I'm sure you've seen the video of the tier drawing.
This is where the KoC ended up in:
Sub 1400 div. With a plethora of veterans. Naturally, nobody gave us a chance.
Top 4 goes to the next round - so we have to be the 4th best at least to make the play offs.
But before that, let's start with a pre-match controversy - our absurdly high treasury level.
Originally, my plan was to buy an Ogre on day 1 - however, the mods have spotted that possibility and demanded I flush all my cash out. EVERY. SINGLE. GOLD. Since I went over the TV requirement if they include the gold.
This isn't a complete loss, mind you. We still retain our full squad:
BUT - this is a very big BUT - if someone gets injured or dead, we'll find it very hard to find a replacement with zero cash. Now, I'm not saying we should cut someone out *glances at 90TV taken by a certain thrower* - but think of the reverse - cutting a team member may free up reserve cash for back up in the future. But keeping that veteran may serve us better in the next game, since we can't really use gold once the match starts.
No real match has started and already we're forced to make hard decisions - C&C, baby.
Anyway here's our next opponent:
I think we lost to them 2-1 in a pre-season match. Lamaros is a veteran who finished in top 8. He predicted his own victory and progress to the playoffs. Obviously, we're going to make that dream stay a figment of his imagination.
Lvl 2 Troll with Claw, AG4 Thrower (Stomp?), Lvl 2 Claw Blitzer.
Remember, we have top TV in the division - it should at least amount to something.
Division make-up:
940 TV Skaven
1230 TV Necro
1280 TV Khorne Demons
1150 TV Underwolrd
1400 TV Orc
960 TV Chaos
900 TV Underworld
This is pretty good draw IMO.
Aside from the veteran coaches and 1400 TV Orcs, there's an absence of Agi 4 teams or Super Bashy teams. Yes, there's Orc and Chaos - but they're not overwhelmingly developed - Chaos lost the first game to new Skaven 3-1 and ended up with a lvl 2 Beastman - we should be able to take a win on Game Day 2.
No super TV teams either. Good chance to progress to next round.
Cautiously optimistic as I ponder the Gold Trim decision.