The ancient fields lay dry and bloodless, the stands creak emptily in the howling winds, and the shadow of an iron-fisted tyrant looms over the kingdom. One among you will drive the villain SB from his throne... but who?
We'll find out soon, because the third season of the Blood SBowl league will begin some time during the evening on TUESDAY, MAY 14TH! As always, the league will have a single-round-robin regular season followed by a cut to a top 4 single-elimination playoff. The expected match frequency is one per week, rolling over early if all games are completed (and, of course, exceptions can be made for extenuating circumstances). Any team will be accepted, so put on your gear, practice your murdering skills on some people that you don't care about, and maybe teach your players how to handle the ball.
We'll see you on the pitch!
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Season 2 Final Standings
After a series of playoffs that left every team battered and bruised followed by a savage, bloody final that included a turn 1 death, 5 KOs, an additional 8 casualties, and FOUR failed teammate throws, the Tromaville Terribads have managed to claw through the playoffs to claim victory for Season 2!
Congratulations to all involved, especially newcomer Mojo for posting the best overall record despite having only played like three games of Blood Bowl before starting the league. News on league awards and the beginning of Season 3 soon to come!
Preserved for posterity:
Playoff final standings:
Regular season final standings:
Congratulations to all involved, especially newcomer Mojo for posting the best overall record despite having only played like three games of Blood Bowl before starting the league. News on league awards and the beginning of Season 3 soon to come!
Preserved for posterity:
| Position | Player | Team | TV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SB | Tromaville Terribads (Underworld) | 1610 |
| 2nd | Mojo | WYLA (Undead) | 1470 |
| 3rd | Alise | Deez Hawks (Wood Elves) | 770 |
| 3rd | Sean | Krenlash's Team (Vampires) | 1340 |
Regular season final standings:
| Player | Team | TV | W-L-D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mojo | WYLA (Undead) | 1630 | 6-1-2 |
| Sean | Krenlash's Team (Vampires) | 1510 | 6-2-1 |
| SB | Tromaville Terribads (Underworld) | 1670 | 5-1-3 |
| Alise | Deez Hawks (Wood Elves) | 1000 | 4-4-1 |
| Aaron | Soul Silver (Lizardmen) | 1480 | 4-4-1 |
| Will | The Broman Empire (Norse) | 1290 | 3-3-3 |
| Pi | Drinking & Fighting! (Dwarves) | 1250 | 3-5-1 |
| Brian | Blighttown Bashers (Nurgle) | 1330 | 2-5-2 |
| Austin | Y.o.l.o. (Humans) | 1190 | 2-4-3 |
| Mike | Khorn in my Thong (Khorne) | 1340 | 0-6-3 |
Monday, April 15, 2013
League Update: Season 2 Stats
The in-game Hall of Fame boards are, unfortunately, calculated off of players' lifetime stats rather than their season stats, so they're not good indicators of in-season performance. Fortunately for all of you, though, the league commissioner is a big stats nerd and did proper Hall of Fame boards by hand!
In addition, here's some more notable statistics:
BLOOD SBOWL SEASON 2
HALL OF FAME
HALL OF FAME
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In addition, here's some more notable statistics:
Highest Turnover: Team That Lost The Most Players To Deaths And Firings
Deez Hawks (6)
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD: Most Combined Injuries Inflicted And Sustained
Tromaville Terribads and WYLA (33)
Tyin’ Em Up: Player Who Screwed Up The Most Opposing Dodges
Smekhare the First of WYLA (8)
Oh Come On, I Even Took A Skill For It: Player Angriest About Not Winning That Last Award
Julie of the Tromaville Terribads (So Angry)
We’ve Got Spirit, Yes We Do: Largest Cheerleading Squad
Krenlash’s Team and Deez Hawks (1)
The “Remembering That There’s A Ball” Award: Most Yards Gained
Goin Deep of Y.o.l.o. (318)
Quick Hands, Strong Legs: Most Interceptions
Jormungandr’s Revenge of Drinking & Fighting!, only interceptor in league history
Hungry For Victory But Also Other Stuff: Player Who Most Often Tried To Eat Teammates
Toxie of the Tromaville Terribads (It Felt Like A Million)
Toxie of the Tromaville Terribads (It Felt Like A Million)
Season 2 Regular Season Complete!
Here are the regular season standings, preserved for posterity:
Congratulations to WYLA, Krenlash's Team, Tromaville Terribads, and Deez Hawks on their playoff berths!
| Player | Team | TV | W-L-D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mojo | WYLA (Undead) | 1630 | 6-1-2 |
| Sean | Krenlash's Team (Vampires) | 1510 | 6-2-1 |
| SB | Tromaville Terribads (Underworld) | 1670 | 5-1-3 |
| Alise | Deez Hawks (Wood Elves) | 1000 | 4-4-1 |
| Aaron | Soul Silver (Lizardmen) | 1480 | 4-4-1 |
| Will | The Broman Empire (Norse) | 1290 | 3-3-3 |
| Pi | Drinking & Fighting! (Dwarves) | 1250 | 3-5-1 |
| Brian | Blighttown Bashers (Nurgle) | 1330 | 2-5-2 |
| Austin | Y.o.l.o. (Humans) | 1190 | 2-4-3 |
| Mike | Khorn in my Thong (Khorne) | 1340 | 0-6-3 |
Congratulations to WYLA, Krenlash's Team, Tromaville Terribads, and Deez Hawks on their playoff berths!
Sunday, January 27, 2013
League Update: Season Two Is Coming!
Season Two of the illustrious Blood SBowl league begins FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST! If you intend to play, you need to have your team submitted by some arbitrary point on Friday evening. Don't wait until the last minute to get in!
The competition is really heating up this season. The first outing saw only rookie teams competing for the coveted Golden Caskets, but the fine craftmanship and obvious intrinsic value of the trophy has begun to attract veteran squads from as far afield as Tromaville and Atrophinius's mead garden. The league is taking submissions with any TV between 500 and 2500, so consider how much experience you want on a team before applying. Low TVs are perfectly viable thanks to the magic of inducements, and high TVs allow for a more refined strategy and occasionally some totally ridiculous level-up bonuses (at the cost of feeding inducements to the opponent).
Get your teams built and your applications in, and we'll see you on the pitch!
The competition is really heating up this season. The first outing saw only rookie teams competing for the coveted Golden Caskets, but the fine craftmanship and obvious intrinsic value of the trophy has begun to attract veteran squads from as far afield as Tromaville and Atrophinius's mead garden. The league is taking submissions with any TV between 500 and 2500, so consider how much experience you want on a team before applying. Low TVs are perfectly viable thanks to the magic of inducements, and high TVs allow for a more refined strategy and occasionally some totally ridiculous level-up bonuses (at the cost of feeding inducements to the opponent).
Get your teams built and your applications in, and we'll see you on the pitch!
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
To The Victor....
It's been a long road (not really), but the grand finals are finally here! Who will go home with the coveted Golden Caskets? It's sure to be OH HEY I NEVER TOLD YOU GUYS ABOUT THE CASKETS
The Golden Caskets are like the Stanley Cup of the only sport that matters: Blood Bowl played in a league that is managed by SB. Which team will be skilled (and lucky) enough to claim this glorious, slightly morbid, and wholly appropriate prize? Only Nuffle can say!
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
League Update: Regular Season Stats
The regular season is officially over! Here are the hall of fame boards, preserved for posterity (click for readable size):
And here are some other random stats and awards:
And here are some other random stats and awards:
Most Concussed: Player Who Sustained the Most KOs
Heather of the Tentakillas (6)
Iron Skull: Player Who Survived the Most Injuries
Drok Dreng-Troll of THE DUNK SQUAD (4)
Most Graceful: Player Who Failed the Most Dodges
Qlamitl of the Lustful Lizards, Courtney of the Yoloin Biatches, and Chrissy of the Tentakillas (4)
Masters of Brutality: Team Responsible For The Most KOs, Injuries, and Deaths
THE DUNK SQUAD (45, averaging roughly 2 every 5 turns)
The William Murderface Award For Excellence In Manslaughter: Team With the Most Kills
Goatman's Revenge (5)
Glass Jaws: Most KOed Team
Yoloin Biatches (29 with at least one on each player, averaging 4 per game)
The Receiving End: Most Injured Team
Goatman's Revenge (13, averaging 2 per game)
The Actually Playing Blood Bowl Award: Most Yards Gained
The Lustful Lizards (562, nearly 100 more than next-highest team)
Wait, We Can Throw It?: Most Passing Yards
The Mafukin Keglugadins (146, nearly double the next-highest team)
My God, It's Full Of Stars: Team With the Most SPP Earned
The Lustful Lizards (91)
Friday, December 28, 2012
League Update: The Playoffs Approach!
It's almost that time. After the most brutal (and only) season the Blood SBowl league has ever seen, we're only two games away from the playoffs. I'll make a post detailing some league stats once the final week of the regular season has concluded, but for now congratulations to championship hopefuls THE DUNK SQUAD, Bone Again, The Lustful Lizards, and Yoloin Biatches! Team profiles follow:
THE DUNK SQUAD
The most feared team in the league, this slow-rolling dwarven deathsquad owes their playoff position almost entirely to two key players: runner Duerrim, a strong candidate for best rusher in the league, and the unstoppable killing machine Hagan Drek-Troll, who is likely to go home with the league MVP award even if he doesn't manage to capture the championship. Their "punch first, don't ask questions later because that's really time that you could be using to punch some more" style of Blood Bowl has proven to be very effective, clinching them the top position in the league's regular season. A brief interview with THE DUNK SQUAD's coaching staff revealed that only the runners have actually been taught the rules of the game; the rest of the team believes that this whole thing is some sort of elaborate fight club, and it is only the power of their racism that has ensured that they punch the opposing team instead of each other. An unusual strategy to be sure, but it's hard to argue with the results!
Bone Again
Laboring under not one, not two, but FOURTEEN ancient curses placed on various players and support staff by different priests, witches, and warlocks that they've managed to offend, this plucky necromantic squad has managed to limp into the playoffs despite a plague of injuries. Supporters of the club, colloquially known as Boners, say that the team's incredible resilience can be attributed to a pair of expert carpenters who spend hours before every game reinforcing their zombies with nails and random bits of wood that they've pried out of the stands. If true, one wonders why these carpenters can't be bothered to help the perpetually injured wights and flesh golems that (occasionally) form the backbone of the team's defense. Fortunately, fan (and manager) favorites Growl and Howl have managed to avoid the curses thus far, allowing them to carry their team kicking and screaming into competition for the cup.
The Lustful Lizards
Long regarded as the best way for at-risk skinks to escape their circumstances, the Lustful Lizards recruit almost entirely from poor, high-crime areas of Lustria. Their coaching staff assures us that these lizards are both more determined and better at taking a beating than their well-off counterparts from Tlaxtlan. The Lustrian coaching staff has managed to forge their offbeat recruits into arguably the best-balanced team in the league, capable of both figuratively stunning feats of agility and literally stunning feats of extreme violence. The Lizards boast both the best running game in the league and one of the highest rates of injuries dealt, with every single skink and saurus making significant contribution to the team's regular season run. Rookie kroxigor Chupacabra has yet to prove himself, but since all he has to do is be imposing and crack some skulls we're confident that he'll figure his role out.
Yoloin Biatches
This Amazon squad lives for risk, playing harder and less safely than anyone else both on and off the field. Rookie Biatches aren't even allowed onto the pitch until they've survived a dozen Yoloin halftime shows, which often include spectacles such death-defying leaps through rings of flame, gator baiting, and 12 or more rounds of bareknuckle boxing. Once she's made the team proper, each woman is expected to throw full-body blocks, dive desperately after fallen balls, leap dramatically over enemy defenders, and basically endanger her life at every available opportunity, often with little or no justification. As such, any Amazon worth her salt has suffered at least a dozen concussions and is constantly covered in bruises and contusions. Their tendency toward ridiculous stunts and outrageous upsets has not gone unnoticed by fans, earning them a tremendous and rabid following. This squad has a long-standing and mostly one-sided rivalry with the necromantic team Bone Again, whose very existence flies in the face of all that it is to only live once.
Good luck to everybody in the playoffs!
THE DUNK SQUAD
The most feared team in the league, this slow-rolling dwarven deathsquad owes their playoff position almost entirely to two key players: runner Duerrim, a strong candidate for best rusher in the league, and the unstoppable killing machine Hagan Drek-Troll, who is likely to go home with the league MVP award even if he doesn't manage to capture the championship. Their "punch first, don't ask questions later because that's really time that you could be using to punch some more" style of Blood Bowl has proven to be very effective, clinching them the top position in the league's regular season. A brief interview with THE DUNK SQUAD's coaching staff revealed that only the runners have actually been taught the rules of the game; the rest of the team believes that this whole thing is some sort of elaborate fight club, and it is only the power of their racism that has ensured that they punch the opposing team instead of each other. An unusual strategy to be sure, but it's hard to argue with the results!
Bone Again
Laboring under not one, not two, but FOURTEEN ancient curses placed on various players and support staff by different priests, witches, and warlocks that they've managed to offend, this plucky necromantic squad has managed to limp into the playoffs despite a plague of injuries. Supporters of the club, colloquially known as Boners, say that the team's incredible resilience can be attributed to a pair of expert carpenters who spend hours before every game reinforcing their zombies with nails and random bits of wood that they've pried out of the stands. If true, one wonders why these carpenters can't be bothered to help the perpetually injured wights and flesh golems that (occasionally) form the backbone of the team's defense. Fortunately, fan (and manager) favorites Growl and Howl have managed to avoid the curses thus far, allowing them to carry their team kicking and screaming into competition for the cup.
The Lustful Lizards
Long regarded as the best way for at-risk skinks to escape their circumstances, the Lustful Lizards recruit almost entirely from poor, high-crime areas of Lustria. Their coaching staff assures us that these lizards are both more determined and better at taking a beating than their well-off counterparts from Tlaxtlan. The Lustrian coaching staff has managed to forge their offbeat recruits into arguably the best-balanced team in the league, capable of both figuratively stunning feats of agility and literally stunning feats of extreme violence. The Lizards boast both the best running game in the league and one of the highest rates of injuries dealt, with every single skink and saurus making significant contribution to the team's regular season run. Rookie kroxigor Chupacabra has yet to prove himself, but since all he has to do is be imposing and crack some skulls we're confident that he'll figure his role out.
Yoloin Biatches
This Amazon squad lives for risk, playing harder and less safely than anyone else both on and off the field. Rookie Biatches aren't even allowed onto the pitch until they've survived a dozen Yoloin halftime shows, which often include spectacles such death-defying leaps through rings of flame, gator baiting, and 12 or more rounds of bareknuckle boxing. Once she's made the team proper, each woman is expected to throw full-body blocks, dive desperately after fallen balls, leap dramatically over enemy defenders, and basically endanger her life at every available opportunity, often with little or no justification. As such, any Amazon worth her salt has suffered at least a dozen concussions and is constantly covered in bruises and contusions. Their tendency toward ridiculous stunts and outrageous upsets has not gone unnoticed by fans, earning them a tremendous and rabid following. This squad has a long-standing and mostly one-sided rivalry with the necromantic team Bone Again, whose very existence flies in the face of all that it is to only live once.
Good luck to everybody in the playoffs!
Saturday, December 1, 2012
League Update!
The league has officially started! Hooray!
The league format is a round robin regular season followed by a four-team playoff for the cup. The window for each round is a week, but I can advance the round manually as soon as everybody wraps up their games. The league is mostly for bragging rights, but there are also gold prizes: the winning team receives 100,000 gold and the runner-up gets 60,000. Also, maybe I'll make a little paper trophy or something.
The first game has already been played (congratulations Keglugadins!) so get out there and spill some blood!
FAKE EDIT: If you have any topics that you'd like to see covered in strategy articles, drop a line in the comments here or in the Skype chat and I'll see what I can do.
ACTUAL EDIT: Also, if you want to write up a match report for one of your games, talk to me and we'll figure out how to get it up here!
The league format is a round robin regular season followed by a four-team playoff for the cup. The window for each round is a week, but I can advance the round manually as soon as everybody wraps up their games. The league is mostly for bragging rights, but there are also gold prizes: the winning team receives 100,000 gold and the runner-up gets 60,000. Also, maybe I'll make a little paper trophy or something.
The first game has already been played (congratulations Keglugadins!) so get out there and spill some blood!
FAKE EDIT: If you have any topics that you'd like to see covered in strategy articles, drop a line in the comments here or in the Skype chat and I'll see what I can do.
ACTUAL EDIT: Also, if you want to write up a match report for one of your games, talk to me and we'll figure out how to get it up here!
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