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

[Leriel]

@docnessuno: May I? I looked at your rooster... Blitzers with a skill cost more ;) they are worthy +20,000

My two cents for the AI behaviour: according to my experience with Skaven, it seems that the AI is taking in serious accont the Star Players. I mean, I managed to win vs Sabres - while last season I lost one of my Gonzalo's vs the Dark Elves... the only time I didn't hire a SP.

Also someone should explain me why AI, after giving the ball to a Thrower, does not make him a pass to a cather

[The_Admiral]

Iron Giants Captain_Obvious

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Colours
Gray and Blue

Race: HUMAN!

No	Name	Title	Value	SPPs	Skills
1	Darren Galaviz	Catcher	70,000	5	-
2	Kurt Axelrod	Catcher	70,000	3	-
3
4	Darren Dipalma	Blitzer	90,000	2	-
5	Clayton Zucco	Lineman	50,000	5	-
6	Ted Seabury	Blitzer	90,000	0	-
7	"Mad" Max Saravia	Lineman	100,000	17	Dirty Player, AV+1
8	Fred Johns	Thrower	70,000	0	-
9	Javier Rockefeller	Thrower	70,000	2	-
10	James Look	Blitzer	90,000	0	-
11	Lonnie Ruggeri	Blitzer	130,000	7	AV +1

4 re-rolls

Total: 9,990,000 (10,000 remaining)

Fan factor: +1

History

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The underdogs of this season, the Iron Giants have no professional experience whatsoever.

They started in a small and obscure town as a Blood Bowl club. From a fan club, it slowly transformed into an amateur Blood Bowl team, complete with a grizzled coach, John Smith.

Slowly but surely, they rose through the ranks, easily dominating the amateur scene in their district.

Then one of the players had a bright idea, "Why not try for the cup?" Everyone jumped on the bandwagon to much protestation from John Smith.

So here they stand, ready to take part in the first game of the season.

Injury

No	Name	Title	Injury
9	Javier Rockefeller	Thrower	Smashed Collarbone (-1 ST)

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[Leriel]

Rolling for Herfjötur:

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[Leriel]

Block for her

[docnessuno]

Originally Posted by Leriel

@docnessuno: May I? I looked at your rooster... Blitzers with a skill cost more ;) they are worthy +20,000

Sure, i updated the total team value but i forgot to update the player's value.

I'll edit my previous post.

[Aedilred]

Originally Posted by Leriel

Also someone should explain me why AI, after giving the ball to a Thrower, does not make him a pass to a cather

It's probably the old high-percentage actions thing again. At a normal range you've only got a 50% chance of throwing the ball successfully and a 50% chance of receiving it... although you can re-roll both. Still it seems the AI would rather move the ball along the ground as it's "less risky" - most of the top players in YR are throwers. (Of course, against some teams, moving the ball on the ground is more risky, because the carrier gets taken out trying to cross the line of scrimmage, whereas the pass won't be intercepted and the catcher can outrun the defence)

Even with my guys, where for my thrower to pass to Morr E.N. Tezz and they both have a +1 to the roll and a re-roll, it still averages less than one pass per game. But some teams seem to be able to pass the ball more freely - the Wood Elves in particular.

[ybot]

Originally Posted by Leriel

Also someone should explain me why AI, after giving the ball to a Thrower, does not make him a pass to a cather

Amazon players are all good runners because they have dodge and a decent speed. If you want the AI to pass more the try giving a thrower a passing skill. Last season after getting safe throw Hands made about 1 successful touchdown pass a match.

[Leriel]

Originally Posted by ybot

Amazon players are all good runners because they have dodge and a decent speed. If you want the AI to pass more the try giving a thrower a passing skill. Last season after getting safe throw Hands made about 1 successful touchdown pass a match.

Thanks for the advice!

[Oh My God]

A real portion of the passing problem is that, in tabletop, you'd likely want to start the turn with the ball in the hands of not-the-passer, who runs to mid-field where the passer is and hands off to him. This lets the passer himself run a bit of the way down the field, making the pass to the catcher shorter. I'm guessing that -us- getting the AI to do that is less than likely.

And don't worry about mucking around with the Elf AI, Crow. I'll just shove this mess through this season and make an Ork team next one.

[Crow]

Aedilred and ybot are right on as far as AI passing the ball.

Oh My God, if you change your mind, let me know and I can try to tweak it.

[The Hellbug]

On the other hand, we have the Fancy Lads who, despite not having any players with a passing skill, have had quite a tendency to air the ball out.

[Aedilred]

W. Tell has the normal starting Thrower skills and the Leader re-roll, so presumably the AI has fingered him as a decent ball-chucker.

[Necroticplague]

I think the reason my team is acting so bashy works on similar logic, since the fact most my team has regen means that even with horrible rolling, they have a 50% chance of simply having to sit out for a little. And since I have some reserves, even this isn't all that bad a result. This is especially true for the werewolves, who's claws skill means that eventually they will do some serious harm, and their frenzy means that if they try it once, they'll keep trying (eventually making it statistically guaranteed they hurt someone bad). However, given the ball-handling logic, this would then mean that the expected behavior would be to give the ball to one of the wolves (high movement speed), and then simply have everyone else try and smash until something interesting happens. Given the amount of deaths and injuries occurring, and who's scoring, that's pretty much exactly what I think is happening.Although, I know more about computer logic than Blood Bowl, so I'm not sure how unusual all these deaths/injuries even are.

Anyway, on to updating my roster (may need someone more experienced to double check some of the things about my values)

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Race:Necromantic
Colors: rotten green and pus yellow

No.	Name	Title	Value	SPPs	Skills
1	Lupus "Patches"	Werewolf	150,000	11	Juggernaut
2	Lycan "Claws"	Werewolf	140,000	12	Dodge
3	Frank "Stitch"	Flesh Golem	110,000
4	George "Grafts"	Flesh Golem	110,000	4
5	Yogy "Consumption"	Wight	90,000
6	Yan "Waits"	Wight	90,000
7	Tavros "Argy"	Ghoul	70,000
8	Solska "Bubonics"	Ghoul	70,000
9	Fodder1	Zombie	40,000	4
10	Fodder2	Zombie	40,000	2
11	Fodder3	Zombie	40,000	2
12	Fodder4	Zombie	40,000	5
13	Fodder5	Zombie	40,000
14	Fodder 6 (Narchon Tarchol)	Zombie	40,000
15	Fodder 6 (Other John Green)	Zombie	40,000

Re-roll:0
Fan Factor:0

Staff:
Necromancer: Darkdeath Evilman, Amateur Animator.
Assistant Coaches: Pohiko Deringer, Swarm Tactician.
Estranger "Botuls",Fleshmodder
Karlond "Ebols",Plagueleader

Total Spent:1,000,000
Total Value: 1,150,000
Treasury:90,000
Team value for forthcoming match: 1000

The Horde Continues

Injuries:

No.	Name	Title	Value	Injury

Now, rolling for Lycan's Improvement:(2d6)[4][1](5).

[Aedilred]

Originally Posted by Necroticplague

Anyway, on to updating my roster (may need someone more experienced to double check some of the things about my values)

Now that your werewolves have skill-ups they're more valuable. Lupus has a double-only skill so that's +30K (150K total) and Lycan will get a normal skill so +20K (140K total). However your total TV looks to be accurate, which is what counts (although it will go up when Lycan gets his new skill).

[snkls]

Well at least we made it out of there without any more deaths. We will go ahead and use our winnings to purchase Sigurðrfrear since it seems he got our MVP roll.

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	Mánagarmr	Werewolf	120,000	-	-
3	Mímameiðr	Lineman	50,000	5	-
4	Tyrfing	Lineman	50,000	-	-AV
5	Sigurðrfrear	Lineman	50,000	5	-
6	Gjallarhorn	Lineman	50,000	-	-MA
7	Sessrumnir	Thrower	150,000	36	+AG, Sure Hands, Leader
8	Valaskjalf	Blitzer	130,000	22	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: 9

Apothecary: 1

Total: 1,250,000 - (0 remaining)

Injuries:

No.

Name

Title

Value

Injury

[Oh My God]

Two out of three games the Plague has played were against Elves; virtually all of them have an AV of 7; all Claws does is let you penetrate as though the enemy had an AV of 7. So, for the majority of their games thus played, Claw has done nothing whatsoever. Despite this, they're getting savaged than average CAS.

[Tastier]

Does anyone see the humor in the fact the J. Doe has a serious concussion?

"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	4	Loner, Mighty Blow, Stand Firm, Strong Arm, Take Root, Thick Skull, Throw Team-Mate
2	Johnny 'Flamenco' Walker	Wardancer	120,000	4	Block, Dodge, Leap
3	Johnny 5-Shots	Wardancer	120,000	5	Block, Dodge, Leap
4
5	Fry ‘John’ Cook	Catcher	90,000	3	Catch, Dodge, Sprint
6	Benediction Johnson	Catcher	90,000	3	Catch, Dodge, Sprint
7	Bald John Green	Catcher	90,000	3	Catch, Dodge, Sprint
8
9	Sir Johan Ticonderoga	Lineman	70,000	1
10	John ‘the Carpenter’ Wood	Lineman	90,000	7	Block
11	J. Doe	Lineman	70,000	0
12	John ‘Five-Score and Seventeen’ No-Name	Lineman	70,000	0
13	Vacancy

Injuries:

No.	Name	Title	Value	Injury
11	J. Doe.	Lineman	70,000	Serious Concussion (-1 AV)

Re-rolls: 0 (50,000 each)
Fan Factor: 3 (10,000 each)
Apothecaries: 1 (50,000 each)

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

Total spent: 1,120,000
1,050,000
+ 70,000 (Hired John ‘Five-score and Seventeen’ No-Name)

Total value: 1,010,000
1,090,000
+ 10,000 (+1 Fan Factor)
- 90,000 (Action Johnny Died)
- 70,000 (Other John Green Died)
+ 70,000 (Hired John ‘Five-score and Seventeen’ No-Name)

Treasury: 70,000
60,000
+ 80,000 (Week 3 Winnings)
- 70,000 (Hired John ‘Five-score and Seventeen’ No-Name)

Team value for forthcoming match: 1010

[Crow]

Originally Posted by Tastier

Does anyone see the humor in the fact the J. Doe has a serious concussion?

Haha yeah.

J. Doe

[docnessuno]

Originally Posted by Tastier

Does anyone see the humor in the fact the J. Doe has a serious concussion?

TBH he should be dead for the full joke effect

[Aedilred]

So, up against the might of Rampage! this week, back at full strength again. I know they're on a poor streak, but I don't like the look of those werewolves. Or those blitzers. Or the size of their inducement cheque.

[Leriel]

Forgot to post the update rooster:

Die Valkyrie Leriel

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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	3	-
2	Skögul	Blitzer	90,000	5	-
3	Gunnr	Blitzer	90,000	-	-
4	Hildr	Blitzer	90,000	4	-
5	Göndul	Thrower	70,000	3	-
6	Hrist	Thrower	70,000	3	-
7	Mist	Catcher	70,000	-	-
8	Skeggjöld	Catcher	70,000	-	-
9	Hlökk	Linewoman	50,000	-	-
10	Herfjötur	Linewoman	70,000	10	Block
11	Göll	Linewoman	50,000	2	-
12	Reginleif	Linewoman	50,000	-	-

Re-rolls: 2 (50,000 each, 100,000 to buy in-season)

Fan Factor: 3 (30,000)

Apothecary - Urd (50,000)

Treasury: 200,000

Total value: 1,030,000

Team value for forthcoming match: 1040

Inducements for next match:
Bets:

Injuries:

No.

Name

Title

Value

Injury

Stay tuned to Radio Bash Bash, updates soon...

[Leriel]

Interview with Stinger and Kowen on Radio Bash Bash!!! Look here

http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showt...5#post14157805

[docnessuno]

Green IS Your Enemy! Gameplan points

# 2 Leslie gains Mighy blow
# 5 Kothkah gains Mighy blow

Edit:
Also, i noticed my team is missing the updates.

[Crow]

Originally Posted by docnessuno

Green IS Your Enemy! Gameplan points

# 2 Leslie gains Mighy blow
# 5 Kothkah gains Mighy blow

Edit:
Also, i noticed my team is missing the updates.

Which updates?

[Steilos]

MAIM KILL BURN will have:
Drox, Destroyer of All Dreams with Block
And Carlos Francis with Sure Hands

[The_Admiral]

I will take an Apothecary with my Gameplan points,

I do not have inducement money.

[The Hellbug]

Nothing with inducement money for the heroes. With my game plan points I'll give Orgetorix sure hands and an extra arm. Andecembogius and Vercingetorix get claws.

[Leriel]

Ok I'll hire again Helmut @82,500 (110,000-25%) and I'll hire the wizard in order to give +1 AG and Safe Throw to Göndul (#5) (I'll get the remaining 22,500 from treasure).

Gameplan points: Guard to Skögul (#2) and Hildr (#4).

Hlökk and Reginleif (#9 and #12) will start the first kickoff as backups.

Updated rooster:

Die Valkyrie Leriel

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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	3	-
2	Skögul	Blitzer	90,000	5	-
3	Gunnr	Blitzer	90,000	-	-
4	Hildr	Blitzer	90,000	4	-
5	Göndul	Thrower	70,000	3	-
6	Hrist	Thrower	70,000	3	-
7	Mist	Catcher	70,000	-	-
8	Skeggjöld	Catcher	70,000	-	-
9	Hlökk	Linewoman	50,000	-	-
10	Herfjötur	Linewoman	70,000	10	Block
11	Göll	Linewoman	50,000	2	-
12	Reginleif	Linewoman	50,000	-	-

Re-rolls: 2 (50,000 each, 100,000 to buy in-season)

Fan Factor: 3 (30,000)

Apothecary - Urd (50,000)

Treasury: 177,500

Total value: 1,030,000

Team value for forthcoming match: 1040

Inducements for next match: Helmut and wizard
Bets:

Injuries:

No.

Name

Title

Value

Injury

Odin-All-Father always looks at us

[Necroticplague]

My gameplan points will give Lupus Dodge and Lycan Leap.

[snkls]

Inducements - 210k total

Wizard (150k) to give +strength and guard to Valaskjalf
Bribe (50k) to give dirty player to Mímameiðr

2 gameplan points to give block and mighty blow to Mánagarmr