ramchop
Joined: Oct 12, 2013
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The Deserted Isles Blood Bowl Leeg is proud to announce the return of their tournament:
 The BIG Star Cauldron 
Teams start at 1,100k value. They must have 11 starting players plus room for a mandatory Big Guy Star inducement. E.g. You could build an Orc team of 830k and take Ripper.
Admins will ensure there’s enough money in your kitty to induce your chosen Big Star every game. No dipping into this for other purchases. Also, you may only spend your winnings on team purchases (no touching the unspent start up money).
A Big Guy Star is any star St5+. There are 14 of these Big Guy Stars
Add in the two Ball&Chains (St7) which are a bit too cheap to affect the budget. So, money needs to be spent on bribes to keep them on the field Fungus (+3 bribes) and Fezglitch (+2 bribes). Their bribes may only be used to keep them in the game - unless they get injured, after which can be used on the rest of the team.
And Big Guy Star #17 is Puggy.
No team may have more than one Big Guy Star.
Format
One of the big disappointments of a straight knock out is you can build a wonderful team and it can all be over after a Turn 1 block (think Big Bertha on Morg in Big Star Cauldron I). These teams builds are too fun not to take for at least two drives around the block. Another option is Swiss, however, in the later rounds the losers can lose interest and hold things up by missing deadlines.
So... I'm going for the best of both worlds.
Stage 1: Two rounds of Swiss. Top eight teams qualify for the knock out stage. Tie breakers are RANDOM. I expect there'll be a few teams straddling the cutoff on 1-0-1. This means those who lose the first round have a second chance to qualify.
Stage 2: Straight knockout with the 8 qualifiers. Seeded based on position in first round. Tiebreakers will be seeded semirandomly so that (if possible) teams won't face teams they've already played.
At most you get 5 games, at the very least you'll get 2.
You're not committing yourself to too many games here. A great chance to try out FUMBBL with people you know.
Because of the no identical opposing star CRP rule (which I haven't found a way around), there will be a draft in place. As a goal is to tempt TTers and Cyanites to the Dark Side that is FUMBBL, newcomers will get first choice on a first come first served basis.
Draft order:
1) NZ-based newcomers (and long time absentees). Declare your chosen star by Thursday 5th May
2) DIBBL regulars. Declare your chosen star between 6th May and 7th May
3) Then I'll go searching for Aussie fillers to make up the full 16.
The tournament is scheduled to span the gaps in both the SWL and DIBBL seasons. Get your FUMBBL fix here.
Then make your team in League. Let me know the name, and I'll invite you to this fantastic event.
Go the Big Guy!
The Draft
 Ripper - Malfeasor (Orc) 
 Big Bertha - barberfett (Amazon)
Icepelt Hammerblow - jwor024 (Norse) 
 Deeproot Strongbranch - JPM (Halfling) 
 Headsplitter - D_Arquebus (Skaven) 
 Grashnak Blackhoof - tussock (Chaos Dwarf) 
 Count Luthor Von Drakenborg - mushoomy (Undead)
 Lord Borak- ramchop (Nurgle)
 Ramtut III - Geoffro (Undead)
Morg 'n' Thorg - OrcCleaver (?)
  Brick Farth - Toffer (?) 
 King Boombastic - Dunenzed (Simyin)
 Hthark the Unstoppable - Luohghcra (Chaos Dwarf)
 Mighty Zug - pyates16 (Human) |
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lolvenom
Joined: Jan 27, 2007
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May 04, 2016 - 07:12 |
 
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Alas, if only you welcomed your overseas cousins more... And I don't mean those pesky Australians  |
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ramchop
Joined: Oct 12, 2013
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Aussie time-zone fillers... better? |
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lolvenom
Joined: Jan 27, 2007
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May 04, 2016 - 07:21 |
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And did I mention bumping me up the draft list?  |
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Dunenzed
Joined: Oct 28, 2011
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May 07, 2016 - 03:27 |
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ramchop
Joined: Oct 12, 2013
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yep. but Brick takes all the glory |
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Luohghcra
Joined: Nov 18, 2008
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May 07, 2016 - 06:57 |
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So, we have who left?
Brick
Hthark
Boombastic
Fez
Fungus
Puggy
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ooh, Zug! |
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Luohghcra
Joined: Nov 18, 2008
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May 07, 2016 - 07:36 |
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Clarification:
Team needs to be 11 players plus the star, or can the starting 11 include the star?
Also, this is progression, correct? |
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ramchop
Joined: Oct 12, 2013
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Fumbbl won't let you make 10 man teams (without going custom league). 11 starters plus room for the star.
Yes, progression |
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Pyates16
Joined: Dec 23, 2014
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May 07, 2016 - 07:39 |
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I'm happy to throw in a filler if needs be 😊 |
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Pyates16
Joined: Dec 23, 2014
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May 07, 2016 - 07:50 |
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| Luohghcra wrote: | So, we have who left?
Brick
Hthark
Boombastic
Fez
Fungus
Puggy
...
ooh, Zug! |
Don't forget the count |
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Dunenzed
Joined: Oct 28, 2011
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May 07, 2016 - 08:06 |
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| Pyates16 wrote: | | Luohghcra wrote: | So, we have who left?
Brick
Hthark
Boombastic
Fez
Fungus
Puggy
...
ooh, Zug! |
Don't forget the count |
Or mushoomy! |
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lolvenom
Joined: Jan 27, 2007
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May 07, 2016 - 08:30 |
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All the worth while stars are gone  |
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ramchop
Joined: Oct 12, 2013
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worth while in what sense? 3/4 of last year's semifinalists are not yet taken. |
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ramchop
Joined: Oct 12, 2013
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Brick Farth has been snaffled up. Still 3/4 of last year's semifinalists are available.
Still available:
Hthark
Boombastic
Fez
Fungus
Puggy
Zug |
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