2024-01-01 07:34:29
8 votes, rating 5.4
0 vote shocker: Storr. Genuinely top drawer coach, who somehow didn’t even garner his own vote. I hope you all join me in wishing him well with his cRRRack addiction in 2024.
1: 10 coaches (see below for full list). Some big names that I was expecting to appear, but a special shoutout to Bazakastine who would be my pick to top this pool despite providing his only vote himself. Perhaps memories are short and it’s been a minute since he was active. Serious threat.
2: Tussock and Ignaz both found favour with multiple predictors to edge out from the chasing pack.
5: happygrue - I suspect this number jumps substantially with a 4th prediction slot. Was painful to leave off my list.
11: Spence – Who better to predict winning a year long bb2020 meta comp than someone who claims bb2020 is the worst ruleset we’ve ever had?
14: Malmir – I wavered on this pick as I’ve got the impression Malmir is also less than thrilled by NewBB. However, you don’t have to like a ruleset to excel in it (at least I hope that’s true) and Malmir has been so dominant on FUMBBL historically that he becomes very hard to overlook here and ultimately I gave him the nod over grue.
16: Elyod. A massive 80% of predictions included Elyod. While some of us were whining about blood bowl being on fire Elyod simply got on with things, arguably adjusting and exploiting the deficiencies in the ruleset faster than anyone else, to become (imo) the dominant online player in bb2020. This approach should be applauded and emulated. The question is: Will he be able to maintain this dominance with a pack of trophy-hungry hyenas on his tail?
So there are 4 clear favourites going by these predictions, but I think the race is much more open than that in reality. Would you bet against say… fxiii crushing several majors in a row? Or Storr cleaning up if he gets clean? The return of Gdaynick would shake things up.
Beyond the people who already play on the superior client there are a number of heavy hitters who could potentially make the switch from BB3 in frustration with the clown show. For example ArtemisBlack would almost certainly excel in the BBT format and Crucifer would immediately become a serious POTY threat.
There are also TT heroes who already play FUMBBL and could put in a big year (attracted by lower average TV in majors and the 15 game spin pool partition in box), chief among them the literal giant KFoged.
I’m excited to see who breaks out into an early lead with Jan Gauntlet, Warpstone Open and the first Minor.
The poll results echoing my own gut instinct on the four favourites is a little troubling, however. I get nervous when my initial guess at something reflects the majority opinion as the wisdom of crowds is notoriously terrible. When most people agree with you, you’re probably wrong. A world in which Elyod, Malmir, me, and grue all end up in the pit at the end of the year looking up at 3 other people on the podium is not that difficult to imagine.
20 entries.
Number of Top 3 predictions. Bracketed numbers show predictions for 1st place.
16: Elyod (6)
14: Malmir (6)
11: Spence (5)
5: happygrue (1)
2: Tussock (1), Ignaz
1: Bazakastine (1), Jan-Erik, wintergreen13, fxiii, Candlejack, dementor42, SideshowBob, Naama, Nelphine, RickWreckless
Full Selection List
Spence (Spence, Elyod, Malmir)
Storr (Spence, Elyod, Malmir)
Christer (Malmir, Tussock, Elyod)
Elyod (Elyod, Malmir, Spence)
Java (Elyod, Malmir, Ignaz)
JimmyFantastic (Elyod, Spence, Malmir)
BrainOfJosh (Spence, Jan-Erik, Elyod)
happygrue (happygrue, Malmir, Elyod)
Bazakastine (Bazakastine, happygrue, wintergreen13)
SideshowBob (Malmir, Elyod, happygrue)
ben_awesome (Malmir, fxiii, Candlejack)
DimmyGee (Spence, Elyod, Malmir)
Malmir (Malmir, Spence, Elyod)
ArrestedDevelopment (Malmir, happygrue, Spence)
Rawlf (Elyod, Malmir, dementor42)
Dynamix (Elyod, SideshowBob, Spence)
BaronBucky (Tussock, Naama, Nelphine)
dementor42 (Malmir, Elyod, Ignaz)
HimalayaP1C7 (Spence, Elyod, happygrue)
RickWreckless (Elyod, Spence, RickWreckless)