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2009-11-21 14:24:09
27 votes, rating 2.8
27 votes, rating 2.8
Another High Elf diceraping ...
Well, I've just had my High Elf team blocked off the pitch by Madvig's Vampires in this game. I mean, fair enough, he's a good coach and he had 2 dirty players, but I still feel rather hard done by getting beat on CAS 5-1, bearing in mind that his thralls all only have av7, and his vamps were biting them.
So ... my frustration inspired me to write my first blog post (gotta do it sometime, I suppose). Yeah, this is basically a whine entry, but this sort of thing seems to happen to me again and again (and again) with HEs and I'm really starting to think that I'm just cursed with this race.
This is the second HE team that I've started in [R] - the first one also got diceraped to death on armour and CAS rolls. Check out the CAS stats for them - 64 CAS in 27 games with 30 SIs and only 24 BHs, which seems a little harsh. And with the new team, it's not just this one-off game that I'm moaning about - check out the other games they've played. They've got an average of almost 3 CAS per game so far and have been blocked off the pitch by such mighty teams as rookie DEs and Chaos (twice each).
So, this seems to be becoming quite a familiar pattern for me with HE teams. I keep thinking to myself: there must come a point where the luck will change and the stats will even themselves out ... but it just doesn't seem to happen. I know enough people have whined about badluck/RNG, but i can't help starting to think that this really can't be entirely random. I mean, I've got Pro Elf and Skaven teams in both Ranked and Blackbox, and they seem to be much more able to take a beating than my HEs. It's a shame, because I really like the HE roster and I've tried quite hard to build up a decent team with them, but keep getting shot down.
Well ... I suppose the only silver lining here for me is that even though my new HEs have taken a beating, they've still won half their games and they're on FF10, so I think there's still hope for them. I ain't gonna give up on them yet :D .
Again, sorry for the whiny blog that you've just had to read through, but I think writing it has helped me to get rid of some of this pent-up frustration.
So ... my frustration inspired me to write my first blog post (gotta do it sometime, I suppose). Yeah, this is basically a whine entry, but this sort of thing seems to happen to me again and again (and again) with HEs and I'm really starting to think that I'm just cursed with this race.
This is the second HE team that I've started in [R] - the first one also got diceraped to death on armour and CAS rolls. Check out the CAS stats for them - 64 CAS in 27 games with 30 SIs and only 24 BHs, which seems a little harsh. And with the new team, it's not just this one-off game that I'm moaning about - check out the other games they've played. They've got an average of almost 3 CAS per game so far and have been blocked off the pitch by such mighty teams as rookie DEs and Chaos (twice each).
So, this seems to be becoming quite a familiar pattern for me with HE teams. I keep thinking to myself: there must come a point where the luck will change and the stats will even themselves out ... but it just doesn't seem to happen. I know enough people have whined about badluck/RNG, but i can't help starting to think that this really can't be entirely random. I mean, I've got Pro Elf and Skaven teams in both Ranked and Blackbox, and they seem to be much more able to take a beating than my HEs. It's a shame, because I really like the HE roster and I've tried quite hard to build up a decent team with them, but keep getting shot down.
Well ... I suppose the only silver lining here for me is that even though my new HEs have taken a beating, they've still won half their games and they're on FF10, so I think there's still hope for them. I ain't gonna give up on them yet :D .
Again, sorry for the whiny blog that you've just had to read through, but I think writing it has helped me to get rid of some of this pent-up frustration.
Comments
Posted by Manp on 2009-11-21 14:28:30
Had the same problem with He's had to go through 5 new He teams until i came up with these guys http://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=team&op=view&team_id=589637
they had a good run..ended up being destroyed as well but i guess thats just the natural cycle of elves..
they had a good run..ended up being destroyed as well but i guess thats just the natural cycle of elves..
Posted by PurpleChest on 2009-11-21 14:42:13
Elves ought to die eventaully.
That so many elf teams dont says something about the coaches.
That so many elf teams dont says something about the coaches.
Posted by Cloggy on 2009-11-21 15:39:11
Av8 elves are not all THAT squishy, but I dare say giving 57 blocks to a bunch of vamps is asking for trouble.
Better make sure you play a low contact game from now on, and that will help loads.
Better make sure you play a low contact game from now on, and that will help loads.
Posted by Psilocybe on 2009-11-21 15:39:13
i stopped reading at Madvig and started giggling :P
GO MADVIG !!
GO MADVIG !!
Posted by Purplegoo on 2009-11-21 16:15:27
Everyone has bad streaks.
I'm on one. I went all emo for half an hour earlier.
Trick is to be as non emo as possible. DO IT! :D
I'm on one. I went all emo for half an hour earlier.
Trick is to be as non emo as possible. DO IT! :D
Posted by Shades_SteelFist on 2009-11-21 16:26:03
Its got nothing to with luck mate, if you let your opponent block you that many times in a game with elfs your bound to get hurt, I just had a look at your previous games and you where out blocked in every single one, sometimes by a 2-1 difference or more.
Its not luck mate its your own fault, don't get hit as much and you wont get hurt as much, Its seems very obvious but some people just cant seem to get this simple fact down, I believe you sir maybe one off these people.
Its not luck mate its your own fault, don't get hit as much and you wont get hurt as much, Its seems very obvious but some people just cant seem to get this simple fact down, I believe you sir maybe one off these people.
Posted by JellyBelly on 2009-11-21 17:26:51
Ok, so a couple of people are saying that my elves are getting beat on because I'm giving too many blocks away. They might well have a point, and I'll have to have a look at that, but I think part of the reason that I've given so many blocks away with this team is [i]because[/i] I've lost two or three players early on and things have landslided from there ...
I've often been in a position where I've ended up several players down two or three turns into the half and spent the rest of the half with the rest of my players surrounded, getting pinballed back and forth between my opponents players. Then, on my turn, if I'm lucky enough to even have any players left standing, the only options I have are -2 dice blocks, which isn't great. In that situation I can't really help giving blocks away, so I think this is skewing the 'blocks' stat a bit.
I gotta disagree with Steelfist there. There is obviously a big luck element to this game and I'm sure everyone has games where they get crapped on by Nuffle. I mean, it doesn't matter how good you are - there isn't much you can do about it if the armour and injury rolls are going against you, is there?
I've often been in a position where I've ended up several players down two or three turns into the half and spent the rest of the half with the rest of my players surrounded, getting pinballed back and forth between my opponents players. Then, on my turn, if I'm lucky enough to even have any players left standing, the only options I have are -2 dice blocks, which isn't great. In that situation I can't really help giving blocks away, so I think this is skewing the 'blocks' stat a bit.
I gotta disagree with Steelfist there. There is obviously a big luck element to this game and I'm sure everyone has games where they get crapped on by Nuffle. I mean, it doesn't matter how good you are - there isn't much you can do about it if the armour and injury rolls are going against you, is there?
Posted by JellyBelly on 2009-11-21 17:32:00
Also, part of my point was that I only seem to get this sort of relentless bad luck with my HE teams. My Pro Elves, Skaven and Humans are all doing fine. Just seems weird that my HEs are getting crapped on so much more ...
Posted by eyeslikethunder on 2009-11-21 21:02:01
57 blocks to 29 4 fouls to 1
thats why you lost
thats why you lost
Posted by pythrr on 2009-11-21 21:10:26
see, told u u should have played me, but no... you had to got play some one else.....
Posted by JellyBelly on 2009-11-21 23:34:17
No ... there's only one way I can see to deal with this situation. I'm going to have to start cheating like everyone else ... ;)
Posted by pythrr on 2009-11-22 05:41:43
cheating how now?