm often hung over.   

[Sjofn]

Ingmar and I aren't in the armor yet, so I'd be taking it out on people who don't deserve it. 

[z22]

Ingmar and I aren't in the armor yet, so I'd be taking it out on people who don't deserve it. 

BunnyFu, I love it!

[Jasper]

I think that means the only issue left in div 2 is whether Avaia steals Haemish's playoff berth, for which he needs a win. Gruntle's win means he is in and Jasper is out.

I think.

Yes, If Jasper wins and Avaia loses or draws, there's a three way tie for third and fourth and Jasper comes last in that. If Avaia wins then Haemish and Jasper are both headed to the Failoffs.

I thought the tie breaker was TD differential?

[Ingmar]

First one is head-to-head, then TD diff, I believe.

[Jasper]

Ah, nevermind, I see it now.  Haemish both won and lost (3 pts), Gruntle won and tied (4 pts), and I lost and tied (1pt).

Drat!  Probably safer in the failoffs anyway. :-/

[ezrast]

[proudft]

Also, first time ever a Bombardier Star Player was useful, taking out the back half of a cage.

[Megrim]

Ah, nevermind, I see it now.  Haemish both won and lost (3 pts), Gruntle won and tied (4 pts), and I lost and tied (1pt).

Drat!  Probably safer in the failoffs anyway. :-/

Almost making it into the majors is great work. Keep it up!

[rk47]

So even I lose, I make the play-off or something?  
Ingmar, we can try in 10 hours or maybe weekend. I'm GMT+8

[Jasper]

Understone Raiders 1 - Blitzburg Brewers 0.

A crazy match.  The Brewers received and swiftly took 6 players off the field, but lost the ball after a breakthrough dash by their Thrower, leaving the raiders an outside chance to run the length of the field for a score.  That failed though, and in the ensuing scramble Raiders were /just/ barely able to prevent a Brewer score in the first half.

In the second half the Raiders started with 6 vs. 11, facing a perfect defense, a failed pickup on a deep kick, and soon were without any Runners on the field.  Somehow, miracously, with the aid of a few bad Blitzburg rolls and some lateral movement and despite a failed hand off they managed to break away for the endzone and stall for a turn 16 TD with just one rat standing.

The clock was then setback with the Raiders only fielding 5 players, but the Brewers were unable to convert on a Troll Toss.

[IainC]

So even I lose, I make the play-off or something?  
Ingmar, we can try in 10 hours or maybe weekend. I'm GMT+8

Yes. If you win or draw you come third, if you lose you come fourth as you beat both Proudft and Ezrast in the triple tie-break.

Ezrast and Proudft, your tie break will be as follows. The next one of you to post below may call Odd or Even. If neither of you post in time then I'll arbitrarily give Ezrast odd and Proudft even.

Tonight (Tuesday 23rd April) the first ball listed in the Euromillions lottery draw will determine who wins the tie. The result will be shown here once the draw is made. To be clear, the 'first ball' means the first listed on that page (in numerical order) and not the first one out of the machine.

Note that if R3dknight loses against Ingmar then the tiebreak changes because it is now a three way tie. R3dknight has 4 points (beat Ezrast, drew with Proudft), Proudft has 2 points (drew with both R3dknight and Ezrast) and Ezrast has 1 point (drew with Proudft, lost to R3dknight) so in that case, R3dknight comes fourth in the division, Proudft comes 5th and Ezrast comes in at 6th.

[ezrast]

Even, I guess. If you're sure we can't decide our match based on a halfling-off.

[luckton]

If you're sure we can't decide our match based on a halfling-off.

OMG THIS!   Much better than Lottery

[Llyse]

Missed your message on steam Luckton but I'll be looking for vengeance after the Masters injuries you inflicted 

[proudft]

I'm odd? What are you saying? 

[IainC]

Would you guys rather play a Halflings game? New teams, no treemen. Must be played before the end of the current match day. If so let me know before the lottery draw and you can have that as your tiebreak instead.

[ezrast]

Just so we're clear, that was just a one-off comment by me; I didn't confer with proudft about it or anything. No pressure on proudft to accept a last-minute rules changeup.

But I'm totally down for it, if he's not too scared.

[z22]

Understone Raiders 1 - Blitzburg Brewers 0.

A crazy match.  The Brewers received and swiftly took 6 players off the field, but lost the ball after a breakthrough dash by their Thrower, leaving the raiders an outside chance to run the length of the field for a score.  That failed though, and in the ensuing scramble Raiders were /just/ barely able to prevent a Brewer score in the first half.

In the second half the Raiders started with 6 vs. 11, facing a perfect defense, a failed pickup on a deep kick, and soon were without any Runners on the field.  Somehow, miracously, with the aid of a few bad Blitzburg rolls and some lateral movement and despite a failed hand off they managed to break away for the endzone and stall for a turn 16 TD with just one rat standing.

The clock was then setback with the Raiders only fielding 5 players, but the Brewers were unable to convert on a Troll Toss.

Live by the Goblin, die by the Goblin!  I hired Bomber Dribblesnot and when he cooperated he was a gamebreaker. When he didn't cooperate he was, again, a gamebreaker!!  Early in his reign he wiped out a bunch of Ratlings, then I relied on him too much and he bombed one of my Black Orcs and then himself!  Nuffle sure finds a way to even out. Early in the game I was up at least 2 players to 1, but late in the game I rolled countless straight 1s in an stream of epic failures that Jasper capitalized on and scored in 2 turns, with ... 2 rats?  Maybe 4 but most were on the turf!

[Ingmar]

So even I lose, I make the play-off or something?  
Ingmar, we can try in 10 hours or maybe weekend. I'm GMT+8

10 hours from your post is 4 am for me. Weekend sounds best but I will keep an eye out.

[proudft]

Just so we're clear, that was just a one-off comment by me; I didn't confer with proudft about it or anything. No pressure on proudft to accept a last-minute rules changeup.

But I'm totally down for it, if he's not too scared.

Haha, I just was informed of this by Ingmar.  Um, I think I'll take the 50/50 odds of the lottery over the 50/50 odds of the stupid halflings.   (Plus, Ingmar is going to win anyway... right Ingmar?)

[rk47]

You need to be more concerned about the humans who might forfeit due to time differences, internet problems and power outages.

[Ingmar]

At this point I have no idea; I had high expectations of playing a bunch of matches getting to use inducements to make up for my relative inexperience with Necromantic teams and my undeveloped players, so basically nothing at all has gone as expected this season!

My plan is to win though, yes, and now that RK is automatically in the playoffs maybe he'll play super defensively to protect himself from the power of SINIJ.  

EDIT: If it comes down to it I could possibly do an alarm clock game; I don't think a forfeit would be good since it has a direct effect on the playoff picture and it isn't your fault you live in a cave on the Kamchatka Peninsula with bears and stuff. Or whatever that time zone is. If I have to play at 4-5 am though I am probably going to have a harder time playing well. 

[rk47]

I'm always trying to maintain my unbeaten streak.

[ezrast]

To be honest I wasn't super-excited about an extraneous halfling game either. But since I put it out there I sure as fuck wasn't going to be the one to back down!  

[Ingmar]

Anyone who played in the all-snotling league knows just how unfun that game would end up being.

[avaia]

Anyone who played in the all-snotling league knows just how unfun that game would end up being.

SidestepSidestepSidestep

[Ulysees]

Carnifex checked my schedule and am going to be busy until Monday 29th or Tuesday 30th - I seem to recall that you work funny hours so evening UK time are actually viable for you to do so can you play either of those days next week? If not then given that it's my lack of availability that is the issue (damn being an outfit lead on PS2 and having so much shit going off this week) then I am prepared to foreit my match.