So MD5 brought the dwarves of The Visionaries vs Wood Elves again, this time with a TV difference of 580 in favour of the beards. The Stand in Woodies, as they're known, spent some time training extra hard for another reroll, got a barrell of bloodweiser ale to try and distract their opponents from the game and asked Morg N Thorg extra nicely if he wanted to join in the...er....fun.
The Woodies won the toss and in nice weather elected to receive. The kick went high and the nimble passer had no trouble plucking it out of the sky. With the elves favouring the right hand side when setting up, Morg wasted no time in blitzing open a hole through which a catcher and both wardancers slipped through, getting deep into the dwarf half.
The Visionaries Runemaster head coach, Merklyn, had told his charges that the limp wristed punching of the previous match up against wood panseys would not be excepted and it seems his words didn't fall on deaf ears, with Arzon blitzing off that catcher KO'd and Cryotek slamming a lino into the crowd, who ended up badly hurt after the scuffle. Even much maligned Deathroller Driver Lexor KO'd his lino marker and hoped he'd be allowed to stay out longer than 5 minutes this time!
The elves, casting nervous glances at the aformentioned 'roller, wanted a quick score so after blitzing a Wardancer free into the endzone went for a long pass....which they promptly fumbled. The embarressed passer at least made up for it by catching the scattered ball when it bounced off a prostrate body.
Not that that lasted. Cryotek crunched into him, knocking the ball away and then after seeing his opponent lying helpless on the floor, fell on him resulting in another elven casualty. Even better the ball scattered through the hands of the other Elf catcher and into the waiting arms of the super-tough runner Darkstorm (Brawn > Skill
)
A nightmare turn for the elves sees a desperate attempt to recover the ball with a 2d against block that comes up
after a reroll. Down he goes. Some ineffectual blocking this turn meant Darkstorm couldn't get free. Morg, showing why he costs 430k gold to hire, then Dodge/Blitzed next to the ball-carrier. Cryotek was having none of that though and, with the help of some friends promptly pushes the big Ogre away leaving Darkstorm free to run up the field with Witterquick for back up.
Slick dodging with some line elves then saw Darkstorm face a 1d block,
, and the balls in the crowd and thrown deep into elven territory. Nobodys close enough to get the ball and an elf falls down trying to get at least near it. Some blockers from the LOS get near the ball and everyone else attempts to make it hard for the elves to get there. It works as an elf fails a 3+ dodge allowing Darkstorm to run up and retrieve. Looks Like the Visionaries will score this half!
More failed elf dodging sees Darkstorm well in the clear and there's just enough time for a wardancer to be fouled out badly hurt before he runs it home.
Second Half
3 Elves get up making it 11-8 and The Visionaries receiving. the kicker, left on the bench for the 1st half, then fluffs his lines and kicks into touch. Darkstorm takes the ball and the dwarves, being dwarves, cage up.
The elves have a new mission it seems. Leaving the cage well alone they make it their business to foul Cryotek out the game. The remaining turns of teh 2nd half see an unmolested cage stroll up the left flank with the highlights being:
2 Elves sent off for fouling, getting no better than a stun all half.
Cryotek miscalculating a frenzy pushback leading to a 2d against block that comes up
on an unskilled lino. Results in a dead lino
A hand-off to Witterquick allowing him to level up.
Only Morg being on the pitch when the Dwarves score.
Elf turn 16 and it's the entire Visionaries team (Though most are drinking ale way back in their own half) versus Morg and a solitary lineman. Morg hasn't had a great game to be honest and the crowd let him know, throwing a rock that stuns him. The final elf decides that it's better to just lie down and accept defeat so fails the final dodge of the game as the claxon sounds.
2-0 to the Visionaries who face goblins next.
Two level ups. Witterquick got a normal roll and got Tackle. Lazorslash, who BH a Lino, got Mighty Blow as I felt I have enough Guard and it's Gobbo's next