“[SL]UMBBL Cup VIII: final:

There waited the she-elves of Secret League Princesses, backed up by Prince Moranion, a wizard and two bloodweiser babes. This would be an elfbowl final! Or not. The Dolphins received the first half. In turn 3 the opposing wizard launched his fireball, opening the path to a 2d blitz. The ball was gone but recoverable in the hands of a handmaiden. She was knocked down and Thularin picked up the ball, trying to hide in a sort of a cage. One corner was wrestled down though, opening the opportunity for another blitz on the ball by Prince Moranion, who knocked it loose. Things looked very dire, but then Nuffle intervened, rewarding Esmeralda with a snaked dodge on her way to the pick-up (and probable touchdown). Instead the Dolphins recovered it once more and moved forwards. It was not a walk in the park, but eventually Caoran ran in the opening touchdown in turn 8. Three sidesteppers on the line of scrimmage made a oneturner quite hard. In the second half, an early (not rerolled) double skulls in turn 2 made the Princesses lose the initiative. Instead of moving forward, they retreated, keeping the ball safe. The bait worked and the sea elves rushed forwards. Then the Princesses dodged through the lines, looking for the equalizer. Jasmine was not exactly safe though, so she got blitzed and lost the ball to Guldir. The remaining 4 turns were a chaotic brawl, typical to the Dolphin's gameplay. Pressure the opposition hard, push them to score. Either they score quickly, leaving sufficient time to score as well, or the whole situation gets entangled and scoring becomes difficult. Nuffle decided to go for the second path. Usually Caoran then uses his leaping strength to cut the ball loose, followed by Thularin to steal it. This time Thelion's blodge/sidestep/diving tackle proved enough of a barrier to slow things down. Eventually The Dolphins even managed a blitz on the dump-off ballcarrier, freeing the ball. A strange thing happened then (bug?), whereby the ball apparently couldn't be thrown where wanted. The ball was loose and a sea elf picked it up. He lost it again in the last turn, but the ball dropped in the hands of the assisting linewoman, who had already moved. Game over and a 1-0 win for the Dolphins!”