Jäärä
Joined: Jul 30, 2011
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Apr 13, 2020 - 12:57 |
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Is it still possible to join Blackbox Trophy? I try to designate a squad, but it seems not to be working... |
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smallman
Joined: Sep 24, 2007
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Apr 13, 2020 - 14:39 |
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i remember that it likes some browsers better than others, make sure you have 4 teams that have not played any games |
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TheFear
Joined: Jan 20, 2016
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Apr 13, 2020 - 15:55 |
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I've looked at entering in both season 1 and 2. The number of game required has put me off because I wouldn't want to start unless I'm sure to finish. 100 games seems more doable for me. |
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DrDeath
Joined: Mar 27, 2011
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Apr 13, 2020 - 18:16 |
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Congratulations Joost and Malmir for posting two great scores! Still so close at the top, with only 0.5 points in it the racial leads could still decide it...
I got to 50 games recently, with 42.5 points so lagging a little behind, will need a good run to get into contention. Started with too many draws, then was going nicely for a while, then ouch - 7 games out of 10 vs bloody dwarfs! At the halfway point:
Da Blak Spydaz (Underworld): Won 8, Drawn 3 Lost 3. I decided the Trophy this season would be a good opportunity to try a new team, and plumped for Underworld to get a few bonus points for their low rating. Regretted it early on, they are pretty weak then although they had some bad luck. Since then with skilled blitzers and a smattering of other mutations I've found they become an awful lot better though, enjoying this lot
Hag Graef Super Hags (Dark Elf) Won 8 Drawn 1 Lost 0. Well taking dark elfs was a bit of a no-brainer at their discounted cost this season. No stand-out players but with a bit of blodge they are so good - have done well.
Slannted and Enchanted (Slann) Won 8 Drawn 3 Lost 3. Below my usual standards for slann, but man have they had the run from hell. 4 of those games have been against dwarfs, another 2 against chaos dwarfs, no easy races in the rest either. Dwarfs are horrible for low tv slann, you painstakingly get a few catchers with dodge and a lino with strip ball... all rendered completely useless again mass tackle and a sure hands ballcarrier! They held their own, considering their draws they have done ok, but still lost points compared to the leaders.
Thor's Thanes (Norse) Won 7 Drawn 4 Lost 2 Not bad but not quite good enough to match the leaders, a few too many draws to date. Have picked up a bit since though...
So I'll need to get a run together to have another shot at the title I reckon. Enjoying it as ever though, especially finding a new team. The Blackbox Trophy is great for encouraging those Tier 2 and 3 teams! I reckon it's come full-circle now, we need a new competition to encourage ClawPomb and control the proliferation of those little beardy b******s |
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Joost
Joined: Mar 17, 2014
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Apr 13, 2020 - 20:13 |
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TheFear wrote: | I've looked at entering in both season 1 and 2. The number of game required has put me off because I wouldn't want to start unless I'm sure to finish. 100 games seems more doable for me. |
I had the same problem. However, I focused on a few races hoping to compete for a racial lead the first two years, which enabled me to participate in the fun even if I couldn’t finish the run. Sub goals like that might help. |
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Thoriin
Joined: Apr 15, 2011
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Apr 14, 2020 - 19:03 |
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The one thing Malmir won't lose, it's his first place for naming his teams and players. |
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Malmir
Joined: May 20, 2008
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Apr 14, 2020 - 19:48 |
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Thoriin wrote: | The one thing Malmir won't lose, it's his first place for naming his teams and players. |
You try coming up with 16 different teams and names, having already had a lot of teams. Plus someone moaned and tried to get me banned about my team names in run three, so run four was just for them... Seriously, I thought whoever suggested resetting teams that are used only for the trophy had a damn good point. I'm on my third season now and inspiration is lacking unless a doofus helps me out. |
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ArrestedDevelopment
Joined: Sep 14, 2015
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Apr 14, 2020 - 20:08 |
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Always available for team names and themes! Just PM. |
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Mattius
Joined: Sep 03, 2006
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Apr 14, 2020 - 20:31 |
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Malmir wrote: | Thoriin wrote: | The one thing Malmir won't lose, it's his first place for naming his teams and players. |
You try coming up with 16 different teams and names, having already had a lot of teams. Plus someone moaned and tried to get me banned about my team names in run three, so run four was just for them... Seriously, I thought whoever suggested resetting teams that are used only for the trophy had a damn good point. I'm on my third season now and inspiration is lacking unless a doofus helps me out. |
I still think this was one of the most strange coincidences I've seen in fumbbl. Both our first games
https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4113456 |
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krazeeEyezKilla
Joined: Jun 20, 2017
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Apr 15, 2020 - 16:39 |
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I have completed my 1st (ever) Box Trophy run. My score is nowhere near the top, but I surpassed my personal goal of 60 points - I ended up with 61.5! I think the Box Trophy has made me a much better coach. I've had a much easier time finding games at off-peak hours due to the Trophy. I'm thankful for both! My Ogres did much better than expected, my Vampires sucked (pun intended ).
The Norse went 9/11/5. They finished their last 5 (2/3/0 since the half-way point) games well against some very strong coaches (2 Legends and 3 Stars). They are clearly a very good team at under 1500TV. I did about as well as I expected with Norse, but overall find them pretty boring. I like building teams with with thematic skill choices (for example featuring SF or grab/frenzy). Norse really don't allow "fun" builds without suffering - both in terms of wins and player safety.
Elven Union were average all the way to a 9/7/9 record. After starting 5/0/0 they fell apart a bit. My best elf Catcher (+ag +s Wrestle Leap) died in his 2nd game after getting a strenght boost. Surprisingly my record improved after he died - 4/3/2. I even scored my first OTT with these buggers. Elves can be frustrating and exhilirating from game to game and even turn to turn.
Ogres were really fun and went 7/7/11 - MUCH better than I expected. It was my first time playing a stunty team (outside of Secret League). I went with Tackle over Block for my first 2 doubles on 2 Ogres. I'm not sure Tackle is a better choice than Block, but I don't think its obviously worse...and its a lot more fun!
The Vamps, oh my, the Vamps. I'm generally decent with Vamps so very disappointed in my 7/4/14 result. I experimented with an apparently bad strategy of going without an apothecary for most of the run. This was a terrible idea as I lost 4 Vampires to death/retirement in my first 7 matches! I ended up playing 10 of the 25 matches at sub-1k TV and low TV Vamps are pretty horrible - especially with only 1 or 2 actual Vampires. Their last 5 games went much better at 3/1/1 - once they had an apo + 2 blodge + 1 dodge (eventually blodge) Vampires. |
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Verminardo
Joined: Sep 27, 2006
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Apr 17, 2020 - 12:57 |
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Currently 6 guys tied for 3rd... I think you'll need a bigger podium. |
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lautrehamon
Joined: Nov 18, 2017
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Apr 17, 2020 - 21:34 |
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I finished my third run two days ago, and I'm very happy with the result as I end up tie for third place with five great coaches.
Skavens : https://fumbbl.com/p/team?team_id=950455 :
23 points, 18/5/2 for the racial lead (at least for now)
Not much to say, rats are great from the start and I'm comfortable with them. Start without rat-ogre, then play 16 games with him : both set-up work I guess. Had a natural one turner quite quickly and that helps for sure.
Ogres :https://fumbbl.com/p/team?team_id=950458
22 points, 18/3/4
Now that one racial lead might just stick I hoped that disposable would made ogres more competitive in the box and that's certainly the case. The Golgoths start with a win in the RRR (nice format for ogres) after a lucky final https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4140080 ; after that I got a good run of 20 games without injured ogres and I was able to field 16 players and 6 ogres nearly all games, which was key for my plan of fouling a lot with gnoblars . Also, I didn't play much agility team (2 elves and 1 rats for 1 draw and 2 loss) which could be terrible for ogres. Those ogres had a few lucky last turn wins, and were really challenging and fun to play all the way.
High Elf https://fumbbl.com/p/team?team_id=952376
20 points, 15/5/5
A decent score, especially after a 3/3/5 start. I heard Malmir in the podcast recommanding to play with all 4 catchers, I followed that plan ASAP, and that made them really better.
Khemri https://fumbbl.com/p/team?team_id=952056
17,5 points, 12/6/7
A medium score, looks like I can't play khemri right as I naturally focus on hitting too much, and those need to be more focus on ball protection and ground progression. |
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Malmir
Joined: May 20, 2008
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Apr 17, 2020 - 21:48 |
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lautrehamon wrote: | A decent score, especially after a 3/3/5 start. I heard Malmir in the podcast recommanding to play with all 4 catchers, I followed that plan ASAP, and that made them really better. |
I should really shut up, as you nearly took my racial lead, but on the other hand, listen to the podcast people! |
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Joost
Joined: Mar 17, 2014
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Apr 17, 2020 - 22:26 |
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[quote="lautrehamon"]I finished my third run two days ago, and I'm very happy with the result as I end up tie for third place with five great coaches.
Ogres :https://fumbbl.com/p/team?team_id=950458
22 points, 18/3/4
Now that one racial lead might just stick I hoped that disposable would made ogres more competitive in the box and that's certainly the case. The Golgoths start with a win in the RRR (nice format for ogres) after a lucky final https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4140080 ; after that I got a good run of 20 games without injured ogres and I was able to field 16 players and 6 ogres nearly all games, which was key for my plan of fouling a lot with gnoblars . Also, I didn't play much agility team (2 elves and 1 rats for 1 draw and 2 loss) which could be terrible for ogres. Those ogres had a few lucky last turn wins, and were really challenging and fun to play all the way.
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Tremendous run with the Ogres mate, even if it cost me my racial lead and the lead in the total standings .
Now go steal one of Malmir's! |
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Verminardo
Joined: Sep 27, 2006
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Apr 17, 2020 - 23:28 |
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Working on it. |
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