GITP Fantasy Blood Bowl Cup - Season II [Team Management]

[Oh My God]

@Captain_Obvious:

Just in case you didn't know; your result of an 11 lets you raise your characters Agility by one, instead of taking a skill. This is generally the right move; a higher agility being really, really, really great. Really, the only time you don't generally want to do that is on people who are low agility and don't care (ogres, mummies, golems, etc. )

[The_Admiral]

oo thanks!

[snkls]

Roll for Valaskjalf (2d6)[6][5](11)

[snkls]

Valaskjalf will take Piling On.

Rampage! snkls

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snkls's Team: Rampage!

Race: Norse
Colors: Blue and Yellow

No.	Name	Title	Cost	SPP's	Skills
1	Balmung	Lineman	50,000	-	-
2	Eitr	Lineman	50,000	-	-
3	Mímameiðr	Lineman	50,000	5	-
4	Tyrfing	Lineman	50,000	-	-
5	Sinðri	Lineman	70,000	9	Dirty Player
6	Gjallarhorn	Lineman	50,000	-	-MA
7	Sessrumnir	Thrower	150,000	36	+AG, Sure Hands, Leader
8	Valaskjalf	Blitzer	130,000	17	Mighty Blow, Piling On
9	Folkvang	Blitzer	130,000	23	Mighty Blow, Piling On
10	Lyngvi	Werewolf	150,000	20	Mighty Blow, Block
11	Niflheimr	Catcher	130,000	22	Dodge, Sidestep

Rerolls: 1+1 Leader reroll
Fan Factor: 10

Apothecary: 1

Total: 1,220,000 - (90,000 remaining)

Injuries:

No.

Name

Title

Value

Injury

[Steilos]

Hey uh, if I had a bye week do I have to still post my roster? Also, when can I spend gameplan points - is that on a specific day or...?

[houlio]

I feel like this has happened before. Anyways, I'm happy to see the Fancy Lads back on their game, and leading by more than one point even! Funnily enough, I don't get any level ups out of it. It's a dead week and then Beerd for me, hopefully they'll put up more of a fight than the Sabres did.

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Race:Orc
Colours: Purple and Red

Roster:

No.	Name	Title	Value	SPPs	Skills
1	George	Blitzer	140,000	27	Guard, +1 Agi
2	Danforth	Blitzer	150,000	24	+1 MA, +1 Agi
3	Frederick	Blitzer	130,000	19	Jump Up, Strip Ball
4	Cornelius	Blitzer	80,000	0
5	Susan	Black Orc	120,000	20	Guard, Block
6	Lucille	Black Orc	80,000	0
7	Artemis	Black Orc	80,000	0
8	W. Tell	Thrower	90,000	8	Leader
9	Lord Louis Lemonsey	Lineman	50,000	0
10	Greensworth	Lineman	50,000	0
11	Mr. Scaggs	Lineman	50,000	0

Re-rolls: 2 (60,000 each)
Fan Factor: 7

Coaching staff: none


Total spent: 1,140,000
Total value: 1,210,000
Treasury: 120,000
Team value for forthcoming match: 1200

Inducements for next match:
Bets (Final):

Injuries:

No.	Name	Title	Value	Injury

Fancy-Free

[ybot]

Originally Posted by Steilos

Hey uh, if I had a bye week do I have to still post my roster? Also, when can I spend gameplan points - is that on a specific day or...?

If there are no changes to your roster then you don't need to post it. Crow will send out a pm to everyone on Sunday or Monday about inducements and after that you post your inducements and gameplan points

[Aedilred]

Originally Posted by The Hellbug

Also, do I have to name the journeyman?

afaik, you don't have to name the journeyman. The AI (or Crow) seems to name them if people don't. Whether you can is a whole different question.

Originally Posted by houlio

It's a dead week and then Beerd for me, hopefully they'll put up more of a fight than the Sabres did.

Cheeky orc! Down with your hat, or similar.

Originally Posted by Steilos

Also, when can I spend gameplan points - is that on a specific day or...?

I imagine they're due in at the same time as the inducement and bet deadlines (Tuesday).

[Tastier]

The Johnnys spend their booty from the match against the Hellbugs on a much needed apothecary, with a little leftover. (I think I've updated this correctly)

"The Johnnys' Quest"

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Race: Wood Elves
Colours: Grey and Brown

Roster:

No.	Name	Title	Value	SPPs	Skills
1	John Green	Treeman	120,000	0
2	Johnny 'Flamenco' Walker	Wardancer	120,000	0
3	Johnny 5-Shots	Wardancer	120,000	0
4	Action Johnny	Thrower	90,000	0
5	Fry ‘John’ Cook	Catcher	90,000	3
6	Benediction Johnson	Catcher	90,000	3
7	Bald John Green	Catcher	90,000	0
8	Other John Green	Lineman	70,000	0
9	Sir Johan Ticonderoga	Lineman	70,000	1
10	John ‘the Carpenter’ Wood	Lineman	70,000	5
11	J. Doe	Lineman	70,000	0
12	Vacancy
13	Vacancy
14	Vacancy

Re-rolls: 0 (50,000 each)
Fan Factor: 1 (10,000 each)
Apothecaries: 1 (50,000 each)

Coaching staff:
Assistant coaches (10,000): 0.

Total spent: 1,050,000
Total value: 1,060,000
Treasury: 20,000
Team value for forthcoming match: 1060

Inducements for next match:
Bets (Final):

Injuries:

No.

Name

Title

Value

Injury

[Leriel]

@Crow: seems that the blessing of Odino worked... no Amazon killed in this match! That's a great result for my team a pity that I have no new skills, but it's OK nevertheless.

Updated rooster:

Die Valkyrie

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Leriel's Team: Die Valkyrie (Amazon)

Color: Black and Silver

Rooster:

No.	Name	Title	Cost	SPP's	Skills
1	Skuld	Blitzer	90,000	-	-
2	Skögul	Blitzer	90,000	-	-
3	Gunnr	Blitzer	90,000	-	-
4	Hildr	Blitzer	90,000	2	-
5	Göndul	Thrower	70,000	3	-
6	Hrist	Thrower	70,000	-	-
7	Mist	Catcher	70,000	-	-
8	Skeggjöld	Catcher	70,000	-	-
9	Hlökk	Linewoman	50,000	-	-
10	Herfjötur	Linewoman	50,000	5	-
11	Göll	Linewoman	50,000	-	-
12	Reginleif	Linewoman	50,000	-	-

Re-rolls: 2 (50,000 each)

Fan Factor: 1 (10,000)

Apothecary - Urd (50,000)

Treasury: 60,000

Total value: 1,000,000

Team value for forthcoming match: 1000

Inducements for next match:
Bets:

Injuries:

No.

Name

Title

Value

Injury

Gameplan points: the same of last week - Guard to Skuld (Blitzer 1) and Gunnr (Blitzer 3).

[docnessuno]

Updated Roster:

Green IS your enemy!

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Green IS your enemy! (Orks)

Color: Green and Red

Roster:

N°	Name	Position	Cost	SPP's	Skills
1	Dor of Clan Manaka	Black Ork Blocker	80,000	0	-
2	Leslie	Black Ork Blocker	100,000	11	Block
3	Donnar of Clan Hel	Black Ork Blocker	80,000	0	-
4	Kul of Clan Tergoth	Black Ork Blocker	80,000	0	-
5
6	Uthanak	Blitzer	80,000	5	-
7
8	Heathecliffe	Blitzer	80,000	5	-
9	De'zicrah	Thrower	70,000	0	-
10	B'alam Nak	Thrower	70,000	0	-
11	Ar'tek	Lineman	50,000	0	-
12	Norbert	Lineman	50,000	5	-

Re-rolls: 3 (60,000 each, 120,000 to buy in-season)
Fan Factor: 0

Total: 910,000 (40,000 remaining)

''Smasha time!''

Can we induce star players not in the PC version of bloodbowl?

[Aedilred]

Originally Posted by docnessuno

Can we induce star players not in the PC version of bloodbowl?

Helmut Wulf played about half my matches last season (with cameos from Zara and Zug). I think anyone in the provided rulepack is fair game.

I would like to place a $20,000 bet this week on the Fancy Lads. I would like to, but I won't.

[Oh My God]

We sort of need the odds posted before we bet, don't we?

[Aedilred]

Yes. The Fancy Lads have a bye week, hence my flippancy. (Crow would probably count it as a draw anyway, so I'd lose my money in any case).

I wouldn't feel comfortable betting on any of the results this week, I think, or indeed almost any of the matches until I get a better feel for the teams involved. Of the four returning teams, two of them are playing each other, and that could go either way (the Rivermen won the corresponding match last season, ending Rampage!'s winning streak, but Rampage! seem to have retained more of their key players from that match). The Lads are rested, the notoriously unreliable Sabres are up against a formidable defensive lineup, and the rest are rookie teams facing off, with little information to help gauge form. Two relatively untested Chaos teams against each other? Could be juicy.

[Oh My God]

The second week of SportsNight is up in the Main Thread for any who wish to drink deeply of my particular brand of madness.

[Steilos]

Hmmm, I don't see anything about gameplan points anywhere or an inducements pm and it's Tuesday so I'll just post mine.

Gameplan Points: 4
Kaldsorfan the Unstoppable: Guard for one GPP
Skinflayer: Mighty Blow for one GPP
Carlos "Might be a Tzeentch Infitrator but we'll play him anyway" Francis: Pass for one GPP
Killer Kev: Block for one GPP

I think? that Bloodletters get mutations as a singles pick (They're DAEMONS) and Heralds get Strength as a singles pick.

EDIT: You think this match will come down to who handles the ball better? I disagree. No factual basis mind, but I'm playing a Khorne team fer bloodgodsakes!

[Aedilred]

Originally Posted by Steilos

I think? that Bloodletters get mutations as a singles pick (They're DAEMONS) and Heralds get Strength as a singles pick.

From the list posted by Crow, they don't get mutations at all(?!), but everyone apart from the Pit Fighters gets S as a "singles" category.

[Crow]

I forgot what day it was. Inducement mail coming out shortly.

Any star player in the ruleset is fair game.

No mutations for Khorne (I think they did it as a game balance thing). Just noticed Pit Fighters all get passing skills on singles though!

[The_Admiral]

Buying a reroll with my Gameplan Point

Nothing with my inducements.

[Crow]

Please declare Gameplan Point usage in the same post that you declare purchased inducements. This reduces the chance that I will miss something.

[Aedilred]

Originally Posted by Crow

BEERd - 450,000

Good grief!

Both my catchers (#7 and #11) will take Block for the forthcoming game. Updated in the roster on the previous page.

[Steilos]

What? Khorne, no mutations? I don't-

These are the most restrained bloodletters ever. Anyway, editing my GPPs.

[The Hellbug]

I'll give block to Orgetorix and Andecembogius with my game plan points.

[Oh My God]

I noted my coaching points expenditure in my roster post, but I'll repeat it for completionism.

Sure Hands on #5 Abin Daur
Dodge on #2 Tirnen Thirgail

[Aedilred]

Maybe daemons don't mutate (being already perfect expressions of their Gods' will), only mortals. That doesn't explain why pit fighters don't. Balance, as suggested, I think.

There are a couple of skill anomalies like that sprinkled around the lists, especially in relation to passing skills. There's no reason, for instance, for Leader to be a Passing skill rather than anything else, and Nerves of Steel is just as useful for catchers and runners as for throwers, but presumably it would be unbalancing to include it as a General skill.

[Oh My God]

Sure Hands -is- a general skill.

And I imagine the reason Leadership is a Passing skill is that the archetypical 'head' of any football team is its quarterback.

Edit: You fixed it already. :P

[Crow]

New issue of Spike! Magazine is up in the main thread.

A head to head comparison of the two best ball carriers in the cup!

[docnessuno]

Green IS Your Enemy - TV 910.000
Schedule dictates my next opponen will be Die Valkyrie - TV 1.000.000

I have been awarded 40.000 inducements, but it should be 90.000
Did i miss something?

[Crow]

Originally Posted by docnessuno

Green IS Your Enemy - TV 910.000
Schedule dictates my next opponen will be Die Valkyrie - TV 1.000.000

I have been awarded 40.000 inducements, but it should be 90.000
Did i miss something?

Journeyman is counted in TV. To prevent journeyman abuse.

[docnessuno]

My bad, in that case i will NOT hire the journeyman (since it's optional).