“By request of my opponent, I rewatched this painful match.

Luck measures the rolls, but not when they happen. So let's talk simple percentages.

In the first half, Shadow Rain threw about 15 blocks, with a grand total of 2 stuns. That's vs AV 8. ERE threw about 20, with 1 KIA (the second block thrown), 2 more BH, and 1 KO. I didn't count the Stuns. That, also, was against AV 8. ERE got away with several spurious 1d blocks; SR knocked themselves cold on both critical ones they tried.

Despite all that, ERA finally only just scored at the very end of that half with a Turn 8 GFI, when there were only 6 defending players on the field, after previously losing the ball to 7 players, and almost allowing them a defensive score (dropped pass on a 3 roll at midfield by a player not yet moved).

The second half, still with only 7, the unskilled Dark Elves kicked off and battled the 11 Humans and their 2 Blitzers, Catcher and Thrower back and forth, successfully knocking the ball loose at one point for several turns and holding them to only 1 6-Turn score (tho' it was hard to tell if ERE was stalling or not). The 7 DE's almost tied it up at the very last, missing a single final 2-roll Dodge, the only roll that was all that was needed for the easy score to tie.

Bitter? Nah, sometimes, the dice just bite ya, nothing you can do. But that's not the same as another coach beating you. Looking forward to the rematch.”