Brionne Bay Stadium (aka Hell's Pit), headquarter of the Brionne Buccaneers, a few days after the draft for the upcoming Season 3 ended:

The Bucs have announced to give a press conference. The main conference room is packed with reporters from all over Bretonnia, the Empire and the rest of the Old World. As usual they make a hell of a noise. Mean Andugl, owner and headcoach of the Bucs, enters the room. With him are team captain Eric Ebron and Friedrich "Gentle" Dunkelhelm, Bucs massive new ogre. When the reporters see Andugl the noise dies away almost completely, but two yellow press reporters from L'Anguille, standing with their backs to the podium, continue to babble. Ebron taps on Dunkelhelm's arm and whispers something to his ear. Dunkelhelm walks over to the chatterboxes, grabs them by the neck, lifts them 3 feet into the air, carries them to the door and drops them outside, gently, at least by his standards. The remaining reporters pipe down. Andugl puts on his warmest smile and nods approvingly to Dunkelhelm before he addresses the reporters, the smile a touch cooler.

Mean Andugl: "Eels, pfft. Thank you, Friedrich. Welcome to Brionne Bay Stadium, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our press conference. Time is precious, fire off your questions."

The crowd of reporters, still intimidated, remains silent for about 30 seconds before someone slowly raises a hand and brings forward his question.

"Erm, Pavel Lokren, Spike Magazine. Thanks for taking my question. Mr. Andugl, can you briefly recap Season 2, please?"

Mean Andugl: "The first games were nothing short of disastrous, way below our worst expectations. 2 points after 5 games, dead last in SHC South division, says it all. Brionne was on the brink of massive riots at that time. But when all seemed lost we defeated Legion, who had won their first 5 games. That was the turnaround and the start to a streak of 10 unbeaten games that resulted in the win of SHC South division. Among these 10 games were 2 wins against our divisional competitors Monte Castello Wreckers. (Andugl shows a big grin) They still have never beaten us, just how it's supposed to be."

Pavel Lokren, Spike Magazine: "A follow up question, if I may. Bucs won the wildcard round against Wreckers, but fell to Legion in the conference semi final. Many DLE observers had favourized the Bucccaneers. What went wrong?"

Mean Andugl (face turning pale with anger, eyes full of fury and with a barely restrained voice): "What went wrong? You have the nerve to ask what went wrong? (voice louder now) I will not waste my time with crap questions! Dunkelhelm, chuck this idi..."

Ebron, knowing his boss quite well, quickly jumps up and interferes: "Mean, may I take the question, please? Friedrich, please sit down again, it's alright." Dunkelhelm is confused, but finally does what his captain has told him to do and sits down. Without waiting for Andugl's consent Ebron continues with a voice cold as ice: "I suppose you have neither seen that game nor heard about it, Mr. Lokren. A pity. You missed a thriller. Let's say Nuffle had other plans that evening than to see the Bucs win. Next question please."

"Günther Schiele, Carroburg Tageszeitung. Two questions if I may. Firstly, Brionne Buccaneers swapped ogres with Carroburg Crimson Cascade. Can you shed some light on this ..." Friedrich Dunkelhelm starts up. He turns to the reporter and interrupts him: "Carroburg? Are you from Carroburg?" Schiele: "Erm, yes, I thought you would know ...." Dunkelhelm, now very excited, interrupts Schiele again: "I played in Carroburg some time ago. Do you know Inga? Inga, uuuhmm, ... Inga Dedekind!!" Schiele: "Well, of course I know Inga Dedekind". Dunkelhelm: "Really? Oh, that's great. Please send Inga hugs and kisses from Friedrich, and tell her, tell her ....". Dunkelhelm blushes and falls silent, embarrassed, when Ebron comes to his rescue and finishes the sentence with a smile: "Well, tell her to keep out of harm's way when the Bucs meet Carroburg in a few weeks. We would hate to see Friedrich sad, but we're in it to win it! Your second question Mr. Schiele?" Now it's Schiele's time to blush: "Err, uhm, nevermind, question has been answered, thank you."

Andugl takes over again: "You are welcome. Next question."

"Mr. Andugl, Ormen Trusk, Sports Tri-Weekly. We have just finished the Draft for Season 3, how do you feel it went for the Sharks? Err, sorry, Sir, my bad, meant to ask how did it go for the Buccaneers, of course?"

Andugl: "A truly unexpected and very good question, Mr. Trump. (Andugl coughs and barely visible shakes the head, but quickly regains his composure): "Well, it's safe to say we had a good team in Season 2 and will field an even better team in Season 3. We are satisfied with the draft, Boykin, Burris, Jones and last but definitely not least DeCastro are all good players that will improve our game. That said, the contribution of no less than 5 incoming veteran players will be significant too. We have high hopes of all of them, particularly of Friedrich (Dunkelhelm blushes again) and Cotchery. They have been great with their former teams and will be even better playing for the Bucs. Next question."

"Gawwy Winiker, CabalVision, congrats to a good season, especially to the comeback in the second half of the season and the win of SHC South. To be honest I, ... , I mean, I wouldn't have bet even a single Gold Crown on the Bucs ...., uhm, at mid-season (Winiker is obviously distracted), but ..., well the way Bucs ...."

Andugl cuts in on Winiker: "Thanks Mr. Winiker, too kind, but we need to move on. Your question?"

Gawwy Winiker, CabalVision: "Err, right, sorry. Well, what I wanted to ask (Winiker is transfixed, can't get his eyes of a stunning beauty that serves coffee) is, uhm, err, can I get more coffee, please?"

Andugl (with a hushed sigh): "Of course, Mr. Winiker. It's always a pleasure to host the representatives of CabalVision. (Turning to the waitress) Laetitia, will you please serve Mr. Winiker - outside? Thank you so much. Next question, ladies and gentlemen, and speed up please, we are running out of time"

"Bobby Banner, Sports Bi-Weekly. Without further ado, what are your expectations and goals for Season 3?"

Andugl: "Bucs are strong, we have good reasons to be confident. Minimum goal is to make it to the Playoffs again. We aim to win SHC South. We will leave no doubt that Bucs are no.1 in Bretonnia. And we will pay those Ostlanders back, you bet!"

Günther Schiele, Carroburg Tageszeitung: "Those Ostlanders? Can you provide more details, please?"

Quick-witted Ebron, fully aware of what might follow, grabs the mic and answers: "Aah, not much to explain here I'm afraid. Mean just meant to remind ourselves of some debt and, you know, Bucs always pay their debts. One last question please!"

"Jacques Beauregard, Brionne Times. Mean, recently it has become known that some inconnu will donate serious money to FUMBBL for every Norden Legion player that gets perm hurt or killed on the pitch in the upcoming season. Some condemn this donation as highly unethical. What's your view?"

Andugl (with a malicous, only half-hidden smile): "Well, as we all know FUMBBL is an invaluable charity organisation that won't exist without donations. How can donating to FUMBBL be bad? I sincerely hope people will donate plentiful."

Beauregard: "Everybody can read on Bucs homepage that Legion ..."

And again it's Ebron who cut's the reporter off: "Sorry Jacques, we said ONE last question and we mean it. Ladies and gentlemen, this ends our press conference, thanks again for coming. Lunch and other comforts wait for you outside, enjoy the renowned Bucccaneers hospitality. Goodbye."