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2023-05-03 13:33:15
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13 votes, rating 6
Setting targets
Alternative title: dogs chasing cars
Hi, I'm an addict.
I get fixated on specific topics for months. I played single player, narrative StarCraft, Warcraft 3 and Stronghold countless times. Somehow my body made me quit smoking and that's one of my luckiest escapes. The way I deal with addictions is to try and "finish" them. Try everything and be done with it. My current and seemingly long term addiction is Blood Bowl, of course.
How do you complete BB? Can you even do that?
Earlier on in my learning experience with the game, when I was fully a BB and FUMBBL newb, I set myself a target to have at least more combined wins and draws than losses. A while back I mentioned that on discord, and Christer pointed out that I was pretty close to the reverse, that is, more wins than draws and losses combined. That milestone came and went, too.
At some point my target became to be the second FUMBBL coach to ever finish the box grid, after the legendary BillBrasky. Actually it turns out, playing every roster for 100+ games each, really makes you a bit better at this. I came sort of close to fulfilling that target too, then GW kept releasing new teams, and then the old Box died a quiet death. People danced on its corpse. All in jest of course.
With the advent of [C] the new target became to be the first to finish its pristine grid. It took me lots of cajoling to get those stunties to face dorfs and zons, and as always gobs are easier to entice than flings. Now I've finally got the Lizards VS Vamps match-up (thanks spelledaren, you're a true gentleman!) so I can claim to have finished the [C] grid first.
Too many people to thank but, DrClaes, Cobreti, Xpher, to name a few, great people all around on this website.
Eventually during the box hunt I stumbled upon tournaments as a way to make Box halflings bearable. I did around 20 Rumbles with them, got totally hooked. If you haven't done FUMBBL tournaments yet, mate, you're missing out. As close as it gets to true and proper BB, which is, of course, scheduled league from a rookie start, with playoffs at the end.
The addiction kicked in, and the trophies eventually came. Most recent is Halflings, not in Rumbles oddly enough, but in a Major"s qualifier. Won a couple of those, too, and lost a Major's final. Putting this list here so I can keep track.
Rumbles Amazon, Dwarf, Human, Khorne, Norse, Ogre, Slann, Shambling Undead, Snotling (BB16 and BB20), Tomb Kings (13 attempts!), Underworld Denizens
Brawls/Smacks/Qualifiers Amazon, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Elven Union, Halfling (after 20 RRRs!), High Elf, Imperial Nobility, Lizardmen, Necromantic Horror, Nurgle, Old World Alliance, Orc (also this and this), Shambling Undead, Skaven, Vampire, Wood Elf
Currently Missing Black Orc (4 RRRs, 1 final), Chaos Renegades (8 attempts), Goblin (8 attempts)
What felt like the worst to get was TKs, with 3 Rumbles finals lost before the eventual success. The easiest probably a tie between Khorne and Norse, both on first attempts. The former is way more surprising than the latter, but Norse have been known to be tricky to win four games in a row for some. There's other addicts in that cauldron, Melmoth, MerryZ, geggster, storr, SideShowBob, Joost... You learn a bit more every time. As they say at the end of a Go game, thanks for teaching me.
Now just 3 are left to catch.
One is pact/renegades, lost a Brawl final once against the excellent Flytime (welcome back!) and I have no idea how to make them work now, rogar is a great buff but probably the only one, and then you start noticing the myriad ways they got worse. Can they even smallkosp anymore? They'll be my next TT leeg challenge.
One is GOBS, the first team that I built and painted on purpose for Tabletop, none of that "I found them on the core box" sillyness. I love them, I hate them, I can't give up on them, no idea how to get them to that title. ArrestedDevelopment says XFL Goblin Qualifier was always their best shot, go figure.
One is BOBS, took to semifinals in my tabletop League and liking them more and more. Thanks tussock for giving me advice when I was giving up on them! Now that brawls are back, thanks to razmus running them, they might have a chance there, because they certainly don't have great hopes against the dominant rosters in the starless Rumbles.
Maybe the new targets to set are in League, maybe in CIBBL, maybe achieve some decent results in Resurrection leagues, or maybe try, seriously, to win a Major?
Get rid of the excuses and crutches, "I didn't win but I took stunties anyway so..." sort of reasoning. Give up on the Cinderella rosters and go back to trying my best, my actual best. Sometimes humility is just a cover for arrogance and contempt. The mantra "I'm bad at this" stays, but perhaps it just means something else now.
What's the moral of this rambling, self-aggrandising, meandering tirade? Always set new targets. Enter the tournaments, try to win one sometime. Get to a certain tipping point in your winrate. Find harder and harder matches, overcome the odds, learn from your mistakes and regroup. We can't all be Malmir but don't let that stop you. Give in to the addiction.
Thanks FUMBBL, thanks Christer, thanks for all the fun and for having built this community.
Hi, I'm an addict.
I get fixated on specific topics for months. I played single player, narrative StarCraft, Warcraft 3 and Stronghold countless times. Somehow my body made me quit smoking and that's one of my luckiest escapes. The way I deal with addictions is to try and "finish" them. Try everything and be done with it. My current and seemingly long term addiction is Blood Bowl, of course.
How do you complete BB? Can you even do that?
Earlier on in my learning experience with the game, when I was fully a BB and FUMBBL newb, I set myself a target to have at least more combined wins and draws than losses. A while back I mentioned that on discord, and Christer pointed out that I was pretty close to the reverse, that is, more wins than draws and losses combined. That milestone came and went, too.
At some point my target became to be the second FUMBBL coach to ever finish the box grid, after the legendary BillBrasky. Actually it turns out, playing every roster for 100+ games each, really makes you a bit better at this. I came sort of close to fulfilling that target too, then GW kept releasing new teams, and then the old Box died a quiet death. People danced on its corpse. All in jest of course.
With the advent of [C] the new target became to be the first to finish its pristine grid. It took me lots of cajoling to get those stunties to face dorfs and zons, and as always gobs are easier to entice than flings. Now I've finally got the Lizards VS Vamps match-up (thanks spelledaren, you're a true gentleman!) so I can claim to have finished the [C] grid first.
Too many people to thank but, DrClaes, Cobreti, Xpher, to name a few, great people all around on this website.
Eventually during the box hunt I stumbled upon tournaments as a way to make Box halflings bearable. I did around 20 Rumbles with them, got totally hooked. If you haven't done FUMBBL tournaments yet, mate, you're missing out. As close as it gets to true and proper BB, which is, of course, scheduled league from a rookie start, with playoffs at the end.
The addiction kicked in, and the trophies eventually came. Most recent is Halflings, not in Rumbles oddly enough, but in a Major"s qualifier. Won a couple of those, too, and lost a Major's final. Putting this list here so I can keep track.
Rumbles Amazon, Dwarf, Human, Khorne, Norse, Ogre, Slann, Shambling Undead, Snotling (BB16 and BB20), Tomb Kings (13 attempts!), Underworld Denizens
Brawls/Smacks/Qualifiers Amazon, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Elven Union, Halfling (after 20 RRRs!), High Elf, Imperial Nobility, Lizardmen, Necromantic Horror, Nurgle, Old World Alliance, Orc (also this and this), Shambling Undead, Skaven, Vampire, Wood Elf
Currently Missing Black Orc (4 RRRs, 1 final), Chaos Renegades (8 attempts), Goblin (8 attempts)
What felt like the worst to get was TKs, with 3 Rumbles finals lost before the eventual success. The easiest probably a tie between Khorne and Norse, both on first attempts. The former is way more surprising than the latter, but Norse have been known to be tricky to win four games in a row for some. There's other addicts in that cauldron, Melmoth, MerryZ, geggster, storr, SideShowBob, Joost... You learn a bit more every time. As they say at the end of a Go game, thanks for teaching me.
Now just 3 are left to catch.
One is pact/renegades, lost a Brawl final once against the excellent Flytime (welcome back!) and I have no idea how to make them work now, rogar is a great buff but probably the only one, and then you start noticing the myriad ways they got worse. Can they even smallkosp anymore? They'll be my next TT leeg challenge.
One is GOBS, the first team that I built and painted on purpose for Tabletop, none of that "I found them on the core box" sillyness. I love them, I hate them, I can't give up on them, no idea how to get them to that title. ArrestedDevelopment says XFL Goblin Qualifier was always their best shot, go figure.
One is BOBS, took to semifinals in my tabletop League and liking them more and more. Thanks tussock for giving me advice when I was giving up on them! Now that brawls are back, thanks to razmus running them, they might have a chance there, because they certainly don't have great hopes against the dominant rosters in the starless Rumbles.
Maybe the new targets to set are in League, maybe in CIBBL, maybe achieve some decent results in Resurrection leagues, or maybe try, seriously, to win a Major?
Get rid of the excuses and crutches, "I didn't win but I took stunties anyway so..." sort of reasoning. Give up on the Cinderella rosters and go back to trying my best, my actual best. Sometimes humility is just a cover for arrogance and contempt. The mantra "I'm bad at this" stays, but perhaps it just means something else now.
What's the moral of this rambling, self-aggrandising, meandering tirade? Always set new targets. Enter the tournaments, try to win one sometime. Get to a certain tipping point in your winrate. Find harder and harder matches, overcome the odds, learn from your mistakes and regroup. We can't all be Malmir but don't let that stop you. Give in to the addiction.
Thanks FUMBBL, thanks Christer, thanks for all the fun and for having built this community.
Comments
Posted by C0ddlefish on 2023-05-03 15:36:06
Definitely think there's something in 'setting your own goals'.
I'll probably never get away from the frustration of that bad game but having a larger goal definitely helps me.
It might be something as simple as am I better with Khorne or Nurgle over 15 games (Nurgle obviously). I intend to start a Goblin run soon to see if I can do better than I did with Flings over 15 games.
As Tesco(?) used to say, every little helps
I'll probably never get away from the frustration of that bad game but having a larger goal definitely helps me.
It might be something as simple as am I better with Khorne or Nurgle over 15 games (Nurgle obviously). I intend to start a Goblin run soon to see if I can do better than I did with Flings over 15 games.
As Tesco(?) used to say, every little helps
Posted by XpherAndTheAxes on 2023-05-03 16:07:54
Complete BB by doing EVERYTHING, i mean theres only something like just under 3 trillion possible ways to build a human lineman, and theyre one of the more "generic" pieces! :D
honestly its interesting to see what drives a superstar, and i believe in you to finish your box grid :P
honestly its interesting to see what drives a superstar, and i believe in you to finish your box grid :P
Posted by Storr on 2023-05-03 16:30:45
The only reason I play all these RRR is to prevent you from winning one with every race and quitting bb.
Posted by Melmoth on 2023-05-03 17:47:15
Awesome work mate...Sadly did not have enough time recently to set some goals for myself. Maybe one day again...
Posted by The_Great_Gobbo on 2023-05-03 18:25:48
Wud I be evil if I pointed yer attenshun towardz achievin all of der badges yew kan claim? Ent no wun completed dat challenge az far az i no...:)
Posted by DrClaes on 2023-05-03 19:04:37
"We all come to the game with our own goals, our own dreams, and our own aspirations. For some it’s the friendly banter of a tight-knit league, and for others the knife’s edge of competitive play in the Blackbox or the majors.
And then there’s the coaches who prefer stunties. Life for the stunty coach flows at a different pace than for those who run with elves or bash with the Undead. We relish in the simple pleasures of landing a thrown team-mate for a game-changing touchdown as much as we cheer when our big guys smash a hapless lineman into a pool of gore on the line of scrimmage.
Death is ever present for the stunty coach. We smell it when we take to the pitch, see it in the gleaming eyes of a charging opponent blitzer, and hear the sickening crunch of stunty bones breaking. It is our curse, but also our blessing.
But if Nuffle gave the stunty players paper-thin armor to protect them on the field, he also gave them the determination to fight back, the ferocity to punch above their weight, and the mobility to swarm around immobilized opponents for vicious, head-splitting gang fouls. Many a coach has seen their fully grown players taken off the field one by one by a determined stunty team—in body bags or on stretchers—and walked away in abject horror, having won the game but lost their team.
For some, the trophy hunting takes on a life of its own. We seek out the strongest, most experienced players facing us and target them for elimination. On good days we bring a cadre of dedicated foulers who know every dirty trick in the book. Our big guys hone their blocking skills to perfection to lay waste to the line of scrimmage after the obligatory touchdowns scored by our opponents, and the crowd cheers as they water the grass with bright red blood."
-- mission statement of the Throne of Blood
And then there’s the coaches who prefer stunties. Life for the stunty coach flows at a different pace than for those who run with elves or bash with the Undead. We relish in the simple pleasures of landing a thrown team-mate for a game-changing touchdown as much as we cheer when our big guys smash a hapless lineman into a pool of gore on the line of scrimmage.
Death is ever present for the stunty coach. We smell it when we take to the pitch, see it in the gleaming eyes of a charging opponent blitzer, and hear the sickening crunch of stunty bones breaking. It is our curse, but also our blessing.
But if Nuffle gave the stunty players paper-thin armor to protect them on the field, he also gave them the determination to fight back, the ferocity to punch above their weight, and the mobility to swarm around immobilized opponents for vicious, head-splitting gang fouls. Many a coach has seen their fully grown players taken off the field one by one by a determined stunty team—in body bags or on stretchers—and walked away in abject horror, having won the game but lost their team.
For some, the trophy hunting takes on a life of its own. We seek out the strongest, most experienced players facing us and target them for elimination. On good days we bring a cadre of dedicated foulers who know every dirty trick in the book. Our big guys hone their blocking skills to perfection to lay waste to the line of scrimmage after the obligatory touchdowns scored by our opponents, and the crowd cheers as they water the grass with bright red blood."
-- mission statement of the Throne of Blood
Posted by SideshowBob on 2023-05-03 20:01:37
Nice work bud and sorry for ghosting you for so long with my vamps.
If we do it right, we can brawl it out Mummy vs Vampire soon enough.
If we do it right, we can brawl it out Mummy vs Vampire soon enough.
Posted by Java on 2023-05-04 00:41:43
That could be a fun one indeed.
Posted by razmus on 2023-05-04 20:41:13
Finished the grid? Here's your badge... https://fumbbl.com/files/GLN/BadgesLRB6/Griddled.gif