Zelmor
Joined: Sep 29, 2022
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Feb 10, 2026 - 15:47 |
 
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I would like to hear people's opinions on Christer migrating existing teams to the new ruleset. A lot have changed with rosters, costs, skill access, who knows, creating work for out benevolent dictator instead of the easy way out: gating 2020 teams in their own separate division and forcing every coach to make new teams for C, BBT and tournaments.
I know there are some ancients with hundreds if not over a thousand games which people have been nurturing since the Dawn of Time. I have seen some absolute monsters in competitions and BBT spins in the past that really made me
1) not want to play beyond first redraft,
2) and not want to attend tournaments where such teams are common.
This, naturally, is a skill issue on my part. Why have I not started playing in 2012 when I first heard about Blood Bowl and Fumbbl from a colleague in Citibank? Why have I not put in the games with teams before redraft was implemented? Why am I a little wuss who does not want to get a hug from Malmir's murderhobo teams with quadruple MB stacked dwarves who have Death Rollers for bicepes and grind elves into protein shakes, as well as other flavourful, fun and balanced members of our fantasy football society, like AG1+ MA9 wardancers with sprint, side step and 70% winrate because their one-turner cannot be countered in any way?
It is a Tradition, with capital T, that Old Men get to have their toys forever, without the need to move on or to allow others to have a better experience with teams that are beyond 15 games. And so we keep old teams with players worth a quarter million golds, star players rostered with 10 lackeys who are disposable and will never know the touch of a medical professional since they are not the ones playing the game, who are but white spaces on the pages of history written by someone's artisan, sustainably sourced and most importantly vegan-friendly Jeremiah Kool.
Please share your thoughts on this subject. |
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koadah
Joined: Mar 30, 2005
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Feb 10, 2026 - 16:00 |
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DoctorMidnight
Joined: Jul 07, 2022
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Feb 10, 2026 - 16:21 |
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New ruleset, new teams.
Period.
You don't want to send your 2026 2-blitzer human team into the box to face a 4-blitzer DE roster or a 4-ghoul undead squad. |
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Chingis
Joined: Jul 09, 2007
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Feb 10, 2026 - 16:33 |
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For me, it's very much a "feels bad" situation that just ruins any enjoyment before the game even starts when you realise that you have been matched against a team that has literally not been playing the same game as yours to get to that point, for whatever reason.
But also, I wouldn't want to take away other people's toys where it's not necessary. I wonder is it possible to allow teams to migrate keeping their old players intact, but lock those teams to gamefinder only (so your opponent has to deliberately choose to play them, they can't get matched against them in the Blackbox or a tournament)? |
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koadah
Joined: Mar 30, 2005
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Feb 10, 2026 - 16:40 |
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Urrghs
Joined: Dec 23, 2007
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Feb 10, 2026 - 16:42 |
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One could push old teams to a redraft while migration. This way one easily could get around changes in number of positionals.
Skills are a different thing, but they could be taken into account by the value of the player. So; I believe that one could make the migration fairly feasible. |
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koadah
Joined: Mar 30, 2005
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Feb 10, 2026 - 16:48 |
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MattDakka
Joined: Oct 09, 2007
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Feb 10, 2026 - 16:50 |
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I'd like to keep all my teams if possible, even if I have to reset them and keep just their names. A forced Re-Draft to all BB2020 teams migrating to BB2025 ruleset (even if they have not ended their Season yet) sounds ok to me. |
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DaCoach
Joined: Jul 22, 2004
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Feb 10, 2026 - 17:12 |
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Having transferred teams with grandfathered positions adds a bit of flavour.
They will die soon enough and be vanilla like the rest.
Just be hard on exploits, like teams with zero games played |
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Malmir
Joined: May 20, 2008
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Feb 10, 2026 - 17:36 |
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I have a murderhobbo team?
Anyway, I'm fine with all new teams starting from scratch. Be nice if I could keep a couple of teams as a memory, but I don't expect to be able to play them. Not even that murderhobbo team I've lost behind the fridge. |
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ThierryM
Joined: Mar 27, 2015
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Feb 10, 2026 - 18:28 |
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Say bye bye to the FFFFFFs (Former Famous Flavored Fans' Favorite Formations... could switch/add more "F" with Fantastic / Funny / ...).
Blood Bowl is turning bland with forced redraft.
Just my personnal opinion. |
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MerryZ
Joined: Nov 28, 2005
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Feb 10, 2026 - 18:30 |
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I feel i have been cloned.
Also migrate with redraft is just easy solution. |
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Nightbird
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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Feb 10, 2026 - 22:47 |
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| MattDakka wrote: | | I'd like to keep all my teams if possible, even if I have to reset them and keep just their names. A forced Re-Draft to all BB2020 teams migrating to BB2025 ruleset (even if they have not ended their Season yet) sounds ok to me. |
Pretty sure that Christer has already said that this is what will happen if migration is allowed, which I think it should be. He mentioned not wanting to have any grandfathered teams this time around due to the positional hacking of the new rosters. |
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CrisisChris
Joined: Dec 11, 2023
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Feb 11, 2026 - 08:01 |
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I can understand both oppinions. Those that do not want to lose their teams and those that do not want to face teams of old in official games.
Maybe it is an option to create a specific League group with the BB2020 ruleset and allow a transfer into that before forcing a re-draft.
One thing I did not yet fully understand is the Implementation of new skills into existing rosters. Let's say you have a Blodgestep Woodelf catcher, will he get sprint automatically or do you need to fire him and hire a new one to get sprint as a starting skill?
The same with Skill access (Dwarf as an example). They lose Strength access. Do you need to redraft all your Guard Linos? Or do they lose the skill and you get the SPP?
Maybe that hast been discussed and I missed it. Sorry if so. |
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Garion
Joined: Aug 19, 2009
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Feb 11, 2026 - 10:05 |
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Generally speaking I dont care. But I would say that grandfathered players shouldn't be allowed.. i.e. no exceeding the new positional limits, and no players with double skills should be allowed. E.g. if you have a BT Orc blitzer, they would change to have 2 BT. These players should be banned.
I've never been a fan of grandfathered teams mind... |
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