phubar
Joined: Jan 17, 2007
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Apr 01, 2007 - 19:47 |
 
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Announcing the real No-Blocking League!
A league where players aren't allowed to throw blocks! Tired of your games turning into bash-fests? Looking for a league where it's a real challenge to score? Tired of leagues that ban all sorts of skills and abilities? Come to the No-Blocking League, where players aren't allowed to block! We only ban one thing - throwing blocks!
No-Blocking League Homepage:
http://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=group&op=view&group=4355
- All new [L] teams welcome (LRB and Stunty!)
- No throwing of blocks allowed.
Inagural Rookie Tournament for new (TR 100) teams kicks off soon! |
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palandt
Joined: Dec 17, 2005
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Apr 03, 2007 - 10:18 |
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Ok this sounds really crazy. I might give it a try. Only question is whether an elf or a stunty team would be better.
And how can you score points for Cas when you´re not allowed to block or blitz? |
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Wizard
Joined: Jul 09, 2004
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Apr 03, 2007 - 10:38 |
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How do you get the ball off the other player? |
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kemimutt
Joined: Apr 21, 2004
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Apr 03, 2007 - 10:43 |
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Stalling will be VERY easy! |
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phubar
Joined: Jan 17, 2007
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Apr 03, 2007 - 15:07 |
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| Wizard wrote: | | How do you get the ball off the other player? |
You don't.
That's why this group was an April Fool's joke.
However, I think it might be an interesting experiment with some additional rules that give you a chance to get the ball... |
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kemimutt
Joined: Apr 21, 2004
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Apr 03, 2007 - 17:39 |
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How about, the ball must be transfered from one player to another each turn. This must be the FIRST action you do. You are allowed to move before a pass, but only the player with the ball.
| phubar wrote: | | Wizard wrote: | | How do you get the ball off the other player? |
You don't.
That's why this group was an April Fool's joke.
However, I think it might be an interesting experiment with some additional rules that give you a chance to get the ball... |
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phubar
Joined: Jan 17, 2007
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Apr 03, 2007 - 17:41 |
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Hmmm... That could work. You could still swarm your players around the ball and just pass it back and forth between two players. But I think that works better than what I'd thought of - it's simpler, too. |
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kemimutt
Joined: Apr 21, 2004
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Apr 03, 2007 - 20:23 |
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Dont think there will be many khemri teams! Thats nice! |
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phubar
Joined: Jan 17, 2007
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Apr 03, 2007 - 23:29 |
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Yeah, Khemri wouldn't be too good at this. =)
Ok, I'll amend the Group page to add Kemi's "move the ball every turn" rule, and make a team of Skaven (just to be random) and face all challengers!
Open play format - no tournament. But no playing teams outside the Group! |
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phubar
Joined: Jan 17, 2007
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Apr 04, 2007 - 01:07 |
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Well, my Skaven just got their rear ends handed to them by Runefang's Fairies, 4-1.
Stunty is hugely powerful, since you can dodge in next to the ballcarrier and essentially force a turnover... And dodge free to the endzone for the score. Hypno is, as expected, also brutally powerful.
We also discovered a few flaws in the "ball-first" rule, so I'm going to reword it on the group page.
Suggestions for how to balance Stunty are welcome... I'm thinking maybe force passes instead of hand-offs with ball-first? That way they always take the -1 penalty on the pass? Along with forcing the pass before any TD can be scored, that would penalize Stunty, and encourage LRB teams with throwers. Interestingly, the only team with dedicated throwers and Stunty players is Orcs... Which would certainly be interesting here.
In any event, to clarify for Bonehead, etc., and to cover Touchbacks and TOuchdowns, here's version 0.2a of Rule 5:
If your opponent's previous turn ends with the ball in your posession, your first action must be with the player who has the ball. If that player is capable of taking an action (i.e. does not fail a Bonehead/RS/WA roll), then that player's move must end with a pass attempt, hand-off, turnover, or touchdown. (Note that if the player fails OFAB, the turn is required to end in a touchdown, or a turnover via failed dodge or ending not adjacent to a thrall.)
I'll try a few more games like this before either giving up entirely or amending the rule again. |
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kemimutt
Joined: Apr 21, 2004
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Apr 04, 2007 - 02:25 |
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Why not simply ban players with the stunty skill?
But that was part of the idea perhaps, not baning anything? |
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phubar
Joined: Jan 17, 2007
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Apr 04, 2007 - 02:53 |
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Banning Stunty players leaves very few viable teams left... Very, very few. |
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kemimutt
Joined: Apr 21, 2004
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Apr 04, 2007 - 12:08 |
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No, it leaves almost all lrb team.
For exampel, orcs are not banned, only their goblins. |
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KennethCole
Joined: Mar 03, 2007
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Apr 10, 2007 - 23:35 |
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lol...this just sounds too good...nice change of pace for this game  I'm in!! |
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