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[Kanil]

Thus ends the regular season. We had 55 games played out of 56 matches, and the one unplayed game was due to technical difficulties, rather than a lack of interest. I want to thank all of you for your efforts in playing all your games, and sticking with it for a long three months.

Signups for season 6 will begin after the playoffs end, and given that they're just three games, they should go by pretty quickly. I think the season will be a bit shorter than this marathon, but I'll see what everyone wants.

Matchups for the semifinals
ndkid - Kobb's Khorne vs ank - w00t w00t
Kanil - Self Inflicted vs monk12 - Monk's Marauders

[ndkid]

Matchups for the semifinals
ndkid - Kobb's Khorne vs ank - w00t w00t
Kanil - Self Inflicted vs monk12 - Monk's Marauders

Oh, Gods of Chaos, please grant me a squad of wizards. One solid fireballing of w00t w00t's front line, and I might actually have a shot at winning that game. :-)

[monk12]

Semifinal Match 1: Self Inflicted vs Monk's Marauders

Unlike in the regular season, the Marauders enter the match with a mere 40k in Inducements, enough for a single potion of Agility. Also unlike the regular season games, this potion actually works, and Helmut gets the stats to back up his skills. The Marauders go all out in the first half, taking the field with all their skill positions- two Catchers, two Throwers, four Blitzers and an Ogre. The Marauders win the toss, and elect to receive.

The kicker sends the ball deep- the Marauders, pumped for their first playoff appearance in team history, get a Quick Snap and flow toward the right side of the field. While Helmut scoops up the ball by the goal line, the humans rush forward. Grant Valdred opens the action with a blitz, sending his vampire to the turf while Dagg Silent leads a push of linemen to take control of the middle of the field, one lineman sending a thrall to the KO box. A pair of Thralls push Seneschal Sigric the Blitzer off the pitch (suffering no injuries but out for the drive) to even the numbers, while Park Jung-Suk the Vampire gets a craving and takes a bite out of one of the thralls.

Helmut directs the play back to the left as he runs up, and Dagg Silent happily blitzes the feeding Park Jung-Suk, taking him down and lending his beefy presence to the breach point. A pair of blitzers come back to defend the ballcarrier while Galahad Slodar the Catcher moves through the gap, threatening the end zone. A thrall chases him and wrestles him down while another thrall comes to help contain the threat, but the rest of the Vampires play cautiously, largely attempting to contain the Marauders.

Galahad regains his feet as Dagg fails to push the Vampires back, but the humans manage to get the ball across midfield safely in a cage. Odamar Alban, the more experienced Catcher who had been holding back a vampire and thrall on the weak side, got his skull fractured for his trouble- the coach waved off the incompetent apothecary when he saw the sawbones reach for his axe. Dagg and Bertolf Lutolf the Blitzer opened a narrow corridor for Helmut and his understudy Eomund Tonkai to run through, the end zone tantalizingly close.

Self Inflicted moves several thralls to blanket the humans, as well as a Vampire to threaten the ballcarrier himself. Dagg blitzes back into the fray, but the rest of the Marauder push falters and Galahad Slodar, electing not to use his wrestle ability in the hopes of taking the thrall out, instead finds himself taken out on a stretcher. Park Jung-Suk blitzes through the opening, sending Helmut to the turf and the ball into the surprised arms of Eomund. He isn't surprised for long, however, as another Vamp hypnotizes the protective Dagg while a pair of thralls team up to shove the Thrower off the pitch and into the injury box, badly hurt.

The ball is thrown back onto the pitch at the waiting feet of Ku Sung-Hoon the Vampire, and it seems an easy TD is within reach. However, Ku decides that that moment is a good time for a snack, and after picking up the ball runs back into the fray to feast on a thrall. The Marauders scramble some players to the ball, and Grant Valdred lays Ku out with a blow that should have killed him- however, the Self Inflicted apothecary is exceedingly competent, and not only does Ku survive, he is cleared to return to the game in the second half.

Grant attempts to dodge toward where the ball fell, but is fails horribly. The Vampires respond quickly, knocking down blitzers and popping the ball into an exposed area. Although the ball is his for the taking, Lee Yoo-Yeoul is overcome by bloodlust, and chooses to eat a thrall instead, sending the poor thrall to the injury box with a bad injury. Dagg rushes back into the fray while Knight Avadar tries to cover the ball, but a thrall pushes him away while the Vampires continue sending the humans toppling, Park becoming so enamored of the sight of flying blood he takes a bite out of a fellow thrall. Lee Young-Ho, a thrall with STR 4, scoops up the ball and runs downfield. The Marauder coach yells at Dagg to take him out, but does not realize that the Ogre is next to a Vampire with Diving Tackle- the vampire tangles the big guy's feet, and Lee waltzes into the endzone as the first half expires.

Halftime: Monk's Marauders 0 - 1 Self Inflicted

Kicking off to start the second half and with three good players in the injury box, the Marauders call on their reserves and hit the pitch hoping to even the score. Self Inflicted is down to 10 players- confused in the heat of the match, they fail to line up with three players on the line of scrimmage, and a ref forces the Thrower Vampire to step up. Gleefully, the Marauders kick it deep, well out of range of any Vampire.

The fans cheer for the underdog Marauders, giving them an extra TRR- the vampires, confused and angry by how the half has started, fail to feed one of the vamps, who is forced to float into the stands in search of a snack. The Marauders are energized, sending Vampires flying and swarming everywhere, a Blitzer in hot pursuit of Ku as he chases down the ball. Ku recovers the ball easily, however, and whips it forward to Shin Sang-Moon.

Unfortunately, a thrall trips on a block, giving the Marauders an opportunity to press around the ballcarrier. Several thralls go down, and Grant throws another powerhouse of a block, dropping Shin to the turf. The ball flies out of bounds, and is thrown back in well rear of the action, just outside of Grant's MA. Shin, enraged by blood-lust, leaps to his feet and drags down Grant from behind before scooping up the ball en route to a prone thrall, savaging the minion. Ku, coming up to help defend, sees the buffet and decides to help himself to the same thrall while the rest stand up.

The Marauders awkwardly try to reposition and keep the pressure on, but Dagg's lack of blocking skill results in Shin shoving him into the turf. Seeing his opportunity, he races downfield with a pair of thralls while the remaining Vampires take down the most threatening Humans. After a bit of shoving, the Marauders manage to get three humans on the inside of the ballcarrier with Helmut on the outside, but it's all for naught as Shin makes a pair of dodges and dances into the end zone.

Turn 13: Monk's Marauders 0 - 2 Self Inflicted

Knowing that it would take a minor miracle to even force overtime, the Marauders nevertheless attempt a quick TD play without a Catcher. A frustrated Dagg Silent breaks the neck of a thrall and the rest of the Marauders throw enough punches to spring Seneschal Sigric into the backfield, the Blitzer with AG 4. A thrall wrestles him down, however, and a Vampire comes over to gnosh on the prone sack of blood. Manfred the Friendly, team kicker, straight up kills another thrall while Sigric stand back up and runs into the end zone. After a Self Inflicted Turnover, Helmut runs forward, but throws an inaccurate pass that falls out the back of the end zone. In a neat bit of maneuvering, Shin ran to pick up the ball lying on the pitch, threw it across the field to another vampire who ran and handed off to a waiting thrall, who scored on the final SI play of the game.

Final Score: Monk's Marauders 0 - 3 Self Inflicted

Last thoughts of the Season: AGH! WAY too aggressive- I should have just let Galahad Wrestle the other Thrall instead of taking the hit that knocked him out for the game, and I should have checked for Diving Tackle, especially since I noted that vamp at the start of the game after it bit me in my last match with Charmander! I could have spent my moves and TRR on covering Lee with Tackle Zones, giving up hope of scoring on my possession but at least preventing that first half score. I was relying too much on Dagg, as well- if I'd been more cautious and tried to blanket the Vampires with my numbers advantage in the second half, rather than trying to knock the ball loose, I wouldn't have given him such an easy clinching score.

Blah- coulda, woulda, shoulda. It's not like Kanil didn't have things go against him as well. Awrod the Virtuous caught MVP, a Lineman who didn't throw a block or even get knocked down- this gave him enough SPP to be my new Wrestler trench-fodder, while Manfred the Friendly's kill got him some survivability in the form of Block. My career record vs Kanil is now 1-1-1; I look forward to next season!

[Kanil]

I sat down and watched a replay of the game and made a write up too, 'cause what the hell, it's the playoffs. Right? It's the same game, so the same things happen and you can read about them twice! But this time it sounds less interesting and comes from my point of view.

Spoiler: Write Up (click to show/hide)

Monk gets 40k in inducements, buying an agility potion for his thrower and pushing him to AG4. Monk wins the cointoss and elects to receive.

Self Inflicted lines up in it's standard defensive formation.
Monk goes with three on the LoS, the two throwers back, and a line of 6 in the between the two.
A quick snap sees the line move forward

MM1: Monk's Blitzers move forward to knock a vampire down on the side, and the three thralls on the LoS eat blocks, one getting KO'd.

SI1: Forgetting to declare a blitz while standing up the downed vampire awkwardly forces him to instead free up a thrall with a hypno stare. This thrall then teams up with another to crowd surf a Marauder blitzer. A failed blood lust results in the first om nom'ing of the game.

MM2: The thrower who picked up the ball moves it forward towards the LoS, then the Ogre blitz a vampire down, opening a hole in the SI line. A catcher slips through, and the remaining players form a screen around the ball carrier.

SI2: A wrestle/tackle thrall blitzes the catcher and drags him down, meanwhile attempts to free a vampire up to harass the ball carrier are stymied by a blodge/sidestep catcher. The two thralls pulled away to cover the catcher weaken the vampire lines, however.

MM3: The ogre attempts to blitz a vampire out of the way and make a hole, but only manages a push. Still, the Marauders reinforce their position on SI's weak side.

SI3: A thrall injures the blodge/sidestep catcher, removing a thorn from the vampire's side. This is the first of a few key casualties in SI's favor. This also frees up some players to reinforce the battle in front of the ball carrier, and mark the forward catcher.

MM4: The ogre knocks down a vampire, but he side steps into a decent location, limiting the forward catcher's dodging options. However this opens up a hole, and some Marauders -- including the ball carrier -- slip through, and end up about half way towards the end zone.

SI4: The drive now splits into two parts, a handful of players from both teams with the ball carrier, and another handful near the center of the LoS just pounding on one another. The thralls push around a few ST2 catchers, letting the diving tackle vampire mark the ball carrier. In the center of the pitch, the vampires knock over several Marauders.

MM5: The ogre blitzes the diving tackle vampire, knocking him down and freeing up the ball carrier. Monk then throws a 1 die block from his wrestle catcher, against a blockless thrall. He elects to not use wrestle, stunning the thrall but badly hurting his catcher. The second important casualty in SI's favor.

SI5: A couple of blocks in the center scrum pushes the Marauder's dangerous tackle blitzer away from a vampire, who then dodges away and blitzes the ball carrier. He's knocked down, but the ball bounces to the Marauder's other thrower. A fortunate hypnotic gaze distracts the ogre, allowing two thralls to safely crowd surf the new ball carrier. The crowd badly hurts him, then throws the ball up to the center of the pitch, right next to SI's AG5 vampire -- the one that always fails blood lust at inopportune times. Instead of snatching the ball up and breaking out of the pack, he has to settle for picking it up and snacking on a nearby thrall.

MM6: With the latest crowd surfing, Monk is down to 7 players, against SI's 9. He evens it up a bit by dodging a couple of blitzers over to level the vampire ball carrier, killing him in the process -- apothecary patches it up to a badly hurt. However his blitzing Blitzer has to dodge to recover the recently dropped ball, and fails to do so.

SI6: With 3 turns and three quarters of the pitch to cover, our chosen SPP farming thrall begins his long run towards the endzone, in hopes that a vampire will be able to hand him the ball when he gets there. A block and chain push frees up the ball from the Marauder's TZs. However moving vampires up to the ball results in a failed blood lust and one badly hurt lunch.

MM7: The ogre breaks tackle and blitzes the SPP farming thrall! However the thrall has dodge, making him hard to knock over, and when pushed on the ball it scatters further away from the Marauders. Monk's remaining players stand up/reposition, getting both a TZ on the ball, and a decent wall between it and the SI players.

SI7: A hypnotic stare on the ogre, and a block on a lineman frees up the SPP farming thrall, who blitzes away the player marking the ball. He then picks it up and runs. A vampire dodges around the Marauder wall, in an attempt to impede the Marauders from hitting the exposed thrall. A foolish one die block between a no skill thrall and no skill lineman ends in a skull, freeing up a Marauder.

MM8: The now-freed lineman moves to provide an assist on the ball carrier. The ogre takes his chances with a break tackle vs diving tackle dodge. Despite the 66% success rate, the ogre fails, then loners away the reroll.

SI8: Not wanting to risk dodging away from a tackle blitzer, I instead opt to use a different vampire and make two go for its. Statistically, this is a stupid move and it costs me a reroll. However it does knock the marking lineman off my ball carrier thrall -- but he's got to go for it twice to make the end zone. Fortunately for me, he doesn't fail his go for its and the SPP farming is successful.

The score at half time is 1-0 in favor of Self Inflicted.
SI has two KO players and one CAS, neither KO recovers.
MM has no KO players, and three CAS.

The Marauders line up in their three line formation that they used at the start of the game. Self Inflicted lines up heavily weighted to one side, hoping to rush through the Marauder lines and score quickly.

At this point, I make two really stupid mistakes in very short order. While shuffling my thralls around, I fail to notice that only two are standing on the LoS. As such, when I confirm my position, my AG5 vampire left back to retrieve the ball gets shunted to the LoS, leaving my back field completely empty.

Monk's kicker accurately sends the ball way back, and the Marauder cheerleaders get the fans motivated, who in turn motivate the Marauders and net them another reroll.

SI9: The AG5 vampire is pulled back and begins his long run to the ball. A vampire attempts to blitz a hole in the Marauder lines, but it's a non result as the both down is negated on both sides. The second mistake is then made, as a vampire fails blood lust -- this is rerolled, but fails too. I do not notice this, and play as normal, sending the vampire forward to hypno stare a player, thus ending my turn. Commence panic.

MM9: Monk runs around one of the thralls I have screening my weak side, in an attempt to get to the ball before the retreating AG5 vampire. Several Marauders move forward, then a blitz stuns one of the other weak-side screening thralls, The tackle blitzer tackles the blitzing vampire from the previous turn for his troubles, and the ogre stuns a thrall himself.

SI10: The AG5 vampire arrives at the ball, picks it up, and throws a long bomb pass to a vampire waiting on the LoS. A thrall throws a one die block, hoping to open a space for an advance -- however it's a both down, without block this is rerolled into an attacker down.

MM10: Some players are brought forward to close up any holes in the wall preventing the ball carrier from advancing. A blitzer runs around the disorganized vampire lines. It takes a few attempts to shunt away the one vampire screening the ball carrier, however it's enough to allow the tackle blitzer to throw a one die block at the ball carrier and knock him down. The ball scatters out of play, and the fans toss it back in slightly further back in the SI territory. The blitzing Blitzer moves forward to join the one that sneaked around earlier in the turn -- putting two TZs on the ball.

SI11: A blitz on the tackle blitzer knocks him down and onto the ball -- it scatters away from any Marauders, and the blitzing vampire picks it up, before biting a prone thrall and stunning him. The AG5 vampire moves up to cover the ball carrier, and bites the same thrall again, stunning him again -- effectively a free bite.

MM11: A few unoccupied Marauders maneuver around, and the ogre attempts a blitz on the ball carrier, however two both downs and a failed loner roll quickly end the turn.

SI12: The tackle blitzer is knocked away from the ball carrier, who proceeds to run down the pitch. He's MA8, and thus covers a lot of ground fast. A couple of thralls manage to form half a cage around him somewhat into the Marauder side of the pitch. A blitz knocks over  the Marauder player closest to the carrier.

MM12: The half cage only screens of one side of the ball carrier, and two Marauders run up to throw a one die block against the vampire. Despite a reroll, the Marauders can only push the vampire between his  caging thralls. Enough Marauders are present that the vampire will have to dodge into a TZ to score, however.

SI13: The vampire however manages that dodge, and runs in the touchdown.

The score is now 2-0 in Self Inflicted's favor.
The vampires still have two players KO, and one CAS. Neither KO recovers.
The humans also still have no players KO, and three players CAS.
As such, each team has the exact same manpower they had starting the second half.

The vampires mostly line up in their usual defensive formation, but with one player missing and a wrestle/tackle thrall set up further back.
The humans line up one big line, with two players back to get the ball.
A high kick and a catch prevents a pick up roll.

MM13: There's still time to score two touchdowns, and the humans have a lot of MA7 players -- but there's no room for error. The LoS thralls are knocked back, the ogre breaks one's neck. A vampire is blitzed out of the way to open up a hole, and one blitzer rushes through towards the end zone. Two players form a half cage to keep the thrower safe from any leaping vampires.

SI14: A thrall moves towards the forward blitzer, in anticipation of a blitz from the wrestle/tackle thrall. However a failed blood lust means that thrall becomes lunch, and instead the assist is provided by the now satiated vampire. The Blitzer is wrestled down. One vampire moves forward to apply pressure to the ball carrier's cage.

MM14: The turn starts with a second LoS thrall getting killed, then the ogre fails a bonehead and loner while attempting to blitz. I'm not sure who Monk was going to blitz here, but if I had to hazard a guess, it was probably the diving tackle vampire, who takes down the forward Blitzer as he tries to run towards the end zone.

SI15: The SPP Farming Thrall is still one SPP away from a level up. A T16 completion after a Marauder touchdown seems most straightforward,  but the possibility of taking the ball by force remains, so the thrall shoves away his marker in a blitz, then runs down the field. With only two turns to cross the length of the pitch, some go for its are required. The vampire outside the Humans cage attempts to knock one caging player out of the way to get to the ball carrier, but double skulls, and rerolls into double skulls.

MM15: The Marauders have more important things to do than farm SPPs, however -- a riot could still see them with time to win the game. Their forward blitzer runs to the end zone. Their thrower then moves forward and launches the ball, but whiffs his throw and his reroll. It scatters out of play and the fans drop it about midway up the SI half of the pitch.

SI16: The SPP Farming Thrall project continues. A risky one die block, then a two die block forces two Marauders away from the MA8 vampire. The AG5 vampire then runs to the ball, picks it up and throws it to the MA8 vampire. The MA8 vampire then runs to the SPP Farming Thrall and hands off the ball to him. One go for it later, he's at 33 of 31 SPPs, and the score is 3-0.

With the game decided, there's just a completion SPP and perhaps a few CAS for the humans. The Vampires leave three sacrifical thralls on the LOS, and the Marauders line up to break their expendable faces.

MM16: The thralls are knocked down, one is stunned, the other knocked unconscious. The completion is whiffed due to a fumbled pass and the game ends.

As for my thoughts about the game: Monk suffered a few key casualties early on, losing some of his more annoying players. Furthermore, his ogre failed several key rolls... I believe he failed every loner, and he failed the break tackle vs diving tackle roll, which would have likely stopped me from scoring and would have resulted in a much more tense second half.

While I had a few annoying rolls (Koosh again,) I largely managed to succeed when I really needed to. Had I rolled worse at key times, or had Monk rolled better, or had his catchers lasted longer, then the game would have been quite different.

As for my SPP farming: It was quite fruitful. Hilariously enough, my 4ST dodge thrall rolled another 12. He still doesn't have block, but he's now as strong as a troll.

[ndkid]

Ank was up 1-0 late in the first half when he crashed. I go on vacation as of Tuesday evening. I might be able to fit in a game Wednesday but, unless I can get finished by then, I'm quite likely to be unable to play for a week.

[ank]

I'll do my best to get the game fitted in before then.
But if we can't, I say we wait, since it's the semi finals, and it won't kill us to wait a week.

[Kanil]

Match reset. I'll leave it up to you two to decide what you do or do not wish to recreate from the initial game.

[monk12]

It's refreshing to see the game from another perspective! Those early game casualties were rough and pretty much killed that drive, but if I'd played smarter I still had a numbers advantage the rest of the game. I wish I hadn't failed my Bonehead roll on that Galahad Wrestle decision

You're right on MM14, I was trying to free up the Blitzer so he could catch a much shorter pass and then run in and score, rather than the long pass I had to try the next turn. I was actually pretty happy with Dagg's overall performance- it's my fault I made him roll that many dice instead of using my Blitzers more creatively to get the blocks I needed. Hopefully his next level is a doubles roll so I can get him Block and make him more reliable.

Welp, back to debating offseason roster moves. Good luck in the final, Kanil!

[ndkid]

Kobb's Khorne vs. w00t w00t

ank's super catcher moves slower than usual this match. In addition, he's down a reroll. Kobb's Khorne brings some beer and a wizard. Unlike usual, Khorne elects to receive.

K1: TAB hangs back to receive the kickoff. 8 Khorne players are knocked over by a pitch invasion; none of the elves are. A warrior is the only player standing not in a tackle zone; he goes back and picks up the ball.

w1: Three elves meet up with the warrior and knock him over. The treeman knocks out one of the two standing beastmen.

K2: The warrior stands up, blitzes the wardancer, and falls back over.

w2: The wardancer runs the ball in.

K3: A high kick sails into TAB's hands. He tosses it to New Guy. The treeman gets knocked over, little else does.

w3: The standing elves pull away from danger.

K4: An elf is stunned; New Guy moves forward one square.

w4: The treeman stands up and pushes New Guy. The wardancer knocks the ball from his hands. A lineman falls over going for it, stunning himself.

K5: A lineman gets injured. The ball ends up in a beastman's hands. Several elves get stunned.

w5: A lineman falls over trying to dodge away from a tackling beastman.

K6: The thrower is knocked out. The ball carrier runs downfield with two friends.

w6: A catcher and a lineman knock over the ball carrier. A war dancer knocks herself over going for it.

K7: Soft hands ends up with the ball beside a lineman, with lots of Khorne players there to keep him safe.

w7: ank dodges the lineman around, but falls over.

K8: Soft Hands runs the ball in.

w8: With Ultra-Speedy Slowed, Khorne just goes in a fairly standard  defensive formation, with the wings a few paces off the front line. A beastman gets knocked out.

Halftime Score: Kobb's Khorne 1 - 1 w00t w00t

w9: One elf remains knocked out, so ank is at exactly 11 players. Khorne kicks the ball straight into the hands of one of the catchers on the line (making the gust of wind on the kick rather superfluous). He tosses it to a deep catcher, who runs toward his own end zone. The warrior with the foul appearance manages to scare an elf into not blocking him. A catcher penetrates the Khorne line and goes deep; a wardancer falls over trying to do so.

K9: The deep penetrating catcher gets knocked over by two beastmen. A warrior covers the downed wardancer. Two linemen are stunned.

w10: The ball carrier runs up, hands the ball to a lineman, who runs it forward and passes to the catcher who stood up and got into the end zone for the score.

K10: TAB goes back to receive the kickoff. TAB picks up the kickoff and tosses it to Soft Hands. Khorne surges over the elven line, but the minotaur falls over trying to make a blitz.

w11: The attempt to blitz Soft Hands leaves him still standing.

K11: Soft Hands runs over to the wall forming on the other side of the pitch.

w12: Several beastmen get knocked over as the elves surround Soft Hands. One even gets injured.

K12: Soft Hands dodges away and hands the ball to TAB, who runs sideways and tosses it to one of the tackling beastmen running downfield, who manages to catch it.

w13: The treeman injures another beastman. A catcher and wardancer knock the ball out of the tackler's hands. Most of the rest of the elves swarm toward the ball.

K13: Khorne does the best it can.

w14: A wardancer runs into the end zone. a catcher tries to pick up the ball and muffs it, leading to the ball bouncing around and coming to rest behind nearer the elven end zone.

K14: With some blocks, a path for TAB to pick up the ball and run it in opens up. So he does.

w15: With the odd situation facing them, Khorne lines up in a strange formation, with just the minotaur and two beastmen on the front line, and most of the team spread out in the backfield. The thrower picks up the kickoff. The treeman pushes the minotaur, but a 2-die block by a lineman comes up double skulls.

K15: The downfield catcher gets knocked out. Khorne moves for position.

w16: The treeman goes to blitz, but roots instead. Most w00t w00t players run into the Khorne Backfield, preparing for the long pass. The minotaur's tentacles keep a couple of elves at midfield for fun.

K16: TAB knocks out a wardancer, and Khorne tries to cover all the downfield players.

w17: The thrower runs forward, tosses the ball to a lineman (who got a block to clear his path and another block to to prevent an INT) who runs in the score.

K17: Khorne attempts to quench their bloodlust. TAB passes to New Guy, who gets behind the line. The treeman gets knocked out.

w18: Oh, it's four-turn half, not golden goal? New Guy gets pushed around.

K18: A block frees New Guy up, but he misses the pass. Which lands far away from Soft Hands. A wizard knocks over two elves.

w19: A catcher picks up the ball and tosses it to a lineman who runs in the score.

K19: An elf gets knocked out; TAB fails to pick up the kickoff.

w20: Not much.

K20: Not much.

Final Score: w00t w00t 4 - 2 Kobb's Khorne

Thoughts: I recovered from the horrible start to the game. But, at the end, I failed a roll I couldn't afford to fail. On the other hand, had I not made the roll at the start of the game, that speedy catcher would've made things much worse, I'm sure. Unfortunately, I don't think I did much lingering damage, so the w00t w00t juggernaut continues.

[Kanil]

Results for Season 5

Spoiler: Results and Standings (click to show/hide)

Standings:

ank	w00t w00t	Wood Elf	32 pts	10-2-2
Kanil	Self Inflicted	Vampire	28 pts	8-4-2
monk12	Monk's Marauders	Human	25 pts	7-4-3
ndkid	Kobb's Khorne	Chaos	19 pts	6-1-7
Burnt Pies	Brunch's Big Bads	Orc	19 pts	5-4-5
Charmander	Sahagin Stormers	Lizardmen	16 pts	4-4-6
warhammer651	Earth Strikers	Dwarf	9 pts	2-3-9
Jartol	Manner Pylon	Skaven	8 pts	2-2-10

Results and Schedule:
Week One
Burnt Pies - Brunch's Big Bads 1 - 0 warhammer651 - Earth Strikers
ank - w00t w00t 3 - 1 monk12 - Monk's Marauders
Charmander - Sahagin Stormers 0 - 2 ndkid - Kobb's Khorne
Kanil - Self Inflicted 2 - 2 Jartol - Manner Pylon

Week Two
warhammer651 - Earth Strikers 2 - 1 Jartol - Manner Pylon
Kanil - Self Inflicted 1 - 0 ndkid - Kobb's Khorne
Charmander - Sahagin Stormers 1 - 2 monk12 - Monk's Marauders
ank - w00t w00t 2 - 0 Burnt Pies - Brunch's Big Bads

Week Three
Kanil - Self Inflicted 2 - 1 warhammer651 - Earth Strikers
Jartol - Manner Pylon 2 - 2 Charmander - Sahagin Stormers
ndkid - Kobb's Khorne 2 - 3 ank - w00t w00t
monk12 - Monk's Marauders 0 - 2 Burnt Pies - Brunch's Big Bads

Week Four
monk12 - Monk's Marauders 2 - 0 warhammer651 - Earth Strikers
Burnt Pies - Brunch's Big Bads 0 - 3 ndkid - Kobb's Khorne
ank - w00t w00t 5 - 3 Jartol - Manner Pylon
Charmander - Sahagin Stormers 0 - 1 Kanil - Self Inflicted

Week Five
warhammer651 - Earth Strikers 1 - 1 ank - w00t w00t
Burnt Pies - Brunch's Big Bads 1 - 2 Charmander - Sahagin Stormers
monk12 - Monk's Marauders 1 - 1 Kanil - Self Inflicted
ndkid - Kobb's Khorne 5 - 2 Jartol - Manner Pylon

Week Six
warhammer651 - Earth Strikers 0 - 3 monk12 - Monk's Marauders
ndkid - Kobb's Khorne 0 - 0 Burnt Pies - Brunch's Big Bads
Jartol - Manner Pylon 2 - 4 ank - w00t w00t
Kanil - Self Inflicted 2 - 2 Charmander - Sahagin Stormers

Week Seven
ndkid - Kobb's Khorne 3 - 0 warhammer651 - Earth Strikers
monk12 - Monk's Marauders 2 - 1 Jartol - Manner Pylon
Burnt Pies - Brunch's Big Bads 0 - 3 Kanil - Self Inflicted
ank - w00t w00t 1 - 3 Charmander - Sahagin Stormers

Week Eight
warhammer651 - Earth Strikers 1 - 1 Burnt Pies - Brunch's Big Bads
monk12 - Monk's Marauders 2 - 2 ank - w00t w00t
ndkid - Kobb's Khorne 1 - 3 Charmander - Sahagin Stormers
Jartol - Manner Pylon 2 - 3 Kanil - Self Inflicted

Week Nine
ank - w00t w00t 4 - 1 warhammer651 - Earth Strikers
Charmander - Sahagin Stormers 1 - 3 Burnt Pies - Brunch's Big Bads
Kanil - Self Inflicted 1 - 2 monk12 - Monk's Marauders
Jartol - Manner Pylon 2 - 1 ndkid - Kobb's Khorne

Week Ten
Charmander - Sahagin Stormers 2 - 2 warhammer651 - Earth Strikers
Kanil - Self Inflicted 2 - 1 ank - w00t w00t
Jartol - Manner Pylon 1 - 2 Burnt Pies - Brunch's Big Bads
ndkid - Kobb's Khorne 1 - 2 monk12 - Monk's Marauders

Week Eleven
warhammer651 - Earth Strikers 0 - 4 Kanil - Self Inflicted
Charmander - Sahagin Stormers 4 - 1 Jartol - Manner Pylon
ank - w00t w00t 5 - 3 ndkid - Kobb's Khorne
Burnt Pies - Brunch's Big Bads 1 - 1 monk12 - Monk's Marauders

Week Twelve
warhammer651 - Earth Strikers 1 - 0 Charmander - Sahagin Stormers
ank - w00t w00t 3 - 0 Kanil - Self Inflicted
Burnt Pies - Brunch's Big Bads 2 - 1 Jartol - Manner Pylon
monk12 - Monk's Marauders 1 - 2 ndkid - Kobb's Khorne

Week Thirteen
Jartol - Manner Pylon 2 - 0 warhammer651 - Earth Strikers
ndkid - Kobb's Khorne 1 - 3 Kanil - Self Inflicted
monk12 - Monk's Marauders 2 - 2 Charmander - Sahagin Stormers
Burnt Pies - Brunch's Big Bads 1 - 2 ank - w00t w00t

Week Fourteen
warhammer651 - Earth Strikers 1 - 2 ndkid - Kobb's Khorne
Jartol - Manner Pylon 1 - 2 monk12 - Monk's Marauders
Kanil - Self Inflicted 1 - 1 Burnt Pies - Brunch's Big Bads
Charmander - Sahagin Stormers 1 - 6 ank - w00t w00t

Playoffs

ank	--				--	Kanil
		ank	--	Kanil
ndkid	--				--	monk12

Semi-Finals
ndkid - Kobb's Khorne 2 - 4 ank - w00t w00t
Kanil - Self Inflicted 3 - 0 monk12 - Monk's Marauders

Finals
Kanil - Self Inflicted 2 - 3 ank - w00t w00t

[ank]

And so:
The game for all the beer, all the moolah, and all the elf chicks!

Self Inflicted elected to kick, the clock is turned a turn forward, and Ethilian leaped, dodged and GFI'd his way to the first goal.

Vampires attack on the left but a failed roll leaves the ball on the ground.

Elves pick it up, and runs away while screaming "mine! mine!"

Non of the vampires can reach the carrier so they just fight.

A pass and a hand-off later and the elves score from their own endzone.

Vampires and thralls go down leaving Self inflicted with just 7 players.

Self inflicted revises the strategy and makes a good three turn push, with the elves unable to stop them.

W00t w00t lines up for another 1 turn TD, but the leap is shoddy and the ball lands right next to the vampires on the line.

Vampires charge and makes a 2 turn TD.

1 turn left for w00t w00t, and the score is 2-2.

The vampires fall under their own hypnotic gaze and forgets to cover the flanks.

The kick is good however, and goes as far away from ethilial as possible.

But the thrower just throws to another runner close to him, who hands it off.

Three GFI's later and w00t w00t is the victor!


Thanks for the game Kanil!
And thanks to everybody else for the season. The best season yet.
Not only because I won, but everybody has been dedicated, all matches played, and in a timely fashion too!

GG to everybody!
And good luck in the new season!(you are gonna need it!)

[Kanil]

And with that bizarre game out of the way, we can begin talking about season 6!

Rules are up for change if there's any desire to see them changed, but I imagine everyone is pretty happy. Still, if you've got something you don't like, let us know.

The season format is up for discussion, however. I'm not sure what everyone likes best, so let me know what you prefer.

For a 6 player, 10 player, or 12 player season (in the event that we gain or lose players) the format is pretty straightforward. One group, double round robin; One group, single round robin; and two groups, double round robin respectively.

However for an 8 player season (our last two) we have three options.

Two groups, double round robin: Used in season 4, it's a 6 week tournament. Short, and very unforgiving, every game is important.
Single group, single round robin: Used in season 3 (with 12 players,) it's a 7 week tournament. Slightly longer, and a bit more relaxed.
Single group, double round robin: Used in season 5, it's a 14 week tournament. It's long, but there's enough games to allow the season to develop a bit.

The shorter seasons can be extended a game by having the playoffs encompass all 8 players. This would mean the regular season is strictly for seeding and team development, however.

I'd welcome everyone's opinion on what kind of format they want, so feel free to share your thoughts when you sign up. In order to sign up, simply post here stating what team you wish to play as. You can't use a team currently taken, a list is available in the OP. Coaches in S5 have first dibs on their team for S6.

[monk12]

dang, that was a crazy title match. Gratz ank.

Last season was my first season in any league ever, so I don't feel like I have the proper background to talk much about format change. I had plenty of fun last season, so I wouldn't be upset if we just did that again.

While playing my Human Marauders would be my first choice, I'm not averse to trying something new if a newcomer would prefer to play Humans.

So there's my very passive post I look forward to S6!

[Burnt Pies]

I'll sign up again, too. I'm now used to playing Orcs, so I'll stick with them I think.

I liked the longer tournament this time, gave me time to settle in and really get to know my team.

[AlStar]

I've got some free time again, I think I'll join up for this season:

I'll run with Chaos Dwarves - I've missed them; haven't played with them since FUMBBL.