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Welcome to the Kick Off! Your source for explicit and opinionated Guild Ball Battle Reports, competitive commentary, strategies and completely arbitrary player rankings. This is Episode No. 22! We’ve got late NEWS! We’ve got late spoiler ROUND UP! We got late TALK! We got late SHIT TALK! Our Australian has fucked off for this week, but we do have the biggest Tampa based American Guild Ball celebrity that the Australians just can’t get enough of, Byron. Remember, as a “Thanks” for listening, Armada Games is offering from now until November 30th (TODAY) $5 off any order of $60 or more from their webstore! THE PERFECT PRICE POINT FOR THE KICK OFF BOX!! Just visit: http://shoparmada.com/pages/guild-ball And enter Coupon Code: tkoturkeytime This deal is only good until November 30th, so use it while you can! Remember to follow The Kick Off on Twitter @TKOGB, The Kick Off: A Guild Ball Podcast on Facebook and make sure to Subscribe to the Armada Games YouTube channel to see the game we’ve played and lots of great Guild Ball content. Where you can find us: Stream: http://armadagames.com/podcast/ RSS: http://armadagames.com/feed/podcast/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tkoguildball/id1085432541 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAW3B1GnhW7jfTcIKdZBi8A Also you can email any questions or comments about this episode to tkoguildball@gmail.com. From the hosts of The Kick Off, Thanks for listening and we’ll see ya next time! Intro Music: “Motherlode” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Welcome to the Kick Off! Your source for explicit and opinionated Guild Ball Battle Reports, competitive commentary, strategies and completely arbitrary player rankings. This is Episode No. 21! We got NEWS! We got a spoiler ROUND UP! We got TALK! We got SHIT TALK! We got a real live Australian! Remember, as a “Thanks” for listening, Armada Games is offering from now until November 30th $5 off any order of $60 or more from their webstore! THE PERFECT PRICE POINT FOR THE KICK OFF BOX!! Just visit: http://shoparmada.com/pages/guild-ball And enter Coupon Code: tkoturkeytime This deal is only good until November 30th, so use it while you can! Remember to follow The Kick Off on Twitter @TKOGB, The Kick Off: A Guild Ball Podcast on Facebook and make sure to Subscribe to the Armada Games YouTube channel to see the game we’ve played and lots of great Guild Ball content. Where you can find us: Stream: http://armadagames.com/podcast/ RSS: http://armadagames.com/feed/podcast/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tkoguildball/id1085432541 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAW3B1GnhW7jfTcIKdZBi8A Also you can email any questions or comments about this episode to tkoguildball@gmail.com. From the hosts of The Kick Off, Thanks for listening and we’ll see ya next time! Intro Music: “Motherlode” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Welcome to the Kick Off! Your source for explicit and opinionated Guild Ball Battle Reports, competitive commentary, strategies and completely arbitrary player rankings. This is Episode No. Tonight Steve and I sat down in the Armada studio and chatted about up coming events, our Big League and that match that we played that evening. Remember, as a “Thanks” for listening, Armada Games is offering from now until October 31st $5 off any order of $60 or more from their webstore! Just visit: http://shoparmada.com/pages/guild-ball And enter Coupon Code: TKO2016OCT This deal is only good until October 31st, so use it while you can! Remember to follow The Kick Off on Twitter @TKOGB, The Kick Off: A Guild Ball Podcast on Facebook and make sure to Subscribe to the Armada Games YouTube channel to see the game we’ve played and lots of great Guild Ball content. Also, you can now find our podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tkoguildball/id1085432541 Also you can email any questions or comments about this episode to tkoguildball@gmail.com. From the hosts of The Kick Off, Thanks for listening and we’ll see ya next time! Intro Music: “Motherlode” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Welcome to the Kick Off! Your source for explicit and opinionated Guild Ball Battle Reports, competitive commentary, strategies and completely arbitrary player rankings. This is Episode No. 19! Tonight we are joined again by Byron Sanchex and we sat down and talked a bit about a local tournament that we played in and the BIG LEAGUE that we have started at Armada. Remember, as a “Thanks” for listening, Armada Games is offering from now until September 30th $5 off any order of $60 or more from their webstore! Just visit: http://shoparmada.com/pages/guild-ball And enter Coupon Code: Scooby This deal is only good until September 30th, so use it while you can! Remember to follow The Kick Off on Twitter @TKOGB, The Kick Off: A Guild Ball Podcast on Facebook and make sure to Subscribe to the Armada Games YouTube channel to see the game we’ve played and lots of great Guild Ball content. Also, you can now find our podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tkoguildball/id1085432541 Also you can email any questions or comments about this episode to tkoguildball@gmail.com. From the hosts of The Kick Off, Thanks for listening and we’ll see ya next time! Intro Music: “Motherlode” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Welcome to the Kick Off! Your source for explicit and opinionated Guild Ball Battle Reports, competitive commentary, strategies and completely arbitrary player rankings. This is Episode No. 18! Tonight we had two of our local players, Byron Sanchex and Nathan Logan, come in a sit down with us. We hadn’t gotten a chance to sit down and talk about the GenCon Obulous stuff … so we did that … apparently a handful of other podcasts have as well. We also talked a bit about the Big League we are running in the shop and some of the problems and answers we have come up with for it. Remember, as a “Thanks” for listening, Armada Games is offering from now until September 30th $5 off any order of $60 or more from their webstore! Just visit: http://shoparmada.com/pages/guild-ball And enter Coupon Code: Scooby This deal is only good until September 30th, so use it while you can! Remember to follow The Kick Off on Twitter @TKOGB, The Kick Off: A Guild Ball Podcast on Facebook and make sure to Subscribe to the Armada Games YouTube channel to see the game we’ve played and lots of great Guild Ball content. Also, you can now find our podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tkoguildball/id1085432541 Also you can email any questions or comments about this episode to tkoguildball@gmail.com. From the hosts of The Kick Off, Thanks for listening and we’ll see ya next time! Intro Music: “Motherlode” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Your source for explicit and opinionated Guild Ball Battle Reports, competitive commentary, strategies and completely arbitrary player rankings. This is Episode No. 17! Tonight we talked a bit about what we did this summer and the future of TKO! Remember, as a “Thanks” for listening, Armada Games is offering from now until September 30th $5 off any order of $60 or more from their webstore! Just visit: http://shoparmada.com/pages/guild-ball And enter Coupon Code: Scooby This deal is only good until September 30th, so use it while you can! Remember to follow The Kick Off on Twitter @TKOGB, The Kick Off: A Guild Ball Podcast on Facebook and make sure to Subscribe to the Armada Games YouTube channel to see the game we’ve played and lots of great Guild Ball content. Also, you can now find our podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tkoguildball/id1085432541 Also you can email any questions or comments about this episode to tkoguildball@gmail.com. From the hosts of The Kick Off, Thanks for listening and we’ll see ya next time! Intro Music: “Motherlode” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Welcome to The Kick-Off! Your source for explicit and opinionated Guild Ball Battle Reports, competitive commentary, strategies and completely arbitrary player rankings. This is Episode No. 16! Tonight we have technical issues that cuased us to not have a podcast … In this episode we matched up Mary Simpson playing Alchemists (featuring Veteran Katalyst) versus Dan Donaldson playing Hunters (featuring Seenah). You can find the game we played on Armada Games YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/1UmNxvwv6bg So in lieu of a podcast, Mary and Dan have wrote up a short synopsis of their thoughts on Veteran Katalyst and Seenah. Rankin’ing Discussion Off              Def         Sup            Play        Overall Vet Katalyst                       4.5            2              1               4               B Offensive: His TAC 8 plus an extra damage if an enemy is conditioned is really strong for the Alchemists, as they needed another beater. His Heroic also changes the game so that Alchemists only need one kill with two goals. However, it is the momentous 1 damage intensify that he can do, as Steve calls it, a Mombo Wombo. He spreads out the damage on already softened players as the conditions whittles down their health.  Additionally, Furious makes his damage output all the more easier, though it is limited by the ease of being able to be shut down. He can tie up other teams’ players and is good at knocking down players with parting blows and counter attacks. Though his versatility is not like Vitriol’s, his overall offensive ability is where he shines. Additional 2’’ reach on a large base model and a KD on his 4 is also a plus. Defensive: Although he does have 29 boxes, Deteriorating gives him a misleading health stat, as he is literally a ticking time bomb. He is not very good in beaty teams, like the butchers, as he becomes more of a liability. He does have a 1’’ push on the one, which is helpful, but being a 2/1 defensive stat is easy to put attacks into. Support/Control: His only one support-like attribute about V Kat is his contribution of 2 influence, which not many big guys contribute, like Seenah. There could be a case made for the 2’’ reach, but not enough to push him up to a 2. Like regular Katalyst, he still needs his team to set him up. Playability: Alchemist’s threat has increased with having V Kat in an 8 man roster- for both Smoke and Midas. Though he may not be in every list for every game, and due to his feeble defensive line not being a major threat to opponents, he is going to be frequently seen on the table. Overall: He is what the Alchemists needed to fit the slot of the second beater. Venin looked promising in the beginning, but lacked the true damage that the alchemists needed for a second beater. Vet Katalyst succeeds in this regard, making him a well valued second beater. The only shame is that no one in their right mind would play regular Katalyst compared to this true monstrosity.   Off            Def          Sup           Play        Overall Seenah                                 4              3              1              2              D+ Offensive: Offence is what Seenah does. He’s Furious, can take 2 INF and has 2” melee. He has an excellent playbook for a Furious model, with a 1” push on the 1, a KD on the 2 and a 2” push on the 4. This gives him plenty of options for getting himself out of melee to then be able to charge. You should be able to pretty reliably get 9 to 12 points of damage out of him and that number goes up dramatically with proper setup from the rest of the team. “Bear Hug” is a “cute” ability and when you can pull it off it’s always nice to have 1 extra VP, but for that 1VP to even matter, you would need to pull it off twice or clock your opponent out. Defensive: Def 2, Arm 1, Tough Hide and 21 Health. He has a great playbook for counter-attacks for the reasons stated above. Not impossible to kill, catch and just generally fuck with but good luck trying, but he will quickly turn into a momentum vending machine. Support/Control: None. He has no support or control effects and he brings 0 INF to the team. He has 2” melee with helps with gang, that’s about it. This category is really what keeps Seenah from getting table time. That fact that when you play him, you are going to be playing a 10 or 11 INF list is just too much of a handicap for playing a pretty good (not great) model. If he was 1/2 INF he would make my 8, but at 0/2 he just isn’t worth it. Playability: He is a blast to play! The model is awesome! Seenah! Dun duna duuuuun and all that, but that INF handicap is just too much for me. In his current state he doesn’t even make my 8 man roster. Overall: Seenah is a fun model, that’s tough, has a GREAT playbook and abilities, but the handicap of 0/2 INF is just way too much. Remember, as a “Thanks” for listening (kind of), Armada Games is offering from now until July 31th $5 off any order of $60 or more from their webstore! Just visit: http://shoparmada.com/pages/guild-ball And enter Coupon Code: tkojuly16 This deal is only good until July 31th, so use it while you can! Remember to follow The Kick Off on Twitter @TKOGB, The Kick Off: A Guild Ball Podcast on Facebook and make sure to Subscribe to the Armada Games YouTube channel,to see the game we played for this episode and lots of great Guild Ball content. Also, you can now find our podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tkoguildball/id1085432541 Also you can email any questions or comments about this episode to tkoguildball@gmail.com. From the hosts of The Kick Off, Thanks for listening and we’ll see ya next time! Intro Music: “Motherlode” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Welcome to The Kick-Off! Your source for explicit and opinionated Guild Ball Battle Reports, competitive commentary, strategies and completely arbitrary player rankings. This is Episode No. 15! Tonight Dan pretends that “@RandomScrub” is his Tyler Durden. In this episode we matched up Steve Jones playing Morticians (featuring Dirge) versus Byron Sanchex playing Union (featuring Coin). Followed by commentary about the game and the players. Remember, as a “Thanks” for listening, Armada Games is offering from now until June 30th $5 off any order of $60 or more from their webstore! Just visit: http://shoparmada.com/pages/guild-ball And enter Coupon Code: tkojune16 This deal is only good until June 30th, so use it while you can! Remember to follow The Kick Off on Twitter @TKOGB, The Kick Off: A Guild Ball Podcast on Facebook and make sure to Subscribe to the Armada Games YouTube channel,to see the game we played for this episode and lots of great Guild Ball content. Also, you can now find our podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tkoguildball/id1085432541 Also you can email any questions or comments about this episode to tkoguildball@gmail.com. From the hosts of The Kick Off, Thanks for listening and we’ll see ya next time! Intro Music: “Motherlode” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Welcome to The Kick-Off! Your source for explicit and opinionated Guild Ball Battle Reports, competitive commentary, strategies and completely arbitrary player rankings. This is Episode No. 14! Tonight we watch Dan try and figure out where he can legally place a forest template on the pitch! In this episode we matched up Gabriel Caban playing Masons (featuring Hammer) versus Dan Donaldson playing Hunters (featuring Theron). Followed by commentary about the game and the players. Remember, as a “Thanks” for listening, Armada Games is offering from now until June 30th $5 off any order of $60 or more from their webstore! Just visit: http://shoparmada.com/pages/guild-ball And enter Coupon Code: tkojune16 This deal is only good until June 30th, so use it while you can! Remember to follow The Kick Off on Twitter @TKOGB, The Kick Off: A Guild Ball Podcast on Facebook and make sure to Subscribe to the Armada Games YouTube channel,to see the game we played for this episode and lots of great Guild Ball content. Also, you can now find our podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tkoguildball/id1085432541 Also you can email any questions or comments about this episode to tkoguildball@gmail.com. From the hosts of The Kick Off, Thanks for listening and we’ll see ya next time! Intro Music: “Motherlode” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Welcome to The Kick-Off! Your source for explicit and opinionated Guild Ball Battle Reports, competitive commentary, strategies and completely arbitrary player rankings. This is Episode No. 13! Tonight we recap one nut clencher of a game! In this episode we matched up Nathan Logan playing Fishermen (featuring Corsair) versus Steve Jones playing Morticians (featuring Scalpel). Followed by commentary about the game and the players. Remember, as a “Thanks” for listening, Armada Games is offering from now until April 30th $5 off any order of $60 or more from their webstore! Just visit: http://shoparmada.com/pages/guild-ball And enter Coupon Code: TKOS2 This deal is only good until May 31th, so use it while you can! Remember to follow The Kick Off on Twitter @TKOGB, The Kick Off: A Guild Ball Podcast on Facebook and make sure to Subscribe to the Armada Games YouTube channel,to see the game we played for this episode and lots of great Guild Ball content. Also, you can now find our podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tkoguildball/id1085432541 Also you can email any questions or comments about this episode to tkoguildball@gmail.com. From the hosts of The Kick Off, Thanks for listening and we’ll see ya next time! Intro Music: “Motherlode” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/