“This game was pretty even throughout, with the exception of the two blitzes his team got on kickoffs, allowing his agi 5 passblocking blitzer (!) to run forward, catch the ball as it came down, and proceed to easily allow his guys to score. The game started out as a sheer bloodbath; a thrown stone tried to RIP one of my blitzers, but the apo was up to the task. The first three turns then saw 4 more cas between the two teams, unfortunately for me taking out my str 4/agi 4 lineman who's a centerpiece to our defensive strategy. We managed to sneak out a score in that opening series, but how I have no clue. Tried to do a toss over his head, but his ag 4 passblocking blitzer and the aforementioned agi 5 version of the same stepped into the path of the throw and easily plucked it out of the air, needing only a 4+!!! However, thankfully for me he failed a gfi and left the ball on the ground near my agi 4 thrower (who managed to reach star status without aging!) to pick up and throw downfield again. This time, both of his passblockers were on the ground, only guy in the way is an agi 3 lineman in two tz's, safe throw right? Wrong. But he failed a dodge away from my ogre, giving me one last shot at the ball, which I took, giving the score to...my ogre? Very weird series there...

He took the kickoff, and I was able to stall him the rest of the half to not score, though he took it out on my players in terms of even more cas and ko's. Lined up 8 to his 11 to open the second half; a RIP to my best catcher and waking up of my blitzer from ko made it 8 to his 11 after he scored. But now's when the blitzes began, consecutive blitzes on the far side of the pitch from where my guys were lining up--with only 8 guys, I could only stack one side or the other, and the ball kept coming down on the other. My last gasp for a score to preserve my ff base in turn 8 of the second half required a risky throw past his agi 5 passblocker to a catcher in a tz; ok, no sweat. I then need to dodge away from his covering blitzer to handoff the ball to my own blitzer further upfield, but he tripped me up and my girl broke her collarbone in the fall. A str 1 catcher just ain't gonna hack it in a non-stunty game, so I ended up losing two of my best catchers in one game. However, the fans found something they obviously liked, and my thrower passed his skill roll without aging, so we'll be in good shape for next match. Not as high tr, not as strong, but we'll hold our own; I ain't complaining about the situation much. Last time I suffered this many cas at this high a tr, I went from TR 265 down to TR 115 due to RIP/niggles. This time I only lost about 30 pts of TR, 10 off TS. We'll get back up there in on time...

Thx for the game, Arlecchino. Glad we could both keep our senses of humor despite the carnage and the unfairness of the luck factor at different times of the game for each of us. Won't mind getting a rematch down the road...”