In Progress Codex Bloodbowl League

[Lagole Gon]

Now, hold on a second. You can't start a new league without some Lagole Gon gloating.

Let's begin.

 

[Lagole Gon]

 

[Lagole Gon]

 

[Lagole Gon]

 

[Harthwain]

Kind of reminded me of this:

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[Darth Roxor]

 

[Jaedar]

And the final result is:

Can't help but wonder if maybe humies had ended up higher on the list if they hadn't tagged in after 2 games.

I seriously expected the league to crash and burn before the first matchday was over, but instead we blazed through the entire competition in record time. 7 matchdays in just over 3 weeks is great speed, and more than twice as fast as codex bb usually goes. Because of this, we are all winners

 

[Darth Roxor]

7 matchdays in just over 3 weeks is great speed

that much is true

at regular #codexesports pace we'd still be at match day 2

 

[Lagole Gon]

Let's do a 2min goblin league.

 

[Jaedar]

Let's do a 2min goblin league.

Doing "bad teams only league" is for cowards. You should try playing a team that isn't top tier in a serious league. It's an essential part of the blood bowl experience.

 

[Zanzoken]

bionicman are you around today? We still have a pending match to finish up the Codex side league.

I am free for the next 3 or 4 hours if you're available, if not then it'll probably have to wait until tomorrow.

Sorry, I wasn't at my computer. I'm here now if you'd like to play. If it's too late now, then we'll play tomorrow.

All good man, you just missed me unfortunately.

Sometime tomorrow should be fine, just message me on here when you're free.

 

[boot]

Incels didnt win a single game very fitting.

So should we open another tournament with same format? This time allowing experienced teams, and with a bye week against AI halflings if we can't fill the final slot? I dont want to do a stunty tournament

 

[vazha]

Nah, I am still butthurt as hell at the moment. Will let you gentlemanos know if the pain is numbed down enough for me to take another hit at my massively inflated ego

 

[Zanzoken]

How about we create a second league that operates solely for pick-up games? Completely casual... play whenever you want, manage as many teams as you want, try out new races, whatever. That way those who still want to play can keep getting reps, while others cool off.

And later on when everyone is ready, we'll start up another Grand Open like the one we just completed, with scheduled games and all that.

 

[Harthwain]

This time allowing experienced teams, and with a bye week against AI halflings if we can't fill the final slot? I dont want to do a stunty tournament

If you add AI to the mix I would recommend setting AI to Easy (I don't know how the level of AI is set in multiplayer leagues).

Counter-intuitively Easy AI is harder than all the other AIs, because it isn't shackled by its desire to make only safe rolls (which can lead to some bizzare situations, especially when playing against Hard AI), while Easy AI can be a bit too eager at times, but also attempts more risky stuff when it's appropriate - like a human would - and it can work.

 

[bionicman]

Zanzoken I'm free now and for the rest of the day mostly, so send a message when you'd like to play.

 

[Zanzoken]

Zanzoken I'm free now and for the rest of the day mostly, so send a message when you'd like to play.

sweet, I'm ready now if you are!

 

[Darth Roxor]

This time allowing experienced teams, and with a bye week against AI halflings if we can't fill the final slot? I dont want to do a stunty tournament

If you add AI to the mix I would recommend setting AI to Easy (I don't know how the level of AI is set in multiplayer leagues).

Counter-intuitively Easy AI is harder than all the other AIs, because it isn't shackled by its desire to make only safe rolls (which can lead to some bizzare situations, especially when playing against Hard AI), while Easy AI can be a bit too eager at times, but also attempts more risky stuff when it's appropriate - like a human would - and it can work.

the idea is you add a placeholder team that everyone gets a walkover with by default

 

[bionicman]

GG Zanzoken

 

[Zanzoken]

Here are the final "Codex Friendly Fourway" results... congrats boot!

With that we no longer have any active Codex competitions at the moment. The floor is still open for suggestions on how / if we should continue.

Personally I'd be down to set up an open ladder for pick-up games, then at some point run another tournament... perhaps TV 1300 this time? But I just signed up for Reddit rookie league too so if everyone wants to wait a while then that's fine as well.

 

[Harthwain]

I would like to run my current Bretonnian team for a season or two (unless they get viciously mauled by Nuffle) and switch team then.

I like the idea of having an Open Ladder, but can your teams join the different competitions? Or do you mean having two separate leagues with different teams (one to play whenever someonebody wants, the other to play "on schedule")? The upside of the Open Ladder is that you don't need an even number of coaches to play it.

 

[Zanzoken]

I created a new competition within the existing league called "Codex Open Ladder" with free admission. If you want to play in it with your existing Codex team, all you have to do is quit your team from the Grand Open competition and then join the Open Ladder competition. New teams are welcome to join too, obviously.

There's no schedule or anything, so anyone who is looking for a game should use this thread to link up with someone. When you're ready to play, you both go to the "Play in a league" screen, select the team you registered, then click the "Find an opponent" button in the bottom-right corner.

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The matchmaking tool is random and takes about 5 minutes to make a match, but the idea is that if only two people use it at once then they're guaranteed to connect. It's kind of a wonky system but that's how they do it in the Reddit league I've been playing in and it seems to work well.

 

[Lagole Gon]

Just flexin' my teams in Codexian Open Ladder.

 

[Strange Fellow]

Didn't get to watch the final until now. Congrats Lagole Gon, Champion of Codexia
Well deserved.

Spoiler

Me scoring my one TD of the tournament. Or for that matter, me not finishing last.

As for the tournament as a whole, it was maybe not the greatest success considering how half the coaches have declined to go on to season 2. But I had fun, so thanks to all who participated, and especially those who gave me advice along the way

 

[Harthwain]

I made a fresh Undead team (it's as an experiment of sorts, on a few levels) for the Codex Open Ladder and I am interested in playing with someone.

I can freely play today (4.05), tomorrow (5.05) and during the weekend (08.05, 09.05).