Norsca Union League

Welcome to the after games lounge for NUL's season 5. Here you can give your match reports, ridicule or praise your opponent, enemies and friends, report your fallen and retired players and just generally talk trash about the game. Just remember the following:

- Remember that even ogres, trolls and other less intellectually-inclined races may get the joke you tell about them. It just may take them couple of weeks, so you could be unpleasantly surprised by an ogre bashing your skull in just when you're singing praises of that nice wench you met earlier.
- Never ever never challenge a dwarf to a beer jugging contest or take up their challenges.
- Don't be too harsh on the vertically challenged folk (like halflings and skinks). Remeber that they're just at the right height to hit you where it hurts the most.
- Nuffle, the Great God of Dices, is watching and may punish those who brag of their skills too much.

Minutes of the general meeting of registered association Gentleman Wolf-Whistlers (referred to as the association in the minutes for purpose of clarity)
at Fasta, Stronga and Betta Stadium, locker room B (visitor's locker room)

Members:
Present: Geri the Greedy, Freki the Hungry, Droopy Avery, Teddy, Orson, Hercule, Sherlock, Auguste, Arsene, Moriarty, Auric
As no one was absent, the meeting was noted to have quarum.
Others present: The association's recident physician, the noted doctor of necromancy, Mr. Coach Trainer.

Proceedings:
- The association's weekly meeting was called to order at 5.45 pm. by inspector Auguste.
- Incpector Auguste was chosen as the chairman of the meeting.
- After five minutes of silence Incpector Auguste was replaced as a chairman by Mr. Teddy as it was noticed that Incpector Auguste's jaw had fallen off when he was trying to perform the traditional opening wolf-whistle of the meeting and Incpector Auguste was now chacing the rat that had caught his jaw.
- Incpector Auguste was granted a permission to leave the meeting temporarily after the above mentioned rat ran out the door.
- Mr. Teddy opened the meeting with a lovely wolf-whistle of the eye-popping and tongue hanging type.
- Mr. Teddy's eyes were found and inserted into place by Mr. Trainer.
- It was discussed why the place for the year's first meeting had to be Ogre stadium where crowd traditionally has not very many spectators of female persuasion that could be considered wolf-whistling worthy. It was decided that the association should file a formal complaint with the NUL Blood Bowl League who are responsible for booking the meeting places. It was also decided that the league should be encouraged to allow every organization taking part in the league to hire amazon members.
- Geri the Greedy gave a presentation of new wolf-whistles under development by the association's sub-committee led by Mr. Greedy.
- Mr. Coach Trainer noted that association should be starting the physical activity part of the meeting, so the meeting was moved into the field of the Fasta, Stronga and Betta Stadium.
- The association won the coin toss and chose to kick-off the ball first. Members lined up into defensive formation.
- Members Hercule, Sherlock and Auguste were reprimanted for allowing themselves to be knocked down by the front line Ogres of the Fasta, Stronga and Betta.
- Freki the Hungry presented a lovely howling wolf-whistle after injuring snottling Nilbog Toadstool.
- The Association managed to stall the opposing attack on the last minutes of the first half so the first half ended with all 0 draw.
- During the half time the association argued if the growl of the boneheading ogres could be typed as a wolf-whistle. The issue was voted on and by the vote of 6 to 3 (Freki the Hungry and Droopy Avery were granted permission to abstain from voting due to fact they were knocked out) it was decided that, as the growl of the ogres was induced by individual's own stupidity rather than outside influences like red dresses and blonde hair, the growl would not be classified as wolf-whistle.
- At the start of the second half, the association lined up to attack formation with all their members present.
- Mr. Droopy Avery decided not to catch the ball that was kicked at him as he spotted a red dress at the stands. This decision was reprimanted, as the wearer of the dress was at closer inspection not classified as wolf-whistle worthy.
- Mr. Geri the Greedy picked up the ball and proceeded to run to the left flank where he stayed for some time while the members of both the Fasta, Stronga and Betta and the association decided to showcase their skills in being knocked down by missing their own blocks and failing dodges.
- As the members of the Fasta, Stronga and Betta were decided to be better at making self-inflected knock downs and Mr. Geri the Greedy proceeded to run towards the goal.
- Mr. Geri the Greedy decided to re-open the issue of which association is better at self-inflected knock downs by trying to run too fast and falling down.
- Fasta, Stronga and Betta were re-established as better self-knockdowners by the ogre Kurmak the Nuva who blocked himself down.
- Mr. Geri the Greedy picked up the ball again. After spending some time scanning the stands for the spot in the goal area where there would be most wolf-whistling inducers, he ran the ball for touchdown and presented a lovely wolf-whistle of chest-pounding variety.
- The association officially gratulated Mr. Geri the Greedy and took a defensive formation.
- The attack of the Fasta, Stronga and Betta was stopped in three turns and the association was declared the winner of the weekly meeting's physical activity by the score of 0 to 1 in touchdowns and 0 to 3 in casualties.
- The meeting of the association was closed with a tradional group wolf-whistle.


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RL comments:
Even game with game being decided by hard dice for both teams. The "best" moment in the game were eight 1s that were rolled during ten throws (1 for gfi, 1 for gfi, two 1s for armor roll, 1 for bonehead, 2 for dodge, 2 for bonehead and two 1s for block).  The game was probably decided by the fact that my necros had the speed to recover from these mishaps. Good game from Golden Arrow with a challenging team.

Yeah I have to agree with you. Nuffle showed his most wonderful mood and our guys competed with who could fail the most. For all those who have any idea how ogres play knows that this is very bad news for the ogres. They basically need near avarage dice to win a game.

Also no casualties for me the whole game (except for an ogre who managed to hurt himself when trying to block a golem). The snots where a lot less prone to get injured as well, but they don't really matter...

So here we are just minutes after the game between the Disorganized Dudes and the Dragon Trainers.

HI Gobber!
You just won the MVP of the game how do you feel?
[G] Well, finally I got what I always should get!
Oookey it looks like you got some new Technic right after the game what did you learn?
[G] We drink and cover for each other, so not much to chose from! We are the best team out there!!! Hurray!!!
Eeh, you did lose and as a matter of facts your team did take some poundings, how you figure your the best team Gobber?
[G] Well we gave 100%, we rocked on all places and we just blow them all like frozen bears!
Frozen bears?
[G] "Buuurp!!"
Nice, ok thanks for that Gobber.
So here we are with the winning side Theshishogaras, you just won the MVP how do you feel?
[T] You idiot, my NAME is Thishnogors! But I feel great what a win, Woohooo!!!! Haha Dragon trainers they sure need some more training hahaha! 3point to us hi5! "Smack!"
[T] It was awesome mate, we really did some moves!
Yes tell me about that strange setup in second half?
[T] There really were talk in the line so to speak. But in the end we heard both coach and Eric the warrior talking about defense and then the ball came down to us.. haha but we fold the Dragon wanna bees. I have to hit the docks now bye!
The docks? Not the shower?
Looking in to the both teams shower rooms there are simply no one there, on the other hand Norse and Chaos are not spending time in that place I figure.

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In short the game was amazing and the norse struggled as hell to get the game going.
Well played I'll have a few more games until I am comfortable with this team only getting 20k out of this one is scary.

We had quite a match with beuneri me losing by 1-2. Very lot of 1 dices somehow not so much skulls. There was quite many funny moments and some odd ones too. But in the end it was very tough match and great play. I was bit afraid that i was gonna lose skavens but only one died but that got saved by apo luckily :)

Did one of you remember to upload the match to BBManager, JerXou?

Yep its there

Excellent! Couldn't see the updated stats from work. I believe there's some time (10 min to an hour) between the game having been uploaded to the stats get updated. I'll be taking a sneak peek at your match to get some ideas of your Skaven-fu style  ;D

Thanx Oller for the game !

I didn't use BB manager, are we supposed to ?

I had a lot of luck with stuns, KOs and a few injuries. I managed to make a TD in 1st half, the Elfs managade to get 1-1 in T11 or so and the midgets did 2-1 in turn 15.
2 Elfs dead but one saved by the apot...

/Staffan

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!

Great!
So the day 1 is complete!
Moving the day ahead, meaning your game is validated now 8)

Cheers!
/B

Alright.. Lets see now there was a match if you want to call it like that. Im not sure if it suppose to happen but it did and well it was quite nasty. I could say "GG" but im not sure i really mean it. 3-1 for my rats i hope barmution you grow to hate me i mean really.  ;D kidding of course but i know you will somewhere in future get even atleast somehow  ;)

Just got quite horribly Nuffled in my match against JerXou (again  >:(), getting outscored 3-1 and at 3-3 cas, he ended up with a Niggled lino vs my two with respective -MV and -ST. Going to be a tough season if this keeps up... at D6 he was at +22 vs my +2 in BBManager, hardly needing re-rolls to dodge, pass or catch at all, while my 1s seemed to pile up. 2D6 was luckily quite low for both and block dice was fairly even, except for me getting 4 turnovers vs his 0 due to all my skulls/both down came bundled in a nice package in the 2. half. Here's to better luck to the Druchii and GG JerXou. After all, we agi teams must stick together in this über bashy environment. GL further on!  ;D

Me and J-Reedy got our 2nd round match finished just a while ago, and the game proved to be actually really tight.

The first few rounds of the first half proved to be quite nuffle unfriendly for J-reedy's Wolfgang(tm), ending up him burning all 3 of his rerolls during the first 3 (or 4?) rounds. I had a very lucky KO on one of his Flesh Golems in 2nd round, which helped me to clear up some space, and eventually get the ball to one of my Runners. But where nuffle gives, he also takes, so soon enough my luck started to turn, and while not being as bad as J-reedys, I still couldnt get my cage moving, most of the rounds my dwarfs were in the pitch catching some sleep in the beginning of the rounds and the critical blocks just didn't give the dice I would've needed.
When I noticed there being only 2 rounds left, my cage was broken, and my Runner who had the ball was still near the scrimmage with being tacklezoned by 2 opponents, I knew there wouldn't be enough time to score with him anymore, so I pulled up an "all-or-nothing" stunt, hand-offing the ball to a blocker behind my runner, running him to the side where I had one dwarf just gotten up from his beauty-sleep and thus not being tacklezoned by anyone, gave a lucky pass to him and made a sprint for it, max movement (4! :D) + 2 GFIs and I kept my chances of scoring.
J-reedy ofcourse did whatever he could at that point, which was freeing up his Wolf and doing the only logical thing to do - trying to blitz my ballcarrier -, with him having only 1 dice and 0 rerolls left I felt semi-comfortable since my Blocker obviously had block, and his Wolf didn't. The rolls ended up first being Pushback, and second one being a Skull, resulting in a turnover. That pretty much finished the first round, I got my TD after the turnover.

Second half was, well... How'd I describe it... Quite a "nuffle-show". It started pretty typically me getting the ball from kick-off. My cage was up and running soon enough, but this time J-Reedy and his Crew really meant business. My dwarfs felt like they still hadn't recovered from the first half, whereas his zombies, wolves and golems thirsted for revenge. First few rounds was pretty much picking up the sleeping dwarves in each turn and maybe doing one or two blocks and a blitz. I knew that couldn't go on for long, and it didn't, when my cage got broke down, his wolves immediately found the opportunity, their huge MA caught me off-guard and it ended up my Runner getting blitzed out of the game with a niggling injury and no apo to heal it.
Ball ofcourse dropped at the same instance, and luckily for me, it rolled quite far away from the wolves, and I got my chance to a bit organize my ranks and just do whatever I can to slow down the TD hungry team. Generally just pushbacks and skulls and only just few pows ended up him recovering fast and getting the ball back to one his wolfs. Luckily when he got his wolf to my side of the field with the ball, I got my opportunity, my Runner with a block got free and I managed to blitz his ballcarrier and get him down. I didn't have enough muscle to get the ball up, but I still had bought some time.
Next few rounds were the "nuffle-show" I was talking about early on. We literally had like 5 rounds in a row total which ended up to a turn-over from both sides. First he grabbed the ball with the wolf I had blitzed down in the previous round, and tried to run him to safe, GFI's were 1 and reroll 1 -> turnover. I then tried to run to grab the ball with my Runner which required me to roll one GFI, yeah, you guessed right, 1 and reroll 1 -> turnover. Next round he grabbed the ball with the wolf again, and tried to pass it to another one of his wolfs, ending up being roll 1, a turnover. I can't remember exactly what rolls we had after that, but it was like that for some rounds, which made the game extremely thrilling.
In the end Nuffle just didn't give J-reedy the small cooperation he would've needed to score, and the game ended up me winning 1-0.


Very exciting and nice match to play, and I hope the rest of the season will provide more of these kind of games. :)

Fasta Stronga Betta 1-1 Bloody Gorers. The way the dice fell on the first was unbelievably one sided in favor of the Gorers, but after half time the ogres got their game back in a major way and rammed the ball to the TD zone in spite of being one ogre down from the first half. The most memorable highlight was a beautiful hand-off from a snotling to a ogre near the LoS. A few turns later the score was tied. Thanks for the fun game, Golden Arrow!

Yeah, it was a really fun game (one of the reasons I play ogres). First half the ogres tried and failed horribly to defend against the chaos unslaught. There were a lot of double skulls and of the three one die blocks he threw at them one stunned an ogre, the next knocked one out and the last injured one. The snots tried to get in the way but with the ogres going out or getting turn overed they were horribly out of poisition and couldn't support which meant he could easily shove the snots away and walk to the end zone. I saved a reroll for a throw last turn but his kick ended up in my end zone, way out of reach...

Second turn went better, one ogre down I needed them all up field so had a snot pick up the ball. It managed it and a few turns later it handed it off to a free ogre who actually caught it. I caged up with lots of snots and another ogre and walked up the field while the other ogres tried to tie down as many players as possible and the snots got in the way as good as they could. It worked fine and I managed to walk in a TD with 3 turns left. The last turns became a brawl in the centre and none was anywhere near close to scoring.

Thanks for the game Konna :)

Dragon Trainers 0 - 2 Orkitis B.C.

The last match of the week ended up with a victory for the visitors that was secured in the first turns of the game, placing Orkitis on top of the table with 6 points (tied with BuzcaBass) and Dragon Trainers at the bottom.

The visitors won the toss and received the ball. Early in the game, the mercenary orc lineman Marmar, hired for this game to cover the loss of one of the two Black Orc twins really wanted to prove a point and killed a lineman early in the game. From then on, the best player for the orc team, Rokzig, sent another two players to the hospital in consecutive turns, granting his team a great advantage in numbers, enough to secure the first touchdown. The Yhetee seemed to be distracted with an orc blitzer, who refused to stand up against such a foe, and spent 6 turns laying on the floor in front of the Wild Animal (failed 4 rolls at 4+ to repositionate) Despite the Trainers' efforts to push the orcs to the sidelines, the visiting team didn't suffer any KO or casualty and defended the next drive 11 to 8. The goblin referee decided to move the clock back one turn back to turn 6, but the Norse team wasn't ready and took some risks to try and score with the extra turn. After some struggle on the LoS, an untimely turnover left an orc blitzer with the opportunity to score, and after sprinting, he put the final 2-0 on the scoreboard.

The second half couldn't start worse for the Trainers, as his Werewolf tried to block Marmar the journeyman and ended up in the hospital with a Pinched Nerve. From then on, the orcs easily grabbed the ball and tried sparring with some passes and, when a Black Orc was about to score, the Yhetee rushed to get him, took the ball from him and kept bashing orcish skulls for the rest of the match. However, neither him or his teammates proved capable enough today to inflict damage on the visitor's armors and only got two KO's. The game ended without any other incidents.



It was a good game and looked promising, but it got really onesided game after the first injuries. Bantha succeeded in taking the game to the sidelines, where his frenziers were a threat and pushed some orcs off the field. However, a double 1 on a GFI to block my carrier when he was wide open with his werewolf gave me the chance to rush forward and form a cage. Mighty Blow really proved useful as both injuries made use of it, and after that there was not really too much Bantha could do since he would always have tackle zones to dodge and inferior strenght to fight. His Yhetee must have spent 10 out of 16 turns standing still (even with 2+ rolls) and when he clawed my orcs, injury rolls simply wouldn't go his way.

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

Yes thats two dead in two games and in the end I rolled 10k for winnings and I got 20k from the first game.
Apparently I ended up getting 40k out of this match and I am as puzzled as Staffan is here.
There are clearly some bugs in the system regarding winnings.

Anyway, the game looked Ok and the first hits no one could break any armor.
But grinding long enough made it clear. I got 60k inducements and got my trainers some Ale!
Hey that will help a lot... but it did not as we hardly suffered any ko's it was stunned or injury for the hole lot!
So one RIP and One mng hmm and now some dwarfs awaits well, Phlegma the Fierce Yhetee was going strong in the end.
Knocking that ball holding bob to the dirt and stealing the ball was really impressing a lot gaining the mvp on that one.

But now we have an Apo!
Playing second half 7 vs 11 orcs was not that easy, and Astrid the Thrower in the team were able to get the ball in her hands in this game but failed to complete any passes again... and that fumble pass really left the ball wide open for the orcs to claim it. Really impressive that I could keep the number to 2-0.

Good luck with the team and the season, and yes I almost forgot Welcome to NUL  :D

Nice match reports all around! Lovely reading, I likes them.

*huff* *puff* *huff* *puff* "Am I too late?"

Stumbling Stephen the Scribe rests his hands on his knees and breathes heavily.

"I wr.." *huff* *wheeze* "wrote down the events of the last two games!"

Appearing to have caught most of his breath, the red-faced and surprisingly friendly-looking (also surprisingly beardy and surprisingly fat) old goat goes on:

"I recorded the last two Disorganized Dudes games in the Annals of Arduous Alliteration! It was an exhausting effort, but I got laughably lost before I could deliver them. It seems like I was busy pretending to be a doubtful duck most of last week, although I cannot be sure. Never the less, and more importantly, please allow me to read these delightfully delayed reports!"

"Starting with the first one... where was it... oh, right, Dragon Trainers. Ahem!"

"It was a fine day for a game, and 4 warriors from Disorganized Dudes happened to show up. These were Random Robin, Erratic Eric, Stochastic Steve and Unexpected Ulrik. Infrequent Ivan and Occasional Olec were nowhere to be seen. 7 goats were herded just in time for the toin coss, and the games were off.

Dragon Trainers won the toss, and chose to receive. After a decent kick-off, the three goats at the line of scrimmage were quickly decimated by the Norse warriors, headed up by the fearsome Yehtee Phlegma the Fierce. The werewolf Stoick made short work of the Dudes' left flank, and started clearing the way for a fast play.

One of the few goats left standing after the initial onslaught, apparently quite riled up by the action, lowered his horns and went straight for Stoick's guts. In a screeching clash of bone, flesh and metal, Stoick hit the ground, not looking at all pleased. The other Dudes scattered about in the typical disorganized fashion, not really accomplishing a lot.

Starkard the Runner made a surprise move down the opposite flank after Stoick's Slight Setback, carrying the ball across the line of scrimmage. Phlegma, on the other hand, appeared to have momentarily lost interest in the game, but rather found a seemingly interesting wart on his nose, demanding his undivided attention. Gobber floored Erratic Eric as he somewhat surprisingly decided to approach the charge with his hands held over his eyes, for reasons apparent only to him. The Disorganized defensive line at this point had decided to gather in entirely the wrong side of the pitch, and Dragon Trainers did not waste time taking advantage of their position. Various heads were knocked together while goats tried to take down the Yehtee, only to be knocked out and flung towards angry mobs of spectators. This left Starkard now able to relatively unhindered make his way towards the line and score a touchdown, setting the score to 0-1 for the Dragon Trainers!

Starkard, still celebrating his spectacular touchdown, made a spectacular mess of the kick-off. With half-time fast approaching, the goat Ul'molgors got the ball and realized that whatever was to be done, it had to happen quickly. The warriors on the line, led up by Stochastic Steve, managed to take down Phlegma and cause a bit of general mayhem, while Ul'molgors started a rush up the right flank supported by a couple of other goats.

Norse berserkers rallied quickly, and Ul'molgors found himself in a tough spot, surrounded by horned helmets. Realizing that he wasn't going to make it, he made a desperate long pass towards Shilow Tail on the far left flank, which somehow miraculously reached its target! Being practically alone, Shilow was free to run in the touchdown.

Unexpected Ulrik, suddenly deciding to take control of team strategy, made a rather original move at the start of the second half; rather than prepare to receive the ball, the Disorganized Dudes decided to line up as if it were not the start of the second half, but rather the end of the first, in a devious attempt to confuse the opposition. This was a partial success, but had the undesired side-effect of confusing the home team to an even greater extent.

Not being deterred, Thishnogors dodged free of the vikings and got hold of the ball in an unprecedented display of agility, seeking the relative safety of being close to Unexpected Ulrik's spiky armour. That safety turned out to be relative indeed, as Phlegma and Stoick thundered towards them and made sure some of Thishnogor's teeth as well as the ball ended up with a different relative position to Thishnogor. Hilarious violence escalated into a big brawl, dangerously close to the Dudes' line!

Shilow Tail miraculously managed to sneak out of the fighting with the ball, and was just able to pass it to Bris'nogor who was on the other side of the Norse defensive line. Running wildly towards a touchdown, the grin on Bris'nogor's face grew ever wider as he looked behind him and saw nobody able to keep up. Just as he turned his head back to look towards what he thought was the touchdown line, he realized that it looked a lot like a fist. A fist with metal spikes on it. Not being able to realize much of anything else for a few hours, Bris was sent flying into the sidelines by Gobber who was now in a real frenzy. Shilow, however, who had kept up, managed to swoop in, pick up the ball, and score the final touchdown just seconds before the game ended, 2-1 for the home team!"

"So there you have it! I've never seen the goats playing this kind of passing game before... well, not successfully anyway!"

"Two days ago, Disorganized Dudes met Midget Stuntmen at their home turf, a sturdy dwarf team sporting no less than two troll slayers. There was never any doubt that this was going to get physical. Very physical.

The Dudes' roster was more or less the same this time around, having kept even most of the goats. Bris'nogor being the notable exception, as he was still recovering from the unpleasant meeting between his eye and Gobber's fist.

The Midget Stuntmen won the toss and chose to receive, setting up a strong line with 5 stout blockers facing down three of the younger goats. Alglid the runner quickly got the ball and approached the line of scrimmage, ready for some carnage. The beastmen, used to being some of the meanest players around, were beaten senseless by the powerful dwarf fight...err..players. More or less all of the 22 players on the pitch participated in one huge brawl, and various body parts were left in various unnatural positions. Bryn Dok-Troll the troll slayer planted his heavy metal-clad fist through Shiey Pelt's temple, killing him outright before his body even hit the ground.

Alglid maintained posssession of the ball, and inched ever closer to the line avoiding most of the carnage, before finally securing the touchdown. 1-0 for the home team!

Both teams fielded 10 players for the next kick-off, with one goat having been killed and one troll slayer still being out cold. There was a frequent exchange of fists and boots around the line of scrimmage, while little constructive play took place. Unexpected Ulrik had a go with the ball at one point, but was slammed to the ground before posing any real threat to the dwarves. Ekrmli tried a daring long throw towards the end of the round, but ended up fumbling badly.

There was a clear sense of frustration in the chaos team at the start of the second half, being one player down, and getting nowhere with the wall of blocking dwarves. However, Bryn Dok-Troll fumbled the kick-off, and Shilow Tail got hold of the ball. Shilow, being something of an inspirational figure for the team after last week's game, managed to rally the team spirit somewhat, and started a run up the middle of the field with heavy support from both warriors and goats. However, Shilow's hopes of yet another touchdown for the Dudes were cut short by Bryn, who clobbered him unconscious, as the rush was turned into a flurry of punches and kicks.

The ball exchanged hands a couple of times, and ended up with Pa'fagor, one of the more inexperienced goats. Thishnogors, quick on his feet once again, had run up the field free of dwarves, and Pa'fagor managed a beautiful long throw to him. Having just received the ball, however, he also received Urur's boot, and ended up on his back without the ball. After a quick scramble, he managed to get hold of it again, only to be knocked down by Urur... again.

Time was running short, and frustration levels with the dwarf team's tough defence were rising. Erratic Erric, fueled by rage, unleashed his mailed fists at Karlok, severing his left jugular and sending him permanently to the ground with blood flying everywhere. Thishnogors, drawn in by the sudden fury, got up yet again and sent Alglid off the pitch with a nasty crunching sound, only to have Urur knock him down... again.

The ball somehow got lost in all the confusion, and ended up with the spectators, who hurled it back into the pitch deep into the Disorganized Dudes' half. Erratic Eric, still high on his adrenaline rush of fury, managed to get hold of it and throw it across half the field to Ulrik, who Unexpectedly caught it, and ran in a touchdown in the last seconds of the match!

Unprecedented ball playing by the warriors secured a draw, which the Disorganized Dudes seemed more than happy with."

"Right, well, that was a load off! I'm excited about the match against the ogres in Fasta Stronga Betta next week, and I'll surely be back with a new report from that match! Or not!"

Stumbling Stephen waddles along happily, while mumbling to himself giggling at something.

Maam!
13 y'ol Yangar rushed home at the brink of stumbling every second step as his legs could hardly keep up with the speed.
Maaam!!

And Mam opend the door for young Yangar, darting through the door he went and stumbling down in the sofa that really has seen the best days long ago.
The family Crushnack's home was not as wealthy as mam Mooma the cleaner could not afford any more. Living home with three kids was a hard effort.
The money from father Obek was never seen, and she never heard from him again.
The famous words "I'll be back soon" still makes her sad.
Did he survive the games or what happened has he found another girl?
Am I not good enough?
Well, the game just happens to be bloodbowl the most heroic game ever seen.
There are soo many heroes out there!!
And of course the one that dies on the LOS in the first game are never remembered, only the though guys enters the papers.

Yangar eagerly watches the magic ball shimmering the the comments from his favorite reporters from NUL.
"They tell the stories like no other!"
His elder brother always says.

Of course his brother was already home, in time for the the NUL reports.
He loved to share them with his brother, especially after practice.
Yangar always gave it all, I just might end up with his favorite team one day...

Has it started yet, he asks his brother.
It's just about to begin!

And the two brothers was unreachable for Mam in the closest hours to come, but that was ok, at least there are home now.
Mam went to fix food on the table as the broadcast started from NUL.

YES she heard the brothers shouted from the living room, she never understood the game.....
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Keep the stories coming dudes!
Just love to read them!
Cheers!

Minutes of the general meeting of registered association Gentleman Wolf-Whistlers (referred to as the association in the minutes for purpose of clarity)
at BuzcaBass stadium, locker room B (visitor's locker room)

Members:
Present: Geri the Greedy, Freki the Hungry, Droopy Avery, Teddy, Orson, Hercule, Sherlock, Auguste, Arsene, Moriarty, Auric
As no one was absent, the meeting was noted to have quarum.
Others present: The association's recident physician, the noted doctor of necromancy, Mr. Coach Trainer.

Proceedings:
- The association's weekly meeting was called to order at 6.45 pm. by Mr. Teddy.
- Mr. Teddy was chosen as the chairman of the meeting.
- Mr. Teddy opened the meeting with a traditional thundering wolf-whistle.
- The minutes of the previous meeting were presented and accepted.
- Chairman Teddy suggested that formal complaint should be made of the height of the BuzcaBass stadium's locker rooms as the Association's taller players had to hunch to avoid hitting the ceiling. The suggestion was unanimously accepted.
- Mr. Sherlock noted that the opponent in the physical activity part of weeks meeting wore red uniforms and had quite many blonde players so the association's members should take this into account.
- Mr. Coach Trainer noted that association should be starting the physical activity part of the meeting, so the meeting was moved into the field of the BuzcaBass Stadium.
- The Association won the coin toss and chose to receive the ball first. The members of opposing association kicked the ball out of bounds so the ball was given to Mr. Droopy Avery.
- The Association moved the ball to center line where it was held until Mr. Auguste stumbled onto the beard of the opposing association's player while trying to block him and fell down.
- Mr. Orson and Mr. Moriarty were given official warnings as they allowed themselves to be knocked out.
- Mr. Droopy Avery was fiven an official warning as he fell down during his own block and lost the ball.
- The Association was forced to defend the positions as the opposing association got hold of the ball. This succeeded reasonably well until Mr. Auric was knocked out and Mr. Auguste seriously injured.
- The opposing association ran for a touchdown through the hole in the left flank of the Association.
- After a brief kick-off the the first half of the physical activity ended with the opposing association leading 1 to 0.
- During the half time it was noted that the seriously injured Mr. Auguste was missing a part of his lower back. The Association decided to inform the stadium officials of this so that the missing muscle tissue would be returned to Association and sown back on if it was found after the match.
- At the start of the second half, the association lined up to defencive formation with all 10 members present and Mr. Auguste absent. The opposing association was also noted to have 10 members present.
- The Association started pushing stalled the opposing association's attack onto line of scrimmage.
- Mr. Geri the Greedy presented the Association a new version of his famous vertical windpipe Wolf-Whistle after seriously injuring opposing association's runner who was carrying the ball.
- After bouncing the ball and various members of both associations around, the ball was finally picked up by Mr. Freki the Hungry.
- Mr. Freki the Hungry stumbled onto empty bear keg on the field while trying to secure a safe position for the ball and fell down.
- The ball was bounced around by both assoaciations before Freki the Hungry secured it.
- Mr. Freki the Hungry spotted a blonde red-dressed female in the stands just as he was about the to throw the ball to Mr. Geri the Greedy. The ball dropped onto Mr. Freki's feet.
- The physical activity part of the week's meeting ended and the opposing association was declared the winner by the score of 0 to 1 in touchdowns and 1 to 3 in casualties.
- The meeting of the association was closed with a tradional group wolf-whistle.


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RL comments:
Beuneri already summed up the game nicely and accurately. I had to use all my 3 rerolls during the first 3 turns and the reroll on the third turn didn't help as my wight went down with the ball. Dwarfs made use of their block skill and knocked out my blockless zombies in rapid succession. I managed to keep the dwarfs advancing but a nice handoff+run+pass+run+GFI combination by Beuneri got him the touchdown at the end of first half. Second half was lot tighter, I managed to stall Beuneri's attack and surprise his ball-carrier from the rear with my wolves. My other wolf got the ball but fell down due to rerolled double 1s while going for it. Beuneri's next GFI attempt ended up with the same result and from then on it seemed that every ball handling dice failed. At the final moments a roll of 2 would've been enough to get the ball close to my other wolf deep in Beuneri's zone but the roll came up with 1 and that was basically the game. Exciting and fair game with both of us having our difficulties with the dice, good game from Beuneri.

Midget stuntmen 1 - 1 Orkitis B.C.

Third week ends honours even for both teams as they capitalize on an effective defense to score both touchdowns in the last turn of each half. Dwarves received first and quickly mounted up an attack on their left side. The orcs took up a defensive formation that encircled them in an attempt to push them off the field, but the dwarves' superior blocking skill overcame the orc's strenght and it was actually an orc blitzer the first one to leave the pitch after some shoving by the Troll Slayers. However, the orcish rear line stopped the attack and sent the ball loose out of bounds... it reached the stands and the crowd sent it back away from the action and to the right side of the dwarves' attack. Gorkbad the blitzer dodged away from the dwarven pressure (they were already outnumbering the defenders after some pushing and a couple of knock-outs) and took the ball. He made a desperate run towards the end zone, but the two troll-slayers who were marking him pressed on the pursuit and put a solid barrier in front of him. Gorkbad dodged away and kept running, never looking back. His only support was a stray orc lineman that dodged to hamper the dwarven pursuit, successfully delaying them. In the last turn of the first half, the orc blitzer dodged yet again and sprinted to the end zone, placing his team ahead on the scoreboard.

Second half started with 11 dwarves versus 10 orcs. After a high kick, the thrower didn't manage to catch the ball. The front line rushed to knock some dwarves down, and after opening a breach through the middle, a black orc rushed at the troll-slayers who were acting as safeties... big mistake, since that blitz caused a turnover and allowed the dwarves to counter-attack. With the ball on the ground they harassed the thrower, who finally picked it up and ran for cover in the front line. However, orcs were suffering casualties and knock-outs and their numbers kept dwindling. It took the dwarves a few turns to knock the ball loose, which they did in their half of the pitch. On turn 15, their only ball-players (a runner and a blitzer) won the game for the home team as the first one ran into a scoring position while the other one picked the ball and passed it to him on turn 16.

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I'll be honest, I got a bit annoyed by the permanent success in the dwarves' blocking dice, despite plenty of 1d blocks (I counted it and half his blocks were 1d) and even a 2d block against. I got a lucky streak with the dodges in the first half after seeing how my whole defence was falling, 1d block after another, which got me a touch down. Second half wasn't so generous with me, as I had to burn rerolls quickly on 2d blocks (1 of which ended up in a turnover anyway) and staffan had plenty to spare for the final play. GFI were also almost impecable (17/18) and the only 1 dices he failed were 3 4+ dodges, a 5+ catch and the final throw (which succeeded after the reroll). However, that's Bloodbowl, and dices come and go as they please, hehe.

Good game, though. It was very tense and there were some interesting key plays for both teams. I paid the price of not having block in most of my players while staffan took his chances with the 1d blocks and got away with it. Congratulations on the game!

Thanks Luiggi !
It was a nice summary of the game.

As a dwarf player I have been careful with the 1d blocks before.
Almost too careful but not the last game. I have had a lot of bad luck before so it was time for the luck to change.

Anyway it was an interesting game and I look forward to a rematch with less luck ;)

Minutes of the general meeting of registered association Gentleman Wolf-Whistlers (referred to as the association in the minutes for purpose of clarity)
at Shining Sins Stadium, locker room B (visitor's locker room)

Members:
Present: Geri the Greedy, Freki the Hungry, Droopy Avery, Tex Wolfe, Teddy, Orson, Hercule, Sherlock, Arsene, Moriarty, Auric
Absent: Auguste
With majority of the members present, the meeting was noted to have quarum.
Others present: The association's recident physician, the noted doctor of necromancy, Mr. Coach Trainer.

Proceedings:
- The association's weekly meeting was called to order at 5.15 pm. by Mr. Teddy.
- Doctor Moriarty was chosen as the chairman of the meeting.
- Chairman opened the meeting with an inspired wolf-whistle performed standing on his hands.
- Chairman's hands were sown back on by Mr. Trainer
- It was noted that Inspector Auguste's missing muscle tissue from his lower back had not been returned which was the reason for his absense.
- Chairman introduced the new member of Association's, Mr. Tex Wolfe. Mr. Wolfe performed the traditional initiation wolf-whistle while wearing a red dress and a blonde wig.
- It was discussed why meeting was once again held at a strange venue and not in Association's club house. Mr. Orson noted that the Association's schedule of physical activities included seven away meetings and only four home meetings. The Association agreed to file a formal complaint about this to the NUL league association responsible for organising Association's meetings.
- It was noted that there had been no responses on previous two complaints made by the Association. Association agreed to make a formal complaint about this.
- Mr. Coach Trainer noted that association should be starting the physical activity part of the meeting, so the meeting was moved into the field of the Shining Sin's stadium.
- The Association's members noted that the crowd consisted numerous whistle-worthy elven maidens of blonde persuasion. The Association quicky agreed to change the complaint about away meetings into a petition to hold every future meeting of the Association at the Shining Sins stadium.
- The Association lost the coin toss, but were given the chance of receiving the ball. Mr. Freki the Hungry picked up the ball and advanced along the right flank until Mr. Horthion the Belligrent from the opposing association blocked Mr. Freki down while he was eying an extra-ordinarily beautiful blonde speciment in the stands.
- Mr. Orson was given an official recognition of killing a member of opposing association.
- Doctor Moriarty was given an official reprimend due to him advising the opposing association's apotechary on the elven anatomy which resulted in the mentioned apotechary reviving the dead member of the opposing association.
- Mr. Droopy Avery picked up the ball that had been bouncing on the ground and continued Association's advance on the right flank.
- Mr. Droopy Avery scored a touchdown.
- Opposing association received the ball from the kick-off and made a succesfull pass but were then prevented from scoring before the first half ended.
- During the half time the Association which side of the stands had most attractive looking females of blondish persuasion. After a vote, the title was given to stands beside the left flank by a vote of 9 to 1 with one member (Mr. Geri the Greedy) abstaining as he felt both flanks were equally attractive.
- Opposing association received the ball from the kick-off, picked up the ball, threw the ball, caught the ball, ran through the Association right flank and scored touchdown while most of the Association's members were standing beside the left flank.
- The Association lined up to attack formation to receive the ball and were given the possession of the ball when it bounced from the head of Mr. Auric to the opposing association's side of the field.
- Mr. Auric was congratulated on clever use of his head.
- Ball was given to mr. Geri the Greedy who decided to remain stationary on the middle of the field because he still couldn't decide which flank to go for.
- Mr. Geri the Greedy was marked by two members of the opposing association which resulted in mr. Greedy deciding that the left flank had more attractive crowd, so he knocked one of the markers down and started a run to the left.
- Mr. Greedy changed his mind and ran to the right flank.
- Mr. Greedy changed his mind and ran to the left flank.
- Mr. Greedy noticed that the crowd behind the opposing association's goal zone was extremly attractive and mainly of blonde and red-dressed persuasion so he decided to run to the goal zone and score a touchdown just as the physical activity ended.
- The meeting of the association was closed with a tradional group wolf-whistle.


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RL comments:
The block dice were quite lopsided today, as I succeeded in almost every block while Oller mainly had to settle for pushbacks. The game was still quite tight as Oller played a flawles game but unfortunately Nuffle didn't favor him today and I also had the advantage of numbers most of the game. The defensive game of the elfs was especially good, I didn't get any chances for fast scoring and had to use two go-for-its for the winning TD at the end of the second half. Nice and tight game that could've been very different if Oller had had even a normal block dice ratio.

The night before the match between the CRUNCH MASTERS VS GENTLEMEN WOLF-WHISTLERS:
...
- Who, you dear sir, are calling a furry fleebag I may enquire?
- Ur dog u brink here u big snotnose!
- Oh, you must mean my friend mr. Geri the Greedy. He is our star scorer. I must introduce myself, I'm mr. Orson from the Gentlemen Wolf-Whistlers, club for gentlemen of whistling persuasion and afondness for red-dressed blondes. I understand we'll be playing an orc team with the name of Crunch Masters tomorrow. Have I understood correctly, that you dear sir are the captain of the team in question?
- Whaa?
- Oh, I see. Yes, we Crunch Masters play tomorrow. You the captain?
- Me da captain! We crunch you!
- Yes, our analysis of the situation corresponds with your assesment. But enough of the match analysis, we really just popped in to ask your opinion of that lovely goddess thay call Lady Luck. Have you heard of her?
- No ladies here. No gods but Gork and Mork! Gork strong! Mork brainy!
- Yes, so if I understood you correctly you don't approve of Lady Luck?
- No know lucky lady. Only Gork and Mork!
- Yes, it is rumored that Lady Luck is very beautiful, much like the loveliest elf maidens.
- Elfs r ugly! Funny color, no nice fangs and too skinny!
- So you're saying that Lady Luck is ugly?
- Must be if look like pointy ears! HA! HAA! Your lady is ugly!
- Excuse me, I was a bit distracted. Could you repeat what you just said? And whom were you talking about again?
- Your lady lucky, she ugly!
- So in your opinion the lovely and wise goddess Lady Luck, who according to rumours is very elven-like but more beutiful than any of the elfs, is not to your liking? Might you even suggest that she is a tramp and a harlot?
- The ugly lady is a tramp! You strangers go into the night now! Our bar, my way! We crush you tomorrow!
- Well, I must Bid You Adieu then. See you tomorrow, ta-ta! Come now mr. Greedy, you can let go of that fellow now.
...
- Do you think this did the trick mr. Orson?
- We can only hope so mr. Greedy. You did remember I flaunted Lady Luck's beauty all the way here. She is so vain, that she must've kept on listening. Those orcs won't be having any of her favours tomorrow if she heard them!
- Ahem, mr. Orson, you probably just joked about the beautiful Lady Luck being vain, right? I mean, how could the most beautiful goddess in all the world be vain because there is no one to rival her in beauty!
- ... damn. YES! You're right mr. Greedy, I was just joking. Who would dream of calling such a sight of splendour and adornment anything but the most perfect beauty in all the known exsistance!
...
- I really hope you didn't ruin it, mr. Orson.
- Me too, mr. Greedy. Otherwise we'll get our sitting parts handed to us tomorrow.

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And the match between the Crunch Masters and Gentlement Wolf-Whistlers ended in 1-0 victory for the W-W. Either the above scenario occurred or Nuffle and Lady Luck were out drinking together, because Paspawn seemed to fail every dodge roll and both of us had smaller and larger skulls showing up on our block dice frequently. Paspawn was finally the more unlucky of the two of us as I actually had even a few succesful one die blocks. "Interesting" game with both teams just trying to survive the bad diece at the end of second half.

Orkitis B.C. 1 - 1 Fasta Stronga Betta

I don't have too much time to write a report right now, maybe tomorrow I'll take the time.

Let's say snotlings and orcs traded armor. The game ended with 2 snotling casualties and 6 orc casualties (47% of armor breaks on orcs and 50% of Injury in the injury roll)... too much punishment. On their side, they got injured twice (+ 2 KO) out of 13 armor breaks (with stunty on 11 of those rolls).

It's true that I didn't play very smart either, I should have been running away from those ogres and instead I confronted them, allowing him to score in my first drive of possession. Luckily for me, when I had only 6 orcs on the field, I made a crazy rush for the ball carrier, got away with 3 3+ dodges, knocked the ball loose, and my loyal crowd put it 1 square away from his end-zone, allowing a blitzer to score easily.

I ended up happy with the tie, considering how things went... I had to use my Apoth on the first turn and I'll even have to be thankful I only got 1 fractured skull and 1 damaged back after that. At least I got 70k winnings to buy another black orc (I'm sacking the poor av 8 one, lol).

Good game though, lots of turnovers, rerolls gone in 4 turns each half... lots of ups and downs. Good luck in the season, it's never easy to coach Ogres :D Though you can be proud of them today :P

Yeah it was a crazy game. My armour and injury rolls where through the roof but ogres ar ogres (and more importantly snots are snots) so they still managed to screw things up and the game went to a draw.

First half the crowd decided to stun the ogre guarding the left which left it quite open and with a flourishing pass (short pass) he had a blitzer down their with the ball and some buddies. The ogres tried to clog it up as much as possible with some snots blocking the path forward. He went forward a bit and caged up in the middle left side of my field. An ogre blitzed in and and stood beside the ball holder and another tied up some orcs while the snots got in the way and one tagged his ball holder. He knocked down the snot but didn not manage to get rid of the ogre. He bone headed instead of hitting the ball holder though but I had a reserve guy that went in with a blitz but also bone headed. I rerolled it and managed to knock him down though. The snots got round the ball and managed to pick it up. Another ogre boneheaded so I couldn't really hold his guys in, but the snots where enough in the way that he didn't manage to blitz the ball carrier. I moved up over a few turns with ogres boxing his guys in and injuring several of em and he could not get any guy close enough to blitz my ball carrier (a failed dodge and lots of ogres pummeling them helped) so I scored in turn seven.

In the second half the ball got kicked right back by my end zone and I sent some snots down there planning to have an ogre pick it up, but I turn overed before I could make the pick up attempt. He ran forward a bit and I turn overed again before I got the chance to pick the ball up. My turn three he was getting closer so I needed to pick that ball up. I did and ran up by the side line with lots of snots screening him and some ogres a bit further on. The ogres pummeled the orcs some more... He managed with a crazy three 3+ dodges, plus a block where he needed a both down (on a defender down I could side step so the ball was protected) which he got and then the ball bunced out into the crowd and they threw it out just in front of his only other guy down by the end zone just in front of it and he scored.

I had five turns left to score but got tied up and with no rerolls left the ogres skulled out a lot (it was either that or injuring his guys, I got almost no pushes at all) so he blitzed down my ball carrier and even though I managed to get it back move 5 is very slow and I did not manage to reach the end zone so the game ended with a 1-1 tie.

Thanks for the game again, it was fun with wild crazy dice and orcs in paper armour.

Before leaving to visit the family for Christmas, I just wanted to wish everybody happy holidays. Have a nice christmas, eat well, rest and maybe even sing some christmas songs like the old classic about the famous minotaur blitzer of the well known Chaos Dwarf team from far north:

You know Crasher and Masher and Bouncer and Vixen,
Mamer and Stupid and Donner and Blitzen,
But do you recall?
The most famous minotaur of all?

Rudolph, the red-nosed minotaur
had a very shiny nose.
And if you ever saw him,
you would even say it glows.

All of the other minotaur
used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
join in Blood Bowl games.

Then one foggy prematch fray
Sam "da claws" came to say:
"Rudolph with your nose so bright,
won't you guide my blitz tonight?"

Then all the minotaurs loved him
as they shouted out with glee,
Rudolph the red-nosed minotaur,
you'll go down in history!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! HYVÄÄ JOULUA! GOD JUL! FELIZ NAVIDAD!

Awesome :) This will be something to sing in Christmas for sure, just have to find the right crowd ;)

And Merry Christmas everyone! God Jul! "Strange finish word with letters thrown in at random"!

Indeed!

From all of us to all of you!
May you get merry merry Christmas!
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Dragon Trainers Inc.

A bit late to the party here but merry christmas and god jul to everyone!  ;D

Aight my rats vs kvasilads chaos ended 1-2 on Disorganized Dudes victory. It was exciting match on the half way but i had lost quite many rats which leaded to quite heavy underpower.

Quote from: JerXou on January 03, 2012, 09:11:57 PM
Aight my rats vs kvasilads chaos ended 1-2 on Disorganized Dudes victory. It was exciting match on the half way but i had lost quite many rats which leaded to quite heavy underpower.

Thanks for the game! It got quite violent towards the end, but at least no-one died :)

Orkitis B.C. 0 - 2 Crunch Masters

The match between the two orc sides of the league ended up with a crushing defeat for the home team. Despite receiving in the first half and knocking down the defending front line, they retaliated and scored one casualty and one KO in the first two blocks of the game. Many other stuns would follow, leading the attackers to attempt a crazy play on the right wing. The thrower missed the quick pass, though, and the scattered ball ended up in the hands of one of Crunch Master's thrower. The other one fouled a lineman on the other side of the pitch, injuring him.

With 11 to 8, they had an easy time moving down field, though the rest of the team did not secure him properly and allowed a dodge and blitz to the carrier. The ball bounced a while back and after some struggle it ended up in midfield again. However, in turn 8 a blitzer picked it up and successfully passed it to a thrower, who was in scoring position.

Crunch Masters dominated the whole second half, and despite some attempts to strip the ball from their carrier, he had an easy time putting it in the end zone. However, the other thrower suffered a career-ending injury as the most dangerous blitzer in the Orkitis side piled on him to crush his collar bone. The apothecary tried to fix it, killing him in the process.


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I was expecting much more from this match, as it should have been a rather contested game with plenty of bashing and some tactical pushes and knockdowns. However, it ended up being a walk in the park. The game was basically over when I found myself with 2 injuries and 1 KO in the second turn. I had a lineman fouled by a thrower with 3 assists (that were not even necessary to make the armor roll) in turn 2 and the ref didn't even send him off... go figure :D

Congratulations to Paspawn for the win. After a strong start I think my team will go down quite fast, especially with the fearsome werewolves coming waiting in week 6.

 

QuoteOrkitis B.C. 0 - 2 Crunch Masters

Considering how my team has been underperforming and being 1 Black Ork down, i was not very convinced with the outcome of this match. I was lucky to score some casualties early and that made tha game slope down. Luiggi did his best as I expected but it is very hard to play outnumbered in a mirror match.

However, there was a man who could not miss his weekly fail, and that was my apothecary who managed to end the promising career of my thrower who had just scored a TD.

I think we Orcs should paint our armors in red or something like that, at least we would be faster.

Gentlemen Wolf-Whistlers 0 - 1 Orkitis B.C.

The fangs versus claws duel finished in an astonishing game full of action, blood and thrilling plays. Both sides made some mistakes in the blocking department that translated into unusual plays taking place.

Wolf-Whistlers won the coin toss and decided to defend the first drive. Orkitis B.C. didn't seem to be very motivated for this game, despite the rivalry, since they made some rookie mistakes in the blocking department that allowed the defending team to take initiative. They surrounded the loose ball in an attempt to score quickly, but the orcs managed to pull themselves together and fight for the ball. It remained on the floor for almost the whole first half, with both teams hitting each other and the ball bouncing all around. The home team suffered some casualties (a ghoul and a zombie) and a KO (zombie), nothing too serious in the long run but that put them in a great disadvantage for the rest of the match.

Orkitis capitalized on that advantage and overwhelmed the Gentlemen's line, gaining control of the ball. A blitzer started running upfield and got rid of a rookie werewolf that tried to stop him, knocking him down. His teammates tackled the opposition and he ran for the end zone to score with only a few seconds (1 turn) left. The orc coach left only three players to be the punchbags, but the offense got distracted and the rest of the team managed to pull off a perfect defense. Geri the werewolf knocked out a lineman, but the extra kegs of Bloodweiser Babes beer got him right up for the second half, as well as a black orc that had been KO'd earlier in the half.

After the break, the home team started tough. They injured an orc lineman and KO'd another player, evening things out a little. 9 versus 8 again, and the orcs adopted a cautious stance, waiting for the home team to rush forward. There was no way the werewolves could get injured, despite the blitzer's several attempts (which included some piling on), and his teammates didn't take it too well, so they stunned several orcs. A flesh golem and a wight opened up some space for Geri's run. In a desperate attempt, orcs started dodging out of some well placed tackle zones. First a blitzer (4+ 3+) marked Geri and his guard, but the rookie thrower failed to properly block him (gfi failed). All was clear for the Wolf-Whistlers to score the equalizer, but the wight got outblocked by the lone blitzer (quadra skulls). Geri withstood the next hit, and would only have had to dodge to the end zone, if it wasn't for a black orc named Morgur, who dodged and sprinted (4+ 2+ 2+) to block him and knock the ball loose near the sideline.

Now with the upper hand, the same black orc attempted to clear a path for the thrower to pick up the ball and move upfield... however, he failed miserably (2x skulls) and the home team had another go. However, a zombie made a strange move (missclick) in midfield and got tackled by the orcs, provoking a turnover. Two orc blitzers rushed at Geri to take him out for good, but he resisted the piling on. On turn 16, Geri got rid of the other marker and the final moment had come: all he had to do was to pick up the ball and sprint to the end zone... but somehow the ball slipped and bounced softly out of bounds. Game was over and disappointment reigned in the stands while both teams headed back to the locker room.

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It must have been the craziest game I've seen in a while. At least 5 double skulls (4 of them consecutive), failed pick up rolls, easy dodges being failed, tough dodges being made... A game that should have ended up 1-1 but for some reason ended up going in my favor. J-Reedy's missclick killed almost all his options to equalize and still it all came down to a failed 3+ pick-up.

Really well played game J-Reedy, with many ups and downs, really tough positions for me (at first half I could barely take the ball from you and in the second half I had to play desperately and still got away with it).

Good luck in the future and... get a new mouse!

For some reason my game against Oller last week became a draw on BB manager even though I won, if someone could fix that it would be nice...

Quote from: The Golden Arrow on January 12, 2012, 01:03:05 AM
For some reason my game against Oller last week became a draw on BB manager even though I won, if someone could fix that it would be nice...

If you added the game, please remove it and upload it again.
/B

Seems fixed now.

My rats vs mighty golden arrows ogres ended with 0-1 to ogres victory. Game was Brutal absolutely brutal with quite many cas for both sides. My rats had some down hills and so did the ogres overall very brutal match for skavens good that nobody didint get seriously injured expect my thrower named "Doomed" :D well what do you expect.. Tho it was bit cool match with my commando rat who bashed ogres snotlings like they were sponges oh wait they might just be that :D

A draw came up in the game, some neewb norse vs a dwarf team.
0-0 but it was one intense game that had a lot of everything.

Norse had more beer than the dwarf, showed by the muscles bashing out the dwarfs.
The blocking skills for the norse is still apparently not the safe side.

Dwarfs showed more speed than normal, missing one gfi out of 16 was quite impressive.
The dodge skills was quite good that also.
Not sure the armor was in place for this game. Maybe that was the price losing the beer contest in the tavern the night before the game.

One rip on a rookie Norse lino but the medic stayed as he was a rental one.
The norse team also missed to check the time as they got ready to score it was half time already.
Missing the thrower in the team the norse actually made more passes then they did having a thrower. Maybe this is a sign not to get those peckers.

Thanks for the game staffan, it was entertaining I really thought you had it when that lino manage to catch a bouncing ball.
Check it out on BBM channel.  ;D

Cheers!
/B

BuzcaBass 1 - 2 Crunch Masters

Ok, the first thing what comes into mind when recollecting this match is casualties, casualties everywhere.

My blocker armed with Guard ended up getting Badly hurt in just second turn into the game, making my game instantly look a lot more grim, knowing that those Guards are pretty essential in gaining even an equal ground when blocking against Black Orcs, it didn't look good.

The first TD was a solid performance by Paspawn, he got receive from coin toss, and gathered a nice force to push through my defenses, the casualty on my Guarded blocker pretty much sealed the deal, the only glimpse of hope was my Wizard which I had bought with inducements, got one KO with it and managed to get his ballcarrier down and with lucky bounces, get the ball on my blitzer. The luck was shortlived tho, since Paspawn got the ball back in the following turn, he scored last turn of the round 1 and made the game 1-0 for him.

However, in the second round, my luck started to turn, and I managed to pound Orcs to the infirmary in a solid succession, having 4 orcs out of the game for good and 3 knocked out at best. I got TD in just 3 turns into the round, which was very much assisted by the casualties I managed to make.

I was actually hopeful that since Paspawn has that many players out of the field after the 1-1 TD, that I'd might be able to make one fast TD and even win the game. But I ended up playing too aggressively, leaving Paspawn a chance to score, and he didn't miss it. The last rolls Paspawn made, were made without reroll's available, and were risky shots, but hey, in blood bowl you never win unless you take risks. And in the end it paid off by him scoring in the second last turn.

Welcome to the coaches conference fellow trainers. I'm Coach Trainer and I'm here to talk about some new methods in coaching Blood Bowl teams. As you may know, I'm the coach of the gentlemen's club Gentlemen Wolf-Whistlers who also play Blood Bowl in Norsca Union League. Today I want to talk you about a new method that I came up during our last three games. The development of this method started three matches ago when we played the norse DRAGON TRAINERS:

As you know, norse are all about blocking so during the match preparation I emphasized to my players that we should consentrate on blocking and tackling. So what happened? We started the match by kicking it to the norse. At first everything seemed to be going OK, we managed to stall their offence and keep the ball away. Well, the half ended with our side underhanded by fierce norse blocking and Dragon Trainers leading 1-0. Our blocking just wasn't up to standards but fortunately my players picked it up in the second half and we managed to tie the game and take two norse players out. But the match ended in 1-1 tie as we didn't manage to get the ball away from the norse. In my post-match analysis I came to conclusion that our blocking was half-hearted and we really should consentrate on it. So this in mind, we trained hard on our blocking while preparing to play ORKITIS B.C:

What happened was a total disaster. The orcs were the first to receive and even though we managed to slow them, they dominated us on blocking and finally rolled all over us in the first half when we had only six players on the field. Again, on the second half my players picked up the pace with blocking. Unfortunately while concentrating on blocking they seemed to forget all about ball-handling and doging and we lost the game due to me losing concentration and ordering a dumb dodge. Well, after the game I was devastated, emphasizing blocking and trying to inflict as much hurt as possible clearly was working so I decided to take a new approach in the game against DISORGANISED DUDES:

During the pre-match preparation I told my players to take it easy and consentrate on the ball. I told them that they should try to take blocking seriously but not try hurt anyone. Maybe just gently knock them on the head instead of bashing their skull violently to the ground. And it worked like a dream! The Dudes took to the attack first but we got pressure on them right from the start. Even though we couldn't stop them from scoring, we forced them to score fast with a fast run through the middle which gave us plenty of time to even the score. And the taking it easy blocking was working like a dream! We knocked two their players, even one chaos warrior out during the first drive and continued the same pace with our first drive! There were four KOs in their box at the end of the first half and of their beastmen had killed himself when trying to dodge away so I had a new player available for the rest of the game. We also managed to tie the score and then we were to receive at the second half. And as my method of passive aggression was working, we started the drive two players up! We took the game to sidelines and that's where the effort-free blocking really showed it's strength! We didn't have block anyone down as we could just send them crowd surfing. And the crow really worked them up. We scored no casualties in the match but the Dudes ended up suffering 3 casualties, 2 of them crowd inflicted! If I recall correctly, the passive aggressive blocking led to there being only five Dudes on the field when we scored our second TD. We had left enough time on the clock for one more scoring drive as we knew we would have at least 3 man advantage. It ended up being a 5 man advantage but the Dudes played it nice and we just couldn't get the ball away in time to score. But the real news was the fact that my passive aggressive game style clearly worked! So in conclusion, you don't have to hurt your opponent badly, you can let them and the crowd to do it for you!

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Coaches comments:
I've been real busy past weeks so I haven't had to time to write any match-reports or anything else so my memories from the Dragon Trainers and Orkitis B.C. games are hazy. If I recall correctly, the Trainers game was a typical 1-1 game where in the second half I left enough time to clock for either side TD as I had man-advantage. Dispite being undermanned mr. B however came quite close to scoring but I finally managed a draw with little effort.
Orkitis game was another close one where I probably lost a 1-1 tie to a second half mouse wheel mishap that caused a misclick and sent a zombie dodging into opposing players tackle zone. It was also a game of two halves where orcs clearly dominated the first half and necros the second.
In the game against Paspawn's Disorganized Dudes I had extremely lucky dice day in that I think I only had to use reroll two times and high rolls showed up on armor and injury rolls against the Dudes. Paspawn had to play undermanned practically all of the match so the game was a really tough on him.

1-2 for my rats vs luiggis orks. Nothing special just riot took the game on bad start with taking 7 of my rats down including both blitzers,whole scrimmage and gutter runner.. well stilll managed to do goal but after that it was mostly idling.

Orkitis B.C. 2 - 1 Space Cheese

A much anticipated match for the local crowd that did not disappoint all those who congragated in the Orkitis Stadium tonight. Plenty of blood, knock-outs and violence, with the rats taking the worst part of it.

The visitors won the coin toss and chose to receive, with their gutter runners ready to catch the ball and start heading towards the end zone. However, some hooligans invaded the pitch, stunning 9 rats and 1 orc thrower. Only two gutter runners were left standing, so they took the ball and faced the bloodthirsty orcs. They rushed inside their half to put some pressure on them, but the rats avoided most of the blocks, wrestling their rivals down to the ground with them. By turn 3 everyone was up and at it again, and the orcs inability to knock any player down was starting to frustrate the coach. After a nice pick up and hand-off, a gutter runner managed to go through the orcish line, scoring in turn 5 and leaving the orcs a chance to come back into the game this half.

Orkitis got the ball safely in his midfield and started smashing some rat's skulls. Several KO's and a killing blow by an orc lineman on a journeyman rat made things easier for the home team, despite a reckless blitz by a gutter runner that sent the ball flying around. However, the reserve thrower picked it up and handed it off to a blitzer, who ran all along the right flank. The rats had a slim chance of taking it, or at least put some pressure on the ball, but for some reason they just stood still and gave the blitzer enough time to simply score in turn 8 [a miss-click by JerXou basically gave me a free turn so I did not even need to block or dodge to get the TD]. The half ended with 1 death, 1 injury and 5 KO's on the rat's side; clean sheet for the orcs.

Second half started and it seems those rats were hit really hard, since only one of them got up. Fielding 11 players versus 6, it was easy to secure the ball and head for the end zone while some blitzers and black orcs hunted down the rats. They put up an honorable fight but were finally beaten up by the orcs: many were KO'd, some injured and yet another linerat got killed... this time they smashed his head and not only his collar bone. Orcs scored in turn 16.

For the third drive, only one KO recovered again, so it was 3 linerats in the Line of Scrimmage versus 11 orcs. They blitzed Space Cheese last warriors and finished the game stomping a mercenary, sending him to the hospital for the joy of all the fans at the stadium. The game ended like it started: with 9 rats on the ground and 2 rats standing.

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Good game, JerXou. I have to admit that I was really lucky with kick-off events and armor rolls, although it took my orcs 3 or 4 turns to get a knockdown despite the number of block dice rolled. Second half was kinda boring because of the overwhelming numbers advantage, and I don't like stalling that much but you can never be too cautious when playing versus skaven... they can do wonders on offense. Maybe you should have gone for other type of inducement (2x bloodweiser babes, bribe/apothecary)... taking 2 extra rerolls for a total of 5 is not going to make a big difference at this TV and with 2 journeymen.

Nice work everyone!
All games done and MD8 is ready.

Cheers!
/B

Well i guess another apo would have been useful just didint think it really matter with that awful awful start and such. I just find rerolls the most useful in the game atleast with skaven and when you have quite some one roll dices and important blocks to deal with. But basically most of my matches have been struggle to stay alive so i dont really find this season so interesting. This one was yet most boring one :P not that i mean bad

Official complaint to league officials due to events from the physical excursion between GENTLEMEN WOLF-WHISTLERS and DRUCHII SMUCHII SCHMOO that ended with a DSS 1-2 WIN

We the undersigned, official representatives of the Gentlemen Wolf-Whistlers (The Club), the gentlemen's club for gentlemen of whistling persuasion, would like to file a formal complaint to those officials of the Norsca Union League (or NUL) who are officially responsible for organizing the above mentioned gentlemen's club's weekly physical activity. This complaint concerns the following two instances from The Club's physical activity with the Druchii Smuchii Schmoo:

1) The players of the The Club would like to note that the Druchii Smuchii Schmoo had a member of a female persuasion within their ranks, namely a which-elf called Eviscerating Evelyn. This should be considered an unfair advantage as all the members of The Club are true gentlemen who have the highest of respect for the members of the female sex, who would never hurt a members of the mentioned sex and who have a persuasion for assuring that all members of the female sex feel themselves secure. It should be noted that Ms. Evelyn took advantage of this conviction of the members of The Club by personally injuring and knocking out numerous members of The Club. Therefore The Club would like the league officials to guarantee that the the members of the female sex would be banned from taking part in the future physical activities of The Club as players. The Club would like to emphasize that this ban should only concern the actual physical activities performed on the field, presence of females - preferably stunning platinum blondes in red dresses - outside the sidelines would be welcomed and encouraged.

2) The Club would like to note that persons who had gathered to view the above mentioned physical activity decided to take  part in the physical activities by storming the playing field and stunning six members of The Club within the last minutes of the physical activity. The Club would like the officials of the league to give an official explenation why this was allowed and why the security personnel of the physical activity only allowed members of the Druchii Smuchii Schmoo fan club storm the field.

The Club hereby submits this complaint to the NUL league officials.
For The Club,
Mr. Teddy and Mr. Geri the Greedy

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Coaches comments:
Very even game which was decided by me foolishly giving away a quite sure 1-1 tie by scoring the equalizer when 3 turns were left. I thought that having at least 2 man advantage (ended up being 3 man advantage when one of Barmution's 4 KOs failed) should give me a fair chance to try for a defensive stop and TD. But as the kick-off result ended up being Pitch Invasion where 6 Wolf-Whistlers and only 1 Darkie Elf were stunned, Barmution had quite an easy task scoring. Eviscerating Evelyn was on fire, scoring 2 or 3 casualties with a couple of KOs also thrown in there. Quite exciting game and nice gaming from Barmution. Thanks again for the nice game!

Official reply to formal complaint from the Gentlemen Wolf-Whistlers (further referred to as GWW) regarding the physical excursion yesterday.

We, the undersigned representatives of Druchii Smuchii Schmoo (DSS), would like to give a comprehensive response to the points raised by GWW.

1) DSS is, by decree of the Overcouncil of Sinister Sportivities, an equal opportunity sports club. This, by definition, implies that Druchii female specimen are not only allowed but even encouraged to take to the field to render grievous physical harm upon their opponents or vice versa, depending on the wills of Khaine and Nuffle. If any so-called gentlemen are too weak of stomach or perhaps too distracted by our sister in battle's anatomical blessings, we would claim that such a player is unsuited for the demands of this sport. What if such players were to face a team of these female furies of Lustria, the Amazons? The result would surely be a detriment to all fans of this noble game and to the players themselves. No, we say, get with the times; these outdated notions harken back to the glory days of the Slann and should be considered relics of a distant age.

2) Considering the physical incursion of fans unto the field, it was not a matter of security personell shirking their duties. We most certainly resent the implication of bribery or threats untowards the family or loved ones of such staff. No, the matter is quite simply one of physiological differences between our sports clubs respective fan-bases: Whereas a fan of GWW seems to be at best a shambling hunk of partially decomposed flesh, a DSS fan is a nimble, strong and willful entity, blessed with both the foresight of recognizing a far superior team and the body to enact righteous vengeance upon the opposing team when referees fail to comply with respectful suggestions made pre-game. As such, we would like to register our own complaint as a member of our own ranks were hit during the tumults, something that seemed far less likely given the reasons listed above.

For Druchii Smuchii Schmoo,
Archibald "Wolf Bait" Arson and Dastardly Danny Dwarf-Drowner

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Coaches comments:
I'll freely admit being quite lucky with winning this one, J. That Pitch Invasion was a one-sided travesty if I ever saw one. My block dice started off quite badly in the first half but soon Evilyn was laying down the smack with a vengeance... pretty lucky armor/inury rolls for me indeed. Good thing I didn't inflict lasting injury on you, tho, that would've left quite the bad taste in my mouth considering the outcome of the match. You played very well and would at least have deserved a draw.

Nuffle's blessings to you for your remaining matches!
-Barm

BuzcaBass - Bloody Gorers 2-0

Well, nothing much to say about this match, I had incredible lucky block dices and it was very funny to finally get to test my Deathroller (never had one before). My GFI rolls were something incredibly bad, failed GFI twice or thrice even with reroll.

Konna had one very good opportunity to get the game even in the last turn of round 8, but his terrible dodgerolls failed him.

WP by konna nevertheless.

OFFICIAL COMPLAINT to the chief editor of the book "Skaven anatomy and habits with some delicious rat tail recipes" (2nd edition, Ogre & Trollop publishing) due to discrepancies noted in the book during physical activity between the gentlemen's club GENTLEMEN WOLF-WHISTLERS and skaven association SPACE CHEESE that ended in 1-3 SKAVEN VICTORY.

We the undersigned, official representatives of the Gentlemen Wolf-Whistlers (The Club), the gentlemen's club for gentlemen of whistling persuasion, would like to file a formal complaint to the editor of the above mentioned book (The Inaccurate Tome) of some serious mistakes noted in the Inaccurate Tome. Members of The Club noticed at least following discrepancies between the actual properties of the skaven and the ones described in The Inaccurate Tome:

1) According to The Inaccurate Tome "Skaven are fragile creatures who can be hurt easily once they are caught" (p. 5, chapter I). This is a pure lie. First of all, the hinted evasive nature of the skaven seems not to be true as the members of The Club had no trouble catching the skaven (although it should be noted that all of the members were carrying some extremely long matured camembert cheese with them, which may have made the process a bit easier). Second, the members noted the skaven armor is as hard to brake as orcish armor. The members of The Club managed to penetrate the skaven armor as rarely as against the orc opponent that The Club played just two weeks ago. Therefore, The Club would like to suggest that The Inaccurate Tome should be changed to read "Skaven are furry creatures which gives them a good natural protection against normal hits and only clawed attacks can be deemed to be effective against the skaven".

2) Secondly according to The Inaccurate Tome "Skaven are not aggressive by nature and tend to shy away from all physical contact if it can be avoided" (p. 6, chapter I) and "The relatively feeble skaven rarely manage to hurt any of their prey..." (p. 46, chapter III). It is a travesty that such inaccuracies can be printed! The members of The Club would like to inform the editor of The Inaccurate Tome that after first minute of the physical activity between The Club and skaven association Space Cheese two (2) members of The Club were knocked out by the "feeble" skaven. Also, during the whole length of the said physical activity, three (3) members of The Club were injured, two of them so seriously and badly that they didn't even manage to regenerate the wounds! The Club therefore suggest that The Inaccurate Tome should be changed to read "The Skaven are fiercly territorial creatures who defend their territory with determination" and "The Skaven are naturally aggressive and can gnaw and claw through even of thickest natural armor of their prey...".

The Club hereby submits this complaint to the editor of The Inaccurate Tome and officially demands that the full amount that The Club paid for their edition of The Inaccurate Tome should be returned with interest to the Club.

For The Club,
Mr. Orson and Mr. Freki the Hungy

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Coachy comments: I just got pummeled by skaven. JerXou's rats started strong and laid some serious smack down during first half. At the same time, my guys couldn't get through the thick rat fur and then I got some double skulls at inappriate moments which gave JerXou openings which he used nicely and effectively. After being down 2-0 after first half I had to try for a fast score and open up the play. This back-fired when JerXou managed to pull off a nice "blitz, crab the ball and run it to the goal" manouver. At the mid point of second half I started getting normal armor results but it was too late. But I did manage to make the highlight play of the game, namely a half court long hail mary pass from a wight surrounded by 3 skaven to a wolf on a scoring distance. Nice game by JerXou thanks again for the game!

Yeah game was okay i was trying to mimic your pass at the end but no dice. Casualties was kind high too meaning oh when oh when can i play with 4 gutter runners :D and of course my rat ogre that just entered the game and got first blood which is always nice :)

Less than 3 hours remain for a clash that could determine the winner of the Norsca Union League, season 5! The top contenders, Druchii Smoochii Schmoo and Orkitis B.C, face each other in what is promised to be a memorable Blood Bowl encounter. The dark elves sit comfortably on top of the rankings with a 4 point advantage over the orcs, who need the victory to keep their chances for the championship alive. A draw is enough for DSS to claim the title, and even if they lost today they would get another chance versus the overachieving ogre side Fasta Stronga Betta, who climbed up to the third position. Therefore, things are not looking very well for Orkitis if they want to hop up to the first position, since they would need to win these last two matches versus quick, agile teams (darks and pro elves) and have DSS draw or lose against the ogres. However, if DSS lost both matches and Orkitis drew on the last one, the season would finish with a tie between both teams! Who would claim the title then? The commissioners would have to speak up and clarify what the priority is. Best touch down differential? Winner of the direct match-up? Goblin throwing contest?

In any case, none of this will matter if the orcs do not win today's match against a team that saw their best player Evilyn die in a match recently. We'll see if orcish brutality can overcome the dark elves' superior agility and speed. Stay tuned for the post-game report, who could very well announce the winner of this season!

Yar! At this point I'm mostly hoping to survive the onslaught with enough able blodgers to make life difficult for the ogres in my last match. I've lost quite a few positionals to injuries (and worse) this season, so things have been more than a little hairy at times. Looking forward to settle this later tonight  ;)

3-1 victory for my rats versus Konnas chaos.

Druchii Moochii Schmoo 2 - 0 Orkitis B.C.

The orcs were not up for this match against the leader and lost clearly to the dark elves, who claimed the Norsca Union League Season 5 title!

Home team kicked the ball and their line of scrimmage was promtly put on the ground. The orcs secured the ball in midfield and prepared to work it upfield. However, two KO's in the first two turns (first one being Rokzig the killer and second one being a black orc, who turned the ball over with plenty of skulls on turn 2) made it quite difficult to advance. The elves launched a surgical attack and knocked the ball loose, which jumped away into the hands of a lineman and he switftly ran back to put it to safety. The first and only injury of the match was dealt in the first half, but it was nothing serious... a lineman with some bruises. The elves stalled the game in their backfield and when they decided to move up field they missed an easy pass, giving a slight option for the orcs to recover. However, a lineman and a black orc were not enough to counter the four elves around the ball. A blitzer picked it up and made a run for it, and even though a tackling expert tried to knock him down with the help of another blitzer, he just would not budge. By turn 8 he dodged away and scored the go-ahead goal, placing their team very close to the championship title.

DSS received again and the orcs quickly rushed them. They managed to knock the ball loose from the rookie witch elf and get hold of it, giving hope to the visitors. He was only a few yards away from touchdown. However, an elf blitzer sprinted all the way from the other side and blocked him in a 1 on 1 fight, knocking him down. The ball jumped out of the field and the DSS fans sure helped his team by placing the ball in the orc's backfield, away from the reach of any orc, but right where an elf could pick it up. So he did, and after stalling the game a couple of turns, he scored, sealing their victory.

In the last drive the orcs tried to ease their frustration by blocking, hitting and fouling any elf they'd see while working the ball upfield. It was not enough this day, for only two elves were knocked out. In the last turn of play, the orcs tried to deal some damage while still retaining a chance to score, but their first block by Rokzig, who seeked revenge on the witch elf who knocked him down earlier, was met with the ferocity of the witch, who knocked him down instead.

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Congratz to Barm for the title and the match, it was very well played (a bit slow if you ask me, 4 minutes eeeevery turn XD) and with today's rolls things went much smoother for him. The off-the-pitch bounce was the icing on the cake of a very frustrating match for me, since there was no way I could injure their players. Both his 1d blocks against my carrier ended up being a pow (or stumble, can't remember) and I think that was a real gamebreaker (though there's a reason why there are 6 sides on the dice, heh).

A very accurate writeup. Thanks for the game, Luiggi and sorry for your rather rotten luck. I think the BBManager stats aren't entirely fair on this one. Better luck to you next season!
-Barm

The Gentlemen Wolf-Whistlers as a club and all of the club's members and trainer of the club's physical activities would hereby like to congratulate the champion of the NUL's 6th season, Druchii Smuchii Schmoo. Winning any kind of championship requires skill, speed, endurance, intellect, courage, pure and brave heart, wisdom and bravado but it can also be done with aggression, violence, deceit and cunning as the DSS has proven. We hope that the championship has satisfied the will of Khaine and none of the DSS players have to be sacrificed after the season. Gratulations once again to all the players of the championship association and their fine trainer!

Hereby I would like to congratulate Barmution for his 1st place and his amazing 8 wins.

Congratulations on a season well played, Barmutation :)

Now, what has happened to the stats page that enables us to critically analyze the various aspects of all this glorious violence?

Thanks guys, it really has been a blessed season (praise Khaine and Nuffle!) for DSS, especially considering that in a least a couple of those matches a draw would've been a more fair result. Still, the pigskin is fairly round and next season ,or even as soon as this MDs match against Golden's ogres, I might feel the wrath of a fully operational battle-Nuffling. The only thing I can ask for is for you to please keep the permanent injuries to linos in the future, these positionals are frakkin' expensive  :P

Kvailad: The BBManager server has been down for some days now. With some luck it'll get back online early this week.

QuoteThe only thing I can ask for is for you to please keep the permanent injuries to linos in the future, these positionals are frakkin' expensive.

Hehehe...

Rokzig just made some new friends in the Shining Sins roster after last match: 3 casualties and 2 KO's in his first 5 blocks of the match (without using piling on) and another two KO's in the second one for a total of 8 armor breaks, of which 4 were KO's and 3 were injuries. The rest of the orcs were mere spectators though, as they only managed to break through some armor but dealt no damage. I'm sending my black orcs to a summer camp with Rokzig to learn how to hit, cause 2 casualties in a whole season is a rather poor performance from my black orcs.