Spielmannsfluch

I'm burning this Norse team to the ground.

On 10/29/2021 at 7:32 AM, Burk said:

@Spielmannsfluch  we up.  what your schedule like?

 

Sorry for the delay...planning a dual birthday party for two boys. Shoot me a text: 510-828-8161.

On 10/2/2021 at 11:30 PM, michaels said:

I've been playing in a mixed league. It's pretty fun. Ogres with gutter runners 😄 Doubt we'd get the numbers, however.

Norse with Amazon seem a nice combo.

Interesting.  I never realized that Amazons could start with four Blodgers.

Mr. Burk, sir, I realize it's against the spirit of the game, but have you ever given thought of running a Mixed Team league?  I'd be in.

@peter.cosgrove 

Great.  Nurgle.  My fourth favorite team.  Maybe the fifth favorite, but it's been a while since I've played orcs.

Please text 510-828-8161 to schedule.  I should be good after 3:00 and before 6:00 tomorrow, and again after 8:00.  Same for Friday.  Saturday might be kids football day.  Sunday unknown.  Nest week is mostly the same as tomorrow.

Let's play some Blood Bowl!

6 hours ago, WreckingBall said:

Do we have a discord channel that I need to join or is this where we schedule our games with our opponents? Sorry this is my first time playing in this league with you guys. Thanks!

Nominally it's a forum post but several people just give out their phone numbers to text.

30 minutes ago, Spielmannsfluch said:

2050 elves

Speaking of elves....in the first edition AD&D, Gygax specifically exempted elves from the Raise Dead and Resurrection spells in the Player's Handbook.  This is because elves have no soul and therefore are not technically "people".  Orcs, golblins, gnolls, kobalds and even halflings are people.  Elves are not people.  In case you were curious.

2 hours ago, michaels said:

Was probably Burk & I each sending one. Take the ticket for the div you're in, ignore the other.  Originally you were in div1 but spiel volunteered so it was changed last minute. 

Wow.  I am certainly punching up.  Div 1:  2050 elves, 1720 and 1750 chaos.  Bring it on!

2 hours ago, Burk said:

ok...its gonna be a lot of pain for you, but your choice. 

I was married for three years and three hundred and fifty eight days.  Yes, I counted.  I cannot see anything being worse than that.  Four Weddings and a Funeral is kind of like five things of the same thing.

And as an off shoot, when is the last time you seen a veteran whine about anything he volunteered for?

Let us play some Blood Bowl!

I work with the dude every day.  One of my annual work goals is backing up his vacation.  He got into Blood Bowl because of me.  Our kids have played together.  Bring it on!

EDIT:  I *demand* my team escalation so that I may play Elmdor.  Polity and respectively to Ordo management, of course.

43 minutes ago, Burk said:

if your volunteering?

 

LMK

30 minutes ago, Burk said:

Ok. We dont have an even number of new teams to returning teams, so be aware that at least 1 new team will need to play up in the div 1.   Who it is, is TBD....but be aware, this is why we do catchup games......

I wouldn't mind moving so long as I can play against this guy:

@CountElmdor - BB2 Team Name: Lucavi - BB2 name: Elmdor - Race: Chaos

4 hours ago, michaels said:

All done. I deducted all the money from your winnings for 1) Making a dwarf team & 2) Naming it Ordo Dwarfs. that's bad & you should feel bad.

Just need @WreckingBall & @Falcon64

Dwarf's suck.

33 minutes ago, michaels said:

All set.

Finally some good level ups.  Runner +1 STR and a doubles for a blodging Lineman.  The other Runner picked up Blodge on a standard level-up.  Cool.

5 hours ago, Burk said:

Ok, prepping catchup games.  I have sent tickets to these players for the catchups.  Please accept and advise when done.

@Russell Castronovo @Duckman @Falcon64

@kb10r @Spielmannsfluch @Swensos83 @WreckingBall

Ticket used.

1 hour ago, Ish said:

Off topic...No dwarves.  All human.  They are not allowed to play demi-humans until they've read The Hobbit, LotR and the Silmarillion.

19 minutes ago, Weav said:

With respect Speil, the huge round Robin is destined to fail. I’ll pass if that’s the format. My vote is for whichever option has the fewest (goal: zero) AI teams. 

Fair enough. I'd rather have more people involved than a longer season.

My kids were bugging me about when the next season starts. I'm trying to hook them while they're young.

Off topic aside, my 8, 6 and 4 year olds rolled up their first 3.5 Ed characters last weekend. I'm so proud of them. Ranger (archer), fighter and rogue. I told the six year old his character could use two weapons when he could read and explain the rules for them....he went with the d12 axe, instead. I almost cried.

22 minutes ago, Burk said:

We are still a couple of weeks away, sorry but i will be out of the state for a bit.  Once I am back...full speed ahead.

Cool.

We can always do a 17 team round robin. It'll be a slog, but more Blood Bowl is a good thing. With round robin, we might not even need playoffs. 

1 hour ago, Burk said:

Ok, so we have 16 teams, but 1 more that wants in.  I think we can do this.   we have 2 options

 

8 game season like normal with playoffs

1.  3 divisions - 8 teams each (2x 6 human, 2 AI; 1x 5 human, 3 AI).  Means each team plays at lease 3 AI...not my prefered, but makes it so each team plays each team in their division.

2. 2 divisions of 10 teams each (1 with 9 human, 1 AS; 1 with 8 human, 2 AI). with 8 games, each human will not play ever other human.

Both are sub-optimal, but it gets all the players in.  

Want your thoughts on this?

Or other option Is I can play 2 teams in the 3 division format so each division is equal players/AI.

 

 

I just want to get started. Let's play, already. I trust you regarding the details.

On 8/7/2021 at 7:49 AM, Burk said:

 

Got 14.

@dylanator 

@Maxwell Christian

@Rhuell

I've been out of town. Am I onee of the 14?
Boring Norm

On 7/12/2021 at 7:03 AM, Spielmannsfluch said:

I'm in, but likely with a new Norse team rather than lizards.

Also, FYI, CountElmdor is 99% in as the same chaos, but he's on vacation right now. Please save him a slot.

-Boring Norm

 

Playing Norse

Coach Spielmannsfluch

Team Name:  Test Two Beta

On 7/17/2021 at 1:40 PM, scotthartman said:

Team decision update. Playing Dorfs

Coach Name: PajamaRed

Team Name: Chunklove

Dwarves suck.

I'm in, but likely with a new Norse team rather than lizards.

Also, FYI, CountElmdor is 99% in as the same chaos, but he's on vacation right now. Please save him a slot.

-Boring Norm

I qualified and downloaded it last night.  Would not have happened without @CountElmdor letting me know.  He's a gentleman and a scholar and there's not many of us left.

My first impressions of the beta:

1 - I may have an older laptop, but even on the low settings the thing is laggy.  It feels like I am running through sand wearing ill fitting flip flops and bell bottoms while hauling an uneven backpack flopping around and I forgot my sun hat.  This will probably get better, but at this point, it discourages me from playing more.

2 - I *hate* having to click "ok" to confirm every move.  I know there may have been issues with misclicks in previous games, but this reminds me of the "are you sure?" every time crap you had with Vista.  Annoying.

3 - The forced diagonal view is frustrating to my tiny lizard brain, and I am generally good at spacial recognition.  I really like to view the field plumb, from my perspective and allow zoom and top down.  Yes, this will probably be fixed, but for now, it's annoying and makes the game more like a job than fun.

I have no comments on the new rules or gameplay as it is too early and I started playing late last night.

I will advise.