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| Do you enjoy playing againist different playstyles? |
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89% |
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| No |
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10% |
[ 5 ] |
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| Total Votes : 47 |
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steinerp
Joined: Sep 18, 2005
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May 11, 2026 - 20:58 |
 
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I was recently informed that I don't play Bloodbowl "right" because I don't enjoy stalling and score very quickly and am hard to defend on defense because I play with teams developed past the NAF levels. While I fully admit that I could win more if I played a more traditional game, I don't care as long as my win rate is reasonable (currently 56% since coming back). I feel like, while suboptimal, this still meets the spirit of playing in the Competitive Division. But I also don't want to create NPE for others. Ten years ago this was 100% OK but I recognize that a lot has changed in BB and here. So my question is do you enjoy playing non-traditional players and figuring out their style or do you prefer to only players that play traditionally. |
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koadah
Joined: Mar 30, 2005
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May 11, 2026 - 21:32 |
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steinerp
Joined: Sep 18, 2005
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May 11, 2026 - 21:43 |
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awambawamb
Joined: Feb 17, 2008
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May 11, 2026 - 21:52 |
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| koadah wrote: | No option for "pie". No option for "It depends". 
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drawing an ultra competitive coach who is only about the win, might be just plain miserable.
I guess the secret is to look for your games in the right place.  |
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oh and those 4-minuters? that must be their life philosophy. everywhere. 4 mintues and that's all. poor little uselets. |
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koadah
Joined: Mar 30, 2005
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May 11, 2026 - 22:01 |
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| steinerp wrote: | | That last bit is basically my question. When looking for a game in C (competitive or BB) is that, for you, "proper matches only" |
I don't play [C].
The issue is, it depends on who you get, and you could get anyone.
I play leagues. But in leagues it is not easy to just turn up at any time and get a game. But the advantage is that it is likely easier to tell from the league what kind of game people are looking for.
I would expect people playing Black Box to be a bit more competitive and people playing open [C] to be less so.
But I haven't played it, so...
I would say that people playing Black Box have signed up to play whoever they draw. So, play it your way and they'll just have to suck it up. 
If you score early, turn the ball over and score again, who's to say you're doing it wrong?  |
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ThierryM
Joined: Mar 27, 2015
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May 11, 2026 - 22:16 |
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Play the way you want to play.
There are no BB ayatollahs that will issue fatwas to condemn the way you want to enjoy your time spent together with others coaches that can be of all kinds !
It's a damn game, you'll have good experiences, you'll have bad experiences, you'll have great experiences, you'll have trash experiences.
But remember, those are pixels in a GAME (and sometimes beers with friends irl !).
Lately I read more and more topics / posts that take things far too seriously and it's getting a bit frightening...
Why so serious ! |
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JimmyFantastic
Joined: Feb 06, 2007
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May 11, 2026 - 22:18 |
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| steinerp wrote: | | That last bit is basically my question. When looking for a game in C (competitive or BB) is that, for you, "proper matches only" |
Nobody in the world does safe moves first every time, I wouldn't worry about "proper" matches. |
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Drrek
Joined: Jul 23, 2012
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May 11, 2026 - 22:32 |
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When I play in person games for the in-store league I play, I play very different than I do here on C. I do basically no stalling of any kind (neither the triggering the stalling rule, nor trying to just score later), and overall I play a bit looser. I play so much more than the average in-store player that I can afford to play loose and probably still win 80% of my games.
IN C I'll play whatever strategy with the team I'm playing I believe gives me the highest chance to win. Its a competitive environment, I'll play as competitively as I can. If my opponent tries different strategies, that is their prerogative, and its probably good for my development to play against as many different styles as I can. |
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PurpleChest
Joined: Oct 25, 2003
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In Blood Bowl you have the right to play whatever way you wish, and so does your opponent. |
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steinerp
Joined: Sep 18, 2005
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May 12, 2026 - 00:52 |
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Loon
Joined: Aug 14, 2024
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May 12, 2026 - 03:34 |
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Didn’t read OP, voted yes |
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JackassRampant
Joined: Feb 26, 2011
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May 12, 2026 - 03:46 |
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| steinerp wrote: | | Obviously I have the right. I want to know if I am creating NPE for others or if others find playing vs different styles, fun and useful (which is my personal view) |
Play in a manner consistent with victory. If you gotta do it in your own particular idiom, as the squire says, welcome to the club. I been playing all-linemen Humans for a long time now: if anyone had the audacity to flag them as non-competitive, or to suggest that my suboptimal design was leading to an NPE experience, uh, there'd be an awful lot of chuckling, that's dumb. Well, they did sometimes create NPE experiences ... by clearing the pitch. That counts, right?
Play what you want. Play how you want. Do neither in a manner inconsistent with victory, except within the established contingencies in the former cases (playing halflings, say). CR gets sandbagged harder when you play Halflings or Ogres than when you don't stall, and not stalling is good league practice because it accelerates your SPP. I can't imagine that anyone couldn't think of a hundred valid justifications for not stalling. Just keep trying to win, that's what we insist on. |
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Foad
Joined: Sep 02, 2007
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May 12, 2026 - 04:05 |
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| steinerp wrote: | | Obviously I have the right. I want to know if I am creating NPE for others or if others find playing vs different styles, fun and useful (which is my personal view) |
NTA. It's the internet and the game is based on random number generation. Plenty of people have Negative Playing Experiences (NPE's) and are vocal about it. That has to do with them being Negative People Experiencing life. I respect that you are considerate about them, but you should respect the people that don't moan and complain, and prioritise the people that care about the community (you). You owe this to yourself, and if you get hung up on it, it is at that point that you are unfairly creating a negative experience for someone. |
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Chingis
Joined: Jul 09, 2007
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May 12, 2026 - 04:06 |
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I'm not sure halflings are inconsistent with victory. They may, on average, get less victories in number, but surely each individual victory is significantly more victorious?
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steinerp
Joined: Sep 18, 2005
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May 12, 2026 - 04:58 |
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| JackassRampant wrote: | | to suggest that my suboptimal design was leading to an NPE experience, uh, there'd be an awful lot of chuckling, that's dumb. Well, they did sometimes create NPE experiences ... by clearing the pitch. That counts, right? |
I recognized your name and remembered all lineman so I went back and looked at our record. Your linemen are a bunch of dirty cheaters!! You killed 6 elves in 4 games and did a ton of other injuries and won all four games vs. some good elf teams. Apparertly I got salty over a t16 foul in a game with 8 casualties but we both apologized and played 3 more games that were memorable enought to vaguely remember 6 years later. That is why we should be playing this game IMO but I get it if people want to play a familar, safe, tournament style games too. Fortunately it seems like that isn't the majority yet only the vocal minority. |
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