Some wisdom to remember:

Ethics of brutality:

Any carnage that is inflicted due to blocks, fouls, surfs, rocks, etc. in the course of a game are legit. It is a million times better to have a star killed on the pitch than retired due to aging.

The exception is when the game is decided. This is where most people disagree......

Just because you have three people dead in the first half does not make the game out of reach. Game is over to me when it is physically impossible for you to even tie it. So while it may suck for you to have nasty injuries early, i never consider a game vs 9 or 10 guys "in the bag" unless i am up 4 TDs at halftime.

The more experienced you are... the more often you have seen 7 rats rattle off 3 TDs in the second half to win a game that looked like a blowout. Playing bloody is fine. There are coaches out there i have played who have noticed that i adhere to these policies or have done certain things in the game that may be "un-Synnlike". I really do not derive pleasure in crippling teams and if i did it would be hard for me to have so many repeat opponents.

Someone like me may not be the type of opponent you want to play "every game" since both of us may really lose a team.... but i will point out how very few blacklists i am on.

__Synn

There is an art to one dice blocking. If like me you're too stupid and lazy to learn how to position your players, plan your turns and strategise on the blood bowl pitch, then you may have to learn the art of one dice blocking a lot quicker. Or you could just get good at those other things, but i suspect that's a lot less fun and also this allows your opponent to plan their strategy in accordance with what your are likely to be doing. If you have no clue what you're doing then they can't plan to counter it. This leads to many surprising and unique opportunities on the field. Trust me, I'm an expert one dice blocker and a huge lucker too.

Luck is also a skill that needs practice if you're ever going to get good at it. Reliance on skill can only take you so far in a game of chance.

hotpurstu

"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." -- Thomas Jefferson
“Chance favors the prepared mind.“ – Louis Pasteur
“Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember it didn’t work for the rabbit.“ – R.E. Shay
“Diligence is the mother of good luck.“ – Benjamin Franklin
“If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.“ – Henry Ford
“In short, Luck’s always to blame.“ – Jean De La Fontaine
“Luck is the residue of design.“ - Branch Rickey
“Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.“ – Earl Wilson
“The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.“ – Wilson Mizner
“The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.“ – Harry Golden
“The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.“ – Edward Gibbon