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hawaiiansky · 11-04-2011, 11:45 AM

Bloodball fan, grab yourself a Sudsgeyser and open a box of Whacker Snack. Let’s chew the fat for awhile.

I’d like to thank you very much for your continued interest in reading and following this dynasty, Mage League Bloodball.

The dynasty has been chugging along for over a year and a half now fueled by your comments, interest and encouragement. Surprisingly to me, the number of views reached 10000 in October and 11000 this week. I think either it’s sorcery or some of you have had too many Sudsgeyser drafts or moonpoppy seeds and have been lulled into reading this word-avalanche of a saga. In total number of views, MLB is #3 in the 50 listed dynasties today and is #48 for all 5300+ dynasties since the beginning. Gimme five claws!

As the writer, I’m pleased that so many seem interested given it’s a non-historical dynasty about a league in a distorted universe inhabited by mostly non-humans.

I know some of you may have stuck with this dynasty since the beginning; others may have discovered it along the way or fairly recently; but some have probably stumbled upon it, glanced at its contents in horror and left in hurry never to return again! I thank you all for dropping in and giving it a look at least. Yet, there seems to be a fair number of regular readers here since 40 readers is an average per post now. I really appreciate your loyalty. I hope your sanity hasn’t suffered as a result.

I wonder how long this dynasty will last. I really don’t know. I continue to have a lot of fun writing it and will continue to do so as long as I can keep up the quality I’d like to have in it. It all depends if I can be inventive over the long haul. Now if only Markus would come out with 3D animation – Ogres swinging through blazing thunderballs, etc. Dream on.

As a newcomer to the MLB dynasty, you may feel that you have come into the middle of a very strange movie and are asking yourself, “What is this?” and “What’s going on?”

So for you newbloods to this thread, here’s sort of a table of contents in the OOTP dynasty forum to the story of Mage League Bloodball, a seemingly endless chronicle about fantasy creatures, such as orcs, goblins and other creatures, playing a form of baseball in a warped version of America circa 1956.

Posts 1- 50 Mage League Bloodball: the concept, the setup, and the background history
Posts 51-186 Season 1
Posts 187-198 The Post Season
Posts 199-215 The Pre Season
Posts 216-263 Season 2 (in progress)
Posts 264- 279 Ballhalla (boodball heaven): The Gods and Ringo Laffnear’s (The God of Letters) Dey Don’t Know Me Allwise, a fictional account of a
bloodballer in the miner leagues

And check out the latest Bloodball Glossary aid in Post 219 for a list of terms and special phrases used throughout the stories in this thread. I don’t doubt your intelligence to figure out most of the bloodball lingo; I just wonder about your patience.

This has been a rather long-winded interlude, but I just wanted to thank you again for reading bloodball. Now back to Hysterika…

Slay Ball!

Mike

11-04-2011, 11:45 AM	#280
hawaiiansky Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 474	Thanks for Reading! Bloodball fan, grab yourself a Sudsgeyser and open a box of Whacker Snack. Let’s chew the fat for awhile. I’d like to thank you very much for your continued interest in reading and following this dynasty, Mage League Bloodball. The dynasty has been chugging along for over a year and a half now fueled by your comments, interest and encouragement. Surprisingly to me, the number of views reached 10000 in October and 11000 this week. I think either it’s sorcery or some of you have had too many Sudsgeyser drafts or moonpoppy seeds and have been lulled into reading this word-avalanche of a saga. In total number of views, MLB is #3 in the 50 listed dynasties today and is #48 for all 5300+ dynasties since the beginning. Gimme five claws! As the writer, I’m pleased that so many seem interested given it’s a non-historical dynasty about a league in a distorted universe inhabited by mostly non-humans. I know some of you may have stuck with this dynasty since the beginning; others may have discovered it along the way or fairly recently; but some have probably stumbled upon it, glanced at its contents in horror and left in hurry never to return again! I thank you all for dropping in and giving it a look at least. Yet, there seems to be a fair number of regular readers here since 40 readers is an average per post now. I really appreciate your loyalty. I hope your sanity hasn’t suffered as a result. I wonder how long this dynasty will last. I really don’t know. I continue to have a lot of fun writing it and will continue to do so as long as I can keep up the quality I’d like to have in it. It all depends if I can be inventive over the long haul. Now if only Markus would come out with 3D animation – Ogres swinging through blazing thunderballs, etc. Dream on. As a newcomer to the MLB dynasty, you may feel that you have come into the middle of a very strange movie and are asking yourself, “What is this?” and “What’s going on?” So for you newbloods to this thread, here’s sort of a table of contents in the OOTP dynasty forum to the story of Mage League Bloodball, a seemingly endless chronicle about fantasy creatures, such as orcs, goblins and other creatures, playing a form of baseball in a warped version of America circa 1956. Posts 1- 50 Mage League Bloodball: the concept, the setup, and the background history Posts 51-186 Season 1 Posts 187-198 The Post Season Posts 199-215 The Pre Season Posts 216-263 Season 2 (in progress) Posts 264- 279 Ballhalla (boodball heaven): The Gods and Ringo Laffnear’s (The God of Letters) Dey Don’t Know Me Allwise, a fictional account of a bloodballer in the miner leagues And check out the latest Bloodball Glossary aid in Post 219 for a list of terms and special phrases used throughout the stories in this thread. I don’t doubt your intelligence to figure out most of the bloodball lingo; I just wonder about your patience. This has been a rather long-winded interlude, but I just wanted to thank you again for reading bloodball. Now back to Hysterika… Slay Ball! Mike Last edited by hawaiiansky; 11-04-2011 at 11:50 AM.