Posts by VALIS

    The first player coming through the ranks from the Street Bowl league is Blaster Bill:


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    A seemingly unremarkable fellow, he was a stalwart in defence as Krona Fireus reached the street bowl championship final, narrowly missing out on the title after Bill limped off with a twisted grolly.

    It's here, after some delay due to some piffling (old) world wide epidemic or somesuch that prevented large gatherings, fans are now free to gather and watch their favourite sport in each others company. And possibly kill each other as well.


    Executors (Andy) v Douglas Valley Darkside (Scott)


    Match report much appreciated.

    This Friday is Matchday Three of the Sol System Major League season.


    Only playing a few games doesn’t mean you can’t get to the final as one of the qualifying criteria is average points.


    You don’t need a team, you don’t need to know how to play, just turn up, we’ll run through the rules and you can start lobbing around your titanium balls like some kind of insane juggling mech.


    Be there for 7:45 so we can draw the fixtures.

    This Friday is Matchday Two of the Sol System Major League season.


    Only playing a few games doesn’t mean you can’t get to the final as one of the qualifying criteria is average points.


    You don’t need a team, you don’t need to know how to play, just turn up, we’ll run through the rules and you can start lobbing around your titanium balls like it’s 1999.


    Be there for 7:45 so we can draw the fixtures.

    I left them charging all night and they still didn’t perform. I’m not an IT expert. I just tell them how to play. Stupid targeting computer glitch.


    I was confident when they stepped out onto the neodurium, their yellow and rose chassis’ gleaming under the glare of the lights and the crowd. The klaxon sounded and immediately the robots began to work in tandem, Epsilon Orange pushing Jackal out of the way, allowing Delta Green a free strike for the opening two points. Which he missed.


    The robots were pushed around allowing Swagger to swagger through the defence and open up the scoring with a single point. Minor setback, I thought, as Gamma Red went on a smashing spree and Sigma white set himself up for an easy three pointer. Which he missed.


    Bear then began removing the Orbitals from the pitch with a round of exploding 6 smashing that left the robots quite depleted and allowed Lucky to saunter through for another two points.


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    This time it was Omega Black’s turn to have a go at a strike, sprinting from the bench and scooping up the ball whilst Gamma Red continued his limp pushing of the Scrawpers, opening up a small gap that allowed Omega Black the freedom to miss another strike for the Orbitals.


    Another. Seriously, the targeting computer was waaay off.


    Fortunately we didn’t have to rely on it again, as after the Scrawpers went 5 up, Delta Green scooped up the ball, and despite 2 cards allowing 2 rerolls, still managed to fall flat on his dumb robot face attempting a simple evade. The ball scattered kindly for the corporation team, and they finished the match with some aplomb, a cool 3-pointer from Lucky that had the crowd both cheering the humans and booing the badly malfunctioning metal twerps.


    They’re still under warranty. A man is coming out to fix them on Tuesday.

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    Results


    Matchday 1, Mars:


    Blood Moon Razorbacks defeated Rubbish Robots by 2

    Scrawpers defeated Fruit Salad Orbitals by 7

    Adaptive Algorithm defeated Barracudas by 7


    Matchday 2, Phobos:


    Fruit Salad Orbitals defeated Blood Moon Razorbacks by 2

    Ultimate Match

    Death Row Atlètico 7: Rubbish Robots 2; Barracudas 0


    Matchday 3, Tycho Station:


    Adaptive Algorithm defeated Scrawpers by 3

    Blood Moon Razorbacks defeated Death Row Atlètico by 1

    Rubbish Robots defeated Fruit Salad Orbitals by 4

    Pied Pipers defeated Barracudas by 7


    This Friday is Matchday One of the new Sol System Major League season.


    You don’t need a team, you don’t need to know how to play, just turn up, we’ll run through the rules and you can start lobbing around your titanium balls like Optimus Prime down the slag pits of Vag.


    Be there for 7:45 so we can draw the fixtures.