Bloodbowl

ColonicAcid · Post by **ColonicAcid** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 5:43 pm #35331

Bottom post of the previous page:

Chaos edition is the cool guys version.
nah real talk it's the latest version it has some WE DID IT FOR KHAOOSSS factions i dunno both can play with eachother.

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:30 pm #35359

o im good then nvm

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 10:53 pm #35413

Cipher3 wrote:Well, if someone's offering it FREE I might as well look at it more thoroughly...

I don't know or watch football, nor have I played Warhammer, so...

It's...Interesting.
I'd recommend watching some videos of it first to see if it's something you'd like. It has a big random element to it that doesn't seem to work that well for many people
But since this is a community around SS13, I'd assume people are used to random shit happening and backfiring

ColonicAcid wrote:Chaos edition is the cool guys version.
nah real talk it's the latest version it has some WE DID IT FOR KHAOOSSS factions i dunno both can play with eachother.

They can play with eachother, it's essentially just the same game

nsos wrote:i really wish i saw your post before i bought chaos edition

whats even the difference between the two

..But the only difference is that chaos edition gets a few more team choices, and some extra graphics stuff in terms of stadiums.
It's essentially the same game as a standalone, but with an expansion(3? new teams and some graphic packs) added on
That's about it from what I know

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:54 am #35452

I'm going to point some people towards this league/thread and see if we can't get a few more numbers in here.

InThePooPoo · Post by **InThePooPoo** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 1:10 am #35458

SWOOCE
im in

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 1:35 am #35462

Alright, lets just finish off this league we've got going quick, then boost the size to let in all the players

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 2:26 am #35481

Just cancel the league or something and start a new one? I mean, you guys played one game that didn't count and dezz and I haven't even played our game yet.

ColonicAcid · Post by **ColonicAcid** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 6:34 pm #35587

Yeah new league would be gud.
Fuck orcs man I'm bored of them, they're like humans on the "strategy list" which involves generic players doing generic things.

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 6:46 pm #35591

I figured it out and the game actually does count, I just had to go into league management and approve the game results

But yeah, lets cancel the league we have going and then we can start a new one with everyone who picked it up during the sale and is interested in joining

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 8:26 pm #35605

Yeah the whole set matches thing is because you have it set to Cup mode and not open season.

I'm not sure how to wrangle it around so you can have a season and then a cup tournament at the end of it.

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 9:27 pm #35624

I saw an option for that I think

I'll set it to that in the new one
Which I'll make when the sale ends, I suppose

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 1:40 am #35676

Fuck it, making it early. info in first post

I think I got it right this time. It's not a cup, so we should be able to just play

So that's a new league, and people will need to apply to it again if you already applied to the other one

miggles · Post by **miggles** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:53 am #35708

maccus gave me this game
how do i start off as undead

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:35 pm #35742

miggles wrote:maccus gave me this game
how do i start off as undead

You basically just go into the online mode, and make a team(I guess you could offline it too, but that's less fun)
Then select which one you want to be, customize your colour and logo(Do this after selecting race), and fill in a name

Then after that, you get to pick players. You need at least 11, but more is allowed too. You'll have a few special positions which are limited but very useful, and you can grab up to 16 basic linemen zombies/skeletons/whatever
Give them a name as you buy them(Optional but very recommended), and buy a few rerolls because you will roll a critfail at some point.
You can level up, buy more players or rerolls, or just about anything you do here later after the team started.
No renaming your players though

Edit: Also an award to An0n3 for best team theme

ColonicAcid · Post by **ColonicAcid** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:38 pm #35743

basic starting lineup for undead is:
2 Wights 180K
2 Mummies 200K
2 Ghouls 140K
5 Zombies 150K
2 Skeletons 60K
3 Re-rolls 210K
For a grand total of: 940K

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 2:33 pm #35754

I recommended
2 mummies
2 wights
3 ghouls
4 skrillingtons
3 re rolls(?)
No remorse

miggles · Post by **miggles** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 8:35 pm #35796

i went with an0n3's build
i named my team stupid things too

dezzmont · Post by **dezzmont** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:07 pm #35957

So is this actually going to happen? Last time I tried to contact an0n3 I got snubbed hardcore.

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:09 am #36087

I'd hope it is, but at the moment there's just four teams in the league

We're going to probably want some more than that

Post by **Thunder11** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:15 pm #36107

I've got a slight suspicion that, being really, really inexperienced, I'm not gonna have much of a team after this season...

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:46 pm #36130

That's okay, all players can get replaced easily enough, especially if they're new

Post by **Thunder11** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 4:34 pm #36135

Inb4 beginners luck happens and the dice shit all over everyone I play. And watching my players die horribly is half the fun!

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 1:06 am #36210

Well, as it is now, we're at 4 players in the league

Just like before the sales
I guess people already lost interest or something. Going to use this as a bump to point out to people that we do have that league

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 2:49 am #36235

fun loaded dice rolling simulator

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:39 am #36272

Well, I'll just say we can start the league stuff next monday

Poke everyone to get in there, more is better. No need to be afraid, we're not going to shit all over new players or anything. We're more likely to just explain how things work

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 3:39 pm #36299

Lizards r stronk holy shiet

Benefitevil · Post by **Benefitevil** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:10 pm #36689

Sorry about this post, but I'm a bit new these forums and I was wondering what the best way to get some Blood Bowl games in? Should we start a steam group or just post here?

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:44 pm #36713

Well, Ive been trying to get a league going for a while, first season starts on monday

But aside from that, just send people on here a message and see if they want to play, work out something over steam or whatever for it. We'll have the league up and running soon enough

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 5:12 am #36787

Benefitevil wrote:Sorry about this post, but I'm a bit new these forums and I was wondering what the best way to get some Blood Bowl games in? Should we start a steam group or just post here?

OP has a league in it. It's teeny tiny right now. If you join it and send friend requests to the other people in it you can probably work something out.

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 4:28 pm #37665

Well, it's monday

I started the league and apparently it's a different form of pre-set matches
Lets just roll with it and expand the league as other people join up

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 11:46 pm #37731

First block of the season, an elf dies.

A great start I would say, An0n3 vs Thunder up next, then we can move on to the next day and i'll figure out what's going on with the league thingys

Benefitevil · Post by **Benefitevil** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 10:54 pm #37914

That had to be one of the bloodiest matches I have ever had. Elf thrower throws a block against an ogre chooses both down. Ogre gets badly hurt Elf thrower just gets knocked down.

dezzmont · Post by **dezzmont** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:40 am #37989

Around elves watch yourselves...

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:33 am #38045

Yesterday I played dark elves around a team value of 2000 against khemri around 2000.

Those dark elves are no longer anywhere near 2000. At the end of the match, only 2 of them were still on the field. And neither of them were standing

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:23 pm #38081

Khemri are one of the hardest hitting teams in the game. Four Tomb Guardians is goddamn brutal. Unlike Ogres they don't have any negative traits, and the team around them is usually more proficient than just a bunch of halflings.

Chaos (and other teams with access to the mutations skill list) are potentially on another tier beyond Khemri in terms of murderlizing the fuck out of your guys because you can be a real fucking jerk and just build hordes of claws + mighty blow dudes running amok. 8AV? Nah, looks like a 6 to me.

ColonicAcid · Post by **ColonicAcid** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:56 pm #38121

GOOD LUCK PICKING UP THE BALL AS KHEMRI.

dezzmont · Post by **dezzmont** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:57 pm #38133

The issue is that while Khemri do fall off compared to chaos and have a bad game, they basically exist to knock other people out of the game pretty early. They have a low chance of winning themselves but absolutely nuke the chances of someone else from orbit. Playing Khemri more than once early in the league basically is the worst feeling ever, as their 'weakness' of easier injuries will neither be in effect nor be easy to trigger with their high armor and no skills.

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:01 pm #38135

Just checked specifics
Elves went from team value 2010 to 1250
Ouch

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:57 am #38173

Khemri aren't useless at ballhandling. They've got positionals that can do the work it's just that everyone on the team is so fucking slow compared to other teams you'll get the shit blitzed out of you if you do anything but commence the slow mummy crawl up the pitch with the ball.

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 4:20 pm #38288

The way I heard it explained - The only thing a Thro-Ra throws is the game

Also, An0n3, Thunder, you're up in the league
We'll be able to move on to the second(And apparently last) match of the season and then I'll be able to let in new applicants(Singular for now, but who knows?)

Benefitevil · Post by **Benefitevil** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:17 pm #38345

One of the things I like most about elves is that even if they only have two people on the field they can still score and win the game. I think too many hitting teams focus on that killing game and forget about the ball and end zones. For my money on of the best hitting teams with winning potential is just straight Undead. They have the hard hitting mummies with no negative traits like the tomb kings, and they have the positional players that can back them up. Ghouls and Wrights have the AG 3 coupled with high AV values you have the ability to grind your opponent into the ground and still win the game.

dezzmont · Post by **dezzmont** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 4:55 am #38385

Ball handling is different than throwing. The game is more based on rugby than American football. Passing teams are rare and the focus is more on a strong running game. Being a good passing team is hard, many people think elves default to it but the actual chances of catching a pass as an elf without dedicated team members for it is really poor at any significant distance, causing default elves to be great at running, picking up balls, and dodging, but only suited towards short passes. Instead throwers tend to be used in the same way a kicker would be used in rugby on teams without dedicated catching elements. They are pinch players mostly in the back who rush to the ball if it is in the danger zone and just try to get it as far away from your own endzone as possible.

Am I ever going to get a game in by the way?

miggles · Post by **miggles** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:36 am #38408

dezzmont wrote:Ball handling is different than throwing.

where'd you learn to handle balls?
medschool?

dezzmont · Post by **dezzmont** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:46 am #38409

Sorry, I only got through pre-med before dropping out.

But seriously, being good at running and short passes is very different than throwing. An elf lineman catching a ball from a thrower at long range only has a 37% chance to actually get that ball with no re-rolls. A catcher has a better chance but is a specialist unit. Throwing teams, even among races that are throwing races, are special and don't tend to depend on passing, the units involved are generally vulnerable.

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 3:16 pm #38444

dezzmont wrote: Am I ever going to get a game in by the way?

Send me a poke on steam sometime and we'll play

Also, the league would be good, if people could actually play their matches
(Hint hint)

Spoiler:

But yeah, the best throwing I've seen done is not with the ball being thrown, but rather an ogre or troll throwing a snotling or goblin that holds the ball and then having them run for it.
Also, my 5ag dark elves are decent at long passes, but a a rule, I still don't pass unless I have to

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 3:29 pm #39229

Who owns the team I"m supposed to be playing? I'll contact them directly.

dezzmont · Post by **dezzmont** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 5:12 pm #39248

I will play you at around 3:30 PM.

Post by **Thunder11** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 7:01 pm #39255

Sorry mate, name on steam's lightningbolt111, add me and we'll work out a time to play. Forgot about Bloodbowl after buying PAYDAY.

A4Brogan · Post by **A4Brogan** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 1:09 am #39303

Working on The Gorksburg Robustaz and the Khemeri Janitors.

A4Brogan · Post by **A4Brogan** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 1:36 am #39307

The hell!? The password is not working!

Benefitevil · Post by **Benefitevil** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:02 am #39313

hahahahaha have you checked out the Hall of fame? Those names