I am a school teacher living in Anchorage, Alaska. I started playing Bloodbowl 2nd edition with my brother and some friends around 1990. I mainly played human teams, but then got into chaos mixed teams because of the mutation element. With 3rd edition, I started playing Nurgle Rotters, but I still enjoy just playing any team. I also enjoy video games, board games, roleplaying games, mountain biking, snowboarding, and watching movies. I'm getting married in a year, and I have two adult aged children.

My views on the development of Bloodbowl throughout the years:

I started playing in 1989 with my brother and some local friends. We really liked American football, and we played all kinds of football games (Madden 90, 91, Super Tecmo Bowl, and some others). At the time we formed our own leagues and followed official rules. We were playing 2nd edition, and it was great. The main issues that we had was that certain people always beat certain others. We also would have issues with fouling (spearing).

I then played another league with some friends a number of years ago, so I was quite a bit older, but still just as enthused about Bloodbowl. The league was fun, but my brother and I were playing with people who had never played before. It was 3rd edition and a nice opportunity to learn the new rules. I didn't think I would like it, but I did.

My brother moved out of state and he joined a real life Bloodbowl tournament where he moved, and that got me wanting to play again. Well he found the Fumbbl site and we both started playing a lot. Before online play, I had probably played 50 matches. Since joining online, in only a few months, I've played over 200 matches. It was quite apparent to my brother and I right off the bat, how little experience we had. One of the issues that always bothered us is unsportsmanlike conduct. Fortunately, this only happens in maybe 3% of games.

I don't really care about the CR as I have played much higher rated coaches and won, and played much lower rated coaches and lost. In the end, this is a game of dice, and while you can minimize the chances that the dice can screw you over, it still comes down to rolling dice. There are definitely some games where the dice are just killing one opponent, and it's my opinion that in those games, you just suck it up and drive on. But constantly complaining, telling the other coach he'd be losing if not for the dice, or similar tactics will not gain you any respect.

I guess, in the end, this is just a game. I don't get any big signing bonuses, fancy cars, or major bling to hang around my neck if I win. So why would I get so upset about losing a star player or not winning a match?