Posted May 22, 2013

iippo
Slave of economy
Registered: Dec 2008
From Finland

Rodzaju
Official Bastard
Registered: Jan 2010
From United Kingdom

chaos_panda
New User
Registered: May 2013
From Germany
Posted May 22, 2013
it is a bit annoying to get butt kicked by mummies or tomb guardians every time... don't know, but those guys are just pain in the ass. :(

Rodzaju
Official Bastard
Registered: Jan 2010
From United Kingdom

Moggrym
Loves_GOG
Registered: May 2009
From Belgium
Posted May 22, 2013
A remark : holiday season is coming up. Some people might go on holiday for a (few) weeks without possibility to play. I, for example, won't be able to play at least one week. I'd love to sign up for another season, but I know it would be impossible to play each match. How will this be handled ?

Piranjade
*twirls*
Registered: Jun 2012
From Germany

iippo
Slave of economy
Registered: Dec 2008
From Finland
Posted May 22, 2013


I would guess a no-show is a no-show regardless whether you overslept or are on holidays.
I don't see another way of handling it sadly. Or do you have any ideas? What do others think?
I think people understand.

E_A
Ecstatic
Registered: Jun 2012
From Germany
Posted May 23, 2013
Hopefully playing Hawk shortly if anybody wants to spectate :-).

Hawk52
New User
Registered: May 2010
From United States
Posted May 23, 2013
EA's Khorne Konstellation 2, Blackrock Berserkers 0.
I'm now on a 0-3-1 losing streak, which if this was the UFC would result in my being fired. Wasn't tired either, so that's not an excuse. I had no answer for his combination of throwing cultist and catching demon which netted him his two goals. Overall it was a pretty physical fight, but didn't go in my favor as much as you'd think.
I do need to say: The game not showing you that your blitz will be a GFI is *bullcrap*. I rarely rage at games, I may get discouraged and quit playing, but this was suuuuuuch BS. I had a dwarf blitz, which if it worked, would have probably given me back ball control and allowed me to score. But his blitz was a GFI square, which the game did not display, resulting in him missing his roll and falling flat on his ass. EA got the ball, then three turns later (thanks to a pass) scored.
I didn't need to be that aggressive. I could have waited. The ball was literally two squares from his endzone. But how can I make good, sound strategic decisions IF THE GAME DOESN'T TELL ME INFORMATION?!
I compared it to playing Civilization, and right in the middle of a war or battle, it takes away all your relevant information on army strengths. How can you know what to do!?!
From then on, I did everything I possibly could to keep it from being a 3-0 game. I succeeded, and managed to un-rage myself, but damn.
I'm now on a 0-3-1 losing streak, which if this was the UFC would result in my being fired. Wasn't tired either, so that's not an excuse. I had no answer for his combination of throwing cultist and catching demon which netted him his two goals. Overall it was a pretty physical fight, but didn't go in my favor as much as you'd think.
I do need to say: The game not showing you that your blitz will be a GFI is *bullcrap*. I rarely rage at games, I may get discouraged and quit playing, but this was suuuuuuch BS. I had a dwarf blitz, which if it worked, would have probably given me back ball control and allowed me to score. But his blitz was a GFI square, which the game did not display, resulting in him missing his roll and falling flat on his ass. EA got the ball, then three turns later (thanks to a pass) scored.
I didn't need to be that aggressive. I could have waited. The ball was literally two squares from his endzone. But how can I make good, sound strategic decisions IF THE GAME DOESN'T TELL ME INFORMATION?!
I compared it to playing Civilization, and right in the middle of a war or battle, it takes away all your relevant information on army strengths. How can you know what to do!?!
From then on, I did everything I possibly could to keep it from being a 3-0 game. I succeeded, and managed to un-rage myself, but damn.

E_A
Ecstatic
Registered: Jun 2012
From Germany
Posted May 23, 2013
I would also like to mention his heroic hobgoblin who managed, unassisted, to prevent me from scoring that third TD. Well played splay-footed hero!
Much more comfortable with the team since I can pass. My elf upbringing is showing I'm afraid... :-)
Replay: http://sdrv.ms/12YDNT1
Much more comfortable with the team since I can pass. My elf upbringing is showing I'm afraid... :-)
Replay: http://sdrv.ms/12YDNT1
Post edited May 23, 2013 by E_A

Rodzaju
Official Bastard
Registered: Jan 2010
From United Kingdom
Posted May 23, 2013

Look at the ring of squares around your player.
XXX
XPX
XXO
You are P
Your target is O
If the X squares are GFI squares, then you will need to GFI to blitz O.
As far as the game is concerned, you are trying to move into that square.

E_A
Ecstatic
Registered: Jun 2012
From Germany
Posted May 23, 2013
Yeah. But the problem is that unless you automatically count squares because you come from the tabletop side of things you won't know that since the target square is not marked clearly with the yellow danger symbol. There should be some display icon in the block symbol IMHO.
It can be deducted from the surrounding squares, but only if you're aware of the problem.
It can be deducted from the surrounding squares, but only if you're aware of the problem.
Post edited May 23, 2013 by E_A

Hawk52
New User
Registered: May 2010
From United States
Posted May 23, 2013


Look at the ring of squares around your player.
XXX
XPX
XXO
You are P
Your target is O
If the X squares are GFI squares, then you will need to GFI to blitz O.
As far as the game is concerned, you are trying to move into that square.
Edit: Further, even if I HAD been forced to move into that square *after* the blitz, things would have been fine. But I did the GFI roll before I got my blitz action. If the order is reversed, I'm confused but I'm not raging about it.
If the square under him had changed colors, or I don't know, maybe programmed in a friggin pop up going "Hey, dumbass, wanna go for it?" I'd have figured it out. I am very careful about GFI's, if there was any kind of indication I wouldn't have done it.
Post edited May 23, 2013 by Hawk52

Psyringe
Vagabond
Registered: Sep 2011
From Germany
Posted May 23, 2013
I remember making the same mistake when I started playing Blood Bowl. I didn't have any background from playing the board game either, and it's one of the many little idiosyncrasies in the interface. Once you've run into it, you know how to prevent it in the future, but without prior playing experience, you probably _have to_ run into it to notice it.

Hawk52
New User
Registered: May 2010
From United States
Posted May 23, 2013

This one just stings, given the situation. EA would have still won since I couldn't stop his passes, but I'd have atleast made a better show of it.