Balle2000
Joined: Sep 25, 2008
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Aug 03, 2019 - 17:17 |
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Thunderdome 15
Dr. Mealgood wrote: | "Listen on! Listen on! This is the truth of it. Fighting leads to killing, and killing gets to warring, and that was damn near the death of us all. Look at us now, busted up and everyone talking about the Great War! But we've learned! By the dust of them all, we've learned. Now, when men get to fighting, it happens on the pitch, and it finishes on the pitch! Two teams enter; one team leaves." |
WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF THUNDERDOME!
â³ Post your team below by August 11th @ 7pm (Sydney time) to apply
Another year has passed, and it is back!
After two hard years on the Thunder Road, Fringetown has this year decided to open the gates to any team daring to enter (and can get themselves into the default ruleset)!.
REIGNING CHAMPS: FREEZY TREES (ramchop)
TOURNAMENT BRIEF
• A Fumbbl tourney for the Australasian time zones with weekly rounds, lasting 3-8 weeks.
• Open for any new or old [L]eague team who is ready to be imported to a league with the default ruleset, (not open to active SWL teams, unless leaving SWL proper)
• Max roster size: 14 players
• Three rounds Swiss with overtime; then top half (rounded up to 2, 4, 8, etc.) plays TV-seeded King of the Hill. Winner plays the reigning Thunderdome Champions. The bottom team in the Swiss stage will have to face The Wheel (read on, read on)
• No extensions
• Banned Sneaky Gits goes to KO box
• All teams receive 300k extra inducement money allowance for each game, to be spent like this:
50k to be spent on 1 Dirty Trick
100k to be spent on bribe(s)
150k that must be spent on players with the Secret Weapon skill (including Mercs with SW like Loonies and Deathrollers). Leftover cash may be spent as normal.
• The spirit of Thunderdome will have you spend as much of the 150k on Secret Weapons as you can. However, you are allowed some leniency, eg. you can choose to pick Nobbla Blackwart (130k) instead of Fungus the Loon and Bomber Dribblesnot (80k + 60k = 140k), even though the first option is slightly cheaper. Please do not exploit Thudnerdome's lenient generosity however. We know where you live.
• Note: Elves not having access to Secret Weapons, must instead spend this 150k on a combination of Cards/Apothecary/Babes/Bribes
• Take care getting the inducement buying phase right!
• If mistakes are made during the inducement phase, you can have the game restarted by Fumbbl staff (ie. ramchop )
DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER!!!
... unless you want to know all about the prizes, the fluff, the secret weapons, and the rostered star players...
STAGES
The tournament has 3 stages.
Thunderdome Swiss
Thunderdome Knockouts
The Thunderdome Final
WHAT IS THUNDERDOME?
A tournament in Fringetown (aka godforsaken place) named after the local Blood Bowl stadium. A slightly oval shaped astrogravel pitch, with a massive overbuilt steel dome that spectators climb onto.
Fringetown (aka filthy pit of swine) has rigged the Thunderdome with all kinds of traps and weapons. They have also rigged the draw -- making sure the biggest teams face off towards the end of the knockouts.
Note: The Champions don't compete in the tourney, and are automatically qualified for the Thunderdome Final. If the Champions are unavailable, the last game of the Thunderdome Knockouts doubles as the Thunderdome Final. The reigning champion may enter a new team in the tournament, however this means forfeiting their chance to defend the title.
***Did you know...
When the Tunderdome hosted the final of the Big Guy Cup between two local ogre teams, the Big'un Bogans and the Bogan Bigwunz, the game had to be suspended at half time as the entire Thunderdome collapsed under the weight of several hundred cheering ogre fans climbing back on after their half time snacks. The second half was played an entire year later. Then as a Goblin 7s game.
THE FINAL
"Two teams with a gutfull of fear!
Ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls,
dying time's here!!
This is the fight for the Grand Prize. The reigning champions compete to keep their prize for another year, while the challengers will be trying to take it off of them.
The loser must get ready to Face the Wheel!
GRAND PRIZE
• Avoid Wheel
• 100,000 gold coins
• Gain the service of Master Blaster* as long as team remains Champions
• A permanent Secret Weapon of choice on player of choice** (and no SW skill***) * They come as a pair, and you must take both. Should one of them leave (retired), the other will follow
** You cannot pick Master Blaster
*** The Southern Wastes respect the Thunderdome champions and referees won't ban this Secret Weapon player
SECRET WEAPON PRIZECode: |
WEAPON SKILLS
Ball & Chain* Ball & Chain, No Hands, +ST, +ST, -MA, -MA
Blade Stab
Blunderbuss HMP, Strong Arm, Pass
Bombs** Bombardier
Chainsaw Chainsaw
Pogo Stick Leap, Very Long Legs
Wings*** Swoop
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*Cannot be given to players with base MA > 7
**Cannot be given to players with Pass access
***Can only be given to players with Right Stuff skill
ROSTERED STAR PLAYERS PRIZE
"The little one is called Master. He's the brains. He runs Underworld.
The other one is Blaster. He's the muscle.
Together they can be very powerful."
Master
Halfling Chieftain
MA5 ST1 AG3 AV7
Dodge, Leader, Right Stuff, Side Step, Stunty
TV 50,000
Blaster
Human Blocker
MA4 ST4 AG2 AV9
Bone-head*, Block, Disturbing Presence, Fan Favourite, Guard, Thick Skull, Throw Team-Mate
TV 180,000
* represents Blaster's only weakness.
THE WHEEL
"Bust a Deal and face the wheel.
Justice is just a roll of the dice. A flick of a coin. A turn - of the Wheel."
The losing finalist AND the bottom team of the Swiss stage will be punished with one of the following (roll a d10):
1) Death - team loses 2 random players
2) Hard Labour - 2 random players get Decay and Thick Skull*
3) Amputation - 2 random players get No Hands
4) Underworld - 2 random players get Bone-head + Nurgle's Rot**
5) Forfeit Goods - lose the entire treasury
6) Gulag - team exiled from Fringetown and Thunderdome forever
7) Spin Again - re-roll the result
8] Imprisonment - all players get MNG
9) Acquittal - team goes free
10) The Fringe chooses - limited time forum poll for the appropriate punishment * weakened body, hardened mind
** repeatedly pig tortured and left bleeding in the muck |
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JPM
Joined: Oct 02, 2015
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  Posted:
Aug 03, 2019 - 17:21 |
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I will enter with the Roman Renegades |
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Balle2000
Joined: Sep 25, 2008
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  Posted:
Aug 03, 2019 - 17:29 |
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ArthurWynne
Joined: Sep 23, 2015
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  Posted:
Aug 03, 2019 - 17:42 |
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MrCushtie
Joined: Aug 10, 2018
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Aug 03, 2019 - 17:57 |
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Fremantle Line for me |
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pdarbs
Joined: Aug 11, 2017
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Aug 03, 2019 - 19:06 |
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students of the arcanum need a good run so we shall unleash them here |
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Klazam
Joined: Aug 01, 2015
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Aug 03, 2019 - 22:18 |
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The Morgenstern Wranglers will return to beat the snot out of the Freezy Trees in the championship |
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Wozzaa
Joined: Apr 23, 2016
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Aug 03, 2019 - 23:40 |
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If league transfer can be figured out, the North Cape Crays will be attending. |
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DanteMordicain
Joined: Feb 20, 2019
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Aug 04, 2019 - 00:11 |
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pokrjax
Joined: Dec 01, 2014
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  Posted:
Aug 04, 2019 - 00:43 |
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Dwarfzig would be more than happy to get up in the middle of the night to play in the Thunderdome. |
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tussock
Joined: May 29, 2011
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Aug 04, 2019 - 03:35 |
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Late Show were more than late for their defence of the Thunderdome 13 title, but will have to see if they can make up for it by facing the Trees this time for Thunderdome 15.
Apologies for the bad state of the team, we may need a recovery game before the main. |
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Sharper
Joined: Nov 22, 2006
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  Posted:
Aug 04, 2019 - 05:32 |
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Balle2000
Joined: Sep 25, 2008
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  Posted:
Aug 04, 2019 - 13:46 |
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Already at 10 teams. Can we get to an arithmetically soothing 16, I wonder? |
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Foad
Joined: Sep 02, 2007
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Aug 04, 2019 - 14:07 |
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pokrjax
Joined: Dec 01, 2014
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Aug 04, 2019 - 17:06 |
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Y team mentioned above comes from the Hubba ruleset. Will they need to be switched? |
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