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[Splat on] Fumbbl! (Blood Bowl Online)

taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
edited February 2009 in Games and Technology
PA Coach Names
MiSTieOtaku
Bertyboy
Chrysis
LeumasWhite
Trevor_Goodchild
taliosfalcon
Draeven
SoaL
troublebrewin
(i know i'm missing a bunch, so if you want yours added, post it)


Ok, no fancy op for this because in the distant past i've made two awesome ops, and they were both lost in forum crashes =p

www.fumbbl.com

What is it?

Bloodbowl online via a free java client. Bloodbowl is kinda like football only the teams consist of rats ,ogres,elves,goblins etc. And the object of the game is far more often to smash the other team into oblivion rather than score touchdowns.

The plan is to play via www.fumbbl.com which automically records results of games, lets you hire new players to your team and tracks deaths, injuries etc. go over to their website, create an account than create a team in the UNRANKED division so we can play with each other.

The best teams for new players are generally humans or orks, both of which play a decent passing game with the orks being a bit more bashy centered

The official fumbbl irc channel where games are setup is irc.fumbbl.com:6667 i'll be sitting in the #pa channel on that network, most likely alone crying to myself :( if anyone needs help or wants to play.

The fumbbl/bloodbowl faq and help can be found here http://fumbbl.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=phpWiki&file=index

You can download a pdf of the rulebook that fumbbl uses here The java client takes care of pretty much everything automatically, but knowing the rules gives you a huge edge.

The client can be downloaded from http://geocities.com/javabbowl/Articles/WhyDonate.html download the 8.8a full install, extract it to a folder then download the 8.9 patch and extract it to the same folder.

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Ok ok, it doesn't look like much, but it plays like a dream, and it has goblins with pogo sticks and chainsaws, what more could you ask for? You can also use things such as Ogres to throw the afor mentioned golbins across the field.
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    LeumasWhiteLeumasWhite New ZealandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Orks play a decent passing game? Talios, what the hell are you smoking?

    That said, I might be around for some games if there's interest.

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    taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    well..they play a better passing game than khemri or the undead

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    LeumasWhiteLeumasWhite New ZealandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    well..they play a better passing game than khemri or the undead

    That's reaching a bit. :)

    Also, the fumbbl site is fugly now.

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    taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    That's reaching a bit. :)

    Also, the fumbbl site is fugly now.

    you can change it to look mostly like it used to somewhere in your profile..still a change for the worse though..it took me like 20 minutes to figure out how to get to my team overview with the new setup =p

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    LeumasWhiteLeumasWhite New ZealandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    you can change it to look mostly like it used to somewhere in your profile..still a change for the worse though..it took me like 20 minutes to figure out how to get to my team overview with the new setup =p

    Changed. Much better.

    I will be extremely sad if we're the only dudes in on this.

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    taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    i'm hoping the lack of fumbbl love is due to the fact i posted it so late..if not =( I got desperate and played a pubby earlier...halflings did this to me..HALFLINGS!!

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    IncendiusIncendius Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Oh God, its been so long since I played fumbbl.

    I got put off when a guy's dwarf team systematically crippled my entire team of squishy humans.

    Fucking stunties.

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    VeeveeVeevee WisconsinRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Never played, but I love football and I love death and destruction. Account created and I will be around to try a few games after 2pm central.

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    LightReaperLightReaper Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    My human teams would chew anyone out.

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    taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Me and Veevee are on now..although veevee isn't talking to me...I'm assuming because he's too cool to talk to me, not that he's afk or anything

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    SUPERSUGASUPERSUGA Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Man I could easily be pulled back into this. Had some awesome games in the league we had on here a while back.

    A Halfling team with a treeman is barely a Halfling team at all. Real men stay racially pure. The Pondridge Puddingcups were never short of someone wanting to play them. I feel they never got the attention they deserved from me though (only played one game??), so I could happily bring them out of retirement.

    You may get a better response in Of Dice and Men, would the mods be cool with you cross-posting this?

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    Anime OwnsAnime Owns Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    I'm all for getting back into this, but I've got an exam this week.

    So..uh..Wednesday I should be able to start playing again. :D

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    SceptreSceptre Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Guys, Guys.

    Seriously.

    I'm on my way. You better all be in IRC.

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    Sharp101Sharp101 TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Woah, guys.

    Its nice to see some of the Old Regulars.....

    Like Suga I could EASILY be dragged back into playing again.

    Its funny, this is pretty much all we played through July and August for the past two years now. Isn't it a little early for a revival? :P

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    LeumasWhiteLeumasWhite New ZealandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Sharp101 wrote: »
    Woah, guys.

    Its nice to see some of the Old Regulars.....

    Like Suga I could EASILY be dragged back into playing again.

    Its funny, this is pretty much all we played through July and August for the past two years now. Isn't it a little early for a revival? :P

    Bah. Never too early for blood bowl!

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    DeusfauxDeusfaux Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    New forums up, lets not perpetuate the "_____ on " thread titles from the old ones.

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    AllforceAllforce Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Deusfaux wrote: »
    New forums up, lets not perpetuate the "_____ on " thread titles from the old ones.

    Guys guys don't be trying to organize playing games together on this videogame forum! That shit is SOOOOO 2006.

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    taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    just because its late on a sunday night is no reason to leave me and leumas alone playing bloodbowl damnit..whats wrong with you people?!

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    VeeveeVeevee WisconsinRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    We need one more for 4 people, at this time we are just doing Winner Stays, but if we get a 4th, well, things will change.

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    SceptreSceptre Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Well, you guys can count me in for the tourney.

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    Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    This game doesn't have shit on Mutant League.

    Still fun, though.

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    LeumasWhiteLeumasWhite New ZealandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Do we need a tourney? They haven't worked so well in the past.

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    taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    yeah..definately no tournaments..they have all been horrible, horrible failures

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    VeeveeVeevee WisconsinRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    and I wouldn't play, as I would probably lose horribly. And if I wont, well, that would be such an ego trip no one here would like me anymore.

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    XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Skaven I hear well of.

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    LightReaperLightReaper Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    I just remember winning the last tournament.

    So glorious.

    Also Skaven are amazin g if you can accept that your star player will die when you least expect it.

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    LeumasWhiteLeumasWhite New ZealandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Skaven ftw. But yeah, they smoosh easy, especially the gutter runners.

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    SUPERSUGASUPERSUGA Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    I think a knockout tournament would be cool. The problem we had last time was losing momentum over the course of a league. Perhaps a balance in between, with two franchises facing off in the Superbowl equivilent at the end of the season. In an ideal world having a "Good League" and "Evil League" would be awesome, I'd expect everyone to turn up and cheer for their side in the final. But then there are a whole bunch of problems with it.

    A series of shorter knockout cups would be great though, even if we get 16 people (optimistic) it's only four games maximum.

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    LightReaperLightReaper Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    I'm gonna start making teams for ranked.

    FEEL FREE TO COME TO THE BIG LEAGUES WITH ME!

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    taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    I tried a ranked game once....some nights i still wake up screaming with the images of my team splattered across the field burnt into my mind :cry:

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    LeumasWhiteLeumasWhite New ZealandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    It is a well-documented fact that experienced teams in the ranked divisions are composed entirely of an element known as rapeonium. Exposure is lethal within minutes.

    Edit: also, this isn't allowed to collapse before the weekend. I need me some games, but you bastards with your timezones are always asleep.

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    taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    your in charge of cross posting this into dice and men leumas, if it turns out it doesnt belong there, or they dont take well to it you can take the raping from them =p

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    TxdoHawkTxdoHawk Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    I remember reading the manual for this, wanting to play, and then getting distracted. Maybe I'll actually get a few games in this time.

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    LeumasWhiteLeumasWhite New ZealandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    your in charge of cross posting this into dice and men leumas, if it turns out it doesnt belong there, or they dont take well to it you can take the raping from them =p

    Bah, PM a mod. I'm lazy. And Txdo, you should; we'll murder your teams into the dirt, but it'll be friendly murder.

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    SceptreSceptre Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    your in charge of cross posting this into dice and men leumas, if it turns out it doesnt belong there, or they dont take well to it you can take the raping from them =p

    Bah, PM a mod. I'm lazy. And Txdo, you should; we'll murder your teams into the dirt, but it'll be friendly murder.

    The best kind of murder!

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    LightReaperLightReaper Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    I could make a new OP for OD&M i guess, it's just so dull to make the OP.

    I tried to find my old OP but to no success =(.

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    LeumasWhiteLeumasWhite New ZealandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    I could make a new OP for OD&M i guess, it's just so dull to make the OP.

    I tried to find my old OP but to no success =(.

    Do eet.

    Also, probably be around tonight for some games. Hope my luck has changed for the better (damn you, talios).

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    LightReaperLightReaper Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Thread made in ODAM.

    MAKE POAST THERE.

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    VeeveeVeevee WisconsinRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
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    SceptreSceptre Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    I'm dissapointed that the patch didnt really add much. I was hoping it would update the ruleset to the latest edition.

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