Week 4 is done right on schedule, nice going. Extra props to Hakos and Luiggi who managed to agree on their matchup despite the big time difference.
Here are the week 5 games:
(http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/J-Reedy/s8_md05_zps5f13cd9e.png)
Match week 4 recap and standings are here (http://norscaleague.com/index.php?topic=372.msg3349;topicseen#new).
All righty Luiggi, time for us to dance. At the moment I'm only sure about the following two starting times (GMT+2):
- Tuesday 17.00-20.00
- Thursday 18.00-20.00
Let me know if either of those suits you, sir. Friday and Saturday should also be possible but I won't know for sure until mid-week.
Thursday 18.00 GMT +2, sold!
Hello The_Golden_Arrow,
I can play monday, tuesday or thursday evening (GMT+2). I would prefer to play during the week, because I might be occupied during the weekend. (But can probably find time in the evenings if no other time works.)
I can probably get a game in tomorrow, say 20 or so?
Mr. B! This is a really tough week for me. I think I'm available most of Friday evening (from around 1800 CET and onwards), and probably also most of Sunday. I think I could do later Saturday evening, but I'd rather avoid it. Let me know if any of that sounds doable, especially the Friday evening bit.
Hey Hakos!
Since you are in Shanghai and all, how about we play our match on Sunday 12.00 GMT+2?
-Barm
Quote from: Barmution on September 24, 2012, 01:14:08 PM
Hey Hakos!
Since you are in Shanghai and all, how about we play our match on Sunday 12.00 GMT+2?
-Barm
That would suit me perfectly, thanks for adapting to my situation.
/Hakos
Quote from: The Golden Arrow on September 23, 2012, 09:56:56 PM
I can probably get a game in tomorrow, say 20 or so?
Yes, that will work fine. (And by now, it is today.)
I will be there in 10 mins.
Has day 5 been started? When I go to Play I still see the results from day 4.
I'm having some problems connecting, but I'm getting there. Will check the match day as well.
Edit: It was indeed not. It's fixed now and I'm on, lets get gaming :)
Quote from: hakos on September 24, 2012, 03:52:35 PM
That would suit me perfectly, thanks for adapting to my situation.
/Hakos
No problem, real life will sometimes throw you something unexpected. Some time it'll be the other way around, I'm sure :)
-Lars
Quote from: kvasilad on September 24, 2012, 11:59:30 AM
Mr. B! This is a really tough week for me. I think I'm available most of Friday evening (from around 1800 CET and onwards), and probably also most of Sunday. I think I could do later Saturday evening, but I'd rather avoid it. Let me know if any of that sounds doable, especially the Friday evening bit.
Still thinking about this, and it sounds like Friday would be the best option.
20:30 could be a starting hour that would work. (cest)
Quote from: Mr B on September 25, 2012, 08:37:34 PM
Quote from: kvasilad on September 24, 2012, 11:59:30 AM
Mr. B! This is a really tough week for me. I think I'm available most of Friday evening (from around 1800 CET and onwards), and probably also most of Sunday. I think I could do later Saturday evening, but I'd rather avoid it. Let me know if any of that sounds doable, especially the Friday evening bit.
Still thinking about this, and it sounds like Friday would be the best option.
20:30 could be a starting hour that would work. (cest)
2030 CEST is good for me, so I'll pencil that in for now. Let me know if your plans change!
Hi there. Sorry for the delay but some incompetents at the sports store made me lose 30 minutes and wrecked my schedule. I'm ready now.
Hey Hakos, just a heads up from me here:
50% of the workers at the electrical company that delivers both my power and internet connection went on strike Thursday morning. While it's unlikely that I'm going to be affected by this I thought it was to fair to give you a warning just in case my 'net becomes unavailable on Sunday. I guess what I'm saying is that if you don't see me in the lobby at our agreed time, don't waste more than 15 minutes waiting because it probably means that either my 'net or power is out :(
-Barm
I'd guess you can come here with your phone and tell if the power is out, no?
You'd guess wrong, mr. B. I've only got an ancient Nokia 5110.
Quote from: Barmution on September 28, 2012, 12:13:08 PM
You'd guess wrong, mr. B. I've only got an ancient Nokia 5110.
"Only". Tsk-tsk. Sir, you happen to have the second best PHONE of all time. Only phone that can compete with it is the Nokia 6310i. Sure, some might claim that these modern IdiotPhones, Galax and Lumias to be the bestest things ever, but as phones they are almost worthless. Not so with your 5110. And remember, in a pinch it can also be used as a hammer.
Quote from: J-Reedy on September 28, 2012, 12:26:52 PM
"Only". Tsk-tsk. Sir, you happen to have the second best PHONE of all time. Only phone that can compete with it is the Nokia 6310i. Sure, some might claim that these modern IdiotPhones, Galax and Lumias to be the bestest things ever, but as phones they are almost worthless. Not so with your 5110. And remember, in a pinch it can also be used as a hammer.
Crap, it turns out that I'm a filthy liar and a proud owner of a Nokia 5310. The 5110 was actually the phone
before my previous phone (a 5210, which actually
could be used as a hammer, or at least a bottle opener). So I'm actually a lot less behind in the phone department than I claimed, although not enough to be able to post on these so-called interwebs or whatever you young, tech-savvy folk call it nowadays.
Quote from: Barmution on September 28, 2012, 10:54:05 AM
Hey Hakos, just a heads up from me here:
50% of the workers at the electrical company that delivers both my power and internet connection went on strike Thursday morning. While it's unlikely that I'm going to be affected by this I thought it was to fair to give you a warning just in case my 'net becomes unavailable on Sunday. I guess what I'm saying is that if you don't see me in the lobby at our agreed time, don't waste more than 15 minutes waiting because it probably means that either my 'net or power is out :(
-Barm
Just to let you know, on monday I have vacation so that could be a plan B if sunday fails and if that is ok for the rest.
/Hakos
I don't really think it'll be necessary, I think it's about 95% sure that nothing will hinder me showing up. But just in case, which of your available times here in GMT+2 does your Monday correspond to?
-Barm
Crap, I'll be late. Won't make it in time, can we plan for a 22 hours game, or take it tomorrow?
Quote from: Mr B on September 28, 2012, 08:13:43 PM
Crap, I'll be late. Won't make it in time, can we plan for a 22 hours game, or take it tomorrow?
Hi, I'm afraid I can't start that late today, and tomorrow is pretty full for me. I should be open all Sunday though, any openings then?
If that fails, I can do Monday from 20-ish.
Np, we grab Sunday then cheers.
Quote from: Barmution on September 28, 2012, 06:56:02 PM
I don't really think it'll be necessary, I think it's about 95% sure that nothing will hinder me showing up. But just in case, which of your available times here in GMT+2 does your Monday correspond to?
-Barm
I still hope for a sunday game but it is always good to have a plan b. Being free the whole monday (plus the day after, I actually have a one week vacation starting now) means that I can play from 10-24 my time. Which would mean 04:00-18:00 GMT+2.
/hakos
Quote from: hakos on September 29, 2012, 02:06:28 PM
I still hope for a sunday game but it is always good to have a plan b. Being free the whole monday (plus the day after, I actually have a one week vacation starting now) means that I can play from 10-24 my time. Which would mean 04:00-18:00 GMT+2.
/hakos
It's looking good for Sunday so far, so I don't think Monday will be necessary. If shit hits the fan, Monday at 1800 GMT+2 is doable for me.
-Barm
Looking good here now, signing in in 10 minutes.
-Barm
Match played, and it was an intensive one.
Barmution: Can you upload to the BBmanager?
I have vacation tomorrow, so there might be a match report coming in the near future...
Well, that was pretty much the definition of a hard fought draw, Hakos!
I was really happy to be able to draw that one as you had me outmanned for the most of the second half. Frickin' mercenary ran away with the MVP, tho, so I gained a massive 5 SPP from the match... This team REALLY don't want to cause any damage on blocks. A single KO and a cas on turn 16 makes it feel like I'm playing an AG team that sucks at ball handling and dodging at the moment >:(
Game uploaded and awaiting validation.
-Barm
Quote from: Mr B on September 28, 2012, 08:29:27 PM
Np, we grab Sunday then cheers.
So what time is good for you? I can do 2030 today, if that's still about right.
Or now, if possible?
Quote from: Barmution on September 30, 2012, 02:28:50 PM
Game uploaded and awaiting validation.
-Barm
Validated, so go ahead and check your skill rolls! Looks like Barm got one for the mummy Grim Cashdarian and Hakos one for mighty-blowing blitzer and one for rookie lineman.
Quote from: Mr B on September 30, 2012, 04:20:36 PM
Or now, if possible?
I can play now :)
I'm logging in now to look for you, will hang around a bit.
Excerpt from Blood Bowl Gazette vol 534 issue 15, p. 24:
NUL match week 5 recap by Fagronkey Nagrumbundyme.
Standings after week 5:
(http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/J-Reedy/s8_md5_standings.png)
Welcome ya'all to NUL week 5 recap! No TD records this week that proved to be very uniform. First sign of this uniformity were the two 1-1 draws. The first pair of teams that didnt manage to decide which one of them was superior were the amazon Cougar Kittens and the pro elf Elfy Way. All the reports agree that this match was very exciting and the draw was decided only on the last minutes of the second half! Cougar Kittens continued their passive-aggressive play scoring only 1 casualty even though they dominated the physical play. The elfs concentrated on making very effective precision strikes which is of course the elfy way, but even with this strategy they managed to score one more casualty than the amazons thus winning the casualty race 2 to 1. It should be noted that the elfs were also quite hampered by very un-elf-like dodging during the first half, but luckily none of the failed breakaways were extremely critical.
The second match with the 1 all result was the game between the undead Material Ghouls and the vanilla human team Getingarna. This match had the same casualty numbers as the other tie game, 1 casualty for the undead and 2 for the humans. The undead naturally shook off the casualties but the Getingarna will miss their blitzer Marquis Sigric next week but he suffered no permanent damage. Another sign of the uniformity, this game was also decided almost at the last minutes of the second half when the Material Ghouls managed to tie the game. The difference to the Kittens-Elfy game was that in this match the first half was scoreless with both teams failing to get hold or keep the ball longer than fraction of a second. On the second half the Getingarna scored from their attack but the Material Ghouls managed to tie after a mysterious fireball opened a running route for their ghoul Imelda Marrowkiss.
And to continue with the theme of uniformity, the other three matches had the same end result, 2-0. First team to get the 2-0 win this week were the Nurgle team Sweet Sweet Decay that upended the high elf team White Fire. SSD dominated physically and it seems that their foul odor also managed to hinder the normally agile elfs from performing their miraculous agility plays. White Fire also got some positive out of the matchup as they finally got enough cash to hire a new catcher and they didnt lose any players from their next week matchup. Im looking the White Fire roster right now and I can see that this team now has potential to upset or dominate any team in this league with their quickness. SSD has also developed nicely so I wouldnt be surprised if we start seeing more of this kind of 2 touchdown games from this team instead of the 1-0 losing or winning results that we got from this Nurgle side at the start of the season.
In the second of the 2-0 matches the wood-elf The Partly Animals hosted the Khemri Drop Dead Gorgeous. The league leading Khemri side proved to be rude visitors by taking home the win even though the wood-elfs surprisingly dominated the casualty race by winning the casualties 3 to 1. But that didn't mean that DDG lacked physicality, they might've not scored casualties but they KO'd 4 elfs during the match. Looking at the rosters, The Partly Animals have an emerging wardancer star on their hands and lot of elfs seem to have gotten more skilled dodgers, so the team is getting tougher and tougher to bring down. Khemri on the other hand have started their player progress as all the undead teams tend to do: slowly but surely. At the moment there's no clear star material in sight yet with the DDG but that could change fast with a few more casualties.
In the last match played this week the chaos side Chaotic Dudes got a northern visitor, the norse Vinterlegionen. In this match the visitors proved to more well-manered as the Chaotic Dudes got to keep the win home. The win seemed to be the result of the convincingly tough physical play from the chaos team: they only scored 1 casualty but caused a whopping 6 KOs. Also, the total number of KOs suffered by the Vinterlegionen was 11, so either the norse had slippery feet and soft heads or the Chaotic Dudes got excellent support from their home crowd. The chaos side was also more efficient with their solo casualty: Vinterlegionen will be missing their werewolf Rimner in their next match. The Norse side has probably the most experienced player material but they have some niggling injuries and they haven't expanded their roster from 12 players so they are very prone to early game injuries. On the chaos side the beastmen seem to carrying the team and the chaos warriors are there just for moral and strength support.
The theme for the week 6 looks to be elfs versus the chaotic undead as White Fire host the Drop Dead Gorgeous and SSD get a visit from the Elfy Way and Material Ghouls from The Partly Animals. These kind of physical vs. agility games are always hard to predict; if the physical team gets the early man advantage, the agile sides will have a tough day ahead of them. But on the other hand, if the agile team manages to keep their players intact, the physical teams rarely have enough skills or chances to cover all of the fast movers and agile dodgers. Other two match pairings are the Cougar Kittens versus the Chaotic Dudes and the Getingarna versus the Vinterlegionen. The human vs. norse team matchup should be interesting as both players have a dominant muscle player on their roster. So lots could be decided on the effectiveness of the norse werewolf Ylar on the Vinterlegionen side and the hitting accuracy of the ogre Mar Skin-Tearer on the Getingarna side. The amazon vs chaos matchup is a mystery. Amazon sides can match the physicality of the chaos if they want to but the Kittens have really not shown any signs of physical prowess this season. Keep reading next week for the results!
Here's the summary of the results from the week 5:
(http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/J-Reedy/s8_md5_results.png)
Nice and extremely quick recap, Thanks J-R ;D
Yay, another great recap! Nice work, J!
-Barm
Yes, a very nice summary, I wonder how you got so accurate data of our match, it's almost as if you were visiting the stadium as part of the crowd...
Or maybe it was you who throwed that bad fireball?
/Hakos