Norsca Union League

Quote from: hakos on June 03, 2012, 08:11:20 PM
Allright Gnaarkill, time for a rematch !

This week I can only play during the evenings and not at all in the weekend.

So basically that means my possible start times are monday-thursday 18-21. Hope this can fit your schedule somewhere.

Just realized that wednesday is a free day in Sweden. So on wednesday I can play at any time.

Allright Gnaarkill, time for a rematch !

This week I can only play during the evenings and not at all in the weekend.

So basically that means my possible start times are monday-thursday 18-21. Hope this can fit your schedule somewhere.

/Håkan

P.S: J-Reedy, did you visit dragons lair and/or sf-bokhandeln? Did they fulfill your expectations?

Yesterday Getingarna lost against the Wolf-Whistlers 1-2.

The match started out quite badly for me but it got better and at the end I was happy again.

I started as receiver and managed to get hold of the ball and build a big cage, but then the wolves started to play
T1: My mercenary ogre got badly hurted
T2: My Star Player got KO'ed
T3: After some skulls and failed dodges from me it was easy for the wolves to grab the ball
T4: A ghoul scored a TD and will level
Note to myself: Not a good idea to try to get through in the center against flesh golems and zombies.

New drive for me and I manage to find a hole in the defence and get within TD distance but a slight miscalculation from my side left a cage with only 3 corner's and naturally I lost the ball. After that no one got hold of the ball for the rest of the half.
Note to myself: Right flank worked ok but needs to remember how to build a proper cage. A.k.a. BB 101

Second half the wolves scored their TD as planned (by them) but I managed to pressure them to do it early (mainly by a stunning 5 desperate and succeesful dodges in the same turn to reposition my players) and a turned back clock made it at least possible in theory to draw for me.
Note to myself: Need to find a better way to hold of the offence than desperate dodges

On my third drive of the match I managed to get past on the left side and score a 2-turn TD.
Note to myself: Flanks are good against a slow team, it gives local superiority in numbers

Three turns left of the match and I tried to get hold of the ball quite desperately but failed and so the match ended. Got 10 SPP and one blitzer will level. It feels nice to be able to develop the team.

Quote from: hakos on May 28, 2012, 08:55:54 PM
As usual I can play from ~19:00 all evenings from wednesday and forward if I just get a notice one day ahead.

OK, Wednesday and Thursday are the only possible for me as I'll be travelling on Friday and away for the whole weekend. So either Wed or Thu and any time between 19 and 21 will do. Take you pick and let me know.

Thanks for the store info, much appreciated!
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I would prefer thursday but since plans sometimes change, lets go for wednesday at 19 and have thursday in reserve.

/Håkan

That was an interesting twist in the schedule but I'm all for it since I get more matches before I'm out in the play-offs. :)

Just out of curiosity, how was the groups selected? Seems just one team have moved between the earlier groups?

As usual I can play from ~19:00 all evenings from wednesday and forward if I just get a notice one day ahead.

And about the extra request...

http://www.sfbok.se/
Definitely THE place to go to for Fantasy and SF books. Also have a good selection of Manga and a lot of comics. Finally they have a good selection of games. There are stores with better selection but this is a good store

http://www.dragonslair.se/
I have not been here myself but according to rumors from trusted sources this seems to be the biggest gaming store in Stockholm

/Håkan

I would like to join for another season. Most likely with Getingarna again.

I have no problem with losing. I joined this league for two reasons. First to be able to play more than in my other league and secondly to see first hand how the inducement system would work in extreme cases with ~500 in TV difference.

My feeling is that the inducement works quite well to create a balanced single game. I definitely had some good chances of drawing or even winning with just a little bit more luck in some critical situtation. On the other hand, I had to play more on chances than normal due to having less useful skills in the team.

The big problem, as I see it, is that the mercenaries tend to hog many of my SPP and thus my team is getting better more slowly than usual, and that will continue for a long time. I think that at least the MVP should only go to a regular player in the team. That would make it much more feasible to start with a new team in a medium/high TV league.

Another thing that I learned is that in this league I should have started with an ogre in the team, and no catchers. The starting lineup I used would have been more useful in a league with only beginner teams. But, live and learn!

It has been a blast playing against all the teams and coaches have all been very nice so I will definitely stay on for another season.

Reporter: I'm standing here with the coach of Getingarna. Nice of you to join us.

Coach: Well I had to, the reporter's area the only place where the angry fan's can't reach me

Reporter: Understandably, 0-3, not a great start

Coach: Well, it's not surprising, the other teams have significantly more experience.
Although I had some hope to win against Vinterlegionen, but they played really well

Reporter: It seems the mercenaries did not help?

Coach: They did, too much in fact. They had to do a lot of the heavy and brutal work and they seemed to also get the most out of it. They got almost 40% of our SPP which really have slowed down the development of the team

Reporter: Seems to be some techincal term there that I do not understand but Otto seems to be a rising star?

Coach: Yes, our thrower Otto is definitely the star of the team. He have done our only TD, two good passes of 3 in total and seriously hurted one opponent. It was a well deserved MVP he got as well.

Reporter: So, now it is time for the play-off and a new loss for you?

Coach: Of course not. Why do you say that?

Reporter: Well, you are 0-3, your opponent won the shark group with 3-0 and they are even more experienced than all teams you have met so far. Seems quite obvious too me

Coach: And that's why we will win. In a good story the underdog will rise and strike back when everything seems to be lost.

Reporter: Yes, but I will go with the safe bet anyway and place my money on your opponent. One more question

Coach: Ok, no wait, gotta go, see you later

Angry fans: There he is, get him, kick him, maim him, let's get a coach who knows how to win

Quote from: Luiggi on May 24, 2012, 09:34:45 PM
Ok guys, me and my computer are safe and sound back in my home town. From now on I'll have shitloads of work to do but I think I'll still keep most evenings free, so I'll see if I can continue playing next season. As for this one, I can only kick-off on Saturday (kick off between 16.00 and 18.00) and Sunday (between 16.00 and 20.00). All times are GMT +2. If these do not work go ahead and tell me of any time in which you would be available so I can try to reschedule some stuff and get the game played.

See you, and sorry for warning you so late but I just got my computer (it went faster than expected, yeah!).

Ok, lets say saturday 16:00 then. Let's have the other possible times (all work for me) in reserve if needed

/Håkan

And another question.

How is the playoff seeded? Completely random? Within the pools? Based on TV, based on points, first seed 1 in the shark vs 8th seed in tuna, etc?

Might be good to know too see if it is better to win or to lose but preserve the team...

/Håkan

Quote from: Luiggi on May 21, 2012, 11:59:13 AM
Hello, fellas.

What's the deadline for this week's match? This week I'm moving back home after 9 months in another country and I won't be able to play until Friday if I'm lucky (and if my computer gets there alive... let's pray to UPS), and maybe Monday if I'm not. That would mean I'd have to forfeit this match (which wouldn't like at all, matches are meant to be played!). I'll keep you posted on this issue, I just wanted you to know that if I don't show around much next week is because I'm quite busy.

I wouldn't want to delay the start of the play-offs so if I don't make it in time just admin me a loss, but if there's a chance of playing next weekend (or even Monday/Tuesday), please tell me so I can try to hurry things up when I settle back home.

Cheers.

Hi.

I can play on friday after 19:00 and monday (both today and next week) after 19:00. During weekend, I'm not sure but either saturday or sunday should be completely free, if anyone suits you better, let me know so I can plan my weekend.

I really hope we can manage to play something, I would rather play and lose when not playing and win.

By the way what happens if a match is not played with regards to victory, SPP, gold, etc?

/Håkan

BB Manager installed and inspected, looks interesting.

Hope Gnaarkill managed to upload the result.

Quote from: kvasilad on May 20, 2012, 01:04:07 PM

Quote from: hakos on May 20, 2012, 09:08:16 AM
Hmm, I guess this is the time to confess.

I don't have the slightest idea what BBmanager is, where to download it, how to use it, and why to use it.

Can someone please explain, or give me some links for further research?

Thanks !

Introduction to BBM here:
http://norscaleague.com/index.php?topic=351.0

Current information for season 7 here:
http://norscaleague.com/index.php?topic=348.0

Thanks.

Sorry, but the link to the actual place to download does not work, is there another place to download it from?

Hmm, I guess this is the time to confess.

I don't have the slightest idea what BBmanager is, where to download it, how to use it, and why to use it.

Can someone please explain, or give me some links for further research?

Thanks !

Can someone please validate our match? I want to level my thrower...