DateTeamsScoreCasualtiesFansSeason
02-06-2010 Oath Breakers vs Steeltown Stompers 1 - 2 3 - 1 26,000 Season 5
Oath Breakers Comments

Winnings: 20,000 Inducements: 0
Player Hapi(3) CAS: 1
Player Imsety(4) CAS: 1
Player Boris Karloff(5) Injury: Badly Hurt
Player Grauballe Man(7) MVP: 1
Player Lumbar(10) TD: 1
Player Scapula(11) CAS: 1
Spiraling Expenses: 0 Team Value: 1,710,000 Treasury: 200,000
Fan Factor went down to 4
Purchased 10 Cheerleaders for 100,000
Hired Xiphoid(15) in position Skeleton for 30,000
Treasury after purchases is 70,000
Retired Maxilla(12) to coaching staff
New Team Value: 1,800,000 Final Team Treasury: 70,000


*****

Twenty-six thousand fans were in an uproar at the Steele-mill this week as they cheered the battle between the Khemri Oath Breakers and the hometeam Steeltown Stompers.  It probably didn’t hurt that the Khemri squad visited a local tavern the night before however and hired several dancers and their friends to help the otherwise non-existant cheerleading squad by performing at the match.  In an effort to stem their spiralling fan factor after the game the GM announced during his post-game news conference, “These lovely ladies did such a nice job today that they have all been offered full contracts to follow the team and form a real cheering squad.  I am told that they have foresworn all their former oaths and from now on they will wear the grey and black of the OB.  Please help me welceome the ‘Undertakers Revolution!’”

The fans did play a huge roll in today’s game but, not even when one fan got into the game a little more than most could they change the outcome of the game.  Three quarters of the way through the first half, #87 Shamus the law Murphy broke away and attempted to score a TD.  The young goblin [name redacted] ran out onto the pitch invading the field and attempted to stop the Stomper drive all by himself.  Even that wasn’t enough to stop Gavin’s drive however and the Stompers took a 1-0 lead into half-time.  Coach Parson stated after the game, “All the cheering fans in the stadium can’t win the game for anyone on their own.  As they say, ‘that’s why we play the game.’”

After a quick snap to start the second half #37 Axel “Short Fuse” Flynn put the game out of reach when he scored after only two more periods on a sweet bit of footwork and a couple of well timed blocks.  The OB were not to be shut out however as Skeleton Blocker Lumbar put his back into a drive and went for it all late in the second half as well.

In addition to the cheering fans, today’s game was charactorized by hard hitting both early and late.  The Oath Breaker’s #8 Tollund Man was knocked out for much of the first half and #3 Imsety gave The Stomper’s blitzer Gavin Green a serious injury in retaliation.  Later in the second half #10 Tim “Iceman” Zorn hurt #5 Boris Karloff badly enough to keep him out of the remainder of the game.  But the OB saved their biggest hit for last as a crafty wizard in the stands cast a minor spell to give the Khemri mummy Duamutef an extra boost of strength.  A perfect defense and a quick turnover allowed the mummies to line up for the OB’s last play against the face of the stompers #50 Milton “Milt” Oglethorpe. Duamutef took a three dice opportunity to make up for all those light hitting games of push and shove that have characterized much of the team’s recent past.

In other news, the OB have officially removed skeleton lineman Maxilla to the coaching staff after nearly two seasons on the deep bench.  Fans of the OB will recall that Maxilla received a niggling injury to the knee during the Chaos Cup loss to the Killa Khanz.  “That balky knee just wouldn’t go for me during practice this week so I spoke to coach Parson and we decided that I could help the team more by focusing on coaching instead of further rehab.” Maxilla will be replaced by rookie linebacker #15 Xiphoid.

Steeltown Stompers Comments

Winnings: 60,000 Inducements: 0
Player #55Gavin "Mean"Green(2) Injury: Serious Injury
Player #37AxelShort FuseFlynn(3) TD: 1 Injury: Badly Hurt
Player # 87 Shamus the law Murphy(6) TD: 1
Player #10Tim"Iceman"Zorn(8) CMP: 1 CAS: 1
Player #12Napolean Superfreak Starbuck(9) MVP: 1
Player #66CliffThunder McFarland(15) Injury: Serious Injury
Spiraling Expenses: 30,000 Team Value: 2,060,000 Treasury: 140,000
Fan Factor went up to 12
Purchased 1 rerolls for 100,000
Purchased 1 Assistant Coaches for 10,000
Purchased 1 Cheerleaders for 10,000
Treasury after purchases is 20,000
New Team Value: 2,130,000 Final Team Treasury: 20,000


*****

Got a full roster to play big nasty bashy undead.  Lets get those dodging shoes on boys.
I win toss take ball, chef takes 2 rerolls, has a card to win all fans/coach kickoffs, so rerolls no problem for undead… Super, never wanted a riot or two to break out in all my life, get the bus started, and keep it runnin we out of here as soon as final whistle blows.  1st half remember I wanted the dodging shoes on, well, I guess the boys thought I said put on your 3 step fall down shoes, cause thats what they were wearin.  failed dodges 2 turns in a row, and followed that up with back to back failed go for its. still somehow manages to push a score across in round 6, and survive the bashing mummies to end half up 1 - 0. only 1 man hurt.
2nd half starts, and undead have that problem they always seem to have, pickin up the ball. It happened early in his turn, so I pounced on it, and scored to go up 2 - 0. Ok breathing room, only 6 turns left, looking o.k. caus tied up 1-1, picked off a skelly.  From round 3 to 8, was just pummeled by undead, mummies after my ogre, and skellys looking to hit anything living.  They score on round 6, and i play punching bag for 2 more rounds, because of my failure to dodge away and pick up the ball, and a nasty little card that didn’t let me use my paltry 2 rerolls for 2 full rounds in end of game.  One thing I would have done differently was not put the str potion on your mummy, let a skele have it and use his higher movement to hit my softer guys away from middle of field scrum.  I had nothin to go against the str5 mummies already, let a str3 guy hit like a freight train for once.  Other than that u figure out your ball handling, and find a little speed, a force you will be, your defense is pretty stout.  BLOCK on all your mummies.  Seriously, if you figure out how to handle the ball, tell me.  Love to figure that one out myself. 
Good game.

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