“FUMBBL SMACK Sched PRO CXXVIIII Round 1 (OT was a draw, Lost in the Shootout)

For me this was a heartbreaker. I'll try to keep my comments civil, since I did enjoy my opponent. There were several breaks that really didn't go my way:

- The Ogre, Jesse James, was killed on a foul and the apothecary didn't do squat.
- The skeletons didn't fail any pickups when the ball was in their side of the pitch. I never got any time to put pressure on the ball
- my kickoff in the 2nd half went out of bounds even though I had aimed just 1 off center-pitch. This allowed him to give the ball to a TG.
- I knocked the ball loose from aforementioned TG late in the 2nd half, only to have it land right in the hands of another TG (something like an 9+ catch).
- Lost the coin toss in OT. I most likely could have scored if I had received
- Managed to get the ball and keep it despite getting pounded in the dirt and failing multiple 3+ dodges. Had a shot at a pass/handoff longshot TD, even made 2 dodges (4+ and 3+, only to fumble the pickup)
- Lost the shootout even though it was a straight up roll, neither team had rerolls. I rolled a 4, Knurr rolled a 5.
- Then to add insult to injury, I rolled a 1 on money and lost FF. Add the dead Ogre and the -av broken catcher and it soured what should have been a very enjoyable, close game.

So my Ranked tournament record is still perfect at 0 wins (to include my 3rd lost coin toss). I just can't seem to catch a break at the right time no matter what I do. Ah well, time to rebuild and prepare for the next one. At least I got 2 skills out of it (normal rolls though).

Good game, Knurr, and welcome back to the site. I wish you luck the rest of the way and hope you win. Too bad about Raktek. Might be time to pick up a Thro-Ra, they are a bit better in LRB 6 (with Ma6 instead of Ma5).

Skills (2):
Rashaan 'Slashin' Salaam - (2 8) Tackle. My killer needs Tackle to deal with those Blodgers. Now the hu-Maniax have 2 Tacklers.
Cornell 'Crusher' Menafee - (4 2) Guard. Both of my Ma8 Blitzers now have Guard, and 3 Guard total on the team.”