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Welcome to FUMBBL!
Welcome to FUMBBL!
To help get you started here's a few helpful links to answer some of the more obvious questions.
For more advanced questions you can look through the HELP section which has numerous guides, tips and instructions designed to help you make the most of the site. You can find the link to the help section just below the FUMBBL logo in the middle towards the top of the screen.
You can also ask questions on the forums. Take a moment or two to search and see if the same question has been asked and answered there in the past using the search function.
Don't be disheartened by early crappy win/draw/loss records, we've all been there. My starting record was spectacularly awful. You will get better, either from experience or by spectating other coaches and picking up tips that way.
For more advanced questions you can look through the HELP section which has numerous guides, tips and instructions designed to help you make the most of the site. You can find the link to the help section just below the FUMBBL logo in the middle towards the top of the screen.
You can also ask questions on the forums. Take a moment or two to search and see if the same question has been asked and answered there in the past using the search function.
Don't be disheartened by early crappy win/draw/loss records, we've all been there. My starting record was spectacularly awful. You will get better, either from experience or by spectating other coaches and picking up tips that way.
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Where should you start playing?
~145 Club is a league designed specifically for newer coaches to get a few games under their belts with other new coaches. Created by the amazing Koadah over ten years ago it is now managed by Throweck, and 3 other coaches. It is a great place to start.
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There are three main divisions on FUMBBL.
Ranked, Blackbox and League. There is also Stunty Leeg which is not official, and is unique to FUMBBL.
~Ranked allows you to offer your team up for games and then accept or decline offered match ups via Gamefinder.
~Blackbox puts you in a draw every 15 minutes, and your team is automatically matched up against another team with similar TV (Team Value).
~League allows you to join custom leagues (or even start one) with their own specific rules and tournaments.
~Stunty Leeg is all about crazyness. It is extremely rare to see teams finish a match without players in the injury boxes, so if mayhem is your thing you'll love this!
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PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU READ THE SITE RULES, HERE
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Here's a quote from akaRenton, a coach with over 1000 matches played on FUMBBL.
When I first joined, many years back I was clueless. I'd played some tabletop, but was oblivious to anything even approaching tactical choices. As I learnt the rules and the basics of attack and defense my win rate improved. I became all about the win. I'd even try and cherrypick opponents to ensure that I would get that win. Unsuprisingly I didn't get much from the site doing this, the wins were hollow and I grew bored quickly. I took a break from FUMBBL. When I came back I started playing for fun over the win. I made a halfling team and found that with some luck and a few decent skills they can even have a decent win rate. But then came my great love. On a whim I made an all zombie undead team - the Dirty Cranberries, and I fell in love with playing them. They're incredibly dumb, slow and can't handle a ball - but boy are they durable! I'm well passed 350 games with them and never get bored, regardless of the result. I've even had four legend players on the team, including an all time FUMBBL great Howie Makepeace.
Find the way of playing on FUMBBL that works for you, for me that was novelty teams but it could be tournaments, leagues, coach rating etc. There's so many ways of playing here and with the range of divisions it's almost impossible not to find the way that makes it most fun for you.
I've also found getting involved in helping the site has made it ultimately much more rewarding to be here. Amongst other things, I revived the FUMBBL records book The Recordopedia Spluttanica - CRP Edition which is proving to be loads of fun.
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Here are some excellent youtube videos made by top fella sann0638, designed to make getting used to FUMBBL easier.
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~Abbreviations explains the commonly used abbreviations on FUMBBL
~Newbie Tips or 7 Tips for Blood Bowl Competence is an excellent starter guide to help avoid common mistakes, and help minimise risks and avoid a turnover. Newbie is in no way intended as a derogatory term.
~THE TAOUCH! OF BLOOD BOWL!!! is another excellent starter guide for minimizing risks, controlling the pitch etc.
~Common Tactics Subjects covers the frequently raised threads on subjects such as Caging, Crowd Pushing (also known as surfing), beating elves etc.
~Classic Threads On Common Topics covers many of the most common forum topics.
~Coach Chainsaw's Dugout has numerous guides/tips etc
~There are some great help files on starting rosters, strategies and skill choices for the various races found in the HELP section under Game Tactics And Info. You can go direct to it by clicking here
You can chat with other coaches on the Fumbbl IRC.
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Love making team logos, and pretty pictures for your players but don't know where to start? Why not try the completely free FUMBBL Image Library. It's got thousands of images of all different types, links to free photoshop style software and even some guides on how to make things.
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Several coaches are also happy to receive questions via the PM (Private Messaging) system, including the following:
Just go to their coach pages (you can click on their names below for a direct link). Just click on More, then select Send PM from the drop down list.
English:
Throweck
akaRenton - Speciality - novelty teams, player and team logos and images
sann0638 - NAF Media Officer (Twitter, Facebook, thenaf.net)
Seventyone
Calcium - Speciality - fouling, the joy of violence
mister_joshua
Zed
cdassak
Español:
Macabeo
MDeLarge
Français:
Macabeo
the.tok
Zed
Deutsch:
Stimme
Norsk:
Balle2000 - Speciality - fluff, team and player bio's, BBCode
Greek:
cdassak
Once again, welcome to FUMBBL!