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TONGO
12-03-16, 06:24 PM
This is Bodacious.

http://cdn.gearpatrol.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Bodacious-Gear-Patrol.jpg

A 1,900 pound bull that terrified even the most seasoned of rodeo’s riders. Bodacious had two signature moves that earned him his hellacious reputation: he would explode out of the chute at an impressive speed and, more sinisterly would throw back his head using his skull and horns as weapons. Because he was so dangerous, success on Bodacious was nigh impossible to achieve, and thus in 135 outs, Bodacious bucked off 127 riders.

Two incidents in 1995 ultimately led to Bodacious' retirement in his prime. First, in the final round of the 1995 PBR World Finals, Bodacious headbutted eventual PBR World Champion Tuff Hedeman, breaking every major bone in Hedeman's face. Hedeman needed a 6-hour reconstructive surgery to repair his face.

Then, in the 9th round of the 1995 PRCA National Finals Rodeo, rider Scott Breding tried wearing a hockey mask. However, this failed to protect him adequately. Bodacious headbutted and knocked him out, while breaking his nose and bursting his eye sockets. A few days later, Bodacious was retired from professional bull riding for the safety of the riders. In 1999, he was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and many know him as "the greatest bull to ever buck."

Some clips of his attempted rides. Primus did a song in tribute to the now deceased bull, I must warn you though the songs just plain awful :laugh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COSZGvkJWiI

This is Blood Bowl 2.

http://throwingdigitalsheep.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Blood-Bowl-2-4.jpg

http://www.gamehackstudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Blood-Bowl-2-Free-Download-1.jpg

Its a turn based video game which is completely unique, and based off a table top strategy game which has been around 30 years. A parody of American Football wher you play teams of dwarves, orcs, elves, Skaven (Rat people), Chaos (goat people), and many many more.

It introduces an RPG element as the players gain xp, gain skills, can even age, but most importantly in Blood Bowl.........when a player dies, theyre dead. theres is an expensive apothecary youre only able to use once in a game which isnt foolproof, other than that you are dead if that comes up as a result.

People can use players to foul, hit them while theyre down. They might or might not be caught by the ref, and if they are they can attempt to bribe the ref to stay on the field avoiding ejection.

The races are intentionally unbalanced, yet realistic...meaning true to the race. Goblin and Halfling races are very easy to beat (and squish ;)), but they are tons of fun as theyre loaded with gimmicks. Theres all sorts of gimmicks throughout Blood Bowl to where you can gain an advantage for your team vs another coaches....you can buy a Wizard Spell that can be thrown during the game, buy Star Players for a game, bribes for the refs, poison the other team...it gets involved. The games been around since 1986 so theyve developed a deep system for a simple 6-sided dice turn based formula.

Dwarves are brutal, but slow. Elves are quick as hell yet fragile, same with Skaven. Humans are right in the middle of the power scheme, but the race I play are Chaos, the ones that look like goat people. They have a Minotaur on their squad, start with nothing in the way of skills, BUT eventually can get almost anything available. You put your time in developing a Chaos squad.

My Minotaur is named Bodacious, and if he dies I just buy another Mino and name him Bodacious. Hes the only permanent named position on my team, the "Bodacious Cowbells". :)

http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q565/theTONGO/Untitled_zpsl7p8iyhp.png

All my players are named after rodeo bulls. Other than baseball players, rodeo bulls have the best names. My Chaos Warriors are Tahonta, Blender Head Snuff (my kicker), Red Rock, and Code Blue. My Beastmen who get more movement, horns for blitzing, yet are not as strong are Little Yellow Jacket, Altercation, Shepherd Hills Tested, Locomotive Breath (Who is my ballcarrier, he got a +1 on his Agility when leveling which is a difficult random occurence), Fandango, and Chicken On A Chain.

Whenever your player goes up in level you roll to see if you can get a special skill or ability bump. So far Loco Breath is the only one that has one, but even without anything special my Mino "Bo" in 9 games has killed 2 players and injured 27 others. :eek: Coaches have conceded as soon as they see him land a Block.

If anyone would like a game where its a little football, strategy, and RPG then Blood Bowl is your game.

http://www.bloodbowl-game.com

TONGO
12-03-16, 07:59 PM
Heres a screenshot of a game Im playing now against a Dark Elf team. Poor Chicken On A Chain got injured, but not permanently.

http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q565/theTONGO/Untitled_zpshubnsuet.png

TONGO
12-03-16, 09:51 PM
Nobody here has played Blood Bowl, nobody?!

aw!

gbgoodies
12-04-16, 01:39 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EH82nMFTS8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ_khp5oxRM

TONGO
12-04-16, 01:56 AM
That second vid, you cant find a prettier ride than that. Sadly it might have made him too confident, it was the 2nd ride where Bodacious smashed his face, I think.

gbgoodies
12-04-16, 02:07 AM
That second vid, you cant find a prettier ride than that. Sadly it might have made him too confident, it was the 2nd ride where Bodacious smashed his face, I think.


Tuff Hedeman was one of the greatest bull riders ever, so it's not surprising that he was that confident. It was just that Bodacious was a more dangerous bull than Hedeman was a champion rider. It was a battle between one of the best riders and one of the best bulls, and in that ride, the bull won.

Both rides on Bodacious where the riders were injured are on YouTube, but they're not easy to watch.

TONGO
12-04-16, 02:15 AM
Tuff Hedeman was one of the greatest bull riders ever, so it's not surprising that he was that confident. It was just that Bodacious was a more dangerous bull than Hedeman was a champion rider. It was a battle between one of the best riders and one of the best bulls, and in that ride, the bull won.

Both rides on Bodacious where the riders were injured are on YouTube, but they're not easy to watch.

That first one is downright gruesome, but he didnt completely lose consciousness either. The second one though, after that first headbutt the rider was a limp ragdoll. Just so sudden and brutal.

Get this, I saw a reality show awhile back called Celebrity Bull Riding with Ty Murray (Jewels husband). They had a Raiders WR, Johnny Fairplay, Vanilla Ice, Leaf Garrett (he quit for having to wake up in the morning, first day), and some others. Now normally these idiots are hamming for the camera.....they got real, and fast once they saw the bulls. John Cassavettes son took a spill, and it looked like the bulls two front hooves went right down onto his sternum, I thought he was dead. He only broke his shoulder. They were being put on the easier ones to ride too. It was true fear that made that bunch respectful throughout the entire season, I kid you not it was like they came to Jesus and became "real men" before our eyes :laugh:

gbgoodies
12-04-16, 02:25 AM
That first one is downright gruesome, but he didnt completely lose consciousness either. The second one though, after that first headbutt the rider was a limp ragdoll. Just so sudden and brutal.

Get this, I saw a reality show awhile back called Celebrity Bull Riding with Ty Murray (Jewels husband). They had a Raiders WR, Johnny Fairplay, Vanilla Ice, Leaf Garrett (he quit for having to wake up in the morning, first day), and some others. Now normally these idiots are hamming for the camera.....they got real, and fast once they saw the bulls. John Cassavettes son took a spill, and it looked like the bulls two front hooves went right down onto his sternum, I thought he was dead. He only broke his shoulder. They were being put on the easier ones to ride too. It was true fear that made that bunch respectful throughout the entire season, I kid you not it was like they came to Jesus and became "real men" before our eyes :laugh:


Celebrity Bull Riding is probably one of the stupidest things ever. Real bull riders are trained for years before they ride professionally. It's a much more dangerous sport than people realize.

Back in the mid-1990's, when I lived in Texas, I used to go to the Mesquite Rodeo every weekend, and I've seen some very bad rides. I watched one rider get knocked out early in the ride, and thrown around by the bull for what seemed like an eternity because the rodeo clowns couldn't get the bull away from him. By the time the bull was done, they didn't even know if the rider was dead or alive. Fortunately, he survived with minor injuries, but they think it was because he was unconscious while it was happening. I saw another guy get knocked off and stepped on by the bull, and he was paralyzed from the neck down. It was brutal. And I'm sure you know what happened to Lane Frost. :(

When the ride goes well, it's an amazing 8 seconds, but when something goes wrong, it's terrifying to watch.

TONGO
12-04-16, 03:17 AM
Oh yeah, whoever came up with bull riding was drunk. Seriously. Running from bulls is one thing, but getting on their back, after riling them up?! :nope: Hell to the no for me ever doing that.

gbgoodies
12-04-16, 03:39 AM
Oh yeah, whoever came up with bull riding was drunk. Seriously. Running from bulls is one thing, but getting on their back, after riling them up?! :nope: Hell to the no for me ever doing that.


Have you ever watched Cowboy Poker, (aka Suicide Poker)? It's when 4 guys sit around a card table, like they're playing poker, and then they let a bull in the arena to attack the card players. As the bull tries to knock each of them away from the table, they get up and run, (if they're smart), and the last one seated at the table wins.

That's pretty stupid too.