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2009-06-02 15:25:43
38 votes, rating 3.8
38 votes, rating 3.8
Sorry diferno - I wasn't being testy.
I was a bit mean to an opposing coach today. Sorry diferno!
A rookie match between some vamps and some wood elves. The wood elves quickly flooded the deep field, so I ignored them and tried to pick off players around the LOS rather than chase down potential receivers or the ball.
At worst, they would score an early TD giving me plenty of time to reply. If they stalled, I could try to thin their numbers to make for an easy second half.
It failed miserably as I was unable to hurt any of the blighters.
Then I did the terrible thing.
Completely legitimately, one of my vamps was gang-fouled. I had left him alone in the deep-field, to at least cause some distraction while I concentrated on mauling them elsewhere. The poor count was on the floor when he was set upon by five elveseses. He was killed and failed his regen. diferno apologised (*sry*, he said).
What did I do which was so terrible I hear you ask? I gave him a little lecture about apologising, pointing out that it was silly to apologise for something that you did deliberately, even if the consequences were more extreme than intended. It didn't matter that he may have been happy with a BH, there was always a likelihood of a death when a bunch of pointy-eared, pointy-toed, pointy elveseses start putting the boot in.
The crazy thing is that I wasn't that bothered about the foul or the death. I would have done the same if I was him. It's an inconvenience, losing my vamp, but when my boys signed up for the team they knew the stakes. 'stakes'. arf... see what I did there?
I'm not angry or upset. I even found it funny. I think I must just have put my pedantic uncle hat on this morning and found myself dispensing grumpy, avuncular advice.
Anyhoo, my poor vamp team went on to kill three elves and win 2-1...
A rookie match between some vamps and some wood elves. The wood elves quickly flooded the deep field, so I ignored them and tried to pick off players around the LOS rather than chase down potential receivers or the ball.
At worst, they would score an early TD giving me plenty of time to reply. If they stalled, I could try to thin their numbers to make for an easy second half.
It failed miserably as I was unable to hurt any of the blighters.
Then I did the terrible thing.
Completely legitimately, one of my vamps was gang-fouled. I had left him alone in the deep-field, to at least cause some distraction while I concentrated on mauling them elsewhere. The poor count was on the floor when he was set upon by five elveseses. He was killed and failed his regen. diferno apologised (*sry*, he said).
What did I do which was so terrible I hear you ask? I gave him a little lecture about apologising, pointing out that it was silly to apologise for something that you did deliberately, even if the consequences were more extreme than intended. It didn't matter that he may have been happy with a BH, there was always a likelihood of a death when a bunch of pointy-eared, pointy-toed, pointy elveseses start putting the boot in.
The crazy thing is that I wasn't that bothered about the foul or the death. I would have done the same if I was him. It's an inconvenience, losing my vamp, but when my boys signed up for the team they knew the stakes. 'stakes'. arf... see what I did there?
I'm not angry or upset. I even found it funny. I think I must just have put my pedantic uncle hat on this morning and found myself dispensing grumpy, avuncular advice.
Anyhoo, my poor vamp team went on to kill three elves and win 2-1...
Comments
Posted by arw on 2009-06-02 15:36:21
Why are you apologizing?
You knew perfectly well what you've been doing!
Apart from that... blah blah... (lecture end)
^^
Grats on the win!
You knew perfectly well what you've been doing!
Apart from that... blah blah... (lecture end)
^^
Grats on the win!
Posted by Zombie69 on 2009-06-02 16:14:26
Read my blog. Saying sorry is not silly.
Posted by horsehawk on 2009-06-02 16:36:34
well, I agree with you Zombie69, but for some reason I found it a bit ridiculous saying sorry when you gang-foul with five elveseses.
I would normally let it pass and chuckle inwardly at it, but I had briefly turned into Grumplestiltskin
I would normally let it pass and chuckle inwardly at it, but I had briefly turned into Grumplestiltskin
Posted by gansus on 2009-06-02 16:55:43
I find it nice that people is able to apologize when they get cold, to say so. I mean i prefer people not getting so mean for a start, but apologizing later on is nice, too.
Posted by Sirdave79 on 2009-07-03 09:04:09
Im not much of a fouler, id rather people didnt unless they were losing heavily and then its all in the spirit of the match. Im quite new so ive not played lots and lots of games, I was lucky enough to get my 1st fumbbl game against kryten, he talked me through the first game setup, chatted about IRC all sorts. He fielded 2 catchers and 9 linemen i think and I was rubbing my hands together thinking i was going to have an easy victory. To say he taught me a lesson or 2 in proper blood bowl, whilst being courtesous entertaining polite and downright nice, would be an understatement, Id like to think I learned a lot in that match, which I was very lucky to win indeed, and a few random inuries made that very lucky win even more lucky. I think I killed one of his players and my first reaction was to say sorry. He laughed it off saying never say sorry.
3 games later i had 3 bruised and battered teams i think, much fouling against me, people i wanted to play saying no, the people who would play me making me wince. Ive had a guy foul me what seemed like every turn saying he needed to kill one of my players so he could get a dark elf zombie. I still dont like fouling but from then on I let how an opponent plays determine how i play in the foul stakes. If he fouls me quite often ill start fouling just so they dont think they can foul all game and i wont. My last game was my best game so far, against dwarves, I thought I was gonna lose after scoring a 2 turn TD and watching a slow dwarven grind for 6 turns and then kicking to him 2nd half. The slow advance started and 3 or 4 turns in i got lucky and the ball bobbled free. My thrower ran towards the end zone far away from any dwarf with 3 turns left on the clock and pretty much the game was mine. another foul went in on my players i think and so i made what blocks i could for hopefully a couple more spp's, and then finally on turn 7, after a really good game and a tough opponent i thought i was gonna lose too I fouled his runner just cause, after he fouled me a few times as icing. My icing was killing the runner in turn 7 to take my RIPs to 2, casulaties to 4 and the game 2-1 to me. I didnt apologise, cause I meant the last one, I didnt foul first and i didnt foul second. I fouled last. And I was lucky.
next time I kill somone from a block or foul, ill say sorry, cause really all i want is 2spp's and ur player off the pitch for my match. But if i get fouled a few times in what I percieve bad spirit ill foul block bite kick and smash and not say sorry.
I reckon if id done a 5 man foul in the game u described id say sorry too. But i wouldnt trade you the 2 spp's for whatever.
3 games later i had 3 bruised and battered teams i think, much fouling against me, people i wanted to play saying no, the people who would play me making me wince. Ive had a guy foul me what seemed like every turn saying he needed to kill one of my players so he could get a dark elf zombie. I still dont like fouling but from then on I let how an opponent plays determine how i play in the foul stakes. If he fouls me quite often ill start fouling just so they dont think they can foul all game and i wont. My last game was my best game so far, against dwarves, I thought I was gonna lose after scoring a 2 turn TD and watching a slow dwarven grind for 6 turns and then kicking to him 2nd half. The slow advance started and 3 or 4 turns in i got lucky and the ball bobbled free. My thrower ran towards the end zone far away from any dwarf with 3 turns left on the clock and pretty much the game was mine. another foul went in on my players i think and so i made what blocks i could for hopefully a couple more spp's, and then finally on turn 7, after a really good game and a tough opponent i thought i was gonna lose too I fouled his runner just cause, after he fouled me a few times as icing. My icing was killing the runner in turn 7 to take my RIPs to 2, casulaties to 4 and the game 2-1 to me. I didnt apologise, cause I meant the last one, I didnt foul first and i didnt foul second. I fouled last. And I was lucky.
next time I kill somone from a block or foul, ill say sorry, cause really all i want is 2spp's and ur player off the pitch for my match. But if i get fouled a few times in what I percieve bad spirit ill foul block bite kick and smash and not say sorry.
I reckon if id done a 5 man foul in the game u described id say sorry too. But i wouldnt trade you the 2 spp's for whatever.