I first started playing Blood Bowl over ten years ago. At the time I played a lot of Warhammer Fantasy Battle and a bit of 40k. I loved the halfling BB models and was looking for a reason to paint them...so I joined a local BB league. With the league rules it was basically a Griff/Wardancer team with a bunch of halflings and trees to run screens.
After that initial league I played very little BB for years. Then I found Fumbbl.

I strongly favor using bashy teams. I just can't stand that long pause, after a pow but before the sound of bones breaking, that tortures me when I use low AV teams.

How to solve the two ball client reload bug
reload with .inc
sync
end the turn
reload again with .dat
problem solved
you just can't move the ball carrier before you reload with .dat
due to the two ball issue caused by the sync
and yes.. play direct whenever you can