Posted by the_Sage on 2016-07-01 00:36:08

inB4DownvoteCuzCyanide.

I did get a PM the other day from someone who told me he had heard from 3 new coaches who had all found fumbbl based on my vids, so at least they're doing something right. ;)

Posted by keggiemckill on 2016-07-01 02:04:39

I wish I was paying attention to when it was being played live.

Posted by Beanchilla on 2016-07-01 02:29:36

Fun game! Lizards forever!!!

Posted by paradocks on 2016-07-01 04:18:34

I really enjoyed watching the semis and the grand final. The commentary was really good to listen to, in particular your analysis and Lewpac's presenting ability. Kudos to you sirs :)

Posted by Roland on 2016-07-01 07:50:55

you didn't win?

Posted by Miceycraft on 2016-07-01 08:20:33

Cool stuff. Really enjoyed watching the matches. The commentary makes it much more interesting to watch thanks for putting the time in to do this.

Posted by Purplegoo on 2016-07-01 08:37:47

Am I right in thinking there was some sort of bug? In their showpiece? Ow.

Posted by Verminardo on 2016-07-01 09:19:28

Almost 3 hours and that's only the first match of 3? Will there be a highlights version? :-)

Posted by the_Sage on 2016-07-01 10:24:34

Yes, between the possibility of overtime and the 4 min turn timer (that's excluding the animations and time considering where to push, whether to follow up, etc.), the world cup matches can be pretty long. Usually, the turn timer in BB2 is 2 mins. Even when coaches make their decisions quickly, BB2 games take considerably longer than fumbbl games (except for the concessions of course).

And yes, there is a bug with KOs in overtime. It's nowhere near as bad as what happened in the bronze battle, though. After the first game, the Focus admin misclicked (and then confirmed), awarding the second game via admin concession(!). As this was at night, there were no Cyanide employees present to roll it back, so the rest of the best of 3 (and the stream) has been postponed.

Cyanide/Focus will make their own highlights video in due time (or at least, at their own pace). I might make one myself too, but that's something that takes a lot of time, which is kind of scarce at the moment.

Posted by Purplegoo on 2016-07-01 10:27:53

Ufff.

Those guys don't help themselves, do they?

Posted by Uedder on 2016-07-01 19:23:14

It's broken because there are no pro elves.

You can hardly call it blood bowl without nos catchers.

Great job sage! You're the Gary Neville of Blood Bowl :D

Posted by Purplegoo on 2016-07-01 20:04:02

A great talker and terrible coach? ;)

Posted by the_Sage on 2016-07-01 23:44:20

ehhh, thanks, I guess? =)

Posted by Wizfall on 2016-07-02 11:14:50

Thanks for the link, quite entertaining and i can see a lot of care has been put in these videos.

My only negative input would be that explaining very basic rules (like you have to put three players on the Loss, the definition of PerfectD or Wild Animal) is unnecessary as even very rookies coaches know it and someone totally new to BB have not a chance to understand the game anyway with this video (and be interested by it).

I don't mean it should have only advanced "commentaries" (rookies tips are always welcome) but the "public" of this video is someone already knowing the very basic rules IMO.

But again it was really nice and well done !

Posted by the_Sage on 2016-07-02 11:29:46

Thanks for the feedback. The reason for that explanation, is that the world cup finals were on the front page of twitch, which means we had quite a few viewers who had never heard of blood bowl before. Normally, my commentary is targeted more towards the experienced coaches, only explaining the basics when there are questions about them in the chat.