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Match Result · Ranked division
Match recorded on 2006-01-07 01:23:30
60k
1/1/1
Player Performances
td
comp
cas
int
mvp
spp
turns
pass
rush
block
foul
TOTALS
2
-
3
-
1
17
-
-
33
73
-
Player Performances
td
comp
cas
int
mvp
spp
turns
pass
rush
block
foul
TOTALS
-
-
2
-
1
9
-
-
-
53
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#11 Noel Durand – Serious Concussion (-AV)
#15 Garthe Shroeder – Dead (RIP)
“A game in which the Vanguards pretty much dominated the first half. Stopping the advancing orcs in their tracks and holding the drive up all the way until the end of the first half
However, the second half starts with a blitz from the orcs and a favourable bounce towards them. This results in a pounced upon ball deep in my own half with no coverage. Stalling only lasts for so long and by turn 3 the ball is in the endzone. 1-0 Orcs.
Next kick off and Burgh lets us down by Pow/Skull Skulling his block dice and causes a turnover. Another favourable bounce from the kick leaves the ball 2 squares off from the LOS way over on the edge of the pitch. A decent effort to stop another score from the Orcs results only in a T16 Troll TTM and a score. Most upsetting.
Another bitter taste of defeat for the vanguards. In a game that looked like a solid draw from the start...”
However, the second half starts with a blitz from the orcs and a favourable bounce towards them. This results in a pounced upon ball deep in my own half with no coverage. Stalling only lasts for so long and by turn 3 the ball is in the endzone. 1-0 Orcs.
Next kick off and Burgh lets us down by Pow/Skull Skulling his block dice and causes a turnover. Another favourable bounce from the kick leaves the ball 2 squares off from the LOS way over on the edge of the pitch. A decent effort to stop another score from the Orcs results only in a T16 Troll TTM and a score. Most upsetting.
Another bitter taste of defeat for the vanguards. In a game that looked like a solid draw from the start...”
NMcAndrew is a good coach I played a few times now and has similar luck to my own.
Not in this game, though it was weird how things turned out.
1st Half, I got the ball, failed a short pass to a 4Ag Blitzer, then got snarled up in a muddle in the middle of the field, and everything, yeah, EVERYTHING, near enough, that the humans threw put my guys on the floor. 8 turns of being comepletely battered, and picking up where my retired Dwarves left off :(
The weather didn't help - sweltering heat all game, and the 2nd half promised more of a hammering... until I got a blitz on kickoff, and more, it was near the halfway line!
Once more the orcs trundled up the field, only to be caught up by improbably successful blocks and dodges - the humans didn't really miss too many beats, and their Ogre was outstanding, with 1 bone head all game as far as I recall.
Even after (another) dodge and 1db (too many came off to count - every turn at least 2-3 I'd say) put my ball carrier down, I managed to scrape the ball (and my players up) to score, leaving nothing to chance in the way of stalling - odds were another dodge/block would punish me.
Kickoff again... and another near halfway line landing. This time, the Ogre came up with a block/pow to end the humans turn prematurely, allowing the Orcs to scoop the ball up and...
Allow a 2db on the ball carrier.
Getting snarled up again, in turn 8 H2, no way to run the ball home, the troll amazingly moved (been stupid a lot of the game) and threw the gobbo nearer the End Zone, to rush in a (not deserved) 2nd touchdown.
If not for the blitz and the Ogre screwing up, this game would have been 0-0, or even 1-0 to the humans, so even though my luck was screwy all game, and the Humans luck incredible, 2 lucky kickoff results handed me the victory.
A +St on a BOB was countered by an aging niggle, and otherwise the team is counting itself lucky to win. This was perhaps the least deserved of my teams' wins so far, and the most fortunate, thanks to kickoffs that went astray.
I dare say a rematch would be on at some point - the humans get better with every game and ultimately bad luck with two kickoffs cost them the game in this one, nothing more than that, as their defending was rock solid.
Cheers!
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