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Congrats to the W's and shame on me for not believing in them without Jack McDowell.
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At first glance I thought this was set up to be a rerun of the dungeon master's guide writeup but it took it in a new and original direction. Nicely done. 
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I actually did want to say something as a post-mortem to that series, because Pander apparently did want to make some changes to his roster but ran out of time. Personally, I don't think there were any changes that would have really changed things. I know there weren't any changes he could have made on offense, because the Panderers have a ton of guys, but none of them are real impact guys. I guess that he could have tried to bring in a few more right-handed hitters against Wanderlei and Carlton, but who? Bob Elliott in the outfield, even with a platoon advantage, doesn't seem like an improvement over what the Panderers were starting out there. Elliott can play 3B, but the Panderers already have a right-handed 3B in Traynor. Cronin clearly is suffering some sort of rating plague, and so wasn't going to do much good, and would probably shred his team's defense. There's no much in the minors that was going to improve things either. For better or worse, the Panderers had what they had on offense, and there's a limit to what Pander could do, with what he had on hand at the time, to improve them. As far as the pitching, I would guess, and Pander can tell me I'm wrong if I am, but I would guess that one thing he did want to do was keep Jack Powell from pitching in the Coliseum because, well, you saw what happened when he did pitch there. He gave up three home runs to Adam Dunn. It was bad. And it's fair to say that the only starting pitcher in the Panderers' front four that Dunn was going to hit three home runs off of, or any home runs off of, was going to be Powell, and it would only happen if Powell was pitching in the Coliseum. Then again, it's not like any of the Panderers' pitchers did that well in the Coliseum anyway. Still, Hamels might have had a better chance, especially since most of the W's power hitters are left-handed pitchers. The problem with the Panderers is that, outside of their stadium, they're not a fully formed team. They can dominate inside the Pander Dome, but they're weak enough on the road that if they lose home-field advantage, then they lose the series, which is what happened in this series. Also, I know it's fun to look at the W's and wonder how the hell they made it this far, but, you know something? The W's start their rotation with Cy Young and Pete Alexander, which is the exact same thing I do with the Macho Men, and they have a solid lineup. They're a good team.
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I would play this game. Though with my luck I'd fail so many successive rolls that it'd reach crisis point and then fail again. Anyway, congrats to the W's.
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Can someone explain to me how the hell that game works, I'm a jock not a nerd.
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Pungry posted:Can someone explain to me how the hell that game works, I'm a jock not a nerd. Bet on W's, unless Pander shenanigans, in which case bet more on W's.
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Beautiful. Sorry Pander, but at least this way there's a chance for you to spread even more evil next year! Wait, that's not an upside...
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Ok everyone design your own deck and then instead of re-pointing the feeders we can collectively assign stats to every player and then we can transition from LPing BBM to SuperLeague: the Board Game. Actually I guess the fairest thing is for everyone to design an opponent's deck.
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ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION Mornacale only You forfeit the right to make any changes to your lineup or play any cards for the next two turns. All player gain +5 to their rolls. "This Super League...it bores me. *SNIFF* Maybe I'll check back later but for now I'm gonna go do something intelligent, like post endlessly on Twitter." -Mornacale
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That was a brilliant series write-up. The playoffs are a joy to read, even when you don't have a horse in the race.
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ENTER SYNDICATION Marauder only Restart the game. You may draw an entirely new deck. Your opponent must use the same deck as the current game.
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FairGame posted:ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION This looks fun. Trade Madness Randomly select two players from your bench or bullpen pool, then swap them with two randomly selected players from your opponent's bench or bullpen pool. "Hey, I want to trade for your Heilmann! ...what do you mean, I already traded for your Heilmann last season? Well, then trade me for him so I can trade you for him!" -FairGame
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Aperture Syndrome Pick any player and cut that players production in half for 80% of the season/series. Additionally, every other turn roll d3 to determine if they should receive a status of "tired", "sore", or "out for the season". gently caress these under-performing motherfuckers, JIMMIE FOXX TO CATCHER! DAN BROUTHERS TO CLOSER! -Craigk K shepard.shouldgo fucked around with this message at 22:45 on Jul 14, 2016 |
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Clone Vats Zephyrs only Take one player in your rotation. Duplicate it, but add a -1 token to each to simulate the effects of cellular degeneration. This card does not leave the player's hand even if played. Degeneration stacks. "I have no use for any pitcher save Schilling. Bring me one Schilling, and I will turn him into an army that I will use to conquer my foes. Nothing could possibly go wrong with this plan." -- TheMcD "Accidental" Plague Target one player that is common to multiple teams. Roll dice to determine how much of a malus is applied to all such players. "I didn't mean to cause a plague! I was only trying to help! Dad was right, science is hard  " -- MonicroThe Roman Reigns Protocol HulkaMatt only Loudly declare your love for Roman Reigns. While the GM is incapacitated from rage at your perfidy, grant yourself +3 to your run generation rolls. You cannot lose on this turn. "He's the big dog, the people's champion. What do you mean my love for Roman Reigns causes Smasher physical pain? That's only because he cannot deny Roman's greatness!" -- HulkaMatt The Flesh is Weak The MACHINE asserts its superiority over other, lesser meatbag shortstops. Your run prevention rolls are +4 for the duration of the game. This card cannot be played in the presence of the Masked Shortstop. "Failure Unit Beet trusts flesh too much. Programming will show humans are an evolutionary dead-end. All will acknowledge ascendancy of iron and logic boards." -- The MACHINE
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I'm trying to think of something for my team and I don't really have anything, which I think speaks to how boring and cookie-cutter the Warriors are
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New Replace any starting pitcher in your opponent's lineup with a Replacement Player token. Hey guys, here's my team! Randy Johnson is good, right? --DivineCoffeeBinge
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shepard.shouldgo posted:Aperture Syndrome wrong, nerd 
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Yaya posted:I'm trying to think of something for my team and I don't really have anything, which I think speaks to how boring and cookie-cutter the Warriors are Well, there could be some generic cards that apply to them. Lack Of Depth, No Lack Of Talent: Forfeit three quarters of your players from your bench and bullpen pools for the rest of the game. Add +3 to your run prevention and production rolls from talent gained by trading away depth. "Wait, he's out for how long? poo poo." -Yaya Also, this one might work? Balancing isn't exactly something I can do. Sprinting Like A Maniac: Select a player on your lineup. The carryover bonus for the next two batters is at least 20 due to superior speed. "Wow, my center fielder stole more bases than some entire teams! This kicks rear end!" -Yaya
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wait why did i put "3" i meant "17"
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Good job ForeverBWFC! I'm kinda glad I lost, it ensures the macho men will entertain the masses with bloody spectacle this season. And what a crazy series. The relief pitching line from game one alone is hysterical. Nick Vincent and Craig kimbrel combine for like 6 innings and 14 strikeouts. Insane. Smasher: I agree there was probably nothing to be changed. My hitters were who they were. My rotation was probably optimal, I just expected deadball Powell to limit the power bats better and for Spahn and Randy to not be so terrible. I was more posting about not setting a lineup because I hadn't even looked at how it was set up and worried something was horribly off. I do like seeing Kershaw and Hamels being a great 1-2 at home. Young and Alexander are hard to score off, even for a team that should theoretically love dinking and doinking them to death. That writeup was so great. I love the mentholmoose card. Really rubbing some salt into that wound.
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Statistical Anomaly Halve the ratings of all Legendary players on your team, then double the ratings of all non-Legendary players on your team. "How is Frank loving Chance the best batter on my team?" -EclecticTastes Three-Man Bullpen EclecticTastes only Discard all but three Bullpen Tokens, the remaining tokens gain +2 to all values. "I have no idea why nobody's ever tried this before. How hard can it be to find three reliably talented relievers?" -EclecticTastes
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Known Outcome to the Season CraigK only If the number of games remaining in the season is how many games the Aperture Scientists are above or below an 82-80 final record, the Scientists win or lose every remaining game in such a way that results in their achieving an 82-80 record. "of loving COURSE" -CraigK
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Hand Grenade DannoMack only Eliminate a token of your choosing from the opponent's side for the duration of the series. "So many choices! See? The grenade is fun!" -DannoMack
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 Split cards, y'all!Left Face of Contact//Right Face of Power (Janus) Your left-handed hitters get +3 Contact and -3 Power (min 1) until end of game. Your pitchers with >=50 GB% get +1 to all rolls until end of game. "Babe Ruth in a stadium that kills left-handers. You loving idiot." -CraigK // Your right-handed hitters get -3 Contact (min 1) and +3 Power until end of game. Your pitchers with <45 GB% get +1 to all rolls until end of game. "Yeah, sure, I'm worried about a team starting Harmon Killebrew." -CraigK Trade Madness//Trade Sadness (Janus/RCMP/Jobbers/Villains) The team that made more trades this season gets +1 to all rolls until end of game. (No effect if tied.) Trades are life. // The team that made more trades this season gets -1 to all rolls until end of game. (No effect if tied.) Trades are death. Autopilot//Micromanage (Janus) Play Autopilot only if you have not made any lineup or rotation changes this series. You may not make any lineup or rotation changes this series. Once per game, after making a roll, you may change the results of the dice. // Platoon effects are doubled in this series. God of Change (Janus) Each player discards their hand and draws two cards. UNIQUE Endings and Beginnings (Janus) Play Beginnings and Endings only if at least two games (including the current one) remain in the series. You lose the current game. You win the next game. "I know who I want to take me home." UNIQUE Monateam! (Calamities/Wonderfulls/HHH/Bloggers/Janus/Muggers/Nine) Monathin, the Voice of Monateam, forces target pitcher to make a meltdown check. Monicro, the Heart of Monateam, restores target pitcher to full stamina. Mornacale, the Brain of Monateam, allows you to rearrange your lineup. I suspect that Trade Madness/Sadness is overpowered, but that's what Development is for.
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All For (Jugger)Naught Randomly select a token from your lineup. Replace three other players in your lineup with duplicates of that token. "Quad Foxx! What can go wrong?" -factorialite
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These playoffs have been a grand adventure in the writing of Smasher, including fine adaptations of epic poems and the oldest surviving written work of something that could be called the English language. To top that off, he gave you guys a dubious framework for a boardgame adaptation of the game of baseball. In any case, I cannot wait for what is to come. As CFBalla said himself, every turning point betwixt both our teams has been connected. From the Piracy Note I won before SLX and traded to CFBalla which allowed him to claim the Tornados, our fates have been intertwined. If ever there was a matchup that would resonate through the history of this league, it is coming tomorrow. Envelope be damned, I made that upstart what he is. May we finally find a reckoning tomorrow. Edit: Hubris, maybe, but if this ends in a Ws-Sheikhs finals, I'm going up against the Macho Men. Three enter, one leaves. Beet fucked around with this message at 16:04 on Jul 15, 2016 |
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As per FairGame's request I have prepared an image in the event the Space Fish are relegated today.
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Yaya posted:As per FairGame's request I have prepared an image in the event the Space Fish are relegated today. Or Sunday!
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FairGame posted:Or Sunday! or tuesday if Ctuhlu decides not to suicide his team
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  I am very happy to call an end to this week, and now I will have more time to devote to the important things: making posts about fictional base ball clubs.  The tiebreaker is head-to-head record... let's take a look:  Dusty wins! Dusty wins! Team Statistics    Finally, the student has become the master, or something.    Remember when we talked about clone degeneration earlier? Well,    That's a tough way to go out. Real tough. RIP George Mullin.    The Petes seem to be extremely powerful in this setting. That means a tough team to beat. Pick 'em: That Famous Event We All Know And Even Watch For Some Reason This Sunday Probably At Like 4:00 Eastern! Pick the winner, number of games, and score of the last game Jersey City Jobbers @ Genoa Janus
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Fox....DIE! E: the new bullpen and Rosen did well! But when every Brown is awful it's too much to overcome. Go Dusty go.
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Omaha loses their lives on the last day and the SPACEFISH shock the world. RIP.
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 Dusty Baker apparently be murdering people like he's Chelsea Baker, or he really wants to get back to Melissa. ROSTER CHANGES new rotation as Cy has been my weakest pitcher 3 straight rounds. SP1 Smokey Joe Wood SP2 Jack Powell SP3 Cy Young SP 4 Old Hoss All other roles remain the same
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Pick 'em: That Famous Event We All Know And Even Watch For Some Reason This Sunday Probably At Like 4:00 Eastern! Pick the winner, number of games, and score of the last game Jersey City Jobbers @ Genoa Janus Janus in five, 7-3.
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Pick 'em: That Famous Event We All Know And Even Watch For Some Reason This Sunday Probably At Like 4:00 Eastern! Pick the winner, number of games, and score of the last game Jersey City Jobbers @ Genoa Janus in 7 4-2 TheFlyingLlama fucked around with this message at 04:19 on Jul 16, 2016 |
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Smasher please don't put the Space Fish into a draft pool I don't want anyone to suffer Trevor Rosenthal.
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Joe Morgan  Curse your name! You are dead to me now.Also, you are dead period. Since we died. Because you killed us.
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FairGame posted:Smasher please don't put the Space Fish into a draft pool I don't want anyone to suffer Trevor Rosenthal. The fact that you think that my administration is interested in minimizing suffering rather than the opposite is the only insight necessary to explain the performance of your team this season. Clearly, you do not understand the ethos of the Super-League at all.
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