“FUMBBL SMACK Elite CCXLV semifinal. They bring the Count, we bring Zara.

First of all: Coach Angelface is a true gentleman. I got disconnected once, which probably caused the insolvable problems at the end of first half, a problem we we tried, for what felt like an eternity, to solve. In spite of him having the lead, and my star being badly hurt, he more or less demanded that the game would be decided using a complete replay or a coin toss - true sportsmanship! - and after consulting with an admin, replay was the chosen way.

The replay game in itself: a blitzer niggles out for us due to handicap virus, they start on offense but we get a blitz. Sara fails to break armour her first two times, but a longbeard kills a Wight (reg fails). They KO one of ours, but Zara niggles another of theirs (reg works). Undead run away with speedy ghoul, and can stall while we have trouble even getting any one down to foul. They also do some nice onedicers and dodges so i cant even bash some. Finally, turn seven we manage to niggle a ghoul with Zara. They score T8. Zara is spoted by ref.

Second half. We lack Zara who was spotted, and a guard longbeard. They lack a ghoul and a wight. Many many mighty blow blocks dont even cause a stun on their strong zombies, while they gangfoul longbeard Love Hurts to death. This is not in the replay as we had to reload, tried several reloads but he only got badly hurt - thus I chose to retire him after the game. Likewise, ref spotted the foul in spite of several reloads, so i moved away one of my dirty players as compensation (in case someone looking at the replay wonders). They badly hurt a troll slayer and we are 8 on 11, as we cant even stun their zombies. I try to run for a quick TD but H-gaze opens up a hole in our poor cage and they the get the ball loose. Even though we are very lucky to get it back, we are not even close to scoring. I try some desperate elf plays last two turns but get double skulls each turn first block :). Nuffle telling me not to try elf stuff with dwarfs.
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In spite of all the client/connection problems very very enjoyable game vs a very cleverly playing coach: great positioning, no unnecessary risks, etc - I will have to play much better next time!
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