“Weird game...it could be argued I should've lost, and at the same time argued I shoulda won by a lot more...lost, b/c my opponent made some really boneheaded mistakes, such as stopping just shy of the goalline instead of gfi'ing in turn 8 first half when down 1-0 (in his defence, we had a two turn riot at kickoff, maybe he'd miscounted turns).

It was a rather savage game, and frustrating. He killed one of my team's two guards in turn 2 of the match, apo fail. Get a lucky interception, return it the other way for a score. Then his next blitz niggles the same elf who'd just scored seconds before. KO's one of my witches, and I'm down to only 7 elves on pitch vs his 11 rats. Even so, I manage to prove enough of a nuisance that he has to play around me, I even manage to strip the ball away and have a chance to return it the other way. Yeah, right, now begins my insane string of 1's. 1's on pickups; 1's on gfi's; 1's on passes; 1's on catches. About the only 1's we weren't rolling were on blocks, and only b/c we didn't have enough elves to actually throw any! But at this point is when he makes his mistake and doesn't score as the first half closes.

Second half, I receive, but my series of 1's continues, and I can't pass worth beans. Actually, the passes are on target, but failed catches, one of them in the endzone, leave the ball for the rats to retake. Magically out of nowhere, I manage to get a 1d blitz after a gfi on his SV, knocking him over and simultaneously catching the ball with my blodging witch. Despite repeated hits, he can't knock her over, and he has no tackle/strip ball to help. Can I actually pull this win off? Nope, eventually he gets a block (after 3 3d hits and a half dozen 2d hits) to knock my witch over, and he's able to scoop the ball up for a score.

Two turns left, and my second witch finally wakes up again. But it's probably too little, too late, he has a full 11 rats to my 6 elves. Gotta try, right? Advance my two witches forward, my lineelves try to pick up the ball in the backfield...1. Of course. He blitzes forward his mv 10 gutter, but fails his gfi on his sv to knock me away. Thankfully, he's not moved any of his other rats into interfering position, so I'm able to try a long pass without rr...what do you know, it works! Race in for a 2-1 lead, one turn to go in the match. But he has a 1-turner, and I don't have enough rats to cover all avenues of approach. Maybe he'll fail his pass/handoff for hte ball...but it's a bad kick touchback, no roll required to get it to his ots. However, he has no rr's left, and fails his third gfi to score, time runs out, we win.

We won, more fans, and enough money to replace the missing lineelves with blitzers, so actually I end up improving despite losing players. Crazy, but I reckon I'll take it!”