Winnings: 140,000 Inducements: 0
Player Aaris Armstrong(1) TD: 1
Player Aden Swift(2) TD: 1
Player Ymir Wrathsmith(4) CAS: 1 Gains: Claws as gifted by Chaos Cup
Player Krak Yaksmak(5) CAS: 1
Player Mars(6) MVP: 1 Takes Skill(s): Stand Firm
Player Grendel(7) CAS: 1
Spiraling Expenses: 50,000 Team Value: 2,470,000 Treasury: 240,000
Fan Factor went up to 11
Hired Cerberus(7) in position Ulfwerener for 110,000
Hired Grogg Yaksmak(5) in position Berserker for 90,000
Treasury after purchases is 40,000
Retired Krak Yaksmak(5) to coaching staff
Retired Grendel(7) to coaching staff
New Team Value: 2,380,000 Final Team Treasury: 40,000

?Welcome back to the Steeltown Slaughterhouse, home of the Renegades.  For NBC (Nuffle Broadcasting Corp.), I?m Sven Sportsmith bringing to you this year?s Chaos Cup Championship matchup between the Steeltown Renegades and the Storm of Mjolnir.  These two teams share a varied and assorted past, and when it comes to the playoffs, well there is only one story to be covered, the Renegades clobbering the Storm.?

?Well we?ve seen some interesting activity on the pitch in the pregame already with some near brawls erupting between the two teams, mostly instigated between Gavin ?Mean? Green and the mighty ulfwerener Mars.  Of course Ogie and his counterpart Jager also have been eyeballing each other, sizing up the bulky mass that each bring to the pitch.  But by far the most interesting sight is the small dark cloud that keeps hovering over the east end of the practice field where the Storm?s league leading hitter is sparing, or rather, slaughtering, 3 practice sleds.?

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?The Renegades have won the coin toss and have chosen to receive the ball first.  There?s the kick, and as the hometown fans cheer on their team, the ball goes way back into the corner of the pitch.  What a kick!  The Renegades go to dig out the ball and, what?s this, it looks like they are having some ball handling issues, Ooooo, and with that last flub the ball is back on the pitch.  Looks like an ominous start for the Renegades, let?s see if they can shake it off.  The Storm move to the backfield to put pressure on the ball, and there go the Renegades.  Picking up the ball, scooting it over towards the sideline, and caging up in the widezone to drive down the pitch.  The Storm go to counter and, Oooooooo!!!!  Gavin Green takes Mars and shoves him into the hometown crowd!!!  Lookslike that pregame mouthing has brought itself onto the pitch of this rivalry.  But wait, instead of getting smashed and broken, it looks like Mars is terrorizing the crowd!  Look at that sportsfans!  Mars is ripping the hometown fans to shreds on the jumbotron camras!!!?

?With getting surfed and ?Mean? Green leaving himself open after the hit, a couple of norsemen maneuver their way over to the Renegade and a dark cloud floats over as Ymir ?Deathdealer? Wrathsmith pulls the cork and dumps out a can of wooparse on the Renegade.  Ouch, he?s gonna feel that in the morning?.?

?While the Storm take care in making the Renegades suffer a little on the sideline, the Renegades maneuver the ball to center field and run the ball into the endzone.  Touchdown?..Renegades!!!!?

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?The Renegades have set their defense, and now the Storm get into position.  Jager lines up against the Renedages front line, and it looks like steam is rising off of his frozen tundra hide.  The Renegades kick the ball and, wait, it looks like the weather is changing?  Ahhh, its just that dark cloud crossing the field as Ymir gets into position.  The ball comes down and Jager springs out of his 3 point stance and takes ?Brute Force? Foster and Dropper Brock in his monstrous paws and smashed their heads together?Ooooo, double knockout!!!!  I don?t think those Renegades are going to forget Jager for a long while?  And Ooooo, three goes Ymir blitzing a Renegade.  He drives his fist into his victim and, eewwwww, with that amount of blood gushing out of that Renegade, he isn?t coming back any time soon?.  Man, it seems like Ymir is touch by the Bloodbowl gods lately.  Everything he hits goes into the casualty box it seems like.?

?And Aaris Armstrong has the ball.  Aaris is the original thrower for the Storm, and he?s feed a lot of footballs into the waiting arms of Sven Quique, but not tonight as Sven is sitting this one out with a sore shoulder.  There go the Storm caging down the field around Aden Swift, getting ready for the score.  The Renegades move into position to spoil the score and, wait, what?s this, with the Renegades swarming Swift, the veteran thrower looks like he?s gripped with indecision.  What?s this, he tucks the ball and runs into the cage himself like he?s going to take the ball into the endzone.  In response the tighten the noose around the Storm with Ogie and ?Papa? Thorson moving in to choke off the lane to the endzone.  As the final second tick away for the first half, Armstrong signals for Jager to open a hole for him to run through, but Jager just yells and rips up huge chucks of sod, flinging them in the air, the Head Coach yells at him from the sideline to snap out of it, and just for a moment the red faded from Jager?s eyes.  But with Carl ?BOA? Dobber taunting the big giant, Jager falls back ino his rant.  Seeing he is out of luck with his receiver, and his blitzer, Aden lets out a howl, puts his head down, his arm out, and runs full tilt at the gap between Ogie and Thorson.  He dodges between them, he dodges through them, he dodges away from them.  Into the endzone and?.touchdown!!!!  Unbelievable.  He loked like a skink running through the gaps in that defense!!!?

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?Second half and the Storm are set to receive the ball.  The 60k + fans are really roaring and the crowd is going crazy at this 1-1 tie leading into the second half.  And there?s the kick, but wait, what?s this, the crowd rushes onto the pitch and a riot has broken out near the 50 yard line!  The refs are quick to break it up though, and much to the displeasure of the howetown fans, the game goes on in quick manner.?

?As the pitch comes back under ?control?, Armstrong again grabs the ball and runs towards the Storm?s cage.  He gets knocked around, and out pops the ball.  But here comes Krak Yaksmak circling around and drives the Renegades into the loose ball, bouncing it towards Aden Swift.  The Storm reform a running cage down the pitch, and Aden dashes to the forefront.  The Renegades make a try at breeching the cage and boxing up Swift, but the Storm circle back around and Ymir drives the Renegades away from Swift.  With an open hole, Swift sprints down the pitch, TOUCHDOWN!!!!!  The Storm of Mjolnir take the lead!!!!?

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?With 3 minutes left in the half, the Storm set their defense and wait for the Renegades to take position.  The Storm are spreading out wide to slow down the speed of the Renegades and win this match up in regulation time.  The Renegades have taken their position, and there?s the kick.  But wait, it looks like those angry houlagans who tried to get the riot going have come back on the pitch and are, what, bagging and tagging the referee?!?!?!?!  They?re dragging him back into the stands and o man, is he getting pummeled.  Looks like our gladiators have free reign to cut loose on each other this last drive.?

?And the Renegades get the ball and start to drive up the side.  The Storm adjust their defense and oooo?.  Looks like the ball handling woes have come back to the Renegades in the backfield, wasting valuable time.  The Storm take advantage of the bloopers and let loose on the receivers downfield.  Yaksmak and Grendel wail on Kayne Roberts and his blitzer escort.  Ooooo man, they let out some aggression old school style and both of the receivers downfield get sent to the casualty box.  That hit on Roberts looked especially bad, as the stretcher boys are trying to pick up some tendons that are laying on the ground?.?

?As the Renegades regroup and get the ball moving again, looking downfield, there?s no one to take them in for a score.  The only thing they see are Ogie with a bunch of linemen, and the Storm of Mjolnir?s defense locking up the endzone for good.  The game horn goes off, signaling the end of regulation play.  2-1 Storm of Mjolnir!!!!  The boys from Nittersleigh have pulled out the win and kicked the playoff curse against the Renegades!!!!?

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?And there?s the commissioner now, awarding the Storm of Mjolnir the Chaos Cup.  This makes these norsemen the most award winning Bloodbowl team in the league, now possessing both the SPIKE! Award and the Chaos Cup.  Well, hats off to the Storm, they took a beating to get here, and never lost hope.  Just look at the faces of those Vikings as, wooooo, wait a minute!?!?!  What is going on with Ymir Wrathsmith??!??!?!!  That dark cloud that seemed to have been following him is now all around him.  The rest of the players are all moving away as scream, howls, and maniacal laughter are all resounding from the cloud.  But they don?t sound like they are coming from Ymir, they sound like they are coming from the cloud itself!!!  And look over there in the crowd?!  There?s a group of hooded fans all chanting and motioning to the cloud.  This must be the Chaos Cup ritual for the winners where they are granted boons from the Chaos gods!!!!  An it would appear that Ymir is the sole recipient of the attention this year?  Ooo wait, the cloud is coming up, the fog is lifting, and there is Ymir.  By Nuffle?s skirts?!?!?!?  Ymir has???.? +++ transmission ended +++

Winnings: 80,000 Inducements: 0
Player #13 Conner wildman Floyd(2) CMP: 2
Player #45 Colt “killer” McKelen(7) CMP: 1
Player #77 Brad Brute Force Foster(11) MVP: 1
Player #87JethroKING KONG Brody(14) TD: 1 Injury: -1 ST
Spiraling Expenses: 0 Team Value: 2,660,000 Treasury: 430,000
Fan Factor went down to 10
Hired # 87 Shamus the law Murphy(14) in position Catcher for 70,000
Treasury after purchases is 360,000
Retired #87JethroKING KONG Brody(14) to coaching staff
* New Farm Team Value: 2,140,000 Final Farm Team Treasury: 90,000
New Team Value: 2,590,000 Final Team Treasury: 360,000

Failure to finish our blocks, sloppy ball handling. An ogre still an emotional wreck from pregame motivational speech.
And of course JUST AMAZING dice by the other team. Not much we could do.
Look for a big shake up when this season ends.