Ladies and gentlemen! Living and recently deceased! Growing and decaying! Big and small! Green, blue or otherwise!
Welcome all, to the 31st season of the Norsca Union League!
A spectacular assortment of teams will compete for this season's trophy, and what they lack in experience, surely they will make up for with enthusiasm and creativity! And, err... in some cases, chainsaws!
Break a leg, everyone!
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/o20ig8hr8gjdyfm/md1.jpg?dl=1)
These are the contestants:
Ball, Bounce and Beyond - Barmution
Butcher's Bay Pirates - Gnaarkill
Dis Thing of Ours - J-Reedy
Khemri Astronauts - NapoleonBlown-apart
My little Hashut - Saitani
Nimble Feets - Hakos
Punk Rock Rotters - Lars
Radio Rangers - Kvasilad
THE LEGENDS OF BLOOD BOWL, ISSUE NUL31:1
Yes, it is true, "The Legends" is back to cover NUL. You read it here first. There are some changes, we have kicked our statisticians, because, let's face it, facts are boring. For this season we have hired only the best, a fortune teller, an economist, a bookie and a self proclaimed expert from the audience. With this setup we expect to bring you the best speculation you can find anywhere, nothing less. Let's dive into the first matches of the season.
Match 1 – Butchers's Bay Pirates (Goblin) vs Dis Thing of Ours (Underworld Denizens)
Let's start with important stuff, why are the pirates not called Buccaneers? What a missed chance of alliteration if we have ever seen one. This is a match for the audience with 2 goblin teams facing off. There is no way of predicting what will happen so we asked our fortune teller. His answer: "fun, fun, fun in da sun." Hmm, probably too much smoke there. Also, our bookie refuses to put any odds on the match, his only answer: "You do not bet against the Camorra". Our sources tell us that we can expect 16 goblins, secret weapons, Skavens who hate goblins and no less than three trolls on the field at the same time. Chaos and fun will ensue.
Match 2 – Ball, Bounce and Beyond (Kislev) vs Khemri Astronauts (Khemri)
Ah, here we have proper alliteration. Good work. This will be a show of two extremes in action. The bouncy, leapy kislev versus the least agile team of them all, the Khemri. Will the astronauts just see empty space where it once was a Kislev player? Or will it be a match up in the air? According to our bookie the Kislev coach Barmution, ah nice the alliteration continues, rarely loses a match so he only gives 1:1,1 in odds. Our expert, on the other hand, believes in the strength of the Khemri: "They have had high altitude training and four strength five guys versus just one, how can they lose?".
Match 3 – Punk Rock Rotters (Nurgle) vs My Little Hashut (Chaos Dwarfs)
Time for some raw strength, heavy armor, thick heads and generally hard to kill players. This is the match to watch for those that prefer all-in bashing only shortly interrupted by actual ball handling. Time to welcome an oriental team from the far east and their coach Saitani. Funny hats, nice looking beards, big bare muscled men, ahem, males, they sure arrive in style. Style is not a word commonly associated with a Nurgle team but they do bring with them a special sort of, shall we say, look. Once again we ask our fortune teller what will happen in this match: "Oriental weed, best weed there is, punk is out of style". Hmm, let's hear from the economist: "Classic case of branding, combining two target audiences (Nurgle fans and Punk fans) in the name will ensure they get double the income from the audience and income is all that matters".
Match 4 – Nimble Feets (Wood Elves) vs Radio Rangers (Lizardmen)
This could be the match to watch for those fans that are more interested in speed and ball handling. However, the strongest team versus the most fragile team might also produce some entertaining splats. According to our bookie, the Radio Rangers are the number one favorites to win the whole season. Their coach is quite experienced and has returned to his favorite race that he previously had great success with in NUL. Our expert does not like the chances for the woodies either: "What have they done, only one war dancer? It is the best player you can have in your team and they only take one when they are allowed two. That coach is surely crazy".
Yay, return of "the Legends" and with gusto! Muchly appreciated, Hakos ;D
Well time to smack some nurglings around ! When can you play your game Lars?
Love to see a new issue of Legends! :)
I can probably play
Today (Tuesday) 20+
Thursday 20+
Friday 17+
After that, I may be away for a week of delayed vacation.
Nice article, Hakos! The family approves.
Gnaarkill, I'm going to make you an offer on CEST gaming times you can't refuse (actually you can):
- Wednesday 18-20.30
- Friday 20-
- Sunday any time before 18
Let me know if any of those suits you, sir.
Quote from: kvasilad on August 14, 2018, 08:19:20 AM
Love to see a new issue of Legends! :)
I can probably play
Today (Tuesday) 20+
Thursday 20+
Friday 17+
After that, I may be away for a week of delayed vacation.
Tonight might work, will know around 17 and can post again at that time.
Thursday at 20 will definitely work.
Friday at 18-20 will also definitely work.
/hakos
Quote from: hakos on August 14, 2018, 10:01:34 AM
Quote from: kvasilad on August 14, 2018, 08:19:20 AM
Love to see a new issue of Legends! :)
I can probably play
Today (Tuesday) 20+
Thursday 20+
Friday 17+
After that, I may be away for a week of delayed vacation.
Tonight might work, will know around 17 and can post again at that time.
Thursday at 20 will definitely work.
Friday at 18-20 will also definitely work.
/hakos
I think Thursday at 20 is perfect, so let's book that :)
Ok, thursday at 20 it is /hakos
Quote from: Saitani on August 13, 2018, 09:05:15 PM
Well time to smack some nurglings around ! When can you play your game Lars?
I can play on Wednesday from 19:00 or Thursday from 19:00
/Lars
Thursday 19.00 cet should work :)
Hey Napoleon, time to smack my Kislevites around :D
I can play tonight (Wed) or tomorrow starting between 1900 and 2100 UTC+2/CEST. Then it's early Sat or early/late Sunday.
Any preferences?
-Barm
Quote from: Barmution on August 15, 2018, 12:50:02 PM
Hey Napoleon, time to smack my Kislevites around :D
I can play tonight (Wed) or tomorrow starting between 1900 and 2100 UTC+2/CEST. Then it's early Sat or early/late Sunday.
Any preferences?
-Barm
Hello, Barm. It should be an interesting match. My team can't pick up the ball, and your team has to roll 3+ quite often.
Tomorrow at 19:00 would be good if that works for you.
Quote from: NapoleonBlown-apart on August 15, 2018, 09:13:48 PM
Hello, Barm. It should be an interesting match. My team can't pick up the ball, and your team has to roll 3+ quite often.
Tomorrow at 19:00 would be good if that works for you.
Cool, it's a date :)
Hey Nap,
you ok? Was a bit of an abrupt disconnect there.
-Barm
Sorry about that. my computer just shut down. It could be an issue with my power supply. I will try turning my graphics settings to minimum.
Well, we need an admin reset now since you didn't make it back in time :/
Sorry about that. I could play at the weekend, but I will take the admin loss if you want.
Don't be sorry, not your fault. I want the game to be played, a bit miffed to have lost the +2 FAME but it happens. Can play early (1100-1300) both Saturday and Sunday. Any of those doable for you?
Sunday at 13:00 would be good. Thank you for the second chance.
Sunday it is, hopefully an admin sees this in time for a reset.
See you then :)
-Barm
Came home now just in time for my own match, I'll see if I can reset now, but I guess it's too late for today anyway.
Yeah, np. We'll play on Sunday, just need the match reset till then.
Cheers
(http://www.bb2replayer.com/report.php?renderType=PNG&theme=Default&reportType=Match&reportId=0f9092660c5bcff25bcdaab1e37351e7)
Though much for the punks started with blitz close to the half field line that gave they chorfs the ball and allowed for scoreing in the nurgle half and it continued like that for the rest of the match ended 2-0 for chorfs.
Thanks for the match Saitani
/Lars
Action! Finesse! Violence!
This match had it all, to be sure, yet none of the teams escaped with the full 3 points.
A fun start to the season, thanks for the match Hakos! :)
(http://www.bb2replayer.com/report.php?renderType=PNG&theme=Default&reportType=Match&reportId=e6e238895528b323145e36ed38016e8e)
(also, stats page is up in separate topic)
Yes, definitely quite a fun, even game. Very intense, felt like anything could happen whenever.
Only bad thing is that I rolled a 1 on winnings, just 20k, that is bad for a Wood elf team in the beginning.
But I'm happy, got to do some nice elvish stunts as well :)
GG, thanks.
/hakos
Recently, my PC has been shutting down while it is running games. I tested Blood Bowl 2 on the lowest settings, and my pc shut down only 10 minutes in, with CPU and GPU temperatures being completely normal. I think this is a power supply issue, and I will replace it when I can, but unfortunately I will have to concede this match, and possibly future matches depending on when I can resolve this.
Ah, that is bad. Had to do the same in last season when my modem stopped working or worked very badly. Hope you can fix it soon.
I do not mind waiting for let's say, a week or so, for you to fix it.
/hakos
I've ordered a new power supply. It is estimated to arrive 22nd-23rd of August, so I should be able to install it by next weekend.
Quote from: NapoleonBlown-apart on August 18, 2018, 11:13:26 PM
I've ordered a new power supply. It is estimated to arrive 22nd-23rd of August, so I should be able to install it by next weekend.
Ok, cool. Unless somebody really wants the week rolled I suggest we postpone our match to next weekend then.
-Barm
I think everyone in this league is pretty relaxed about the schedule... within reason. I, for one, would like to see as many matches as possible played properly at least :)
I'm suddenly leaving for Venice and won't be back until 26th, so I'm certainly in no rush.
In general I like the rule about ~1 week per match day. If it regularly drags on for too long it would lower the motivation for me.
But, I also think that it is ok to have some match days take ~two weeks when there are special circumstances. i.e. should not happen that often.
/hakos
Quote from: J-Reedy on August 14, 2018, 09:49:03 AM
Nice article, Hakos! The family approves.
Gnaarkill, I'm going to make you an offer on CEST gaming times you can't refuse (actually you can):
- Wednesday 18-20.30
- Friday 20-
- Sunday any time before 18
Let me know if any of those suits you, sir.
Sorry for the absence here!
Everything is coming back to normal for me and today is my first day at work :P
This is my ok starting times this week:
Today: 21 - 22
Tuesday: 20 - 22
Wednesday: 21 - 22
Thursday: No go
Friday: 20 - late
Saturday: preferable early start from 10 -
Sunday: from 13 -
/Gnaarkill
Quote from: Gnaarkill on August 20, 2018, 08:51:31 AM
This is my ok starting times this week:
Wednesday: 21 - 22
That would be the best for me, at 21.00. So I'll be there on Wednesday unless I hear otherwise from you.
Sunday at 13 would probably be a good backup time.
Cool J-R!
Wednesday @21 it is and sunday as backup!
See you on the pitch m8! ;D
/Gnaar
Ok, so the season opener for both the goblins and their darker cousins in the underworld have been played and ended in a fair win for the mobsters in Dis Thing of Ours.
(http://www.bb2replayer.com/report.php?renderType=PNG&theme=Default&reportType=Match&reportId=c12408fe7e9d1b1c9d85d0ef3c51c7a0)
I was really impressed by J-R's play this match. He did his math spot on, on several plays including mine :D and played with solid confidence. Well done J-R! Impressive play! 8)
/Gnaarkill
Hey Napoleon, any news regarding your PC and our match?
I can play tomorrow Sunday, starting between 11.00 and 13.00 or at 21.00 GMT/UTC+2.
Cheers,
Barm
Unfortunately, the power supply upgrade didn't fix the issue. It turns out that my GPU is overheating. The GPU fans don't seem to be working, which is causing the temperature to keep on rising until my computer shuts down. I do not know when I will be able to resolve this, but I will have to concede this match to move the league forward. I am sorry for the inconvenience.
Quote from: NapoleonBlown-apart on August 25, 2018, 04:48:10 PM
Unfortunately, the power supply upgrade didn't fix the issue. It turns out that my GPU is overheating. The GPU fans don't seem to be working, which is causing the temperature to keep on rising until my computer shuts down. I do not know when I will be able to resolve this, but I will have to concede this match to move the league forward. I am sorry for the inconvenience.
Sorry to hear that, mate. Best of luck with resolving the issue.
-Barm
Unfortunate stuff, hope you get that fixed Napo!
The match is admin'ed in BB&B's favour, match day forwarded