BBT13 - PENGUIN ACADEMY - GOBES PERFORMANCE - ORCS
New Year New Me. After a disaster RRR match and completely hitting my blood bowl low, I sought out coaching from Artemis Black.
I had two session with Artemis and have greatly benefitted from them. I believe I went from a 30-40% coach to a 50-60% coach in the course of a month and a half.
However, playing in random GF games or spinning C teams in the black box is not enough to "prove" I've actually improved.
So now, the BBT13 journey begins. I will be documenting each game as I've done before. I will showcase my honest and raw feelings from the match.
== ORCS ==
Game 1: 1-0 WIN versus Dark Elves; https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=4596605
A solid win for me. I was on defense first drive and the weather changed to rain as our KO event. My opponent played a bit differently than I imagined. He kept the ball safe for a majority of the half, which I assume was him trying to bait me into overcommitting on a flank or failing a block at some point
but I was able to keep it slow and steady. I managed to CAS a lino before turn 6 which was the trigger for him to start moving. He snakes a GFI and the ball lands in a great spot for my thrower to attempt a pickup. However, we are unable to pow the witch who is nearby and tagging mr. throw, so I had to leave it on the floor.
My opponent was able to pick the ball up on a 4+ and make a desperate move by isolating the witch but in enough squares in which (witch) they could score in. Luckily for me, I was able to pow and give her an SI. I then put myself in a position to score myself. I picked up the ball on a lino, moved my thrower between said lino and a blitzer.
Opponent reacted well enough to make that pathway unlikely to work, so I yolo'd a 6+ pass, which worked! But sadly I snaked the catch. I get another removal early onto half 2 and I pretty much am able to walk it in.
Game 2: 2-1 WIN versus Goblins; https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=4596725
A Victory but at a cost of two orcs. My opponent recently returned to Blood Bowl since the 90s and it showed. He made tons of mistakes and I was able to punish him for it. He did, however manage to kill an orc lino and a blitzer. I also was able to CAS his team right back luckily. Nothing else to note. I am a bit annoyed at the blitzer death, as it came because I was being greedy and trying hard to block his trolls when I should've played safe.
Luckily, I have enough cash to rebuy a blitzer, give mr throw leader, and grab an apo for game 3.
Game 3: 0-0 DRAW versus Necromantic; https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4596796
1D luckers man. He didn't fail a single block and he was taking the most riskiest, frenzy trapping, 1ds out of the blue blocks ive ever seen. Absolutely robbed here. If I wasn't so afraid of failing 1Ds I would've won with 2 GFIs. But no, he's just allowed to do w.e the entire game. Retires the team afterwards too. Hope I never play this guy again.
Game 4: 2-0 WIN versus Chaos Renegades; https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=4596959
A solid win. Was able to hurt his rogre early into the game but took a Big-Un CAS. Another guy using up his 1d luck on me. I'm getting a bit annoyed now at that. Friendly coach.
Game 5: 2-0 WIN versus Elven Union; https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=4597195
A routine victory versus an opponent who got pretty unlucky with his KOs not returning ONCE. He had 1 player at the end of the game. Almost pitch-cleared him. I lost a blizter in the first block on the game so that sucks but was able to gain a lot of ssp on a big-un and mr throw got mvp. Friendly Coach.
Game 6: 1-1 DRAW versus Humans; https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=4597368
Draw versus Game 4's opponent. He played well for having a mostly lino human team. He did however get pretty good dodge and gfi rolls alongside 6 rerolls that let him control the pitch better than I'd like. Luckily, he failed a crucial GFI which gave me the draw. I think I should've won this game but oh well.
Game 7: 0-1 LOST versus Nurgle; https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=4597427
dicing. also I've had at least 6 orc deaths at this point...
Game 8: 1-1 DRAW versus Shambling Undead; https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=4597506
An "okay" match. Felt like I should've won. Opponent had good dice and was able to do around 5-7 dodges on his drive to setup a quick score. He also had many pow/pow blockless dice on me which was annoying but happens. No CAS so I'm happy. Blizter who I bought this game scored and got mvp so in the grand scheme of things, it was an "ok" game.
Game 9: 1-0 LOST versus Norse; https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=4597612
Currently on a bad streak. Opponent played good but I felt he got lucky with the amount of successful 1D and Dodges he took. Had a chance to make it 1-1 but a dubskull forced a rr which could've saved a 3+ catch. Oh well.
Game 10: 2-1 WIN versus Necromantic Horror; https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4597798
The streak ends! A lucky last turn gave me win here as the opponent and I played a fairly good game. Few mistakes from both sides, but a lot of good plays as-well. Need to do better though, won't get lucky like this again.
Game 11: 1-0 WIN versus Tomb Kings; https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=4598011
Solid win, opponent was a bit unhappy with his dice. I got pretty lucky dice this game, a lot of successful dodging and gfi's and no failed blocks.
Game 12: 0-1 LOST versus Lizardmen; https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=4598120
Swingy match. Game could've been 2-0 either way but sadly I took too much CAS (badly hurts) and my opponent was able to stunty dodge his way to steal the back and score last minute! Great match, annoyed at the lost though. Friendly Coach
Game 13: 1-1 DRAW versus Dwarfs: https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=4598210
33 1Ds with only 1 failure says it all. I should've won and the opponent got lucky. His blodger goes down first half and I'm unable to remove him with 3 4+ fouls in a row. Just extremely lucky.
Game 14: 1-2 LOST versus Vampires; https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=4598324
Decent game, but I feel like vampires are just so lame to play against, especially in the heat weather type making it impossible to defend my ball in the 3rd drive. Unlucky to lose this one, should've been a draw.
Game 15: 2-1 WIN versus Nurgle; https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=4598458
Our final match is against the same Nurgle coach who had diced us earlier into the run. This time however, I diced him. I was able to remove his players with ease and he got a lot of failed blocks and pushes. We end the run with a victory which is awesome since I thought I was going to lose!
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So, did I improve for BBT13? Let's find out.
BBT13 Orc Record: 7/4/4 = 60% WR
BBT12 Dwarf Record: 5/4/6 = 46% WR
BBT12 Dark Elf Record: 2/1/8 = 16% WR
Looking at the stats from my three main rosters in the past BBT, we can see a DECENT improvement. I also think with a bit more luck, I could've done way better. At least 2 of loses and draws were winnable.
If you're a struggling coach, I recommended looking at getting some coaching sessions. I think I'm good proof that it can and will work if you put the effort and time into it.
There's always room to improve and I'm not finished learning yet. How will I over-come bad streaks/luck of games? We'll find out :)
If you've read up to this point, thanks for reading. I will be doing another set of these for my Norse team but none else till next BBT. Till next time o7
- Gobes
