Spiffying Up the Blog, Part 4

And now, probably the most time-consuming of the "spiffy-ups". Since many of us in the league are artists in some respect, and because there is a very strong need to identify our home made sports heroes as more than just numbers in an Excel document, we've been putting together sports cards for the teams in the league. This took quite some time to get going, and in all honesty it would be much quicker to take photos of the miniatures and import them, but it's nice to put one's own personal touch on a character. Here, then, is a sample of the 07-08 MMBBL card set, featuring none other than the most lovable ogre in...whatever the heck we're going to call the world we play in.

A few notes: If a player increases a stat or loses a point in a stat, the number will appear in green or red respectively. In those odd cases where a player had lost a stat point and subsequently regained it through leveling up, the number will appear in orange (and yes, we already have one of those in the new season). Also, as you can see, Barglesnart is listed as a "Throttler" instead of simply "Ogre". This is because categorizing a player as simply a member of a particular race strikes me as a bit weak. Players develop as they get better, and their position on the team should reflect that, in my opinion.

I was considering posting the entire Knights roster in cards here, but it would be quite a long post. We'll see what the other coaches think. Hopefully we'll have more art/pictures ready in short order, so that game MVPs can be actually shown instead of merely talked about.