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Group managers: pizzamogul, AFK_Eagle, babelfilm, clarkin, James_Probert, JellyBelly, Rijssiej, Uber

Background

The E.L.F. (Elves Leaving the Forest) League, founded 1 Jan 2005 by AFK_Eagle, exists to expand the horizons of elven coaches. The perception amongst most of fumbbl is that an elf coach will only play another elf, for fear of team annihilation. Unfortunately, that perception, while not global, certainly has its roots in reality.

No more! We elven coaches are tired of being labelled "pansies" simply because we're faster and more agile than other races. Their jealousies of our natural gifts leads them to laugh at us and not take our game seriously. It's high time we taught them to rethink their opinion! We of the E.L.F. are going to not only accept challenges from other races, but issue them ourselves! Let them keep laughing as we pass and score at will against them. We might not gain their admiration, but at least by playing we can regain a measure of respect as proper members of the bloodbowl community.

Competition Dates and Rewards

Fun While It Lasts! - E.L.F. Season LXXIV: coming 06 September - 31 October, 2020.

Each season, some elves rise above the rest in their outstanding efforts to bring elfball to the bloodbowl community at large. Each category will have a "Master" champion; the first place team overall will be named "E.L.F. Grand Champion Season #".

Upcoming Seasons

Season LXXV: 06 November - 31 December, 2020.
Season LXXVI: Coming 2021.
Season LXXVII: Coming 2021.
Season LXXVIII: Coming 2021.
Season LXXIX: Coming 2021.

League rules

Opponent races are broken into categories as follows:

Opponent Team Categories
A (Plug & Play): Orcs, Dwarf, Chaos Dwarf
B (Better with Age): Chaos, Nurgle, Pact
C (Bones & Moans): Necro, Undead, Khemri, Vamps
D (Agile): Dark Elves, Skaven, Slann, High Elves, Wood, Pro
E (Humans & Stunties): Norse, Human, Lizzies, Zons, Old World Alliance Ogre, Underworld, Halflings/Goblin/Snotlings
Your Mission:
During the season, pick any two different races from each category, 10 teams in total. Total your score for those 10 games: this is your season score. If you wish to improve upon your score, replay any category and / or team you wish; only the best two games per category against two different races will count!

For example: during the season you play Dwarves twice. You can only report one of these scores (the higher of the two no matter which order you played the matches) in Category A and must get a match vs. either Chaos Dwarves or Orcs to report a 2nd score for Category A! And, even if you play all three Category A races, only two scores may be reported!
Special Category Rule
Only one game against a "truly" stunty team will count--you can't complete category E by playing halfling, snotlings, and/or goblin--the game yielding the highest score will count, then play another race from category E to complete your cycle.
The Cycle
When you have a complete set of 10 reportable scores (2 matches vs. different races in each of the 5 categories), your team is said to have "Completed the Cycle." Congrats!

Points Awarded

Baseline:

Game played= 10 points at 1,000,000 TV or less

and every additional 1-200,000 of TV - 1 point

so,
0 - 1,000,000 - 10
1,000,001-1,200,000 - 11
1,200,001-1,400,000 -12
1400,001-1,600,000-13
and so on...

This is the TV of the opponent or the ELF team, whichever is less.

Result:

Win= +10 pts
Draw= +5 pts

Scoring:

Per td scored= +1 pts
Per td allowed= -1 pts

Casualties:

Per cas caused= +1 pts
No negative modifier for casualties against - you've already suffered enough!

Bonuses:

Score 5 or more touchdowns= +2 pts
Shutout victory (opponent does not score)= +2 pts
Force opponent concession= +3 pts

Double points awarded for all Category A games - multiply your total score x2.
Double baseline points awarded for all Category B games - multiply your baseline score x2.

Automated Scoring

The E.L.F. uses a Java program to collect all the scoring information for the league. Each individual team's matches are reviewed and a score is tallied for each team and the overall league standings are compiled. You are encouraged to keep track of your scores and progress towards completing the cycle in your team's bio, but this is not a requirement.

Once a week during the season scores are updated here on the league page, a summary is sent out as a group message, and another summary is posted in the threads. The league leaders are featured along with those teams that have completed the cycle.

Special challenges for a featured race are also updated in these same summaries from each teams highest scoring games in the regular standings. The program will always chooses the match that gives the most special challenge points when a team has two or more to choose from with the same E.L.F. score.

If you ever have questions about what matches are being scored or see a discrepancy in the points, please feels free to PM pizzamogul with your concerns.

The Goal

Credit will be given to the highest season score in each category, as well as an overall champion, silver & bronze medalists.

The top 3 scores in Black Box will be recognized along with the highest scoring team in League.

Other Tidbits and Lore

Synnful Sprint

Coach Synn; likes to add an extra bit of difficulty to an E.L.F. season - something known as a "sprint." The challenge is to take a new TR100 team and refuse all matches vs. other elves for the first 20 games. After that time, the sprinter is free to play other elves.

Extra difficult and not for the squeamish! It's nothing official, just a sort of 'side bet' some of the coaches like to run.

Dalfort Dash

Playing 10 different races not enough of a challenge for you?

Coach Dalfort suggests you try and play all 24 races during the course of a season. Once you have done so you have completed a Dash!

Kondor Kluster

You know you can coach more than one team in a season, right?

Coach Kondor suggests you complete the Cycle with one of each of the four elf races in a single season. Do you have the fortitude for forty matches minimum?

Rules Clarifications

Recruitment Timeframe

Membership is open to all Ranked, Black Box and League teams regardless of the number of matches they have played until the last two weeks of the current season. No Recruitment will occur after that time and new coaches/teams will have to wait until the current season ends to officially join.

Divisions

Teams and games played in the Academy and LRB 4 divisions are not accepted in the E.L.F. All other divisions are welcome to join. ***Please note that matches played in League against non-rulebook teams will not count for points!

***Ring of Honor***

startrek.nl - First team to play 1,000 matches on FUMBBL.
Slim Chance Brigade - First E.L.F. team to win the FUMBBL Cup.
Pro Popes - Only E.L.F. team to win the Black Cup.

Scoring Records

Seasons I-IV Fast Facts
Races Played by E.L.F. Members Seasons I-IV
(New Rules Season V and on make data tracking impossible)
A (54), C (75), CD (49), CP (6), D (53), EMU (9), G (10), H (68), Ha (16), K (54), Kaos (5), L (55), Lu (2), Ne (53), No (57), Nu (52), Og (28), Or (80), OW (7), S (71), U (54), V (24)

Season	Seasons V-XV	Score	Seasons XVI-XIV	Score	Seasons XX-XXV	Score	Seasons XXVI+ FFB	Score
Overall	Synnful Sprinting Spirits	571 pts	Legion of Longevity	342 pts	Samovar Sinensis	371 pts	Born To Live Forever	473 pts
Category A	Synnful Sprinting Spirits	190 pts	Craving for AG4	120 pts	Samovar Sinensis	136 pts	Naggaroth Zaphyrs	150 pts
Category B	Bloodflower	122 pts	Legion of Longevity & Samovar Sinensis	62 pts	Samovar Sinensis	65 pts	Born To Live Forever	113 pts
Category C	Forest Fools	105	Unholy Convocation & E.nigmatic L.ove F.anatics	58 pts	Hawkheim Harlequins	62 pts	Slim Chance Brigade, Dark EIves in Disguise & Born To Live Forever	74 pts
Category D	Synnful Sprinting Spirits	93 pts	E.nigmatic L.ove F.anatics	62 pts	Fondly Regard Creation	66 pts	Dollhouse, Elvish Marmelade, Slim Chance Brigade, Moon Assassins & Archers of Avelon	79 pts
Category E	__Synndicate__	107 pts	Legion of Longevity	60 pts	Samovar Sinensis	69 pts	Kickstarter	86 pts
Single Match	Seasons V-XV	Score	Seasons XVI-XIV	Score	Seasons XX-XXV	Score	Seasons XXVI+ FFB	Score
Most TDs					AC Bilbali	8	Slim Chance Brigade	9
Most Cas					Stony Man Doctrine	11	Dallas Dendrophiliacs	14
Most Cas Against					Popes of Mope	12	Arboron Furies	12
Highest Gate					Samovar Sinensis	178000	Feyenoord Rotterdam	59000
Season	Seasons V-XV	Score	Seasons XVI-XIV	Score	Seasons XX-XXV	Score	Seasons XXVI+ FFB	Score
Most Cas Against					Pro Elf and I Vote!	45	Michigan GT 9	53

Grand Champions by Season

Belgian Music Lovers - Wood
startrek.nl - Wood
Belgian Music Lovers - Wood
Old Elvish Dominion - High
Hunted by Destiny - High
startrek.nl - Wood
startrek.nl - Wood
Home Brew - Dark, League
Glory Daze - Pro
Glory Daze - Pro
startrek.nl - Wood
Ocultis Synnopsis - Dark
Elf Stones - Pro
Popes of Mope - Pro
Synnful Sprinting Spirits - Wood
Legion of Longevity - Wood
Craving for AG4 - High
E.nigmatic L.ove F.anatics - Wood
Forest Women - Pro
Samovar Sinensis - Wood
Samovar Sinensis - Wood
Samovar Sinensis - Wood
Fondly Regard Creation - Dark
Popes of Mope - Pro
Legion of Longevity - Wood
Vailwynd Valiant's - High
Vailwynd Valiant's - High
Samovar Sinensis - Wood
Samovar Sinensis - Wood
Pro Popes - Pro, Black Box
WE fighting hard back - Wood, Black Box
300%Luck - Wood, Black Box
Loth mean relief - Dark, Black Box & Yun Zis Absolute Wahrheiten - High (Tie)
Dollhouse - Pro
Rooots - Wood
They Mostly Come At Night - Dark
Elvish Marmelade – Dark
Loths forsaken - Dark
Slim Chance Brigade – Pro
Kickstarter – Dark
Mad Screamers - Pro
Kickstarter - Dark
Naggaroth Zaphyrs - Dark
Squadron XXIII - High
Born To Live Forever - Wood
Naggaroth Zaphyrs - Dark
Born To Live Forever - Wood
Dollhouse - Pro
El Drizzto and the Gang - Dark, Black Box
Naggaroth Zaphyrs - Dark
Meet the Feebles Variety Hour - Wood
Meet the Feebles Variety Hour - Wood
Meet the Feebles Variety Hour - Wood
Slim Chance Brigade - Pro
Darkside. Cowboys - Dark
Loths forsaken - Dark
Slim Chance Brigade - Pro
Exorcists - High
Born To Live Forever - Wood
Born To Live Forever - Wood
Born To Live Forever - Wood
Born To Live Forever - Wood
Dark EIves in Disguise - Wood
Exorcists - High
Slim Chance Brigade – Pro
Born To Live Forever - Wood
Born To Live Forever - Wood
Korando's Elite Eleven - Dark
Korando's Elite Eleven - Dark
Born To Live Forever - Wood
Archers of Avelon - High
Michigan GT 9 - Pro & Batman and Robin - Wood (Tie)
Mad Screamers - Pro

Multiple Titles by Team

Born To Live Forever - 9
Samovar Sinensis - 5
startrek.nl - 4
Slim Chance Brigade - 4
Naggaroth Zaphyrs - 3
Meet the Feebles Variety Hour - 3
Belgian Music Lovers - 2
Glory Daze - 2
Popes of Mope - 2
Legion of Longevity - 2
Vailwynd Valiant's - 2
Kickstarter - 2
Dollhouse - 2
Loths forsaken - 2
Exorcists - 2
Korando's Elite Eleven - 2
Mad Screamers - 2

Multiple Teams by Coach

Arktoris (3) - Exorcists (Ranked; High; 58,64) & Korando's Elite Eleven (Ranked; Dark; 68,69) & Batman and Robin (Ranked; Wood; 72)

Rijssiej (2) - startrek.nl (Ranked; Wood; 2,6,7,11) & Home Brew (League; Dark; 8)
CircularLogic (2) - Craving for AG4 (Ranked, High, 17) & E.nigmatic L.ove F.anatics (Ranked; Wood; 18)
Dolls (2) - Popes of Mope (Ranked; Pro; 14,24) & Pro Popes (Black Box; Pro; 30)
p4m (2) - WE fighting hard back (Black Box; Wood; 31) & Loth mean relief (Black Box; Dark; 33)
Relezite (2) - Fondly Regard Creation (Ranked; Dark; 23) & Slim Chance Brigade (Ranked; Pro; 39,54,57,65)
Khaltan (2) - Loths forsaken (Ranked; Dark; 56) & Dark EIves in Disguise (Ranked; Wood; 63)

Grand Champions by Race

Wood - 31 1/2
Dark - 16 1/2
Pro - 15 1/2
High - 9 1/2

Grand Champions by Division

67 1/2 Ranked
4 1/2 Black Box
1 League.
0 Stunty

Links to Past Seasons