Humbbl blog is dead, long live Humbbl

with Silas' website able to accomodate our needs, all official activity will cease from here and doodle.

The new website will be where all of our official electronic communications that are not emails shall reside.

HUMBBL forums vs humbbl blog

I've wanted a forum for a long time to discuss rule votes and what not. To facilitate this change, the next rule proposal will be made on the forum. I will send an email out, but lets try the forum to do this vote. Hence there will be no need to use the doodle website any more as I believe the forum has poll software as well.

Happy new years and a new forum!

Happy new years everybody!

To bring in the new year, I have set up a forum to replace the blog. It can be found, happily enough, at www.humbbl.com or just humbbl.com if you are lazy.

When you register, please use your most appropriate HUMBBL persona with proper punctuation. So for me, I have "Arden Mors", Tom should probably use "Lord Helpful", etc...

Once you have registered, either post here, send me an email, or PM me on the forum and I will give you access to the League Only forums where I suspect most of the wheeling and dealing will go on in the future (with polls and everything)!

I hope to follow it up with an honest to goodness website, but it's going to take a while.

Best wishes for the new year, and lets make 2007 the best HUMBBL year yet!

- Arden Mors.

Grudgebowl rules posted

Grudgebowl rules have been posted. Just follow the links section here on the blog. I went ahead and corrected some typos and the initial example.

Enjoy and I hope to see you out there!

Rules clarification on voting

Clarification from the commisoner on voting:

[LR 3.2.1] In the event of a tie, if all eligible voters have voted, then the commisioner's vote acts as the tie-breaker.

HUMBBL Spammed!

Some dweeb posted Spam on the blog! I've locked down on the ability to make and leave comments, please let me know if you can no longer contribute.

Woody's Roundup victorious over Kahlki's Return

The Wood elves beat the Chaos Dwarves 2-0 despite being outhit 2-0 by their Chaotic opponnets.

Both teams opened up their piggy banks before the match. Rumors of Woody being on Hype were understandable as the Treeman was seen several times uncharactersitically leaping to his feet and driving Hobgoblins into the new lush turf that the groundskeepers had just installed for this match.

No less then three Chaos Dwarf inflicted casualties were avoided by the switch from regular grass to the new lush turf. installed at the Great Oak Glade. "best 40K I ever spent" Lord Helpful was quoted as saying.


No special events
gate 97K

Starting Weather: Pouring Rain
Handicaps: Assasian: Nandi misses 1st drive, Under Scrutiny (!).

Elves:

Spent 20K before match to HYPE Woody
Spent 40K to install Lush Turf

FF:Sts
Earnings +90K (+80K gate, +5K from trophy, +5K for this report)

#1 Woody +MVP
#7 Gently Dancing Spring +2TD +1Cp
#15 Spring's promise +cp

After Match spends 70K and purchases new lineElf #9 Fertile Ground

Old TR 194 new TR 220

Kalkhi's Return

Before match hires Bambi and Candi for 10K
Buys Bombs for #8 Ashit (20K)

FF Sts
Earnings +55K (+50K gate +5K report bonus)

#4 Harshad +cas
#8 Ashit +cas new Skill, Dirty Player
#14 Nandi +mvp
#16 Ganesh +spell

Old TR 224, new TR 247

Proposal: Increase in team limits

On this 6th day of Dec, 2006. Lord Helpful proposes the following rule changes to team limits. (The changes are inserted into the rules quoted below and formatted like so).

[LR 1.6] Each Owner can have 1-4 teams, and up to two additional minor league teams HUMBBL teams may not play in other leagues without the Commissioner’s permission.

[LR 1.68] Each Owner’s (major league) teams must be of a different race then the other teams that Owner possess (exception: Minor League Teams – See LR 1.7).

[LR 1.7] Minor League Teams. An Owner may designate a minor league team. Minor league teams are not bound by the provisions in LR 1.68. They can be any race regardless of the race of your other teams The following restrictions apply to minor league teams: Minor league teams may not play in the Closed League, nor major tournaments (discretion of the Deputy Commissioner). No Minor League team may acquire more than 4 team re-rolls. Minor League teams do not earn MVPs. Any player on a Minor League team that exceeds 30 SPP is automatically released into free agency, following the game that this qualifying event occurred.

Chaos loses 6-0 vs dominating Jdam All stars

Gate 64K
Handicaps: Biased Ref, Virus
Score 6-0 wood Elves
Cas 2-0 Chaos

Animal House:

FF +1
Earnings +55K

#8 +cp
#10 +cas
#13 +mvp, advances +AG
#14 +cas

Old TR 128 new TR 133


The story here was the star players on the Jdam squad. I could not stop those wardancers from leaping around like bullfrogs in calveras county.

Rulebook posted online

Well sortof, there is a 512 char limit so I had to strip out the formatting and all end of round type rules. The url is listed under the links section here on the blog.

At this point I think it is safe to say that everyone who has wanted to read our crazy rulebook has had the opportunity to do so.

Proposal: change the handicap Under Scrutiny

The Poll is located here:
http://www.doodle.ch/dppD77KAz597

Change the handicap Under Scrutiny from its current wording of:

The opposing team may not Foul or use players equipped with Secret Weapons or Cyberware for this match. A player may play, but not bring on their Secret Weapon.

To:

If the opposing team fouls or fields players equipped with Secret Weapons or Cyberware for this match, when checking for ejection, those players are automatically ejected, even if Get the Ref was rolled on the kickoff.

Reason:

Rather then preventing someone from taking an action at all, this just makes the punishment quite severe.

Since they are automatically ejected with no arguing, the odds of these players getting fined increases as well.

Chaos Dwarves beat Undead 2-1

This was an embarrassing loss for me, as my inability to protect the ball carrier on turn 1 as well as my players NOT GFI twice to score several times caused the Hobo rabble on the Chaos Dwarf team to step up and shine.

Score 2-1 Chaos Dwarves
Cas 2-0 undead
No special event
starting weather Strong Winds.

Pre Match:

Akrham snorts Hype
Kalkhi's return demotes an unskilled hobgoblin to an assistant coach
Dias responds by also demoting a zombie "Ooof" to a coach"

gate 91K
Handicaps: Under Scrutiny, Iron Man, Biased Referee

Undead
FF -1
Earnings +60K (net +45K to Treasury)

#1 Lhamtec +td
#3 Akrham +cas
#6 Rahz Ali, +2cp, advances gains SKILL
#7 Ammut II +cp
#8 Lilth +cas
#10 Winter's Frost +Mvp
#14 Oof retired

Chaos Dwarves:

FF Sts
Earnings +15K

#4 Harshard +Mvp
#5 Sunil SI MNG
#10 Rakesh Retired
#12 Ajay +TD SI MNG -AV
#15 Vrishaba +TD advances rolls a 2 (gains skill or trait?)

Rulebook

Show of "hands" please, who here has read the new rulebook?

Week 2 Woody's Roundup vs Rat Bastards

The tard's easily beat the champion elves 3-2, aided by their 3-0 casualty advantage.

Gate 83K
Starting Weather: Fine
No Special Event
Handicaps for the Rats: Wasn't Me (nerfed by trophy) and Biased ref

Wood Elves:

FF-1
Earnings +30K

#2 Falling Hail SI -Av MNG
#3 Rippling Brook SI MNG
#5 Crackling Heaven +cp advances gains Safe Throw
#7 Gently Dancing Spring +Td
#10 Rabbit's Scamper +Mvp
#12 Whispering Rain +cp
#13 Swiftly Flowing Stream +td Kills self on failed GFI
#15 Spring's Promise +cp

Week 1 Woody's vs Animal House

The first match of the season was played before a crowd of 91K fans.

They ended up seeing a 6-1 Wood Elf victory that was a lot more exciting then the score would lead you to presume.

The elves started with 11 players and ended with six, while Chaos started with 12 and ended with 11.

Chaos outhit the elves 3-0

Handicaps for Animal House:

Bribe the ref, +3 FF, Winds of change. An assassination attmept was thwarted due to the Emery Bay cup.

No Special event

Woody's Roundup:
FF +1
+30K

#4 Dewdrop +2cp
#5 Crackling Heaven +2cp, +mvp
#6 Whispering Rain +cp, +td, advances, +Mv
#7 Gently Dancing Spring +Td
#10 Rabbit's Scamper +Td
#14 Rumbling Boulders +2TD, +cp, advances, gains Tackle
#15 Spring's Promise +td

after match #13 Swiftly Flowing Stream rejoins the team, and a new line elf #8 Autumn's Bounty is hired.

Old TR 202 new TR 236

Animal House

FF StS
+100K

#2 +cp, +cas
#3 +cp advances, DOUBLES (7), gains extra arms
#5 +cp
#7 +cp advances, DOUBLES (7), gains big hand
#9 +cas, advances, gains block
#10 +td, +mvp, advances, gains block
#11 +cp
#13 Lord Snapper, +cas

After game Lord Bruce (chaos Warrior) is hired.

old TR 108, new TR 128