Pottsy
In Cryo Sleep
Saturday at 7pm if fine, see you then.Booked out for the evening on friday according to the wife so we now have a man date (if you're a man?) on sat at 7pm if thats okany probs just let me know here and we can rearrange
Blood Bowl League 3.4 Week 3
- Thread starter Panda with issues...
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Dreamy
In Cryo Sleep
The Dancers keep up their newfound speed and winning mode, what with yet another game against not-dwarves.
5-2 against Comrade Phil, who also caused the Move 9 catcher and the Rookie Wardancer to go MNG in anticipation of the Khemri game, so the Dancers can only field 10 players for the next game. Which of course means 150k less inducements for the Khemri.
The Lizards induced an extra reroll and a halfling Chef. The Chef nabbed his average of three rerolls (1.5 per half) for the game, but lucky kickoff rolls kept the Dancers in good shape despite this.
The second half almost every kickoff was a blitz, though, which usually benefited the Lizards, but their scores were well-deserved. (Ok, one of them was me being silly, which is also why the catcher is MNG. Still, I consider myself lucky he didn't die)
(Especially since the apothecary had already been used to make sure the Dancer would be receiving physiotherapy the next game and not loose movement speed)
5-2 against Comrade Phil, who also caused the Move 9 catcher and the Rookie Wardancer to go MNG in anticipation of the Khemri game, so the Dancers can only field 10 players for the next game. Which of course means 150k less inducements for the Khemri.
The Lizards induced an extra reroll and a halfling Chef. The Chef nabbed his average of three rerolls (1.5 per half) for the game, but lucky kickoff rolls kept the Dancers in good shape despite this.
The second half almost every kickoff was a blitz, though, which usually benefited the Lizards, but their scores were well-deserved. (Ok, one of them was me being silly, which is also why the catcher is MNG. Still, I consider myself lucky he didn't die
)(Especially since the apothecary had already been used to make sure the Dancer would be receiving physiotherapy the next game and not loose movement speed)
Panda with issues...
Well-Known Member
Xylak and I had our smacktalk match, and it was very VERY gruesome.
Although it was up to me to back up my smack talk from the end of last season, I took a look at Xylak's roster and a shiver went up my spine:
Both Mummies with Guard. Wights With guard, zombies covered in block. Ghouls with block and sure hands. It was a well developed team with solid skill choices, and the amount of guard, and high strength was going to be a massive issue for all my frenzy players if I wasn't really careful. Block everywhere meant that my block edge wasn't really useful. Basically, it was going to be like playing myself using the Coffin Dodgers, except with more strength, and more ghouls. I was hoping my edge was going to be in the shear volume of pushing I could do. With 5 frenzy players on the pitch (4 really, since my yeti sucks in every way) I could really open holes, and I was willing to bet Xylak hadn't had a lot of experience with Frenzy. I might have some opportunities to get some of his players off the pitch.
I won the toss, and elected to kick. My pussy S2 kicker now even more of a pussy with Fend punted the ball to the centre of the field, and I started wondering what I was going to do about defending the mummies. Xylak's first turn, one of the mummies KOd the Yeti, useful as ever, and off the pitch before he gets to do anything YET AGAIN.
Xylak leaves an opening down one side, and allows me to blitz his ball carrying ghoul with a 1DB from a runner, who picks up the ball. I can't get any players through to support or lock up Xylak's faster players though, and most of my guys are on the floor. I think he KOd my kicker, who had bravely run in to try to lock up a mummy. Xylak is on the back foot, as he was most of the first half, but attempts to blitz my runner holding the ball. He can only push him. He curses, and surrounds him with players and TZs. Again, most of my guys are on the floor.
I try to blitz my runner to free him up by pushing away the weak point in his net, which would allow me to score, but it's a tough get with a -2DB, predictably it fails. Xylak consolidates, and picks up the ball, but more of my players are seeping through into his backfield. His mummies are thinning out my front line though, and are locking up my ulfwerners.
I attempt to blitz his ball carrying ghoul, but can't knock the ball free. I think I've tied his ball carrier up though.
Xylak tries to break free, and sort of succeeds, making a nifty pass to a free ghoul using a nerves of steel ghoul. I try to blitz again, but STILL can't free up the ball, as all Xylak's guard is really paying off, ass is his surehands. I try to form a screen for my endzone (ball still behind the halfway line in Xylak's half). I pull a couple of safeties back.
Knowing he's running low on time, Xylak goes for it, and breaks his ball carrier through, but crucially leaves him 2 squares from the sideline, in frenzy distance! He can't get any support to the ball carrier, but locks up both of my safeties, and bogs down the rest of my players at the halfway line. Some stellar play on my part allows me to free up an ulfwerner, and my S4 guard lineman. The guard player lines up next to the ball carrier, and sure enough, I get enough pushes to push him off the pitch. (If Xylak had left him further infield, he'd still have had the ball).
The ball ends up in the middle of nowhere, and I burn a reroll to dodge one of my safeties to go pick it up. I've picked up a few more KOs now, and the pitch looks quite open. Xylak blitzs my ball carrier on his turn 8, but has no way of getting to the ball or getting to the endzone. I free up the only player I have in range of Xylak's endzone, and go for a long pass. Predictably it fails. 0-0 at the half.
Secondf half we get a weather change, and it's blazing hot. My Yeti wakes up! All my players are available. Crucially one of Xylak's mummies succumbs to the heat, leaving him a man down. Some poor positioning on his half lets me push a wight off the pitch. He'll remember the threat range for frenzy next game... The Yeti starts doing some actual blocking! WOOOOOO.
My second turn is bloody as fuck. I positioned my players carefully to have the ability to push not one, but 2 of Xylak's players off the pitch. One goes off happily enough, and gets a MNG. The second push attempt (from 4 squares in!) doesn't get the right dice, and I feel a little upset, apart from the fact that the Ghoul I was going for is injured, and killed! I think I injure another of his players, and KO one too. His guys are hitting the turf like it's covered in fresh brains (it's actually covered in Ghoul brains....) At this point, scoring is a bit of a formaility, and I elect not to stall, knowing I'll have a significant player advantage after I kick again.
After the kickoff, Xylak mispositions his wight, the only player up on his team with AG3, and has to run back for the ball. My two runners streak after it, towards the ball. Meanwhile, on the LOS, the mummies are wreaking Havok, and taking revenge, injuring the Yeti (YETI AGAIN, ho ho, punny.) I manage to get the ball with my player advantage, and score again, on the ensuing Kick off, the Mummies score another injury, killing one of my linemen, meaning I use my apothcary.
Game finished at 2-0.
Both teams are battered, I have a -1AV lino who's going to have to look at the new NFL rules on serious concussions, and retire (forceably).
Xylak will have nightmares about frenzy, and my smack talk was well and truly backed up.
Verified this game, and Dreamy vs Phil.
Although it was up to me to back up my smack talk from the end of last season, I took a look at Xylak's roster and a shiver went up my spine:
Both Mummies with Guard. Wights With guard, zombies covered in block. Ghouls with block and sure hands. It was a well developed team with solid skill choices, and the amount of guard, and high strength was going to be a massive issue for all my frenzy players if I wasn't really careful. Block everywhere meant that my block edge wasn't really useful. Basically, it was going to be like playing myself using the Coffin Dodgers, except with more strength, and more ghouls. I was hoping my edge was going to be in the shear volume of pushing I could do. With 5 frenzy players on the pitch (4 really, since my yeti sucks in every way) I could really open holes, and I was willing to bet Xylak hadn't had a lot of experience with Frenzy. I might have some opportunities to get some of his players off the pitch.
I won the toss, and elected to kick. My pussy S2 kicker now even more of a pussy with Fend punted the ball to the centre of the field, and I started wondering what I was going to do about defending the mummies. Xylak's first turn, one of the mummies KOd the Yeti, useful as ever, and off the pitch before he gets to do anything YET AGAIN.
Xylak leaves an opening down one side, and allows me to blitz his ball carrying ghoul with a 1DB from a runner, who picks up the ball. I can't get any players through to support or lock up Xylak's faster players though, and most of my guys are on the floor. I think he KOd my kicker, who had bravely run in to try to lock up a mummy. Xylak is on the back foot, as he was most of the first half, but attempts to blitz my runner holding the ball. He can only push him. He curses, and surrounds him with players and TZs. Again, most of my guys are on the floor.
I try to blitz my runner to free him up by pushing away the weak point in his net, which would allow me to score, but it's a tough get with a -2DB, predictably it fails. Xylak consolidates, and picks up the ball, but more of my players are seeping through into his backfield. His mummies are thinning out my front line though, and are locking up my ulfwerners.
I attempt to blitz his ball carrying ghoul, but can't knock the ball free. I think I've tied his ball carrier up though.
Xylak tries to break free, and sort of succeeds, making a nifty pass to a free ghoul using a nerves of steel ghoul. I try to blitz again, but STILL can't free up the ball, as all Xylak's guard is really paying off, ass is his surehands. I try to form a screen for my endzone (ball still behind the halfway line in Xylak's half). I pull a couple of safeties back.
Knowing he's running low on time, Xylak goes for it, and breaks his ball carrier through, but crucially leaves him 2 squares from the sideline, in frenzy distance! He can't get any support to the ball carrier, but locks up both of my safeties, and bogs down the rest of my players at the halfway line. Some stellar play on my part allows me to free up an ulfwerner, and my S4 guard lineman. The guard player lines up next to the ball carrier, and sure enough, I get enough pushes to push him off the pitch. (If Xylak had left him further infield, he'd still have had the ball).
The ball ends up in the middle of nowhere, and I burn a reroll to dodge one of my safeties to go pick it up. I've picked up a few more KOs now, and the pitch looks quite open. Xylak blitzs my ball carrier on his turn 8, but has no way of getting to the ball or getting to the endzone. I free up the only player I have in range of Xylak's endzone, and go for a long pass. Predictably it fails. 0-0 at the half.
Secondf half we get a weather change, and it's blazing hot. My Yeti wakes up! All my players are available. Crucially one of Xylak's mummies succumbs to the heat, leaving him a man down. Some poor positioning on his half lets me push a wight off the pitch. He'll remember the threat range for frenzy next game... The Yeti starts doing some actual blocking! WOOOOOO.
My second turn is bloody as fuck. I positioned my players carefully to have the ability to push not one, but 2 of Xylak's players off the pitch. One goes off happily enough, and gets a MNG. The second push attempt (from 4 squares in!) doesn't get the right dice, and I feel a little upset, apart from the fact that the Ghoul I was going for is injured, and killed! I think I injure another of his players, and KO one too. His guys are hitting the turf like it's covered in fresh brains (it's actually covered in Ghoul brains....) At this point, scoring is a bit of a formaility, and I elect not to stall, knowing I'll have a significant player advantage after I kick again.
After the kickoff, Xylak mispositions his wight, the only player up on his team with AG3, and has to run back for the ball. My two runners streak after it, towards the ball. Meanwhile, on the LOS, the mummies are wreaking Havok, and taking revenge, injuring the Yeti (YETI AGAIN, ho ho, punny.) I manage to get the ball with my player advantage, and score again, on the ensuing Kick off, the Mummies score another injury, killing one of my linemen, meaning I use my apothcary.
Game finished at 2-0.
Both teams are battered, I have a -1AV lino who's going to have to look at the new NFL rules on serious concussions, and retire (forceably).
Xylak will have nightmares about frenzy, and my smack talk was well and truly backed up.
Verified this game, and Dreamy vs Phil.
Xylak
New Member
I was, indeed, slapped about like a goodun.
I don't think Urrrrggh knew what hit them. I certainly didn't. I was down to 4 players on the pitch at one point - and only 6 after Panda's TD.
So much Frenzy definitely surprised me and I made a few bad choices which didn't help. I'll know to watch for that next time.
Awesome play from Panda and a deserved win.
Panda with issues...
Well-Known Member
Poor season for the groaners - one game with a zillion TD against and one game with a zillion casualties against.
I hope it was a skill-less ghoul lost. (Or possibly the Nerves of Steel one. Guard is better. Trust me
NoS one I think.
Wanted Rotleaper, but he managed to survive, though I think is MNG.
Lebe666
In Cryo Sleep
Shigan was nimble... Shigan was swift... but he still couldn't get ahead of the "Modern Life Evils" !! No one can !
He did try... he bribed the crowd before the game. At the first whistle they invaded the pitch and most elves were seeing stars when the police cleared the field. That made it easy for them simple humans of the "Nuffle Allstars" to score. They "caged" badly near sideline with the catcher in it.
Lineman "Getting Fat" tried to take down the catcher (Rerolled) but kept just pushing that dodgy son of a... human. Which was easily cleared and went for a TD ! 1-0 Humans...
"Low Salary" was KOd on the LOS and would take a long time to get back.
Not to be outdone the High Elves also went for a 2 turn touchdown... with Blitzer "Your BOSS" strolling into the End Zone ! 1-1
The paltry humans did try something for the other 4 turns... but having badly protected his catcher lost the ball and a KO'd catcher when "Your BOSS" head butted him with a bothdown. There was a big scuffle in which both sides couldn't pick up the ball... and the humans figured out that it only required to take down the only receiver in range... so 1st half ended in 1-1. During the scuffle lineman "BILLS" paid dearly for blocking the nasty human blitzer... and was sent to hospital badly hurt. The humans just kept getting KO'd a lot... and coming back for more !
2nd Half
Having kicked shallow the elven thrower "Hot Co-Worker" with ball wasn't well screened... they put a few humans blitzers next to him... but she dodged out, but barely (used a RR) escaping those greasy human hands ! She passed to lineman "House Work" that passed it next turn (1 SPP = lvl up) to Catcher "Venereal Disease" that scores ! 2-1
What happened next is too shameful to be fully described... but a human catcher was badly marked and was easily passed the ball and ran for the EZ. A martial arts Elf "Nosy Mother in Law" (wrestle) did manage to get next to the catcher but having barely dodged from a covering human only had a single chance of taking down the catcher... but only pushed him. Some crazy human dodging knocked her out of the way for the human equalizer... 2-2.
(Star Catcher "Venereal Disease" got a case of bad blitzer and was badly hurt on the other side of the pitch...)
So... 3 turns to score... should be easy ? But no RRs. Humans then get a blitz result and they all get cozy with the elven LOS ! But the ball is badly kicked... hand off to lineman "TAXES" on the right flank.
Some blocks later there is a small gap... "TAXES" blitzes through (KOs another human) and runs... but there is no cover... humans get up and 3 of them can't manage a good dodgy elf on that turn... but next turn they do take him down. But at a cost... one blitzer is surfed and badly maimed (-1 move) but saved by the apothecary.
With no one else in range... Thrower "Hot Co-Worker" is handed the ball and runs ...and runs a bit more (1 gfi) and scores ! Pheew... close call 16th turn TD. 3-2 !
Modern Life Evils win one more match...
3 lvl ups (Blitzer, House Work & Thrower !)
Please Validate ! Thanks Shigan for a great game ! That was a close call !! Good Luck with the Gobbos !
(I'm putting the games in BB Manager "THN League 1" that I found ... if anyone wants to see the game replay)
He did try... he bribed the crowd before the game. At the first whistle they invaded the pitch and most elves were seeing stars when the police cleared the field. That made it easy for them simple humans of the "Nuffle Allstars" to score. They "caged" badly near sideline with the catcher in it.
Lineman "Getting Fat" tried to take down the catcher (Rerolled) but kept just pushing that dodgy son of a... human. Which was easily cleared and went for a TD ! 1-0 Humans...
"Low Salary" was KOd on the LOS and would take a long time to get back.
Not to be outdone the High Elves also went for a 2 turn touchdown... with Blitzer "Your BOSS" strolling into the End Zone ! 1-1
The paltry humans did try something for the other 4 turns... but having badly protected his catcher lost the ball and a KO'd catcher when "Your BOSS" head butted him with a bothdown. There was a big scuffle in which both sides couldn't pick up the ball... and the humans figured out that it only required to take down the only receiver in range... so 1st half ended in 1-1. During the scuffle lineman "BILLS" paid dearly for blocking the nasty human blitzer... and was sent to hospital badly hurt. The humans just kept getting KO'd a lot... and coming back for more !
2nd Half
Having kicked shallow the elven thrower "Hot Co-Worker" with ball wasn't well screened... they put a few humans blitzers next to him... but she dodged out, but barely (used a RR) escaping those greasy human hands ! She passed to lineman "House Work" that passed it next turn (1 SPP = lvl up) to Catcher "Venereal Disease" that scores ! 2-1
What happened next is too shameful to be fully described... but a human catcher was badly marked and was easily passed the ball and ran for the EZ. A martial arts Elf "Nosy Mother in Law" (wrestle) did manage to get next to the catcher but having barely dodged from a covering human only had a single chance of taking down the catcher... but only pushed him. Some crazy human dodging knocked her out of the way for the human equalizer... 2-2.
(Star Catcher "Venereal Disease" got a case of bad blitzer and was badly hurt on the other side of the pitch...)
So... 3 turns to score... should be easy ? But no RRs. Humans then get a blitz result and they all get cozy with the elven LOS ! But the ball is badly kicked... hand off to lineman "TAXES" on the right flank.
Some blocks later there is a small gap... "TAXES" blitzes through (KOs another human) and runs... but there is no cover... humans get up and 3 of them can't manage a good dodgy elf on that turn... but next turn they do take him down. But at a cost... one blitzer is surfed and badly maimed (-1 move) but saved by the apothecary.
With no one else in range... Thrower "Hot Co-Worker" is handed the ball and runs ...and runs a bit more (1 gfi) and scores ! Pheew... close call 16th turn TD. 3-2 !
Modern Life Evils win one more match...
3 lvl ups (Blitzer, House Work & Thrower !)
Please Validate ! Thanks Shigan for a great game ! That was a close call !! Good Luck with the Gobbos !
(I'm putting the games in BB Manager "THN League 1" that I found ... if anyone wants to see the game replay)
Panda with issues...
Well-Known Member
Sounds like a great, fun game.
Like to reiterate: Love the theme. My favourite players are Hot Co-worker, and definitely Alarm Clock.
Validated.
Lebe666
In Cryo Sleep
Nice !
I chose "Hot Co-Worker" because no one is supposed to get their hands on her... that almost failed today !
2nd "Nagging Wife" bought ! I'll have some new catcher coming soon too... 3 lvl ups with normal skills only... darn
PS: I must give credit where it is due... the inspiration for this team was jrpeart's "Nuffles Evil Minions" team. Look for it... hilarious ! Its all those nasty things that Nuffle has for us ! A goat named "Failed GFI" is my favorite
Panda with issues...
Well-Known Member
Games still to be played:
Huung vs Hoverdog
Ghostwolf (waterproofbob) vs Xarlaxas
Orobi vs Pottsy
Huung vs Hoverdog
Ghostwolf (waterproofbob) vs Xarlaxas
Orobi vs Pottsy
Huung
Well-Known Member
Still not heard from Hoverdog :/
Anyone know if he's away or something this week?
Narly Bird
New Member
I will try poking him over at bbtactics.
But whatever you do, don't try to send him a pm in Cyanide as you will never, ever be able to spell his coach name correctly... EVER!
Panda with issues...
Well-Known Member
It's a monkeys and typewriters thing, one day, you will get it right statistically.
howerujonceypies?
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dviarehboreifhwN.JVNTHIO?
VR;IGHAOIRGHERBTRE?tptbiwhtgreh?
