That's another thing. I had 370k of inducements for that game and was planning on taking two Star Players (Fezglitch and Skitter Stab-Stab) that should be available for the Underworld team and are also included in the official Blood Bowl CR (Competition Rules - especially for leagues)
http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m750496a_BB_Competition_Rules_Pack.pdf
BUT those Star Players weren't available to me, I could only choose between Morg'n'Thorg (too expensive) and Bomber Dribblesnot (do not want) which kind of screwed me because I had very limited time to choose other inducements.
*shakes fist at Cyanide*
So yeah, the inducements suck.

And having to play with that many inducements because of my team value for the foreseeable future doesn't really appeal to me. You only get the winnings AFTER you had the chance to buy a mercenary who did particularly well in the game and gathered some SPP. So when you get the winning and have gold to buy him you don't have the chance to. Yay.
And as I had two games only getting 10k I'm a LONG way off of replacing all the Skaven that "left" my team.
And my only LV2 goblin died as well. *sniff* That was kind of the moment that broke my spirit. Only three of my players left on the pitch, no way for me to win the match no matter what - and boom, another dead player.
I have to admit that I lost count of how many of my players have died this season so far.

No. The troll made it to the end of the match unharmed.
The match before he spent nearly the whole match taking a nap in the KO box and refused to get up.

I think I've talked to you about it before, but to me fouling just isn't worth it as is. For example in my most recent game, I traded a KO beastman who got up in the next drive for an ejected sneaky git snot, and for me that wasn't worth it at all.

The fact that i have no money and half my team is now made of of mercenaries means every snot is damn valuable to me, and I just can't risk them to loose with no gain.

More questions guys!

1. How does a Championship league work, as I understand you play as much as your time allows? So will you fall behind if you play only a small amount of matches and are there other competitions like this or some other free form online play?

2. How is the AI? As you might gather, time is a bit of a problem so playing on your own would be great for me even if the game's core focus is multiplayer. So is going solo worth it, story mode or some AI league?

sure one player fauling especially av9 isnt very efficient + but if you can add up there enough assists to lower the av to say 5-6 -> then its whole different thing. Especially snotlings are the most efficient floating assists in the game, gobbos and halflings arent much behind - amazons have pretty good chances as well, as they have one of the cheapest rosters in game + universal dodge.

ofcourse it also makes difference are you fouling the opponents star player or regular line-dude. "Just fouling" is likely to go very wrong on long term.

Personally i dont think ive ever managed "better" foul than stun (not that ive tried much), but after reading all the stuff ive read and watching all the random replays ive seen - i am totally positive on this. Ofcourse every team and every match is its own case and has to be dealt in its own way. Generalities are good, but one shouldnt actually count on them in action ;)

It's all very situational, but as a general rule, I try to avoid fouling.
If I get caught, my player is out for the rest of the match.
So to make it worth it, I want to get the foullee out for the rest of the match.
This means at least badly hurt.
First, there is no way to guarantee a badly hurt.
Secondly, injuring a player in a foul doesn't earn any SPP.....

Concerning SPP - thats usual attitude: "Dont get SPP -> useless". Well, sure games vary greatly whether the opponent has deep bench or not. But if i had deep bench and the opponent didnt - > then ofcourse sacrificing ("exchanging") is very good idea - less opponents on the board. Less opponents then ofcourse means less blocks against you and lets you block more. ->> blocking more is more likely to do more CAS and more scores, which ofcourse both generate SPP.

Ofcourse if one seriously wants to compete in league, you shouldnt be too concerned on the SPP (yeah, -certainly- youre going to CAS that player later anyways ;) , but rather making those scores and winning = getting league points. Individual players SPP wont give you that.

Also if you stick to BB lobby or read any team playbooks, there are huuuge advancement plans for every single player. "if you get double = this, if you get normal=this, if you get stat= this" and so forth ...i think that expecting every single one of your players to live to level 7 or 8 is really nonsense. Getting to level 2 is huge work unless you happen to get lucky CAS'es or the player is elven catcher/wardance/gutter runner or similiar player that actually -can- score with relative ease.

the sub-par av7 usual linefodder starts exactly like that - fodder. Its job is to take hits instead of your positionals, take its and maybe foul (rarely smart to foul with expensive positinal...). Sure sometimes the line fodder gets lvl and to and becomes really useful: i got one lineman with +str and another with +ag which is nice - but eventually momentuary. Either he dies or gets too broken after taking one hit too hard OR i just retire the team and play something more interesting.

Either way, they certainly arent bringing me any food to the table or paying for my internet ;)

...but ofcourse my whole BB career against human players is this league + four or five matches outside it, so cant say i am huge authority to say "What is proper" :p

...ill create a bit later in the evening a halfling team to the open league, if someone wants to play not-so-serious-match against the mushiest team in the game, let me know...

I promise i wont bash, but i might end up doing some unexpected ankle gnawing :p

I've already got a halfling team there waiting.
If I find time, I'll give them an outing against you.

no dorfs? :(

2 treemen vs 2 treemen may be kinda booring :)

halflings vs halfings? Hide yer pastries everyone! the pitch is swarmed with little pint sized bellies on legs.

I also can't wait to have 4 treemen stare at each other awkwardly, 1 square apart each, while being rooted to the ground.

I have dwarfs too, if you'd prefer....

yarr
vanilla tv1000 i suppose?

The dwarves have played 2 matches.
There is a level 3 runner, but the rest are still level 1.

nooo, i couldnt apply tv600 halffers. I want master chef and third tree :/

...it wouldnt be possible change the rules to apply under tv1000 teams without breaking anything?

I'll find out when I get home....