Hands of Justice
The Lounge => General Gaming => Topic started by: Mangala on April 07, 2009, 05:48:24 PM
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http://www.bloodbowl-game.com/
Beta registration is up too:
http://www.bloodbowl-game.com/beta_registration/index.php
The game is a combination of a Wargame and a sports game The basics are extremely simple: two teams, one ball. The team that carries the ball into the opponent's end zone scores a touchdown, the team with the most touchdowns at the end of the game is the winner. However, it’s how you decide to do this that makes things interesting, the ends justify the means! It’s not just the players you have at your disposal either. You can bribe the referee’s to look the other way as you cripple or trample annoying opponents and hire illegal wizards to give you a hand directly from the crowd… Blood Bowl severely tests the finest tacticians' strategies
There are many races to accommodate every player’s profile and even more strategies for experimenting. Winning a game requires a strong game-sense and a lot of self-control.
For the player's enjoyment, omnipresent humor and the use of spells, weapons, and other non-regulatory means place Blood Bowl outside of the classic sport simulation genre.
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I played that once at a friend's place while waiting for the rain to clear. (They had invited me over to help them dig up the ground for a vegetable patch in their back yard. Afterwards they fed me butterbean lasagne.) Only had orcs and humans though, I think. Looks like you get to play a lot more races in this.
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used to play BB in my teenage years :) my Chainsaw wielding Goblin was the bane of many a team and had a love of killing star players so i hope all this is inthe game and more :)
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I know which team I will go for :D
(http://www.bloodbowl-game.com/img/medias/screenshots/bloodbowl-19.jpg)
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Thanks for that!
I registered and am now preparing for carnage. :)
<Rummages through some boxes looking for his warpstone collection>
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Im eagerly awaiting this - even if I dont get into Beta, I'll be playing this on release. Looks damn awesome.
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Been drooling over this for years now... I still take part in table-top BB tournaments (altough I seem to fare worse now under 5th ed rules wher all my favourite exploits have been patched :P) every now and then, but back in the University where we had a league I played BB at least five games every week. I've tried to recruit the core of old BB group we had back then, and I think we will be there but not as many as I would like to see. If we get a BB group going here, I'll point them to come this way :)
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Hurray!
Hello,
Congratulations! You have been selected to participate to the Multiplayer Beta of Blood Bowl PC!
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/me sulks in a corner.
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Me and my son got in too :)
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Me and my son got in too :)
/me cuts himself.
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they must have forgotten my email :(
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Mine too :(
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Ok, the game will be absolutely fabulous, it's already great and it is still in beta! I would pre-order a couple copies now, if it just was available for pre-order :)
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Ok, the game will be absolutely fabulous, it's already great and it is still in beta! I would pre-order a couple copies now, if it just was available for pre-order :)
I hate you so much right now.
Seriously though - tell us what you can, give pictures. anything pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.
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Well, the NDA does not allow much to be said, so I am not going to post anything that breaches that. This section of the forum can after all be viewed by anybody (including bots) and I certainly do not wish to shoot my own foot :)
Anyway, many things are public knowledge already. The game uses the official GamesWorkshop LRB5 rules (http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1310002_BB_Complete_Blood_Bowl_Rulebook.pdf), so very easy to jump in for somebody familiar with the board game. Also, LRB5 rules are the result of 20 years of playing, so I for one claim them to be quite balanced :)
Not all teams are available at this phase, which is ok. The purpose of this phase is to test how the game server handles many games going on, so there is less of that looking for perfect team to trash, and more actual playing :)
The graphics are great and functional. The music is great, altough there is not that much of it; yet very thematic and gets you into the spirit of th game. The sound-effects are great; for example there is no doubt of when a turn-over happens.
There are some things with the UI that took a moment to figure out (double-right clicking to activate most things must be a French thing, first time I've encountered that :D), also there are some keyboard short-cuts (in case you are in beta, press N and/or G to cycle through different things; those short-cuts are not yet (AFAICS) not mentioned anywhere but had a huge impact for me).
Chatting is done by typing, and for me it was not the perfect tool. It is ok, but it is not that great tool for socialising. With the 4 minute rule time is quite short, and at least I didn't have time to type anything in the chat box while plotting my moves. Conversations thus were quite hilarious: Complete your turn and type a lot in the chat box, to get replies 4 minutes later when the opponent has finished his turn (and when you don't have time to type anymore). Chatting by typing works fine between strangers, but when I'll play with friends (the released product, that is) I'll be using some VOIP system during games. Beer and chatting are after all crucial parts of Blood Bowl :)
In all, it is in much better shape than I did believe it to be :) I am very exited (and tired, having slept under 5 hours last night...).
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Heh, looking at the official FAQ at http://www.cyanide-studio.com/forumBB/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=183 I notice there are some things mentioned there that I refrained from posting above :D
Ie there are only human and orc teams available for the new wave of testers (but there are other teams in the ladder, ie those teams that have been in the beta before this phase). I personally rolled a cookie-cutter human team called Marienburg Marvels (say hi if you see me in the lobby) with 1 passer, 1 catcher, 1 blitzer, 1 ogre, 8 linemen, 3 Rerolls and Fanfactor 8.
Btw, Jim and Bob sound like I have always imagined they would :)
EDIT: Sheesh my spelling sucks again...
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damn yet another game ill have to get (at this rate ill be divorced by this time next year - i just ordered LOTRO to try-) :P
I never played Bloodbowl that much I was more of a necromunda player at Uni. (my house Escher team , fully painted of course, was the bain of the table top ;D)
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Redemptionists was my gang (until the expansion Van Saar was my choice). Flamers, zealots, flamers, and some more flamers. Can't go wrong with flamers really ;) Also, the Redemptionst gang I painted is one the best painted I ever succeeded to complete (usually I paint 5 minis at a time, then lose interest, and then when I continue the inspiration has changed; the Redemptionsts gang I painted completly in one sitting, so all the gang members actually have same colour-scheme :D ).
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Hehehe, Gang Delaque for me. Actually they're one of the few miniatures I still have. :)
Strangely enough, it was kinda fun, painting skinheads in Gestapo-coats.... ::)
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Still no email :(
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This beta ends on May 5th, so perhaps they are not sending out anymore keys for now? Which is sad, none of my BB gaming buddies have got a key either.
Anyway, hot damn the game feels good. Sorry to inform that to you people who are not in beta yet :(
Meanwhile, I still have to lose a game :) Five straight wins (1-0, 4-0, 3-0, 2-0, 3-1), but sadly the server has for some registered first one of those :( Waah waah, no skillzzz for my players, I am a paying customer and I... errmm...
If you get in, and if it has been a while since you last played, if I may provide a couple tips for the teams you can roll (aka humans and orcs only).
Humans: IMO it is better to buy 3 rerolls, 1 blitzer and FF8 than to buy 2 rerolls, 4 blitzer and FF4. Those missing Block skills will be sorely needed, but you'll be very happy for that extra reroll and the good kick-off events you should win with FF8 (the value of FF is much smaller in LRB5 than before, but IMO it still a pretty good thing to have it at decent figures :) ), so 4 re-rolls and FF3 might not be as disastrous as it first sounds (4 rerolls really would be *nice*!). The "pro-players" seem to advice to not take the ogre at start, but I disagree: Just put the big meanie standing there in the center creates a lot of space around him even if never throws a block; also the triple dice blitzes the Ogre can launch usually pretty damn good results (altough I have already succeeded once to throw double-skulls+both down, but happily my opponent suffered an immediate turn over after that :) )
Orcs: Do not go for the 4 Black Orcs at start, you will be facerolled because of these slow non-skilled monsters always being in the wrong place at the wrong time; instead go for more blitzers and rerolls, and for heavens sake include a gobbo in the line-up to give you some strategic depth (despite many "pros" suggesting that you should avoid gobbos (because they are so weak and puny) at start -> BAD ADVICE if you ask me) especially on the offence. The only TD scored against me was scored by a gobbo, they are *hard* to stop as a newbie team (no Tackle anywhere) and they'll cause constant headaches to the opponents. I mean the "Cage" tactics for orcs is soooo 90's and easy to stop before the ball ever crosses the midline if you know what you are doing :) A semi-cage is much better: Form up a normal cage minus a gobbo and a blitzer who you send down the other flank, keeping them out of tackle zones if possible (so that the opponent has to decide wether to blitz the flankers or the cage, and a gobbo can easily dodge out of any tackle zones while a blitzer has to have to players or he will simply knock the lone opponent senseless (unless it happens to be a blitzer too, of course).
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FUCKING ABOUT TIME!!!!!!
Got it!!!!
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FUCK YOU !?!?!?!?
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You are bound to get in soon!
(Hope so anyways :D)
Anyway, thanks for the heads up on the teams Swuul - much appreciated info there (been a very very long time since I did TT Bloodbowl, so so much to think on :D)
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I'm in too! :D
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5th Edition rule book - if you need a refresher to aid understanding a little;
http://odyssea.tisnov.cz/bloodbowl/LivingRulebook5.pdf
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My friends are starting to get their keys too, so obviosuly more are still sent :)
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All installed, but too tired to play atm.
I'll be working all weekend too, so god knows when I'll get around to trying the thing out... <sigh>
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seems you get a key to play for 2 weeks or so, as i installed today and can use till may 9th
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I hope to be available for my first game tonight :)
Look me up if you feel like trashing me - coach name is Gunnarr with my brand new human team Fessbinder's Flagellants! :P
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This is starting to look very nice. Hopefully the gameplay will be smooth.
Didn't see this until beta was closed... so meh.
If the game takes off, I hope GW will release a new range of mini's for the actual (by now) Specialist Blood Bowl table top game.
Yet boo to them for not including Halflings. Puggy's Porridge Legion for the win!
There's nothing better than hail marying Halflings into the end zone with your Treeman just to find out that they squish into pretty pink puddles on the grass. Good times.
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Btw, my coach name is Praedor and team is called Marienburg Marvels, please add me to your friends list :)
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So far I'm not the luckiest coach ;)
First game saw me down to 4 players at one point, with 2 permanent injuries, one of which was a -1 movement penalty to one of my catchers.
I hope it'll pick up later... :-\
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At least you didn't get 3 deaths in one game, like me ::)
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No, I got 1...forgot to mention that one :-X
Seriously, btw. >:(
And now it crashed me and won't let me connect . <cry>
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I hope you guys aren't playing the meat-sack tactics with humies against orcs. If you do, you will just get hurt. Remember you can dodge out, if the opponent can hit you with just a blitz, then the chances are high you won't suffer that hard :) It is a tactical game after all :) Sure, accidents happen, and anybody can be unlucky, but really, if you are down to four players on the field, then you have possibly not been playing in the most optimal way ;)
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I'll admit I probably wasn't playing great - hey, I haven't played Bloodbowl since 2nd edition! Give me a break! :P
Anyway, with around 60% failed armour checks I still blame bad luck, no matter how badly I played! :D
On a side note, anyone else getting "Error : Failed to establish connection" atm?
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So is this turn based? Or more realtime like a Fifa game?
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Turn based. It's an exact copy of the 5th edition boardgame.
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On a side note, anyone else getting "Error : Failed to establish connection" atm?
On and off, but then again that could be me and my shitty at times connection :)
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i saw something in the game somewhere mentioning turnbased turns were 4 minutes and real-time turns 5 minutes. dont know how this would work though
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Hehe, I had an evening of great fun, and unbelievable bad luck.
To Warcold: I looked like Marcel with his dwarf army I guess.
I found orcs easier to manage than a human team, at least the injuries stopped (well, excepting my single thrower, which kind of forced me into a running game after 3 turns....)
I even had a good first half going, knocking out 5 humies and it should have ended 1-1, would I not have had an unlucky turnover in the last turn, making halftime come just too early.
Then in the second half, I was merrily mopping up the remaining defense, so I could run my blitzer through, when:
- My troll, with assistance from another orc, lost a block to a lone human lineman, causing an immediate turnover
- Another 3 orcs got knocked down in the next turn, 2 of them in equal blocks
....So I ran my goblin through (Look at that cretin go! He dodges one, two....he's through...and into the endzone!)
- And tossed a medium pass to equalize (5+, but there wasn't a human player near enough to pick up the ball, so I didn't really care if it'd be a loose ball in/near their endzone instead)
.......And fumbled it.
I guess it was just one of these nights.
But it was fun! ;D
PS: On the connection thingie, resetting my modem helped for me.
PPS: Is the real-time thingie already in game? Haven't encountered the option yet.
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The connection problem happens. There were some rumours there is/was a bug by which scrupulous players can force the connection to the server to be "lost", ie they used it when losing. At least it did happen a lot more often last week, most of my games went un-recorded :(
The game is either a faithful LRB5 turn based game, or a "Blitz" mode. Blitz game is a bit like RTS games. Wether games are played as turn-based or blitz is set by the league GM, and the open league is turn-based. I can set up a blitz league if there is interest for testing it (I haven't seen it in action either), I think we should get four people in easily (from this forum and I'll mention it to my friends too).
BTW, don't block with ogres or trolls unless a possible turnover is something you can live with (and even then I try to get triple dice opportunities only :) ). I usually just let my Ogre stand there and look ugly and intimidating, and he draws attention; his team-mates love him for that :) The Bone-Head/Really Stupid skills together with Loner and no Block is not such a good combo :D
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Ok, created a Blitz league called "Marienburg Invitation Cup". Password is "handsofjustice" (without the "" of course :) ). Seems I can not take part in the cup myself, so please do comment how the blitz games feel like :)
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Wont let me apply for that league :(
On another note - jesus this game is fun, im still figuring it and my humie team is inured beyond belief :D
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Wont let me apply for that league :(
Hmmm... Perhaps it is not possible to play in blitz mode then yet. I couldn't enter either, but I thought it is because I am the league comissioner (which wouldn't make that much sense actually).
On another note - jesus this game is fun
I used to say back in them olden days Blood Bowl is the most fun a man can have with pants on, and sometimes even better than anything you could do without pants.
It is still true :)
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Perhaps try sending an email to that email adress they provide? That Jessica person that seems the Cyanide liaison promises she'll answer most questions about the game she receives on there......
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Praedor just gave me football lessons. :-[
0-2 to his humies, though one of his TDs was clearly a case of Cheating! A thrower with agi 4?! Rushing through a line of my best greenskins? Wots dat den?
Anyway, thanks for the advice and the fun game mate! And sorry about the half dozen injuries.... :-*
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Nice match Gunnarr :) Don't mind about the injuries, only one severe injury, a rookie blitzer got ST-1, so nothing too bad :)
I promised I'll write a few notes for you (and perhaps others who are interested) about how to use blitz as an efficient tool, and some set-ups too. Also, I think you need to practise your "cage" set-up a bit better, I'll write s a few notes of that too. Now I'll lauch PAINT and hone my aw3zum ::) computer painting skills, back in a moment :)
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Well, what the heck, there are some nice guides on the net too :) Check the different guides at http://www.blood-bowl.net/Tactics/BBTactics.html Btw, ignore the references to Fan Factor, FF was heavily "nerfed" for LRB5, so a starting FF of 3-4 is more than enough these days, and it usually means you'll get to buy an extra re-roll (then again, no point going over the top with rerolls, 3-4 is a good number IMO for a starting team, and more than 5 is certainly waste most of the time).
DEFENCE
Look at http://www.blood-bowl.net/Tactics/Orc_CarlBrown_WD175.htm
Check Diagram 3. It's the "classic" 3-4-3-1 defense vs humans, high elves and orcs. Also, you should, IMO, put on LoS (Line of Scrimmage) two black-orcs and the troll (as you have them :) ), and as shown in the diagram put the other two black orcs to guard the wide-zones (together with blitzers), and then have blitzers (plus one lineman) and the thrower in the centre.
However, I think you Gunnarr had a very nice set-up for the defence, just that you didn't mark my catcher properly (probably bwecause you were not aware you can move after you block with a blitz) and didn't notice my thrower has AGI 4 (and he rolled doubles after the game, so he has dodge too now; ie he is even more slinky now). I thus think your defence was pretty good.
OFFENSE
Again, look at http://www.blood-bowl.net/Tactics/Orc_CarlBrown_WD175.htm
Here you honestly did have some issues. In the above article, familiriase your self with "Da Stomp" and "Da Foola". Orcs have just two offensive plays in their playbooks, and you have to use them. Personally I favour "Da Foola", because goblins (with their Stunty) are very hard to stop. You *did* a pretty good job with crunching my players to the ground, but didn't capitalise on that, leaving the ball-carrier very alone to face my mean blitzers.
Ie, here comes the CAGE. The Cage, optimally if you ask me, require five players: four players placed on the corners next to the ball-carrier. The corners are important, because else a scrupulous bllitzer will run to that empty corner and knock your thrower senseless (one dice blocks are good vs throwers as they don't have block or dodge). Now, my awesome drawing skillzzzzz:
(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7379/cageb.jpg)
In the above diagram the cage (the ball-carrier is the red dot, the cage holders are the red circles) holds the corners around the ball-carrier. Nobody (except a wardancer, but there are no wood-elves at this stage of the test) can get to blitz your ball carrier without first having to make dodge roll with a hefty -3. Basically your ball-carrier is safe (except vs a deathroller, but there are no dwarfs at this phase of the test). If you however go with the cage as shown in the lower diagram, anybody can blitz your ball-carrier (as shown by the leet black arrows) from the corners; incidently this is exactly what did happen yesterday.
However, DO NOT go with the suggestion in the following article: http://www.blood-bowl.net/Tactics/offence_str.htm
You won't get anywhere, as the opposing team will each turn dodge one square back. There are 13 squares from the LoS to goal, and your thrower runs 5. It means you want make it in 8 turns (first turn you pick up the ball, second turn you run to the LoS, so you basically have just 6 turns to push through). An 8 or 9 player strong cage may sound awesome, but there really is nothing a 9 player cage can do better than a 5 player cage. Go out there and try to outflank, blitz through to get deeper, etc, while your cage slowly lumbers forwards. Then, on turn 7 or 8, you either are in a position to dash through with your ball-carrier, or able to pass (or hand-off!) to a waiting blitzer or goblin.
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Now for the more difficult part to explain. How to use Blitz efficiently.
First of all, unlike in 2nd edition rules (where everybody could run and block, just couldn't sprint before blocking) there is only one blitz per turn. It is usually something spectacular, even if it first wouldn't appear so.
There are, in my opinion, very few "valid" uses for blitz. If it is not one of the following, then you prolly are using it just to hammer opponents (which can be good in many situations, but not usually).
1) To down opponent ball-carrier
2) To down a potential scorer (read: Catcher waiting for the pass)
3) To open up a path to the opponent ball carrier (so that other team members can put tackle-zones on the ball-carrier)
4) To open up a path to "flood" through in an offensive situation (wood elves, skaven and lizardmen will use this a lot (and others too when they are in a hurry or when they have skilled ball-handlers on the field): when there are four catchers waiting for the pass to run in the goal, who will the opponent stop?)
5) To get out of a tackle-zone instead of dodging (usually the ball-carrier is the blitzing toon then, but it can be a toon assisting the ball-carrier, altough it can be a big and strong low-agility player wanting to get next to the ball-carrier, etc), ie the classic blitzer (altough anybody else can do it too) move: Get the ball, blitz through, score a touchdown, celebrate.
Basically, IMO, if you use blitz to anything else, it probably isn't the most optimal case. Then again, especially if defending against a lumbering cage, it can be advisable to blitz down their "point" man, just to slow down the cage from rolling on.
Hard to give any good examples, this is something experience teaches I believe. One example (I guess) would be when I last night had the ball with a lineman, and he was surrounded by 3 orcs. I brought in another lineman (to remove opponent assists), then did run with a blitzer to a position from where he could assist, then blitzed him with the ball carrier and waved goodbye to the orcs. I'll try to make a diagram (alert: leet drawing skillzzz!)
(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6861/blitzw.jpg)
In the above diagram the ball carrier (red dot) is surrounded by three opponent players (green dots). Not the best place to dodge out! Bring in two friendly players (marked with X), and blitz out (shown by the black arrows) without having to make a single dodge roll.
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End of beta next Sunday. Last days to check the game properly now :)
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Available for digital purchase on June 18th (same day will the French boxed edition be released in France), and Starforce will not be the DRM :)
Happy days, I will be back from my trip to Germany-Denmark-Sweden on June 17th :)
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Who else pre-ordered already? Game will be live on 26th :)
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its not on game or play or amazon and theres no way im paying £40 for a digital version
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Is there a demo or something?? So I can try it out?
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Boxed version comes out in September, when it will be available from Steam etc too. Unless you are French or German of course, they get the boxed versions now, rest of the world have to do with the digital download.
50 euros is pretty much, but I believe I will be playing BB *lots*. Besides, it is BB, so who cares what it does cost :D
I don't know about demos, I guess there will be one, at least eventually.
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...and only being able to download it once, then having to save it to flash drive etc isnt digital distribution especially not at the price more than what i pay for any physical copy ive evr bought for my pc.
ill wait until it comes to steam or retail thank :)
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Im not getting this yet, but it is on my list to get before the end of the summer :)
I want a manual for it either way!
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Missing out on possible cool extras included in the box would be a pity. And 50 euro is kind of harsh for a digital download.
I think I'll wait until september for the box.
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Downloaded the game, all set for the launch tomorrow :)
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The game is absolutely fabulous. It's all I did hope it to be :)
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i succumbed in a moment of weakness, damn my game addiction and it is sweeet
reports of it overheating comps though according to whiners on forum :)
1 game i had my dorf team vs another dorf team no one could pick up ball ,stupid dorfs, so it turned into a slugfest around the ball with a war of attrition as half of each team was laid out on the ground for a full half :D
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/me resisting urges.
I really wants it in a box, but.... :S
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I'm sticking to my guns. With a game like this i dont want to rely on just a down load. I WANT IT ALL!!!
hence, as much as it pains me i shall wait for the box release. >:(
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My coach name is Swuul (didn't let me register Praedor again, prolly because I used it in beta?), please add me to your friends list :)
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My coach name is Swuul (didn't let me register Praedor again, prolly because I used it in beta?), please add me to your friends list :)
still not setup a mulltiplayer account yet getting to grips with the game as its been about 15 years since i last played the board game :)
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I'll be setting up a private league during next weekend or so with people from Pdox servers. There will be people who have been in WAR with HoJ, so might be an idea to join forces :) I thought about a league for 8 teams for a start, should be over fast even if things do not go too stellar (with two divisions of 4 teams in each and 1 league match per week, the preliminary round will be over in three weeks and then the play-offs).
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stop tempting me gods damn it!
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stop tempting me gods damn it!
You know it is what you want, and you know it is what you need. Resistance is futile. Feel the power of the dark side.
:D
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I'll be setting up a private league during next weekend or so with people from Pdox servers. There will be people who have been in WAR with HoJ, so might be an idea to join forces :) I thought about a league for 8 teams for a start, should be over fast even if things do not go too stellar (with two divisions of 4 teams in each and 1 league match per week, the preliminary round will be over in three weeks and then the play-offs).
Admin please delete the above post. This is a blatant attempt to get those of us who are awaiting the boxed version to go out and buy the download version. Its not big and its not clever..... but i soooooooooo want this bloody game :P
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I'll be setting up a private league during next weekend or so with people from Pdox servers. There will be people who have been in WAR with HoJ, so might be an idea to join forces :) I thought about a league for 8 teams for a start, should be over fast even if things do not go too stellar (with two divisions of 4 teams in each and 1 league match per week, the preliminary round will be over in three weeks and then the play-offs).
Admin please delete the above post. This is a blatant attempt to get those of us who are awaiting the boxed version to go out and buy the download version. Its not big and its not clever..... but i soooooooooo want this bloody game :P
It was meant for Caradir's eyes only. Please Mac and Mangala ignore the post, it will just cause you emotional stress (and I would not want that, not cool when people get stressed beacuse of me :( ) knowing others are having a blast playing the greatest computer game released this millenia.
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Admin please delete the above post. This is a blatant attempt to get those of us who are awaiting the boxed version to go out and buy the download version. Its not big and its not clever..... but i soooooooooo want this bloody game :P
Asmuch as i was in your camp Mac im weak and have a huge game addiction so i did what i didnt want to do and downloaded it and burned to DVD to keep safe, and the price for a digital copy did put me off.... but do i regret it ? not one bit it is Bloodbowl the board game indigital format it is nothing less nothing more than awesome and huge fun :) and at the price cheaper than buying the board game and the miniatures :)
now an update on my most brutal game my Orcsies pummeled a Skaven team into obliteration 3 deaths,4 injuries, 2 KO :) 2 little skaven running around trying to stop my team -1 who got injured by a lucky blow from a gutter runner.
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A couple reviews
http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11143
http://sarcasticgamer.com/wp/index.php/2009/06/sg-review-blood-bowl-pc.html
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It was meant for Caradir's eyes only. Please Mac and Mangala ignore the post, it will just cause you emotional stress (and I would not want that, not cool when people get stressed beacuse of me Sad ) knowing others are having a blast playing the greatest computer game released this millenia.
Swuul always looked so innocent to me. I should rethink if I am fit to be a psychologist, cause how wrong I was! Swuul is a devious being!!!
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It was meant for Caradir's eyes only. Please Mac and Mangala ignore the post, it will just cause you emotional stress (and I would not want that, not cool when people get stressed beacuse of me Sad ) knowing others are having a blast playing the greatest computer game released this millenia.
Swuul always looked so innocent to me. I should rethink if I am fit to be a psychologist, cause how wrong I was! Swuul is a devious being!!!
He is a finn afterall ;)
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Another one bites the dust! Peo joined the ranks :)
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Another one bites the dust! Peo joined the ranks :)
Sush :(
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I'm not budging either, Mang :) /pat on back.
A guy has to have some at least one principles! (Also, until I fixed the mess they made with my check from work this month I don't have the money to spare anyway... :P)
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I think I'm going to buckle this weekend.
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I buckled.
Got email with keys. No email with download link. </3
Thank the lord for Pirate Bay. At least I can download the game there. Which is quite sad.
Why did I buckle.
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Because you like buckles? :-*
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I buckled.
Got email with keys. No email with download link. </3
Thank the lord for Pirate Bay. At least I can download the game there. Which is quite sad.
Why did I buckle.
IIRC the download wasn't in a link but directly after you bought it from them the page with downloads popped up. At least for me, it did take around 10h though to download.
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there was a button to access downloads from purchase email for me ;)
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/me stands firm.
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fold you know you are weak and want to :D
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I cannot spot a download link or button in any of the two emails for the life of me.
Didn't see one at the post-purchase screen either.
Pirate Bay going alright. 71% after 4 hours. Slowed down a bit now.
Piss poor usability tbh. Just stick a download button on the website. Apparently no one has been able to crack the game anyway.
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(http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/43399/2073177310103493491S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2073177310103493491cDjhQi)
just to show i didnt make it up ;)
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I had a similar post as Caradir, in fact had two of those so far (bought another copy for my son this week...).
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Oh load of bollocks. Images weren't being displayed and that download button was not clickable and did not show a red x.
Balls. =(
Anyhoo, Go Pirate Bay. 6 hour download. <3
And I just found out that the pc boxed game is already available in Dutch stores. Crapsticks.
Game is well hard against medium AI. =S
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ooOoOOo nice, didn't notice it was in stores already!
Guess I'll run by Dynabyte tomorrow, they have it at 45E and offer a 10% discount on games on top iirc. :)
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Kudos where kudos is deserved, they answered my support email during the weekend at 8:20am this morning.
Hoping to get in a couple of games against the AI to find a team that suits my playing style. I hoped it would be dwarfs (<3), but they can't pass a ball if their beards depended on it. And the death roller gets sent off if you use it. Bollocks. Wood Elves add more drama to the game than Ronaldo. So I'm currently trying Lizardmen... but I seem to remember they're a bit overpowered. Even though medium AI still whoops my ass.
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Lizardmen... but I seem to remember they're a bit overpowered. Even though medium AI still whoops my ass.
True, they are overpowered in the category "Sucks donkeyballs" ;D
Early on (until TR 1300 or so) the strongest team is Dwarf by far, then the woodies become the strong team (unless the coach insists on hoarding all SPP to the wardancers and cathcers) around TR 1400-2000 until finally the reign of Chaos starts at Team ratings above 2100 or so. "Strong" used as in "winning the most games".
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Hurray, just won my first game with Lizardmen against AI... I think I like them best. <3
Can't seem to create my multiplayer team though. The whole interface is stupendously slow and I can never connect to the server to save the team.
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Bah. Forgot to pick it up today.
O well, there's always tomorrow. I haven't finished Dawn of War yet, anyway. ;)
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Blood Bowl does seem to be bloody entertaining.
Mortally wounding Skaven doesn't seem to get boring. Ever!
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Blood Bowl does seem to be bloody entertaining.
Mortally wounding Skaven doesn't seem to get boring. Ever!
tell me about it, 1 game with my orcs i left skaven with 3 on the field others dead or wounded :) was fun
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I got them down to 4 earlier this evening. =D
They are such feeble creatures. In single player my kroxigor can now use his st instead of ag when dodging, which is awesome. Still not managed to make an online team. Pewp!
Seemingly the gf is pissed off again anyway because I spent my afternoon playing BB. So maybe it's better that my online team isn't around yet. =P
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(http://www.funnycatpix.com/_pics/lala_cant_hear_you_cat.jpg)
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I gots me a box!
(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/2512/dsc00054bzw.jpg)
And for 40 Euro too! /smug.
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I gots me a box!
(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/2512/dsc00054bzw.jpg)
And for 40 Euro too! /smug.
No special box?
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It's made of Astrogranite™, according to the flyer inside!
(Actually, no. Seems like it's being released as a budget title for non-budget money either way. No collector's editions that I could find. Guess the release is being done the French way ("Met de franse slag" as we say in NL - meaning quickly tossed together, and not very well done...like the European WAR release for example) :P
Edit: But at -10 euro, I won't complain about just getting a cd and a booklet in a plastic folder....
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Ok....I just lost the final of my first tournament in singleplayer to a dwarf team - due to a long bomb in the last minute :o
The game is still unfair!
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Nuffle loves spectacular plays.
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Ok....I just lost the final of my first tournament in singleplayer to a dwarf team - due to a long bomb in the last minute :o
The game is still unfair!
having won in the last turn due to a spectacular throw on my Ork team i have no sympathy :) even teams that suxxor at throwing can still pull it off when really needed ;)
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And I already suffered two interceptions on my wood elves (Team name: "Darn Hippies")
Damn you, Nuffle. Damn you!
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Btw, please add me to your friends list: Swuul
If you use the stone-age commucation method called "IRC", I hang out in:
Server: Random Quakenet (UK)
Channel: BBowl
In theory there should be many people interested in BB, in praxis there are usually me, myself and I :P
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Blood Bowl (and DUNGEON Bowl :D) was always one of the most awesome but least played games at our old gaming club. Such a shame. Now you can play it with the world and don't even have to worry about your models' paint chipping. :)
This whole connection issue is driving me insane though. Zone Alarm is wide open for Blood Bowl and the two required router ports are forwarded.
I've now written a rather lengthy email to support@bloodbowl-game.com, including a dxdiag and all four log files they ask you to send when you have technical issues. I hope to hear from them soon.
Taking the router out of the equasion seems to help somewhat. I actually succeeded in saving my team once out of five tries, and I was able to chat in the public chat box. I could also finally see people in my friends list, Swuul included. But I still keep losing connection with pretty much everything I do. So the router definitely isn't at the root of the problems.
Fingers crossed. =(
PS: Is there room for a 'Blood Bowl' field in our profile information? =P
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PS: Is there room for a 'Blood Bowl' field in our profile information? =P
I think the chances are pretty low for that as long as a certain forum admin goes "lalalalalalaIcanthearyou" in this thread ;)
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Teeheehee. :D
He'll join the Dark side soon enough.
Especially as there is no collector's edition.
And he cannot help but acknowledge that itchy, tingly feeling he gets in his fingers.
Every time he lies awake at night thinking about us playing Blood Bowl.
Having the time of our lives (connection issues not included).
Beating up elves and skaven. Wreaking bloody havoc.
Kicking players into the crowds just to have them pummeled to death.
Oh yes... he will fold.
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PS: Is there room for a 'Blood Bowl' field in our profile information? =P
Done :)
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PS: Is there room for a 'Blood Bowl' field in our profile information? =P
Done :)
Thanks, my details updated :)
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Awesome boss.
Now I can add text under my avatar as well zo/
Once again Focus customer service replied relatively quickly.
The advice was to update my graphics and audio drivers.
I'll give it a go, but I fail to see how it's related to connection problems. However, you never know.
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New patch should fix some/many of the connection issues.
PROBLEMS FIXED BY 1.0.1.6 PATCH:
- Fixed cases of match save corruptions, players should now be able to recover most of previously not working match saves
- Improved the multiplayer invitation system in order to help players with port issues
- Journeymen and mercenaries will not lose their Loner Skill anymore when loading a saved match
- Fixed rare cases where the AI could launch the ball more than once in the same turn
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It doesn't for me.
I've updated my video and audio drivers as they suggested, even though I don't see the connection (Get it? Connection?! Oh dear).
Problems remain. And now I have the added bonus of getting a connection error as soon as I even try to login as a coach.
I've asked them for other solutions or a refund. I have little faith they'll ever give into the latter.
Apparently a friend of one of my friends has the same issue and it's driving him insane as well.
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It doesn't for me.
I've updated my video and audio drivers as they suggested, even though I don't see the connection (Get it? Connection?! Oh dear).
Problems remain. And now I have the added bonus of getting a connection error as soon as I even try to login as a coach.
I've asked them for other solutions or a refund. I have little faith they'll ever give into the latter.
Apparently a friend of one of my friends has the same issue and it's driving him insane as well.
Blame Holland. Gunnar had (I think) similar issues with Lotro and connection :D
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Started a claim through PayPal after reading the Blood Bowl forums and seeing countless others with the same issues.
Can't be bothered with this type of thing. Although I doubt PayPal will lift a finger for such a small amount of money.
If I can get my money back, wehey. If I can't, I'll just resort to angry blog posts instead.
If they provide me with a solution I'll just resort to being happy instead.
Started out great, but turned into a shitpile.
[update]
Hello,
Thank you very much for these informations which were forwarded to the developers.
Currently Cyanide works on a new update.
Best Regards,
Technical Support
Focus Home Interactive
In other words: thanks for your money.
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I two hours yesterday evening trying to help my friend solve his connection problems; he was not able to log on to the MP lobby except occasionally.
I asked him several times to deinstall the game from /Program Files, and reinstall to for example c:/Games/BB
Finally he did that, and the game started to work like a charm. Seems like Vista (64 bit) messes up the game installation real good if it's installed to /Program Files. Although his firewall settings were a bit too draconian too, he got absolutely nowhere until his fire-wall settings were toned down a bit.
Personally I've had zero techical problems with the game. For my sons computer the firewall settings had to be changed a bit, took maybe five minutes to fix.
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I two hours yesterday evening trying to help my friend solve his connection problems; he was not able to log on to the MP lobby except occasionally.
I asked him several times to deinstall the game from /Program Files, and reinstall to for example c:/Games/BB
Finally he did that, and the game started to work like a charm. Seems like Vista (64 bit) messes up the game installation real good if it's installed to /Program Files. Although his firewall settings were a bit too draconian too, he got absolutely nowhere until his fire-wall settings were toned down a bit.
Personally I've had zero techical problems with the game. For my sons computer the firewall settings had to be changed a bit, took maybe five minutes to fix.
personally i NEVER install games to my windows partition which is just as well seeing as im currently having windows issues and wont have to reinstall everything :)
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Apart from the fact that I despise the creators for not solving the obvious multiplayer connection issues too many people are having...
Just had the most awesome game in a single player semi-final against Skaven. Won 4-2. 1 Skaven dead and 5 badly hurt. 2 Dead on my team, 1 merc and 1 lvl 2 skink. Ridiculously fast paced game and admittedly quite thrilling, as most of the time Skaven score out of nowhere.
At the end of the match my Kroxigor and two saurus dudes levelled, so now I have 5 saurus with Block.
I still hate them for not being able to play online though. :P
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Box is out in 7 days:
http://www.game.co.uk/PC/Sport/AmericanFootball/~r343232/Blood-Bowl/
I may finally cave (but lol at games choice of genre!)...
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Hehe! Blood Bowl is your typical average PC/Sports/American Football -game :D
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Hehe! Blood Bowl is your typical average PC/Sports/American Football -game :D
Personally i'd list it under Rugby :)
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Hehe! Blood Bowl is your typical average PC/Sports/American Football -game :D
Personally i'd list it under Rugby :)
Well, I might have opted to list it under fantasy tactical games, if there is such a classification :)
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turn based strategy?
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turn based strategy?
now we are back to NFL :)
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Hehe! Blood Bowl is your typical average PC/Sports/American Football -game :D
Personally i'd list it under Rugby :)
Not really violent enough to be called Rugby (well maybe Union)
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So.. Dark Elves are playable now.
http://bloodbowl-game.com/index.php?rub=news-info&id=118
Big whoop. Does anyone know if everyone can actually play online in multiplayer now, or have they still not fixed the issue.
I just ran the game and all it said was that my version of the game isn't supported. No auto update?
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I hereby resurrect this thread from the land of dewmcakes!
I wanted to reinstall Blood Bowl. I'm actually selling off my GW stuff at the moment and I'm also getting a new pc (for real this time. Honest!). Anyhooples, now Blood Bowl won't even run on my old laptop. The gf and her sister who's living with us since a few days ago were out and I installed Blood Bowl on the gf's pc. Had an awesome sauce sp match that I wanted to share:
Last man/Dark Elf standing, my skinky going for the 4th touchdown.
(http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn206/Satellietpiet/Goatboy/BloodBowl_001.jpg)
Poor elfy in his final turn. I tried to kill him as well, but alas. He ended up on his tummy.
(http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn206/Satellietpiet/Goatboy/BloodBowl_004.jpg)
Match stats
(http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn206/Satellietpiet/Goatboy/BloodBowl_006.jpg)
Does anyone still play? Hopefully I'll finally be able to get online this time around. Different pc, different internet provider and no more separate router.
Prepare for Team Taco! For I will be back with some i7 processing, 6gb mem, 2gb vid mem and 2tb drive space powarrrrr in approx 1,5 week!
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In the league with my friends we have summer break for July and August. So next season will begin in September. So to answer your question, yes I still play, but not right now.
Of course also eagerly waiting for the new Blood Bowl which will have all the teams in it :)
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Halflings FTW!
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In the league with my friends we have summer break for July and August. So next season will begin in September. So to answer your question, yes I still play, but not right now.
Of course also eagerly waiting for the new Blood Bowl which will have all the teams in it :)
I take it that its a version of the game with extra bells and whistles?
if so I'll probably it up :)
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It's got the teams in there that are currently missing: http://www.bloodbowl-game.com/index.php?rub=races-comingsoon.
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Trailer for the Legendary Edition:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-legendary-blood-bowl/705514
BB:LE is supposed to be released this month, October 28th :)
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It'd be awesome to start a little HOJ league! HAven't gotten around to playing online yet, even though I seem to be able to now.
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It'd be awesome to start a little HOJ league! HAven't gotten around to playing online yet, even though I seem to be able to now.
I'd be willing to join that :) If it is possible to admin more than one leage in LE then I can admin it too, if it is just one admined league per player as has been so far, then I will not be able to do that (as I am admining the league I have going on with my friends).
If you want to try out the online game, then lets settle for a date and time, and lets have a practise game; at least you will find out if your firewall and router settings allow you to play BB online :)
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Now? :P
Shame to see they seem to have turned Halflings into a bunch of useless turds. They can dodge and pass like a mofo in the boardgame. :(
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Now? :P
I am at work now, and I have a game scheduled for when I get home. How about later in the afternoon, like 17 CET?
Shame to see they seem to have turned Halflings into a bunch of useless turds. They can dodge and pass like a mofo in the boardgame. :(
As far as I can see the halflings (as well all the other races too; which btw sucks, I personally believe human catchers should have STR 3 and humie blitzers should have access to agility skills too -> humans are supposed to be the best Blood Bowl race because of their adaptivity, but in reality they suck so hard it hurts because they are not strong enough nor agile enough) are exactly like they are in the latest board-game rules, so no difference there.
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I'm on cooking detail tonight, but thanks. :)
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Those who did pre-order the Legendary Edition from Cyanide before October 20th got to download the game yesterday for Single Player gaming. The Internet gameservers are down for a week except for beta testing (betas and those who pre-ordered from Cyanide may participiate in the beta MP testing).
I played yesterday a Single Player game, and checked out the MP lobby interface.
Short review:
It is awesome :)
A bit longer review:
The main screen is clear now. You can check from options which skills you want to always be automatically used (like for example, you will always want to use Accurate even though it is according to the rule-books voluntary), which skills you want to manually choose (like for example Grab) and which skills you never want to use (can't think of any); the skills which you always have to use (like Frenzy or Bonehead) can't be toggled, just those which are according to the rulebook you may choose to use. All the skills of LRB6 are in the game now, which is a mega-improvement over the older version.
I played one game in SP yesterday with a Nurgle team, and I didn't notice any bugs. The missing features (Bloodweiser Babes, weather, missing skills and players (like Goblin bombardier)) are in now. The game uses LRB6 rules now which nerfs dwarfs and wood elves, but on the other hand makes passing game more lucrative (especially for AGI3 teams; a definitive boost to Humans and somewhat of a boost for Orcs, Skaven, Norse and Amazons). Compared to the older computer version of BB teams like Chaos and Dwarves will have a much more harder time, because there are now even harder hitting teams around (but Ogres, Nurgle and the various undead teams are really slow and bad with the ball, so against more agile and faster teams they suck).
In MP lobby the interface is much improved. You don't have to be French to understand the logic, things are obvious now. The first humongous improvement hits the face when you log in to the game servers: The game now remembers your login and password, *and* Enter works (so you do not have to attempt to click that miniscule OK button anymore)! In the lobby chat rolls in a separate window, friends & coaches are in another window, while you can check out teams, leagues, mail etc in a third window: All three windows are viewable at the same time now!
In all, I was pleasently suprised :) Cyanide has a history of making wonderful things with some mega-annoying quirks. I didn't stumble on such quirks now (of course, in the game the same logic as before is in effect, but that is fine now -> for example would hate to re-learn how to move in the game now that the movement system in the game is fianlly a spinal activity for me :) ).
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Tempted by this as its the one with all the extra races and so on isnt it, so apart from dlc or expacs id have te whole thing... And knowing a few people here own it, could be a laugh to play together/against each other.
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Poo! Forgot all about this. No Lego Universe this month then. :'(
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http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/16586649/Blood-Bowl-Legendary-Edition/Product.html
I have ordered it given its sooooooo damn cheap.
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Thanks for posting that link! Ordering BBLE and Lego Universe!
Damn those Play bastards... their euro prices aren't what they used to be. :(
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Excellent! Lets get some games going once I am back from reservist training* :)
*Yeah, I still got a call in to training, although because I am over 40 I wouldn't have to go if I didn't want to. Then again, I am possibly quite a freak because I actually like being called to reservist trainings. It's so completely different from what I do otherwise, it's basically one week vacation :)
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Excellent! Lets get some games going once I am back from reservist training* :)
*Yeah, I still got a call in to training, although because I am over 40 I wouldn't have to go if I didn't want to. Then again, I am possibly quite a freak because I actually like being called to reservist trainings. It's so completely different from what I do otherwise, it's basically one week vacation :)
+ male TLC ofc
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Got this now!