wrekka
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Getting ahold of Mr. CarlsonI know Adam doesnt frequent these boards at all.. I am having some problems getting a hold of him. He's not answering his phone, or returning calls for that matter.
Does anyone know if he is up to his week 6 game yet? I won't waste my time calling him if he's not ready yet.
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Vitamin T
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Adam has played his week 5 game. He has also dropped out of the league for the rest of the season. Jerod is at the top of the alternates list and I believe that he will be stepping in for Adam. I do not have a roster from Jerod yet but I will drop off sheets as soon as I do.
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Tups
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From what I hear you might expect some OGRES.
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SunDevil
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| Vitamin T wrote: | Adam has played his week 5 game. He has also dropped out of the league for the rest of the season. Jerod is at the top of the alternates list and I believe that he will be stepping in for Adam. I do not have a roster from Jerod yet but I will drop off sheets as soon as I do.
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Is there a run-of-the-mill reason behind Adam dropping out or is it something serious?
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wrekka
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Well that sucks that he had to drop. Hope all is well.
And Jerod... whenever you read this. Bring the thunder... 90's shirts required (HyperColour preferred).
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Vitamin T
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Adam wasnt enjoying the changes and wanted to take at least the rest of this season off.
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wrekka
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Well at least it was by choice 
Either way. I'm ready whenever Jerod is.
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Vitamin T
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Jerod sent me a roster today. I will have sheets at CHG for you guys tonight.
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wrekka
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Jerod - when can you play?
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admin
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Err, I'm hip deep in work stuff right now. What about next Wednesday circa whenever you can play?
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wrekka
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Done - I'll be there at 4:30ish
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admin
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Double done. It's like doubling down except I just lose. Oh, wait, it's exactly the same!
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wrekka
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are you playing your Ogres again? I do long to see you roll 4 boneheads in a row again.
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SunDevil
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Amazons - the Bridesmaids of CHG.
We had two Amazon teams join the league in the last week or so.
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MeatLoafX
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Removal of the skill cap will do that.
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Groomie
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| MeatLoafX wrote: | | Removal of the skill cap will do that. |
That's not fair to either Nate or Jerod. I'd also like to point out that the only team to repeat in the CHG Cup was an Amazon team.
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wrekka
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2 amazon teams? Who is the other one?
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Groomie
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Nate restarted.
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MeatLoafX
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| Groomie wrote: | | MeatLoafX wrote: | | Removal of the skill cap will do that. |
That's not fair to either Nate or Jerod. I'd also like to point out that the only team to repeat in the CHG Cup was an Amazon team. |
Why is it not fair? I wasn't implying anything other than this: Amazons got much better with the removal of the skill cap.
That is all. Nothing was meant to imply anything good or bad about it.
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Groomie
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I don't think the absence or presence of a skill cap had anything to do with either team. The Amazon team is a great team. Even with a skill cap.
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vegeta7913
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Tim repeated while there was no skill cap. First season - 2 block slots, 2nd season - all but 1 of 15 players block dodge. While under the skill cap, there were no amazon teams that I remember or saw in the prior team rosters.
Amazon's become competitive once the skill cap goes away. Under a skill cap, amazon's are, at best, tier 2 due to lack of armor and medium movement.
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Groomie
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Not every team is a tier 1 team. That doesn't make Amazon's unplayable with a skill cap. Even with a skill cap 8 pieces with Block and Dodge would be difficult to deal with, even for Dwarves.
I'm not sure why the skill cap was brought up. It wasn't like there was a rush of Dwarf, Norse, or Amazon teams at the beginning of the season (where it would be most beneficial for them to start).
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wrekka
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| Groomie wrote: | | (where it would be most beneficial for MY FACE to start). |
Fixed.
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admin
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Now boys. I'm restarting with Amazons because it was either them or Slann. I wanted to run the prevent defense and I think they can do it the best. I think 6-8 block on Amazons is MORE than enough already. It's all the dodge to set up a cage anywhere that is appealing to me!
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Groomie
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| wrekka wrote: | | Groomie wrote: | | (where it would be most beneficial for MY FACE to start). |
Fixed. |
Thanks, Chris.
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MeatLoafX
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So I want to know how this Amazon/Dwarf match went last night after I left! It looks crazy!
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Groomie
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Yeah, Chris, did you make him restart?
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wrekka
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Nah.. no restarts.
It was a very intense game... lots of failures on both of our parts for dice rolling. It seemed like neither one of us wanted to hang onto the ball, and we pretty much ran prevent defense against each other both ways. The first half DEFINITELY belonged to Jerod... he ran that pitch for 8 turns.
Then we took a break at halftime to get some grubbage.
The second half... was my half. I was basically knocking a piece out every turn.
I did kill a Block/Dodge blizter.. which he used one of his 3 apoths to turn it into a Move Bust.. aka a "Cut." (disclaimer: i dont know if he cut the guy or not). This guy actually hurt himself falling down. YAY!
I ended up failing to score on turn 8 of the second half to win.. rolled a 1 to hand the ball off, rerolled into a 2... FAIL!
ON TO OVERTIME!!
Jerod won the toss, elected to receive. On the first turn, he was setting up a box, and needed to dodge ONE person away to get to the last corner, and fell down dodging (tackle ftw!) which opened up an alley for me to swoop in and smack his ball carrier in the face. (which was successful)
I ended up picking up the ball, and slowly trotting down the sideline. surrounding my ball carrier with standfirm and/or guard peices... and Jerod got baited into surrounding them... which allowed me to just walk out and score.
All in all.. probably the best game of Blood Bowl I've ever played. It was intesnse from turn 1 of the first half, all the way to the end of overtime (which ended on turn6 in OT).
Thanks to Jerod for a phenom game!
End Result:
Under Six Feet - 2 TD's, 0 Injuries (i know, right?)
Bridesmaids of CHG - 1 TD, 1 Injury (SI'd a guard lineman of mine)
I failed to 'Go For It' about 6 times... it was brutal. I dont think I made ONE dodge reroll (including my 4AG guy) the entire game.
I picked up a MOVE Boost on my Deathroller (go figure). I would have taken doubles skills.. but I rolled 6 + 4... BOO!
EDIT: ..Afterthough.. I HATE WRESTLE!
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MeatLoafX
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Ah, wrestle. Thank Mr. Groom for teaching me to love that skill. I got one on a Gutter Runner in the game last night. Can't wait to try it out.
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admin
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It was a great game to come back into the league to! Not holding onto a reroll for overtime was brutal for me as well as Stand Firm ftw for him. I didn't even think to look at the peice because it hadn't done anything all game.
Chris has a good summary of how it went down. I was forced to use my wizard on turn 8 of the second half to push it to overtime. My inducements were great.
I was super proud of how the team works and I'm confident that the defense will be obsolutely crushing. Now, I just have to figure out how to set up an offense!
I can't say enough good things about this game. We even had Sparti's for halftime!
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Vitamin T
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Yeah, Amazons were always much better on defence than they were on offence.
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Trius
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I can tell you that the skill cap had nothing to do with my decision to play amazons. I really don't think the difference is really even that big for the team. First off, even with the cap, the team would likely have 8 blogers. My thrower will never have block which means at maximum I'd have 2 more block than with cap. That's not that big. It takes a long time to get 11 players to all have a skill so even without the cap the likelyhood of having all my linewomen to get block is slim. I chose amazon because they were one of the two complete teams that I own that I have yet to play. And to be fair, TIm did win season 1 and 2 with amazons but he would have won with any other team too. If you disagree, take a look at the trophy. He just happened to play amazon that year.
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SunDevil
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The real question here is what team will you switch to after we play Week 7? 
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vegeta7913
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SERVED SERVED SERVED SERVED!!!!!!!!
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wrekka
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| vegeta7913 wrote: | | SERVED SERVED SERVED SERVED!!!!!!!! |
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vegeta7913
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BTW, Nate, when do you want to get our Undead vs Amazon matchup?
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SunDevil
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| vegeta7913 wrote: | | BTW, Nate, when do you want to get our Undead vs Amazon matchup? |
Yeah, Nate, then we can play!
Then maybe get some Blood Bowl in.
Drew - How did your match with GWAR go?
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vegeta7913
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I won, 3-0 - had a fun time playing with Quentin -
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