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Match Result · Academy division
Match recorded on 2008-04-17 23:45:46
40k
3/1/1
Player Performances
td
comp
cas
int
mvp
spp
turns
pass
rush
block
foul
TOTALS
1
-
2
1
1
14
-
-
11
41
3
#13 Lucy – Dead (RIP)
Player Performances
td
comp
cas
int
mvp
spp
turns
pass
rush
block
foul
TOTALS
2
2
4
-
1
21
-
2
26
29
-
#1 Joe Hart – Dead (RIP)
#2 Michael Ball – Smashed Knee (NI)
“Death on the Pitch
Munchester's friendly inaugral game turned nasty as Little Loving Coaches, a halfling team, proved tougher than they look. We speak to The_Odyssey, Munchester's coach. "Hello Oddy, you won 2-1 but you never looked in command of the game".
"We were gonna go in 'ard an' bash those fat stunts but they turned the tables on us. Those stunts can't 'alf 'it 'ard. 'Specially when they're hitting yer balls as yer lying on the floor ".
"But you got the early score despite having to kick off first?"
"Yeah, great kick into the corner of their widezone, a fumbbl by their team an' then our guys were onto the ball an' across the line. Beautiful to watch but the way they took out our LoS that first turn we needed to score just ter give us time to regroup."
"And you were lucky on defence."
"That we were. There's not a lot you can do ter stop 'alfings flying through the air, but only one made it on the final turn. Musta been five or six o' t' stunts tried for it, but only one 'ad t' right stuff, if yer catch my drift. They shoulda scored a lot more."
"So you're saying you fluked it, it shoulda been at least 5-2 to the halfings, and what should have been a walkover turned into a grinding fight that had nearly half your team off the pitch?"
"Er, yeah, pretty much"
"How can you look so pleased with the result? Surely your fans expected better than a narrow 2-1 win, they can't be happy."
"Are you kidding?! Seven injuries, more KOs than I can count and TWO deaths in our first game - it can't get better than that!"
"That's not what I'd call football, Oddy."
"Nah, it's what we'd call BLOOD Bowl" <grins>”
Munchester's friendly inaugral game turned nasty as Little Loving Coaches, a halfling team, proved tougher than they look. We speak to The_Odyssey, Munchester's coach. "Hello Oddy, you won 2-1 but you never looked in command of the game".
"We were gonna go in 'ard an' bash those fat stunts but they turned the tables on us. Those stunts can't 'alf 'it 'ard. 'Specially when they're hitting yer balls as yer lying on the floor ".
"But you got the early score despite having to kick off first?"
"Yeah, great kick into the corner of their widezone, a fumbbl by their team an' then our guys were onto the ball an' across the line. Beautiful to watch but the way they took out our LoS that first turn we needed to score just ter give us time to regroup."
"And you were lucky on defence."
"That we were. There's not a lot you can do ter stop 'alfings flying through the air, but only one made it on the final turn. Musta been five or six o' t' stunts tried for it, but only one 'ad t' right stuff, if yer catch my drift. They shoulda scored a lot more."
"So you're saying you fluked it, it shoulda been at least 5-2 to the halfings, and what should have been a walkover turned into a grinding fight that had nearly half your team off the pitch?"
"Er, yeah, pretty much"
"How can you look so pleased with the result? Surely your fans expected better than a narrow 2-1 win, they can't be happy."
"Are you kidding?! Seven injuries, more KOs than I can count and TWO deaths in our first game - it can't get better than that!"
"That's not what I'd call football, Oddy."
"Nah, it's what we'd call BLOOD Bowl" <grins>”
I hope we play agian soon mate, good luck and just ask if you want any advice etc.
Transcript below for reference should you want to refer back.
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<Russo> hi mate
<Russo> have fun
<Russo> I am guessing you are from Manchester?
<Russo> /me spits
<Russo> :P
<The Odyssey> aye. I've been playing BB for about a week, so if I do anything stupid advice would be great
<Russo> as you are fairly new here if you want to ask any questions just do so ok?
<Russo> I am happy to help during the game and even after if you PM me any q's I will do my best
<Russo> no probs
<Russo> if that is the case then stay in Academy till you are regularly winning games
<Russo> [R] is very tough
<Russo> try to look at your opponents teams before accepting...
<Russo> the TS score
<Russo> is very important
<Russo> if they are within 10 of each other then that is OK
<Russo> if someone has a team more than 10 TS above you dont just accept
<Russo> as there are people out there that will challange you with extremely strong teams
<Russo> hoping you will not look and accept
<The Odyssey> Aye, I fell for that in my first match - 4 players killed!
<Russo> OUCHY
<Russo> also try and read the Forums
<Russo> there areplenty of very good threads in there
<Russo> LOL
<Russo> a mighty punch from a little fling
<Russo> :D
<The Odyssey> He's gonna get a ribbing from his mates after the match
<Russo> heheh yes I bet he is
<Russo> that was a tough turn for you to be honest...
<Russo> you could not do anything there
<Russo> I was just lucky
<Russo> when setting up though try to set your players NOT on the LOS three squares back
<Russo> that way if I get a Quick Snap on the kick off result I cant push up and get free blocks
<Russo> looking at your team rosta as well, you have chosen pretty well as you have maximised your Fan Factor and taken 3 rerolls..a very good thing
<Russo> a lot of newbies tend to take all positionals and underewstimate the need for rerolls and Fan Factor
<Russo> i will copy and paste all the help into the Match report at the end so you can look back if you ever need to remind yourself
<The Odyssey> thank you, that'll be really helpful
<Russo> hehe
<Russo> welcome bud
<The Odyssey> ouch
<Russo> heheh
<Russo> poor poor Lucy
<Russo> :D
<Russo> dont worry my treemen will avenge her sweet hairy feet :P
<The Odyssey> :)
<Russo> heheh
<Russo> heheh
<Russo> Lucky Garry
<Russo> :D
<The Odyssey> those poor, bloody linemen
<Russo> lol
<Russo> more like my poor poor flings
<Russo> :D
<Russo> gratz :D
<The Odyssey> WOOO!
<Russo> well my Trees get a chance at a brace of casualties now
<Russo> :D
<Russo> that deep kick is very useful against Halflings
<Russo> as they are so slow and weak they cant get the ball upfield quick enough
<The Odyssey> Yeah, I got really lucky with that
<Russo> dont worry
<The Odyssey> Do you take kick as a skill?
<Russo> it wont happen again
<Russo> :D
<The Odyssey> lol
<Russo> yes it is useful, but only on linemen
<The Odyssey> And on defence would you put people with Block on the LoS, or just expendable linemen?
<Russo> linos
<Russo> deffo
<Russo> always
<Russo> and if they have injuries even more so
<Russo> lol
<Russo> not good luck that
<Russo> lol
<Russo> damn
<The Odyssey> What happened there?
<Russo> i tried to throw the halfling
<Russo> and failed
<Russo> :D
<Russo> treemen have Throw Team Mate
<Russo> it allows them to throw any player with the Right Stuff skill
<The Odyssey> That would have been sweet if it had come off - I'd forgotten halfings could be thrown
<Russo> it allows me to get a One Turn Score
<Russo> heheh
<Russo> many coaches do forget that
<Russo> :P
<Russo> lol
<The Odyssey> lol, maybe I shoulda just dodged past him rather than blitzed :)
<Russo> lol
<The Odyssey> ouch
<Russo> heheh I was silly there
<Russo> should have stood up Doug first
<Russo> lol
<Russo> lucker :D
<The Odyssey> :)
<Russo> oooo
<The Odyssey> hmmm
<The Odyssey> I had two plans. Plan one was to chuck it near the endzone and hope I could run over and pick it up next turn. Plan two you saw
<Russo> LOL
<Russo> damn
<Russo> failed again
<Russo> hehe
<Russo> well here I go trying to mug you with the ball
<Russo> hehe
<The Odyssey> ouch, he didn't wanna end up at the foot of a treeman!
<Russo> hehe
<The Odyssey> Still, now he's got a niggling injury he's almost guaranteed those MVP at the end of the match
<Russo> lol
<Russo> true true
<Russo> :D
<The Odyssey> Doh, I shoulda prolly used a reroll on that?
<Russo> heheh yep :P
<Russo> gratz
<The Odyssey> thanks
<Russo> ok
<Russo> operation Kill Dem All staring now
<The Odyssey> Operation RUN AWAY! starting immediately after your turn :)
<Russo> heheh
<Russo> boooo
<Russo> heheh
<Russo> there goes my Dirty Player
<The Odyssey> WOOO for the ref!
<Russo> now it is a case of Throw the Fling
<Russo> but at least they are all non-perms bar one
<The Odyssey> Aye
<The Odyssey> I was gonna foul the little buggers back, but thought holding off so the refs eye was on the halflings probably a better way
<Russo> lol that is a very good strategy
<Russo> you obviously learn quick
<Russo> :D
<Russo> retaliating when you do not have a DP is not a wise thing
<Russo> damn it
<Russo> :(
<Russo> ouchy
<The Odyssey> sheeeet
<Russo> that was a blow
<The Odyssey> argh, I shoulda taken him next to those halflings now surrounding the ball carrier
<The Odyssey> Or, better yet, just moved the ball far, far away from you guys
<Russo> lol
<The Odyssey> ...But then I wouldn't have seen that happen :)
<Russo> heheh yep
<Russo> hehe
<The Odyssey> well, they stopped the halfing throw, tho secretly I wanna see it come off
<Russo> CHICKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<Russo> Micah Richards is a plucked chicken :D
<Russo> yay
<Russo> Throw Team Mate TD
<Russo> :D
<The Odyssey> WOOOO!
<Russo> well done buddy
<Russo> that was a funny game
<Russo> and a win for you
<Russo> :D
<Russo> nice money too
<Russo> MVP went to a non injured dude too
<Russo> :D
<The Odyssey> Thanks for the game. Dunno if the win was worth an SI and RIP, but the advice was
<Russo> lol
<Russo> cool
<Russo> any time you want a game
<Russo> or more advice
<Russo> just ask
<Russo> I am often about
<Russo> and stay in Academy for now
<Russo> get more practice
<Russo> look at coach pages too as some are goona be sharks
<The Odyssey> thank you, will do
<Russo> I only play Flings here in Academy now
<Russo> so not as to be murdering new coaches
<Russo> g luck and c u soon I hope
<Russo> :D
<Russo> bed for me now
<Russo> :D
<Russo> bye
<The Odyssey> bye”