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Well, Subhedgehog laid down the gauntlet a while ago, but better late than never, eh?

My Spike 2009 Lineup

180kgp - 2 x Storm Vermin

320kgp - 4 x Gutter Runner

250kgp - 5 x Linerat

70kgp - 1 x Thrower

180kgp - 3 x Rerolls

I really considered dropping down to 11 players (converting the thrower to a linerat) and taking the fourth reroll... but ultimately I need to be able to field a team in the second half so I'll have to make do with 3 potential mulligans instead.

Oh well, it just means that I start routinely turning over on the first action on Turn 4 instead of Turn 5.

The plan?

Score early, score often and die trying.

If I can't get the "most TDs" award, I think I'm probably a shoe-in for "most casualties received" if that halfling kid doesn't show up this year ;)

My ideal matchup is probably against Lord Chaos. I'd like to score every two turns and he'd be happy to "rack 'em up" for another shot at killing my line of scrimmage.

Still loads of work to be done on it, but 26% of the games have been uploaded so far and its looking awesome. There are already a sleugh of teams set up in the database, but I'm looking forward to the coaching explosion that occured within the last 3 seasons and seeing a copious amount of teams and a plethora of games entered in as well. 25% of the outstanding games to be entered was just last season. 215 games entered so far with 619 to go. Anyway I'm going to bed. Can't wait until this is all done, but yeah check it out.

Science gone wrong!

This just in!  The performance art show-piece "Science Gone Wrong" is attending a public event and will be available for autographs!  All the members of your favourite stunted, four-foot tall, pot-bellied, beer swigging ballet troupe will be on hand.  Get your picture taken with team captain, Dolly the Sheep and be amazed as she seems six years older than her birth certificate would normally indicate.  Weep at the flaming ball of burning wreckage that is Hindenburg.  You can get into a shouting match over nothing at all with the most vocal troupe member, The Internet.  Be amazed at the penmanship of Thalidomide as he signs your Science Gone Wrong memorabilia.  Bring your cash and your willingness to be amazed!

But seriously folks.  I am wondering what people are bringing to the Spike! in a couple of weeks.  I knew I couldn't really just straight up ask others what they're doing without providing some info myself.  I'm dusting off my old dwarves (and even slapping some paint on my death roller) for the event.  Without further ado, here is my list.  If you feel like you want to respond, post up a blog entry of your own and toss "Spike!" in the tags.

160k - Deathroller - Thalidomide

90k - Troll Slayer - Dr. Jekyll

160k - 2 x Blitzers - Dr. Frankenstein and Dr. Strangelove (A)

160k - 2 x Runners - Eugenics and Rhinovirus

350k - 5 x Longbeards (aka Blockers) - Dolly the Sheep (C), The Internet(A), Large Hadron Collider (Strangelet maker to his friends), Hindenburg and Chernobyl

80k - 2 x rerolls (as of yet un-named).

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1000k

Short on rerolls.  Short a troll slayer.  Hell, just short in general!  I give you Science Gone Wrong!

The Elvz from tha Hood went all the way in the Underbowl for a full triple-header.

The first match was against Jihad and there was a lot of inducment cash to bring them in.  At game time, we found out that they had found a Mysterious Old Medicine Man to shore-up their team.  Those humans tried, and they ran around the field generally being a nuissance, but in the end, the Elf steroid program was just too much and we got a solid 4-1 victory.

The second match was against the Hydra Lords, the classic battle of High Elf passing game versus the Dark Elf trickery and running game.  The Hydra Lords came with a whole stack of dirty-tricks stuffed up their sleves.  The Elvz used their most succesful strategy: get luckier than the other team.  Well, it was a nasty battle.  The Elvz pounded the Hydra Lords and by the end of the match, most of the Dark Elves could be found either in the first-aid tent or the penalty box.  It was another solid 4-1 victory for the High Elvs.

With all that time on the pitch in one day, many of the Elvz were really getting the hang of some of the new tricks that they've been practicing.  John von Bomb finally learned to kick the ball *on the pitch*, Gnarly George was going for it without falling over, Clif Crasher was side-stepping around opposing players and on top of all that, Wild Bill was starting to leap over opposing players to bring his bull-strength full-bore on the ball carrier *and* Johnny, famous Johnny who's been holding the front line for two full seasons also joined the Elvz 'roid program beefing up like Sick Sid, Wild Bill, and Hideous Hugh before him.

So we were ready for anything. And "anything" in the Underbowl final was the Moonlight Embrace.   Moonlight Embrace, well, I don't remember what the heck induced them to the pitch, but whatever it was, it was fueled by a violent rage.  They smashed, and they bashed, and the blew the Elvz down.  Johnny suffered a broken jaw, Tom tha Bomb was badly hurt, Jittery Jim a serious concussion, and Sick Sid who had already smashed his left hip against the Darkland Warriors got his right hip smashed.  He'll never move faster than a Zombie again...

If there's one thing Nuffle loves, it's the blood of hard-fighting teams so Elvz purchased victory with gallons of their blood.  It was a long hard grind to a 2-0 shut-out to take the Underbowl victory!

We won!   And it's time to break-out the golf clubs... Or catheters for the likes of Sick Sid.

Happy golfing , everyone!

- Arch