CoG Blood Bowl League.

[Squidbot]

Well, nobody else seemed to be doing it, so I set us up a league.

The Colony of Gamers Goblet.

The league password is immortalmachines

I was unsure about how the leagues work, so I set up a 16 team league.

Rules
Default, turn based Blood Bowl Classic.
Minimum team value 1
Maximum team value 5000
I wanted to leave it open to all CoGers, if it's out of your league don't join. I'm in and I will get blitzed, who cares :)

The match frequency is set to Free so you can play whenever you feel like.

Shoot me a friends invite to Squidbot.

See you on the pitch, gentlemen, I look forward to being hideously embarrassed by you all as I stumble along with my Orc team; Orcrington Stanley.

Pre Season Teams at present:

1. The Sacrificial Goats Silentscreams Chaos
2. The Khorne-Holers SlyMarbo Chaos
3. Orcrington Stanley Squidbot Orc
4. The Angry Grummblers rune_74 Orc
5. CoG Pestilence IINtrude Skaven
6. The Empires Finest Airosh Human
7. Feywild Plumbers ShivaX Wood Elf
8. Nurgle's Nipples Pantsless Chaos
9. The Bearded Ladies Saladinnz Dwarf
10. Woodland Wisps slhunter Wood Elf
11. Slann The Dragon Dahzer Lizardmen
12. Hot Topics mightbe Chaos
13. The Cheese Balls Oux... Skaven
14. Runty Raiders Terrible Tony Goblin
15. The Hooligans Veregon Orc
16.

[ShivaX]

I'll have to whip something up and join tomorrow when I get a moment.

You might want to set a custom competition and set the matches to "Challenges" so that we aren't automatically paired up against specific people right off the bat. At least I think thats how it works, I'm not sure since I haven't actually seen one in action since the beta (the pre-arranged matches and the impending end of the beta killed that before anyone played a single game).

I'm up for whatever, we can always use this thread to try to arrange times to play or whatever, though the nature of their system makes sitting online waiting for someone a little annoying (ie you'll get bombarded by people if you have any public teams).

I'd hope we see a good mix of races so I'll play whatever since I like them all. Hell I'll even play Goblins, though be warned my objective when I play them tends to be to maim as many people as possible so your SPPs aren't free.

[Squidbot]

Hmm, I didn't see any options for Challenges when I was setting it up.
Oh well, let's see how it goes. If necessary I can always delete the league and set up a new one as it appears to only let you manage one league at a time.

[ShivaX]

Hmm, I didn't see any options for Challenges when I was setting it up.
Oh well, let's see how it goes. If necessary I can always delete the league and set up a new one as it appears to only let you manage one league at a time.

Yeah you can only have one.

Oddly the options for competitions and leagues are hidden under options or something like that. You have to customize them there, then save your settings so you can go online and then pick your settings off a list. Why you can't just do all that online when you're creating a league is beyond me. I blame them being French. :)

[Squidbot]

I'm thinking it would be nice if anyone entering created a new team just for this league, but I didn't want to make that a hard rule.

[SilentScreams]

I'll be joining with a shiny new Chaos team.

[mightbe]

I'm joining up now with a shiny new set of lizardmen.

I shall call them them "Where's the Undead?"

[mightbe]

The team server didn't like apostraphes in names so they are now the Lisssping Lizardsss.

[mightbe]

Huh. I get some strange error message about not being able to join the league while my team is in a public league. And I've never joined a league.

Anyone know how to fix this?

[slhunter]

First, highlight the team that you want to use in the league. Then, click the button for Quit Current League (since all teams are immediately added to the Public League when created). Then you'll be able to join. Like I said, just make sure that you highlight the team that you want to use, so you don't drop one of the other teams out (although I don't know if there's anything bad that happens if you take a team out of the Public League and then put them back in).

[slhunter]

What is the preferred time zone for this league? I noticed that you are in UK, while I'm in the US. I keep quite odd hours at times, so I may be able to find a common time, but I still wanted to know the general times that you (and everyone else planning on joining) will be available.

[Rune_74]

I'm in I will make a team and come in...not sure what yet...haven;t tried orcs yet.

[IIntrude]

Bringing in a Skaven team to the party. CoG Pestilence

[Squidbot]

First applications are in and accepted.
The league cannot start until there are enough teams, so after say another week if we do not have enough teams we can reroll the league with less teams.

[slhunter]

Are these new teams we should be using or existing ones? If the maximum team value is 5000, then someone could be using a heavily upgraded team against someone who just created theirs for the league. I've got a 1300 point team that I could use, but I could also use one that's at/around 1000...

[Rune_74]

heheh I'm ready to go now...:P

[IIntrude]

I created a new team and just added the CoG tag in front of the name so I could reuse some of my favorite names I have already acquired. I am for everyone starting off with fresh teams. Don't really relish the idea of my brand new team facing off against a heavily mutated one right off the bat. :)

[Rune_74]

Mine is new....and to top things off I never played orcs before...I expect to lose:)

[Airosh]

Alright, I sent in a team, a Human team, haven't really played humans before. I called them "The Empires Finest". They are a freshly made team of course, I only made one other online team and they were Wood Elves. I played one game with them, got stomp and didn't play them again.

[Rune_74]

I will have no problems crushing a saskatchewan...my orcs be commin for your prairie but!;)

[Airosh]

I will have no problems crushing a saskatchewan...my orcs be commin for your prairie but!;)

Please, you haven't even played orcs! You's not know how to smash! I'm going to pass all over your green butt! I know how the inner mind of the orc works! Its all "SMASH SMASH SMASH!!!!". I'll just use my knowledge of them (from playing them) to destroy you!

[Rune_74]

heheh awesome, me gonna crush your wussie buggers into de ground.

[Hawkzombie]

I need to get this game.

[Rune_74]

you can download it...this league should be fun...

[Hawkzombie]

Eh, part of the problem is not having an extra 50 bucks for maybe 2 weeks. God I hate being an adult with bills and responsibilities :P

[Rune_74]

Heh I'm an adult with 3 kids....it was a birthday present to myself...

[Hawkzombie]

LOL, yeah, That was how I got a new 22" HD monitor...it was my birthday AND Christmas gift last year

[Kryopsis]

Heh I'm an adult with 3 kids....it was a birthday present to myself...

It was my birthday present to myself as well. Money well spent, I say!

I'd gladly remake my Dwarf "The Imperial Stouts" to play with you guys, but since I am moving, I won't have internet for at least a week. Once it's set up, I'll join the next gathering.

[Hawkzombie]

Once I can set aside the cash I'll get it and sign up.

[Rune_74]

Well had an online game that wasn't as fun as the others I had...

I started playing said hi and got nothing....2 injuries to him later and a couple lucky rolls on my part and I get "hard to do well with stuff like this happenin..." I'm like what stuff and he says do you really have to ask...he then pouts through the first half of the game...I take out about 6 or 7 guys by the end....but due to some bad rolls on my part he ends up getting a TD...

But god, its a game quit crying like a baby and blaming everything on luck....really left a bad taste in my mouth

[Squidbot]

Indeed, which is one of the reasons I set up this league. So I can just play with you people, and not a bunch of whiney babies, or gloating noob callers.
I hate playing with the general public, there are so many assholes out there.

[ShivaX]

Well had an online game that wasn't as fun as the others I had...

I started playing said hi and got nothing....2 injuries to him later and a couple lucky rolls on my part and I get "hard to do well with stuff like this happenin..." I'm like what stuff and he says do you really have to ask...he then pouts through the first half of the game...I take out about 6 or 7 guys by the end....but due to some bad rolls on my part he ends up getting a TD...

But god, its a game quit crying like a baby and blaming everything on luck....really left a bad taste in my mouth

My favorite is when they have 0-2 rerolls and a Big Guy on a starting team and whine about rolls. I mean yeah, sometimes the luck screws you, but if you have 0 rerolls its definately going to bite you in the ass. Especially on a Chaos team. Good lord.

[Rune_74]

Heh, now I got myself in an arguement with this guy on their forums about cdkeys online and hwo you can buy a key for the game at 20 dollars...

Some guy joined right after the owner of that site joined and defended his position saying it was totally legal....and I noted his location and mentioned he most likely works with him due to the high level illegal software problems in asia...then boom now I'm a racist:P

[IIntrude]

Some people in Public League forget that the game is called "Blood Bowl."

They must think they are playing "Pretty Rainbows Flyin Out My Ass Bowl." Though i hear that game got good reviews.

[Rune_74]

heheh I killed 2 and injured 3 heheh he had 6 guys on the field at the end...

[Squidbot]

Hmmm, BB is no longer letting me get online. Every time I try to log in it says "Checking account Information" for about a minute, and then says Error: failed to establish connection. :(

[Libuke]

Hmmm, BB is no longer letting me get online. Every time I try to log in it says "Checking account Information" for about a minute, and then says Error: failed to establish connection. :(

That sounds like it would be on their end. Kinda like when steam has trouble connecting or whatever.

[Squidbot]

That's what I thought. Well, DLing it at work so i can manage the league at lunch time.

[Rune_74]

How close are we to playing?

[slhunter]

I'm still curious what Time Zone this league is geared toward... I see that Squidbot is in the UK, so does that mean that most of the players will be playing during a UK-friendly Time Zone? I keep odd hours, especially during the weekends, and would likely be able to find time to play with people on "UK-time", but I also may have better luck joining some other league that plays on "US-time" allowing even more opportunity to play.

Perhaps, if we get enough people on here interested, we can have a US league and a UK league? I may have 2 others who can play if we do a US league, but I seriously doubt that they'd be able to play on "UK-time".

[Rune_74]

I'm in canada

[Squidbot]

Oooh, i need to update my location, not that it affects this, but anyway: I'm in Ireland but i work nights, so I will mostly be playing in hours more suitable to the U.S/Canada.

As for how close we are to playing: Not that close. we are still about 10 teams short last time I checked. If by tomorrow the league does not look to be filling up we can make a new one with just those who signed up in this thread.

[mightbe]

I still cannot seem to leave my public league. I'll be on around 11:30PM est trying one more time.

[Saladin]

But god, its a game quit crying like a baby and blaming everything on luck....really left a bad taste in my mouth

Yeah, had a game like this on the weekend. Guy starts whining right before kick off because two guys on my Chaos team have the claw skill and how i'd obviously only made the team to hurt the opposition.

I was like "duh, that's the way Chaos wins, since they can barely pick up the ball let alone pass and catch, besides which, you're playing dwarfs who are the same". He then whined the whole match whenever I took his players down to the point of complaining that he'd have to remake the team because one dwarf died.

From what I've seen of public there's a tonne of people that just won't accept challenges from Chaos, Dwarves, Orcs, Gobbos or Lizards at all because they're afraid of losing players, they just want to stick to an elf/human/skaven passing contest (though not above using the big guys on those teams to hurt the opposition either)

[ShivaX]

I still cannot seem to leave my public league. I'll be on around 11:30PM est trying one more time.

Highlight the team you want, then go over and pick "Quit League". It should prompt you about leaving the "Open League" or something, pick yes. Then find the CoG League with that team (team name should be red showing its not in any League), then apply, put in the password and wait for Squidbot to approve it.

I'm still debating on what team to make. What isn't getting played? I like all the teams and I want some variety. I don't think anyone has said Woodies, Goblins or Lizards, but I might be overlooking something.

Edit: Looks like we got Lizards, so maybe I'll go with Wood Elves or Goblins, though Goblins invariably start to frustrate me after a while, I do love the Secret Weapons.

[Press Ninja]

I'll be joining in on this if I can get my Blood Bowl client to stop crashing... Coach name is Pantsless.

[Squidbot]

6 of 16 teams in so far. 1 Chaos, 2 Orc, 1 Skaven, 1 Human, 1 Wood Elves.

How long before we scrap it and start with a lower #teams requirement?

[Hawkzombie]

I want in...but I can't buy the game!....Yet :p

[KamaItachi]

I want in...but I can't buy the game!....Yet :p

I'm in the same Boat. totally busted for the next couple of weeks, but I'll be grabbing it before the end of the month, for sure.

Absolutely no consolation to those trying to sort out a league now....

[Libuke]

I want to join as well but I cannot commit to anything at specific times, many times throughout the week during the summer here I am out in the field for work (usually with overnight stays) and weekends do not work very well either right now.

[slhunter]

Squidbot, I'm in too, but haven't joined the league yet. I'm still trying to decide which team to use. Please be sure to include me in your headcount for this league. Also, the min/max for team values is just for the joining the league, not beyond that. When you reform, I think that you should decide what the highest value team you want to be allowed to join should be (rather than leaving it at 5000). If you want people to only use newly created teams, then capping the team value at 1000 is the way to go. It would be much better if all the teams are in the same range.

[Rune_74]

Well I don't think you have to be on at a certian time for games just of we are playing weekly try and find a time in the week...I could be wrong here though...

Be careful in public league that you don't get sucked into a 45 second match. what a match of frustration that can be...my chaos lost to a goblin because I didn't even have time to blink and stand my guys up are anything...I don't mind losing if I canmove all my guys and its my fault but when I can move maybe one are two guys in a round and he has guys with stumpy trait and can run well....frustration.

[Squidbot]

I'll hold off on resetting the league to a smaller nuber of teams for a while yet.
As I said, the play times are set to free, which i believe means that you can play whenever you can play, no limits on daily or weekly matches.
I'll do some more homework tomorrow on the league rules as it seems the BB community are all a little confused about the rules.
I can't do much today as I have had a bitch of a day so far and am pretty much broken.

[Saladin]

I signed up a dwarf team since I haven't really played one yet, should be interesting.

[Squidbot]

8/16 teams :)

[Sly Marbo]

Make way for The Khorne-Holers! Signed up and ready to go.

[Squidbot]

And accepted :)
I think Saladin is winning on the amusing name, with his Dwarf team: The Bearded Ladies.

[Spockrocket]

Oh balls, it's out already? Where can I get this?

[slhunter]

It's available for Digital Download directly through Cyanide at the moment... I'm guesisng that they are holding of on retail (and advertising about the game at all, at least in the US) until the XBox 360 version comes out in September.

You can download it here: http://bloodbowl.nexway.com/index2.html?Langue=en_GB&REF=671981

It's a great game.

[Airosh]

Were getting so close to starting this league, im pretty excited! While I wait I continue to play my campaign with my orcs! Today i had a match against Wood Elves. They are so weak! I had about 6 causalities to them. They of course had Jordell Freshbreeze their star play. Everyone has had a star player against me in the last like 5 games. But anyways in this match I pushed Jordell off into the sidelines and he DIED! I had no clue star players could be murdered! I assume though he can just be recruited again and every like it never happened, but I was still surprised. Unfortunately it was the second last turn and I wasn't able to take full advantage of his death. I won 2-1 anyways with a 19/20 rating. (I've never gotten 20/20 yet!)

[KamaItachi]

It's available for Digital Download directly through Cyanide at the moment... I'm guesisng that they are holding of on retail (and advertising about the game at all, at least in the US) until the XBox 360 version comes out in September.

You can download it here: http://bloodbowl.nexway.com/index2.html?Langue=en_GB&REF=671981

It's a great game.

Does anyone know if the price it quotes you changes on the region that you're viewing from or just what you select from the main web page. Because if I can snag this for $AU50, I am sold this weekend.

[Rune_74]

you should go for american I think...

[Sly Marbo]

Hey Squid, if you find a moment of spare time you could post the names of the currently registered teams. Seeing it may inspire others to join. Or not. Either way I think it would be fun to see who we're up against so we can start the shit talking early.

[Squidbot]

Will do. I'm finishing work in a few so I'll do it when I get home.

[Squidbot]

Updated with current teams. Once the season begins I'll try and keep the standings up to date.

[Airosh]

So my brother wants in on this tournament too, so he is going to send team himself. His team will be a lizardmen team, named "Slann the Dragon". His coaches name is Dahzer.

[slhunter]

Sent my App. today. My team is the Woodland Wisps (Wood Elves)... Please be gentle... :(

[SilentScreams]

:D

Orcrington Stanley. I love it.

[KamaItachi]

:D

Orcrington Stanley. I love it.

Oh man, you've been taking tips from Ian Rush!

[Squidbot]

I'm so glad somebody got that gag :D

4 teams to go before the Season begins!

[Hotcod]

wish i had the game but still can't afford to pick it up at it's current price :( *Sniff*

[Squidbot]

wish i had the game but still can't afford to pick it up at it's current price :( *Sniff*

Awww. When I saw your name on this thread I thought you were in :(

[Sly Marbo]

Nice work on the list, Squid.

I wanna tentacle rape the Hot Topics.

[Hotcod]

Awww. When I saw your name on this thread I thought you were in :(

I know man :( i was so looking forward to the game, meant to pick it up at the weekend but lets just say there's been girl problems and as such what money i did have free has gone on forgetting about them.

Very much doubt i'll be able to pick it up before you guys are ready to play but sure we can start up another one in time

[Hawkzombie]

I know man :( i was so looking forward to the game, meant to pick it up at the weekend but lets just say there's been girl problems and as such what money i did have free has gone on forgetting about them.

Very much doubt i'll be able to pick it up before you guys are ready to play but sure we can start up another one in time

I'm in the same boat for different reasons...but I'll cut anyone who makes a Skaven team and names them 'Rats Off To Ya' before I can :p

[Veregon]

Ok I caved and bought the game tonight after finding out it wasn't gonna be Steamed until September, I might set up a quick team just to get in the league but I won't be ready to play online until next week.

[OUX]

I just picked this up I submitted The Cheese Balls, skaven all the way. I might need to remake them however since I just made them with the default settings.

[The Doctor]

Tremble before the might of the..

RUNTY RAIDERS.

That's right, the goblins are fielding a team. Obnoxious little buggers, aren't they?

[Squidbot]

Alright, Doctor! Not only do we have our first Goblin entry, but with Veregon fielding his team too we now have 15 of the required 16 teams!

So close to kick off!

[OUX]

I have been playing this a good deal, and I have to say, I am pretty terrible. Prepare to face the wrath of my being hosed.

[Sly Marbo]

No one is good at this game. That's what makes it so fun.

[SilentScreams]

It's hard to be good at a game where one unlucky dice roll can ultimately spell your doom.
You can stack the odds in your favor, but in the end it's all down to those pesky dice.

[Rune_74]

I have only won one online game at thats because the guy dropped out...frustrating:P

But fun...

[The Doctor]

Goblins are absolutely teh suck, so you guys will get get some wins against me. They're hilarious however, which is more important than the win. Starting with two trolls, and a full complement of cheaty secret weapons? Priceless.

[slhunter]

It's hard to be good at a game where one unlucky dice roll can ultimately spell your doom.
You can stack the odds in your favor, but in the end it's all down to those pesky dice.

This is true to some extent, but I really try to go into each game putting myself into the best position to succeed. Sure, even the best/safest plans don't work out sometimes, but that's just that Blood Bowl for you. It really feels like sometimes that the key is really to avoid rolling the dice if at all possible, even if you have a 5/6 chance of succeeding.

Obviously, if 1 guy has 10 bad rolls in the game while the other only has 3, chances are that the bad roller will be lucky to tie. However, it really does feel like more often than not the bad rolls are fairly equal for both sides with variances only being a roll or 2... Having re-rolls in the "bank", as well as skill re-rolls, help avoid critically important bad rolls... unless you fail the re-roll too.

[Rune_74]

People cheat online with goblins...40 seconds turn length gives them an advantage...thats the only thing I hate about goblins.

[The Doctor]

People cheat online with goblins...40 seconds turn length gives them an advantage...thats the only thing I hate about goblins.

That's nothing inherent to the goblins, it sounds like people are just choosing shitty turn limit settings. This of course, comes as no surprise after the plethora of 30-second one round matches in SF4 online.

Multiplayer games would be so fun, if it wasn't for the other people you have to play them with.

[SilentScreams]

That's nothing inherent to the goblins, it sounds like people are just choosing shitty turn limit settings. This of course, comes as no surprise after the plethora of 30-second one round matches in SF4 online.

Multiplayer games would be so fun, if it wasn't for the other people you have to play them with.

The reason it benefits Goblins more than most, I suspect, is because they are inherently good at dodging through tackle zones, and less turn time gives you less time to set up and prevent them from playing the running game.

[Hotcod]

That's nothing inherent to the goblins, it sounds like people are just choosing shitty turn limit settings. This of course, comes as no surprise after the plethora of 30-second one round matches in SF4 online.

Multiplayer games would be so fun, if it wasn't for the other people you have to play them with.

which is why the CoG league is such a good idea and i'm gutted to miss the start.

[The Doctor]

It's hard to be good at a game where one unlucky dice roll can ultimately spell your doom.
You can stack the odds in your favor, but in the end it's all down to those pesky dice.

My thrower with sure hands failed to pick up the ball on the kickoff after I took all my other safe moves. Skaven ran right by, picked it up, and scored. That's luck for ya.

Of course, I just had a game with my human team where I outbashed the Dwarf team. Luck again. Three casualties on my end, but none of them were severe enough to warrant an apothecary use.

[ShivaX]

People cheat online with goblins...40 seconds turn length gives them an advantage...thats the only thing I hate about goblins.

They do it with bashing teams as well. With a dwarf team you can just mindlessly click block and come out ahead of the other team since the numbers are in your favor. Meanwhile the other team doesn't have time to plan any moves.

[Rune_74]

Its complete bs being able to select 40 seconds....they should remove that option thereby eleminating that exploit....it was really frustrating...

[SilentScreams]

I haven't played online, but can you not just host the game yourself and pick your own options?

[ShivaX]

I haven't played online, but can you not just host the game yourself and pick your own options?

You can, but getting a game can be a pain in the ass at times. Since every team anyone has is on the list you'll often not get games by challenging people (since they're afk, cherry-pickers or just don't feel like playing that team at the moment). So when someone challenges you its pretty easy to click yes, especially since you don't have a ton of time to think about it.

I've gotten to the point that the first thing I look at is the time now. Then TV, then maybe race, though typically I don't care much on that end of things.

[Saladin]

Its complete bs being able to select 40 seconds....they should remove that option thereby eleminating that exploit....it was really frustrating...

It's not an exploit, you can choose not to accept the invite :P 40s games with two similar teams are actually pretty fun, and it means you're not committing over an hour to one game.

[ShivaX]

It's not an exploit, you can choose not to accept the invite :P 40s games with two similar teams are actually pretty fun, and it means you're not committing over an hour to one game.

But it does mean you can't think about any moves. Hell you can barely move all your guys when you add in waiting for animations and a little lag. The Public League says its 4:00 turns. I honestly don't mind 2 or even 3 minute turns most of the time, but 0:40 is just stupid. People should just play RT if they want that.

Invariably every game with that low of a time is someone whos geared their entire team towards exploiting it. A team of tons of dwarves all with Guard so he doesn't have to calculate anything and will win most blocks. Teams of agile teams with only Dodge to take advantage of not being able to cover things, etc, etc.

Good luck if your team isn't a homogenous blob of the same guy. While you find and click on the dude with Strip Ball your turn ended, much less if you want to figure out a chain block or hand-off/pass situation.

[Saladin]

I like 2 minute turns as a good medium.. 4 minutes is far too long. With 32 turns all up it can take almost 2 hours for one game, especially in public league where guys deliberately wait out the first 2 minutes doing nothing in the hope you'll get frustrated and quit.

[slhunter]

I like 3 min., although I'm pretty solid on 2 now... I've played a 40 sec once (and won). You can't do 3 in leagues, though. 4 min is probably the best way to go with guys relatively new to Blood Bowl or the online interface. If another league gets started up, 2 min will probably be the way to go.

[Rune_74]

It's not an exploit, you can choose not to accept the invite :P 40s games with two similar teams are actually pretty fun, and it means you're not committing over an hour to one game.

|Yes you can chose, however they are hoping you don't see the time limit set so they can take advantage....like a previous poster stated it favors a good dodging team like goblins...since you can block all their guys since you don't have time...its a scam, one I only fell for once but it can happen.

[slhunter]

I honestly don't think tht the majority of people are trying to catch an unsuspecting opponent. I really think that it's more of a case of people trying to level up their team quickly by getting in as many games as possible. I just don't see how someone could really enjoy playing 40 sec...

[Squidbot]

One team to go, folks! Someone must want to play!

[Rune_74]

I honestly don't think tht the majority of people are trying to catch an unsuspecting opponent. I really think that it's more of a case of people trying to level up their team quickly by getting in as many games as possible. I just don't see how someone could really enjoy playing 40 sec...


I really don't think this, the time limit benefits goblins and the majority of games at 40 seconds are goblins.

[Saladin]

I like 3 min., although I'm pretty solid on 2 now... I've played a 40 sec once (and won). You can't do 3 in leagues, though. 4 min is probably the best way to go with guys relatively new to Blood Bowl or the online interface. If another league gets started up, 2 min will probably be the way to go.

4 mins is fine in a closed league because you can generally trust that people aren't going to waste time just to be annoying.

[Veregon]

Can you have two teams registered in the same league? If so and we don't get our 16th soon maybe we should make a dummy team so we can actually start?

[Squidbot]

Doesn't work, I just tried it with my Goblin team, HemoGoblin.

[mightbe]

I'll see if I can scrounge one up tonight.

[slhunter]

Just... need... 1... moooorrreeee....

[destoo]

god damnit..
Canadian dollar is on the rise.. but I'll buy it now.
Downloading...

[Sly Marbo]

god damnit..
Canadian dollar is on the rise.. but I'll buy it now.
Downloading...

You're a good man.

Let's get this show on the road.

[Squidbot]

As soon as destoo signs up we can commence the season.

[destoo]

I'm in. Damn that was painful.
I really need a new laptop. maybe in a few weeks.

[mightbe]

Three cheers for destoo! I'll be online later looking for games. We going to use #colonyofgamers to meet up?

[Squidbot]

Gentlemen, we are off!
The Season has begun.

[The Doctor]

So, do we have to play against the people it looks the league matched us up with? I was hoping we could just hop on and play whoever in the league was on at the time.

[SilentScreams]

So, do we have to play against the people it looks the league matched us up with? I was hoping we could just hop on and play whoever in the league was on at the time.

I assumed that's what it would be like. I haven't been on to check it out yet.

[slhunter]

You go through a regular Match to Match schedule... So, basically, you'll need to try to coordinate a time to play via in-game mail, on these forums, or in the League-created chat room...

[slhunter]

everyone in the league should regularly visit that chat room, if you have trouble finding it, post here and I'll try to help. Basically, the default chat room is set up for Public chat and you just click the arrow next to it for a drop-down list...

[destoo]

This interface is severely lacking (and crashing, for me)
I would definitely have preferred to be able to play against anyone in the order I wanted.

[mightbe]

We're definitely going to need some way outside of game to contact each other. My steam name is the same as my user name.

Append "outthere" to the end of my user name to get my AIM.

Lets get this thing rooolllin!

[slhunter]

Rune, you and I are playing each other first... I should be around for most of tonight and a decent chunk of tomorrow night to get our game in. I'm in US CST, but I also keep late hours and available to start a game up until midnight or 1am... When works for you?

Also, is there perhaps a better place where we can set up a Week by Week match-up organizing thread?

[Airosh]

I got Sly Marbo in the first round. When are you available to play? I'm pretty much available whenever, just will have to figure out the time differences.

If we do make another thread to set up match times, someone should make it in the "matchmaking" section of the forums. Call it "CoG Blood Bowl Match Times" or something like that.

[Rune_74]

Hey Slhunter I'm on PST time.....I'm not so available tonight (wed) but thurs I should be able to get some game time in...what about 8 my time...I think that is 10 your time? My head is hurtin tonight so bare with me:)

[slhunter]

yeah, the later the better is ususally good for me, even if I'm in CST. 8 or 9pm your time should be great. I'll get back with you a few hours in advance (on here) to confirm. I probably will also send you an in-game mail about the time too.

Thanks!

[Sly Marbo]

I got Sly Marbo in the first round. When are you available to play? I'm pretty much available whenever, just will have to figure out the time differences.


I'm free tonight, actually. Anytime after 7:00 EST which is 6:00 for you if I'm not mistaken.

[SilentScreams]

Oh super, I have to start working out time zones now?

Looks like I have ShivaX. I'm obviously on GMT and I'm available to play most of the time due to being stuck in part-time work at the moment, so we can do this whenever is good for you, Shiva.

[Squidbot]

Damnit, the system sucks.
We're stuck with the way the game draws it.

destoo, you and I are up. Name a time and dat and I'll see if it's good for me.

[destoo]

Free now until around 16:00 eastern. (next 3 hours)
I'm destoo on steam.

[Airosh]

I'm free tonight, actually. Anytime after 7:00 EST which is 6:00 for you if I'm not mistaken.

Alright sounds good to me. I'll do my best to be on at that time, hehe. I may forget though, I got a habit of doing that or I may be eating supper at that time and will be a bit late. It shouldn't be a problem though and I will definately be on within the hour or so.

[Sly Marbo]

Alright sounds good to me. I'll do my best to be on at that time, hehe. I may forget though, I got a habit of doing that or I may be eating supper at that time and will be a bit late. It shouldn't be a problem though and I will definately be on within the hour or so.

Cool. My Steam name is slymarbo. Add me up and let me know when you're ready to go.

I'm looking forward to our game.

[Saladin]

I'll check my steam name when I get home. saladinnz I think it is. Drew Oux first up. Being in NZ I'm 19 hours ahead of PDT at the moment, so generally online during the week from 11pm-midnight PST. Friday nights (my Saturday) would probably be the best time, or Saturday.

[ShivaX]

Oh super, I have to start working out time zones now?

Looks like I have ShivaX. I'm obviously on GMT and I'm available to play most of the time due to being stuck in part-time work at the moment, so we can do this whenever is good for you, Shiva.

I'm also pretty free as far as times, but I'm also indecisive, so just pick a time and I'll try to be there.

[slhunter]

Sorry, Rune, I'm still trying to get on tonight, but I forgot it was my brother-in-law's birthday... I'll hop online as soon as I can, and if you are still on, we can bust it. If not, perhaps we can try around a similar time tomorrow.

[OUX]

The first patch better have a god damn timezone scheduling tool. Saladin, This weekend is bad for me I have to go to a birthday party but I will let you know as soon as I know a good time.

[Rune_74]

Its cool, I'm pretty much open whenever...I'm a dad of three I have no life lol...

OK back to fallout 3:)

[SilentScreams]

I'm also pretty free as far as times, but I'm also indecisive, so just pick a time and I'll try to be there.

What time zone are you in? I'll try and pick a reasonable time for both of us.

[ShivaX]

What time zone are you in? I'll try and pick a reasonable time for both of us.

Central, but I'm pretty flexible.

[slhunter]

Rune, what time are you available tonight PST?

[Rune_74]

after 8 I think....gotta get the kids to bed or you get an unfair advantage;)

[slhunter]

That's why I can't play until after 8 or 9 CST generally... Granted it's kid, not kids...

[Rune_74]

heheh 1 was alot easier then three trust me:)

[Rune_74]

The first league game to be played was between the Angry Grummblers and the Woodland wisps. Trust me when I tell you this, there was no love lost between these teams...and if there was....it was lost in blood.

This game was violent folks, were talking elves flying here and there....seeing 4 seriously injured, one smashed to bits and a suspension. When the Grumblers finaly payed any attention to the ball there were only four elves on the field.

Hidepuke, the rather large and stupid troll had this to say about the game "Elves good, crunchy."

It was not all grog in this game though, as the grummblers lost Vrasub to injury when the stinkin elves surrounded him, yeah pick on the runt. I guess we saw how that turned out. At one point the elves where just over the touchdown line when he lost his grip on a slick patch of blood and puke, tumbling to the ground and losing the ball. He was then dispatched from the game. The final few minutes saw a rallying cry from the elves and another puke slip and slide.

All in all, a great game in the tradition of Blood bowl, putting the blood back in the bowl!

[Libuke]

The first league game to be played was between the Angry Grummblers and the Woodland wisps. Trust me when I tell you this, there was no love lost between these teams...and if there was....it was lost in blood.

This game was violent folks, were talking elves flying here and there....seeing 4 seriously injured, one smashed to bits and a suspension. When the Grumblers finaly payed any attention to the ball there were only four elves on the field.

Hidepuke, the rather large and stupid troll had this to say about the game "Elves good, crunchy."

It was not all grog in this game though, as the grummblers lost Vrasub to injury when the stinkin elves surrounded him, yeah pick on the runt. I guess we saw how that turned out. At one point the elves where just over the touchdown line when he lost his grip on a slick patch of blood and puke, tumbling to the ground and losing the ball. He was then dispatched from the game. The final few minutes saw a rallying cry from the elves and another puke slip and slide.

All in all, a great game in the tradition of Blood bowl, putting the blood back in the bowl!


I think the dwarfs won form your description but I am not 100% sure.

[Airosh]

The first league game to be played was between the Angry Grummblers and the Woodland wisps. Trust me when I tell you this, there was no love lost between these teams...and if there was....it was lost in blood.

This game was violent folks, were talking elves flying here and there....seeing 4 seriously injured, one smashed to bits and a suspension. When the Grumblers finaly payed any attention to the ball there were only four elves on the field.

Hidepuke, the rather large and stupid troll had this to say about the game "Elves good, crunchy."

It was not all grog in this game though, as the grummblers lost Vrasub to injury when the stinkin elves surrounded him, yeah pick on the runt. I guess we saw how that turned out. At one point the elves where just over the touchdown line when he lost his grip on a slick patch of blood and puke, tumbling to the ground and losing the ball. He was then dispatched from the game. The final few minutes saw a rallying cry from the elves and another puke slip and slide.

All in all, a great game in the tradition of Blood bowl, putting the blood back in the bowl!

Yeah, it sounds to me that the Dwarfs won too and judging by the descriptions of Elves falling down, me thinks someone had bad luck with their "going for it" rolls... hehe.

I can't wait for my first match against the "Khorne-Holers". Me and Sly Marbo keeping catching the other at bad times for a game. :(

[Rune_74]

Heh actually my team was orcs:P

[SilentScreams]

Shiva, can you manage a game at 3pm today? That's 9pm for me.
I can manage an hour earlier or a few hours later. Whatever suits you.

[Squidbot]

Sorry, destoo. Been a bit busy. I get home from work usually about 3AM GMT, and am available after that time for a few hours. Not sure how that fits in with your time schedule.
My other team, Rottingham Forest, is now in a work league too so I need to start playing a lot more BB :D

[ShivaX]

Shiva, can you manage a game at 3pm today? That's 9pm for me.
I can manage an hour earlier or a few hours later. Whatever suits you.

Sounds good.

[slhunter]

The first league game to be played was between the Angry Grummblers and the Woodland wisps. Trust me when I tell you this, there was no love lost between these teams...and if there was....it was lost in blood.

This game was violent folks, were talking elves flying here and there....seeing 4 seriously injured, one smashed to bits and a suspension. When the Grumblers finaly payed any attention to the ball there were only four elves on the field.

Hidepuke, the rather large and stupid troll had this to say about the game "Elves good, crunchy."

It was not all grog in this game though, as the grummblers lost Vrasub to injury when the stinkin elves surrounded him, yeah pick on the runt. I guess we saw how that turned out. At one point the elves where just over the touchdown line when he lost his grip on a slick patch of blood and puke, tumbling to the ground and losing the ball. He was then dispatched from the game. The final few minutes saw a rallying cry from the elves and another puke slip and slide.

All in all, a great game in the tradition of Blood bowl, putting the blood back in the bowl!

Thanks for the recap, Rune... Yeah, it was a rough game for the Elves, but dammit, they showed a lot of fight, didn't they? Even when down to 5 guys on the pitch, they still were able to generate some scoring opportunities, including a chance to tie the game on Turn 16...

GG, bro, GG. Lots of fun.

[Airosh]

So my brother, Dahzer, plays the Goblins first, coached by Terrible Tony (The Doctor, right?) He would like to know what times work for you. He lives in Saskatchewan too, so same time zone as me. A good time would be on this Sunday around 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (our time.. 1:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. EST). If that doesn't work for you, you just give us sometimes you will be available to play and he'll see if he can make it or not... and I reply if he can or can not.

[destoo]

Sorry, destoo. Been a bit busy. I get home from work usually about 3AM GMT, and am available after that time for a few hours. Not sure how that fits in with your time schedule.
My other team, Rottingham Forest, is now in a work league too so I need to start playing a lot more BB :D

3AM gmt sounds like 11am eastern. It's usually a good time to catch me. only problem is a genre film fest going on this week here, so it's usually the most interesting films during that timeslot.

Definitely ping me on steam when you're available.

[Squidbot]

I'll see if you're around when i get home this evening :)

[Veregon]

Hey Pantless, haven't seen you online in-game, what times are good for you?

[The Doctor]

So my brother, Dahzer, plays the Goblins first, coached by Terrible Tony (The Doctor, right?) He would like to know what times work for you. He lives in Saskatchewan too, so same time zone as me. A good time would be on this Sunday around 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (our time.. 1:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. EST). If that doesn't work for you, you just give us sometimes you will be available to play and he'll see if he can make it or not... and I reply if he can or can not.

I've been out all weekend, and just got back. This upcoming week during the evening will work best. I'm Terrible Tony on steam, add me on there and we can try to chat to arrange the best time.

[ShivaX]

Looks like I missed you somehow Silent.

My Steam ID is ShivaX, I'll try to leave it on so we can coordinate a little easier.

[SilentScreams]

Looks like I missed you somehow Silent.

My Steam ID is ShivaX, I'll try to leave it on so we can coordinate a little easier.

Ok, I've added you. I'll try and catch you at some point on Monday.

[Press Ninja]

Hey Pantless, haven't seen you online in-game, what times are good for you?

Hey, times are a bit weird for me with work right now, but I can play around noon central today and tomorrow. Add me on steam, Pantslesswonder if you're not already on there.

[Airosh]

This is Dahzer i hijacked Airosh accout for a moment :P

The Doctor my steam is dahzer so if you see me trying to add you or dont cuz sometimes mine doesnt add people but ya add me to

[Rune_74]

So whats goin on....has everyone played yet or what?

[OUX]

Looks like one game so far. Saladin I am open this weekend drop me a pm if you want to squeeze our game in just tell me when.

[The Doctor]

I'll go ahead and say what I think everybody else is avoiding saying--

Having to play matches with assigned opponents, and the scheduling involved, really killed my interest in playing. I was hoping it'd be like the tabletop league I played a couple years back where you could play with anybody in the league, anytime you wanted. You know, hop on IRC or Steam, see who's around, and give them a challenge on the spot. Yes, people who play more often get better teams, but you could only count the results from a certain number of your games towards the finals.

I don't know when my free time is going to be in advance, so I can't really try and schedule too far in advance for a game.

(Ironic for a Time Lord, I know.)

[ShivaX]

I'll go ahead and say what I think everybody else is avoiding saying--

Having to play matches with assigned opponents, and the scheduling involved, really killed my interest in playing. I was hoping it'd be like the tabletop league I played a couple years back where you could play with anybody in the league, anytime you wanted. You know, hop on IRC or Steam, see who's around, and give them a challenge on the spot. Yes, people who play more often get better teams, but you could only count the results from a certain number of your games towards the finals.

I don't know when my free time is going to be in advance, so I can't really try and schedule too far in advance for a game.

(Ironic for a Time Lord, I know.)

I kinda predicted something along these line might happen.

I'd recommend as a possible alternative trying to agree on a time once a week or so and seeing how many people can make it and going from there. Of course given our world-wide community that might not be easy by any means, but if nothing else we can always attempt Euro and North American Leagues or something.

[Squidbot]

I'll go ahead and say what I think everybody else is avoiding saying--

Having to play matches with assigned opponents, and the scheduling involved, really killed my interest in playing. I was hoping it'd be like the tabletop league I played a couple years back where you could play with anybody in the league, anytime you wanted. You know, hop on IRC or Steam, see who's around, and give them a challenge on the spot. Yes, people who play more often get better teams, but you could only count the results from a certain number of your games towards the finals.

I don't know when my free time is going to be in advance, so I can't really try and schedule too far in advance for a game.

(Ironic for a Time Lord, I know.)


This. Frsutration levels building.

[SilentScreams]

Yeah, I'm finding it a little tricky too at the moment. Work has recently become very unpredictable, and I'm having to be pretty flexible (to the point of going in and working on a few hours notice) and making plans around that while also compensating for time zones is difficult.

I'm on board with ShivaX's idea personally. Those who can make it can play whoever they want, and those who can't don't inconvenience anybody else. They really should provide support for a league based on such a format in the game. They must know how hard it is to get 8 fixed pairs of people together at the same time just to progress through one round of league matches.

[Saladin]

I've gone off public league almost entirely now too. Keep running into teams that have obviously gamed the system; probably by playing their mates who stand back and let them score as many touchdowns as they want, with who they want.

e.g. Orc teams at 1500 rating who somehow have managed to get all 4 black orcs with 2 skills (usually block/guard), which just doesn't happen unless someones feeding those guys touchdowns.