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These are the teams:
Bitter Stink Stars - Gnaarkill
Horns'n Hooves - Mr. B
Kings of Old - Saitani
Lonely Lovers - Hakos
Positive Reinforcement Ex - J-Reedy
The Flying Discmen - tags
The Lunar Strikers - Memofin
Women of Metall - Lars
Gnoblar University Longevity & Psychology department would like to make it formally known that they are conducting a serious experiment during this season of Norsca Union League. The subject and the official title of the research is "Study on the force of positive reinforcement in the possibility of achieving positive results in Ogre interaction and prolonging the life of Gnoblars forced to work with Ogres". The main purpose of this research is to gather intelligence on if using positive language towards hostile subjects and subjecting such hostile subjects to positive reinforcement would make living with such hostile subjects any more tolerable and might prolong the life of entities with superiour intelligence but lacking physical prowess compared to said hostile subjects.
For this reason the research head of the expirement would like to ask everyone who comes to contact with the research crew to use very kind and positive language towards all the members of the research crew, especially those of the taller and girthier persuasion. For example, if your first instinct in meeting any of the research subjects would be to say "Jeepers, what an ugly and stupid looking piece of rockheaded dumbness is that!" and "Stay away from me you ugly lumbering sod or I'll stab ya!", we would suggest altering your language into more kinder expressions that make the subjects feel welcomed and appreciated like, "Oh my, how clever of you to be so big and strong, it must make you feel very calm and kind towards strangers!".
Thank you in advance.
Research head Gnoblar for GULP
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OK folks, it's that time again. New season, new teams, new hopes. Time to start crushing them all!
Play on, mates!
Tags-man. I'm afraid our season opening will have to wait until next week as I have the weekend already booked with my dear 49ers playing that lesser RL Blood Bowl league's playoffs.
But, I can offer you following CET start times for next week. Let me know if any of these suit you, sir:
- Tuesday-Wednesday 18-20.30
- Thursday 18-19.30
Next weekend is still bit of a mystery, but should have free time there as it'll be NFL bye-week before Superbowl. But for any accuracy with suitable times there we'll have to wait for later in the week.
Holy crap Lars!
Ladies first!
"The H&H are firsty för blööd."
The giant minotaur grunted.
"HAY, YOU WITH DA HORNS"
No body turned.
"EXCUSE ME!"
MR B swung his arms to get attention.
"What?"
"Game is on, I'm excited"
"Your giddy as a girl, calm down"
MR B, COUGHS, "I have a plan! Come!"
"Hey humie, we got this do not bother. Just pay so we can get this going! "
I looked at the team who was all over the place. None standing, it was a tough night for sure. I had just a portion and the liquor was not good in any way. But they just drunk it all.
It's one way to celebrate we are back in NUL, perhaps not the best but.
Let's rock.
Lars it is us, when can the ladies come out and play.
No promises here, my men are out of control!
But I guess if your team has the week, it's the only blood we will see.
Cheers
Oh, how wonderful, another team that loves the moon.
Shall we go on a hand-in-hand date below the beautiful moonlight?
Perhaps tonight (saturday)?
Or if you do not like the moon despite all, perhaps we can meet during daytime on sunday?
For next week the moon meetings are a bit more uncertain but most evenings look good, except wednesdays.
/hakos
Quote from: hakos on January 28, 2023, 05:47:18 PMOh, how wonderful, another team that loves the moon.
Shall we go on a hand-in-hand date below the beautiful moonlight?
Perhaps tonight (saturday)?
Or if you do not like the moon despite all, perhaps we can meet during daytime on sunday?
For next week the moon meetings are a bit more uncertain but most evenings look good, except wednesdays.
/hakos
Hey hey!
Just got back home. Been seeing family the whole weekend.
I can play tuesday, wednesday and friday between 18.00- 21.00 cet. Weekend is free, so any time would work :)
Quote from: Mr B on January 28, 2023, 05:32:52 PMHoly crap Lars!
Ladies first!
"The H&H are firsty för blööd."
The giant minotaur grunted.
"HAY, YOU WITH DA HORNS"
No body turned.
"EXCUSE ME!"
MR B swung his arms to get attention.
"What?"
"Game is on, I'm excited"
"Your giddy as a girl, calm down"
MR B, COUGHS, "I have a plan! Come!"
"Hey humie, we got this do not bother. Just pay so we can get this going! "
I looked at the team who was all over the place. None standing, it was a tough night for sure. I had just a portion and the liquor was not good in any way. But they just drunk it all.
It's one way to celebrate we are back in NUL, perhaps not the best but.
Let's rock.
Lars it is us, when can the ladies come out and play.
No promises here, my men are out of control!
But I guess if your team has the week, it's the only blood we will see.
Cheers
Hello I think Tuesday around 20 would suit me the best.
/Lars
There have been several sightings outside Lynchberg of The Flying Discmen practicing ball handling skills. There's something strange about the balls they are using, though. They seem a bit... flat. And plasticky. And.... floaty? The coach is often overheard to be concerned about the lack of strength and block training, but this seems to fall on deaf ears. Anonymous observers have commented that this team is completely unprepared for the kind of blood sport they are getting into. The only preparation they have done is slightly alter their names as to sound more dangerous, but this seems unlikely to have much effect.
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J-R, great work on the boards! Tuesday at 19 would be a perfect start for me I think.
GNAARRRRR i Challenge you to a game of the bloodiest sports ever made!
im can play most days exept thursday this week.
Hello I think Tuesday around 20 would suit me the best.
/Lars
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Alright, lets aim for that.
See ya!
/B
Quote from: Saitani on January 30, 2023, 09:35:20 AMGNAARRRRR i Challenge you to a game of the bloodiest sports ever made!
im can play most days exept thursday this week.
Wow!
Sounds awesome, I just adore bloody and violent sports! :D
I can play:
Today (monday): 19-21
Tuesday: 21
Wednesday: 20-21
Friday: 19 - late
Weekend is open aswell. Would prefer early start though, something like 10 or 11 :)
/GNAARRRRR
(http://www.bb2replayer.com/report.php?renderType=PNG&theme=Default&reportType=Match&reportId=75db7092787f8f57341b83dbd19a5ac8)
First game of the season done and oh boy was it a bloody one just like the audience asked for :)
Managed to get a 2-1 grind in the end with the kings gaining back the manpower advantage in the later stages of the game.
GG Gnar and good luck in hte rest of the season.
Damn! That's a rough start for both of those rosters!
Professor Ratigan with the 2 kills though.
The mad professor! 😎
Quote from: Lars on January 30, 2023, 08:50:43 AMHello I think Tuesday around 20 would suit me the best.
/Lars
Please confirm we are on tomorrow?
Quote from: tags on January 30, 2023, 09:28:39 AMTuesday at 19 would be a perfect start for me I think.
Bit late reply, but today at 19 confirmed!
Quote from: Mr B on January 30, 2023, 10:37:12 PMQuote from: Lars on January 30, 2023, 08:50:43 AMHello I think Tuesday around 20 would suit me the best.
/Lars
Please confirm we are on tomorrow?
yes cya at 20
The Positive Reinforcement Ex met The Flying Discmen in a civilized difference of opinion.
The Discmen made a surprisingly convincing argument early, for which there was no immediate rebuttal. Following this, there was a lot of back-and-forth, exchanging of opinions, implications of other's abilities that were bordering on insulting, objections, and ad-hominem attacks that felt beneath the level of civil discourse strived for in this environment. While Mr. Gentlemanny Wise and Mr. Smartly Civilized made several good arguments, they seemed stuck in contemplation and over-politeness respectively, and too little progress was made. Ultimately, the first decisive argument seems to have determined the outcome of this intense debate.
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Thanks for the game J-R, it looks like you got the short end of the Nuffle stick in this one. At least we both have a team to fight on with, one Gnoblar with -AV might not even matter that much...? I'm not sure how critical AV4 vs AV5 is :D
(http://www.bb2replayer.com/report.php?renderType=PNG&theme=Default&reportType=Match&reportId=eaa8f532a52df30ecff29c6489aa1505)
Sockibot Destroyer with his new ST4 stat says hello:
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(http://www.bb2replayer.com/report.php?renderType=PNG&theme=Default&reportType=Match&reportId=21c160ff7f9e0db964f1a0317f2cb34f)
Hmm, well game done, ladies had trouble with injury, falling hard etc.
It was a win but a close one.
Thanks for the game Lars!
Actually quite happy to face you first..
Better luck in the coming games Mr!
Quote from: Memofin on January 30, 2023, 08:33:27 AMHey hey!
Just got back home. Been seeing family the whole weekend.
I can play tuesday, wednesday and friday between 18.00- 21.00 cet. Weekend is free, so any time would work :)
Hi, sorry for not answering earlier. My week suddenly got very busy and I have no free time until Sunday. But Sunday February 5th should work almost any (day)time.
How about that we meet at 10 CET?
To everyone else: Nice to see the quick start and nice match reports. This looks to be an interesting season. Sorry for holding up the start.
/hakos
I was lucky enough to get the lads to pose for a quick photo while everyone's still alive
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Quote from: hakos on January 31, 2023, 11:11:18 PMQuote from: Memofin on January 30, 2023, 08:33:27 AMHey hey!
Just got back home. Been seeing family the whole weekend.
I can play tuesday, wednesday and friday between 18.00- 21.00 cet. Weekend is free, so any time would work :)
Hi, sorry for not answering earlier. My week suddenly got very busy and I have no free time until Sunday. But Sunday February 5th should work almost any (day)time.
How about that we meet at 10 CET?
To everyone else: Nice to see the quick start and nice match reports. This looks to be an interesting season. Sorry for holding up the start.
/hakos
Sunday 10 cet sounds good :)
Final game is played, please move on, nothing more to see here.
Oh, so you want a result...
Ok, ok, the elves did their classic stunt and scored with only one player standing up. Yep, that is all that is needed. Plus a bit of stupidness from the opposing coach. Plus a bit of help from the 100% elf audience. Seems no Nurgle fans were let into the arena, something about "scaring away the rest of the audience". Bah, discrimination.
First half Nurgle selects to start in an attempt to mutilate the elf team as much as possible. Which works fairly well. When first half ends there are only 5 elves left on the field and only two that stands up.
However, the elves played cleverly and quickly stole the ball in turn 2, then taking it far back into their own half. In turn 5 they suddenly throw the ball into a totally empty Nurgle half. Nurgle can only run there with two rotters to guard the ball. But one lonely elf follows. The Nurgle team belives the first half is over and thus stop to play. The single elf blitzes one rotter, and when the body lands on the ball it bounces right into the hands of the surprised blitzer (the ball that is, not the body) who then scores. 1-0 to the elfs in turn 8.
Second half starts with the elves heavily outnumbered since no KOd players return. Thus it is easy to score 1-1 in turn 14. Seems the Nurgle were afraid of some close by Elves and that they could steal the ball.
Two turns left. Elves has the ball but only 8 elves versus 10 Nurgle. This is when the audience decides to step in and decide how the game will end. They stone 4 Nurgle players to unconcsiouness leaving the mid field wide open. The elves can just pick-up the ball, throw it and run with it to score 2-1 in turn 16.
(http://www.bb2replayer.com/report.php?renderType=PNG&theme=Default&reportType=Match&reportId=8d12ba77cc685e8bae59254298ec61d6)
Thanks for the game Memofin, you played well. I did a stupid mistake in turn 8. So all in all it was a well deserved victory.
/hakos
(http://://www.bb2replayer.com/report.php?renderType=PNG&theme=Default&reportType=Match&reportId=)
There you go, last game of the first day.
Nurgle vs elf, what would go wrong?
Fun match where Hakos started on the offence, failed pick up and turn over, so my elf were able to steal the ball. But I had no way to get it to safety, so I did hand of to blitzer and hoped for the best. Fast forward to end of the the half, where I managed to throw ball far away from my end zone on turn 6, which lead to score in turn 8. I managed to get blitz with my linemen and from lucky bounce, the ball bounced right to my linemen, who then just did run to the end zone.
Second half started with none of my KO:s coming back top the pitch. It was 6 vs 10. Hakos played very well and managed hammer my players to the ground and make awesome tackle zones, so my guys didn't have a chance to dodge out from those. Game was 1-1 when the turn 14 started.
Thanks for the match and for the tips Hakos, it was a fun game, where Nuffle had his own opinion how the game should end.
Kickoff event: Pitch invasion. 4 players from Hakos got stunned, none of mine. That opened the center of the pitch and I managed to blitz my players in there. Hakos had 3+ dodge and 2 gofos for 2 dice on the ball. Unlucky snakes and I got to score.
Oh,
Quote from: hakos on February 05, 2023, 12:02:56 PMFinal game is played, please move on, nothing more to see here.
Oh, so you want a result...
Ok, ok, the elves did their classic stunt and scored with only one player standing up. Yep, that is all that is needed. Plus a bit of stupidness from the opposing coach. Plus a bit of help from the 100% elf audience. Seems no Nurgle fans were let into the arena, something about "scaring away the rest of the audience". Bah, discrimination.
First half Nurgle selects to start in an attempt to mutilate the elf team as much as possible. Which works fairly well. When first half ends there are only 5 elves left on the field and only two that stands up.
However, the elves played cleverly and quickly stole the ball in turn 2, then taking it far back into their own half. In turn 5 they suddenly throw the ball into a totally empty Nurgle half. Nurgle can only run there with two rotters to guard the ball. But one lonely elf follows. The Nurgle team belives the first half is over and thus stop to play. The single elf blitzes one rotter, and when the body lands on the ball it bounces right into the hands of the surprised blitzer (the ball that is, not the body) who then scores. 1-0 to the elfs in turn 8.
Second half starts with the elves heavily outnumbered since no KOd players return. Thus it is easy to score 1-1 in turn 14. Seems the Nurgle were afraid of some close by Elves and that they could steal the ball.
Two turns left. Elves has the ball but only 8 elves versus 10 Nurgle. This is when the audience decides to step in and decide how the game will end. They stone 4 Nurgle players to unconcsiouness leaving the mid field wide open. The elves can just pick-up the ball, throw it and run with it to score 2-1 in turn 16.
(http://www.bb2replayer.com/report.php?renderType=PNG&theme=Default&reportType=Match&reportId=8d12ba77cc685e8bae59254298ec61d6)
Thanks for the game Memofin, you played well. I did a stupid mistake in turn 8. So all in all it was a well deserved victory.
/hakos
Oh you already did this. Thanks :P
Quote from: Memofin on February 05, 2023, 12:07:21 PMOh you already did this. Thanks :P
Yeah, you said you had some other important business so I just fixed it. But it seems we are in fairly good agreement about what happened. :) /hakos
Positive Reinforcement Experiment is happy to report the relative success of their first experiment. Treating test subjects with positive and giving them positive reinforcement lessened Gnoblar injuries caused by Ogres 100%! But unfortunately we had not anticipated and calculated for the external factors of the test ie. other people who were let in to the test field from interfering in our experiments. This resulted in three Gnoblar casualties but fortunately only one of them was serious.
The head exprimenter wants to note that he is very happy that those glorious Ogres are so superior in all aspects that they don't feel like they need to gather any experience. And he is also extremely happy to note that the MVP committee agrees that Gnoblar suffering -AV deserves the MVP more than any of these superious Ogre beings that are already examplars of intelligence and strength!