Hello out there! We're on the air, It's BloodBowl Night tonight; Tension grows, the whistle blows, And the Ball goes up the sky. The runners jump, and the players bump, And the fans all go insane; Someone roars, "Scraggit scores!" At the good old Bloodbowl game.
Oh! The good old Bloodbowl game, Is the best game you can name; And the best game you can name, Is the Sin Bin Pylon game!
(With apologies to "Stompin' Tom" Connors and The Hockey Song)
Bulletin board from the coach
May 26th, 2009 - old news
A Proud Farewell
The SBS apologises for this extremely late transmission. However, the finals series hogged all the air time, so we had to wait until now to bring you this update. Additionally, the team's still partying...
The latest game report can be found here: Sin Bin Pylons - Hammer & Tongs(Season IV, round 16). Although the Pylons tried to take their pound of flesh from the undead hides of the Hammer & Tongs, they quickly learnt that there's not much hide you WANT to take on a zombie.
It wasn't all bad news however, as Dead-eye got what turned out to be his 13th touchdown of his career. This now shatters team legend Scraggit's former record, and both gobbos can hold their heads high as true stars for the Pylons.
It was at the post-match press conference where long-suffering coach Krazy Lenny made his surprise announcement: the Sin Bin Pylons, stalwart contenders and unofficial league mascots, were taking their leave of the BABBL and focusing on their tournament circuit.
"Da team's played proud fer several seasons now," Krazy Lenny told a stunned press audience. "We've decided it's high time ta hang up our bootz and let da rookies know what glory's like. An' we'll continue ta keep our 'and in with tournaments, and in a few seasons time we'll return stronga dan evva!"
The team's first tournament test will be at the place where they first got a taste for travel: the ever-famous Eucalyptus Bowl. The SBS wishes them the very best of luck.
And thus, the chronicles of the Sin Bin Pylons draw to a close. With the team currently in their camp partying and preparing for their travels, they were unavailable for comment. However, the general feel is one of thanks to the BABBL for letting mere gobbos reach the mighty highs of Blood-Bowl fame.
- Hans van Shruber, Southlands Brotherhood of Scryers (SBS) reporter Sin Bin Pylons liason
- Borzag
Apr. 21st, 2009 - old news
Sinners are Grinners
Good evening sportsfans, and welcome to a long-delayed update of the World Game Wrap-Up! Due to a relocation of the studio, this is the first time in several weeks the SBS has been available to broadcast. As such, its sponsored reporting of the Sin Bin Pylons goblin team has gone amiss for some time.
This week we have not one but SIX games to report...
This game was against one of the Pylons' favourite opponents, Coach Scalpifig. It was also the second in what's proved to be the Pylons' new "bash" run, with the goblins outplaying the Dwarves all through the first half to go into an unassailable 2-0 lead. However, the dwindingly numbers (mostly due to secret weapons) was to prove the gobbos' undoing, with the House exploiting the appearing holes in the line to walk away with a 2-all draw.
Coach Deano is one that the Pylons coaching staff greatly fear, but the Gobbos managed to survive to fight another day. Although badly pummeled, by now they'd learnt how to avoid the worst of what the Ogres could offer (ie "stay away"), and even managed to brng in a touchdown. Even with a loss, the Pylons walked out of this rare home game with their heads held high.
Again, a veteran coach with a new team, the Pylons always enjoy facing Parabola's boys. Although not able to inflict their usual amount of pain (even with Lil' Jason pulling in a sterling effort), the Pylons did manage to put in their usual "boot to the face" game that's become such a big characteristic of their play style. In particular, one memorable comment on the sidelines from Krazy Lenny summed up the week's game plan: "Choose an orifice and kick it!"
The Pylons brought their muscle to this game, with injured humans going left right and centre. This may have been reason for the lopsided scoreline; Coach Psuedo encouraged his players to run away from the gobbos (yeah we're surprised too). Despite the brutal play, the Goblins simply weren't able to dominate the play to the extent the BUS16's Deschain clan were, and they walked away with a win.
Tazz survived. Let's get that on the record straight away. Although Coach Hazzardous has been talking up his intention to kill the Pylon captain, and went out of his way to do so, the little Fanatic that could and did still managed to survve the game. Around that though, the Gobbos took a pasting, although managed to get a touchdown in (again courtesy of the team's new TD record holder, Dead-eye).
The Pylons wore black underwear to this game (and not just because of hygene), as not many expected to survive. However, they surprised themselves in how well they performed. Although the Circus got the hits in, they simply weren't able to crush the goblins with their usual style. This still didn't leave the gobbos with much room to manouver, but Dead-Eye still managed to run one in (bringing his total to 12, an unheard of record for the team). Also, the team's focus on taking out Uncle Crusty and Little Hat paid off with Little Hat spending most of the game on the ground (the rest spent hurting the three trolls on the pitch, with Ripper Bolgrot joining the fun). Despite the loss, the coaching staff are chalking this up as a win, with the only serious injury to Riley Cote and Bomber Dribblesnot...
And that sums up the play of the last few weeks. Join us next week when we give the Pylons' final report for season 5!
- Borzag
Mar. 10th, 2009 - old news
Goblin SMASH!
Good evening sportsfans, and welcome to another edition of the World Game Wrap-up! Tonight we discuss the latest game from the Sin Bin Pylons camp.
This week, the veteran Goblin team found themselves against the Naggoroth Iron Wolves. Although the two teams had faced off before, time had steeled both of them to the point where they were ready for another match-up. Well that and everyone else was taken, so what the hell.
This was one of the few recent games away from the PylonDome. However, even without the home field advantage, the Pylon Pal faithful showed up in force. However, the Iron Wolf fans showed up in greater numbers, and were ready to see bloodsheed to the point where they invaded the pitch and took out almost everyone on the team bar captain Tazz. The few Pylons that survived managed to cage up long enough for the rest of the team to stand up and lay down a smack of epic proportions.
This very quickly became the game's "theme"; it appeared that the Iron Wolf team armour was sabotaged prior to the game, as every time they fell over they would crack something. Perhaps they'd also had their drinks spiked, as they weren't able to do much more than push around the Goblins on the pitch (who gave back more than they got).
The Pylons took advantage of this to put down the first touchdown, surprisingly not by Dead-eye but by relative newcomer McSorely. This was also the last touchdown by the Pylons, as they dedicated themselves to the bash after this.
Several attempts to stymie the goblin play were attempted, as the Iron Wolves threw down a chainsaw of their own to counter Tazz (and it worked, as he nurses off a new scar prior to next week's game), and with leaping Iron Wolf witch elf Rarna Achazot taking on star looney Lil' Jason and sending him (temporarily) into the injury bin. Both times the team as a whole took out these threats, with no less than SEVEN players involved in sticking the boot to Rarna.
However, despite their hitting power, there was no stopping the Elven scoring machine, and the game was once again a loss for the Pylons. However, this was a loss that they'll treasure, having smacked up a high level team beyond belief.
Krazy Lenny was not available for comment in this game (we're as surprised as you are). Rumour has it that he's currently holding the largest booze-up the team's had since their last win.... hopefully the hangovers will be recovered by next week's game.
- Borzag
Feb. 26th, 2009 - old news
Ratted Out
Good evening sportsfans! Tonight the SBS World Game Wrap-up is running an unusually late (by 2 whole days!) edition to cover the latest game played in BABBL's early season. As always, the focus is on the Sin Bin Pylons, the veteran Goblin team that just won't say die (although several of its players tend to do so at an alarming and hilarious rate...).
On the Pylons' dance card this week was new Skaven team, the Rat Sackaz. Although Coach Da_Boyzz is new to this professional level of BloodBowl, he's been showing he's got what it takes all season. The Pylons and their coaching staff (long-suffering head coach Krazy Lenny and the team's mysterious financial backer, the black orc known only as "Borzag") have been keeping an eye on this young coach for a while, hoping to get a game in.
This game was also memorable as it's the first time the PylonDome has made an appearance in its nearly completed form. Despite this, the Pylon Pal fanz didn't make as good a showing as usual. So, with rats packing the stadium to the rafters, the game began...
And it began well for the Pylons, with new Troll Pinky finally getting his arm in, and pitching Dead-eye "The Bullet" straight into the end zone within seconds of the whistle. This currently brings Dead-eye's TD count to 7, equaling the late, great Scraggit's record.
This however was one of the few things to go right for the Pylons. Since the "Zebra Insurance" pool for the Pylons was very low this week, team captain Tazz was sent off immediately after the touchdown, before he even got a chance to warm up. At this point the Scrappers REALLY got into high gear, with sneaky gutter runner Azarneth the Assassin and the Stunty-Killer Rat Shatt-A-Brick leading the team, often through the remains of the Pylons. Even pogoer B.A. wasn't immune to the fight, after Rat threw him into the bin with a suspected snapped neck (later pronounced "okay-ish" by team apothecary Dr Riviera).
In the end, the sheer gap in the scoreline proved too much for the Pylons, who now go into their 25th straight no-win game after a 6-1 loss to the Scrappers. It was no surprise that Azarneth was named the MVP either...
Despite the loss, Krazy Lenny was actually rather proud of today's game. "We wuz dere furst game," he told the SBS crew in his regular post-match press conference. "Our feeda team gave da Sewer Scrappers dere furst taste uv astrogranite, right here on da PylonDome. We wuz da wunz dat got dem ta play, and we're proud ta say dat we'll see dem take out da trophy!"
Azarneth the Assassin
