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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
With legendary edition the number of races went from 7 to 20 and with that there is of course more variation in matchups. The online client has a matchmaking system just like sc2. Anyone else playing this game? The late game blood bowl situations are some of the most intense in strategy games imo. | ||
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
Its certainly an amazing turn-based strategy game (theres a real-time mode, but believe it or not, turn-based is infinite superior), if none of you have played it before. There is a little bit of luck involved, which will often bite you in the ass, but minimizing the amount of bad luck that can effect you is, in some ways, the objective of the game. It's also very fun because of the way results carry over from game to game. To those who don't know much about Blood Bowl, you create a team (with limited resources) and during the course of games, you earn more money in which to upgrade your team. However, you have to battle with constant injuries, and even deaths, which is a constant juggle when you're playing in a league or scheduled in a seasons worth of games. This thread needs some videos though. Also, old school Blood Bowl (old MSDOS game) had one of my favorite game songs/intros of all time. Looks like shit now but I love nostalgia. | ||
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Southlight
United States11767 Posts
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Durak
Canada3684 Posts
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So no fek
United States3001 Posts
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Blitzkrieg0
United States13132 Posts
Looks interesting, but it also looks like a game you have to invest a lot of time into to have fun ^_^ | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
I'm more than down for joining a TL league if that's going to happen. | ||
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
We'd all have to have the Legendary Edition, though. I remember reading that they aren't cross compatible- so even if you want to play one of the first 8 races, you have to play with the Legendary. | ||
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Schickysc
Canada380 Posts
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
We could have some sort of group stage and then playoffs? | ||
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
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styka
United States74 Posts
Very slow moving game, I can see why its not popular. | ||
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Southlight
United States11767 Posts
On November 01 2010 17:14 styka wrote: The trailers looked very cool... but then I went to watch some gameplay footage on YouTube. Very slow moving game, I can see why its not popular. You essentially watched a youtube video of a chess match/M:tG match/etc. and decided it's "slow moving." Edit: The issue with the popularity of this particular incarnation of the game is that there's a free (though less graphically pleasing) alternative that's been out for some time and has an established fanbase: http://fumbbl.com/ | ||
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
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deL
Australia5540 Posts
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BEARDiaguz
Australia2362 Posts
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
On November 01 2010 19:32 deL wrote: Is there a demo for this game? I have enjoyed playing American Football games in the past without actually knowing how to play the game (it was the closest thing to a rugby game at the time) and when I was a kid liked warhammer a bit so this might be pretty fun. Definitely keen if a TL league is set up. If you like warhammer, american football and strategy games you will like blood bowl. There are basically finesse teams and brute force teams in BB. The brute force teams try to reduce the number of players of other team (via KO, injury or death) and then run the ball in when there is no def left. The finesse teams try to dodge, pass or just run their way past defence because they cannot match other team with brute force. After games your players level up which creates opportunities to create the specific characters you want for your team, i.e. what works best for your strat. | ||
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
On November 01 2010 19:20 Jaug wrote: If someone plays halfling or goblin he/she is certaintly a candidate for balls of steel award for potential TL league :D Now that they added the Bombardier to the Legendary Edition, its tempting :D On November 01 2010 19:32 deL wrote: Is there a demo for this game? I have enjoyed playing American Football games in the past without actually knowing how to play the game (it was the closest thing to a rugby game at the time) and when I was a kid liked warhammer a bit so this might be pretty fun. Definitely keen if a TL league is set up. The complete rulebook can be found here. It is a somewhat long read if you look through the whole thing (its a complex game) but if you skim through it to get the core rules, you'll be able to piece a lot of things together. The most important things to look up are how blocks work (aka tackles/attacks/etc, not with a shield or anything), what unit statistics mean in relation to the game (movement speed, strength, etc) and how the average turn is played out. Past that, theres a ton ton ton of stuff when it comes to building a team, leveling up a team, random factors that come in to play in each game, etc etc, but knowing the core rules is whats most important. | ||
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Brownjesus
Denmark53 Posts
For those interested, i can sort out a private TL League, where ppl can play, learn, be ranked etc. ofcourse depending if there is enough ppl interested in this? For those of you new to the game and want to learn and read abit about it, the official forum of the game makers is where to go: This thread guides to the relevant overview of the different races, strategies, starting lineups and skilling: http://www.cyanide-studio.com/forumBB/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=20133 Else look around at the general forums for information: http://www.cyanide-studio.com/forumBB/ Other usefull readings: http://bbtactics.com And as Nokarot mentioned, the rulebook also includes the stats of all the avaliable teams, in terms of tributes, skills etc. I think it would be cool to get a TL league started up  | ||
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
Second half starts and I actually still have 10 players (surprisingly). I decide to blitz one of his ogres with my single 4 str player to open a gap. I get to hand the ball to my catcher who is behind my blitzing unit. I knock his ogre down and run up the field trying to defend my catcher but from here everything goes south. My players get injured left and right. My catcher gets knocked down by a snotling  . He brings ogres up and there is a standoff for a couple of turns. Turn 14 I have 5 players left on the field, 2 of them prone. He takes the ball with a snotling and throws the snotling with an ogre to have a chance to score touchdown. The throw fails and the snotling is prone on the center of the field with the ball also at the centre of the field.He understands that it's a dangerous situation for him, it's my turn 15 now and i pick up the ball with one of my throwers, placing a blitzer next to him for protection. I have one single player that could possibly run into the end zone on turn 16. My opponent surrounds the player with a snotling and ogre, surrounds my thrower with snotling and ogre. My turn 16 i manage to "double dodge" with player into endzone, "double dodge" with my thrower, launch a perfect launch that is caught by my lineman in endzone and I win 1-0. Opponent was actually 10-1-0 before this game. GG, I can't imagine how he feels right now. | ||
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Brownjesus
Denmark53 Posts
add me on the friendslist: Brownjesusi just started up a High Elves team as well... | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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Manit0u
Poland17257 Posts
On November 03 2010 22:55 Zanzabar Haberdasher wrote: Does anyone feel the Nords are terribly, terribly OP? I feel like I'm cheating when I play them.. the entire team has block. And most of them have frenzy. Frenzy can hurt you at times, and block ain't all that great. The best and most OP team was (and probably still is, gotta check it out) the Wood Elves. Who cares about block if you have a ton of agility and movement. Ultimately, it's not about who can stand his ground in a fight but who can score more points in rapid succession (that's why dwarves, who all got block, tough head and what not were great for beginners but as you learned the game they were pretty much worthless). The next great thing is Chaos, but they start to shine very late, when they get a lot of skills an mutations in. The best and closest games I've ever had was Wood Elves vs Goblins for example. Shit was intense - evade, dodge, dodge, dodge, pick up the ball, evade, dodge, dodge, pass, repeat. | ||
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Brownjesus
Denmark53 Posts
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Gruv
United Kingdom379 Posts
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Brownjesus
Denmark53 Posts
On November 04 2010 21:11 Gruv wrote: I've been looking at this for sometime, is it easy enough for someone who never played warhammer to get into? Coz I doubt i'd want to spend £30 on steam for a game I might not like. But I am more likely to spend £15 on something that might or might not be to my liking. Its like any other game, play a bunch of games to learn the rules and the basics but if u like the warhammer universe, im sure ul like this as well! | ||
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potatoedoughnut
United States334 Posts
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Gruv
United Kingdom379 Posts
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Mistapibb
United States78 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
Oh the memories. | ||
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
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Nixda
119 Posts
I cannot stress this enough, without understanding the machanics behind the game and having an idea of the die roll chances involved, players tend to get frustrated quickly. The game has a steep learning curve in the beginning, but do not let that deter you, its a great game and can give countless hours of fun both as a boardgame and via playing it online. I have the normal edition from last year and I'm seriously considering getting the legendary edition now. | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
On November 03 2010 22:12 Brownjesus wrote: hehe nice one Jaug add me on the friendslist: Brownjesusi just started up a High Elves team as well... Added, if anyone wants to add me my nick is albeiter. I play in auld public league atm. | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
On November 03 2010 22:55 Zanzabar Haberdasher wrote: Does anyone feel the Nords are terribly, terribly OP? I feel like I'm cheating when I play them.. the entire team has block. And most of them have frenzy. No I can stomp them with my power team and outmanouver them with high elf team. | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
On November 05 2010 00:15 Nixda wrote: If anyone cares to try this game out, please READ THE RULEBOOK BEFORE PLAYING: I cannot stress this enough, without understanding the machanics behind the game and having an idea of the die roll chances involved, players tend to get frustrated quickly. The game has a steep learning curve in the beginning, but do not let that deter you, its a great game and can give countless hours of fun both as a boardgame and via playing it online. I have the normal edition from last year and I'm seriously considering getting the legendary edition now. I kind of feel like the game is optimally played on computer, with all the leveling, dice rolls, amount of teams etc. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17257 Posts
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Nixda
119 Posts
On November 05 2010 00:21 Jaug wrote: I kind of feel like the game is optimally played on computer, with all the leveling, dice rolls, amount of teams etc. Oh no, cannot agree with that at all. Sure, the computer can do some tedious tasks for you, but you get ample compensation for that over the board just by being able to see your opponents face when his best player fumbles the go-for-it roll 1 tile before touchdown and dies  | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
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Gruv
United Kingdom379 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
On November 05 2010 02:07 Zanzabar Haberdasher wrote: Yes, it's worth it. The expanded team selection gives the game the texture it was lacking. Agree. Almost never back to back against same race, which makes it much more fun. | ||
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
On November 05 2010 00:21 Jaug wrote:I kind of feel like the game is optimally played on computer, with all the leveling, dice rolls, amount of teams etc. I would say that it's more streamlined on the computer, but the in-person environment given by tabletop is really fun- injury/death dice rolls are so stressful. Also, I'm going to go ahead and buy it now. What are the chances of getting a Teamliquid league started? Someone should make one, or at least compile names to see how many we have. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
Once we have enough people for a true bracket, I'll form it. | ||
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
Myself and a friend will be joining up. Don't know my race yet so I'll PM you shortly. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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Gruv
United Kingdom379 Posts
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
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MaiBoA38
United States108 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
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[Agony]x90
United States853 Posts
On November 05 2010 04:54 Nokarot wrote: That, and the versions aren't cross compatible. May as well get the one with more stuff in it. I would say that it's more streamlined on the computer, but the in-person environment given by tabletop is really fun- injury/death dice rolls are so stressful. Also, I'm going to go ahead and buy it now. What are the chances of getting a Teamliquid league started? Someone should make one, or at least compile names to see how many we have. Dude, TT in general makes me cry. Failing 3 2+ saves and seeing my friend make 4 to 6 6+ saves in a row drive me nuts. Stupid marines with their imbo 3+ saves . | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17257 Posts
On November 05 2010 07:46 [Agony]x90 wrote: Dude, TT in general makes me cry. Failing 3 2+ saves and seeing my friend make 4 to 6 6+ saves in a row drive me nuts. Stupid marines with their imbo 3+ saves .Saves are nothing. The thing my brother hates the most is my drop pod loaded with CC specced ironclad dread that pops right in the middle of his lines on first turn But I'm going off topic here so I'll stop. Back on topic: And what is your feeling on agility being the absolute best stat in BB? I don't think more things (especially important things) in this game depend on any other stat. | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
I'd like to join the league but I might not make it for the first season though. I'd really appreciate game write-ups or live reports or a newsletter or whatever. That would definitely help my decision to join. Also, if you are going to start this first season soon PM me RIGHT AWAY and maybe I'll be persuaded to buy the game... =) | ||
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
If you have never played : Be sure to read the rulebook before playing. Otherwise you'll just be lost, confused and strategy-less. Maybe get a couple of games in with the AI to get familiar with them, you should be beating the AI in just a few games if not the very first one. I bought the legendary edition but haven't really played it yet. I'm playing in a league already (orca-cola), but it's just one match a week so I might be able to play in another one fairly regularly as well. PM me if you start a league for sure ! edit : my account is cataflam | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
We don't have to use 4 minutes for the league. Actually on most of your turns, you can be done in under 2 minutes easily. It's just that, sometimes, you need the extra time to really think through your options. | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
Is there a Save Replay option for this game? Someone mentioned that our teams will "level up" as we progress through the season. Does that mean if I join Season 2, my team will be at a disadvantage? What about someone who doesn't make it to the tournament and plays less games? | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
On November 05 2010 09:11 kingjames01 wrote: I have a few more questions: Is there a Save Replay option for this game? Someone mentioned that our teams will "level up" as we progress through the season. Does that mean if I join Season 2, my team will be at a disadvantage? What about someone who doesn't make it to the tournament and plays less games? You cant save replay as far as i know. You will level up through season but of course everyone has to use new teams season 2. I signed up for league now, i suggest we disallow undead. | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
Most leagues use BBmanager, which is a neat external tool to manage leagues. Replays of each match get uploaded, and are parsed on a central server and accessible to all. Apparently, the LE has brought a lot of the stats that could only be found in BB manager inside the actual game, but it still gives us the ability to centralize replays for example. 1. Install BB manager : http://94.23.239.117/BloodBowlManager.ClickOnce/publish.htm 2. Make an account with the same name as your BB account (different password obviously) 3. To upload replays, the easiest is having BBmanager open before playing your match. After playing it, BBmanager will pop a little bubble offering you to submit the game. Select the league, confirm the players names and input the match day and that's it. Your players will gain experience, and with new levels you can give them skills. As you gain skills on your players your team value will increase. When two teams clash, the one with the lowest value gets "inducements", to spend in various stuff to make the game more equal. It's still an advantage to have the highest value but it's somewhat compensated. | ||
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
edit: Also, you WILL lose players and/or have them injured during matches, so progression is not one-way only. | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
I actually signed up with them (though said "Undead maybe" because I hadn't made up my mind yet) | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
Has anyone taken part in a league where the teams were "drafted"? | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
On November 05 2010 09:43 Nokarot wrote: Why disallow undead, Juag? I don't have a bunch of experience against them so I don't really understand if there's some kind of problem with them or what. I actually signed up with them (though said "Undead maybe" because I hadn't made up my mind yet) Hm I just see them on top of every leaderboard and it seems to be a race without weakness (contrary to every other race). It's just a suggestion from me, so that not everyone plays undead. | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
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potatoedoughnut
United States334 Posts
Also, undeads for life! | ||
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
I don't want to pick something someone else did, so I'm curious who is playing what. If we want to do some kind of random team thing to avoid duplicates, I'd be up for that, too, but I think people should be allowed to opt for "brute/speed/stunty/normal" teams so that they at least get something of their "style" I'm up for Team Drafting if everyone else is. Sounds like it could be fun. Do we all have to be online at the same time for it? If so, then maybe not. Skirn (friend of mine who should have PM'd you his registration) said he'd be up for Random/Draft, too. | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
On November 05 2010 09:40 kingjames01 wrote: So do you think that the game could still be balanced if I come in with a new team in Season 2 versus teams who completed Season 1? Team value counts, but it will go up faster with better skill (more touchdowns, more money, etc.). Some races are pretty tough to play out of the box at the start value, some are stronger in the beginning but get weaker at higher values, some are solid all around. I joined my current league in its season 4 (9 games per season), and it's not really a problem. I mostly don't care about which team to play. I have some preferrences, but mostly I just suck with a couple of races and would like to avoid them (human, dark elf) and any other would be fine. I haven't really tried the LE races (and I didn't play tabletop or fumbbl). | ||
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potatoedoughnut
United States334 Posts
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
On November 05 2010 10:23 potatoedoughnut wrote: Drafting is a good idea. It's fun to play a team out of your usual style. yeah, I think that drafting would create some challenges for players who have mastered their 'favourite' race. On November 05 2010 10:14 Catyoul wrote:I joined my current league in its season 4 (9 games per season), and it's not really a problem. So how many games would our season be? How many races are there? We could have division play, where the teams are separated into groups. Each team plays the other teams in its own division more (eg. twice) than every other team (eg. only once). That kind of scenario could lead to extra rivalry within the divisions. Also, more attention would given to the success of other teams. Rather than a situation where we're thinking, "So, who do we play this week?" we might be thinking, "If I can beat this person, then maybe I can clinch the last division spot into the playoffs." Of course, that's highly dependent on the motivation of the organizers and the wishes of the players. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
There are 20 teams.. if we can fill at least 16 of them we, division play will be viable. My intentions are to flesh out the league's rules and create a fresh post this weekend. So if you have any ideas, please voice them! I've never played in a formal league before, so I'm not sure of the intricacies. | ||
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
Just wondering. Because "draft, standard rules, fresh teams" seems like it's pretty straight forward on the rules :O Also, how many players are we up to? I didn't think 16 was going to be possible, but if it is, awesome. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17257 Posts
On November 05 2010 10:52 Nokarot wrote: What kind of rules are we talking about outside whats already in the rulebook? I know some people are against fouling, but I know I'm not (so long as its not overly excessive to the point where you're just trying to ruin someones day, which I only care about because its a teamliquid league) Just wondering. Because "draft, standard rules, fresh teams" seems like it's pretty straight forward on the rules :O Also, how many players are we up to? I didn't think 16 was going to be possible, but if it is, awesome. What do you mean by "against fouling"? It's like a key feature in BB... What was the name of the game again? Oh, the intros could really give it away! | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
I don't know about you, but if there was playing against some ass whose only goal was to make sure that my players died, thus removing all chances of making the tournament, I'd be pissed. We should have some assurances that this kind of situation isn't commonplace. | ||
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Kanil
United States1713 Posts
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potatoedoughnut
United States334 Posts
Sometimes you just need to yell blood for the blood god while stamping on that gutter runner who's scored 3 touchdowns in a half on his own. | ||
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
I'm all for fouling, even absurd fouling, but lets just make sure everyone has fun, yes? :O | ||
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
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potatoedoughnut
United States334 Posts
On November 05 2010 12:06 Lyter wrote: Going back to an earlier point, I REALLY need to read the manual lol. I've played several games but it makes it so much harder not knowing what you need to be rolling to do certain things like not getting knocked over when 'going for it' etc You can download a .pdf of the rules at: http://www.cyanide-studio.com/forumBB/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20563 Regarding fouling I don't know that we need a strict rule on it. If people are being BM (in any fashion) we can deal with it, but even if your team gets fouled a lot it's unlikely that it will permanently remove a lot of players. And there is compensation for the corresponding lower team value in future games. | ||
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Brownjesus
Denmark53 Posts
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Rampoon
United Kingdom166 Posts
Got the legendary edition today as it turns out, if your short on numbers for the first tournie ill be available however. | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
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InToTheWannaB
United States4770 Posts
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
 Maybe maybe we could say something about fouling on turn 16,but that's really the maximum weight could disallow. I don't mind getting a random team, but if we have BB newcomers and they get goblins for example, I am afraid they will be disgusted especially if their first game is vs dwarves haha. Actually I don't even see new players handling chaos properly for example. Maybe let the less experienced players choose their team? Also we should decide if we keep the teams from one season to the next order not. If we are going for the long term, it changes decisions about the roster and the team development. Of course people can always start with a fresh team instead even if we do that. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
Okay. I'm hoping to have everyone signed up/confirmed by Monday so we can get started. The league has been created on BB Manager, so we just need the stragglers to catch up and we'll be ready. I have decided we're going to use a 'limited draft' system for picking races. I will randomize the coach names and then, in order, they will be presented with 3 race choices. When they choose, I will remove that team and we'll work our way up. As of right now: Zanzabar Haberdasher Lyter Skirn Nokarot Jaug potatoedoughnut Catyoul Kanil Brownjesus Jayce cloudic (Maybe) Rampoon (Maybe) InToTheWannaB (Maybe) kingjames01 (Maybe) Gruv (Maybe) MaiBoA38 Assuming we don't full all 20 spots, I will likely remove Halflings from the team list. While the Undead may be hard to counter, Halflings can not truly be considered 'competitive'. | ||
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Brownjesus
Denmark53 Posts
however i think there should be some sorting so u dont get to choose between 3 bashing teams? | ||
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potatoedoughnut
United States334 Posts
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cloudica
England43 Posts
According to the Steam page it comes with the installation. And I've been reading about people having trouble with it (scanning their pc, slowing it down, etc). Not that I trust everything I read but I'd like to know if I have to install this stuff to play the game. Is it just to keep track of your installation count? (5 per purchase if I've read it right) Or is there something left behind? I didn't buy the Dark Elves edition because of it (played a cracked version instead) and I just dont want to go through the same thing we had with Chaos League/StarForce all over again. Other than that I'd love to play | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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Shatter
United States1401 Posts
On November 05 2010 21:39 Catyoul wrote: Yes, one of the problems for new players is getting attached to your players. I used to be the same way. But in leagues, fouling on turn 16 should be okay. In matchmaking, it is kind of a douche move, but in leagues, it is legitimate if you want to eliminate a possible threat in later games. Fouling really is not a problem. Hell the league I am in actually has a reward each season for most players sent off! Do not get attached to your players, they will die or get crippling injuries, deal with it, this is not pokemon Maybe maybe we could say something about fouling on turn 16,but that's really the maximum weight could disallow. I would be down to play in the league if it wasn't random. >< I think it is more fun when everyone just picks the team they like. The game is pretty balanced, with of course teams like goblins and halflings being somewhat worse. Here are some stats if anyone is interested: http://naf.doubleskulls.net/lrb6.html | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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cloudica
England43 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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MaiBoA38
United States108 Posts
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Tuln
United States24 Posts
On November 06 2010 00:05 Zanzabar Haberdasher wrote: I'm pretty firm in my believe that semi-random is the way to go. It gives people choice without the first the players always taking Amazon/Undead/Skaven. Do you not want multiples of the same team? I guess I don't see the issue as in board game leagues we've almost always had two of the same team (usually dwarf) and no one has really cared. I guess I don't see the problem with letting people choose what they want to play. From my understanding of turn based blitz vs classic the only differences added to blitz mode are the pre-game training sessions and equipment. | ||
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
I also think there is no way everyone would take undead skaven or amazon if we let people choose. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
EDIT: ALL SLOTS HAVE A NAME ON THEM. From this point on, it will be first come first serve. Let that be a warning to all of you 'maybes'. First guys to PM me get main seats.. and I withhold the right to keep people on the 'short list' for if/when players disappear. As of right now: Zanzabar Haberdasher Lyter Skirn Nokarot Jaug potatoedoughnut Catyoul Kanil Brownjesus Jayce cloudic MaiBoA38 Tuln Megelrov Fallen InToTheWannaB (Maybe) Rampoon (Maybe) kingjames01 (Maybe) Gruv (Held) Catyoul's Friend Two issues of note: 1. I have received a formal request to keep Halflings in the team pool. 2. We -will- be using a limited draft format, as outlined below. Tonight at 12:00 AM (EST), I will generate a random list of coach names and post them here. Anyone to join after this time will be added to the bottom of the list. The first player on the list will be sent a PM with three team options to choose from. The chosen team will be taken off the list and I will proceed to the next coach. I hope this process will go quickly given that it's the weekend.. but at this time I will not enforce a time limit. | ||
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
I would like to hold a spot for a friend of mine, he reads and follows sc but I don't think he has a tl account yet. He should be here himself later tonight. | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
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Tuln
United States24 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
On November 06 2010 02:07 kingjames01 wrote: Any ideas on how many games in the season, how often we'd be playing and thus, how long the season will run? I haven't really given that much thought, yet. Nor even how many matches a week we should play. I was thinking 2 matches a week, 12 weeks as a baseline OR 2 matches a week, 8 weeks. The shorter seasons will help retain players. If we wants teams to span over multiple seasons I'm inclined to say two month seasons. Do we want things to be fast and dirty? | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
On November 06 2010 02:07 kingjames01 wrote: Any ideas on how many games in the season, how often we'd be playing and thus, how long the season will run? If I can get some answers to these questions and also one more: "when do we think we will start?" then I'll commit. =) Thanks! I'm looking forward to it! | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
On November 06 2010 02:32 Zanzabar Haberdasher wrote: I haven't really given that much thought, yet. Nor even how many matches a week we should play. I was thinking 2 matches a week, 12 weeks as a baseline OR 2 matches a week, 8 weeks. The shorter seasons will help retain players. If we wants teams to span over multiple seasons I'm inclined to say two month seasons. Do we want things to be fast and dirty? Thanks for the answers! So maybe 16 or 24 matches? We couldn't do that with 20 teams (assuming that we play every team) unless there were separate divisions. Also, is there such thing as home stadium advantage? | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
First blood will (again, hopefully) drawn on Friday or Saturday. Assuming we can find between 3 and 5 more people. | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
If it is 6 pm CET i will check later tonight and make my race pick. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
It would be glorious if we can get all of the races picked by Sunday, but I highly doubt it. | ||
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
Will you need help with the organizational aspect of the league or does BB Manager handle matchmaking? If it doesn't I've put some thought into the setup of the regular season and I can share my work if you want. | ||
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Fallen
Canada192 Posts
I'd recommend starting with a 2 month league, then we'll see how things shapes up after | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
Fallen: You've been added to the list. | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
Looking forward to it, though. Will be checking constantly to see if my name is up for draft! | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
I'm thinking a 48-hour window is long enough to make contact. i.e. you PM your opponent, and he has to respond to it within two days. Since we are literally spread across the globe, I presume most games will happen during the weekends. Bare in mind, I have never organized something with such varying play times.. so this style may be completely inefficient. Anyone have better ideas/input? | ||
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
Two matches a week can be a little tough to organize. It's not that hard per se to play 2 matches a week for anyone, but playing them at a time that fits both you and your opponent is not necessarily easy. Even more so considering the wide variety of time zones we have here. We can give it a try though. For the seeding and match schedule, the game client actually takes care of that itself. You will be left with the simple duty of advancing the match day once all matches of a half-week have been played. The problem with the BB client is that you have to play all matches of one day before being able to advance the day, even if both you and your opponents have played their match already. It was supposed to get much better with the LE, but I have not had time to try it yet. I'm going to do so in the next few hours and bring some feedback ! | ||
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InToTheWannaB
United States4770 Posts
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
Are there plans to change the interface to manage private leagues? If so, what will be improved? Yes. We have spent a lot of time re-thinking and developing the multiplayer interface. It has been split into several pages for more clarity and better ergonomics. We have also integrated new features for private leagues administrators like: the ability to cancel a game and replay it or even to modify the score of a game. Will there be some modifications on the online private league system? We have done a lot of changes in this department: • Introducing Commissioners – A league admin can assign Commissioners to help administrate the private league. • Validation - Games need to be validated by a Commissioner once they have been played. • Reset of Matches - Games can be reset by a Commissioner • Set Score - Commissioners can set the score for a match. Awarding someone a win, 2d6 Winnings + 2 MVPs, if one of the coaches could not show up. MNG players will come back after an administered game. • Seeding Manager - If you are not happy with the seeding, you can swap teams around in each section of the competition, i.e. the Division, Group and the Play-off stage. • Participants - And lastly we have upped the cap to a maximum of 140 coaches participating in a Private League. • GUI - Additionally to the above we have changed the GUI for the Lobby, making it easier to find & follow Private Leagues' Standings, Statistics, Calendar, Hall of Fame etc. Sweeeeeet improvements in LE. Here is an explanation of the league types : Championship, with one division each team will play each other once or twice (you can set this up). Best team will win the championship. With more than one division the divisions are in a ranked order. Winner of Division 1 will win the league. The bottom team of each division will be relegated into the next lower and the top teams will be promoted into the next higher division for the following season. However, with the seeding manager you can redistribute teams after each season. Cup, each team will play each other team in its pool once or twice. Teams will be promoted into the play-off rounds depending on how many spots you set up starting with the best teams of each division. Winner of the play-offs will win the league. Play-offs, all teams directly start with a knock out rounds. Last team standing is the winner. Grand Slam, this set up combines Championship and Cup. First, the league plays a Championship season with ranked divisions and promotion/relegation at the end of the season. After this there will be a Cup with the whole league. The results of the Cup season won't count in regard to promotion/relegation spots for the next Championship season. I'd say we go for championship, with 1 division. As for the rest of the options, I think we can agree on the default options, with extended inducements added. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
EDIT: ONE OPEN SLOT! From this point on, it will be first come first serve. Let that be a warning to all of you 'maybes'. First guys to PM me get main seats.. and I withhold the right to keep people on the 'short list' for if/when players disappear. As of right now: Zanzabar Haberdasher Lyter Skirn Nokarot Jaug potatoedoughnut Catyoul Kanil Brownjesus Jayce cloudic MaiBoA38 Tuln Megelrov Fallen InToTheWannaB Gruv kingjames01 (Maybe) Rampoon Two issues of note: 1. I have received a formal request to keep Halflings in the team pool. 2. We -will- be using a limited draft format, as outlined below. Tonight at 12:00 AM (EST), I will generate a random list of coach names and post them here. Anyone to join after this time will be added to the bottom of the list. The first player on the list will be sent a PM with three team options to choose from. The chosen team will be taken off the list and I will proceed to the next coach. I hope this process will go quickly given that it's the weekend.. but at this time I will not enforce a time limit. ------ PM me confirmation if you want to play and are not on the list! | ||
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Tuln
United States24 Posts
On November 06 2010 04:28 Catyoul wrote: Vampires are fine and actually competitive (says my expert friend). Like I said, it's probably just my horrible luck with always rolling 1's on Bloodlust | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
AHHHHHHHHHHHH! I'm really excited... Also, should the coaches vote on the season schedule? Maybe we set up a poll? | ||
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Shatter
United States1401 Posts
On November 06 2010 05:12 Tuln wrote: Like I said, it's probably just my horrible luck with always rolling 1's on Bloodlust Well a lot of people make the mistake of getting 4-6 vampires and not enough rerolls. So they fail bloodlust a lot. Don't know if that is what you are doing. Starting with 2-3 vampires and 5 rerolls is a solid beginning. Plus vampire teams shouldn't go over 4 vampires (maybe you can find success with 5 but not in my experience). They are actually a pretty decent team, just using things like hypnotic gaze effectively and dealing with bloodlust is hard because you do not have practice with them outside of vampires. | ||
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TwoToneTerran
United States8841 Posts
PS: Vampire teams are not competitive, atleast not past 150 tv. Your team is reliant on having several thralls on the field, which isn't a good bet past turn 4 once teams get mighty blow. Vamps never win big tournaments for a reason. =(' They have cool shades though! | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
I hope everyone is able to choose their teams quickly... I don't want to have to keep F5ing for days on end... =( Also, will there be any trading teams allowed if someone is forced to choose a team that they really don't want? | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
On November 06 2010 09:26 kingjames01 wrote: Come on!! Midnight can't come fast enough! I hope everyone is able to choose their teams quickly... I don't want to have to keep F5ing for days on end... =( Also, will there be any trading teams allowed if someone is forced to choose a team that they really don't want? I think we should have a reserve pool of teams not picked after 24 hours, and anyone could switch to one of these. I like the championship model. This way if players drop out the can be replaced and if we cant find replacements that team just leaves WO in remaining games. I guess we should have a limit on amount of games allowed per week, so that one team doesn't fly away to TV 1800. In my opinion there is a huge advantage to have higher levels and TV, petty cash doesn't make up for it. I say we limit 4 games per week for example. The 2 games per week system could be ok as well, but maybe that should be minimal amount? | ||
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Gofarman
Canada645 Posts
If anyone wants to share an account (I assume it is against the TOS but not tracked) I would play in the tourney. If the game is worth 40 I would buy. | ||
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
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Durak
Canada3684 Posts
Edit: Looks like this is already starting. I'll see how the first one goes and hopefully get in on the next one. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
On November 06 2010 09:58 Catyoul wrote: The number of games per week is actually a fixed amount if we use the league system. All matchups are defined in advance, and you know who you have to play when. Everyone plays the same number of games, 1 against each opponent. After probing around with the new league system I have found this to be true! My apologizes, I have never run an online league before. As for having a 'team pool', that defeats the purpose of playing in a limited draft. Half of the idea is to make whatever you pull work. Don't be so close minded! As of right now, it looks like we're playing with 18. Which is quite acceptable. Draft seeds incoming in two hours! | ||
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Kanil
United States1713 Posts
On November 06 2010 11:02 Zanzabar Haberdasher wrote: As for having a 'team pool', that defeats the purpose of playing in a limited draft. Half of the idea is to make whatever you pull work. Don't be so close minded! Isn't the purpose to have fun? If you're used to playing Elves, you probably aren't going to find Khemri to be terribly enjoyable... | ||
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
On November 06 2010 11:16 Kanil wrote: Isn't the purpose to have fun? If you're used to playing Elves, you probably aren't going to find Khemri to be terribly enjoyable... Some people enjoy the idea of a draft more than they enjoy picking a singular race. It's not an unfamiliar concept- DOTA, for example, has draft modes, allrandom modes, etc, where players sign up to play without knowing exactly what they're playing with in advance. It's a different way of playing, is all. I for one, love it. It seems you don't, but if you want to play, you'll just have to live with it I think :O You'll get to choose between 3 races- I'm sure you'll find something similar to your race within those choices. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
Also: I am unexpectedly going out tonight so the draft seed with be incoming about an hour earlier than expected. Keep your eyes peeled on this post. EDIT: Draft Seeds! 1. potatoedoughnut 2. Lyter 3. kingjames01 4. Brownjesus 5. Jaug 6. Jayce 7. Gruv 8. Skirn 9. Zanzabar Haberdasher 10. Nokarot 11. InToTheWannaB 12. Kanil 13. cloudic 14. Catyoul 15. MaiBoA38 16. Fallen 17. Megelrov 18. Tuln potatoedoughnut will be receiving his PM shortly. | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
Although, I've never played BloodBowl before... so I don't know anything about the races... =( Am I allowed to ask for advice?? | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
Having a post-season tournament will make a play-off race more fun. Especially if I realize that with the number of games left I cannot chase the leader. Also, a post-season tournament allows for the underdog aspect of competition. However, if I'm in the minority, then please, feel free to ignore me. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
1. Skaven 2. Orcs 3. Lizardmen 4. Wood Elves 5. Norse 6. Dark Elves 7. Nurgle 8. Elves 9. Human 10. Necromantic 11. Amazons 12. Dwarves 13. Halflings 14. Khemri 15. Ogre 16. Undead 17. High Elves 18. Chaos 19. Goblins 20. Vampire First PM is sent out, I will edit this as races are chosen. | ||
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
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InToTheWannaB
United States4770 Posts
On November 06 2010 11:44 kingjames01 wrote: YES!!! I'm 3rd!!! WOOOOOOOOO! Although, I've never played BloodBowl before... so I don't know anything about the races... =( Am I allowed to ask for advice?? Advice below + Show Spoiler + Orcs suck ass, Dwarfs rule. That is all | ||
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Kanil
United States1713 Posts
On November 06 2010 11:33 Nokarot wrote: Some people enjoy the idea of a draft more than they enjoy picking a singular race... I for one, love it. It seems you don't... May I ask what advantages you enjoy, with having a draft in place? Anyone here who finds the draft appealing is welcome to answer this question, just wondering what things people like about it. And yes, I personally feel a random draft is unsuitable for Blood Bowl. | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
On November 06 2010 11:57 Lyter wrote: what does the race seed meen, are they rankings of how strong the races are? I think that you will be PM'd 3 numbers that are randomly generated and you will have to choose 1 race that corresponds to one of those three numbers. | ||
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
On November 06 2010 12:03 kingjames01 wrote: I think that you will be PM'd 3 numbers that are randomly generated and you will have to choose 1 race that corresponds to one of those three numbers. Its not necessarily seeds in terms of ranking, just a x3 d20 dice rolls to determine who you get to choose from. | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
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Tuln
United States24 Posts
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TwoToneTerran
United States8841 Posts
On November 06 2010 12:00 InToTheWannaB wrote: Advice below + Show Spoiler + Orcs suck ass, Dwarfs rule. That is all I don't get how anyone can like dwarves, atleast in bloodbowl. They are a one trick pony team and almost assuredly the most boring, lame team in the game. They're almost universally despised in the game's community itself. Sorry!~ | ||
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potatoedoughnut
United States334 Posts
I replied to my draft PM and will be playing.....Amazons!! | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
On November 06 2010 14:35 potatoedoughnut wrote: Just got off a plane! I replied to my draft PM and will be playing.....Amazons!! Excellent! =) Almost my turn! | ||
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
On November 06 2010 15:00 Lyter wrote: me next :D comon PM ^^ If you're in the UK, why aren't you asleep? Do you have any preferences about the teams? How does everyone feel about the Amazons going in the first round? Was that expected? | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
On November 06 2010 14:35 potatoedoughnut wrote: Just got off a plane! I replied to my draft PM and will be playing.....Amazons!! Also, I'm really curious, what were your 3 choices? Why did you choose the Amazons? =) | ||
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
On November 06 2010 15:06 kingjames01 wrote: If you're in the UK, why aren't you asleep? Do you have any preferences about the teams? How does everyone feel about the Amazons going in the first round? Was that expected? Because i have a non existant sleep schedule atm, i sleep in the daytime And I don't have any competitive insight so I couldn't possibly say, my preference would be High Elf, but we shall see ^^ | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
On November 06 2010 15:14 Lyter wrote: Because i have a non existant sleep schedule atm, i sleep in the daytime And I don't have any competitive insight so I couldn't possibly say, my preference would be High Elf, but we shall see ^^ Well, good luck in the draft! I hope you a team you'll like. =) I've never played a single game so I don't know anything about the specific races. I hope I get to choose the Undead because I really like Undead-type genres: zombies, necromancers, (zerg, hehe), etc. | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
If you feel new to the game i would suggest not picking one of the races mentioned as expert races in the living rulebook. | ||
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MaiBoA38
United States108 Posts
On November 06 2010 17:27 Jaug wrote: Amazon is a pretty good choice, waiting for my pm If you feel new to the game i would suggest not picking one of the races mentioned as expert races in the living rulebook. Had to look up the "expert races" Ive been playing Khemri with little success, I never really thought about the different races learning curves. Advanced races according to the game manual are... Chaos, Dark Elf, goblin, halfling, khemri, nurgle, ogre, vampire | ||
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TwoToneTerran
United States8841 Posts
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Brownjesus
Denmark53 Posts
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
On November 06 2010 11:49 kingjames01 wrote: Also, I think Championship mode favours the experienced. (Well, at least at the beginning until people get more games under their belts.) Can I petition for a Cup and/or Grand Slam? Having a post-season tournament will make a play-off race more fun. Especially if I realize that with the number of games left I cannot chase the leader. Also, a post-season tournament allows for the underdog aspect of competition. However, if I'm in the minority, then please, feel free to ignore me. Nothing stops us from taking the teams at the end of the first season and organizing playoffs for them. On November 06 2010 15:06 kingjames01 wrote: If you're in the UK, why aren't you asleep? Do you have any preferences about the teams? How does everyone feel about the Amazons going in the first round? Was that expected? They're not really OP. Of course you start with a ton of skills and 4 blodgers (block and dodge) off the bat, so they're very strong in the beginning when no one has gained skills (although they are going to cry if their first game is against dwarves). However, on the long term, when opponents start getting mighty blow and tackle on a couple players, and with only 7 armor, they will have a hard time. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
Draft Seeds! 1. potatoedoughnut - 11, 1, 4 (11, Amazons) 2. Lyter - 18, 12, 10 (18, Chaos) 3. kingjames01 - 7, 19, 14 (7, Nurgle) 4. Brownjesus 5. Jaug 6. Jayce 7. Gruv 8. Skirn 9. Zanzabar Haberdasher 10. Nokarot 11. InToTheWannaB 12. Kanil 13. cloudic 14. Catyoul 15. MaiBoA38 16. Fallen 17. Megelrov 18. Tuln 19. TargetPractice 1. Skaven 2. Orcs 3. Lizardmen 4. Wood Elves 5. Norse 6. Dark Elves 7. Nurgle - kingjames01 8. Elves 9. Human 10. Necromantic 11. Amazons - potatoedoughnut 12. Dwarves 13. Halflings 14. Khemri 15. Ogre 16. Undead 17. High Elves 18. Chaos - Lyter 19. Goblins 20. Vampire Lyter will be receiving his PM shortly. EDIT: Lyter has been PM'd with his choices, TargetPractice has been added to the player list. We still have ONE more seat to fill. I know someone wants it! | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
If it doesn't make considerable progress today, I will add in a few hour 'window' for people to make their choice. If they can not respond during that window, I will move them down a few spots and keep going. Sound fair? | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
On November 06 2010 22:30 Zanzabar Haberdasher wrote: I have faith that people will be around today. The list has only been up for nine hours and I was asleep for seven of them.. It -should- be done by tomorrow (..I hope). If it doesn't make considerable progress today, I will add in a few hour 'window' for people to make their choice. If they can not respond during that window, I will move them down a few spots and keep going. Sound fair? Yes, I think either that or send pm to 5 ppl at a time, if same race comes up the one who answers first gets the race. | ||
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Brownjesus
Denmark53 Posts
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potatoedoughnut
United States334 Posts
On November 06 2010 15:07 kingjames01 wrote: Also, I'm really curious, what were your 3 choices? Why did you choose the Amazons? =) Amazons, Skaven, Wood Elves. I hate elves and I've played skaven before. I've never run an Amazon team; runny/bashy seems like fun. Looking forward to see what the rest of the selections are | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
Please note, the faster you all respond the faster we get to start playing. edit: Just received the PM. Next PM sent. | ||
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
Apologies for not replying earlier, I just woke up, stayed up very late, I was expecting to get it before I went to bed, but nevermind | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
Sorry for the delay, I'm at a conference at the moment. I'll post once I read my PM and decide. | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
I got 3 "advanced" teams: Nurgle, Goblins, Khemri. I've never played before so I don't really know the differences between these teams. I don't mind a challenge and I'd like to have a team that can still be competitive late in the season. Any thoughts? | ||
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
On November 07 2010 05:48 kingjames01 wrote: sigh... I've done a bit of research and I still don't know which to choose. I got 3 "advanced" teams: Nurgle, Goblins, Khemri. I've never played before so I don't really know the differences between these teams. I don't mind a challenge and I'd like to have a team that can still be competitive late in the season. Any thoughts? I would say nurgle is a pretty easy team to play. It's kind of a bash team. | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
On November 07 2010 06:11 Lyter wrote: im really not a tome of knowledge on this, but i found this a good resource http://www.cyanide-studio.com/forumBB/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=20133 Thanks! I haven't received any actual advice yet but I think I'll be taking the Nurgle team. | ||
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
Khemri got nerfed, still sort of ok I think. Might be trickier to play. Nurgle I'm not too sure, they look good on paper, somewhat similar to Chaos. | ||
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
Goblins are weak, but fun. Don't play them if you have a weak heart- play them if you are capable of laughing when your players die. No idea about nurgle. | ||
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Megelrov
Denmark95 Posts
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
Good luck to everyone in the draft and the season! | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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TwoToneTerran
United States8841 Posts
On November 07 2010 06:26 Catyoul wrote: Goblins are not advanced, they're weak. Khemri got nerfed, still sort of ok I think. Might be trickier to play. Nurgle I'm not too sure, they look good on paper, somewhat similar to Chaos. Nope, Khemri is a completely nerfed into oblivion team. 2 editions ago they used to be very vicious at low team value with 4 strength 5 players with mighty blow and block access. Now they're just big, but can't hurt anyone or pick up the ball. | ||
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Believer
Sweden212 Posts
Just noticed this thread now and I'd like to join up. :') | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17257 Posts
On November 07 2010 06:33 Nokarot wrote: Goblins are weak, but fun. Don't play them if you have a weak heart- play them if you are capable of laughing when your players die. And don't forget about laughing when you pass the ball and forget that receiving player has the "no hands" special rule due to his big ass chainsaw or other weapon of mass destruction. | ||
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Tuln
United States24 Posts
On November 07 2010 07:23 Manit0u wrote: And don't forget about laughing when you pass the ball and forget that receiving player has the "no hands" special rule due to his big ass chainsaw or other weapon of mass destruction. The best is your 60+ SPP, +1 MA, +1AGI Goblin being eaten by your troll on a throw | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
2. Lyter - 18, 12, 10 (18, Chaos) 3. kingjames01 - 7, 19, 14 (7, Nurgle) 4. Brownjesus - 15, 6, 2 (6, Dark Elves) 5. Jaug - 14, 20, 3 (3, Lizardmen) 6. Jaycee - 1, 10, 17 (17, High Elves) 7. Gruv 8. Skirn 9. Zanzabar Haberdasher 10. Nokarot 11. InToTheWannaB 12. Kanil 13. cloudic 14. Catyoul 15. MaiBoA38 16. Fallen 17. Megelrov 18. Tuln 19. TargetPractice 20. Believer 1. Skaven 2. Orcs 3. Lizardmen - Jaug 4. Wood Elves 5. Norse 6. Dark Elves - Brownjesus 7. Nurgle - kingjames01 8. Elves 9. Human 10. Necromantic 11. Amazons - potatoedoughnut 12. Dwarves 13. Halflings 14. Khemri 15. Ogre 16. Undead 17. High Elves - Jaycee 18. Chaos - Lyter 19. Goblins 20. Vampire | ||
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MaiBoA38
United States108 Posts
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
I imagine we could probably have a few people picking at once if it was done this way. Eventually you'd run out of numbers and have to wait but it would be faster than 1 person. | ||
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MaiBoA38
United States108 Posts
On November 07 2010 08:05 Nokarot wrote: Maybe you can start PMing multiple people at once? For example, if you roll 1,2,3 for one person, 4,5,6 for the next one and 7,8,9 for another, then we can speed this up. If you roll numbers that are still being waited on such as 10,4,11, then sit on it and wait until the 4,5,6 person picks and reroll the 4 if it gets picked (can't reroll the 4 beforehand because then you're locking up teams and destroying the random factor). I imagine we could probably have a few people picking at once if it was done this way. Eventually you'd run out of numbers and have to wait but it would be faster than 1 person. I like this, might save a day or two if were able to catch someone before they go to sleep/work. I was also thinking if we could just post our orders of race selection so that when its our turn you could just grab off the list, but that might be annoying. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
On November 07 2010 08:05 Nokarot wrote: Maybe you can  Start PMing multiple people at once? For example, if you roll 1,2,3 for one person, 4,5,6 for the next one and 7,8,9 for another, then we can Speed this up. If you roll numbers that are still being waited on such as 10,4,11, then sit on it and wait until the 4,5,6 person picks and reroll the 4 if it gets picked (can't reroll the 4 beforehand because then you're locking up teams and destroying the random factor).I imagine we could probably have a few people picking at once if it was done this way. Eventually you'd run out of numbers and have to wait but it would be faster than 1 person. Good idea  | ||
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InToTheWannaB
United States4770 Posts
On November 06 2010 13:55 TwoToneTerran wrote: I don't get how anyone can like dwarves, atleast in bloodbowl. They are a one trick pony team and almost assuredly the most boring, lame team in the game. They're almost universally despised in the game's community itself. Sorry!~ You sound like one of them elf lovers, and there little fancy la de da passing attacks! Elfs should be called fairys with the way they play. Dwarfs have axes, beer, and tricked out machines. Dwarfs rock. | ||
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TwoToneTerran
United States8841 Posts
On November 07 2010 08:29 InToTheWannaB wrote: You sound like one of them elf lovers, and there little fancy la de da passing attacks! Elfs should be called fairys with the way they play. Dwarfs have axes, beer, and tricked out machines. Dwarfs rock. Sorry sir, I play necromantic and chaos dwarves (which sadly aren't in LE). Dwarves don't have axes or beer in BB, just boring, repetitive caging and are played by people who are afraid of losing their precious pixels. 8) I respect elf players because they're not afraid of losing players or playing something different than "cage and move 2 squares a turn" | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
My pick falls on Lizardmen, since I am yet to try them. Glhf. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
1. potatoedoughnut - 11, 1, 4 (11, Amazons) 2. Lyter - 18, 12, 10 (18, Chaos) 3. kingjames01 - 7, 19, 14 (7, Nurgle) 4. Brownjesus - 15, 6, 2 (6, Dark Elves) 5. Jaug - 14, 20, 3 (3, Lizardmen) 6. Jaycee - 1, 10, 17 (17, High Elves) 7. Gruv - 4, 12, 1 (4, Wood Elves) 8. Skirn - 5, 16, 9 (5, Norse) 9. Zanzabar Haberdasher - 13, 9, 19 (19, Goblins) 10. Nokarot - 15, 1, 8 (8, Elves) 11. InToTheWannaB - 10, 1, 9 (9, Human) 12. lorgoth - 12, 2, 16 (16, Undead) 13. cloudica 14. Catyoul 15. MaiBoA38 16. Fallen 17. Megelrov 18. Tuln 19. TargetPractice 20. Believer 1. Skaven 2. Orcs 3. Lizardmen - Jaug 4. Wood Elves - Gruv 5. Norse - Skirn 6. Dark Elves - Brownjesus 7. Nurgle - kingjames01 8. Elves - Nokarot 9. Human - InToTheWannaB 10. Necromantic 11. Amazons - potatoedoughnut 12. Dwarves 13. Halflings 14. Khemri 15. Ogre 16. Undead - lorgoth 17. High Elves - Jaycee 18. Chaos - Lyter 19. Goblins - Zanzabar Haberdasher 20. Vampire | ||
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Believer
Sweden212 Posts
I saw this idea and jumped on it, played alittle single-player but there's still so many things I don't understand. Just throwing it out there, if anyone wants to be my go-to-guy in this game just hit me with a PM. : ) | ||
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Brownjesus
Denmark53 Posts
On November 07 2010 21:54 Believer wrote: Would anyone mind to help me alittle with my team-picking and perhaps somewhat in the game after that? I saw this idea and jumped on it, played alittle single-player but there's still so many things I don't understand. Just throwing it out there, if anyone wants to be my go-to-guy in this game just hit me with a PM. : ) hit me a pm with ur msn or so, i can help ya out... | ||
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
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Skirn
United States7 Posts
So, jack of all trades humanity, rotting corpses that refuse to die, or drunken viking berserkers. The choice was obvious! Norse it is. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
Edit: Ogres, Elves and Skaven.. Guess I'm rolling with Elves :O | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
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Gruv
United Kingdom379 Posts
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lorgoth
161 Posts
Im played bloodbowl tabletop and now have BB:LE. | ||
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
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Brownjesus
Denmark53 Posts
On November 08 2010 02:29 Gruv wrote: I am so going to get rolled in every game I play. I just literally picked up the game yesterday, and while i'm getting to grips with it slowly I can feel that there's just so much more to it in the way of strategy. But all in all I am looking forward to it. :D why did u pick the ultimate agility team then? :p | ||
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Gruv
United Kingdom379 Posts
On November 08 2010 05:48 Brownjesus wrote: why did u pick the ultimate agility team then? :p For a giggle. :p | ||
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
On November 08 2010 02:15 Jaug wrote: Big respect for choosing goblins Zanzabar I don't expect to win the season.. but damned if I won't be a force of chaos destroying all teams in my path as I lose. | ||
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Mistapibb
United States78 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
Another wave of PMs have been sent out. | ||
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Kanil
United States1713 Posts
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Brownjesus
Denmark53 Posts
On November 08 2010 13:52 Kanil wrote: I do not believe BBtactics has been mentioned yet, but it's an excellent resource. Primarily it contains a lot of information about leveling up your players, but also some other interesting things too. already been mentioned, but yup a good site for some reading up | ||
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
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cloudica
England43 Posts
Orcs for me then! Don't think I'll enjoy Vampires and I don't like the idea of playing with no apothecary. On November 08 2010 02:29 Gruv wrote: I just literally picked up the game yesterday, and while i'm getting to grips with it slowly I can feel that there's just so much more to it in the way of strategy.:D Don't worry - even the best strategy can fail if you are unlucky with the dice | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
2. Lyter - 18, 12, 10 (18, Chaos) 3. kingjames01 - 7, 19, 14 (7, Nurgle) 4. Brownjesus - 15, 6, 2 (6, Dark Elves) 5. Jaug - 14, 20, 3 (3, Lizardmen) 6. Jaycee - 1, 10, 17 (17, High Elves) 7. Gruv - 4, 12, 1 (4, Wood Elves) 8. Skirn - 5, 16, 9 (5, Norse) 9. Zanzabar Haberdasher - 13, 9, 19 (19, Goblins) 10. Nokarot - 15, 1, 8 (8, Elves) 11. InToTheWannaB - 10, 1, 9 (9, Human) 12. lorgoth - 12, 2, 16 (16, Undead) 13. cloudica - 20, 2, 10 (2, Orcs) 14. Catyoul - 13, 1, 15 (1, Skaven) 15. MaiBoA38 - 13, 20, 14 (14, Khemri) 16. Fallen 17. Megelrov 18. Tuln 19. TargetPractice 20. Believer 1. Skaven - Catyoul 2. Orcs - Cloudica 3. Lizardmen - Jaug 4. Wood Elves - Gruv 5. Norse - Skirn 6. Dark Elves - Brownjesus 7. Nurgle - kingjames01 8. Elves - Nokarot 9. Human - InToTheWannaB 10. Necromantic 11. Amazons - potatoedoughnut 12. Dwarves 13. Halflings 14. Khemri - MiaBoA38 15. Ogre 16. Undead - lorgoth 17. High Elves - Jaycee 18. Chaos - Lyter 19. Goblins - Zanzabar Haberdasher 20. Vampire | ||
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TargetPractice
Sweden33 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
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TargetPractice
Sweden33 Posts
Or will it be an elimination tournament? | ||
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lorgoth
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
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Manit0u
Poland17257 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
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lorgoth
161 Posts
PS. If anyone wanna play some practice games before League start im "lorgoth" in bb so pm me or add me to friends ingame. | ||
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
On November 09 2010 00:52 Zanzabar Haberdasher wrote: Yeah, that is the plan. However, the drafting process is taking a bit longer than I had expected. Personally I think that people who don't respond within 24 hours should be moved to bottom of list and have to wait to get their pick. I don't know if that is the case for anyone yet though. | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
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Tuln
United States24 Posts
On November 09 2010 01:00 Jaug wrote: Personally I think that people who don't respond within 24 hours should be moved to bottom of list and have to wait to get their pick. I don't know if that is the case for anyone yet though. Far as I know we haven't had any one even over 12 yet, the list has only been up for 59 hours right? | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
Hopefully scheduling games will be so easy. | ||
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lorgoth
161 Posts
Maby lets make coach names list so we can already add them to friends and start playing some practice matches - it should be important for new coaches this more experienced can show them how to play. BB is very strategic game and there is lot of thinks to learn. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17257 Posts
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TargetPractice
Sweden33 Posts
On November 09 2010 01:00 Jaug wrote: Personally I think that people who don't respond within 24 hours should be moved to bottom of list and have to wait to get their pick. I don't know if that is the case for anyone yet though. I agree.... Also, people who do not reply within 48 hours or so should mb be removed from league. It wouldnt be entierly far fetched that someone just signed up and then forgot about it all together. | ||
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Fallen
Canada192 Posts
You guys are debating something that's pretty irrelevant. There's only 5 people left that needs to pick their team. I'm sure we'll all have one or two game done by the start of next week | ||
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MaiBoA38
United States108 Posts
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impirion
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Oh and is this the LE, not the DE edition? | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
------- 1. potatoedoughnut - 11, 1, 4 (11, Amazons) 2. Lyter - 18, 12, 10 (18, Chaos) 3. kingjames01 - 7, 19, 14 (7, Nurgle) 4. Brownjesus - 15, 6, 2 (6, Dark Elves) 5. Jaug - 14, 20, 3 (3, Lizardmen) 6. Jaycee - 1, 10, 17 (17, High Elves) 7. Gruv - 4, 12, 1 (4, Wood Elves) 8. Skirn - 5, 16, 9 (5, Norse) 9. Zanzabar Haberdasher - 13, 9, 19 (19, Goblins) 10. Nokarot - 15, 1, 8 (8, Elves) 11. InToTheWannaB - 10, 1, 9 (9, Human) 12. lorgoth - 12, 2, 16 (16, Undead) 13. cloudica - 20, 2, 10 (2, Orcs) 14. Catyoul - 13, 1, 15 (1, Skaven) 15. MaiBoA38 - 13, 20, 14 (14, Khemri) 16. Fallen - 15, 12, 10 (10, Necromantic) 17. Megelrov - 13, 20, 10 (13, Halflings) 18. Tuln 19. TargetPractice 20. Believer 1. Skaven - Catyoul 2. Orcs - Cloudica 3. Lizardmen - Jaug 4. Wood Elves - Gruv 5. Norse - Skirn 6. Dark Elves - Brownjesus 7. Nurgle - kingjames01 8. Elves - Nokarot 9. Human - InToTheWannaB 10. Necromantic - Fallen 11. Amazons - potatoedoughnut 12. Dwarves 13. Halflings - Megelrov 14. Khemri - MiaBoA38 15. Ogre 16. Undead - lorgoth 17. High Elves - Jaycee 18. Chaos - Lyter 19. Goblins - Zanzabar Haberdasher 20. Vampire | ||
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Megelrov
Denmark95 Posts
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InToTheWannaB
United States4770 Posts
On November 09 2010 05:14 Megelrov wrote: I predict my halfling team Wellfare Wizards to win the hole thing. I predict your team will be beaten to death and not finish the season. | ||
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Megelrov
Denmark95 Posts
On November 09 2010 05:19 InToTheWannaB wrote: I predict your team will be beaten to death and not finish the season. Haters gonna hate^_^ | ||
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Tuln
United States24 Posts
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lorgoth
161 Posts
On November 09 2010 05:19 InToTheWannaB wrote: I predict your team will be beaten to death and not finish the season. Dont be so sure. I have Khemri team (very bashy one - 5 mighty blow, 2 piling on players). They played 15+ matches and lost 3 - 1 vs halflings, 1 vs goblins and 1 vs nurgle. So stunty teams can be effective with lots of reroll and substitutes. | ||
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
On November 09 2010 05:14 Megelrov wrote: I predict my halfling team Wellfare Wizards to win the whole thing. As long as your chef cooks us something nice ! | ||
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Brownjesus
Denmark53 Posts
On November 09 2010 05:51 Catyoul wrote: As long as your chef cooks us something nice ! mmmm.... soup! | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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Tuln
United States24 Posts
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United States510 Posts
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Fallen
Canada192 Posts
I took the necromantic team Good luck everyone ID is fallenfrog on the cyanide "battle.net" I think we'll need a new post with all the usernames as we'll all play against each other anyway :D | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
Okay guys, we should have all of the final picks in sometime tomorrow. Keep an eye out for the new thread as it will have all of the pertinent information. | ||
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
Going to be fun, though! I only have maybe 15 games under my belt and haven't really read a whole lot of resources (other than the rulebook) but I think I'm understanding the game quite well. Now I just have to think of a creative team name and player names O.o. Too many elf cliches to avoid, need to figure out something awesome/funny. | ||
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Kielbasa
Australia67 Posts
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Brownjesus
Denmark53 Posts
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
On November 09 2010 21:28 Brownjesus wrote: Btw make sure u make the league so that it has no minimum teamvalue req, pretty much a prerequisite for gobbo and halfling being slightly competative. As well as 2 min turns, and otherwise like ladder rules (naggaroth) imo? | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
On November 09 2010 21:28 Brownjesus wrote: Btw make sure u make the league so that it has no minimum teamvalue req, pretty much a prerequisite for gobbo and halfling being slightly competative. As well as 2 min turns, and otherwise like ladder rules (naggaroth)? | ||
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
Apart from that, as I said before in the thread, default options are good, but add the extended inducements ! | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
On November 09 2010 18:44 Kielbasa wrote: I'm interested to join up, is it still limited to one person per race? The first season (roughly one month) is going to be capped at 20 players. After the first season, I intend on opening the league to all comers. Information will be posted as I have it retarding next season. | ||
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lorgoth
161 Posts
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TargetPractice
Sweden33 Posts
Longer than that is just not nessessary and to some extent you need to have some time pressure | ||
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Satisfaktion
United States106 Posts
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Kielbasa
Australia67 Posts
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
On November 09 2010 23:21 Satisfaktion wrote: I'd like to join as well, but I can't even win a single game. I've played 3-4 games against medium AI and one game in the Naggaroth league and I can't seem to do very good. What race should I play? I played Wood Elves and Lizardmen but neither of them seemed to be very good. You need to get the hang of the game and of the positional play. Have you read the rulebook first ? It's vital to know how hard every action is, what rolls you need to make on the dice. Try Orcs, or maybe Humans, for your first games. They're easier to play. Lizardmen are nice but really need to gain some skills to become really effective, and without block and with few rerolls you need to have some experience to know how to plan your turn. Wood elves are probably the best race or at least top 3, but you need some experience to make them shine as well. There are a ton of choices and decisions every turn, a lot of risk taking and risk management. They're strong, you should try them after you have really grasped the basic game concepts. | ||
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Tuln
United States24 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
2. Lyter - 18, 12, 10 (18, Chaos) 3. kingjames01 - 7, 19, 14 (7, Nurgle) 4. Brownjesus - 15, 6, 2 (6, Dark Elves) 5. Jaug - 14, 20, 3 (3, Lizardmen) 6. Jaycee - 1, 10, 17 (17, High Elves) 7. Gruv - 4, 12, 1 (4, Wood Elves) 8. Skirn - 5, 16, 9 (5, Norse) 9. Zanzabar Haberdasher - 13, 9, 19 (19, Goblins) 10. Nokarot - 15, 1, 8 (8, Elves) 11. InToTheWannaB - 10, 1, 9 (9, Human) 12. lorgoth - 12, 2, 16 (16, Undead) 13. cloudica - 20, 2, 10 (2, Orcs) 14. Catyoul - 13, 1, 15 (1, Skaven) 15. MaiBoA38 - 13, 20, 14 (14, Khemri) 16. Fallen - 15, 12, 10 (10, Necromantic) 17. Megelrov - 13, 20, 10 (13, Halflings) 18. Tuln - 12, 20, 15 (12, Dwarves) 19. TargetPractice - (20, Vampires) 20. Believer - (15, Ogres) 1. Skaven - Catyoul 2. Orcs - Cloudica 3. Lizardmen - Jaug 4. Wood Elves - Gruv 5. Norse - Skirn 6. Dark Elves - Brownjesus 7. Nurgle - kingjames01 8. Elves - Nokarot 9. Human - InToTheWannaB 10. Necromantic - Fallen 11. Amazons - potatoedoughnut 12. Dwarves - Tuln 13. Halflings - Megelrov 14. Khemri - MiaBoA38 15. Ogre - Believer 16. Undead - lorgoth 17. High Elves - Jaycee 18. Chaos - Lyter 19. Goblins - Zanzabar Haberdasher 20. Vampire - TargetPractice | ||
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TargetPractice
Sweden33 Posts
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
In other news, go me http://imgur.com/6fNOG.jpg | ||
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Mob
Austria152 Posts
let's see.... | ||
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Durak
Canada3684 Posts
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lorgoth
161 Posts
On November 09 2010 23:21 Satisfaktion wrote: I'd like to join as well, but I can't even win a single game. I've played 3-4 games against medium AI and one game in the Naggaroth league and I can't seem to do very good. What race should I play? I played Wood Elves and Lizardmen but neither of them seemed to be very good. Both teams are good but very different. If u want i can help u with basics of the game. Just add me to friends and pm me (lorgoth in game) or pm me here. U should read some basic strategy at site few times posting here http://bbtactics.com/ . And for sure it will take some time to be good in this game becouse its complicated like chess +luck factor . For sure it will be better and better with time just the same like with sc2.For start good races are orcs, humans, undead. They start with some specialized skills and are quite easy to play. For start setup try read cyanide forum or bbtactics. For sure min 3 rr are needed when u start with the game. | ||
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lorgoth
161 Posts
On November 10 2010 00:44 Catyoul wrote: As for the turn time, I can play most of my turns in under a minute. Sometimes though, the position is more complex and the actions are absolutely critical. Not giving a bit more time to think just reduces the strategy quality. In other news, go me http://imgur.com/6fNOG.jpg Man great record with nurse. 10/0/0 - full respect - we have gosu in our league Fear the Rats. | ||
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Skirn
United States7 Posts
Is anyone going to be streaming their games? I'd like to watch some good Blood Bowl games. I'll happily stream my games if people want to watch them. I warn you however, I am awful. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
On November 10 2010 01:25 lorgoth wrote: Man great record with nurse. 10/0/0 - full respect - we have gosu in our league Foul the Rats.Fixed that for you. I'm going to create the actual league tonight, so be ready people. Maybe we can get some games in. | ||
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lorgoth
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
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lorgoth
161 Posts
"Connection problems in multiplayer If you get connection problems during an online game with another player (Peer 2 Peer), you must configure the router of your DSL/Cable modem in order to access to the Blood Bowl server through the opening and forwarding the ports 30710 (port used by the server) and 16962 (to host a game) in UDP. " | ||
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
On November 10 2010 01:25 lorgoth wrote: Man great record with nurse. 10/0/0 - full respect - we have gosu in our league Fear the Rats.Just took the first loss to a human team. He got very lucky on the dice, especially on the armor rolls, but played well, so whatever. Fortunately not too much damage to the team, just one dead level 2 lineman. | ||
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MaiBoA38
United States108 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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Believer
Sweden212 Posts
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
On November 10 2010 00:15 Zanzabar Haberdasher wrote: 1. potatoedoughnut - 11, 1, 4 (11, Amazons) 2. Lyter - 18, 12, 10 (18, Chaos) 3. kingjames01 - 7, 19, 14 (7, Nurgle) 4. Brownjesus - 15, 6, 2 (6, Dark Elves) 5. Jaug - 14, 20, 3 (3, Lizardmen) 6. Jaycee - 1, 10, 17 (17, High Elves) 7. Gruv - 4, 12, 1 (4, Wood Elves) 8. Skirn - 5, 16, 9 (5, Norse) 9. Zanzabar Haberdasher - 13, 9, 19 (19, Goblins) 10. Nokarot - 15, 1, 8 (8, Elves) 11. InToTheWannaB - 10, 1, 9 (9, Human) 12. lorgoth - 12, 2, 16 (16, Undead) 13. cloudica - 20, 2, 10 (2, Orcs) 14. Catyoul - 13, 1, 15 (1, Skaven) 15. MaiBoA38 - 13, 20, 14 (14, Khemri) 16. Fallen - 15, 12, 10 (10, Necromantic) 17. Megelrov - 13, 20, 10 (13, Halflings) 18. Tuln - 12, 20, 15 (12, Dwarves) 19. TargetPractice 20. Believer 1. Skaven - Catyoul 2. Orcs - Cloudica 3. Lizardmen - Jaug 4. Wood Elves - Gruv 5. Norse - Skirn 6. Dark Elves - Brownjesus 7. Nurgle - kingjames01 8. Elves - Nokarot 9. Human - InToTheWannaB 10. Necromantic - Fallen 11. Amazons - potatoedoughnut 12. Dwarves - Tuln 13. Halflings - Megelrov 14. Khemri - MiaBoA38 15. Ogre 16. Undead - lorgoth 17. High Elves - Jaycee 18. Chaos - Lyter 19. Goblins - Zanzabar Haberdasher 20. Vampire Is there a mistake here? It seems that Megelrov only got to choose between 2 teams since Fallen had chosen team 10. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
edit: On November 10 2010 02:51 Jaug wrote: I would support no fouling on turn 16. I think that type of play is not part of the blood bowl philosophy. I strongly disagree. A big draw of the game is random acts of violence, in my opinion. There is nothing morally gray about possibly killing an opponent team mate, given that he might kill you the next time you two play. | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
On November 10 2010 03:08 Zanzabar Haberdasher wrote: I sent the last ~8 invites in pairs, as suggested by several people in the thread. edit: I strongly disagree. A big draw of the game is random acts of violence, in my opinion. There is nothing morally gray about possibly killing an opponent team mate, given that he might kill you the next time you two play. The reason why I support it is simply because I think people should try to win games as long as it is possible in any theoretical way. In other words, if you are down 0-2 and its turn 12 try to make something happen. Don't just bash and foul players. That is what I have a problem with, I dislike it. One way to at least make players try is to make it no foul 16. | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
1. Skaven - Catyoul 2. Orcs - Cloudica 3. Lizardmen - Jaug 4. Wood Elves - Gruv 5. Norse - Skirn 6. Dark Elves - Brownjesus 7. Nurgle - kingjames01 8. Elves - Nokarot 9. Human - InToTheWannaB 10. Necromantic - Fallen 11. Amazons - potatoedoughnut 12. Dwarves - Tuln 13. Halflings - Megelrov 14. Khemri - MiaBoA38 15. Ogre - Believer 16. Undead - lorgoth 17. High Elves - Jaycee 18. Chaos - Lyter 19. Goblins - Zanzabar Haberdasher 20. Vampire - TargetPractice | ||
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
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StorkHwaiting
United States3465 Posts
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potatoedoughnut
United States334 Posts
On November 10 2010 03:12 Jaug wrote: The reason why I support it is simply because I think people should try to win games as long as it is possible in any theoretical way. In other words, if you are down 0-2 and its turn 12 try to make something happen. Don't just bash and foul players. That is what I have a problem with, I dislike it. One way to at least make players try is to make it no foul 16. The name of the game is Blood Bowl. It's very much in spirit to foul and do all kinds of goofy things that aren't necessarily about winning or points. And fouling is also about winning. It potentially takes a player out for your next encounter or makes your next match harder. It also means you need to think about your players. You don't want to send that high SPP wardancer off on their own to get gang fouled into oblivion. | ||
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lorgoth
161 Posts
On November 10 2010 04:03 potatoedoughnut wrote: The name of the game is Blood Bowl. It's very much in spirit to foul and do all kinds of goofy things that aren't necessarily about winning or points. And fouling is also about winning. It potentially takes a player out for your next encounter or makes your next match harder. It also means you need to think about your players. You don't want to send that high SPP wardancer off on their own to get gang fouled into oblivion. In privat leagues its normal to faul in turn 16. So its normal to do it. Rules like no faul in turn 16 are stupid. Its BLOODblow so more blood for blood god. | ||
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InToTheWannaB
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
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Tuln
United States24 Posts
Edit: Wow beat twice | ||
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Megelrov
Denmark95 Posts
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Jaug
Sweden249 Posts
I understand I was voted down with the no foul turn 16, that's fine for me. How is league creation process going? | ||
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InToTheWannaB
United States4770 Posts
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MaiBoA38
United States108 Posts
On November 10 2010 07:46 InToTheWannaB wrote: did BB just get a patch or something? I tryed to join the battle.net thing they have, and it tells me my version is not supported now? I was able to join yesterday too. I'm having the same problem :C | ||
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Tuln
United States24 Posts
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Nokarot
United States1410 Posts
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
Hurrah! | ||
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MaiBoA38
United States108 Posts
On November 10 2010 08:08 Tuln wrote: Patched today. It can be found here. Downloaded and ran the patch, but im still having a "version not supported" error. You just run the bble.exe right? NM: read the other thread, thanks Zan | ||
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Tippereth
United States252 Posts
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
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Kanil
United States1713 Posts
By fouling that guy, you stand to weaken your opponent's team and hurt his playoff chances. And if you should meet him in the playoffs, he might be slightly weaker. Then again, if you're the Dwarves playing against Amazons, it's probably in your best interest to not smash them up too badly, you'd kinda like to play them in the playoffs, after all. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
On November 10 2010 23:09 Zanzabar Haberdasher wrote: Also, if you foul someone bad enough you get SPP. For new players, fouling doesn't give your player experience, but that shouldn't stop you from doing it in the right circumstances. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
United States510 Posts
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Gruv
United Kingdom379 Posts
GL HF ALL! :D | ||
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
On November 11 2010 01:05 Zanzabar Haberdasher wrote: If you could someone out of the game it makes the character eligible for the MVP award, yeah? MVP is completely random. | ||
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Zanzabar Haberdasher
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Gruv
United Kingdom379 Posts
Any ideas anyone? I've got the LE edition on steam if that helps. | ||
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
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drivec
United States354 Posts
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Pete!
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I never played tabletop Blood Bowl but I usually found Specialist Games such as Mordheim and Warhammer Quest to be more interesting than vanilla. (4th-6th Edition are what I played) The problem I usually encounter is that developers tend take the Warhammer IP and do whatever they want with it, bastardizing the lore or mechanics in the process. In fact, the last Warhammer videogames I enjoyed were Dark Omen and 40k: Chaos Gate, which weren't exactly faithful to any rulebook themselves. I have few friends interested in anything related to Warhammer, so the multiplayer component means little to me unless I find the courage to join the TL Blood Bowl tournaments and get wiped completely. Is Blood Bowl: LE still worth purchasing, with this in mind? As an aside, will this game function on a P4 + mx440 PC? (A friend's, not my own) Thanks. | ||
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Lyter
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anilusion
Sweden247 Posts
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IMABUNNEH
United Kingdom1062 Posts
On April 08 2011 21:29 Pete! wrote: How true to the tabletop version is this game? I saw the -75% Steam deal for Blood Bowl this weekend and am considering purchasing it. I never played tabletop Blood Bowl but I usually found Specialist Games such as Mordheim and Warhammer Quest to be more interesting than vanilla. (4th-6th Edition are what I played) The problem I usually encounter is that developers tend take the Warhammer IP and do whatever they want with it, bastardizing the lore or mechanics in the process. In fact, the last Warhammer videogames I enjoyed were Dark Omen and 40k: Chaos Gate, which weren't exactly faithful to any rulebook themselves. I have few friends interested in anything related to Warhammer, so the multiplayer component means little to me unless I find the courage to join the TL Blood Bowl tournaments and get wiped completely. Is Blood Bowl: LE still worth purchasing, with this in mind? As an aside, will this game function on a P4 + mx440 PC? (A friend's, not my own) Thanks. This should run on most stuff, if you turn the settings down it's pretty bare. Also, it's as close to the tabletop as any game will get. If you play in turn based mode, though I've only played the tabletop like twice, I'm pretty certain it's the exact same. Same rules and so on. | ||
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Jimmy Raynor
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Lyter
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xccam
Great Britain1150 Posts
jsut try to avoid as many dice rolls as posibble, nuffle is a cruel master. And if i comes down to it pick a bashy army and just cage your way through anything, lizardmen work well for this as you can have 4 strength 4 saurus and a kroxigor as well as high agility dodging skinks which can break out of your cage with a movement of 8 if the opportunity presents itself for a touchdown. | ||
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ain
Germany786 Posts
I'm really impressed by the game so far. It's a very deep strategy game but at the same time so gloriously random. I've been practicing with a bro the last couple of days and just played and won my first game in the auld league. Considering the games release date there's still a surprisingly large amount of people online whenever I've checked. It was also really easy to get an understanding for the rules by playing or watching people play on youtube. I only skimmed over the rulebook and then only went back to doublecheck. Since this game has been on sale I thought maybe some of you have picked this up (again) and hope to maybe spark some interest in it again cause I'm having a really great time with it. Skaven are currently my most played team out of maybe two dozen games, but I plan on trying out multiple others. I really enjoy their ability to turn around the game on a whim and produce touchdowns out of nowhere. So, anyone who recently bought the game, share your stories and opinions. | ||
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Arevall
Sweden1133 Posts
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ain
Germany786 Posts
On July 19 2012 05:35 Arevall wrote: I played a few games on a friends account and were disappointed. The way your team progresses and how the community works felt subpar to fumbbl IMO, which is not only free but better. What would make it better apart from having access to the 4 newest races? | ||
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Arevall
Sweden1133 Posts
On July 19 2012 07:53 ain wrote: What would make it better apart from having access to the 4 newest races? It was some time since I played Blood bowl, both the pcgame or on fumbbl.com so I might be wrong. But my feeling was that tools for playing in leagues or tournaments and activity in such were low. I had expected the game to have such things built-in and on at least the same level as the fan-made alternative. Statistics and player rankings etc. were also not available in any easy way. All of these things are important to me, while graphics are not. I was a bit disappointed and didn't play it so much, so a disclaimer on my opinion though | ||
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Meatloaf
Spain664 Posts
the Chaos Edition came out days ago and I updated my Dark Elves Edition to it (10 bucks yay!) So much teams to choose and the matches are now easy to find via matchmaking (unlike the DE edition) , the only issue being that my wood elves are getting stomped in the ground by chaos dwarves and nurgle every match lol. So.. anyone from TL playing this atm? | ||
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Arevall
Sweden1133 Posts
Could switch before np, but bought a thrower and can't switch him out :& | ||
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Snotling
Germany885 Posts
In the upper right of the screen will be a list of players currenty not on the pitch. click on one of them and then on a player on the pitch to swap them | ||
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Arevall
Sweden1133 Posts
On March 27 2013 03:53 Snotling wrote: you should be able to switch them out during your set-up phase In the upper right of the screen will be a list of players currenty not on the pitch. click on one of them and then on a player on the pitch to swap them I had 13 players on the team, could switch all players in and out except for my thrower. Had the problem for several games, but it disappeared when I bought a new player, really wierd. | ||
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