“Handicaps were:

Buzzing (Troll)
Iron Man (Claw RSC Tackle Block Dauntless Beastman)
Illegal Drugs (made CW AG4)
Bribe the Ref2
I Am the Greatest

Some great handicaps made this a difficult game. The Blood Falcons played patient offence, and managed to clear most of the Cult team off the pitch thanks to some great armour rolls and some crowd pushes.

The Cult did get 2 first half cas (both SI, one niggle apothed) and a few of their own KOs late in the half to peg the numbers back.

In the second half, the Falcons applied the pressure, and probably used their Fireball too early. Still a win was possible late in regular time when 2 players were in range of the ball but we came up Skull Skull on a block to free up a passer to get the ball and throw it to safety so it was not to be.

Note, whilst my opponent may have been a bit unlucky to fail the GFI to drop the ball, I had players in range to 1 dice or 2 dice blitz (with dodges) him with GFI so his score was not guaranteed.

My opponent got the reprieve and tied the scores to go to OT.

It was 11 Shadows vs 9 Blood Falcons who soon became 7 after the first round of blocks. The Cult had no RR left but were able to keep a player advantage and advance the ball down.

A chance to law tackle zones onto the ball carrier late in OT was met with snakes on a dodge and it was game over.
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My opponent played well today, I made a mistake trying to steal the ball where I pushed a player to the wrong square and denied myself a better next block, and paid the price when I blocked anyway and Frezny made it a -2 Dice Block on the second block for a Skull.

It was a close game, and one that I had a good chance of winning in regular time, but the crucial skull skull before I got to try and run for the ball with my Sure Hands Accurate Thrower sealed the result as I didn't have enough players left in OT to really contest the game, certainly not when losing the coin toss to kick off as well.

Despite this, my opponent played well and I don't begrudge him his victory. Congrats!”