oh my oh my oh my.
That was the most intense game of Blood Bowl I've ever played. And, continued the sublime run of games that the Ducklingz & Cangurus have played. Wowzer.
24 Turns EACH.
So the 'Gurus are 3-0 up in the Grudging, but, each game has been pretty close, and hella good fun.
The write up isn't going to do the game justice, partly because Percy can't remember much anymore, and partly because if he did you'd all get very bored of reading this.
Anyway, it was hot, swelteringly so, apparently. The ladz decided to kick, and entice the Gurus into a fast score to try and get one back before half time. The Gurus obliged, and it was 1-0 in the Elves 2nd turn, Percy hadn't even finished his pre-game 'shrooms, but PirlOrc was feeling good, this was his time to shine...
Then the ladz tried to get the ball, the guru's got a Blitz and put some heavy pressure on. Percy can't remember much of what happened for the rest of the half, but we think the ball bounced around a scrum for a bit, then bounced favourably/luckily for Gertrude to grab it and a sprint in for a turn 8 TD... but after managing to pick it up in tackle zones, dodge out she managed to fall on her arse as she sprinted for the line. Oh, and a few Elves died, but that's what PirlOrc was planning on...
2nd half and the lads received, some orcs didn't want to play because it was too hot and after napping from
too many half time 'shrooms a riot (only 3 orcs and a troll left standing...) still manged to get the ball. By now PirlOrc had realised the Ducklingz only hope was extra time, and ordered to rest of the ladz the roll down the pitch at a leisurely pace, trying to blot as many Elves as possible on the way. PirlOrc swaggered over the line, 1-1.
Then we didn't know how extra time worked, so the ladz set up to defend deep in the Guru's turn 16, and the Gurus set up for a bit of SPP farming expecting a new kick off for extra time. It doesn't work like that apparently. So, the ref called for 4 more turns and we just carried on. The ladz marked a player each, but the Elves worked the ball down the Ducklingz left. Mandela ran to give Percy his last Mushroom, and sent him downfield to blitz the ball carrier... by this point the Guru's had obviously agreed that Percy is a better statistician and Mushroom Dealer than his a bloodbowl player and didn't bother to mark him... BOOM! the ball carrier went down, and PirlOrc swooped in for the pickup. The rest of the ladz twatted what Elves they could reach, and then huddled up deep in the Guru's endzone... PirlOrc graciously carried the ball towards the halfway line... calculated the weight required for the perfect pass, started seeing tomorrow's headlines of how this pass sent the Ducklingz into the next round... and promptly fell on his arse and dropped the ball. The ref called for 4 more turns as punishment/reward for PirlOrc's idiocy, at which point the Elves stopped laughing at PirlOrc, grabbed the ball, screened it and trotted in to score.
2-1 to the Gurus.
The Ducklingz had one turn left. The Gurus took one look at PirlOrc still lying in a heap on the floor, and remembered all his boasting about being the only Duckling who had a chance in hell of throwing anything in remotely the right direction. Percy had already started the post game 'shrooms... the Guru's remembered every failed attempt of his to throw a goblin.. BUT in an act of boasting/sympathy/wanting-to-see-what-would-happen the Gurus challenged Percy to see how far he could throw a goblin.
PirlOrc grabbed the ball, nearly fell over again, cursed, and handed it to DiGoblinio. Percy doesn't know much, let alone what an ElfGrudge is, but he DID know that he wasn't going to let that Side stepping, blocking, dodging strong elf get Man of the Match from the sponsors (it was a bag of Purple Spotted 'Shrooms apparently, for those that care)... Di Goblinio sailed through the air, PirlOrc shed a tear of
jealousypride and the Ducklingz were right back in it in turn twenty something.
2-2.The ladz were eager, they set up high on the line and prayed for a short kick and maybe even a Blitz...
But no, PirlOrc wasnt having the best of games, and kicked the ball off the back of Percy's head and gave the Guru's a touchback. The Elves made the most of schoolboy defending, got 3 or 4 possible receivers in the Ducklingz half and set up a text book handoff, jog, pass, catch, dodge skip-like-a-hippy TD in turn 24.
Well played Idan, a very fun game. The dice were even enough, and not even the silly heat can take any shine from the game.
Good luck in the next round sir.
The Ducklingz will be headed off into the sunset, with PirlOrc in fits of self dispair that he choked on the big stage, and Percy still hasn't stopped grinning from lobbing THAT GOBLIN the right way.
In fact, Percy is that smug that he reckon's he can coach a BB team... all that time on Spreadsheet Manager '98 is gonna come in useful. Percy reckon's (in the vein of Cool Runnings) that he knows the perfect players for a successful push for glory next season... watch this space.
). I figured I could at least push your guy away from the rest of your team and mark him. I was really just trying to slow you down to try for the 1-0 win. 
