“Well I got a draw in this wacky, weird stunty part of blackbox matching.

I saw this game match and regardless of who it was I was playing, I had very low expectations. The match before I failed everything, and ended up conceding to preserve what was left of the team. My opp received which is bad news bears for goblins. He had a deep kick and failed a pickup so I tried a TTM and to get my goblin near the ball, used my only RR on a rush, and dbl BD'd. From there, it was combination of his bomber being amazing - even if it deviated - he hit my players. I think he finally 1'd himself but not till very late when it didnt matter. I put myself in a position to block his carrier a few times during the drive - in that light I consider this drive successful. We can only place ourselves in that position and hope the dice reward out decisions. As I write this, Im certain my opp felt the same way about his gameplay.

First half was met with a lot of failures on my part, the ball and chain got blocked (this was my mistake - I dont know what I was thinking. I guess I didnt see the snot in the middle blocking successfully first to free up the troll). The chainsaw failed on the first blitz. The bomber failed his second throw and killed himself. A troll ate one of my own guys - your usual goblin symphony of failure. I wonder what that symphony would sound like - maybe like several cheese graters and live seals being tossed together in a large garbage disposal? I forced the score after some goblin dodges, but the ball was kicked deep. I failed the handoff or the throw for a TTM. Opp rolled all 3 swarming players and had a dominant scoring drive.

Second half was closer to the silliness I expect from these games. I flubbed the pickup and the snots were immediately in my grill. The ball and chain kept the troll and bomber busy until eventually knocking out the bomber. Eventually I got my trolls in the scrum in thebackfield as neither of us wanted to try picking up the ball with it surrounded. My opps troll blitzed and the ball bounced to him and he caught it - I thought this was the end. But I managed a 2 die uphill to murder the troll and the ball bounced to my player who then caught it. At this point, I felt myself starting to dread but I literalyl said "I dont care how many times Ive lost to this guy, I know what Im doing, I gotta put on my big player pants and roll like I know. I realize it has no effect on a computer. But it made me make the right decisions in the final turn to get a score in the end and tie it up. None of the opps trolls came back and the extra turn kickoff result did not come up so I earned a draw on this.

Takeaways:

- Never give up. Ive been kinda browbeaten by all the practice Ive done on this platform ending in mostly failure. While I cant guarantee I'll roll better, I play better, when I convince myself I have actually learned and know something of what I am doing.

- Bomber is still good and Im glad I take them on my snot roster.

- Another snot roster with no bouncy guys or stilties - I dont have them on mine either - and I dont miss them. I dont think my opp did either.

Glad and lucky to get a draw versus Artemis. Maybe I'm starting to learn something afterall? ”