“OCCS Middenheim Challenge Apr. '10 [TR150], final

Mummy missed the 2nd game in a row after he got his niggling injury and we lost 7th coin toss in a row. I knew right away that this game was going straight down thre toilet, but I still had to try. I finally managed to cause a cas with a DP... that was 1st in 10 kicks. 2 cas with 71 blocks (47 MB) is still crap as only 1 boot caused a cas. At the end of the 1st half opponent changed into desparation mode and started doing 1 die blocks regularly, wihout much failing. 1st half still looked playable and we managed to stop the Orcs.

On to the 2nd half, as we managed to cause mainly KO's, opponent had to start shorthanded 10v11. But not to worry, the god of luck looks favorably to this Orc team giving them a rock with -5FF. Of course it hits mummy, who gets BH'ed... missing 2 mummies now. KO's and cas start coming left and right as skellies are made of glass. 1 die show continues late on 2nd half. Mummy fails 3 GFI's in a row, burning our last 2 RR's.

On to the OT, now with 9v11 advantage and receiving... should be easy score, right? Throw-Ra misses 4 pickup rolls in a row and the 1 die block show continues. And the last bit: failed dodge with Throw-Ra, followed by couple of dodges, pickup, bunch of GFI's, 0 chance of failure.

As a conclusion I'd like to say, that I'd really love to for once play against such a brittle AV7. Once against MBs & DP didn't do enough. Once again same cas against with less blocks, no MB's, no fouls, classic stuff.

There was quite a bit of whining by yours truly, but yeah, luckering makes me tick. Apologies if someones feelings were hurt, opponents or minor spectators. Not very classy. I think it would be good idea to change to Checkers as there's no dice rolling involved...

Note to self: I really need 5 RR's to make those crazy dodges, 1 die blocks and such work.

Edit. Tried Checkers... computer won 10-0. I think I'll have to go back to BB =)

Edit2: There actually is pretty clear trend from our 3 last meetings you've won before this match, but I'm not getting into that, as the trend continues on the matches I've won. The thing with the luck-o-meter is that when you're having the same % as your opponent and you're doing great amount of 1 die blocking, dodging etc. without failing, you are luckering your opponent. Mummy niggled, lost coin toss, -5FF stone to get 2nd mummy out, AV7 glass armor. I'd say there was more than skill on the field... but then again, I guess someone has to lose on every game =)
Gratz for the cup.

PS. Trying to remain silent next time”