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HERE WE GO!
It's a brand new smacking season of Norsca Union League hitting the turf! Time to flex your clicking finer, crack your neck straight and start planning your tactics. Play on mates!
OK, Kvasilad, looks like I'll have the honor of going against your 49'er strengt-av'd sauruses first. Here a my OK starting times for (CET/GMT+1) for the next few days:
- Today (Saturday) any time before 22 (with a notice of an hour or so)
- Sunday 13-19
- Wednesday 17-21
- Thursday 17-20
Let me know if any of those suits you, sir. I'll let you know about later dates if nescessary.
Aah, the fresh smell of a new NUL season. How wonderful.
Made even better by one season of abstinence.
And it is an old adversary in round 1, well met again Barmution. According to our statistics it seems I have about 30% chance to win against you. I'm keen on improving that. Can play today after 17 or any time tomorrow. Preferably not on monday-wednesday. But on thursday my 3,5 weeks of vacation starts, which mean I can play almost any time from thursday and forward.
/hakos
How about tomorrow at 12 CET/GMT+1 then, Hakos? I'll probably be pretty tired after an x-mas party so there will be a good shot at improving your statistics :P
Back in action then!
First match, rats versus goblins; this sounds promising and painful.
So, equilibri, my best time to play would be tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon: kick off between 17.00 and 20.00 GMT +1.
Please tell me if that's suitable, if it isn't I'll post my availability for next week in a couple of days.
Worst setup possible.... :o
D-Elf, Lizards and humans... skills or strength and skills everywhere....
Poor Vamps, will be sweet to steal some points in the start!!
8)
Fangs ON!
So golden, I'm not sure about the timing.. off until Wednesday/Thursday... then we can start planning.
Shall we try Friday 21 CET?
Friday is not possible. Saturday will probably work, not sure when though. Sometime early afternoon or so would probably be best.
Quote from: Barmution on December 13, 2014, 01:34:55 PM
How about tomorrow at 12 CET/GMT+1 then, Hakos? I'll probably be pretty tired after an x-mas party so there will be a good shot at improving your statistics :P
That's quite a good time. Let's see if I remember how to play, have not touched BB for a couple months...
/Hakos
Quote from: Luiggi on December 13, 2014, 01:46:24 PM
Back in action then!
First match, rats versus goblins; this sounds promising and painful.
So, equilibri, my best time to play would be tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon: kick off between 17.00 and 20.00 GMT +1.
Please tell me if that's suitable, if it isn't I'll post my availability for next week in a couple of days.
Well, I am really busy sunday, monday and tuesday (and friday...), but wednesday, thursday, saturday and sunday (next week) seems to be easier for me as long as we start after 19:00. So, just tell me what works best for you!
And stay away from my cheese! :D
In that case, let's try Wednesday at 22.00 GMT +1, with the weekend as backup.
Quote from: J-Reedy on December 13, 2014, 12:04:29 PM
HERE WE GO!
It's a brand new smacking season of Norsca Union League hitting the turf! Time to flex your clicking finer, crack your neck straight and start planning your tactics. Play on mates!
OK, Kvasilad, looks like I'll have the honor of going against your 49'er strengt-av'd sauruses first. Here a my OK starting times for (CET/GMT+1) for the next few days:
- Today (Saturday) any time before 22 (with a notice of an hour or so)
- Sunday 13-19
- Wednesday 17-21
- Thursday 17-20
Let me know if any of those suits you, sir. I'll let you know about later dates if nescessary.
Actually, today would be great. I can play anytime, but since you said an hours' notice, 1930 perhaps? If you see this before, do give a shout.
Feel free to add me on Steam if you're there btw: http://steamcommunity.com/id/tagsemb/
(that goes for any of you, really)
Quote from: kvasilad on December 13, 2014, 06:30:14 PM
Actually, today would be great. I can play anytime, but since you said an hours' notice, 1930 perhaps? If you see this before, do give a shout.
Feel free to add me on Steam if you're there btw: http://steamcommunity.com/id/tagsemb/
(that goes for any of you, really)
I'll be there shortly, I'll just post a little thing here first.
Quote from: J-Reedy on December 13, 2014, 06:35:36 PM
Quote from: kvasilad on December 13, 2014, 06:30:14 PM
Actually, today would be great. I can play anytime, but since you said an hours' notice, 1930 perhaps? If you see this before, do give a shout.
Feel free to add me on Steam if you're there btw: http://steamcommunity.com/id/tagsemb/
(that goes for any of you, really)
I'll be there shortly, I'll just post a little thing here first.
Cool, logging in in about 5 minutes from now.
Quote from: Luiggi on December 13, 2014, 06:23:50 PM
In that case, let's try Wednesday at 22.00 GMT +1, with the weekend as backup.
Wednesday at 22:00 it is!
See u then!
The Phins start with a close grind win of 1-0, after some really stellar block dice.
(http://bbm.jcmag.fr/BloodBowlManager.WebSite/ImageMatchReport.aspx?Id=306371&lang=en)
Boy, it was fun to play these guys instead of orcs. Don't think I'm ever going back to the big greenskins.
Thanks for the game J!
Quote from: The Golden Arrow on December 13, 2014, 03:10:53 PM
Friday is not possible. Saturday will probably work, not sure when though. Sometime early afternoon or so would probably be best.
21 cet is the times to start with. As the boys should be a sleep then.
Earlier times will be a no. And I rather play on sunday as I rather do something in RL instead.
Cheers.
Quote from: Mr B on December 13, 2014, 09:49:41 PM
Quote from: The Golden Arrow on December 13, 2014, 03:10:53 PM
Friday is not possible. Saturday will probably work, not sure when though. Sometime early afternoon or so would probably be best.
21 cet is the times to start with. As the boys should be a sleep then.
Earlier times will be a no. And I rather play on sunday as I rather do something in RL instead.
Cheers.
OK, not sure how it will look then. I will go home for christmas around that time so might not be available. I'll return when I know more, but it might be kinda short notice.
Ok.. just fyi my occ game will be held around that time also.. you first ching now but as we say in Swedish..
First to the mill..
Quote from: Luiggi on December 13, 2014, 01:46:24 PM
Back in action then!
First match, rats versus goblins; this sounds promising and painful.
So, equilibri, my best time to play would be tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon: kick off between 17.00 and 20.00 GMT +1.
Please tell me if that's suitable, if it isn't I'll post my availability for next week in a couple of days.
Now it seems I may be able to play today, if you are still up for it!
I will be home 18:30 at the latest, så shall we say 19:00?
(If you have gotten other plans today or if you dont see this before 19 we play on wednesday 22 instead.)
Gnaarkill,
What's your schedule like? I'm pretty much available for a game anytime until Tuesday evening.
Then Wednesday during the morning and day, and anytime from Thursday on.
- Kez.
Quote from: kvasilad on December 13, 2014, 08:14:31 PM
The Phins start with a close grind win of 1-0, after some really stellar block dice.
Boy, it was fun to play these guys instead of orcs. Don't think I'm ever going back to the big greenskins.
Happened to watch the game live. Have to say that I really appreciated the llittle victory lap made by the skink at the end just before he scored. It kind of summed up the game 8)
Lots of hitting in the mid field the whole match and then some skink taking the ball and running away from all the orcs to score in the end.
/hakos
online and waiting now
(http://bbm.jcmag.fr/BloodBowlManager.WebSite/ImageMatchReport.aspx?Id=306432&lang=en)
Great start for the Boots, mainly made possible by Hakos' super crap catching abilities (2 snakes and 2 more single 1s in 7 attempts), a couple of more badly timed 1s at a critical couple of GFIs and rather poor armor breaking, while the Humans basically made every important roll they had to.
Sorry for the dicing, Hakos. You played well and should've gotten out of this with at least a draw if Nuffle hadn't decided to be an ass today.
-Barm
Yeah, checked the dice now in BBmanager, they were even worse than I thought. Both 1D and 2D.
Seems you got some Karma back after the S17 final.
BUT, it was not only the dices that made me lose. I played rather sloppy in the first half. Probably a symptom of not having played any blood bowl for about 3 months.
But overall, it feels good being back :)
/hakos
Quote from: Kezerk on December 14, 2014, 10:29:45 AM
Gnaarkill,
What's your schedule like? I'm pretty much available for a game anytime until Tuesday evening.
Then Wednesday during the morning and day, and anytime from Thursday on.
- Kez.
Hey Kez!
So, a true wrestling vampire affair awaits ;D
If you see this message, i can play today, how about around 18-19 something?
Otherwise, how about a match tomorrow @21.00 CET?
/Gnaarkill
Quote from: Gnaarkill on December 14, 2014, 04:11:27 PM
Quote from: Kezerk on December 14, 2014, 10:29:45 AM
Gnaarkill,
What's your schedule like? I'm pretty much available for a game anytime until Tuesday evening.
Then Wednesday during the morning and day, and anytime from Thursday on.
- Kez.
Hey Kez!
So, a true wrestling vampire affair awaits ;D
If you see this message, i can play today, how about around 18-19 something?
Otherwise, how about a match tomorrow @21.00 CET?
/Gnaarkill
Today 18-19 CET is fine with me. (Currently working and watching innebandy's final, at the computer nevertheless)
Quote from: Kezerk on December 14, 2014, 04:40:14 PM
Quote from: Gnaarkill on December 14, 2014, 04:11:27 PM
Quote from: Kezerk on December 14, 2014, 10:29:45 AM
Gnaarkill,
What's your schedule like? I'm pretty much available for a game anytime until Tuesday evening.
Then Wednesday during the morning and day, and anytime from Thursday on.
- Kez.
Hey Kez!
So, a true wrestling vampire affair awaits ;D
If you see this message, i can play today, how about around 18-19 something?
Otherwise, how about a match tomorrow @21.00 CET?
/Gnaarkill
Today 18-19 CET is fine with me. (Currently working and watching innebandy's final, at the computer nevertheless)
Cool, so how about in an hour? 18.30?
I have one other game going on. I'll holler once it's done.
And done. :)
Online now.
In a last minute decision to play the match this Sunday, the Ogre Kingdom Wrestling Federation took the seets in their tour busses for a journey to the first event of the season, Sunday Night SMACKDOWN.
Arriving at the arena located deep in the dark woods of vampire-land the opposition of Kauppaopiston Opet was already waiting, there was no time for chit chat, straight on to the show!
(http://bbm.jcmag.fr/BloodBowlManager.WebSite/ImageMatchReport.aspx?Id=306474&lang=en)
And what a show it was, much to the fans delight, especially when Hulk Hogre managed to do his signature move "the leg drop" three times wich resulted in injuries every single time. Or when Macho Ogre did a big elbow drop from the top row in the stands straight down on a clueless vampire player smashing the vamp's collar bone. Or when.... Yea thats pretty much the summary of the game.
ALOT of injuries on the vamp team resulted in very low manpower for the vamp's wich had a tough time coming back into the second half. The Ogres had pretty good luck with their bone-head rolls even though it stopped them late in the first halft to score a TD. And they were lucky it worked in the final move of the second half for the winning TD, with no rerolls left.
GG Kezerk! Thx for the game!
Quote from: Gnaarkill on December 14, 2014, 09:02:32 PM
In a last minute decision to play the match this Sunday, the Ogre Kingdom Wrestling Federation took the seets in their tour busses for a journey to the first event of the season, Sunday Night SMACKDOWN.
Arriving at the arena located deep in the dark woods of vampire-land the opposition of Kauppaopiston Opet was already waiting, there was no time for chit chat, straight on to the show!
...
And what a show it was, much to the fans delight, especially when Hulk Hogre managed to do his signature move "the leg drop" three times wich resulted in injuries every single time. Or when Macho Ogre did a big elbow drop from the top row in the stands straight down on a clueless vampire player smashing the vamp's collar bone. Or when.... Yea thats pretty much the summary of the game.
ALOT of injuries on the vamp team resulted in very low manpower for the vamp's wich had a tough time coming back into the second half. The Ogres had pretty good luck with their bone-head rolls even though it stopped them late in the first halft to score a TD. And they were lucky it worked in the final move of the second half for the winning TD, with no rerolls left.
GG Kezerk! Thx for the game!
I must protest! The game report is completely false. (The failure to score on first half was
NOT due to a failed Bone Head roll. (It was a Both Down result of a block dice.)
There, now I'm vindicated and should actually be granted the win due to shooting holes to the Ogre propaganda.
And yes, it was fun and good game, although for the last two turns it was hard to decide which one of my one remaining player I should move first.
- Kez.
Muller when can you play ?
I should be abel to play wednesday or friday from about 19:00 and saturday from 10:00
/Lars
Quote from: Kezerk on December 14, 2014, 09:19:26 PM
I must protest! The game report is completely false. (The failure to score on first half was NOT due to a failed Bone Head roll. (It was a Both Down result of a block dice.)
Protest accepted! Your statement is totally correct!
I'm sorry for the confusing text, i obviously rolled a 1 when trying to type the text ;D
/Gnaar
Quote from: Lars on December 15, 2014, 11:00:51 AM
Muller when can you play ?
I should be abel to play wednesday or friday from about 19:00 and saturday from 10:00
/Lars
I can play on wednesday starting at 21.45CET or Sunday from 21CET.
Quote from: muller71 on December 15, 2014, 04:46:42 PM
Quote from: Lars on December 15, 2014, 11:00:51 AM
Muller when can you play ?
I should be abel to play wednesday or friday from about 19:00 and saturday from 10:00
/Lars
I can play on wednesday starting at 21.45CET or Sunday from 21CET.
lets go with wednesday 21.45
/Lars
Quote from: Lars on December 15, 2014, 04:48:15 PM
Quote from: muller71 on December 15, 2014, 04:46:42 PM
Quote from: Lars on December 15, 2014, 11:00:51 AM
Muller when can you play ?
I should be abel to play wednesday or friday from about 19:00 and saturday from 10:00
/Lars
I can play on wednesday starting at 21.45CET or Sunday from 21CET.
lets go with wednesday 21.45
/Lars
Great, see u on wednesday.
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Quote from: Mr B on December 13, 2014, 09:49:41 PM
Quote from: The Golden Arrow on December 13, 2014, 03:10:53 PM
Friday is not possible. Saturday will probably work, not sure when though. Sometime early afternoon or so would probably be best.
21 cet is the times to start with. As the boys should be a sleep then.
Earlier times will be a no. And I rather play on sunday as I rather do something in RL instead.
Cheers.
OK, not sure how it will look then. I will go home for christmas around that time so might not be available. I'll return when I know more, but it might be kinda short notice.Quote from: Mr B on December 14, 2014, 07:59:05 AM
Ok.. just fyi my occ game will be held around that time also.. you first ching now but as we say in Swedish..
First to the mill..
I think late sunday should work (probably late saturday too, but I'd rather do something rl as well). Can you start 22 perhaps? That would make it easier to get away.
As it looks now.. that is doable. 22 sunday.
OK, there is a small chance that my parents will say no when I finally go home to them, but I doubt it. If you don't hear anything else I'm on for playing :)
Lars,
I can start at 20CET if IT is better for you?
And here we go!
The first game for the smelly rats from World of Cheese! And what a game!
(http://bbm.jcmag.fr/BloodBowlManager.WebSite/ImageMatchReport.aspx?Id=306790&lang=en)
Despite the advantage of both a chainsaw and a ball-and-chain, plus the 2 trolls, the gobbos of GobDogs (or was it DobGogs?) was not playing their best this match...
On both sides there was bad rolls, but because of the insane speed of the Gutter Runners in World of Cheese there was nothing to do about the rats scoring.
Well, one rat was scoring... Edmund Emmenthaler scored all the TD:s for the rats this game, and he is now only 1 TD (and 1 pass) from advancing once more... :D
Well, not a great game with lots of misclicks and bad rolls, but it was two amateur-teams that played, so what to expect?
Thanks for the game, Luiggi! Hope your next game will be less frustrating!
Well played equilibri. I'm surprised they gave me 60k gold after that match :D
Long story short: the dogs and their trainer failed miserably and the skaven got a well deserved victory.
Gobdogs will try their luck again next match day.
The Dwarf vs Cdwarf has been played ended with a draw 1-1 a pretty slow pasede match with a quite nice defence from both sides.
/Lars
DA BEATMORES OPEN UP THEIR TOUR WITH A RIOT OF A GIG!
Good news all you music lovers – the promising orcish da-pop band Da Beatmores have gotten a touring contract! The Fab Four as their fans call them, will be playing 11 gigs with a reservation for 2 more based on the success ratio of the Da Beatmores' Blood Bowl games. Yes, you read it correctly dear music enthusiastic. Times are hard – you might recall from our last month's issue that even the famed vampire troll band Turning Rocks had to trim down their touring schedule – so it's understandable that the relatively unknown but very promising Da Beatmores have to make some concessions to get score such a big tour. So Da Beatmores will be also playing Blood Bowl games before or after their regular set. The tour started last week and your favorite reporter – me – was there to witness the spectacle!
So how was the gig, you might ask. One word: awesome! The band opened up with their hit song Hard Day's Knight which really jump started the crowd. With a groovy da-pop song following one another after that, the crowd – mostly made up of teenage orcettes, trollettes and skinkettes but also strong representation from all other old world races – really got their money's worth. So it understandable that when the Fab Four closed with their new ballad Let It Beat that seems to be designed to make teenagers lose their socks – and dare I say – bunch up their knickers, the crowd went wild. So wild in fact, that they stormed the field just as the post-concert Blood Bowl match was about to start. Luckily for the Fab Four their black orc bodyguards managed turn the wave of attacking teenagers but with a cost of stunned and knocked down bobs.
This pitch invasion seemed to upset Da Beatmores so that their attack against their opponent, the Phin Phighters – excellent looking bunch of bowlers, although I suspect that biggest contributions that they could make to music would be to give up their scales to be used as guitar picks – didn't catch fire and the first half of the match ended scoreless.
During the halftime Da Beatmores performed two more songs as encore, their cover version of Roll Over Beathoves by the famed beastman artist Shuk Bury and - by the demand of a crowd chant – once again their hit Hard Day's Knight. And once again, the crowd was sold! So much so, that a riot broke out and the start of the second half of the Blood Bowl game had to be postponed. After the game started, Da Beatmores held their own until two of their bodyguards, Teddy Boy and Madman, got injured and the lizard folks scored a goal – or whatever they score in this game. But now I'll tell you about the best part this tour - Da Beatmores got a stipulation into the touring contract that states they get to perform an extra song every time a goal is scored! So it was one more song, and this time it was an oldie but goodie, I Saw Her Sitting here!
The result of the song wasn't as enthusiastic as the previous two, but it still got the fans cheering! After a short run on the field to please their fans, Da Beatmores left the stadium to start their trek towards their next concert / BB game against the Kauppaopiston Opet. Judging by this opening gig, we're going to have a heck of a concert and a spectacular tour and I'm definitely following the band!
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Very late "match report", had much stuff to do before the start of my X-mas vacation. Kvasiman played excellent defensive game with the lizzies and as my orcs weren't feeling up to hurting anybody, I really got nothing going. And the Black Orc armor really seems to be overvalued as Kvasi mentioned during the game: both casualties against me were from BOBs. Nice game though, late thanks for the good game, Kvasilad!
Day 1 ends with a shocking result....
(http://bbm.jcmag.fr/BloodBowlManager.WebSite/ImageMatchReport.aspx?Id=307160&lang=en)
2-2, and then the ref turns back the clock... it still took 4+,3+,2+ to dodge away.. and of course.. 3+,4+ for pass and catch.. one rr used.
Thanks for the game Golden!
It's always a struggle forth and back vs your teams :)
THE LEGENDS OF BLOOD BOWL, ISSUE NUL18:1
Welcome back to 'The Legends of Blood Bowl'. Pre-season, an inital ranking list was constructed. Simply based on how much the coaches payed for the players. The list is updated after every day and some players will be selected and highlighted. Now we can start to see who were really worth the money, or not. The match to watch was clearly the OKWF vs Kauppaopiston Opet. 3 of our 5 selected players showed their colors in that match. And we are not even including the ogre who scored a touchdown in that match.
#1, Value 160, Alone at the top of the list we now have 'Hulk Hogre'. One of the most expensive players pre-season, and one of the few at the top of the list who really showed why they belong there. With 3 amazing 'leg drops' resulting in 3 casualties for the opponent he has set the bar for violence.
#7, Value 130, With an interesting mix of speed, agility and strength we find 'Angua von Überwald'. She managed to make her two injuries with such flair that even the opposition was impressed. She was also awarded the MVP for her team. Rumor has it that she is still improving and will be even faster next game. Clearly a player to follow closely.
#19, Value 100, The next player to really watch, and don't blink, because then you might miss a goal, is 'Edmund Emmenthaler'. With an amazing 4 touch downs in the first match, a record that will probably last for a long time, he is definitely a slippery rat to watch out for.
#58, Value 70, Here we have one of the big surprises of the first day. The thrall 'Little Bite'. In a match dominated by OKWF this thrall still managed to injure one opponent and survive. Not a mean feat considering that both the opponent and his own team mates are out to get his blood. Perhaps that is why he has learnt to run much faster? If he manages to survive he might be one of the surprises this season.
#102, Value 40, Talking about survival. The snotlings probably have the shortest life expectancy of all players. But here is a snotling to watch out for. In a match dominated by Ogres and Vampires, 'Jerry 'The King' Greenler' still became the most valued player of his team after injuring a player from the vampire opposition.
Despite several injuries, only one permanent damage were recorded. Overall it was quite a friendly start. We expect to see more blood soon.