gjopie
Joined: Oct 27, 2009
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Mar 27, 2014 - 12:25 |
 
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Old World Challenge Cup V, First Round
Black Chasm Rush 1 - 0 Uzkulak Pirates
The Rush have quietly made it to the furthest point in their long career in the OWCC, bettering their only other Cup appearance by getting through the first round...
Equipped with a wizard and a ball and chain, the Rush remained the underdog in terms of pure size. The reputation of the Pirates precedes them everywhere they go, and incredibly the two teams had never met before, despite both being 5 season veterans. Needless to say, the Rush game plan was to stay away from Siemon, and to attempt to run rings around the rest of the team.
The first half started well for BCR, with a quick redeployment of their defence allowing them to protect Vermyn, one of their key assets, who had foolishly been put in harms way. Things continued to go their way, as players left the field from both sides in roughly equal numbers. The rat wizard struck early in the half, sending a lightning bolt straight at Tomas Bot, who managed to dump the ball off to a well protected player.
At that point, the rats thought the wizard had been a waste of money, but the bolt forced a rethink from the Pirates, and the Rush were eventually able to get the ball loose. Cue an end-to-end scramble for the ball, involving unlikely Pirate passing plays and a rat riding the ball and chain to get in to range for a last ditch blitz on the Pirate ball-carrier quickly bearing down on the BCR endzone.
Both teams had good chances, but neither could score, and the first half ended 0-0. The light was fading, and both teams agreed to postpone the second half until later in the week.
This gave the Rush coaching team more time than they really wanted to think about their position: the Rush were receiving in the second half, and were still even in numbers. Do they score quickly, try to force a quick equaliser or (even better) knock the ball loose while they still had the personnel on the field, and then go for another quick TD to make it 2-1? Or do they risk losing players, and draw out the score?
In the end, Nuffle answered the questions for us, as the apparently brutal Pirate blockers completely failed to do any real damage to the rats, while several players were removed from their side by a well placed, extra sharp, horn. Their two big guys stood around staring at the sky, while the Rush moved the ball around the field, setting up the stall. The Pirates failed at everything they tried to do, but still managed to force the score with two turns to go - plenty of time to equalise and take it to over-time!
But the fans weren't having any of it. Their touchdown celebrations quickly turned into a riot, and by the time it was back under control, hardly any time was left on the clock.
Bring on the semi-finals! |
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Winni
Joined: Jan 14, 2006
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Mar 27, 2014 - 18:42 |
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Woohoo! Too bad you will now be crushed to a bloody rat pulp by the Lumberjacks! |
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Anzelak
Joined: Nov 26, 2009
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Mar 27, 2014 - 18:54 |
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| Smeat wrote: | | Deserves a match report! (if only a copy/paste from above!) |
I generally do one and stick it on the team bio for anyone interested / for myself. I'll add them to matches as well.
Cheers  |
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BlueDevil420
Joined: Dec 19, 2004
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Mar 27, 2014 - 20:43 |
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| Winni wrote: | | Woohoo! Too bad you will now be crushed to a bloody rat pulp by the Lumberjacks! |
Let's hope so, Norsemen powah! |
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Smeat
Joined: Nov 19, 2006
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Mar 27, 2014 - 22:26 |
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Called it!...
| Smeat wrote: | Barely squeaked in, and looking at their next game w/ players MNG, but with almost 400k in inducements coming I put the rats up for my favorite to take it all.
Pirates have never faced Skaven, and they don't have any better answers to those GR's than the Expats - and then neither does any other team.  |
...altho', undeniably, there was a LOT of mouse-magic on the field, the right result at the right times, starting w/ the Turn 1 Perfect Defense that may have saved the Rat's primary blitzer, ending with the Riot that closed out any chance of OT, with a dozen more instances scattered throughout the game, and all the while the game the Pirates somehow losing the bash game despite killing a journeyman Turn 1 - and to rats, of all opponents!
And that leaves the Expats as the last "old guard" team remaining in the Cup, and not yet through Round 1* - and still with no better answer to the rats than the Pirates had. 
(* Game against Frostheim U. scheduled tomorrow, Friday, 2100 UTC, 2 PM Pacific.) |
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Chainsaw
Joined: Aug 31, 2005
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Mar 27, 2014 - 22:52 |
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knightsweats
Joined: Mar 11, 2013
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Mar 28, 2014 - 20:57 |
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Kislev Plate First Round
Dark Crag Cripplers vs Sylvania Rises
https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=3551127
The vampire team, coached by a "legend" vampire coach went to town on the hopelessly coached dark elves. Assisted by a chainsaw, which was invisible to the ref, and a wizard the vampires removed an elven player in each of the first seven turns.
When only one returned after half-time it was a formality.
Well played easilyamused. |
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Smeat
Joined: Nov 19, 2006
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Mar 28, 2014 - 21:34 |
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| knightsweats wrote: | | When only one returned after half-time it was a formality. |
Ouch.
Almost the defensive score, but that fireball got hot (pun semi-intended).
Dicings happen. Glad there were no (serious) perms and your team comes back intact next season! |
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Nagi21
Joined: Oct 28, 2010
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Mar 29, 2014 - 00:07 |
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Gotta say... you took that a bit better than I would  |
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Smeat
Joined: Nov 19, 2006
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Mar 29, 2014 - 00:50 |
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WOW.
New Bretonnia Expatriates 1 - Frostheim United 0, in overtime!
Maybe (after how many years?) I still haven't played enough games, but that was possibly the most intense game I've had on FUMBBL!
The dice went back and forth all game (as they do) until Overtime. By that point, neither team had a RR left, so both were 100% at the mercy of the dice and their own play. And that's when, despite solid (even "superior") play, Coach Bladten got a singularly terrible run of fail that spelled his defeat.
Frostheim U received and the kick was short, but the Expats got a BLITZ! Unfortunately for the lizards, a solid LoS (and Guard/Tackle spam!) meant there were no easy or attractive paths thru, so all they could do was mark up (and try to bash the AV 6 DP, which failed).
That put almost all from the 2 teams nose-to-nose on the LoS, at which Frostheim, in order...
o Failed the Turn 1 Ag 2 (4+) bull pickup - but the line was solid, not time to panic yet...
o Double-Skulled the Turn 2 1st block, a Tackle dwarf vs. a Skink. That opened the door for the lizards, but the Expats tripped on the Break Tackle blitz before they could attempt to scoop the ball...
o Double-Skulled the Turn 3 1st block. And that was the back-breaker.
Even then, Frostheim had an odds-on shot, but the 2d Blitz to stop the score needed Pow or Both-Down, and failed that.
I have a strong suspicion that Coach B was the better coach this day, but couldn't quite put it in the bag against the stat-freak lizards in the first 2 halves. Ag 4 skinks are hard to stop when the littlest thing goes wrong, and his OT dice fails were HUGE.
Great game, I (if not the Expats!) look forward to the rematch!! |
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Anzelak
Joined: Nov 26, 2009
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Mar 29, 2014 - 01:01 |
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Cracking game. Worth the 2x speed watch. Brutal run of dice at the end there finally tipped the scales. |
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Smeat
Joined: Nov 19, 2006
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Mar 29, 2014 - 01:19 |
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At 20 full Turns (w/ almost 120 Blocks!), yeah, it might be at that.
That (and the "win or go home" pressure of the post-season) may be another reason I felt physically drained at the end.
<but right now, this beer sure tastes good...>  |
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easilyamused
Joined: Jun 06, 2008
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Mar 29, 2014 - 12:16 |
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| knightsweats wrote: | Kislev Plate First Round
Dark Crag Cripplers vs Sylvania Rises
https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=3551127
The vampire team, coached by a "legend" vampire coach went to town on the hopelessly coached dark elves. Assisted by a chainsaw, which was invisible to the ref, and a wizard the vampires removed an elven player in each of the first seven turns.
When only one returned after half-time it was a formality.
Well played easilyamused. |
A very one-sided game where my dice were just too hot for the Delves. Even with the numbers advantage you didn't make it easy for me though. Hopefully the next time our teams meet the dice will be slightly more balanced. |
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uzkulak
Joined: Mar 30, 2004
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Mar 29, 2014 - 12:34 |
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| Quote: | That (and the "win or go home" pressure of the post-season) may be another reason I felt physically drained at the end.
<but right now, this beer sure tastes good...> |
This might be where Ive gone wrong the last couple of seasons, not playing with enough intensity |
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BlueDevil420
Joined: Dec 19, 2004
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Mar 29, 2014 - 13:41 |
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Challenge Cup semifinal announcement:
Rematch of the Nilfheim Lumberjacks vs the Black Chasm Rush
Will it promise to be just as bloody as the last match? The Lumberjacks come limbering into this match with 3 journeymen, will one of them prove himself just as worth as Paul Darkfire in the previous encounter? The Chasm however look to be in good form with their oneturning gutterrunners and mean stormvermin.
Tune in monday 21.30bbtime to find out which team gets to oppose one of the two lizard teams in the final!
p.s. Don't forget to bring your rocks, there's a few rats who think they can catch them.  |
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