[Blood Bowl] The Dopest Cup Registration Thread

Later than planned, but here’s this week’s write-up from an Orky perspective.

*After the gobbos, we 'ad a real match on this week. Dorfs. Now they’an us ‘av what they call an ‘istory. Meanin’ we’ve been goin’ at it since 'afore anyone can 'member and we aven’t put em away yet. Not all of 'em, any roads.

Well, we wasn’t goin’ to pass up the chance to bash some beardies, so all the boyz were goin’ for it ‘ard in trainin’, eatin’ ard, talkin’ ard, bashin’ the trainin gobbos and really gettin’ in the mood. Come the day we was all there at the ground wiv our paint on an’ our spikes sharp and a full’ouse come to see’em bleed an’ what d’you know? The pansy dorfs didn’t show up.

Well, having 'em wimp out on us was almost as good as getting to bash ‘em, so a bunch of us had got out the good stuff an’ started the party when a pi’gin in a funny 'at flew up to Coach and gave ‘im a letter. Coach took one look and started cussin up a blue streak. Turns out we was meant t’be a’their stadium and they was gettin’ ready to call us wimps.

That looked bad, ‘cuz there was no way we were gettin ta them this week, and if we didn’t show the dorfs would be tellin effryone we was yella and writin it down in dere big book and goin’ on about it fra blurry ever. But Coach, he found some Weirdboyz in de crowd and filled 'em up wiv troll-juice and de next thing we knew, there we was.

Gotta give it to 'em, those dorfs was up for it. If dey 'adn’t been so stunty an 'airy dey mighta been Orks. We ‘ad the ball first ‘alf an’ dey went straight for it an’ we went right for dem and we was all bashin each other in the middle of de pitch, ‘cept for Hands who was running from one side to the uffer tryin’ to find a way past. He’da done better to get stuck in, 'cuz soon as he does take off runnin two of em jump 'im and take the ball away. So we all jump on dem an take it back and a bunch of us push it down de field an get a touchdown. Dat’s halftime an rats all round.

Second 'alf it’s like de first 'cept de uffer way - we’re bashin 'em in de middle and dey’re all bashin us back, all 'cept the one at de back 'oos running side-ta-side wiv da ball. Den dat meat’ed Subnee yells “look a’this!” an goes runnin right a’de one wiv da ball, falls down and knocks hisself out. The dorfs were well impressed, 'cuz next thing we know dey’re throwin passes, like dey waz elfies. Looked real stylish.

Thing is though, stunty little dorfs have stunty little legs, so when de guy downfield was finished playin abro.. acro.. elf, a couple of da boyz cot up wiv 'im and gave ‘im what for and took de ball back. An’ it turns out dat tin 'ats or no tin 'ats, dorfs just ain’t 'ard enuff where it counts, cuz by den 'alf of 'em was on de ground an bleedin an stuff an what was left couldn’t stop us scorin 'gain. So we got to beat de dorfs on dere own patch, which was almost as fun as the party we lef’t’go dere. *

That’s what they say. One of my abiding Blood Bowl memories is a Chaos Warrior killing himself outright tripping over the goal line.

Ah yes, but that’s different, the moment a Touchdown is involved any GFI or Dodge suddenly becomes a lethal proposition :stuck_out_tongue:

Goblins v Lizards, and a draw is salvaged.

I’ll try and do a write up shortly but a short report for the moment that the game has been played.

Fouling was once again ineffective, but at least this time a player wasn’t sent every time I tried! :smiley:

Thanks for that - it lets me bring up the 3rd round pairings, and these are:

Omi no Kami’s battered Dark Elves get a “gentle” run-out against Greedy Smurf’s harmless Gobbos.

MindWanderer’s Dwarfs go up against Cordylus’s rushing rodents in a clash of speed and, err, rather less speed.

And my Orks meet something bigger, in the shape of Revenant Threshold’s Lizards.

Hail Nuffle, play ball, and put that chainsaw down!

Never! you’ll need to pry it from my cold dead hands :smiley:

MW,

I can go anytime today (Sun 10/17) or Tues (10/19). After that just about any evening will do. I’m CST.

Tonight works. When do you want to play?

How about 8PM EST. Sent you a PM as well.

Sounds good.

Thosssse ssslow dirty little drunk men killed Itchy. We will feassst on their eyesss and weave loinclothes from their filthy little man thing beardsss. Ssssilver Hammersss are now sssworn enemy of the mighty CHUD.
2 to 1 Rats with an impressive fatality in the first half. Killed my gutter runner. That’ll teach me to waste my apothecary on a mere lineman. The dwarves had a hard time picking up the ball and my skaven had some trouble with the whole staying alive aspect of the game. Overall a ton of fun. Great game MW. Hopefully we’ll have Itchy’s big brother on the team before we play another match.

MindWanderer vs. Cordylus, 1-2

The game ball is interviewed

  1. Good performance out there, you kept the fans clapping and cheering. I just want to ask how you do it, Mr. Ball, I mean, every game you’ve got the fans giggling like Elven schoolgirls. What’s your secret?

The ball was perched on a pedestal, surrounded by past trophies and awards.

“It’s simple, really. Before every game, I take a bubble bath, and then get all
dolled up with slippery substances: vegetable oil, lard, butter, motor oil, etc. I don’t head out for the pitch until I’ve been dropped twice. At half time, I make sure that I’m still as slippery as ever, and that makes the humor happen. Ever watched two Dwarves fumble a ball such as myself between themselves for half an hour? Its on my favorite list on WarTube. They’ve used some of the most hillarious curse words while flailing about trying to catch me.”

  1. “You were voted most valuable on the referee team, for last nights game between C.H.U.D. and the Silver Hammers, what do you think were your highlights?”

"First few minutes of the game, the Skaven ran right down the field, waving to the Dwarves. Those rats know how to hold onto the cheese. Dwarves got me, and wow did the hillarity start. Back and forth, back and forth. It was a slip and slide out there. I was enjoying my frequent rests on the ground. I think the end of the first half was some of my finest work.

In the second half, the Dwarves couldn’t find their hands for their face. CHUD took it too them. Man those skaven are fast. I don’t think the Dwarves realized how fast they were.

After the second touchdown, the Dwarves were telling me all their passing schemes. I think they had been knocked silly and thought they were Elves. I went flying, but I was spinning just so, and I made sure I landed away from the receiver’s stubby little arms.

The Dwarves must have remember who they were, because they finally got their act together, and got me after the pass went wild. Lots of hijinks, but I think the Skaven weren’t that concerned about letting in one touchdown, so I got to go visit the other endzone as well."

  1. “What would you do if the Dwarves no longer played Blood Bowl?”

“I’d have to go volunteer for Chaos team games. Not quite as funny, but close.”

Sorry guys, but that’s going to have to be my last game- losing every game has made me extremely frustrated, and I hate playing when I know every game is going to be 90 seconds of passing and 40 minutes of being punched into the ground with no recourse.

So sorry to be a bad sport, but I quit. :frowning:

I think that about sinks it - I’m not sure we can go on with only 5 coaches.

Revenant Threshold - I’m around if you want to finish off the 3rd round matches. Let me know if and when.

Whelp, I finally got my machine back in working order (knock on wood-like substance), so I’d be up to be the replacement sixth, but I’m not sure I can join the fray mid-league.

WHAT?!?

I missed this thread!?!

DAMN YOU ALL TO HECK!

Blood Bowl Legendary Edition with 20 teams is out on the 28th…going to set up on there?

I know I’m probably going to switch over, since owners of the old game get a rebate and undeads fricking rule, man. Not sure I’ll buy it as soon as it hits the shelves though - I already spent a big chunk of change on games lately, and a big looming mass of work is expected soon-ish that will eat up a lot of my time for at least 3 months, so…

I might be persuaded (got my rebate offer the other day), but I’d probably wait a few weeks, if only for the inevitable v1.0 bugs to be found and fixed.

I’d like to, but I had to take my computer into the repair shop early this week and diagnosis says my video card has pretty much melted. Good chance to upgrade a bit, but unfortunetly it means I won’t have my computer back until sometime next week at the earliest.

A shame our mini league fizzled out already. FWIW I placed my preorder for legendary so if we ever get another group going I’m in.

I’ve played Blood Bowl LE (Since I preordered and so am allowed on 1 week early for final shakedown).

Guys, BB:LE rocks. Almost all the gripes from the previous addition are addressed. It is LRB6 complaint. Looks like they did a bang up job.

The new teams are cool. I’ve tried Undead, Amazon and Halfling. Undead rock as someone noted above but you know what? I still seem to do better with my Orcs. Don’t know what it is but Orc teams and I seem to gel for some reason.

Amazon though…they are also nice. I could get to like them.

Some notes though…the tackle skill is now more valuable as many teams have dodgers. Other skills rocketing in importance IMHO are grab and strip ball as side step is much more common and many of the new teams throwers do not start with sure hands.