The NBBDL is recruiting! Lineman Only League!

[Emoge]

Update: We have met goal of 10 coaches for first round, and are recruiting for second league and backups for first league! Feel free to sign up, second league will start with a minimum of 6 players!

This is a lineman only league! Star players weren’t always stars, first they had to be drafted onto their teams! Griff Oberwald didn’t start great, he survived and became great! Eldril Sidewinder wasn’t always the player we see today, he became the elf other teams strive to hire! Morg ‘n’ Thorg didn’t just walk onto the field and start bashing heads…. Ok well maybe Morg ‘n’ Thorg did but that’s beside the point! Greatness isn’t something players are born with, they grow into greatness!

I’m beginning a lineman only league which you can join and view here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/NBBDL

We are hoping to start with at least 10 coaches, playing in round robin format. This will be followed by a secondary round robin of the 6 top teams and ending with a final elimination style of the top 4 teams. Weekly push will be on Saturday’s at midnight requiring 1 game per week. If we have more interest in this fun league we will adjust settings accordingly.

We hope to begin the first push the day before Valentine’s on 2/13/16. New and veteran Blood Bowl coaches welcome!

To read full rules and sign up please see: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/NBBDL

[Mars Rover]

Good luck with the league - it sounds like it could be fun.

I'm a bit concerned with your format though. A team full of high-elf lineman will do fine. What about Lizardmen? Some teams linemen have serious weaknesses balanced out by their positional players.

[Emoge]

Skinks start with dodge and stunty. No other team starts with dodge on their lineman. They also have the largest movement value of any lineman. Sure, on defense they get hit hard, and they have to contend with 1 blitz a turn but that's the fun of it!

[Snorri Nosebiter]

I predict 12 teams, all following this template:

- Dorfs

- 11 Longbeards with Block and Tackle

- 3 rerolls

- Apothecary

There's no need to consider anything else, because it'll just get murdered by Dorfs- especially the aforementioned all-Skink team. :)

They're only one skill (Guard) away from being able to totally dominate an all-lineman league.

Give Dorfs the boot, and I and a few others may be interested. :)

[Emoge]

I assumed the same thing but you're forgetting Dorfs have movement of 4... Let that set in, 4. Hard enough moving the ball up the field with move 6 Dorfs. Move 4 dorfs will be painful. If a ball lands on an edge, that's 1-2 turns moving to even pick up the ball. Then having to move it all the way up the field.

Not using any GFI a dwarf takes 7 turns to go from 1 end zone to the other. Better hope no one stalls him by standing 1 square away ^_^

Yes, Dorfs will hit hard, but it's unlikely they'll win many games.

I've seen several other lineman only leagues in BB:CE and surpirsingly there was a decent mix of teams. Probably because people don't join these leagues to WAAC but to have fun

[Zaz 75]

i agree, it wolud be a dwarf league, and no chance of beat them

[Snorri Nosebiter]

Originally posted by Emoge:

I assumed the same thing but you're forgetting Dorfs have movement of 4... Let that set in, 4. Hard enough moving the ball up the field with move 6 Dorfs. Move 4 dorfs will be painful.

"滴水穿石- 'Dripping water can eat through a stone'.

Originally posted by Emoge:

If a ball lands on an edge, that's 1-2 turns moving to even pick up the ball. Then having to move it all the way up the field.

Assuming that, because no one has Kick, and you aim dead centre, the 50/50 odds of the ball landing in the Dorf backfield pay off. If the ball lands in the backfield, you have about a 1 in 6 chance of the ball landing on an edge.

That's around an 8% chance of the ball landing in the receiving team's end zone.

You're hoping for a lot of big 'ifs' there. :)


Anyway, I didn't intend to derail this topic from league applications. Just giving my two cents.

[Emoge]

Originally posted by Dave Hedgehog:

Assuming that, because no one has Kick, and you aim dead centre, the 50/50 odds of the ball landing in the Dorf backfield pay off. If the ball lands in the backfield, you have about a 1 in 6 chance of the ball landing on an edge.

That's around an 8% chance of the ball landing in the receiving team's end zone.

Awesome math there ^_^ Appreciate the input and shows the chance of a dwarf player really being screwed by a kick off.

Personally I would love to play against dwarf players. Super slow stunties trying to grind out that score ^_^

Luckily we welcome anyone who is interested not only Dwarf players! Feel free to sign up!

[Dode]

The chances of it going backwards are 3 in 8 (2 diagonal, 1 back), with the other options being 2 sideways and 3 forwards. Then there's the 1 in 6, and then the scatter.

[export]

Originally posted by Dave Hedgehog:

I predict 12 teams, all following this template:

- Dorfs

- 11 Longbeards with Block and Tackle

- 3 rerolls

- Apothecary

There's no need to consider anything else, because it'll just get murdered by Dorfs- especially the aforementioned all-Skink team. :)

They're only one skill (Guard) away from being able to totally dominate an all-lineman league.

Give Dorfs the boot, and I and a few others may be interested. :)

Then someone picks the counter to 11 longbeards. 15 Peasants
have fun getting anywhere against fend.

[Snorri Nosebiter]

Originally posted by export:

Then someone picks the counter to 11 longbeards. 15 Peasants
have fun getting anywhere against fend.

Casualties against AV7 are inevitable. It's not like the peasants are going anywhere with AG2. A few SPP in casualties more than makes up for a missed TD. :)

Also, I don't think that 15 peasants with only G access are going to hold up well in a league against linemen with S access- the only linemen (currently available) with S access apart from Beasts.

S access will be a large advantage in this league.

Edit: also, if a lot of people think taking Peasant teams is a good idea, the Dwarfs and Beasts have easy access to Juggernaut as a counter.

[Emoge]

That's the joy of any league, and why I prefer league play over ladder. You can choose a lot based on the rest of the league. No one in your league has dodge, skip the tackle. Everyone have sure hands, maybe strip ball isn't the best. Team is full of dwarves, kick became a first pick skill.

Back on topic, we have a few people who signed up already! If anyone else is looking to join a fun league jump in!

[Zaz 75]

how many are dwarf of the allready singin? i thin 11 skind wolud be huuuuge fun but not if there is dwarf over there.

[Emoge]

No dwarves of the initial 3 ^_^

[Gambl♢r]

Look, I feel the rats will be a bit underpowered in this, but I just love them, so I'm in, skaven team all the way o/

[Emoge]

Welcome aboard ^_^ Gotta have some rat hijinks :p