I split the old S8 QA post into two, any questions/comments about the season 8 not related can be put here. Can also be used for chit-chatting.
I will happily join season 8, but I may have problems between 17th and 24th of July, as I'm going to countries with unknown internet availability. Maybe there is some extra wiggle room during the main holiday seasons? Either way, the worst that could happen is probably one walkover for me. As long as there are still high-TV teams, I'll rejoin with my Disorganized Dudes.
DSS are in, probably for their last season for a while. Going to try some Lizardmen in season 9, if everything goes by the book.
Yo, I'll take another ride with my Norse ifwe need more feeding.
I'll play another round with the elves. We will probably need to be a bit flexible with the match weeks because of vactions etc.
I'd like to join for one more season with Orkitis, but I'll have to wait and see how my summer schedule is shaping before giving you a final decision.
I´d like to join with Vinterlegionen aswell :)
I would like to join for another season. Most likely with Getingarna again.
OK, I've decided to take a break from the elves. Since they haven't yet made a show in this league I want to try out a nurgle team instead. Will be interesting.
I Updated the schedule, let's assume that the next season will start between July 9th and July 16th. If you know any friends or enemies you'd like to humiliate in the "friendly" game of Blood Bowl, let them know that now is the time to sign up!
Just to reiterate what I've mentioned earlier, I'll be out of the country between 17th and 24th July, and will probably not be available much the week before either (although I might be able to fit a game in 16th with some luck).
25th of July and onwards I should have plenty of time, so if the deadline for completing first matchday is a couple of days after that, I should definitely be able to sort something out.
By the looks of it I will be able to play next season as well. It turned out I have intense work in the mornings but most afternoons I'm free. I will probably keep Orkitis... I might need to fire some veterans to keep the TV low enough, though... (unless DSS do that for me in the S7 finals, which is a strong possibility).
Only if you plan on playing close to the sidelines... the DSS hasn't got a single killer skill (MB/PO) and only 2 guards. Of course, I plan on bringing my enchanted 2d6 of +7, so it might sting a bit...
Quote from: Barmution on July 02, 2012, 04:00:12 PM
Only if you plan on playing close to the sidelines... the DSS hasn't got a single killer skill (MB/PO) and only 2 guards. Of course, I plan on bringing my enchanted 2d6 of +7, so it might sting a bit...
It's the enchanted dice that worry me, MB+PO helps but it's no guarantee. Besides, I'm expecting my lvl 5 blitzer to be hit in the head by an angry fan, Ronaldo style.
I will be gone until next Tuesday so won't be able to sign up before then.
Quote from: Luiggi on July 02, 2012, 02:58:06 PM
By the looks of it I will be able to play next season as well. It turned out I have intense work in the mornings but most afternoons I'm free. I will probably keep Orkitis... I might need to fire some veterans to keep the TV low enough, though... (unless DSS do that for me in the S7 finals, which is a strong possibility).
Is there a limit on maximum TV?
I think that on previous seasons it's been put to 1900 or something like that. I guess it all depends on the participants, if everyone has a developed team I guess limit makes little sense, but that's not always the case (and certainly not the case this season :D).
How would that be counted, though? Adding in loners? MNG players? Treasury?
Quote from: kvasilad on July 02, 2012, 07:31:41 PM
How would that be counted, though? Adding in loners? MNG players? Treasury?
I'd assume that just counting the TV value (plus possible MNG injuries and loners in case of an incomplete roster). We'll have to wait until we see all the teams... I quote:
"- Depending on the ratio of new/old teams, there may be Team Value (TV) limit for old teams."
We'll have to wait, in any case I'm ready to defend the title with Orkitis or try some new blood (I'm feeling stunty here... maybe Gobbos or Ogres ;D).
OK, The Golden will be away until the 10th, and Kvasi will be away from the 17th to 24th. So maybe the wisest thing would be to put the start of the next season at around 17this-18thish and extend the first match week to 27th or so. This would leave two weeks for new player recruitment and some summer vacationing. Is this OK for everybody?
As to the TV limits, at the moment we would seem to have 2 relatively low TV teams (Vinterlegionen and Getingarna) and 1 fresh team (Golden's nurgle) that would make the core of the rookie division. All other veterans teams should have high enough TV so that the high TV division would probably need no TV limits.
As to league structure and amount of teams, here are some options:
- Me thinks that the best situation would be if we found 3 new players for the rookie division to fill it to at least 6 players and then in veteran division we'd either lure a player from the previous seasons back to NUL or a make dummy team to fill the division up to 6 players.
- The second best solution is that one of the veterans team coaches takes up a new team or old low TV team from NUL and moves to rookie division to make it 4 teams in both divisions. I might be willing to try to make a Cougar Kittens comeback or try some new team.
Another solution could be that all (or some) of the veteran team owners would start fresh teams and play with two teams, one veteran team in a superchampionshipblitzcupextravaganza division and one rookie team in a kitten championship division. As the number of teams in veteran division would be lower than in the rookie division, the veteran division could play with slower pace (maybe 2 real-time weeks for 1 match week in veteran division and the normal 1 for 1 rookie).
But at the moment, finding some new players would probably have to be the priority. Put up some posts in any BB forums you might frequent, ask your BB friends and so on.
Any opinions, ideas and comments are welcomed and appreciated.
I posted on the BBTactics.com forums a little while ago, but it seems that the startup date was quite a bit off for those 2 that were initially interested. Anyway, I can roll a new team for the next season if need be. With about a week to decide I won't commit to choosing right this very second, but I'll sign up in due time preferably with a team no-one else has chosen.
-Barm
I have two friends that I might be able to persuade to join us. Will work on it for some days now.
I'm willing to roll a rookie team if necessary, even though I would prefer to stick with the Dudes if there are still other high-TV teams around. I wouldn't mind all-fresh teams though (or perhaps allowing low-TV NUL teams as well, say 1300 TV and below or something)
Quote from: hakos on July 03, 2012, 10:42:21 AM
I have two friends that I might be able to persuade to join us. Will work on it for some days now.
That would be awesome! The more the murde... *ahem* merrier ;D
Ok, one more sacrificial lamb, ahem, player convinced to join during lunch today.
Only problem is that vacation might interfere abit with his start here but I will let him post here himself, lets see if it is possible to work something out.
Still two more candidates to ask.
I'll check with some friends of mine as well, not sure they are up to it though.
Asking doesn't hurt, does it?
And I have no problems starting a new team.
The described scenario is exactly why we started the feeder camp, to give players a new start and not banning the older heavier teams.
New coaches will of course be the best solution.
/B
By the way, I hope we can get the whole group/play-off format situation sorted for next season, it was slightly annoying to have a decent performance in the first group games be for naught in the end :'(
I think I'll go for an Undead team for season 8. Y'all better watch out for the Material Ghouls soon ;) (if that name isn't already taken)
So there will be no elf teams in the league next season? Only hard bashing teams? Ouch, next season will be bloody.
By the way, have another friend who is interested in joining hope to have a final say from him before the weekend is over.
/Hakos
Just to let you know that new account "Lars" has been approved to the forums. This must be one of your mates Hakos?
Yes, Lars is the one I have convinced to join us
Seems I have some good and some bad news...
The good news is that I have convinced both my friends to join NUL.
The bad news is that neither of them feel they can match the "one week rule" during july and august. Therefore they intend to join season 9 and not season 8.
To be honest, it may prove a bit tricky for me too... lots of work needs to be done around the house and I need some vacation too.
I'll go on vacation next week (week 29), will not be "active" so to speak.
Maybe we all need to take some vacation?
Maybe start with season 8 in the middle of August instead?
/Gnaarkill
I wouldn't mind waiting until August to start the new league and maybe get some more recruits. If it's going to be a problem for some coaches to play on a weekly basis, might as well give it a break. Any option is fine for me though, as long as the league stays alive :)
We could just start the season, and just not be strict about match day rollovers until, say, august sometime. Before that, people can just play "when they can", and if all games are done, roll over the match day. Couldn't that be a compromise?
Quote from: kvasilad on July 12, 2012, 07:44:05 PM
We could just start the season, and just not be strict about match day rollovers until, say, august sometime. Before that, people can just play "when they can", and if all games are done, roll over the match day. Couldn't that be a compromise?
That sounds pretty nice, a kind of "relaxed" state for the leauge until august. Works for me!
/Gnaarkill
Nah, I think it's better to wait until august then.
Relaxed will be more or less 3 games played and upholding other games.
That is how I feel about it.
I can start the next season now, wait until august or something in between. Does not matter as long as we don't start later than early august.
Looks like the start of August is OK for most of the players. So how about the following as marching orders for next season:
- Pre-league phase: recruitment of new players until 1st August.
- 1st phase: from Monday June 30th to Sunday August 5th: Final decision about the makeup and structure is made, league is created and teams registered into the league(s) in the client.
- 2nd phase: Kickoff on Monday August 6th or earlier if possible. First two matchweeks will be played with a schedule of 1,5 or 2 "real-time" weeks per 1 in-game match week. If the setups of phase 1 get done early, the league can be started earlier, Monday the 6th will be the definite kick-off date.
I'll put up a new post for sign-up during the weekend as this thread is a bit crowded now.
Sounds good!
I'll adapt to teams/coaches.. if new teams are in need, I refresh with a new team.
Yeah sounds good :)
SIGNIN UP FOR THE SEASON 8 SHOULD BE DONE IN THE FOLLOWING THREAD ACCORDING TO INSTRUCTIONS THERE:
SEASON 8 SIGN-UP (http://norscaleague.com/index.php?topic=352.0)