Crispy™ Let's run rings around Blood Bowl F13 Season 8 - Three Codexers in Play Offs

[RK47]

Post Match Briefs

Spoiler

Well, the inducements caught me by surprise...

Headsplitter is expected. But TWO wandering apothecaries? Huh...

First kick off, I wasn't really expecting much. Not fielding any catcher is standard, since I want more ST not MA...
I was confident I can outbash Jaedar from the start and the rain makes it a bonus for me with the added risk of ball turnovers.

He caught it.

And proceed to KO muckguppy with Headsplitter.

This isn't a huge loss to me. I'm kinda glad he didn't get injured.
Then the rain worked to my advantage when Jaedar tries for the 1 SPP play.

On my turn, Ulminati scored a casualty on the AV6 Guard Rat...

While Jasede scores a mere stun.

I was kinda torn about going about the ball or full all out bash. Remember, victory isn't really a priority.

Another 2D block leading to stun by LundB. And it's turn over.
Next turn, Jaedar starts play with Headsplitter.

This time it leads to a bad dice. He burned a reroll to no avail.

It's even stunned.
I capitalized on turn 2 to swarm the ball, but make no attempt for pickup.

That's when the 1D blocks had to come out and Jaedar starts to get the needed results...

Humpalekka gets taken down by 1D block...

And the ball bounces out... into 2 tackle zones.
But that's a non factor to Mr. Big Hands.

Fuck Mutations.
He dodged out with Two Heads...and made a pass & catch at -1

Things start to go downhill from there.

I gave pursuit.
Even got a 3D blitz with Jaedar.

Goddamit. Reroll...

Oh man.
I decided to say fuck it, it's ok. This game's outcome is meaningless. Aim for SPP.

Something that Jasede is failing hard at doing. Seriously. He broke two armor in 3 turns. And all he got are stuns.

Davis with a KO too.

Next turn ball carrier dodges out easily with Two Heads and 4 AG...
And...LundB gets hurt.

He wasn't even hit by a Mighty Blow rat... seriously.

 

[stabby]

Fuck you very much,stabby.

Well whadya expect after telling me everyone was begging you to sack the AV6 catcher? I knew what I signed up for, so pardon me if I chuckle a bit whenever the little girly catcher can take a hit better than the manly men on the team.

 

[Ulminati]

First action I take on the team is to cas a guard rat?

LundB was good for what he was. But he was an outdated model. The time of Swede has come to an end!

 

[RK47]

Well, I did save him.
LundB's a BRO-in-law after all.

Spoiler

I argued that getting a double on a lino was kinda hard. With the reliance on MVPs and the squad size being bigger.
Looking forward though it's not the wrong decision to make. But it did set the tone of the entire match.
I wanted to minimize casualty, but there's no more safety

Let's play on though..
Our turn - we try to catch up to the fleeing GR to force a dodge.

Jaedar made a dodge out of Prehensile Tail
And got his GFI to get within tackle zone.

I didn't blitz. I spent it on getting another Blitzer in there.
Deciding that marking Headsplitter with a Guard piece seemed like a waste, I ordered eklektyk to dodge out - risking a -1 doge.
But instead, what I got was...

Uh, yeah. I misclicked. I said, whatever, and let it happen.

But that happened. He's dead.

This is getting worse, at this point - I realized I made a mistake. I wasn't dealing with the biggest problem on the pitch - Headsplitter.
1. This guy will be used with wild abandon - since he's a merc.
2. This guy has mighty blow.
3. ST5 means 2D blocks are near guaranteed.

Dare I bring in Whitewolf and risk him injury?
And since only Whitewolf had tackle - the Two-head GR are really near guaranteed safety when marked.

Jaedar delayed the TD. Leaving a stunned Davis behind.
And I'm still fishing for that 1 SPP for Jasede the ST6 Ogre...

I didn't mind the turnover...
But the constant stuns on armor breaks bothered me.

All I needed was a single CAS, and passing/scoring in this rain with AG2 is out of the question in this rain.
While his Headsplitter is putting on work, breaking another armor.

Then Jaedar finally TD'ed on turn 6.

That's OK, I setup to receive. This time determined to bring an end to Headsplitter's threat, I setup Whitewolf.
Even the kick-event was favorable for a tying touchdown...

But the kick aim was definitely most unfavorable...

Jaedar really lucked out on this one.
I can't get in there for pickup in one turn (2x GFI) and it's still raining.
Slightly disappointed at the prospect of not scoring this half, I went in to work on primary threat...

Like a monster hunter from Poland's legend, Whitewolf's strike was true and smashed Headsplitter's collar bone in one strike. Problem solved.
The game changed almost completely. There's no longer that Reliable Big Guy blitzes coming in every turn... and the loss of two guards didn't seem like a big deal anymore.

But there's still the rain...

Yeah, I felt I should've left the ball alone back then. What do you guys think?
It went off field - bounces to the opposing half from a crowd toss.

The rats had no problem getting there, and made the pick up roll.

And got a perfect launch with their thrower.

Didn't even need rerolls.
Now, at that point, I realized the half is going to end in a 2-0 score. And the game is probably out of my reach to draw.
The draw is meaningless anyway. So I move on to damage control.

A block takes down the Skaven's Stormvermin's with Mighty Blow and I call up Whitewolf to deliver the boot. (Yes, I don't mind him getting ejected. As I said, damage control phase)
To my surprise, the ref didn't react.

Smashed hand and Jaedar didn't deploy his apo. He still has 3 APO at this point, I'm like 'What's his game? Does he really love his Gutter Runner that much?'
I applied more pressure on the ball in form of Muckguppy and Xenomorph - hoping to force another kick off in first half - if the weather changes we can start playing to score.

But guess what? No weather change on kick off.
No, I didn't setup for one turn touchdown exactly for that reason - there's not really much sense in trying for that when you can try for free LOS bash SPPs and try a pickup throw for 1 SPP.

Jasede of course, fails to score another casualty yet again. That's like the third stun he landed.
I sent out Jaedar to pick and pass for the 1 SPP he needed.

Like I said, rain ruined the game plan.
The reroll saved the pick, but the pass scattered.

Miraculously, Jasede caught the ball to save the turnover.

Oh well, he bought me a foul attempt.
Once again, I sent Whitewolf to do the job and the ref said, I can't see shit, it's raining so badly.

And KOs the Wrestle Line rat as the first half ended.

OK first half review of mistakes.
1. Not starting at full strength.
Omitting Whitewolf was a critical error. if I had solved Headsplitter's issue earlier, I could've taken control of the game earlier.
Lessons to remember, I guess. When the Superstar went in, 2 of their Mighty Blow left the pitch. That was superb.

2. 2-0 Scoreline
The first was out of my hands, I tried my best with 3D Blitz, but couldn't get anything from a reroll even.
The second was sort of self inflicted - I shoudn't have made the pick up attempt. But it's not a must-win game so maybe it's OK.

3. Eklektyk's Misclick
Yeah that was a downer. Maybe I should've rerolled, but man. That's fine. Maybe the doge failed and he'd be dead anyway.

Conclusion of 1st half:
The second half is completely dependent on the weather - if it still rains on my receiving drive - I'll just grind for 2-1 or 2-0 loss.
No sense in trying to make a drawing comeback that didn't affect league standings. It carries more risk of turnovers too.
Rather just head in straight, bash for SPP where the rain didn't play a factor and their 2 Mighty Blows are out of the game.

 

[LundB]

First action I take on the team is to cas a guard rat?

LundB was good for what he was. But he was an outdated model. The time of Swede has come to an end!

Not yet. Go back to the Lego factory where you can actually be useful, Dane.

 

[Ulminati]

Can't hear you over the sound of your Volvo engine about to give out. You've been reduced to the speed of a Trabi.

At least the CAS are beginning to trickle in. Sad to see headsplitter didn't get APOed though. That will lead to a less entertainng second half.

 

[LundB]

Can't hear you over the sound of your Volvo engine about to give out. You've been reduced to the speed of a Trabi.

At least the CAS are beginning to trickle in. Sad to see headsplitter didn't get APOed though. That will lead to a less entertainng second half.

It's ok I'll just take the Koenigsegg out for a drive instead, speed won't be an issue. Meanwhile... do the Danes even make any cars nowadays? No? Have a nice walk I guess.

Next half is the boring 2-1 grind.

 

[RK47]

2nd Half

Spoiler

No change in weather for 2nd half. So game plan stays the same: Try to score, but bash and SPP generation is priority.
Again, the ball lands in a kinda bad spot.

Guppy starts the half with a double skull. I rerolled of course.

And Jasede continues to let me down with stuns.

Elsewhere Jaedar somehow made the pick up with no RR requred.

But the catch slipped away. I should've setup stabby for this sort of thing but I didn't want him to steal MVPs.

One ball movement turn wasted for 1 SPP play.
Jaedar dodges out his Big Hands Two heads Rat... thinking of spoiling the catching practice...
Poland's national folklore hero tells him to fuck off...

We're really in control now and just grinding the rat's asses.
On the second try, the pass was completed.

Got the ball forward. Only for Jaedar to respond with a lightning bolt.

This convinced me that he didn't believe I was playing for 2-1 loss.
So I know that he knows that I know what he knows hence therefore I know.
What I know was proven on the next play too, when he sent a lone rat on a suicide 1D block against Poland's finest.

He even rerolled. To a push, nullified by Stand Firm.
Then came that GR dodge to squeeze into the ball, jeez, how greedy can you get?

Amazingly, the GR didn't get injured.
Whatever, I play on, only to be trolled by muckguppy who ate two RRs in 3 turns.

Whitewolf surfed that offending trash rat...

While Jasede continues to disappoint.

To top off the disappointing turn - Xenomorph can't get hold of the slippery ball.

Greedy skaven keeps coming...

That GR dodge in....

and gets the fucking ball.

You are such a greedy furfag, Swede.

Xenomorph tells him to cut it out. Intercepting the pass without a reroll, in the fucking rain, causing a turnover.
And I reward the GR's audacity with Poland's finest.

Safe to say, we never lost control of the match at that point onward. The rats defense is a spent force.
They blew all their arsenal at us, Big Hands pickups, Wizard scroll, two 1D blitzes in a row.
We've weathered the storm and in control.
If only some german gender confused man can settle down and just score a single fucking casualty.

More dodge failing - Skavens just won't give up. I don't know what is at stake for them here.
Or maybe the 3 Apo is making them more daring.

Xeno is home free...

And they got another rat out of the game with a failed dodge. Yet no apo was called for the smashed back.

Yep, it's turn 13 and Jaedar thinks 3 Apo isn't enough to protect the 3 GRs...

That's fine, I KO another line rat. And sent Hellraiser further upfield to secure his 2 SPP from TD...

He obliges the catch on turn 15. And I just decided to run down the clock while i bash freely.

Beautiful. But missing a few GRs in there.

C'mon Jasede... Reroll.

OK boy, hurt the guy.

Seriously, the most underperforming Big Guy ever.

TD on turn 16 Hellraiser confirmed for a lvl up. Decided to park Ogre and pair of rookie linos on the LOS.
Since Fagsalom wouldn't wake up, stabby gets to touch the damn field with a shit-eating grin on his face.
I worry for any thrown rocks if I were him.

I even obliged Jaedar's request for a good kick, since I felt he deserved it.

He made good on the pick up and pass for 1 SPP routine.
And then declared he will try killing my Ogre.
Next time we meet, I won't be so nice.

Tale of the LOS of AV8s: 2 AV breaks resulting in a stun.
Followed by a +2 assist foul on AV9 that breaks armor.

Just a stun, but it could've been much, much worse.
Full time 2-1

Rain just not letting us play to score in this match. Considering what's at stake, I'm satisfied with the outcome.
The biggest annoyance?
This.

He didn't even move a tile.

 

[RK47]

And now for the level ups.

Spoiler

Two normal rolls, oh well...

Jaedar - Blodge Guard options abound:
Mighty Blow
Stand Firm
Grab

Hellraiser probably Block/Wrestle

What do you think?

 

[Ulminati]

Mighty Blow, Block

 

[Darth Roxor]

Shadowing

 

[RK47]

Shadowing

Dump Off

 

[Darth Roxor]

retard

that would require doubles

 

[Jaedar]

Can't hear you over the sound of your Volvo engine about to give out. You've been reduced to the speed of a Trabi.

At least the CAS are beginning to trickle in. Sad to see headsplitter didn't get APOed though. That will lead to a less entertainng second half.

For some reason I wasn't even asked about apoing headsplitter. I mean, I wouldn't have even if it asked, but still.

As for my plays on 2nd half: I can only play the rats like sharks. If I stop trying to score, they stop trying to breathe.

 

[RK47]

F13 stabby

 

[stabby]

Goddamn sleep deprivation, I have no damn clue how I'm supposed to take that.

 

[RK47]

stabby on training

 

[Darth Roxor]

Secret Military Union vs Fursection
Match day 7

Spoiler

Actually, I really don't want to get back to this fucking game, so I'll just present it to you in a nutshell.

After 15 turns of pushes, having players removed due to KOs and casualties, fumbling the ball, and other uncool procedures, I finally manage to pick it up with a catcher. Next turn two turns I should be able to score.

But then suddenly a rookie thrower dodges out.

Succeeds on two GFIs and knocks down the blodge catcher.

After which another linerat.

Succeeds 2 gfi and picks up the ball in rain.

Throws a perfect launch through a bunch of dudes in rain.

To a grunner that previously dodged out, now catching no problem in rain.

All this with no rerolls.

And obviously MVP goes to useless lino.

Fuck this fucking gehm.

 

[Azira]

You're just Nuffle's bitch.

 

[RK47]

 

[RK47]

You're just Nuffle's bitch.

Nah, he's just skill-less. I beat that rat-ass 3-2 in a shootout. Piece of cake.

 

[RK47]

Play Off seeding as follows

Good luck.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Huh?

I'm not going up against monster lizards???

Potentially one more life to live!

 

[RK47]

Huh?

I'm not going up against monster lizards???

Potentially one more life to live!

Well the sad part is no two humans final is possible.
After this round, if we both win, we'll face each other.

 

[Jaedar]

So I'm against super khemri eh? That should be doable with some good kicks.