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Welcome to the second season of the Teamliquid Blood Bowl Cup.
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Like the first one this will be a friendly cup, consisting of groupstage followed by playoffs. Exact groupsizes will depend on the number of applying teams. Scheduling will be one game per week, so everybody has enough time to schedule his/her next match.
Application starts now, first games will be played in two weeks i think.
Please take the time and read all of this. Thank you
Application:
Everybody who wants to play Bloodbowl can apply in the next weeks. You only have to:
1. Get Cyanides BB game. (Chaos or Legendary Edition)
2. Make a fresh Team and apply for the Cup inside the gameclient.
3. Post your BB nickname and your team here in the thread so i can see who is who.
4. Have the time to schedule and play one game a week.
5. Not stop playing your matches because you lost interest half way through the cup or your team got beaten up (teams will get trashed....hard. Thats the nature of the game, deal with it), because defwins are neihter fun nor fair. (The cup will take two months or so)
6. Try to keep the league varied. Everybody who participated in season one should make a different team. Very experienced players should not take the hardest team they can think of. And try to find another team if there are already two or three of the same race. There are excelent starting roosters and tipps for every race on bbtactics.com.
Name of the league ingame: Liquibowl Season II
Password: teamliquid
Playing in the League:
1. Every round will last a week . So lots of time to schedule a mtch and play it.
2. First thing you do every round is sending a pn here in teamliquid to your next opponent, and please dont wait three days for this. Full calender will be ingame on the League screen and I will provide a list with all nicknames (teamliquid and bloodbowl).
3. If you scheduled a game play it!
4. If there is any problem with the scheduling, one player doesnt answer or show up, or if there is a problem with the game itself write me a pn.
5. Don't use this tread to schedule games or telling me that your opponent didnt show up -> pn please.
6. If a player disconnects, the other player can choose if he wants a regame or a defwin. (you most likely have to pn me if you want the regame, so i can reset the game)
7. If no game is played at the end of the round I will give a defwin (if one player doesnt show up for example) or a draw. But to decide this i need information. So pn me (you can see a pattern here :D )
8. I will validate matches regularly and appoint some commissioners if a lot of players sign up.
One important thing:
Some players in the first season stopped playing after three or four games, because they didnt do as well as they expected or lost interest halfway through.
Defwins and walkovers are neihter fair nor fun.
Make sure you are able and willing to play this cup for at least 9 games ( = 9 weeks) even if your team gets beaten to pieces (you will allway have 11 players anyway because of yourneymen)
If you cant do this please pull your team out till tomorrow.
*edit* It's no problem if you cant play a match because of illness, vacation or something, but you should be there for the majority of your matches
List of participants
Group 1:
Ain – Aldhissla – Khemri – Ger
Skirmjan – Morinethar - Lizardmen – Italy
Lyter - Infernokoi - Dwarf – UK
Diminisherqc – Diminisher – Undead – Can
kronen - kronen - Chaos Dwarves - US
wallofomens - wallofomens - Chaos - Bulgaria
xccam - xccam - Pro Elves - GB
Kanil - Kanil - Dark Elves - US
mavignon - Ancien_Edge - Human - France
Stormtemplar - Stormtemplar – Undead - US
Group 2:
Snotling – Snotling4140 – Skaven -Ger
Obsidian – Obsidian_Bowl – Wood Elves – US
tcsduo - Tcsduo – Goblins – US
Jartol - Jartol - Undead - US
MCBRaven - BTMX_Raven - Ogres - UK
Veldril - Veldril - Orks - US
PaqMan - Paqman - Human - US
EtDecius - EtDecitus - Vampire - US
Eloden - Eloden - Dark Elves - Ger
Pete - PeteBB - Necromantic -
But most important:
Have fun with the damn thing!
See you on the pitch.
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Been waiting for this! I will make a team as soon as i get in and post
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Applied for league, thanks for effort of creating one!
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Oh boy, I haven't even decided on a team yet. I think I'm going to try out Lizardmen or Khemri this time around.
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On February 19 2013 20:15 ain wrote:
Oh boy, I haven't even decided on a team yet. I think I'm going to try out Lizardmen or Khemri this time around.
Take Khemri!
from all ag4 to all ag2, yay :D
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On February 19 2013 20:19 Snotling wrote:Show nested quote +On February 19 2013 20:15 ain wrote:
Oh boy, I haven't even decided on a team yet. I think I'm going to try out Lizardmen or Khemri this time around. Take Khemri! from all ag4 to all ag2, yay :D
Don't forget the Tomb Guardians 
I actually will go Khemri if I can't come up with a theme for a Lizardmen team.
edit: Anyone know if the differently coloured Lizardmen (black, green and orange ones) are a Chaos Edition feature?
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i think so, i only have the green/blue ones, and i have legendary. lizards also got a new stadium in chaos edition
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On February 19 2013 20:35 Snotling wrote:
i think so, i only have the green/blue ones, and i have legendary. lizards also got a new stadium in chaos edition
It is the same in Chaos edition. Those others colors come form community content pack , i think. I have only cheerleaders installed from that content pack so cant confirm 100%.
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On February 19 2013 19:59 NightOfTheDead wrote:
Applied for league, thanks for effort of creating one!
please give me your ingame nickname and your team here in thread, so I have a chance to tell who is who :D
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Alright, applied with a Khemri team, Cava Pelves Maiora.
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I think ill try my luck with scaven this time around.
This will end in death and/or glory :D
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Is the community pack worth installing?
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Signed up
Big Dumb Allstars
Ogre
BTMX_Raven
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Time to think of a team, and sign up. Hopefully it won't end the same way as it did for my poor pro elves.
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Nickname: PeteBB
Team name: Necreational Usage
Let's bash!
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Alright applied with my Gobbo team we plan to take to the cup.
Forgot my BB nickname.
MASH 4077 Team name
Tcsduo:TL Nickname
Tcsduo:BB Nickname
USA.
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yay. more gobbos :D this will be entertaining!
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BB Nickname: Morinethar
TL Nickname: Skirmjan
Team name: A song of ice n lizard
Race:Lizardmen
is the community pack interesting? does it cause any incompatibility/trouble?
btw, this season II looks like it's gonna be much bashier than season 1, there's even no elves of any kind for now!
Current teams races:+ Show Spoiler +
1 Lizardmen
2 Goblins
1 Khemri
1 Orcs
1 Necromantic
1 Ogre
1 Skaven
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On February 20 2013 01:46 tcsduo wrote:
Alright applied with my Gobbo team we plan to take to the cup.
Forgot my BB nickname.
Tcsduo:TL Nickname
Tcsduo:BB Nickname
USA.
My Pro Elf team got torn to shreds, so I'm going to use Goblins instead. You have some balls! :D
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You did forget my scaven :D
Most people are more comfortable with bashy teams i think, witch is fine. Especially in a league were "bash, build a team and ignore the ball" is not really an option (you see a lot of those teams in auld world and naggaroth) because you actually have to win games to get to the playoffs. The whole balancing of the game is better in a league imo.
Also, lizardmen, ogres and gobbos will take as much punishment as they dish out with their low av stunty players :D
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I still think that i'm an elf coach at the end of the day, but playing WE is very very first-second game reliant, plus suffers luck a bit more than others, and then suffers "elf-stress" (meaning that you have no expendable pieces, and thus have little or no cannon fodder)
bashy teams are much more lighthearted*, kinda like everyone playing elf/eldar in WHFB or WH40K occasionally tries to play with the orcs or orks of their friends
*well for you playing them anyways there was this guide running around for bashy teams that basically said "if you wanna be popular, play wood elves, here we kill people"
@snotling yea i was counting you initially but i forgot to add you back when i remade the post (i edit extensively almost all my posts either before or after posting them)
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Hi, long time lurker registering at TL to join this League. Will be playing Dark Elves, so more Elves to kill.
BB Name: Eloden
Country: Germany
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i'm going to play undead !,first time i will ever play them ,seems fun and clumsy haha.Iwas tempted to play chaos dwaarf but i wplayed dwarf in season 1 and it would be too similar and i think i made someone rage quit lol  . Whatever see you on the field all ! Btw all that regen is gonna be funny lol
:team :undead
coach name :diminisherqc
timezone : EST
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BB Name: IMABUNNEH
Country: UK
BB Team: We dont have fleas!
GOBLINS UNITE
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I would like to participate buti can't log into the game yet. When would be the last day to register?
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hi. at least till next monday, so you have some time
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On February 20 2013 07:33 Diminisherqc wrote:i'm going to play undead !,first time i will ever play them ,seems fun and clumsy haha.Iwas tempted to play chaos dwaarf but i wplayed dwarf in season 1 and it would be too similar and i think i made someone rage quit lol . Whatever see you on the field all ! Btw all that regen is gonna be funny lol
well. you have two mummys, so making someone ragequit should very well possible this time around to too :D
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This looks like a lot of fun. Count me in.
Handle: EtDecius
Team: Ghosts of Gilead
Race: Vampires
Time Zone: Pacific Standard Time
Application sent. See you on the pitch!
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So is the current blood bowl cup abandoned or...?
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nope, still running.
thread too, diminisher just posted that you scheduled a game with him :D
this one will start after the season one play offs started
got 12 teams now. in less than a day. lets see how many we will get :D
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Hey snotling after a bit of thought is it possible for me to pull my goblin team out and rejoin with a different squad?
Still going to be a goblin team, but just worked out a bit better after some thought
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i you just want to change players and stuff inside your team, the game you do that before the league actually starts without any drawbacks
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BB Name: Paqman
Team: Seattle Sapiens
And my timezone is GMT -6
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When is this planned to start, I might be interested but I'm going to spain untill the 2nd of March.
Am I good to join?
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I missed the start of the other one, so I'll totally be playing in this. Any idea how many games it'll be?
I suppose I can reapply with a different team if the league is really short.
BB name: Kanil
Team name: Unbridled Fury
Race: Dark Elves.
Time zone: EST (GMT -5)
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Woo, time to (hopefully) kill someone!
BB Name: veldril
Team Name: Orc Must Not Die
Race: Orc
Time zone: CST (GMT -6)
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Okay well sign me up, I'll log on and join on Friday, will be the same BB name of course but I might mix up the team selection.
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BB Name: xccam
Team Name: uhhhh I cannot remember for the life of me D:
Race: Elf
Time zone: England, +/-0
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16 teams already. :D
First round of group stage will start on tuesday.
Application is still possible till monday.
From now on i will only admit teams into the league in pairs. The game lets you only do even numbers in cups and i dont want to kick somebody out.
This doesnt change anything for application, just apply your team and i will admit everytime two teams applied. First come first serve.
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Applied for the league
BB name: TheSoldier
Race: Nurgle
Team name: Descendants of Pestilence
Time zone: EET
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some people should really read the op, especially the part about posting ingame nickname and team here in this tread^^
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Team Arrakis applying for the Liquibowl Season II!
TL Name - wallofomens
BB Name - wallofomens
Race - Chaos
Time Zone - GMT
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BB name: Infernokoi
Team name: Bane Alley Bowlers
Race: Dwarves
Time zone: GMT
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Updating the Race list of the league, we have
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1 Lizardmen
3 Goblins (!)
1 Khemri
2 Orcs
1 Necromantic
1 Ogre
1 Skaven
1 Dark Elves
1 Pro Elves
1 Undead
1 Dwarves
1 Chaos
1 Nurgle
1 Human
1 Vampire Counts
Categories (IMHO)
Agi/Fast teams:
1 Pro Elves
1 Dark Elves*
1 Skaven
Balanced teams:
1 Humans
2 Orcs
1 Vampires*
1 Lizardmen*
1 Necromantic
1 Undead
Full bash teams
1 Chaos
1 Nurgle
1 Dwarves
1 Khemri
Stunty/unorthodox
3 Goblins
1 Ogre
teams with a * near their names are arguable.
so yea, few agi teams in this league, tons of balanced ones.... and almost more stunties than full bash o.O
what's up with all these gobbos, i know they breed alot but o.O
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Gobbos everywhere, love it!
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I would put orks into full bash to be honest. Chaos and dwarves can handle the ball just as well, and orks start with 4block, 4st4, and all round av9 :D
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Yeah, I'm not sure how you come to the conclusion that orcs are "balanced"... (or how you could argue that dark elves aren't agi-based.)
We do have an unusual amount of goblins.
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Great to see a nice mix of teams, looking foward to the first games.
And yeah interesting to see mass stunty teams...only Underworld missing
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On February 22 2013 03:38 Snotling wrote:
I would put orks into full bash to be honest. Chaos and dwarves can handle the ball just as well, and orks start with 4block, 4st4, and all round av9 :D
Well, we could argue for hours on this subject really, but i put the orcs because of many little advantages, like having almost a full fast-ish agi 3 team as opposed to dwarves, even with a gobbo option, and the fact that they do have a good ball carrier with sure hands as opposed to chaos that doesnt.
(besides, i'm not arguing that the orcs should try to pass, but they definitely have that possibility, alongside the even more remote throw-teammate...)
Then again, i don't feel they're as bashy as the other full bash teams; Chaos,Nurgle (hello claw+mightyblow+piling on combo) and Dwarves and Khemri are gonna wipe the floor with almost every other team really, whereas Orcs has a good fight against other teams like Lizardmen with their 7 S4+ players or perhaps undead
TLDR; they have a ton of options compared to the regular full bash team, while not being AS bashy as the other full bash (still pretty bashy)
On February 22 2013 04:02 Kanil wrote:
Yeah, I'm not sure how you come to the conclusion that orcs are "balanced"... (or how you could argue that dark elves aren't agi-based.)
We do have an unusual amount of goblins.
well, dark elf is an agi 4 team, however if you look at their most played rookie team, that is 4 blitzers 1 runner full lineman... i find that is really close to a lighter, faster Human team really (other popular rookie teams also add bashier options, like witches and assassins, so it's not like they make them more of an elf team, and they don't play like skaven either)
all, IMHO ofc :D
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nobdody is going to have clawpomb in this league, not enough games. and if orks are balanced, chaos is to. at least i score way more with chaos warriors, than with black orks :D chaos has faster players, and less av. one player with sure hands+pass doesnt make orks balanced imo :D
also orks can bash ith every team there is without beeing the weaker one, especially at low tv
but we are derailing the tread here
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On February 22 2013 04:44 Skirmjan wrote:
well, dark elf is an agi 4 team, however if you look at their most played rookie team, that is 4 blitzers 1 runner full lineman... i find that is really close to a lighter, faster Human team really (other popular rookie teams also add bashier options, like witches and assassins, so it's not like they make them more of an elf team, and they don't play like skaven either)
all, IMHO ofc :D
They have 8 MA7 players and nobody with less than AG4. If that's not a speed/agi-based team, then no elf team is.
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On February 22 2013 05:25 Kanil wrote:Show nested quote +On February 22 2013 04:44 Skirmjan wrote:
well, dark elf is an agi 4 team, however if you look at their most played rookie team, that is 4 blitzers 1 runner full lineman... i find that is really close to a lighter, faster Human team really (other popular rookie teams also add bashier options, like witches and assassins, so it's not like they make them more of an elf team, and they don't play like skaven either)
all, IMHO ofc :D They have 8 MA7 players and nobody with less than AG4. If that's not a speed/agi-based team, then no elf team is.
Nah, Dark Elves have to alternate between playing a 2-1 grind or running up the score depending on the matchup. They're equal parts bashy and elfy. Think of them as humans with AG4.
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you could argue that they still use agi to score, not bashing. they only run instead of pass. the fact that a team bashes wood elves doesnt make it an bashy team
but can we discuss this on the pitch please :D
thread gets derailed a bit much
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so, because i cant count we have 19 players in...
but with three days left im quite sure well get at least one more :p
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What date are we looking at starting?
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First round of group stage will start tuesday.
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Brilliant, thanks, been working on tactics for my ogres
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I would just like to apologize in advance for any mayhem, injuries or deaths my Goblin team will be causing. Unfortunately... that's more or less their strategy, and they've got lots of fun tools for it.
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On February 23 2013 03:05 Obsidian wrote:
I would just like to apologize in advance for any mayhem, injuries or deaths my Goblin team will be causing. Unfortunately... that's more or less their strategy, and they've got lots of fun tools for it.
yay. lets play "blitz the chainsawgobbo before he does to much damage" :D
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BB name: Jartol
Team name: The Bloody Hands
Race: Undead
Time zone: EST (GMT -5)
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20 teams in now. :D Application is still open
If it stays like that till monday we will have a cup with two groups of 10.
9 games + playoffs
We need an even number of groups with an even number of players each, so 21, 22 and 23 player wont work. If we get to 24 till monday format will be grand slam:
This would mean three phases:
1. 4 groups of 6. were everybody advances. from here players get seeded to
2. 4 new groups of 6
3. playoffs
Thats 10 games + playoffs
No matter what format first groups will be random. Only thing i will do manually is seperate all teams were more than one applied (dark elf, gobbos, orks und undead so far). I will use my trusty D6 to decide witch teams to move :D
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BB name: Nezgar
Team name: Best F(r)iends Forever
Race: Amazons
Timezone: GMT +1
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One important thing for everybody:
Some players in the first season stopped playing after three or four games, because they didnt do as well as they expected or lost interest halfway through.
Defwins and walkovers are neihter fair nor fun.
Make sure you are able and willing to play this cup for at least 9 games ( = 9 weeks) even if your team gets beaten to pieces (you will allway have 11 players anyway because of yourneymen)
If you cant do this please pull your team out till tomorrow.
*edit* It's no problem if you cant play a match because of illness, vacation or something, but you should be there for the majority of your matches
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I went 0-0-5 last season and still had fun! :D
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On February 25 2013 06:24 IMABUNNEH wrote:
I went 0-0-5 last season and still had fun! :D
You can't not have fun with Tentacles
(Unless you roll Really Stupid that is)
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On February 25 2013 06:53 ain wrote:Show nested quote +On February 25 2013 06:24 IMABUNNEH wrote:
I went 0-0-5 last season and still had fun! :D You can't not have fun with Tentacles (Unless you roll Really Stupid that is)
thank you for the image^^
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On February 25 2013 06:53 ain wrote:Show nested quote +On February 25 2013 06:24 IMABUNNEH wrote:
I went 0-0-5 last season and still had fun! :D You can't not have fun with Tentacles (Unless you roll Really Stupid that is)
Well I did find out if I tried to do anything he would ALWAYS pass his Really Stupid test. Unless I tried to blitz. Then I would fail 100% of his Stupid tests.
(I'm ignoring the bad double entendre )
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I had three people die in the second game as pro elves and still went for each game and tied my last three games
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On February 25 2013 07:23 IMABUNNEH wrote:Show nested quote +On February 25 2013 06:53 ain wrote:On February 25 2013 06:24 IMABUNNEH wrote:
I went 0-0-5 last season and still had fun! :D You can't not have fun with Tentacles (Unless you roll Really Stupid that is) Well I did find out if I tried to do anything he would ALWAYS pass his Really Stupid test. Unless I tried to blitz. Then I would fail 100% of his Stupid tests. (I'm ignoring the bad double entendre )
I recently managed to get my beast next to a ball carrying skink. He failed the Tentacle roll for 3 turns, then managed to get out but failed his dodge. It was priceless.
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On February 25 2013 08:25 ain wrote:Show nested quote +On February 25 2013 07:23 IMABUNNEH wrote:On February 25 2013 06:53 ain wrote:On February 25 2013 06:24 IMABUNNEH wrote:
I went 0-0-5 last season and still had fun! :D You can't not have fun with Tentacles (Unless you roll Really Stupid that is) Well I did find out if I tried to do anything he would ALWAYS pass his Really Stupid test. Unless I tried to blitz. Then I would fail 100% of his Stupid tests. (I'm ignoring the bad double entendre ) I recently managed to get my beast next to a ball carrying skink. He failed the Tentacle roll for 3 turns, then managed to get out but failed his dodge. It was priceless.
well, if he leaves his skink with the ball in range of the beast, i cant really feel sorry for him...:D
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Application phase ended. It will be two groups of ten players each. (sry nezgar, but you were the 21. to aplly so you didnt get in )
Pist of players (i will copy it in the op)
Group 1:
Ain – Aldhissla – Khemri – Ger
Skirmjan – Morinethar - Lizardmen – Italy
Lyter - Infernokoi - Dwarf – UK
Diminisherqc – Diminisher – Undead – Can
Chaoticrun - The Soldier - Nurgle - EET
wallofomens - wallofomens - Chaos - Bulgaria
xccam - xccam - Pro Elves - GB
Kanil - Kanil - Dark Elves - US
NightOfTheDead - ArchNemesisLT - orc - Lithuania
IMABUNNEH - IMABUNNEH – Goblins - UK
Group 2:
Snotling – Snotling4140 – Skaven -Ger
Obsidian – Obsidian_Bowl – Wood Elves – US
tcsduo - Tcsduo – Goblins – US
Jartol - Jartol - Undead - US
MCBRaven - BTMX_Raven - Ogres - UK
Veldril - Veldril - Orks - US
PaqMan - Paqman - Human - US
EtDecius - EtDecitus - Vampire - US
Eloden - Eloden - Dark Elves - Ger
Pete - PeteBB - Necromantic -
Pete, can you give me your location?
Scheduling is possible from now on (pn your opponent on TL) .You can play your matches from tomorrow!
Playoffs will be 16 teams. So everybody but the last two teams of both groups will get in. But seeding will depend on your ranking. (and winnig will help you to build a good team)
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yo snot .. you messed up .. iw as dwarfin season 1 now im undead
edit: holy shit group 1 is only bashy teams lol or almost ...
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noticed that to, but i didnt want too "forge" groups, so i keept everything the way the game divided the teams.
look at it that way: you have good chances to get someone squishy in he first round of playoffs :D
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Snot, can you at the B to BTMX_Raven? Thanks  <3
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sure, done
if anyone else notices a mistake in the list just post or pn
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I just made Aldhissla/Aind, and Diminsher commissioners for the cup (both are online in BB and TL regulary and i know them from the firsst cup), in case im sick / on vacation / my pc breaks down.
They can validate matches, initiate regames (if someone dropped for example) and so on.
Pn them if i dont respond within a day or so.
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Not quite the group I was hoping for, but it's workable. Plus, with only 2 teams getting eliminated, the bar isn't set too high.
Good luck to everyone.
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I'm the goblin team stuck with the only dwarves, and all the other bashy teams. I did bad enough in Season 1, why do you hate me so? D=
TIME TO OUTBASH THE BASHERS WITH GOBLINS
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well, my tipp would be to buy some chainsaws, bombs and fanatics asap :D
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I'll have no goblins left before then :D
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On February 26 2013 09:01 IMABUNNEH wrote:
I'll have no goblins left before then :D
never buy replacements, just use the free ones :D
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Hope my ogres don't die... Been practicing with ogres and a human team managed to kill 2 of my ogres in one game....
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Just played my match against Lyters Dwarves. As to be expected it was a complete slugfest for the most part and came down to a nailbitingly close TD at the end. I was really afraid of this match, because I think it's the worst match-up I could have gotten early on. Fortunately my Tomb Guardians are still alive and well, despite getting knocked down countless times.
In the end I won 1-0. GG man, it was a tough fight.
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me and morinethor tied 1-1 ... kinda happy to tied vs lizardman .. skink are so swift at low tv with no tackle and considering i was 4 guy down by turn 13 gg man ncie game
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Has everybody scheduled their matches yet?
Games of first round can be played till monday.
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Tcsduo vs Eloden
Very close match full of goblin/elf bs.
I got a turn two touchdown after his bomber knocked out half of his team. After that the carnage began. We both suffered a few injuries but I was able to prevent him from scoring with lots of lucky blitzing.
Start of the second half I was only able to field six players, two injured and three ko. Tcsduo recieved and tied the score.
With still only six player on the field I was able to break free out of the surround with multiple dodges and a pass to a free standing elf, all without rerolls. One last blitz tried to prevent the score but the rolls were unlucky. I was then able to score in turn 16 finishing the game 2-1.
It was a close game with lots of injuries and horrible "going for it" rolls from both sides.
Was a good game Tcsduo hope you have more luck with your gobbos next game!
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On February 28 2013 19:03 Snotling wrote:
Has everybody scheduled their matches yet?
Games of first round can be played till monday.
Mine is on Saturday against Pete.
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A 1-0 Win for the Wood Elves over the Ogres. An only 1 fatality even! So many casualties though!
Was a ugly game though, turnover after turnover, the rain did not help snotlings try and pick up that ball.
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On February 28 2013 19:03 Snotling wrote:
Has everybody scheduled their matches yet?
Games of first round can be played till monday.
yea playing today, no worries. League is bashier that i thought it would be. Oh well, ill take some elf team next season no matter the bash team count.
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Well I took a 2-0 loss, but on the plus side, I out-bashed Orcs with Goblins, so I claim victory!
My opponent was the king of pushing my goblins, and not much more. 3 Black Orcs vs 1 goblin, and he got pushed like 3 times :D
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is there still time for me to join? i only just bought the game after seeing it on TBs channel, but i am a big fan of Blood Bowl. if there is not time to schedule a game, i would be willing to take an auto loss for my first game to catch up.
if i can play i would be playing orcs.
team name would be the Canadian Cripplers.
Well damn, i just saw that the league is closed. well rats, good luck to you all!
may Nuffle take mercy on your GFI armor rolls.
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On March 01 2013 05:18 Obsidian wrote:
A 1-0 Win for the Wood Elves over the Ogres. An only 1 fatality even! So many casualties though!
Was a ugly game though, turnover after turnover, the rain did not help snotlings try and pick up that ball.
haha ye, it was a fun game, that kill and the sheer amount of injurys on your elves made me feel like the winner, i need to give my snotlings rain proof gloves.....
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On March 02 2013 18:47 jeremysaint wrote:
is there still time for me to join? i only just bought the game after seeing it on TBs channel, but i am a big fan of Blood Bowl. if there is not time to schedule a game, i would be willing to take an auto loss for my first game to catch up.
if i can play i would be playing orcs.
team name would be the Canadian Cripplers.
Well damn, i just saw that the league is closed. well rats, good luck to you all!
may Nuffle take mercy on your GFI armor rolls.
yea sorry, leagues in the pc-game only work with an even number of groups with even nubers of players in them.
but im sure there will be a season three, so watch out for that
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oooo i so want to get in on this when season 3 starts
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anouncement for season 3 will be after the playoffs for this season started
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Most games of round 1 have been played now. Some might be walkovers because of reallife stuff.
But everybody is on board with the league, so thats not a big deal (with 9 games in the groupstage, one deffloss shouldnt make much of a difference)
Round 1 will end tuesday evening and I will start round 2 asap after that (dont really know when i can get to a pc, but you can schedule games for wedenesday no problem)
Try to play your games early, so you have some days left if a problem occurs.
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got back from spain last night and PMed my opponent, just waiting for his reply etc now.
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Played my game finally, 1-0 victory thanks to a failed gfi on the final turn of the game
Good Game TheSoldiers!
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On March 05 2013 03:50 xccam wrote:Played my game finally, 1-0 victory thanks to a failed gfi on the final turn of the game Good Game TheSoldiers!
normally someone dies if this happens :D
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Announcer: He caught the pass! He's going for it! He's at the 10, the 5! Oh NO! He tripped at the goal line! And, yes! YES! It looks like he managed to decapitate himself at the same time! The blood is everywhere, the fans are rioting in the stands!
Madden: That's what they call a tough break. Also, Blood for the Blood God!
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Week two has startet.
To the pitch people :D
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edit: Just remembered that BB manager has this nice tool that lets you export your team roster without much trouble.
BB manager is a tool that lets you store and upload replays, as well as access uploaded replays and various other things. It's often used in private leagues to keep track of matches. Anyway here's what you do to export your roster
1) Open BBM
2) Open Bloodbowl
3) Open a team roster and leave it open for a few seconds, BBM will process it and give you a notification
4) In BBM go to Tools -> Roster image
5) Enter your exact team name
6) BBM will upload your roster and give you a link that you can post wherever you want.
7) From then on it will automatically update the roster everytime you view it.
Thought people might be interested to try it out.
Here's my current team as an example:
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Just played against Kanil's Dark Elves with my Khemri.
Unfortunately two of his Blitzers were MNG, so his team wasn't as sturdy as it usually would be.
In the first half I chose to receive and ground down the pitch for a T8 touchdown. K.O.'ed a bunch of elves, but all of them came back for more after the half ended 1-0 for me.
Next half Kanil chose to go for the win and went for a quick touchdown, picking up the ball and handing it off to a Blitzer just behind his linemen. However, my Tomb Guardians managed to punch through his line and knocked the ball lose making it scatter right into the middle of my team. In the next few turns we both tried to pick up the ball, my Thro-Ra failing due to AG2, his elves failing because it always ended up in a tackle zone. Meanwhile the Tomb Guardians beat up the scattered elves and Kanil suffered 2 Turnovers due to snake eyes. In the end I managed to pick up the ball with just enough time left to score. So I overextended and Kanil got a Blitz on my Thro-Ra, preventing me from scoring again and getting a shot at the pass play. Fortunately for me it failed and I kept the lead. GG
MVP: Anita Sarkeesian for picking up the ball twice on her first attempt.
Dishonourable mentions: Murning Mebals for getting K.O.ed on turn 1 and having a nap for the rest of the game.
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Played my match against xccam's elves(don't know which sort of elves they are, they all look the same to me - like punching bags!). It was a decent game. I managed to score the first half while receiveing and then managed to score the second half as well. At turn 15 or something he managed to pull some elf BS and sneaked a td. The game was full of stuns and KO's(which I inflicted) but no casualties sadly - them punching bags are resilient! He had a lot of luck with his dodge and gfi rolls. He also managed to reroll double skulls into double skulls on his first turn which was a bid unlucky but hey - it's blood bowl
Fun match overall!
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I hate goblins..... Chainsaw killed one of my ogres
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Close game, Woodies scored on 3, but then were ground down a bit. Some poor decisions on my part, and some poor dice stalled the game till 16th, when Peter tied it up.
Good game, lots of positioning rather than bashes, but there were plenty of those too. I need more rerolls
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Unusual game, but a good one. Fair result all things considered; love the drama of 16th turn touchdowns!
I was lucky enough to get Block on my Werewolf after my first game's (default win) random MVP. My intention was to throw him around, with my Mighty Blow Wight, to cause some injuries (AR 7!) and to simply absorb the inevitable first half Elf touchdown for a 2-1 win in the end. Didn't quite happen that way, especially after a greedy pass attempt between two Ghouls was fumbled and a majority of the first half was mostly spent scrapping around the ball. Only caused one casualty and one KO for the whole game, too.
GG!
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On March 08 2013 18:55 MCBRaven wrote:I hate goblins..... Chainsaw killed one of my ogres
To be fair I did even the kills after dropping a goblin to his death on a fumbled goblin pass lol
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0-1 Jartol. Horrible game for me, almost the entire team badly hurt :,( I only had 2 players on the pitch at the last turn of the game.
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I'm having trouble finding my opponent, NightOfTheDead, so if you read this, please answer my pm and let's try and play the game, i still have all the evening free so there's plenty of time really;
In order to help in avoiding such situations, i proposed the making of a big skype group with all the partecipants in it* to snotling, and he asked me to write here to see if you guys would be interested in such a thing.... are you?
Besides, the skype group should be compatible even with facebook in case you don't have skype, althought i'm not sure, being no expert with that (i know there's some facebook integration in skype, but i dunno the exact extent)
*This way we don't have to add each other making a mess, ecc
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Good idea with the skype group.
Round three matches can played from now till next monday.
Some people didnt play their machtes this week, some didnt even feel the need to write a pm.....im actually quite annoyed by this.
How hard is it to schedule and play a single match in seven days (or at least write a pm to your opponent why you cant....) we had people who couldnt get in the league that now cant play while at the same we have 3 games not played in the first two weaks each.
I clearly posted in this tread to only apply if you are willing and able to play this for at least two months.
Its no problem if something comes up and you cant play a match. but at least communicate.....
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On March 12 2013 20:17 Snotling wrote:
I clearly posted in this tread to only apply if you are willing and able to play this for at least two months.
It's a combination of people not bothering to read, and it being a lot easier to sign up than it is to play a game every week.
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Please forgive the random intrusion gents, but I've been eyeing this game and your threads for a while now, and with the sale on the game this week I'm contemplating picking it up.
Would you suggest I buy this game? I enjoy all variations of strategy board games and would love to participate in a bowl of TLers. I have fond memories of TL Mafia, but that is such a huge time commitment.... Beyond playing in a cool bowl like this, how active/fun is the random matchmaking? I'm hearing that the AI is kinda crappy and the single-player is largely a walkover.
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On March 13 2013 04:54 Kronen wrote:
Please forgive the random intrusion gents, but I've been eyeing this game and your threads for a while now, and with the sale on the game this week I'm contemplating picking it up.
Would you suggest I buy this game? I enjoy all variations of strategy board games and would love to participate in a bowl of TLers. I have fond memories of TL Mafia, but that is such a huge time commitment.... Beyond playing in a cool bowl like this, how active/fun is the random matchmaking? I'm hearing that the AI is kinda crappy and the single-player is largely a walkover.
Sure. Although, it's more of a tactical game. The strategic aspect lies mostly in how you develop a team in a league. Matchmaking is hit or miss. The game is designed for scheduled league play so in a perpetual environment things tend to get a bit out of control eventually. It's not hard to find games though. You're right about the AI, once you understand the game its no challenge at all.
Just make sure you read the blood bowl rule book and maybe watch a game or two on youtube. You might also want to take a look at the TGS blood bowl league that's going on on youtube currently or check cknoor's channel for matches with commentary. Watching other people play has really helped me understand the rules and why they work when I was starting out.
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and be prepared to rage! its a dice based game after all. and bullshit will happen :D
but thats part of the fun.
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3 Dice tackle, Trip skulls.... ok.. reroll. Trip skulls again!
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@Obsidian are you serious or exagerating? according to this http://bbtactics.com/blocking-statistics-odds-tables/2/
the chance of that happening is 0.00002%, aka 1 in 50.000 O_O
@Kronen so long as you enjoy the game, the matchmaking is fun and spinning for a match takes at worst 5 minutes, usually much less (and seeing how a decent speed game,ie 2-4 minutes turn without having a slowpoke opponent, lasts about an hour, it aint too bad... the matchmaker's efficiency can be compared to that of a dota in playing/idle searching time, probably a little better than that)
playing against the AI is funny so long as you're still learning the rules, after that the AI becomes basically a walkover unless you're playing against the hardest AI which cheats in an outrageous fashion (and i find that no fun tbh,especially since it cheats dices and not something deterministic like Sc brutal AI does).
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however it's not really Cyanide's fault for that, the game is horribly complex from an AI standpoint (imagine the programming effort required to make a PC play good chess, now throw in a ton more pieces, more rules and more complex, the game is also probabilistic and not deterministic, now add to that the tons of different matchups.... thank god i didn't have to program that!)
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@Skirmjan
I've had it happen to me... not in this league mind you, but it's happened. Had quite a few double skulls rerolled to double skulls last league.
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All right.... Spent all day yesterday contemplating and reading, slept on it, and have decided to throw down for a CE. Hope to see you all on the pitch next season :-). Good luck with your games! I'll continue to check up on this. It'd be cool to get a standings screenshot after each round with team value and what not.
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You could join this season as a mid-season replacement for our inevitable AWOL players.
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ce is actually on sale on steam noch for 66% off.
but i dont know if its possible to join the league mid season, dont know if the programm supports that. also i dont know if any player is out completely yet. noone missed bow games in the first two round.
also:
I opened a skype group, so pm me with your skype info if you like. could be really convenient for scheduling
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If nobody's missed both games, then I guess everyone's still playing. But if someone drops out, they can easily be replaced provided you have someone who wants to replace them. Just remove an existing team from the league and accept a new applicant.
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Well, in that case i will replace teams after they miss a second game (without telling me whats up), if there is a replacement-team applied.
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Chaoticrun - The Soldier has quit the league.
I will replace him with kronen as he has asked me first (a whila ago)
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The Tardy Dwarves have applied! :-D
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Well.. just played a free-league Chaos Dwarf team. Only 1540 rating, but they had a lvl 5 Chaos Dwarf blocker with Mighty Blow and Claw, a stupidly overpowered combination, and a lvl 6 Hobgoblin. I had 8 injuries as that dwarf was knocking out everything.
Really... there needs to be a surrender button, because at some point it's just stupid attempting to compete against that much cheese. I did almost kill his hobgoblin though, forced him to use that apothocary to save it .
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On March 16 2013 23:32 Obsidian wrote:Well.. just played a free-league Chaos Dwarf team. Only 1540 rating, but they had a lvl 5 Chaos Dwarf blocker with Mighty Blow and Claw, a stupidly overpowered combination, and a lvl 6 Hobgoblin. I had 8 injuries as that dwarf was knocking out everything. Really... there needs to be a surrender button, because at some point it's just stupid attempting to compete against that much cheese. I did almost kill his hobgoblin though, forced him to use that apothocary to save it .
Yeah, the game is designed for scheduled leagues. In a perpetual environment hard to obtain skill combinations become rampant, clawpomb (claw/mighty blow/piling on) being the prime example.
You can surrender, just open the menu and click abandon match.
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if anyone is interested to register a team, we might have to replace a second player for next week
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:O its a shame people drop out,
new introduced teams are at a lack of spp and stuff right?
sucks all round.
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well, 2 out of 20 is ok i think, and teams are not very developed right now.
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Hi, long time lurker here.
I may join if needed. Do the teams carry over to season 3? Which team is dropping?
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Man, I'd love to see someone casting this.
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Casting would be a good idea! Still waiting for the replay of the season 1 champs.
There's a nice little running commentary and organized play in the Skype group snot threw together! If you're a noob like me it's nice to get feedback. No turkies in there yet too :-) just strange EU people talking about beer and free healthcare and city names that end in "shire". 'MURICA! :-)
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Why can't we play on fumbbl, it's free after all.
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Hey,
round 4 started.
Most games of round three got played, but two coches didnt respond to me: Achnemesis (Orks) and IMABUNNEH (Goblins).
If they don't pm me soon i will sadly have to replace them. If anyone wants to get in, just register a team. 6 games of group stage are still to be played. You have to do well to get to the playoffs. But its a good training for season three no matter what.
I dont know jet if we do season three with new teams or if higher tv applications will be allowed. First I want to see how many reliable people i get together.
And join our open league too: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=403195
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I will give them another day or so to respond (really dont like kicking players ) after that i replace the teams with the first two new appliactions.
Games can be played till at least Monday evening, as I end rounds on Tuesday.
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On March 19 2013 18:46 beef42 wrote:Why can't we play on fumbbl, it's free after all.
That's a good point dude. I think the rationale on using Cyanide (beyond supporting the developer who got the rights) was because the matchmaking system is pretty good for the downtimes and casual play. Yea the initial investment of 5 to 20 dollars sucks, bu it's worth it if you enjoy it. I'm really glad I bit at the last steam sale for the game.
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There is a sale every month or so were you can get it for 50-66% off.
I played a lot of fumbbl a few years ago. But i find the open leagues in the cyanide game much more convenient.
And as league admin its easyier for me to.
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I have applied with a human team bb id: Ancien_Edge
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Just played against Diminsher's Undead with my Khemri. Craziest game ever, lot's of snake eyes. Half my team K.O.ed within the first few turns, including two TGs with mighty blow. The last one followed soon, so I started the 2nd out of 2 drives with 2 Blitzers, a Thrower and 4 Skeletons, a kick right next to the LoS and perfect defense. All in all a completely average game of Blood Bowl.
In good news my Blitz-Ra levelled and rolled +ST >:3
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yhea was a crazy game .. especially where his TG knocked huimself out with a failed gfi .had a couple snake eyes myself and ect , couldt pick the ball up for 4 turn haha , perfect defense ,for him and stuff .. a laughed so ahrd this game from the bs. good game !
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IMABUNNEH still not replied to my PM,
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I replaced IMABUNNEH with Stormtemplar and ArchnemeisLT with Ancien_Edge.
I dont linke this, but its just not fair and/or fun for the other players if we have walkovers every week.
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so ... the only spp farm team in our group that i was facing next round ,is now a mirror match up of undead, i think our group needed the human and not another bashing team lol.i got 2 level up in 4 game wont get better it seems ,just feel like i got shafted lol
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your group got both new teams^^
a little less paranoia please
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did we , lol ok oops
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If you want a less bashy group in season three: Don't apply a bashy team :D
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dunno last season feeled liek ti was 50-50 or so i though i know the game can makes the group random too
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On March 21 2013 00:49 Diminisherqc wrote:
dunno last season feeled liek ti was 50-50 or so i though i know the game can makes the group random too
The game made the groups random and i dind't want to fiddle with it.
If thats wanted that i can distribute teams manually for season 3.
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meh just if its too extreme .. i mean playing only bashing team gets tedious ... having to deal with dodge or pass game one in a while is fun , not jsut eofr the bashing
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Play new guy in group, Death toll of 1 skilled up lineman, and one who had just reached 6spp.
All in all, lame
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Who cares about AG on a Mummy?
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If you get mad at a double skull becoming a miss next game, Blood Bowl might not be the game for you.
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so it means i will face a mirror matchup next week ;ess a mummy ,good ! lol
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On March 21 2013 23:54 Diminisherqc wrote:
so it means i will face a mirror matchup next week ;ess a mummy ,good ! lol
next season i will force you to apply wood elves :D
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Won my first game, but without glory, thanks to a very annoying bug: twice a player of my opponent has been missing at kickoff. They just appear randomly in the back after the kickoff so he can't place them. Particulary bad when it's your offensive drive and you have to bring back a MA4 chaos dwarf to the action.
What the fuck Cyanide.
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invisible player bug, its in since lauch day. im getting it less lately. there are several theorys how to influence this
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Hurry the hell up and finish season 2 so i can play in season 3 already :p
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The Bloody Hands defeat Orc Must Not Die 1-0
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I would like to sign up for season 3, since i have an idea for a team and names for the players :D.
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Just won vs tcsduos goblins.
Very unlucky game for him, the trolls were boneheading extra hard and the seceret wepons didnt cause any casualtys.
At the end it was like 10 vs 6 or someting. :/
On the bright side (for me :D ): The horned rat smiled on me. Claws for a Blitzer, +MV for one gutter runner and a shiny extra head for another. I dont think i have ever been so lucky with my level ups ever before.
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Week 4 just finished. Games of Week 5 can be played now.
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Announcement:
I will be in Ireland form the 04.04 till the 10.04. In that time validation for round six will be done by Ain/Aldhissla and Diminsher. I dont know if commissioners can end rounds, so round seven may start late.
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On March 31 2013 18:10 Snotling wrote:
Announcement:
I dont know if commissioners can end rounds, so round seven may start late.
I can. I'm always scared I might accidentally click the end day button D:
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In that case this is your chance. :D
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My Opponent, Infernokoi, is still at a lan, hopefully he will be able to play over the next couple of days if the round doesnt end.
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I have not received any contact from Paqman since the start of the round. I am not sure if we will be able to play.
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player vs storm templar , second turn he injured my mummy for next game ,then as i had like 90 % of td chance on turn 7 and ihad kicked ,connection failed and we had to regame, this time i was more lucky and i won 3-0 and still have my mummy.. when nuffle smile !rolled a 11 on my mummy too would have take a 12 for a block but meh
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On April 01 2013 11:44 tcsduo wrote:
I have not received any contact from Paqman since the start of the round. I am not sure if we will be able to play.
He didn't reply to my messages either, I got a by because of it.
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yea, Paqman is out i guess. But he lost every game so far, i dont think we need to replace him for the last few games.
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Maybe we should consider doing a double round-robin group stage for next season. That way teams have more time to recover and people (hopefully) don't drop out as often.
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I am actually planning on a few changes for next season:
Group stage should not be longer, it should be shorter imo. 9 weeks is a long time for people to get frustrated or real life to kick in.
But this time around teams will start with a higher value.
Im thinking 1250. That way everyone who applies has played some games and should know how his team works.
Building up a team in Auld or Nagg is easy enough.
Im working on other details of the rules too. How scheduling works and stuff.
If there is the slightest chance to misinterpret a rule someone will do it :D
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I disagree.
Building up a team in another league would just mean min-maxing it to get the most out of it. What's stopping me from applying with a ChD team with claw/mb on the dwarves and 200k gold banked just to give an extreme example.
If you want a faster start for the league a better option is to make everyone create a new team, but give them two byes by default. That way they get some skills and can buy some more positionals and there will be no shenanigans.
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With walkovers everything would be completly random.
Also teams would of course have to have 11 players minimum and no money on the bank before the first game.
I have no problem with a little minmaxing. I like awesome teams playing each other.
And if someone really feels the need to apply a maxed clawpomb team, I just might forget of confirm the application in time :D
After all this is a private league with most people already knowing each other from season 1 or 2.
And nothing is set in stone yet. Rules for application/teams/scheduling are very much work in progress. So everybodys oppinion is much appreciated. If the majority of players wants to start with new teams I have no problem with that.
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That's the thing though, with external teams everything is completely random, too. Except that the person gets rewarded the more time they spend. I don't think anyone should be at a disadvantage because they spent less time with their team than their opponents.
If you make rules against clawpombers then where do you draw the line? Would two wardancers with strip ball and AG5 be fine? A Dwarf team with 5 guard players? All of these are equally gamebreaking and can be achieved for similar TV given enough time.
In table top this would be kept in check because you could simply limit the amount of skill-ups and doubles, whereas with external games in cyanide you can't. There is so much stuff you can do even with minimal TV that completely screws with some teams and greatly benefits others.
Furthermore, though this is just a minor point, I don't think we have enough regular players yet to start with premade teams. For someone who has played in previous seasons its easy to grab an old team and sign up. Anyone else would have to create a team and play half a dozen games before he can apply. It just needlessly raises the barrier of entry.
With byes you don't run into most of these issues; everyone has the same chance of getting lucky skill-ups. I just think those rules would be more trouble than they're worth.
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Making rules that limit doubles or stat increases are no problem here too.
Nobody is forced to take a +stat or double when building the team. Just take a normal skill.
Max one +stat, max one double for example. 1250 is not really high tv.
And actually I want to raise the barrier of entry.
Drop outs in the first two seasons were mostly inexperienced coaches. If someone invests a little time before the league, the chances are higher that he will stay in till the end. That way i dont have to write pms to people and hope they respond, give walkovers and change teams mid season.
If there are better ways to achieve this let me know.
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Either stick with TV1000 teams, or allow us to use existing TLBB teams in the next season. I won't be playing in the league if I have to grind out games on friggin' auld world. That defeats the entire purpose of playing a private league.
Edit: I suppose I could play a couple of 8-8 draws on Auld with a friend, but that's still pointless and annoying.
(Edit #2: I suppose they'd be 4-4 draws, now that I think about it.)
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It's a pity they didn't add the rules that allow people to buy initial teams at greater than 1000pts. There are functions in the rules that let you buy players with SP inherent, but they never translated them it seems.
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On April 03 2013 04:42 Kanil wrote:
Either stick with TV1000 teams, or allow us to use existing TLBB teams in the next season. I won't be playing in the league if I have to grind out games on friggin' auld world. That defeats the entire purpose of playing a private league.
Agreed. That'd be too boring and unfair.
Anyway, people who does not bother showing up when they have a few bad games will quit whatever format you come up with. The only solution is better screening of players, but I don't know how to do it... maybe for next season a A league of vetted players and a smaller B league with new players? It can be a pain to manage as well...
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If you need a replacement player I'd be happy to play.
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On April 03 2013 07:34 mavignon wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2013 04:42 Kanil wrote:
Either stick with TV1000 teams, or allow us to use existing TLBB teams in the next season. I won't be playing in the league if I have to grind out games on friggin' auld world. That defeats the entire purpose of playing a private league. Agreed. That'd be too boring and unfair. Anyway, people who does not bother showing up when they have a few bad games will quit whatever format you come up with. The only solution is better screening of players, but I don't know how to do it... maybe for next season a A league of vetted players and a smaller B league with new players? It can be a pain to manage as well...
Yup I wouldnt enter a team i had to play on pub leagues to even get there.
I like the start at 1k tv thing we have here.
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well. it seems people want to go with new teams. fine by me.
off to ireland now. have fun this week
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Me and Morinethar are looking at seeing what setting up a private league and feeding people cash via forced bys might do. It would still require people to have legitimate teams to sign up, but we can get teams to start with a few hundred thousand more and maybe a few SP. I'm still testing it and if possible I'd like a few people to sign up some scrub teams that I can play with.
Name: Liquidbowl Season 3 (Test)
PW: liquid
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On April 03 2013 20:21 Obsidian wrote:
Me and Morinethar are looking at seeing what setting up a private league and feeding people cash via forced bys might do. It would still require people to have legitimate teams to sign up, but we can get teams to start with a few hundred thousand more and maybe a few SP. I'm still testing it and if possible I'd like a few people to sign up some scrub teams that I can play with.
Name: Liquidbowl Season 3 (Test)
PW: liquid
It's common practice among private leagues as far as I know. Many private leagues allow people to use teams from previous seasons so new players are given some byes to buffer the large TV gaps compared to the old teams. For 2 byes you essentially get 4 MVPs and 4 touchdowns (32 SPP total) distributed randomly as well as up to 240k (?) cash.
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Can I ask what it is that has you guys who want this extra tv at the start so against everyone just starting with a fresh team?
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On April 03 2013 23:11 xccam wrote:
Can I ask what it is that has you guys who want this extra tv at the stat, so against everyone just starting with a fresh team?
On April 02 2013 22:14 Snotling wrote:
Making rules that limit doubles or stat increases are no problem here too.
Nobody is forced to take a +stat or double when building the team. Just take a normal skill.
Max one +stat, max one double for example. 1250 is not really high tv.
And actually I want to raise the barrier of entry.
Drop outs in the first two seasons were mostly inexperienced coaches. If someone invests a little time before the league, the chances are higher that he will stay in till the end. That way i dont have to write pms to people and hope they respond, give walkovers and change teams mid season.
If there are better ways to achieve this let me know.
Basically to encourage people to stick around.
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I personally i find the game more interesting with a few skills on the players
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I do too, but saying "go get 'em in Auld world" is the wrong way to go about it.
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What if we could reuse teams from old liquid bowls, so long as they weren't above lets say, 1400 TV?
This way you could use a team in consecutive seasons, however after your second season you might have to fire players from your team or just start a new team.
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Dead goblins are the best goblins.
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On April 07 2013 13:34 Veldril wrote:
Dead goblins are the best goblins.
But you can't punch dead ones! keep em injured and punch em again!
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get your game in people .. this is the last day ! .. if people havent responded to your pm tell me so i can give out byes
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Im Back.
and next round started. you have a week from now on to play your games. have fun! :D
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I am sorry but I will have tomiss my game this week due to losing power until next friday . Sorry about this obsidian
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I wrote a PM to wallofomens. He hasnt replied yet
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It's no problem. Man, that's a long time to be without power though. I don't mind putting the game off and seeing if we can make it up at a later date so long as Snot's ok with it.
Granted, I've recently had experience with being powerless at home for over a week (lovely hurricanes in New England), and it sucks.
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played my game vs kanil , .... lol i ahd the best wizard fireball ever lol.Injured 2 player ... one fo them being the ball carryer ,so its a turnover i get to play again mop the floor and gg no contest from there,Sometime this game is jsut ruthless for the other player or yourself .. there literally nothing he could have done lol
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well, that is obviously a bug in the videogame^^
how could a fireball casted at the end of your turn be a turnover for him? It somehow carried over to his turn (and thats not possible in the rules)
In these cases a save/load option would be nice, because a complete regame is equally unfair (because its hard to avoid bugs sometimes and i dont think you would abuse something like this on purpose)
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oh , i though at the moment if he lsot the ball on a spell it was a turnover didint evne knew it was a bug ... cause technically when you trhow the fireball i think its his turn casue the 4 min timer is beside his name ..(if i can recall ) whatever if its a bug thats just lame .... things were already going pretty well... but hey 2 turn in a row is pretty overpowering i'll admit
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spells take place at the beginning or the end of your own turn. i guess its a problem with the different timers.
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At the end of your turn, you are given 15 seconds to utilize your wizard if you so desire. It is entirely correct to be able to use the wizard then. After those 15 seconds, the opponent's turn begins and it is not legal to use your wizard until the opponent's turn ends. Due to Cyanide's shit coding, you can use your wizard at any point during the opponent's turn.
From what I gather, knocking the ball carrier down doesn't cause a turnover, but if the ball bounces to a player who fails to catch it, this does cause a turnover.
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round ends tomorrow afternoon cet, games of the can be played from tomorrow evening on
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Has Lyter/infernokoi been around of late? He hasn't responded to PM. :-/
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Good Game Dim, so annoyed my top catcher died but at least a draw isnt a bad result...
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yhea gg ! ... damn go for it fail at then end so i couldnt score ... but nice elf usage !
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last day of group play started, and next week play-offs begin.
we had two people of each group drop out. so all remaining 16 players will get a seed into the playoffs.
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On April 22 2013 00:53 xccam wrote:
Good Game Dim, so annoyed my top catcher died but at least a draw isnt a bad result...
I would not say a draw with your star player dead is not a bad result
So far I managed a 4-2-2 score with both tie to agi teams (Scaven and DE) and a lose (1 forfeit due to RL issue) to Undead. I feel like I am really having a bad time against DE team as an orc, even more so than against a wood elf. But against Undead make me feel completely lost though.
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On April 23 2013 06:48 Veldril wrote:Show nested quote +On April 22 2013 00:53 xccam wrote:
Good Game Dim, so annoyed my top catcher died but at least a draw isnt a bad result... I would not say a draw with your star player dead is not a bad result So far I managed a 4-2-2 score with both tie to agi teams (Scaven and DE) and a lose (1 forfeit due to RL issue) to Undead. I feel like I am really having a bad time against DE team as an orc, even more so than against a wood elf. But against Undead make me feel completely lost though.
Nah, it was just my top Catcher, i can replace him! my star player, a blitzer, is still alive and well!
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SO I HAVE A DIRTY PLAYER NOW
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AND another draw !! lol i might be playing a bit too much safe . meh .. no biggie i still havent lost a game in 2 seasons ! good riddance , gg ancient edge
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gg but you know what... My star player you knocked out on the 1st turn... and who slept on the sidelines all game... He got the MVP! How ridiculous. Second time it happened this season. I probably have the less spp of all teams right now
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On April 29 2013 05:56 Diminisherqc wrote:
AND another draw !! lol i might be playing a bit too much safe . meh .. no biggie i still havent lost a game in 2 seasons !
You may have not lost, but remember... you can't draw your way to the championship.
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On April 29 2013 06:15 mavignon wrote:gg but you know what... My star player you knocked out on the 1st turn... and who slept on the sidelines all game... He got the MVP! How ridiculous. Second time it happened this season. I probably have the less spp of all teams right now
omg that sucks haha
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well, the autoseeding is off because of the players that quit. ill try my best to fix it in game. if nothing helps ill make a new tournament (for the playoffs), were all qualified teams have to apply
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seeding will be (in any case):
ain vs tcsduo,
morinethar vs btmxraven,
dimi vs etdecitus,
kanil vs eloden,
ancien_edge vs obsidian,
xccam vs veldril,
wallofomens vs snotling
jartol vs kronen
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I made a new league for the playoffs: Liquibowl 2 Playoffs
Everybody who is in please apply your team, so we can start asap.
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Is this the actual seeding for the playoff bracket?
On May 01 2013 02:38 Snotling wrote:
seeding will be (in any case):
ain vs tcsduo,
morinethar vs btmxraven,
dimi vs etdecitus,
kanil vs eloden,
ancien_edge vs obsidian,
xccam vs veldril,
wallofomens vs snotling
jartol vs kronen
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yes.
its :
1. vs 8.
2. vs 7.
3. vs 6.
4. vs 5.
5 vs. 4.
6. vs 3.
7. vs 2.
8. vs 1.
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Should it not be this?
1 v 8
4 v 5
3 v 6
2 v 7
7 v 2
6 v 3
5 v 4
8 v 1
Also what did you use as the tie breakers for seeding?
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But that's the same thing.
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On May 01 2013 22:13 Jartol wrote:
Should it not be this?
1 v 8
4 v 5
3 v 6
2 v 7
7 v 2
6 v 3
5 v 4
8 v 1
Also what did you use as the tie breakers for seeding?
thats exactly what i wrote.
and i dont know about the tie breakers. whatverer the client uses, i guess you can find out in the cyanide forums
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That isn't what you wrote. Afaik you can't reseed after the first round, so I would be playing the winner of your game in round 2.
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ah, thats what you ment. jea ill do that. made a screenshot of the seeding
i just wrote down who everbody is playing against round 1
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On May 01 2013 22:58 Snotling wrote:
and i dont know about the tie breakers. whatverer the client uses, i guess you can find out in the cyanide forums
I don't think anyone really knows what Cyanide uses for tiebreaks. It seems to have something to do with the team, as the same orders tend to show up repeatedly.
Whatever it is, it seems to have no obvious relation to on-pitch performance.
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15 Teams are in. We are just wainting for MCBRavens Ogres
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Attention Please:
Playoffs start NOW!
The seeding is complete, and a filler Team for MCBRavens Ogres was found.
You can now contact your opponent
Please post time and date of you matches here in the thread, so people can spectate.
And post a little text about the matche afterwards.
May nuffle be with you.
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Wallofomens and I are playing now
sry for short notice :D
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Won 3-1 (0-1) but the game was quite close. typical Chaos vs scaven game. I was running scared while he was beating my team to pulp :D (two miss next game, a death some badly hurt and kos (tho bloodwiser babes helped a lot)
In the end it came down to better luck on my side.
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well, i "only" miss one gutter runner for my next game. the rest was linerats. i have enough money to buy a linerat or a ratogre (depending on my opponent) for the next game
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Just won my game (2-0) against Obsidian's wood elves. After being bashed to death in group 1, it was nice to play an agi team in the first round. Nothing crazy happened, I kick close to the line and manage to pick up the ball and scors turn 8. Second half, I move my cage forward, but with his two wardancers he manages to jump in, blitz my thrower, pick up the ball and exit. All my players were out of position, but somehow a blitzer saves the day. I score turn 14 or 15.
Obsidian disconnected late game, by accident. One of the MVP was the star player, again t_t.
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Mavi's tackle dice were on FIRE! I swear, at least half his tackle rolls had Defender Down.
I was actually in a good position turn 1, received the ball, got most of a brick deep into the human's back zone, get the ball to my passer, and throw!, of course, double 1s, but hey...
Things went rather downhill from there, for all I managed to break into his cage time after time, occasionally even knocking the ball loose, but it never amounted to anything.
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Epic game against Jartol!
Some context:
Jartol is the winner of group 2 with an impressive record of 8-0-1, a well developed undead team with Guard on almost all the positionals. A scary team indeed.
I came in as a sub during the season on the 4th week in group 1. All in all, it was a terrible seaon for my human team in this very bashy group. My ogre died on my second game, a blitzer died some time after, the star players I hire ended up getting the MVP (or dying). I also fired some players with major disabilities. I somehow grab some wins, but I get into the playoff with a very weak team, less than 1000 TV with no guard, no mighty blow, no dodge, no kick... etc. No apo as well and no money to buy an ogre.
So the situation looked very bleak for me.
I finally had enough money to buy an ogre, but I decided against so that I could hire Zara the slayer, which has two interesting skills "stab" and "stakes". Stab allows to do the armour roll without blocking (pretty useful against a guard heavy team) and Stakes gives +1 on damage against undead players.
The game starts, I decide to kick because I am more confident of my without-the-ball game. And it is easier to defend with 11 healthy players while it is still possible to score with 2 or 3 players less.
First turn. Jartol's ghoul fails to pick up the ball (no player has "sure hands", which imo is the only mistake of his team building). From there I can maintain enough pressure to prevent a cage and get the ball loose for a long time. At the end of the half, Jartol manages to change side with a ghoul with all my players out of position. All but one, my star player eating the grass with her mummy bodyguard. She wakes up and successfully stab the ghoul. For revenge, the mummy kicked Zara out of the grounds... where she died. At this point, I am not even mad or surprised. Well what is important is that I have not conceded during his drive.
Second half. I am still worried, because my main tool to make plays happen was Zara, and my cool blodge receiver is KO as well. How am I going to score? I prep my team, ready to attack, then my favorite kick off event happens: "Blitz". Next turn my thrower is down as well as pretty much all my team. The ball is loose.
Then the impossible happens. After failing again to pick up the ball, it bounces four or five times on the pile of bodies to the other side! An opportunist blitzer manages to make the best of it and runs away to score. Perfect dices.
Screenshots are better to understand how incredible the turn around is, take a look at these: http://imgur.com/a/RIAdR
The end of the game was nail biting. He manages to get a cage in my side the very next turn. Having used all his rerolls, he gets some turnovers on things like no block vs block so I can get a successful block on the ball carrier. I pick up the ball and throw it far away. On the last turn Jartol do not complete the very long pass to the only ghoul in position!
Game over, 1-0! Thanks Jartol for the good game and the good manners. I have been treated of "lucky" for much less than this :D See you hopefully in season 3.
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beat snotling ina close game ,ggnow to semi finals !!
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On May 20 2013 06:57 Diminisherqc wrote:
beat snotling ina close game ,ggnow to semi finals !!
jea, you deserved that, really didnt play my best there. gl in the semis
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On May 20 2013 06:57 mavignon wrote:Epic game against Jartol! Some context: Jartol is the winner of group 2 with an impressive record of 8-0-1, a well developed undead team with Guard on almost all the positionals. A scary team indeed. I came in as a sub during the season on the 4th week in group 1. All in all, it was a terrible seaon for my human team in this very bashy group. My ogre died on my second game, a blitzer died some time after, the star players I hire ended up getting the MVP (or dying). I also fired some players with major disabilities. I somehow grab some wins, but I get into the playoff with a very weak team, less than 1000 TV with no guard, no mighty blow, no dodge, no kick... etc. No apo as well and no money to buy an ogre. So the situation looked very bleak for me. I finally had enough money to buy an ogre, but I decided against so that I could hire Zara the slayer, which has two interesting skills "stab" and "stakes". Stab allows to do the armour roll without blocking (pretty useful against a guard heavy team) and Stakes gives +1 on damage against undead players. The game starts, I decide to kick because I am more confident of my without-the-ball game. And it is easier to defend with 11 healthy players while it is still possible to score with 2 or 3 players less. First turn. Jartol's ghoul fails to pick up the ball (no player has "sure hands", which imo is the only mistake of his team building). From there I can maintain enough pressure to prevent a cage and get the ball loose for a long time. At the end of the half, Jartol manages to change side with a ghoul with all my players out of position. All but one, my star player eating the grass with her mummy bodyguard. She wakes up and successfully stab the ghoul. For revenge, the mummy kicked Zara out of the grounds... where she died. At this point, I am not even mad or surprised. Well what is important is that I have not conceded during his drive. Second half. I am still worried, because my main tool to make plays happen was Zara, and my cool blodge receiver is KO as well. How am I going to score? I prep my team, ready to attack, then my favorite kick off event happens: "Blitz". Next turn my thrower is down as well as pretty much all my team. The ball is loose. Then the impossible happens. After failing again to pick up the ball, it bounces four or five times on the pile of bodies to the other side! An opportunist blitzer manages to make the best of it and runs away to score. Perfect dices. Screenshots are better to understand how incredible the turn around is, take a look at these: http://imgur.com/a/RIAdRThe end of the game was nail biting. He manages to get a cage in my side the very next turn. Having used all his rerolls, he gets some turnovers on things like no block vs block so I can get a successful block on the ball carrier. I pick up the ball and throw it far away. On the last turn Jartol do not complete the very long pass to the only ghoul in position! Game over, 1-0! Thanks Jartol for the good game and the good manners. I have been treated of "lucky" for much less than this :D See you hopefully in season 3.
hahaha nice recap , im so happy jartol is out ,we ahd a mirror matchup going on maybe and he had way more spp than me ... sounds like a nice game lol
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Snotling asked me to put here the date & time of my game, so here it is: Friday 6PM CEST.
Come watch me spend 4 minutes doing nothing and move my players in the last 10 seconds! :D
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Won 2-1 against Morinethar's Lizardmen.
We had a first half a game where I disconnected. I was raped badly, due to some bad luck but mostly silly mistakes from me. Honestly I was ready to forfeit (it was that bad) but Morinethar was kind enough to rematch.
Second match was very close, but I was the lucky one this time. First half: I receive, manage to create a breach, stall for a turn and score turn 6. Morinethar was in position to score at the last turn of the first half, but the hand off missed and he had no reroll left.
Second half. I defend quite well with Morg'n'Thorg wrecking havoc in his cage. But the star +1 STR skink was again in position to score. Somehow a blitzer dodges the Kroxigor's prehensil tail and pows the poor skink. I pick up the ball, run to my end zone. Fun moment of the game: I pass the ball but the Kroxigor intercepts it and scores! 1-1 turn 15. At this point of the game thanks to lucky dices I have demolished most of the skinks and half of the saurus were taking a nap in the KO zone. I score easily in the next 2 turns for 2-1 turn 16.
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so we get a human vs undead final... too bad i cant give a recap of my game as opponnent didint showed up , anyway it'll be fun .. my second final in 2 seasons yay
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Really? That's lame. If you need more time to play it, that's ok with me ^^ Snotling?
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its already validated,no biggie my mummy got a level lol
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champion 2 season in a row .. booyah !!! .. i'll let you guys win season 3 maybe eb back for season4 or 5
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EPT
