Glistening Dementia defeats Skitterscamps 2-1 in an extremely close, very bloody game.
Skitterscamps get some insane amount of cash to start - 850k, I think. They get Morg, two ST potions (both fail), a bribe (unused,) an extra apoh (which also went unused,) and a merc gobbo.
Despite all that cash that went to waste, I think Morg pretty much single-handedly paid for himself. I was able to knock him down several times, but he never stayed down - not even a foul from a dirty player could keep him down. He was constantly tieing down my players, and I don't think he ever needed a RR (or caused a turnover.)
My team forgot to take their punching gloves today, opting instead for using little fluffy mittens. As a result, despite large numbers of MB blocks against AV 7 and 8 players (some of which are stunty, even) there was not a single CAS (that was caused by my players, anyway) in the first half. We finally started hurting things way, way, way, way at the tail end of the second half, pretty much when the game had already been decided.
Kanil's team, on the other hand, was clearly out for blood: 5 CAS, 3 of which were SIs. The apoh tried to "fix" my centaur by putting the poor thing out of its misery (choice between MNG and Dead) but I decided that no, I'd rather hold on to my +AG centaur, thanks. The Minotaur also took an SI, and between his -AG and this new -AV, I decided it was time to put him out to pasture.
What to say about the game? Well, it pretty much hinged on two super critical rolls:
1) At the end of the first half, it's 1-0 for Dementia. However, Skitterscamps has players in range of a touchtown. The thrower hands off to a twoheaded gobbo (animosity roll, catch roll -disturbing presence), who dodges through my lines (3 AG 3 dodges, no TZ because of stunty, +to dodge because of two heads). He gets to the line... and falls down, BH (GFI roll fails.)
2) In the second half, my team has taken a beating, and Skitterscamps has kicked the ball into the very, very corner of the map. In the blinding sunlight, my gobbo had to make two GFIs, then pass to another gobbo (0 RRs remain.) All rolls succeed, and this allows me to score the winning TD.
Good game Kanil!