I fell at the first hurdle, but the cup is in full flow! The stars almost aligned - my next game I get a Flesh Golem Larson. Nuffle works in mysterious ways! What a shame it didn't happen in the Cup, the golem would have been a shoe in for PurpleChest's FC Hero Award.

Have you seen a hero yet? Remember, nobody can win an award they are not nominated for, so don't forget to nominate deserving players! You can be a hero nominator baby, daa daa daa daa, you can take away a loser's pain, daa da. OK, that's enough Enqirue Iglesaw.

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We have an early shock as Undead Souless Slayers fall to Halfings Bluebay Crammers. The receive but get swamped, then pull off a TTM to score. The Slayers equalize and grind down the Crammers who field only 6 for the last turn but equalize with another TTM. The 'flings win the toss, and under pressure pull off a hattrick of TTM touchdowns for an incredible win.

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It's a fascinating match up as 1930TV New Vamps on the Blood take on 2150TV Elf side Els tenim quadrats. At 2-2 the vampires are in range of the winner at the end of regulation time. Tough marking, but the wizard is there and a reroll too; a marker is zapped and they've got it sown up. No! The dodge is snaked and into overtime! The New Vamps have failed to do significant damage; a single elf injured. The elves win the toss and are flush with options, and hot dice too - POWing the marker to set up a typical elf TD.

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It looks a tough task for Humans Gamma World against Nurgle Nurkulan Mukulat and their 3 ST5 warriors and 5 sets of tentacles. It proves to be too much as Mukulat control the game to win 3 to nothing.

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The first game for a team no stranger to majors, Skaven Flachpfeifens 4th try hire Skitter Stab-Stab against skilled Wood Elves Croix de Savoie. However, Flachpfeifens have been in better shape, with just 1 linerat tackler, and soon the wizard is deployed on offense - the fireball seriously injures a catcher to even up the sides. An intense game enters overtime at 2-2, woodies receiving. A chance as Savoie leave the ball carrier in range and a mistake as the wrong gutter runner is used where strip ball was crucial. The wood elves switch, and only Skitter is in range. He makes the go for its to shiv the line elf and the ball dropped by the sideline. The skaven close in, but there's an AG6 war dancer on the loose - who gets there but drops the pick up! He's surfed, the maimed AG5 gutter runner runs and punts, and a catcher snakes a dodge to seal the Savoie misery.

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Where you agree with it or not, it's a chance for Chaos Nihontō to test themselves against Necromantics Come to daddy! The chaos receive and their opponents employ a high risk high contact strategy that momentarily looks to have upset the one trick ponies as a ghoul drops the ball carrying beastamn and the other grabs the ball. It is a short lived shot at glory as the necros then get chewed up and spat out in a 2-0 win. Clawpomb advances once more.

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Looks like a major upset slipped under the radar! Many were tabbing Skaven Pacman Runners as potential winners but they, like other early hopefuls, lose their opening game to Chaos Dwarves Nanos Chaoticos. If somebody could check the replay and summarise in the comments, I'll add it. A dead +ST storm vermin and a crippled (-AG) +AG storm vermin.

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It's a good day to be a Chaos Dwarf as another 3rd round game is played and Pinkie and the Brains overcome Wood Elves Wild Dragons. The Dragons will rue their luck as a fizzled wizard hinders defense but they get the ball anyway - and snake the dodge to get the ball away. The final twist is a failed go for it to fluff the last minute OTS. Sometimes it's just not your day!

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Also in action was the world's oldest, funnest thrall for his team Inquisitoris Ex Tenebrae who meet Dark Elf team Exuan Panthers. Lining up on the LOS for the 2nd half, the ST2 AG1 AV6 150 match survivor knows a trick or two and pre-emptively headbutts the incoming block, fracturing his opponents skull. He ends up badly hurt as a vampire sinks in some fangs him and his team loses, but it's a great moment for the 150 match survivor.

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An infamous team with their FCXII debut, needing no introduction the Blood Sea Buccaneers face dangerous Chaos side Nuevo Catecismo Caotico. The delusional Horgan Williamson, Altdorf Fumbbl Book and Casino, proclaimed the Buccs would one day win a major. The days of Walker and Bo are long gone and this is a Buccs team based on an ogre with a fear of goblins. After losing the ball on their drive, Krikack rescued by the apothecary, the dream looks no closer to reality although they prevent Caotico taking the lead. The Buccs are their usual headstrong selves on defense and rush into the fire, losing a super star lineman sweeper to a glorious death - oh, and the game too of course!

Other Day 5 Games

• Eveningfall Striders 1 - 2 We be Wood Elves (1830 Wood Elf vs 1630
• Relief 3 - 0 Cryptic Apocalypse (1830 Dark Elf vs 2060 Khemri)
• KAMU Techies 1 - 2 Primero y Unico (1520 Dwarf vs 2200 Skaven)
• Clan Roberts 1 - 2 Halloween Heroes (1580 Ogre vs 1450 Chaos)
• Dwarf Reenactment Society 2 - 0 Dead hipstars (990 Norse vs 1470 Khemri)
• [B]ig Fellas 2 - 0 Cathay Cowards (1570 Ogre vs 1290 High Elf)
• Cup Cakes 1 - 0 Rats Everywhere (1160 Chaos Dwarf vs 1260 Skaven)
• Bringers of Roots 0 - 2 I Haven't Packed Yet (1540 Wood Elf vs 1240 Chaos Pact)
• Anglerverein KMG 0 - 1 Kill the Killers (1820 Lizardman vs 1650 Chaos Dwarf)
• -Undercover of darkness 0 - 2 Specialists of Ankh (1660 Underworld vs 2110 Vampire)
• 9th Squad Bridgeburners 3 - 0 Two-Stroke (1900 Dark Elf vs 1130 Goblin)
• Legends of the Guard 2 - 1 Backstabbing Assassins (2060 Skaven vs 1440 Underworld)
• Hel Fenn Sickness vs Heretics United (2000 Necromantic vs 1770 Chaos Pact)
• Tin Woodsmen 2 - 3 Hop on Pop (1310 Wood Elf vs 2150 Slann)