Norsca Union League

Ok, I will start checking in here from 20:30 then.
/hakos

@all: wow that was a fast week, work kept me busy and I have not been able to look here until now. Anyway, issue 5 of the local reporting Magazine is out. Happy Reading.

@Mr B: Saw Lasseman at work today...

@Kezerk: What should I search on to find your BB vids on youtube?

@Muller: If those are the only available times it has to be sunday 21. Would it be possible to start earlier on sunday?

Quote from: muller71 on January 28, 2015, 01:09:42 PM
Hey Hakos,

I can play on Thursday or Sunday starting at 21 CET. Let me know whats best for you.

THE LEGENDS OF BLOOD BOWL, ISSUE NUL18:5

It seems the official match reporting has taken a time out. Nevertheless, do not fear, our hard working reporters are still able to bring you the latest information about impressive players and their daring feats. With no further ado, here are this weeks featured players.

#14, Value 130, Sometimes one player is the team. 'Duke's Dear Freja' had a brilliant day and almost singlehandedly defeated FC Excelsior. The vampire started by hurting the elf thrower so badly that he never was able to do any passing play at all in this match. After that she put the nail in the coffin with 2 touch downs and 1 pass. We can only tip our hat in appreciation for the lesson given.

#18, Value 120, 'Killy Turner' is one of only 3 players that have been doing something worthy of a star in every five matches so far. It should therefore not come as a surprise that he now have joined the veteran club. With his strength, blocking capabilities and mighty blow he will be a fearsome player for all opponents to face.

#51, Value 90, The most unexpected match win of today goes to the goblins, after out-bashing a dwarf team. Apparently there are some bookmakers that have gone out of business, unable to pay the promised gold. Perhaps the bombardier, the fanatic or the looney should be praised for their hard, but dirty, work. No, here we the celebrate the goals and the mighty pogoer 'Dogob' who managed to score twice in this match.

#23, Value 120, In an intense but unreported match there was one player in the center of attention. 'Susan Sto Helit' from the Discworld Allstars managed both to kill a snotling and score one goal. However, the ogres did not like that and hurt her quite badly in return. But we are happy to report that this tough player will be fully recovered after some rest.

#1, Value 170, 'Rage Against The Sardine' is now considered both a veteran player and the single most valuable player in the league. Even more valuable than Hulk Hogre. So what have this player, worth 170 000 gold, done? Not much, just 3 goals and being elected to the most valuable player in his team, twice. Well, not bad for any player.

can start now

or tomorrow

Quote from: Mr B on January 24, 2015, 01:21:09 AM

Quote from: hakos on January 23, 2015, 08:43:16 PM

Quote from: Mr B on January 21, 2015, 09:43:38 PM
Ready for action!

Hakos!
Tricky game how about a monday game?
21 CET?

@Mr B: monday at 21 is doable but I would really prefer to play in the weekend, or earlier in the evening on monday. Is that possible?

@All: Thanks for the nice words about "The Legends of Blood Bowl". It is fun to write and I'm happy you like it. By the way, issue number four is now out.

/hakos

Hmm I'll check.. we have guests so.. Not very polite.
But it will probably work.
Tomorrow 21-22 cet starting hour then?

That would be ok. But just for clarification. Tomorrow = Today = Saturday. Right?

/hakos

Quote from: equilibri on January 23, 2015, 09:24:57 PM
And just for the records at last me and my opponent got a match rating of 20/20!

And it is a well deserved match rating. The match was definitely worth watching. /Audience

Quote from: Mr B on January 21, 2015, 09:43:38 PM
Ready for action!

Hakos!
Tricky game how about a monday game?
21 CET?

@Mr B: monday at 21 is doable but I would really prefer to play in the weekend, or earlier in the evening on monday. Is that possible?

@All: Thanks for the nice words about "The Legends of Blood Bowl". It is fun to write and I'm happy you like it. By the way, issue number four is now out.

/hakos

THE LEGENDS OF BLOOD BOWL, ISSUE NUL18:4

As the days go along team members start to change. A total of 13 new players have been recruited so far and 5 have left. Four for natural reasons, death, but the dwarf Skuaks is the first to leave due to unnatural causes. Apparently he is too slow, even for a dwarf team, and has been fired. Speaking of death, once again we have a dead vampire, well, even more dead than normal. Kauppaopiston Opet managed to get their first point of the season but it came at a severe cost. Let's hope they can recover.

Breaking news: Hulk Hogre did not hurt anyone in the last match, and Edmund only scored 1 single pass.

So, who did excel in the matches this day?

#6, Value 140, 'Lord Wellingtons' has so far not done anything spectacular but has been a very dependable player. 4 touchdowns and 2 casualties means he is the second player to become a veteran and he lurks near the top in several of the official tables.

#4, Value 140, 'Aeolus' had a bit of a slow start in the first match but after that has just become hotter and hotter. With an average of 7 spp awarded per match for the last 3 matches, he sure knows how to please the judges and the audience. He is the third player to be considered as a veteran and currently claims the top spot in 4 of the official tables.

#49, Value 90, 'Captain Clogs' is yet another of the non-spectacular but true team players from the emperors wardrobe. It is clear that he had sharpened a wooden shoe horn for more efficient change of foot wear. How it ended up in the chest of a now very dead vampire is still a mystery.

#31, Value 100, 'Killy Turner' is one of only 6 players that have managed to earn at least 1 spp in each match so far. 2 MVP, 1 CAS and 1 TD is good for any player but, wait, a touchdown, isn't he a saurus? Ok, this is clearly a player to watch.

#16, Value 120, Another of the 6 players to earn at least 1 spp per match is 'Sarge Pepper'. And he continues in his schizophrenic ways. He earns them by passing, scoring and hurting other players. That is a sign of a coming star.

The Elf vs Elf match has been played. On paper it seemed to be a very even match and it turned out to be just that also in reality. The result ended 1-1 with both goals scored in the first half. No one failed spectacularly, no one succeeded spectactualary. Dices were evenly bad for both of us.

The dark side won the roll and started as receiver. I got a Blitz but could not capitalize. Quite quickly the dark ones formed a cage and after some failed dodges from the not so dark side attempting to plug holes in the defense they could quite easily move it steadily forward and score in turn 5.

The high elf side were now the receivers. A pitch invasion plus the previous KO and causalties left me underelfed so it seemed tough to get through his defenses. Instead I focused on some passing to level up some players and in turn 8 I got a chance after some failed dodges from the not so high side and could make a nice pass from blitzer to blitzer to score. Yes, here I was a bit lucky.

In second half, I quickly formed a cage but could not get through his excellent defense. Realized that he was close to breaking me and changed tactics. Tried to get the ball to my thrower and place him in the backfield and try to spread out his defense and find a passing opportunity. But I was to cautious, did not do any go for it and he could still reach my thrower. So we took the ball from each other for a couple of turns. With about 3 turns left I decided that I was happy with a 1-1 result and only focused on the defense. It succeeded.



It should also be noted that there were 3 badly hurt players in the match even if the match report shows 0. Since we did not manage to hurt each other we had to do it ourself by falling heavily to the ground while dodging.

Thanks for the match TGA. It was even and quite interesting.

/hakos

hmm,  my bb client just hanged after the match when I was studiying player statistics, seems I have to do a forced shutdown. Since the match was finished, I hope that it will not cause any problems?

Quote from: The Golden Arrow on January 15, 2015, 12:43:01 PM
11 seems fine, 10 might be too early depending on saturday...

Great, let's meet tomorrow at 11.

/hakos

Quote from: The Golden Arrow on January 13, 2015, 10:28:40 PM
Hi Hakos :)

Sunday would fit best for me. I can pretty much do any time except the evening or too early in the morning. When would it suit you best?

Ok, sunday it is. Not certain what too early in the morning means but I how about starting at 10, or maybe 11?

/hakos

Finally an opponent with pointy ears. This will be interesting. What will prevail, the chicken running game of the dark one or the graceful throwing of the high ones?

TGA: I can play on any evening this week after 18:00 but I would prefer to play in the weekend and can play any time during saturday and sunday.

All: The legends of NUL, issue 3, is published on day 3 thread.

/hakos

THE LEGENDS OF BLOOD BOWL, ISSUE NUL18:3

Death! Yes, plenty of deaths happened during day 3 of NUL 18. 3 deaths to be exact. Or at least that is what our count shows, even if the league official's didn't count the death of the vampire. Perhaps because he was already dead? Anyway, we are happy to see that the players listened to our wishes and created some fun moments for the audience. Speaking of audience, we managed to watch 5 of the 6 matches live this day. Very entertaining and educational. Unfortunately we did miss the 3 dwarf touchdowns in one match. Still wonder how they did that.

Of all matches watched, one stands out with 3 of our 5 selected players performing stunning deeds in the same match.

#29, Value 100, The next impressive rat, 'Bernard Brie', have presented himself. Two touchdowns and one pass in the same match is of course good. But when one of the touchdowns is done in one turn it is definitely the highlight of the day. Not a mean feat to be able to move 13 squares in one turn with only 11 moves available. Apparently he sneaked into the opponents half in the initial LOS rabble, then catched the ball, did 3 fantastic dodges to pass the elven defense and then ran all he could, and really going for it, managed to get the touchdown just one second before the judge called of the first half of the match. This goal was also the difference between a loss and a draw since no more goals were scored in the second half.

#112, Value 40, An intercept is always worthy of mentioning and that is just what the thrall 'The Gutter' managed to do this day.

#3, Value 140, The coach told veteran player 'Edmund Emmenthaler' to take it easy. Which apparently means no touch down. Instead he focused on passing and made 3 of them, including the one leading to the one turn touchdown. It should surprise absolutely no one to learn that the agility of this rat is matched by none in the league. This is a rat that will continue to do amazing things.

#12, Value 120, 'Aeolus' is the main responsible for the deaths of the day. This elf blitzer was on a mission today to earn the hot title of snotling killer. And he was quite successful. 2 dead snotlings and another 2 additional snotling casualties means he is now second in the brutal category. Only bested by 'Hulk Hogre's total of 6 cas.

#28, Value 100, 3 pass in one match is impressive and this day we had two players who managed that. 'Rincewind', the runner of the dark elfs is the second one. And this was in the rat's vs elves match, wich means we had a total of 7 succesful passes in this match. Yes, it truly was an entertaining match. He is also one of only 7 players that have earned at least one SPP in every match played so far.

As part of the audience I have to say that the first half was one of the most exciting half's I have ever seen. Well worth the entrance fee. The second half, well, let's just say that I groaned a couple of times due to the fails at critical moments.

This was also the first time I ever have seen a one turn touch down. Finally I understand how it can be done. A very educational match to watch. Bernard might be featured in the next issue of "The Legends"...

/hakos