“Season 33 non-AQ - Game 5

60k in inducements - 1 Bloodweiser Keg

Elected to kick to Sham, hoping for a OTT shot (in the worst case scenrio) at the end of the 1st. Sham came out firing, showing that they, too, cann pass the ball. An early score gave us a shot to work some offensive drills.

Zach Daniel, however, just didn't have it in him in the 1st half. He had a 3+ pass to a WIDE open Catcher, and threw up a 1, with the Pass skill re-rolling it... to another 1.

The Skaven couldn't get the advantage though, as a skulled block gave Hawaii a 2nd chance at life. Daniel scooped up the ball, and once again, on a 3+ throw, had a wide open lineman for a score. The throw turned up a 2+, but the Pass skill got the ball there. The Line Elf, however, threw up a 1 to catch it, and the ball was on the ground next to him.

One of the Gutter Runners asked his Linerat friend to hold his beer, and dodged out, picked up the ball in a TZ, and heaved it down the field, all on nothing more than a 3+ needed. 2-0 at the end of the 1st... or so it would seem.

A quick snap allowed a shot at pushing a Catcher into OTT range, and everything played out beautifully. The pass got there, the Catcher was moved the right amount of spaces, but he would need 2 dodges at 3+, as well as a 2+ for the score. As if nothing was in his way, Matthew-Sharsh seemed to twirl a cane on his way through the SHU defense. 2-1 at the end of the first.

Daniel stepped it up in the 2nd half, and a decision was made by the coaching staff to score when possible. In Hawaii tradition, however, the touchdown would have to be on a turn where a Pass took place (either a TD completion, or a completion that led that turn to a TD). Hawaii wound up scoring one turn later than it wanted to (and almost went down 3-1 in the process) when a Blitzer in the end zone threw a 1, dropping a quick pass. The Gutter Runner that came to pick up the ball failed his dodge, and Hawaii picked it up, and ran it in; a violation of Hawaii tradition. Matthew-Sharsh received extra reps in the weight room after the match.

It was hoped that, with a slight numbers advantage, Hawaii would have a chance at a win, or at worst a tie. It was not meant to be, however, as the lack of re-rolls remaining came back to burn Hawaii, relegating them to playing far more defensive than aggressive. It came down to a t7 score with a 4+ long pass from Gutter to Gutter.

Xeterog played it wonderfully. I really enjoyed this match, despite losing. I did learn today:

Safe Throw - I love the skill, as I want to be comfortable throwing the ball from any place on the pitch, any time, anywhere. It's very good. Despite that, the lack of delivering the ball ACCURATEly today twice may have cost me this match. Accurate should probably have been taken first over Safe Throw. I do, however, enjoy playing to the passing yardage fluff of Hawaii, in that we're not out to win... we just want all the passing records.

28 yards passing, as well as -1 on a screen (Matthew-Sharsh also did laps for that) pass, and Hawaii added another 27 yards to the offense this season, only barely managing to out-pass Sham Howston. We've finally acquired enough money for a 3rd Catcher, but may elect to replace our -AV line elf, as he was a liability this game.

Thank you, Xeterog, for a REALLY fun match. Next up for the Elves: Dwarves of Massachusetts. Not good....

Thank you all for having me back in this league. It really is the best one I've had the pleasure of playing in. It's wonderful to get some time to play in it again. Thank you.”