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Playoffs: best of 1 vs best of 3
TLDR version:
Do you think best-of-three playoffs give advantage to certain type of teams?
The long version:
We have 10 teams (redrafted) competing in 1xRound Robin for playoff spots.
Top 4 is admitted to playoffs, where the Top 1 player freely chooses their opponent from Top 2-4, forming one side of the playoff bracket. Other side of the bracket is formed by the two remaining two teams, and winners of each bracket meet in the final.
All playoff matchups are resolved in best-of-three fashion. Previously we have always had best-of-one playoffs.
Now there is discussion about whether best of 3 "makes sense" and if it gives unfair advantage to bashy teams who can spend the first game of three fouling the opposing agile team, and then play for victory in the second and third game.
What are your thoughts on this topic?
EDIT:
thanks for all the answers already. we play digital, so the added weight of Bo3 does not feel huge.
in fact, in my other digital league the standard is to play 3x round robin (27 matches) with virgin teams + top4 bo3 playoffs (max 6 matches) = total 33 matches during the team lifespan.
i feel that 27-33 matches gives team an opportunity to bloom nicely in terms of SPP without the TV going too much out of hand.
i guess the attraction of best-of-3 comes from NHL/NBA style sports where the playoffs are played in best-of-7 format. the European best-of-1 format feels a bit random in terms of really figuring out which team is better.
that said, American football doesn't really conform to this because due to the hazardous nature of the game the players are only able to withstand a way smaller amount of games compared to ice hockey or basketball players... so in the NFL everything is Bo1.
in our last (top 8) playoffs there was much frustration because so many games were decided by random dice roll as the game time expired. this is one of the reason we are trying Bo3.
i think a post-season game should never end in a coin toss, it's just horrible game design. one way to do it would be to give the victory to the defender if the receiver of the ball fails to score during OT, or to whoever scores first TD of the OT. this way overtime would guarantee producing a winner.
u/slacker5000 — 8 days ago
▲ 128 r/bloodbowl
Another TMNT themed ogre for the team. This time it’s Casey Jones. Once again all conversions have been made by sculpting over the GW ogre team using Milliput Superfine White.
u/RealDrewBlood — 8 days ago
▲ 212 r/bloodbowl
Mutated Troll!
Finished the mutated troll for my Chaos Renegades team! I just noticed the skin tone is splotchy in the daylight, I didn't notice it under my work light. I may go back and add a glaze to the skin to try and even it out though I did like the Mint Chocolate Chip green tone he came out in lol.
Up next are the Ogre and Rat Ogre for the Renegades!
u/jotunndatroll — 9 days ago
▲ 17 r/bloodbowl
Question about stalling
Lets say i have a player close to the End Zone, out of reach of opposition players. I dont want to score yet but I also dont want to risk getting hit by a rock under the stalling rule.
Can i simply walk one of my linemen around an opposition's tackle zone until he fails a dodge, causing s turnover before I activate my ball carrier?
u/BusinessTrust707 — 9 days ago
▲ 19 r/bloodbowl
Does regular BB match bring more strategy to the game than 7's?
Is 7's just a faster game? or takes away some tactics from the original match? Ive heard some say it has some disadvantage for bashing team since they can't start hitting at the start of the drive.
u/zilogrok — 8 days ago
▲ 4 r/bloodbowl
Annihilation rule
I have a question concerning a game I played. If player A is winning 4-0 and two turn before the end of the game his team gets wiped out and the opponent scores 1 TD.
Is the final score 4-1 or does the player B gets a +2 for wipping out the team leading to a 4-3 ? Or is it a win for player B ?
u/AmiralBombidou — 8 days ago
▲ 62 r/bloodbowl
First game foe the Goldorf Grenadiers.
Had my first training game before our League. It was a little bit brutal for the opponent 😅
u/Physical-Oil-490 — 8 days ago
▲ 310 r/bloodbowl
Night Goblin Team
Back in 2011, I drew a Squig team for Garion’s ‘Secret League’ on Fumbbl, so it’s nice to see them become an official part of modern Blood Bowl after all this time. The Night Goblins look a fun team to play and it was certainly a lot of fun to draw them again. It brought back fond memories of drawing art works for the old Stunty Leeg!
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Original art hand drawn using ink on Bristol paper (A5 dimensions). Digitally edited using GIMP to change the levels to improve contrast for online publication and clean up the background
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1- Squig Wrangler
2- Squig Hopper
3- Night Goblin Lineman
4- Cave Squig
5- Squig Herder
6-10- Original art works on my desk.
u/SprinklesOpen9808 — 10 days ago
▲ 92 r/bloodbowl
Told myself i would only play after I painted a team. So excited to finally play
Got my Lizardmen all painted up
u/WhitestAfrican — 9 days ago
Warhammer Blood Bowl Playtest is now open for sign-ups!
The Blood Bowl 3 community has been waiting for this for a long time.
We’re happy to announce that we’re opening sign-ups for the playtest of Warhammer Blood Bowl 🏈
Everyone can apply immediately: first off, check out the new store page for Warhammer Blood Bowl: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4245200/Warhammer_Blood_Bowl__The_Official_Video_Game/
Then click on the green button which says Request Access next to Join the Warhammer Blood Bowl Playtest.
Our plan is to collect sign ups for a couple of days and then start a first smaller wave of invites. Assuming everything is working as intended, we’ll then open the floodgates and let in a much larger number of testers. Everyone who is accepted in the playtest will receive a notification on Steam and by email.
Our goal is to test the game as well as to stress-test the servers. Your feedback will be super valuable so don’t hesitate and let us know in our discord channel: https://discord.com/invite/bloodbowl3
You might be wondering what this playtest build will contain:
- Access to Warhammer Blood Bowl and the most recent tabletop ruleset
- New 7 vs 7 Rumble Mode
- A revamped tutorial
- A revamped and streamlined UI
- A new customizable homepage
- An improved AI
- The Tomb King and Bretonnian teams are not present in the build, we want to keep this as a treat for later!
Have fun, we’re looking forward to hearing what you think 👀
u/StudioCyanide — 10 days ago
▲ 64 r/bloodbowl
Halloween inspired Necromantic Horror
Repainted my necro team for an upcoming Halloween game, pretty proud with how they turned out
u/ScrltHrth — 8 days ago
▲ 63 r/bloodbowl
Bloodbowl Pitch
I designed this pitch back in 2017 and I know it needs an upgrade. What do you think I need to add or remove to make it better. It's going to be available as an overlay on about 60 of my terrain designs.
u/KrakenDice — 9 days ago
▲ 131 r/bloodbowl
My third Minotaur finished!
Just finished my third Minotaur (third Brutefun sculpt too)! This one is themed for my upcoming Chaos Renegades team. I wasn't sold on my "Tzeentch" inspired colors at first but they turned out really well. His teammates are all primed and ready to go!
u/jotunndatroll — 9 days ago
▲ 171 r/bloodbowl
Lizardmen Blood Bowl Team Display
I decided to post my Lizardman Blood Bowl team, I've loved the team since the Citadel Journal days and when the plastic kit was released I rushed out to buy it. My team has been napping for a few years but I recently stumbled across some of the Forge World Star players to mess about with. Hopefully I'll upload the team in closeups in the next few days if I remember and the star players when I eventually get round to painting them. Unfortunately I already need a bigger pitch for them since I already have a model without a hole allocated for him. Thankfully I could 3D Print a surface now instead of spending hours boring through thick card with a hand drill and swearing. 😂
First post in the subreddit, I hope you like them. 😄
u/Teknomagnus — 10 days ago
▲ 49 r/bloodbowl
An update on last night, I finished the team other than basing
Had a lot of fun with the werewolves, ended up mixing my own shade from the speedpaint for the fur
u/Hytyt — 9 days ago
▲ 19 r/bloodbowl
I don’t think Nuffle likes me.
This specifically pertains to Blood Bowl II, the Dice gods just do not favor me in the slightest.
u/Dakotasan — 10 days ago
▲ 6 r/bloodbowl
I have 2 Trees to build and paint. What team to bring to a tournament? Halflings, Gnomes or Wood Elves?
As the title says,
I have two trees I really want to paint and use at the next tournament I'm joining. I could get a halfling team or gnomes with Deeproot as my star player or go the wood elf route.
Oooorrr I just use my Orcs and call it a day
u/Lunatoon9 — 8 days ago
▲ 60 r/bloodbowl
My first time painting in 18 years, how did I do?
I've since filled in all the gaps in the paint, but my wife is asleep so I can't put the light on for new pictures
u/Hytyt — 9 days ago
▲ 74 r/bloodbowl
New ’Orc Meanz 2.0
Finally got my new and improved orc team from Realm of Paths.
Is it just me or are the Fanatic warpaints from Armypainter almost like a cheat code for painting?
The level’d up my paint game as f*ck
u/svanpjavel — 9 days ago