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Post subject: Spike! Magazine Showdown
 Posted: Jun 13, 2016 - 01:25 PM
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Hi gang!
It's Online NAF Blood Bowl time again! The Spike! Magazine Showdown will begin in two weeks on June 27th. Be a part of Canadian BB action!
Spike! Magazine Showdown
Our third online NAF tournament of 2016 will see us partner with the Canadian NAF Major tournament, the Spike! Magazine BB Championship! This post should point you toward everything you need to know to enter the Spike! Magazine Showdown (SMS), and compete to win physical, Spike! themed prizes.
The Spike! Magazine BB Championship is one of the five yearly NAF Major tournaments. It is held in British Columbia, Canada. This year, the Spike! will be held over the weekend of August 26th / 27th, and will use the much heralded Ironmanj ruleset! The Spike! is held in a beautiful part of Canada, and Steve and the Thunderbowl team put on a superb show. A trip out to BC is more than deserving of your holiday time! Further details can be found at the Spike! website, here. Sign up NOW!
The full rulespack is available here, here and here. Check out the full rulespack for the funky Spike! poster I'm not allowed to reproduce here. 
Teams should be created using this link, and coaches wishing to play in European timezones should apply here, North American timezones here, and Oceanic timezones here.
Cheers!
Phil / Goo.
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Rulespack Summary
- Individual, non-progression Blood Bowl!
- Team treasury: 1.20 M gold. All inducements are permitted except Special Play Cards, Mercenaries and Team Wizards. Teams must hire 11 rostered players before adding Star Player
- Format: 6 games of Swiss in approximately 30 team groups formed according to timezone preference (Europe, America, Oceania)
- Weekly rounds
- Skill package 2 double skills, 4 normal, all available before game 1
Very Generous Spike! Prize Support
- The winner of the SMS will receive a free ticket to the Spike! Magazine BB Championship, BC, Canada, worth $50
- In the event the winner cannot attend the Spike!, the prize will be offered to the winner of the North American timezone group (should he not win the playoff). This prize is now available in perpetuity. The winner may cash in any year!
- One coach using a tier 2 or 3 team that has completed all 6 games will be randomly chosen to receive Spike! themed prizes
- The winner of the Stunty Cup will also receive a Spike! themed prize
Application Help
I will accept applications to the group every 48 h. Every tournament, someone misses out on joining us. Don't let that be you! apply, then check the group 48 h later. If you're not there, try again! |
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Post subject: RE: Spike! Magazine Showdown
Posted: Jun 14, 2016 - 01:37 PM
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STOP PRESS! 14th June Update:
As of June 14th, the team treasury has been modified to 1.2 M gold to more closely match the TT Spike! ruleset, and the free ticket prize is now available in perpetuity. The winner may cash in any year! Thanks to the Spike! crew for their generosity. |
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Post subject: RE: Spike! Magazine Showdown
Posted: Jun 20, 2016 - 11:20 AM
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There is a week remaining to apply for the Spike! Magazine Showdown (SMS), for details, please see above.
As we ramp up the hype train, please be advised that I will be checking submitted rosters this Wednesday (22nd) evening and making sure submissions to date are legal. Then, I am away from the Internet Friday - Sunday (24th - 26th) inclusive. All this means that if you want to be sure that your application is accepted and is correct, do it ASAP. If you leave it until the weekend and I only catch an issue on Monday evening, you may not get time to fix it before we kick off.
I've just accepted all outstanding applications to the group, so if you think you've applied, you should see yourself there. Please check!
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Post subject: RE: Spike! Magazine Showdown
Posted: Jun 22, 2016 - 12:58 PM
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Cripes, there is a lot going on right now. Football (/ soccer), summer holidays, more exciting new rosters than you can shake a stick at (check FUMBBL out for exciting developments in the world of roster customisation!). But don't forget that the Spike! Magazine Showdown kicks off this Monday at 21:00 UK time. You have until then to apply your team. Don't forget!
I have accepted all previously applied teams to the group and done some checking. All looks well. Come, join us! 
I'm offline Friday - Sunday inclusive. If you have a question or would like to ensure you've applied correctly by getting your team in before my last acceptance round before the weekend (Friday very early indeed), get going!
Cheers,
Goo. |
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Post subject: RE: Spike! Magazine Showdown
Posted: Jun 23, 2016 - 10:36 PM
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Post subject: RE: Spike! Magazine Showdown
Posted: Jun 27, 2016 - 02:16 PM
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Hi gang!
Three good looking groups contesting the Spike! Magazine Showdown are GO! Please check out the group page for those exciting matchups, and specate at will! If you're wondering how, ask!
Cheers,
Phil / Goo. |
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Post subject: RE: Spike! Magazine Showdown
Posted: Aug 08, 2016 - 02:15 PM
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Hi all.
Please find below our final group PM. The group stage of the Spike! Magazine Showdown has come to an end, and we're moving into the playoff phase. I'll edit the below with the lucky lottery winner tomorrow. Please come join us for the exciting playoffs, I hope kick off times will be posted in the FUMBBL forum!
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Hi gang!
The group stages of the Spike! Magazine Showdown are drawing to a close. In Europe we have completed play bar one or two button presses, and in North America there are a few games to tidy up as we approach the NA deadline. All three groups have been hotly contested, and we're now moving into the prize giving and playoff phase.
Firstly, we are due to select our lucky lottery winner. Ghorgrix has been chosen at random to receive Spike! Themed prizes. He coached Khemri, and as such was eligible to win the draw. Grats!
Next - the Stunty Cup, a competition that also features a Spike! themed physical prize. This will be contested between two European coaches. Topper did an amazing job (the best of the whole group stage?), finishing 3/2/1 with Ogres in European Group 1. He was narrowly pipped to a place in the main playoffs at the very last, what a performance! He will face BadPublicity's Goblins following their more than respectable 3/1/2, also in European Group 1.
Now for the playoffs! We still have some results to come in from NA, but I believe it is impossible for the remaining games to effect the maths that has decided our playoff contenders. I'll check the below again tomorrow morning, but I think it's right!  A recap of the format this time; the group winners advance to the final four, and they will be joined by the winner of a fourway between the three second placed teams and the best third place. Tiebreakers are racial tier, opponent record then net TD + net CAS. There were two extremely tight groups that went to opponent record, and the best placed third team also required an abacus (as well as all my fingers and toes) to determine. Those results were:
NA Group: Winner: keggiemckill (Khemri - best racial tier), 9 pts. Second: dashergeaux (Wood Elf - opponent record, from lordchaos and possibly spinball, sixth result pending), 9 pts.
European Group 1: Winner: Elyoukey (Undead), 11 pts. Second: sann0638, 9 pts.
European Group 2: Winner: Endzone (Norse), 10 pts. Second Jokaero (Chaos Dwarves - opponent record, from Nobbeat and KFoged), 9 pts. This was one stacked group! One of Jokaero's opponents was inactive throughout, so his 'sixth score' was taken to be the mean of the record of his other five opponents. Nobbeat was calcuated as the best third placed coach, from Kfoged, lordchaos and possibly spinball. Again - I will check this result tomorrow when all North American results are in.
So, there we have it! The final four will be keggiemckill, Elyoukey, Endzone and one of dashergeaux, sann0638, Jokaero and Nobbeat. The playoffs and the Stunty Cup will be set up tomorrow; participating coaches, please await a PM. Who is your favourite for the title?
A reminder of why we are here; the brilliant Spike! Magazine NAF major. It is a fantastic event that has donated some lovely prizes, and there is still time to sign up. http://spiketournament.com/ should feature all of the information you need, but if you need more, please ask and I can help or direct you to the right people. If you cannot make this year, it is well worth setting up some holiday for 2017 or beyond. Canada is lovely, and it's a great event. Add it to that bucket list!
Thanks to everyone that joined us for the Spike! Magazine Showdown, it's been a stormer! Thanks also to our staff which make these tournaments possible. You will be hearing about our next Online NAF tournament soon enough, so watch those playoffs and get ready for more action, coming at you in September.
Thanks!
Phil / Goo. |
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Post subject: RE: Spike! Magazine Showdown
Posted: Aug 28, 2016 - 03:23 AM
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With the real thing well underway (good luck, all!), Elyoukey has made a little poster advertising his online final with Jokaero, which I hope he doesn't mind me linking here! Be sure to tune in!
Your next Online NAF action will be the Online Welsh Open. Expect details in this forum shortly, kickoff is very likely to be on the evening of Sep. 12. |
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