Norsca Union League

17 is fine!

Sorry sorry sorry sorry J-reedy!

I got held up at this meeting for longer than I thought and didn't get the chance to get to a computer until now. Now I apologise to other viewers for temporarily switching to moonspeak (aka finnish).

En jaksa keskittyä englannin vääntämiseen atm niin soperran tässä suomeksi. Perjantai oon vapaa koko päivän ja sunnuntaina kolmen jälkeen. Torstai onnistuu, jos en mene istumaan iltaa teatteriharjoituksien jälkeen, joka taasen loppuu yhdeksän tienoilla.

Eli käytännössä joko perjantai millon vaan, torstai klo 21:15 tai sunnuntaina klo 15 jälkeen.

Shall we say Tuesday 19:00 CET then?

Shining Sins 1 - 1 Crunch Masters

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The Sins were up against a tough contender once again. Their opponents, an orc team called Crunch Masters, guaranteed that there weren't high hopes for inflicting too many casualties through their thick skins and crude armor pads. The pressure was piling up on the elves as they knew that losing this match would leave them stuck with no points at all, since only two other teams, including the opponent, had not scored any points yet either. Even the prospect of having to climb up from the bottom of the standings had a negative effect on the team's morale.

The first half started off with the Sins kicking. They almost managed to keep the orcs from scoring, but were beaten to submission by the green horde at the last minute, shifting the score to 1-0 for the orcs. Nuffle seemed to favour both teams equally so far. While the first half of the game was a bit eventless, the second half made up for it.

The ball landed next the the line of scrimmage and the elves quickly cleared some space around it. As the Sins catcher, Kailduil Aldvathar, managed to get his hands on the ball, he peered around for any openings, which appeared at the opposite flank from him. He dashed to the other side of the pitch with one lineman covering his side, trying to run away from most of the sluggish orcs. This tactic was not without any risk, as he knew that an orc thrower covering that side would be able to block his path, but Kailduil still continued his rush, trusting that he would prevail over a single opponent with his agility. Unfortunately for him, the aforementioned liability in his grand plan managed to block him to the ground and single-handedly brought the whole offensive to a halt.

Things started to look grim for the Sins as the orcs managed to grab the ball and start charging towards a sure victory. Still not giving up, the Sins managed to whip up some defence, hampering the Masters advance. It was only a few minutes left of the second half and the orcs were already in a very favorable situation. The ball carrier with a blitzer at his side were closing in on the touchdown area, with only one elf player at their flank. The same orc passer, who turned the tide against the elves, tried to dodge from the elf. Perhaps it was the stunning sensation of an impending goal or the roaring and cheering fans, all of a sudden he failed to notice the incoming elf, who tackled him flawlessly, resulting in a fractured arm and a turnover.

Yalayondan Tinuren, the upcoming passer of the Sins, noticed the chance and still to this day believes that he saw Nuffle himself smiling at him, behind a distant cloud. Without a doubt, he rushed to the ball, grabbed it and passed it, leaving the orcs with their jaws open as the ball swooped over them to the catcher, Kailduil, near the centre line. He was no different from other elf catchers. In order to play his position, which requires the capability of being totally fearless and focused when involved with handling the ball under pressure, he had gone through merciless and rigorous training, which granted him nerves of steel in any situation. He calmly catched the ball while skillfully negating the intervening orc thrower, Rokfak, who was keeping him in check. Then came Jonesy Swift, the elf blitzer, who smashed the struggling orc away, allowing his comrade to rush beyond the Crunch Masters' grasp. This sudden show of perfect teamwork tied the game 1-1, and the Sins sighed in relief.

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GG Paspawn!

While my attempt for a quick equalizer was almost immediately thrashed by your 1-die block on the ball carrier, the ridiculously lucky streak in the last turns (58.347% chance of pulling off that pick up+pass+catch+dodge+2d block without team rerolls) gave me a chance to end the match in a tie instead of an almost sure 0-2 defeat. Cheers for not fouling my player to oblivion with 6+ orcs in the last round! I'm sure the temptation must've been a killer :D

Greetings Paspawn!

I'd be able to play on the following days (UTC+2):

Thursday
21:30-23:00

Friday
13:00-23:00

Sunday
13:00->

GG and cheers to Staffan!

Yes, we are supposed to use BB manager. I can upload the match so no worries there.

Frankly, even a tie-game would have been a victory to me. Going up against dwarves first was a tough situation and I would have required some pretty good rolls to make anything of this match. My abysmal AV and injury rolls, which managed to keep my players' faces down in the dirt or out of the pitch most of the match, and a couple of double 1's on my behalf made me switch to a too defensive playstyle after the lucky TD I scored at the start of the second half. Guess I should've tried to make another lucky break for a second point or at least keep pressure on the ball but the difference in the amount of players seemed too hard to overcome. Once that last stunty cage formed up - game over, baby.

Luckily, only my linemen took the worst hits and I won't be facing my next opponent too crippled so there is still hope for winning in the next match!

When would you be able to play next time Staffan? Saturday and Sunday after UTC+1 13:00 are ok to me.

If we can't play today then how about tomorrow? I previously stated that I couldn't play on that day, but apparently I remembered wrong and its schedule seems to be completely open after all.

Apparently the ever so wonderful BBLE marked the match as if I had conceded. Can an admin delete the match?

Are you able to throw an invite to me in-game?

Seems like I can't challenge you to a match. "Play match!" button ain't working. Goddamn I hate this client :/

Suppose we try to play again?

Guess you have to just alt+F4 so that the match won't get recorded?

Hm. BBLE decided to just shut itself down. :E

I'm there now!