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GREETINGS SPORTS FANS AND WELCOME TO "THE BLITZ", YOUR ROUND-UP OF PHOENIX BLOODBOWL. I AM BJORNE MADMAN AND MY CO-HOST AS ALWAYS IS "SPLAT" THUMP-N-MAUL.
WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO THE PHOENIX INVITATIONAL. THIS SEASON WE UNLEASH THE "MONGREL HORDES" AS TEAMS CAN FIELD PLAYERS FROM ALL RACES TO PLAY FOR THEM IN THIS ONE SHOT TOURNAMENT...
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FOUR POSITIONAL PLAYERS FROM ANY RACE JOIN WITH A SINGLE RACE OF LINEMEN TO TAKE ON THE REST OF THE TEAMS IN THIS THE SECOND INVITATIONAL....
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THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ABUNDANCE OF WARDANCERS AND GUTTER RUNNERS TAKING TO THE FIELD THIS TIME AROUND SO ITS SEEMS THEY ARE MOSTLY GOING WITH SPEED AS THE KEY....
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THOSE SPEEDY GUYS DON'T RUN AS FAST IF YOU REMOVE THEIR KNEES... EVEN SLOWER IF YOU REMOVE THEIR HEADS....
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SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE ACTION AFTER THE END OF DAY ONE....
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​IN THE FIRST GAME CHRIS TOOK A CLEAR WIN OVER CONOR....
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CONOR THREW A GUY IN FOR A ONE TURN SCORE BUT THEN FELL APART FROM THEN ON..
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ADAM RETURNED TO LEAVE BEN SCORELESS...
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SEEMS BEN WAS TOO BUSY FIGHTING TO REMEMBER THERE IS A BALL INVOLVED..
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JOHN SWAPPED IN FOR ALEC AND HELD SCOTT TO A DRAW...
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YOU MEAN ALEC RAN AWAY TO LEAVE JOHN TO FACE HIM... IT WAS AN INTENSE MATCH FROM WHAT I SAW...
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KARL HELD ON TO THE LEAD AGAINST MARTIN THANKS TO NUFFLE....
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DOUBLE SKULLS FOR FINISH IS HARSH... EVEN HIS OPPONENT WAS CHEERING HIM ON...
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OLLY THRASHED MARCUS INTO SUBMISSION...
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EVEN THE REFEREE IS GETTING IN ON THE "ABUSE MARCUS" RULING... IS THAT ALLOWED?...​
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IN THE SECOND GAME MARCUS HANDED CONOR HIS SECOND LOSS...
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WITH ONLY TEN ENTRANTS THIS SEASON AT LEAST CONOR CAN'T DO WORSE THAN HIS 12TH FROM LAST TIME... ALTHOUGH HE MAY SEE THAT AS A CHALLENGE...
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A LAST TURN SCORE AGAINST ADAM GAVE KARL HIS SECOND WIN.....
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WARDANCERS ARE THE BANE OF EVERYONE.... THEY SHOULD BE BANNED...
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BEN TOOK A SHOCK WIN OVER CHRIS...
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WELL BEN DOES HAVE THE TOURNAMENT RECORD OF 33PTS IN A SINGLE GAME... BUT IT WAS AGAINST CONOR SO THAT'S EXPECTED...
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JOHN ALSO HAD 33PTS AS WELL LAST SEASON BUT I CAN'T RECALL WHO THAT WAS AGAINST...
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THAT WAS CONOR AS WELL SO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN..
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JOHN HELD BACK MARTIN TO KEEP IN CONTENTION....
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IT WAS A BATTLE WITH LAST YEARS 2ND AND 3RD PLACED PLAYERS SO WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A CLOSE ONE....
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LOOKING AT THE STATS SO FAR EVERYONE WHO HAS PLAYED HAS SCORED AT LEAST ONCE..
KARL LEADS THE SCORING SO FAR WITH 4 TDS AND BEN LEADS THE CASUALTIES BY A GOOD MARGIN WITH 6...
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SO AS WE GET READY FOR THE SECOND DAY KARL HOLDS A 11PT LEAD BUT NEEDS TO SCORE 25 OR MORE TO CHANGE THE TOTAL SCORE..​
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JOHN NEEDS TO GET MORE THAN 15 TO DO THE SAME...
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FOR THE REST A SINGLE DRAW WILL BOOST THEIR TOTALS TO PUT THEM BACK INTO CONTENTION FOR THE TITLE AND WITH THE CURRENT CHAMPION SITTING THIS ONE OUT WE WILL HAVE A NEW CHAMPION CROWNED AT THE END OF THE EVENT....
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AS WE ENTERED INTO DAY TWO OF THE INVITATIONAL TWO PLAYERS MADE THEIR DECLARATION THAT THEY WERE AIMING FOR THE TROPHY. CHRIS'S 3-0 WIN OVER THE TABLE LEADER, KARL SET A NEW TOURNAMENT RECORD OF 33 POINTS IN A SINGLE GAME.
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BUT JUST A SHORT WHILE LATER AND THE RECORD FELL ONCE MORE AS ALEC TOOK A 3-0 WIN OVER CONOR TO RACK UP 35 POINTS.
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WITH CHRIS WINNING AGAINST SCOTT AND ALEC MAKING KARL PAY FOR BAD DICE ROLLS THESE TWO WERE GOING TO BE GOING INTO THE FINAL GAME AS A HEAD TO HEAD FOR THE TITLE.
ONE THE FINAL DAY IT WAS ALL TO PLAY FOR AS CHRIS AND ALEC HAD TO FACE EACH OTHER. A WIN HERE WOULD SEAL THE TITLE BUT A DRAW AND THERE WERE PLENTY OF PLAYERS CLOSE ENOUGH BEHIND THEM TO SWEEP IN AT THE END.
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BUT WITH ALEC TAKING A 2-1 WIN ON THE FINAL TURN OF THE GAME GAVE HIM THE TITLE THIS TIME AROUND. ADAM'S 3-0 WIN OVER BEN PLACED HIM A SINGLE POINT BEHIND ALEC TO TAKE THE RUNNER-UP SPOT.
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MAN OF THE TOURNAMENT WENT TO JOHN AS HE PICKED UP THE HIGHEST TD+CAS SCORE OF THE TOURNAMENT WITH CHRIS AND ADAM BOTH CLOSE BEHIND HIM.
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SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALEC FOR THE WIN AND WE WILL SEE YOU ALL AGAIN NEXT YEAR WHEN THE STUNTIES COME OUT TO PLAY.
