What does the rating mean? I'm now at 106/92.

I think I should watch some vets play to see how its done. I know the basic mechanics, now I need to learn to piece them together into a gameplan.

What is a T100 team? I made a team named Serpents Tongue. They are Chaos is that ok?

Waiting for them to get approved

Yeah. I'd get eaten alive against a real player.

The first number is your Team Rating, it's basically a handicap system for blood bowl.. if one team has a greater TR then the other. THe other is a formula used by FUMBBL to indicate your relative team strength

I'm gonna try to get a game, if so, I'll give you guys the link to spectate and watch

Should we delete the teams and start fresh so we are 100?

if they were your tournament team, yes, but you can still use that team to play "Fun games" with

Yeah. I'm gonna keep that team as my practice team.

A TR 100 team is a team whose total worth is 100,000 gold - which, by an astonishing coincidence, is the exact amount you get to spend on a starting team. Once you've played a game, your TR should go up (barring deaths) as you get gate money and experience.

SirFozzie, if you have a team at about the same level then I wouldn't mind giving my team from the old league another run out.

I have Ranked: 150 Chaos and 98 Norse

I have Unranked: 172 Dwarves

BTW, it's 1 Million Gold Crowns, not 100,000 :D

k, i removed hell's hedgehogs from the FOFC group. I'll Wait for my other team to be ok'd and then join again.

You guys going to get a match going?

My lot's Unranked: 129/130, so that'd probably be a no. Also creating a new basic team for random practic matches

Oops. Thanks.

my Scrubba Dubbas are now Approved and waiting for entrance into the league.

I have 100 Unranked, Katon, I'll take the risk. I'll host.. Game name will be FOFC2 in about 2 minutes

It's up and running, Katon, FOFC2

Okay, the game's up and running for anyone who wants to spectate.

And my star blitzer's just got turned into a Bone Head by the handicap system. Joy.

Ok guys.. click on this link if you want to watch.

http://fumbbl.com/bbowl.jnlp?host=83...81&proxy=FOFC2

I don't think you'll be able to say anything, in the game, but you'll be able to ask questions here, and I will do my best to answer them

His players have the GUARD ability.. which allows you to assist in a block even if you're in another opposing team's tackle zone.. he's using it to make sure he has a higher strength then me, and thus gets to roll 2 dice when blocking and choosing which one he wants.

Hey. How do you use the apothecary in the game?

And what are star player points?

Hahah! First blood is mine, sadly his apocathery saved the guy from being BADLY HURT and being knocked out of the game

You get the option to use the apocathery when a player is Badly Hurt, Seriously Injured or Killed. It auto heals the injury on a 2+ on a d6, (leading to much weeping and gnashing of teeth when it fails). You can ONLY use an apocathery once per game, so if a minor player gets hurt or even killed, you might wanna save that apocathery for later in the game

Star Player POints are what tracks how good a player is, and at certain amounts of Star Player POints, they get to roll for extra skills. (like the guard skills some of his players have)

If you had the foresight to buy an apothecary beforehand , you get the choice automatically when an injury happened

Hah! Revenge is mine!

Looks like my thrower got 6 SPPs last game and got a new skill!

I chose Accurate. He'll be a passing machine one day!

Hey, my thrower's got Accurate too. Look how much good it did him!

Damn, it actually looks like a football game is being played :)

and what you just saw happen to me is why Blood Bowl dice get thrown repeatedly ;)

BTW, the Serpents Tounge and the Scrubba Dubbas have been invited

I'm going to need to read up on the Tackle Zones. The positioning of these seems crucial.

Yeah - my second touchdown was pretty lucky, as I had to dodge and pick the ball up while in a tackle zone. Getting both of those plus the dodge after plus the going for it was not the most likely outcome.

I've withdrawn my initial team and I'm revamping. I'll resubmit when I get them approved. Made a pretty fatal flaw when I designed the original version (no blitzer-style players)

Ok.. each player has a Tackle Zone that extends to all 8 squares around him

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P=Player, X=Tackle Zones

A player trying to do anything agility based (Throw the ball, catch the ball, dodge to a square), gets a +1 to the # he needs for EACH Tackle Zone he's in.. In case of dodges, you have to dodge if you're leaving someone's tacklezone, but only the tackle zones of the square you're moving counts

Submitting two teams: A revamped Cthulhu Crushers, now renamed Cthulhu Crusaders, complete with a few Mummies for that extra crunch. and Testament End, a Ogre team (goblin throw -- when it works, it's beautiful. When it doesn't, there's one less Goblin, and they're fragile to begin with).

invited, any other questions while I'm over here?

Good Game, Katon.. KWhit, BoneaGavel, hope you enjoyed it as much as we did :)

Very cool. I have to hit the hay, but I can definitely see this getting some mileage. I may even start painting my Warhammer figures again.

Thanks for the tutorial guys.

Yeah, good game. Looking forward to playing you with fair teams once the tournament gets started.

Alright, I have a Chaos Dwarf team named Anxiety's Armorers and I need to be invited and whatnot.

-Anxiety

done.

I have a human team with one pick up game under their belt. I like their name...The Domino Devilfish. Can they participate? Or should I just make a new human team?

Thanks, and very quick. I really want to try out these Bull Centaurs - they appear to be some of the best regular pieces in the game. When I played before, I don't ever remember Chaos Dwarves being an option, or having these guys on your team if they did.

-Anxiety

I now have my other team created, a Necro team called Anxiety's Antagonists


-Anxiety

also invited, and it's all new teams Glengoyne

Again, very quick!!! Thanks!


-Anxiety

Dola - My teams are approved! I have accepted and my teams are in!

-Anxiety

I'll probably use the rest of the weekend to add teams in here, and hit the start season button monday or tuesday.

BTW.. seeding for the knockout tournament will be based off your teams regular season record. (3 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss)

Rolling them out now.

The Complete List

-Black Powder Blitz(Chaos Dwarf)
-Domino Devils(Human)
-Men of Evergreen(Wood Elves)


I know I know. Not an original bone in my body.

Sir Fozzie, word has spread here at my work about the league, and there's several D&D plus football fans who have never heard of Blood Bowl, have read the rules I printed out and want to play in the league. Would you be open to players not active here in the FOFC?

Question:

After Bonegavel and I played last night, I received 40000gp and he recieved 80000gp. I won the game, and my fan factor was 9 to his 5.

Why did he get more $$ than I did? Was he considered the home team and that's why? Did I get fined because I had 4 fouls and he had none?

In order to find out how much money your team gets, you roll a d6 and add or subtract a bonus based on how many points your team has vs the gate. THe winning team gets a +1 to the roll. If each team was at thier original 100, and if the gate was, say, 55k fans, then if he rolled a 6 - he'd get 80k, where you rolled a 1 and got 40k.

-Anxiety

Okay, cool. So it sounds like I just had a crappy dice roll. That's fine, I just didn't know if I was missing something.

Thanks.

I have a league question - are we going to track Star player injuries and whatnot?

-Anxiety

We will track player injuries, but freebooters and stars (players hired at half cost for ONE game) will not have injuries tracked.

I'm amenable to it, WVUFan, if noone else here has any problems.

ANd I'll give your teams an invite shortly, Glengoyne

Anyone else for a FUN game today? :D

Foz, the Waste Ravagers are ready to join the league.

And it looks like everybody currently has 2 teams in the league (I will once Waste Ravagers are invited). Do we want to just leave it like that and stick with 2 teams each instead of 3?

And how does the league schedule work with multiple teams owned by the same person? Is the league smart enough not to schedule us against ourselves?

I've spoken to Whar, and he will be contacting his brother Fafrac, a non-fofcer who played in our previous league.

Invite sent, and you can have to 3, you don't HAVE to have 3.

This is OPEN Round Robin, means you can play anyone at anytime. (With the caveat y ou can only play each team once, but you can play that coach's other teams.. just team a and team b can't play each other twice)

Gotta love the blurb when you open the java client; something along the lines of "you must own the game to use this." :D

I just got a casual team approved called the JV Squad. It's just a simple Lizardman team with 6 Skinks, 5 Saurus, 3 RR and 6 FF. I'd like to use this team to get a game or to in so I can get used to the new interface and refresh my ages old BB skills.


I'm probably one of the few who actually owns the game in RL, but it's back at my parent's house in WV in storage. I never played that much, because I couldn't find opponents. So I don't remember much. All I do remember is 1). Watch your tackle zones, 2). Positioning is key and the Kick skill is very, very good to have and is underrated, and 3). Always, always, always do the easy actions first, in case of turnover.


So, I'm around if anybody wants to help me. Just reply here and lmk.


-Anxiety

Remember, if it is a super critical roll and you will only fail on a 1, you'll roll a 1. You'll also roll a 1 on the RR.

If you're interested in selling it, lemme know, Anxiety.

It's in Point Pleasant. WV, not NJ. I'm in Michigan. Not an easy trek :)


-Anxiety


EDIT: Not that I'd think I'd sell it anyway ;)

Just got back from dinner. Anxiety, if you're still looking for a game I've got a brand-new Chaos team you could play.

Gee you must have watched last night's game..

are you gonna play in this league Warhammer?

BTW, I've read the proposed rules for the next edition of Blood Bowl, the 20th anniversary edition, coming out next year.

Interesting..

Sure, have you used this application before?

-Anxiety

yup, he had a team and played me last night, and he had a team prior

Good. Katon, can you be a server? I'm not sure if I can or not behind a college firewall.

-Anxiety

The simplest way is just to go to your fumbbl page and hit the "play" button next to the team's name you want to use. I've launched a game, named FOFC.

Im in

-Anxiety

Link to watch

http://fumbbl.com/bbowl.jnlp?host=83...081&proxy=FOFC

awww Skink fall down... GO SPLAT! (dead skink)

And one of his buddys promptly KO's a beastman. That's a scary skink,

You guys still playing?

Katon blasted me, btw. Absolutely hammered me. Good job!


-Anxiety

Any of our BB crew on right now?


-Anxiety

Nope. had to work today, but if it's quiet, hopefully I can log into my home machine and play :)

Anybody around for a game today?

Unfortunately, my computer is running slow, and I'm stuck at work.. maybe in a while

I have a casual non-league team I'd be happy to use against ya.

-Anxiety

My son will probably be waking up from his nap before long - I don't know if I'll be around long enough to finish a game.

Fair enough.


-Anxiety

I've set up a game as FOFC if anybody wants to play, just log on and take me on!!!

-Anxiety

Thanks though. I'll be around this evening looking for a game if you're interested.

Unless I'm out shopping, I probably will be. Based on my perofrmance yesterday, I need the experience :)

-Anxiety

Apparently, I'm going shooping ina few minutes, so I closed my game.

Sad.


-Anxiety

Foz, the team Swanky Boys is ready for its invite.

That's 3 teams for me.

Invited: Hopefully we get a couple more coaches to join in the next day or so, then I can kick it off and get to League games :)

So we're aren't playing our new teams yet? I didn't realize we were waiting.

I'm out and about if anyone wants to play. I've got a few noob teams I can play.

Hey, Glen. Wanna play a game in about 20 minutes or so? I've gotta heat up some dinner and then I'll be ready for a game.

I'm a total noob and will be using a team that's rated 106/95.

Foz, my third team is ready. Dark Elves, named Dogslayers.

will get them tonight by 9:30 if i don't get too busy here at the end of my night (stuck at work :P)

BTW, I'm willing to give folks a game..

Just be glad I don't unleash the Steamrollers, they're a killer team ;)

I'm back and ready to play if anybody wants some!

I'm here if ya wanna play. I've launched as a server as FOFC. 100 brand new team ready and waiting....

-Anxiety

Ok. I'll start a game. fofc is the game name

Doh!

The wife is coming down with something. It looks like I'm on kid duty until about 9PM Pacific time.

No blood bowl for me! and I was really hoping to sneak a game in too.

Unless I see one of you on Fumbbl after the kids go to bed.

I'm in

-Anxiety

Anybody wants to watch, come join as two noobs go at it!


-Anxiety