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biscuitbutt81



Joined: Oct 31, 2004
Post   Posted: Mar 20, 2008 - 19:59 Reply with quote Back to top
You are a better man than me! The early 200s were a hurdle that I simply could not overcome.

I dunno, it seems to me that the only way to build up a lizardman team is via torturously slow and boring cherry picking, but I'm not a very good player, so perhaps my view is a little off.
Britnoth



Joined: Aug 02, 2003
Post   Posted: Mar 20, 2008 - 20:18 Reply with quote Back to top
CircularLogic wrote:
I don`t see how birthday fumbbling has giving a wider range of coaches a fighting chance in a major. I rather think that it`s the opposite. The gap between the 'elitist powergamer' and 'Joe Average' has widened considerably by the fact that Joe didn`t play 20+ games with his designated majors team on the birthday and has never touched that team ever since.


Spot on.

400 tr monster bashers with a huge warchest are not going to be crippled in a few games. If they somehow lose to some 300 tr elf team, then they are left unhurt and will be saved for 3 months for the next major. if they advance then they have loads of cash to replace players and hire stars for round after round, steamrolling weaker teams.

I wont be entering a major this year, probably not even the FC. I played half a dozen games with my skaven to get them past a handful of high skill rolls and save enough cash for a major, but as I disagree with the fixed groupings in the UI entered them intio the XFL instead... and even I feel bad at giving away 5 handis every game to teams half my strength. Embarassed

Some guys played 15+ games with their super teams and will be strong enough for the next 4-6 majors most likely, while those that couldnt play that day or only had time for a couple games cannot.

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pac



Joined: Oct 03, 2005
Post   Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 00:59 Reply with quote Back to top
SillySod wrote:
The way those teams advanced is actually pretty similar to the cherrypicker elfball style of advancing. The no injuries and no aging is pretty much the equivalent of elfballing and either being lucky with aging or simply being persistant. There is also a point after which skilling a bit more for "free" only damages the team.

You might (read: don't) have a point with elves, but try - in the normal run of things - getting the kind of soft games with a bashy team that will get them over 300 TS and 350 TR. The only teams that are likely to play you at anything like that level are other bashy teams, which means: casualties. This is thus a near impossible task: rendered trivial by the birthday.

No, there is simply no equivalence, I'm afraid.

While there may be a point where skilling up more 'only damages the team' there is also a point where 5 handicaps is 5 handicaps, and you may as well be 200 TR above as 101.


Now, I don't really mind all this so much: I've always viewed the Majors as being like pro-wrestling. Overblown, over-the-top and entertaining in its way. It's just a shame that genuinely competitive tournaments don't get the same kind of coverage …
SillySod



Joined: Oct 10, 2006
Post   Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 01:19 Reply with quote Back to top
Purplegoo wrote:
SillySod wrote:
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I'll take that as a 'No, go on moaning!' then. Very Happy


Hell yes Very Happy

BTW, my own birthday team (vampires) happened pretty much by accident, I was having so much fun with them that they got hideously overplayed. Very good to have 4-8 games like that but on the whole I just ended getting shoved into the top tier of nastiness for no serious gain. It was a fun event but I managed to bork my team within weks of the birthday.... my feeling is that the regular players shouldnt be able to resist playing their teams to death.... why else do you have teams?

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Optihut



Joined: Dec 16, 2004
Post   Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 01:24 Reply with quote Back to top
TheSpoonyBard wrote:
Try entering a major with norse, and you'll see the problem.


How about entering with goblins? Rolling Eyes
Emphasy



Joined: Jun 14, 2004
Post   Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 06:52 Reply with quote Back to top
http://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=2125240 First hurdle is gone, 2 moe to go:)
Alibaba



Joined: Aug 18, 2003
Post   Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 09:35 Reply with quote Back to top
Grats Emph Smile you are such a lucker n00b
Purplegoo



Joined: Mar 23, 2006
Post   Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 09:55 Reply with quote Back to top
Hehe, pro-wrestling is about the best analogy I've seen actually. Cheer the faces, boo the heels, and keep reminding yourself it's not real, just entertaining to spectate every so often. Wink
Dominik



Joined: Oct 29, 2004
Post 13 Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 23:19 Reply with quote Back to top
What a tragedy:
The 1st round game between two giants, Scharfe Biester and Böse Böse, becomes unplayable due to a one week ban of the coach Dominik.

That means that Lewdgrip's uber-monster Chaos will advance into the second round without suffering any casualities and without the need to spend 150.000 or more gold of their treasury for Star Players.
JanMattys



Joined: Feb 29, 2004
Post   Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 23:27 Reply with quote Back to top
What a tragedy. Next time avoid getting banned!

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paulhicks



Joined: Jul 19, 2004
Post   Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 23:29 Reply with quote Back to top
Laughing Laughing Laughing

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pac



Joined: Oct 03, 2005
Post   Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 23:31 Reply with quote Back to top
Dominik felled with the steel chair!!

What next!?
Leijonet



Joined: Jul 01, 2006
Post   Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 23:39 Reply with quote Back to top
Would it be bad manners to ask what the cause of the ban was?

EDIT: Nevermind, I heard the story.

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TheSpoonyBard



Joined: Aug 16, 2005
Post   Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 23:39 Reply with quote Back to top
Optihut wrote:
TheSpoonyBard wrote:
Try entering a major with norse, and you'll see the problem.


How about entering with goblins? Rolling Eyes


Uhh....

Given that no goblin teams got in (and I know of at least 2, and probably more that entered), I don't see how that does anything but confirm my point.

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Purplegoo



Joined: Mar 23, 2006
Post   Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 23:43 Reply with quote Back to top
Leijonet wrote:
Would it be bad manners to ask what the cause of the ban was?


Thumb to the eye, then Dom's manager with the big boobs distracted an oppo.
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