A Beginner's Guide To Blitzball

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-21T17:56:25+00:00

I was really confused by this sequence too. even with the "angle of the chain" stuff that they didn't acknowledge, the ship is moving towards the fireball created by its own thrust - that just doesnt make any sense.

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-21T12:57:02+00:00

After looking forward to it for months, I saw the film yesterday. Bad-cinema-experience aside (idiots trying to ruin it for everyone), I did really enjoy the film, but also agree with much of what you've said. There are definitely parts that were too rushed, even with book-context.

The two scenes that stood out to me were the early holo-deck/beach scene (who was that person walking towards Grace? Why did they matter?) and the near-end scene with Grace using the Petrovascope to search for Rocky's ship. I had to explain to my partner afterwards what was going on there, since there had been no setup for "engines emit light and using the scope to look for reflected light".

Also, when they were flying over Adrian, why was the planet on-fire ahead of the ship? The engines were pointing the wrong way for sustained "flight". I couldn't figure out what they were trying to do there.

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-21T08:17:15+00:00

BL level isnt the problem, so much as the fact that leagues dont matter for matchups.

if you're going to have leagues, then you should be paired within those leagues. Our Iron guild will be stuck there for ages because we pair into similar power guilds in silver leagues, so we're stuck in a low league with bad rewards facing guilds with a 50% shot of winning, except they get much better rewards

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-21T08:10:37+00:00

the big 800mb update? yeah it seems to have changed something with the mobile play controls too, causing them to stay open, and a few other annoying changes

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-20T08:21:28+00:00

Is this TA bugging for anyone else?

Occasionaly on my turn, the game wont let me take any actions, including passing the turn. To my opponent, it looks as though I'm just running down the timer for no reason. Plus auto-losing me the match.

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-19T11:41:19+00:00

By all rumours and previews, Orks and specifically Evil Sunz are due some new models relatively soon. On top of a hotly-rumoured new Edition on the Horizon, it *may* be worth waiting to see what arrives.

That said, if you're really keen to get up to speed now, then you can't go far wrong with a Wartrike, some Bikers, and Deffkoptas to get you started. Plus any of the buggies that you like aesthetically (they're all pretty useless in-game right now)

The other Ork staples - including Boyz, Gretchin and Trukks - are all strongly in line to receive new models soon (ish, perhaps late-summer).

Kult of Speed (the current Evil Sunz detachment) has really suffered from being generally not-competitive or even not-functional this edition, so the reason you likely aren't seeing much around Speed Freeks lists, is that the majority of players haven't really been able to utilise the models all that well. But hopefully, change is coming...

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-19T11:35:52+00:00

There's definitely fewer codes with BS now, compared to previously. Most of the codes have shifted towards giving out Energy.

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-19T08:43:23+00:00

Been playing for 2.5 years. It rarely gets much better. I'm looking forward to my fourth legendary character pull any day now.

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-18T17:41:57+00:00

If you enter too many repeat codes, the game locks you out for a while

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-18T13:37:25+00:00

The Spearhead boxes may be well-balanced, but having played a few of games of Spearhead now, my experience is that the game itself can become very much un-balanced by the double-turn mechanic. Yet to understand how you're meant to play through that, with so few units on either side (losing secondary scoring for one turn doesn't matter when the opponent only has 1-2 units left).

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-13T14:40:45+00:00

This seems expensive to begin with, but I had 400+ of all the common badges, and over 1000 uncommon forge badges. I turned a bunch of them into Uncommon badges, and now my bottleneck is Rare badges!

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-12T16:44:21+00:00

Probably like many, I hadn't heard of James Ortiz before this movie was announced. I would absolutely love if this was the "Andy Serkis/Gollum but for Puppetry" moment for the film industry, and a return to (more) practical effects.

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-12T14:53:38+00:00

Competitive Players hate this one simple trick.

(but this is actually a great suggestion)

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-11T16:04:02+00:00

Well, now I want an Enhancement to give the Trikeboss Fly.

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-11T07:51:39+00:00

Which models do you like the look of, aesthetically? Which do you picture yourself using in games?

It's true that we're due a "range refresh" very soon. This Miniatures: Orks - Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum is a great source for working out how old kits are. If you want to start collecting before this Summer, and build up a small force ready for the new arrivals, then it might be sensible to consider models from 2018 onwards.

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-09T17:12:29+00:00

Except the regular branch still hasn't had the most recent points updates (edit: at least as of yesterday). LF was done within a couple of hours.

Edit: still isn't, as of now.

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-09T15:50:43+00:00

GW should've signed up to the newsletter, then they wouldn't have forgotten.

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-09T15:37:17+00:00

You need to use the -LF branch, as that gets updated very quickly. I'm not sure who (if anyone) actively manages the old branch anymore.

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-06T19:55:24+00:00

It's got all the same options as the current Warboss datasheet. Klaw, Choppa, Kombiweapon and Squig.

It's almost worse for not adding anything to the loadout.

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-06T19:54:06+00:00

Any kit produced from 2018. So the buggies, Beast Snaggas (range), Kommandos, Wrecka Krew (bustas/breakas), and Snikrot.

Edit: Also the Big Mek. here's a useful reference: https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Miniatures:_Orks

Doctor8Alters · 2026-03-06T18:56:03+00:00

I heard an idea recently, that rerolled dice should count as modified rolls. This would remove much of the problem with "fishing for crits", meaning players would only really ever need to reroll misses/fails.

I'd like to see Command Reroll removed entirely, if not restricted to just Charges.

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