Discrim

There are high schools with better fields than what you described, and that's even if you leave out those stadiums in Texas.

Had this in reserve for a while, and I'm finally releasing this owl out into the wild...here goes Rice. Decided to go Carlton-style for the main design, with the big English R front and center. The third is a silver-to-white faux gradient, a Brisbane style offshoot. For at least this season, we at the WAFA are basically operating as an outlaw league...so I can still unveil the Milwaukee Robins' 2017 guernseys The robin's been given an addition for this year: a silver medal commemorating our Grand Final appearance last season. The home jumper also has silver numbers and a silver collar for this year only. The teal clash has a silver medal for the same reason...the Cup home, however, features a gold medal, commemorating our first trophy of any kind...when we won the midseason Cup final...ah man, the type of game we're almost always a lock to lose, we actually won

Sounds like this soccer game I read about a few times...you rolled different dice, depending on how strong each team is (dice used in an Arsenal-Man United match will yield a closer match than Liverpool-Stoke, for example) Anyways, got to playing one of the print & play baseball offerings yesterday and today. The funny thing was yesterday, I went with two great teams (82 Brewers vs 69 Mets), and today I went the opposite direction (2003 Tigers vs 62 Mets)...and despite rather disparate starting points and journeys, I wound up with the same score in both sittings: 7-3 Mets Admittedly, since I didn't have detailed rosters handy yesterday (given that this is another one where you rate the players before rolling any dice...my best short explanation is that players can have exceptional (or exceptionally bad) hitting, power, speed or fielding (pitchers can be aces/closers, average, or scrubs), and team standings determine how many of the good traits you can afford, as well as how many crappy traits you have to assign), I probably butchered both Milwaukee and 69 NYM to various degrees, notably handedness...like I said though, the journeys to 7-3 Mets wins were notably different from one another. About the only similarities they shared besides the score were that the Mets' bats were able to get to the opposing SP relatively early, and the Mets starter (Seaver for the 69 crew, Roger Craig for the 62's) made it to the 9th. Not gonna bore you with the boxscores, I'm just gonna give summaries: in the first game, the Brewers actually struck first, and took a 2-0 lead in the 2nd inning. By the end of the 3rd, though, the Mets had tied things up. A pair of Gorman Thomas errors, as well as Robin Yount going 0-4 and committing an error himself, paired with the Brew having to turn to the bullpen in the 5th were what largely doomed the Ball & Glove boys, as after a rough second inning, Tom Seaver only allowed one more run as he was able to finish what he'd started, with special mention to the 9th inning, better known as the Ed Kranepool Show...seriously, all three outs were hit his way, the man was practically standing on his head. One of the Mets' few lowlights was when I'd decided to send one of their slowpokes (who may have been Kranepool) home instead of holding him at third, which ended up in him being beaten by the throw home. In the Bad-tle between the '03 Tigers and '62 Mets, I guess I caught Marvelous Marv and co. on a good day, as they had two big innings: 4 runs in the first, and then 3 in the fourth, and never looked back, even as Detroit's pitching settled down. Errors and poor defense didn't play as large of a role as they had in the Milwaukee game, but there were a few balls that Tigers SS Ramon Santiago couldn't get to, IIRC at least one of which led to a Mets run. Dmitri Young and Craig Monroe each homered off of Craig, though both were basically too little, too late. Even though Monroe's blast ended Craig's day in the top of the 9th, the Tigers couldn't do anything else. Hey, even the '62 Mets had some good days.

...And for anyone whose interest was piqued by Techno Bowl, I have good news: a second stab at crowdfunding was successful, and...well, the designer said this at BGG on the 4th: The physical sample/proof copy of the game should be shipping out tomorrow from China. After receiving it, there will be several independent and then group reviews of the product. Assuming there are only a couple of small corrections to be made, we should be able to begin manufacturing almost immediately after that. If that happens, we should be on track for late March/early April. Any delay in that portion of the process and it will be more like mid-April/early May. I'm hoping for the former, but this isn't a portion to rush through. ??????????????? If you're wondering how this "board-game-version-of-Tecmo-Bowl" thing's supposed to work, and are too lazy to scroll up, go here. There's a how-to video, and if you have a BGG account, you can download a few freebies, including a draft of the rules, two teams and a few fan-made items. I've read over the rules a few times, and I gotta say...I REALLY like what I see. And I haven't even played it. Using jersey numbers as ratings is a sneaky-good idea, and you actually have to think about who moves on a given play, especially because the offense isn't guaranteed the first move. Hell, they threw in a piece of NFL Fever (when passing, in addition to being able to throw to a receiver, you can also throw to a spot and hope you can get your man there before an opponent can). There are even missed tackles?...just about the only thing you can't do is punt (because there are only four downs to score....the tagline is, after all, Arcade Football Unplugged)

For anybody who liked MLB Showdown, a few years back, you might have heard about what wound up as an aborted rebirth as MLB Clutch. Well, they've decided there were too many hoops to jump through for an MLB license, so they'll be releasing it as Clutch Baseball, and are aiming for a spring release. Clutch Baseball - Trading Card Game - Clutch Moments Happen Here

All the Expansion Six tribute series are over, and I've been sitting on this one for a little while...Iowa! I choose you!

It might just be me, but for some reason the baby in New Orleans' new logo looks like Anthony Rizzo to me. I'm dead serious.

Man, a fella doesn't check the minor league thread for a while and crap like Jacksonville happens. I don't see what was wrong with Suns. I mean, I like eating shrimp as much as the next guy, but I'm not big on Jumbo Shrimp as a team name. I actually kinda like the Fire Frogs' set, but find their use of Florida rather than Kissimmee baffling, given they're in a league where everybody plays in Florida

Back on la calle and I'm twice as bad...today I give you the Chattanooga Mocs. The choo-choo the city is famous for inspired the train track jumpers.

Right here...first link, can't miss it. Setup's real simple, all you need is records (in this way, I'd call it Paydirt Lite, in the category of Differentiation between teams but not athletes). On a related note, those endzone sigs got me thinking about a little side project I work on occasionally...while screwing around with Boardgame Geek, I stumbled upon a game called All-Pro Football, and decided to make a field...and then a few more...and then a Canadian version...and then an Arena version. I hadn't really given much thought to posting any of em here (or anywhere), but I think I will soon.

IIRC the maker's running into a few problems, pricing being a notable one. Last I'd read, it sounded like including all 32 teams was gonna cost somewhere in the $70-80 neighborhood. IIRC they were aiming for releasing at some point during the fall...my attention's mostly been elsewhere, so as I said I haven't really checked up on it in a while. Had something of an adventure in gaming the other day, taking on a Soren Narnia offering I hadn't previously in Nailbiter Football. Decided on a semi-replay, 93 Oilers @ 93 Bills, which had been a beatdown in favor of Buffalo IRL, but would be an "even" matchup given both teams finished 12-4. I figure most football games have some sort of playcalling method for solitaire play nowadays...I think Strat has one, can't remember if Statis Pro had one or not, Vince Lombardi's Game had the first "ghost coach" I felt I was able to comprehend. Anyway, to explain Nailbiter's gameplay, imagine a tabletop variant of Madden's Super Sim, except it switches to running plays at key junctures in the possession, then switches back at changes of possession and first downs, with a few exceptions. And each play has a "pitch count" of sorts, after which you have to roll twice and use the worse result, so leaning too hard on one play will bite you in the ass if you let it. Anyway, I called the plays for the Oilers while the ghost coach made his best Marv Levy impersonation...and I ended up on the business end of a 60-23 beatdown. All I can say is the dice really fell in love with Buffalo that afternoon...that, and unlike the real Oilers, I managed to put some points on the board. Made me reminiscent of one game in my old Raiders franchise in Madden 10, when I suffered a curbstomping at the hands of the Jaguars in Oakland (though I returned the favor in the playoffs, with interest and in Jax, no less). You might think "60-23? How the hell is that an even matchup?" Hey, stuff happens. I'm gonna give it another go later.

Nice logo...but who the hell are the Birmingham Mets? I've heard of the Binghamton Mets and the Birmingham Barons though

Finally! Discrim...has returned...to his own footy thread Leading off, Texas State...fun with quarters and abbreviations...as well as combining two different directions of stripes joining them in the thread, Southeast Missouri State...fun with checkers and feathers Finally, the Adelaide Crows...in which I give you flying crows in quasi-stripes.

Truth, man. My own hometown is basically the type of city you could easily imagine hosting an ECHL or D-League team...only without an arena.

An interesting find I've come across recently...essentially, someone has decided to answer a question I never thought to ask: what would happen if you turned Tecmo Super Bowl (with a dash of NFL Blitz) into a board game? No, really! If nothing else, they've cornered the market on punny names, many likely easily guessed as to who their RL counterpart is (Tom Baby, Rock Knockowski, Clint Portly, Perry Freezer, Joey Mean, Roy Gonnamaulu, Ed Lazy, Rodger Dodgers, Vic Mexico, Quentin Bartholomew Eagles), some guys a bit more esoterically named (J.J. Joule, Randy Lichen, Andrew Zephyr, Mack Two, Mack Koi, Al Stop, Julian Salts, Chad Sesentayseis).

Ah, that Footscray-Fitzroy merger that never happened. Probably a good thing, given there's very little Footscray in that jumper iMO. As for that aborted Pacers set: Relegating gold to tertiary status? Gradient? Teal? Ugh.

Just one this time, but I think yall gonna like it. Fight on, Illini I looked at the somewhat odd I-shield Illinois has and figured it'd be a great starting point for a jumper design, so here we are. The vintage jumper is a blast from the past, as I'd made a similar jumper around the time I started making Aussie rules concepts. The front design is the breastplate from the Chief Illiniwek logo.

And now, a moment no one's been waiting for the Discrim Super Bowl pre-play I (Heroes & Rallies), where the first half was a defensive struggle, and the Panthers pulled away in the third quarter. Carolina 24, Denver 12 the final. Some days, you don't have to break out the rare play chart at all, but today I think I saw more of it than the field goal chart: in the second quarter, Carolina broke out the ol' halfback option, with Jonathan Stewart connecting with Greg Olsen for 42 yds, and later in the game, the Broncos were able to pull off a flea flicker. There were a lot of fumbles and picks more than anything though, thus a number of missed opportunities on both sides.