The League is a Comin'

Comin' soon to an 'Outpost' near you!

In just over a weeks time The latest season of The Outpost League will kick off. 9 Teams are already registered and a few are waiting in the wings, they better be quick deadline is 23:59 on 29/10/2013. This is the 3rd time the Blackburn-Taylor power house has ran this league and is set to be the biggest yet. With the experience of 2 successful leagues under their belt already, a few tweaks have been made here and there to get the best experience for everyone involved.

This Season all 12 teams are eligible, and with the increased fame of the Outpost League, all the MVPs have flocked to get involved. This increase in Star players has in turn increased profits so expect to see higher rated teams than before and all those MVPs sharing themselves out across multiple games each week. That's right, they're no longer unique! They are however, still unique to that game being played. We hope that this change will make competition more fierce and give a handy boost to lower rated teams as they can use their underdog bonus to secure the likes of Slippery Joe or Buzzcut or any of the new Giants from season 3.

Speaking of Season 3, plans are afoot to have a league get together just before the Xmas break to play a few of the Ultimate games for big money league money. More details coming soon.

As always the Daily Punter team will be bringing you the best of league news and gossip, With Thonk, Walker, Gerald Dorksworth and Gabby "The Beard" Logan all ready to go.

To help us make sure we have all the cool happenings we encourage all coaches to send in match reports to thonkandwalker@gmail.com and we shall get them on the punter.

Keep an eye on the Punter next week for fixtures, team rosters and much more.

One last thing GAME ON!

Around the Sphere - Wk Commencing 30/09/2013

Welcome back sports fans.

Been a pretty quiet week as far as Dreadball goes. One piece of info I dug up was that Ronnie Renton let slip was a planned stretch goal for Mars attacks was a possible Martians team. Which then started comments being disclosed on facebook that there is possible 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th teams in the pipeline. Looks like mantic were watching last weeks wish list.

In other news ONLY a few more weeks left to sign up for the third season of The Outpost League. I believe there are about 5 more spaces left with a few people showing interest. So if you live around Sheffield head to the Outpost Forums and sign up. We are just putting the final touches on the league and having the experience of 2 previous league this one is going to ge better than even. Six player games I here you ask yep we will git them in.

As well as all this just a quick reminder that if you have a team that you want to show off then the Daily Punter is your premium broadcaster. Send details to Gerald Dorksworth with pictures if you have them and lets see who makes the front pages.

That's all for this week.

We're Back! Outpost League Season 3 Preview Preview

Re-introducing your favourite pundits Garry "Golden Boy" Walker and Thonk "The Thinker"

[Garry] That’s right sports fans thanks to "Sir" Gerald Dorksworth, we are free and back on the holo-vids.

[Thonk] Garry there is no way you can think that we are going to be free - it's going to be a Mighty Dorks songs of praise from here on.

[Garry] Thonk, we've talked about this - Gerald Dorksworth is a fine upstanding pillar of the community. *Cough*

[Thonk] In the interest of staying on the air I will shut up.

[Garry] A wise idea my clever green friend. Well on with the show.

[Thonk] We are here for a preview of our season preview, mainly because teams cannot seem to work out their own identity.

[Garry] Season 3 is set to be huge Thonk, maybe all these GIANTS are scaring the coaches of previous seasons into changing their approach.

[Thonk] Or just their name as the newly christened 'The Law' seem to have done. How anyone has been taken by this new team is beyond me - the only thing different between them and the Arkand Ramz is that The Law seem to be able to win.

[Garry] Thonk, we've only just closed a legal case let’s not start again. But I can see where you might get that idea. In other news rumours have it that The Kilika Beasts, season 1 and 2 fan favourite’s will not attempt to hold their status as Brutes and Thugs in season 3 - what can this mean?

[Thonk] I think Beasts chairman Chris Daubney has got bored of writing condolences to the unfortunate victims of a "Beasting"

[Garry] Well I am sure that his new team The Laniidae Shrikes will be equally entertaining - just a little more on the human side.

[Thonk] Other teams we have heard rumours of are the Titan Wasps, the League of Super Villains and the Osaka Squids. As always we will have more news as soon as we have it.

[Garry] And during Season 3 we will be bringing all the high speed action and analysis you came to expect before ARC Corporation tried to shut us down.

The Daily Punter Returns

After a lengthy hiatus everyone's favorite hard hitting Dreadball news resource returns courtesy of a timely buyout by controversial Digby exec Gerald Dorksworth. Fans of the Mighty Dorks will recognise Dorksworth as the affluent benefactor who bought them out two seasons ago, transforming the teams fortunes within a matter of weeks. As readers will be aware, the Punter ran into legal difficulties during the Season One Outpost league, where it incorrectly reported the death  of ARC Assets striker Vasquez. ARC Corporation demonstrated their famous ruthless attitude and the following law suit funded by the ARC Corporation crushed the Punter in the courts, and the resulting 60 Bzillion Credit fine left us lying in the gutter. Fortunately a last minute buyout by Mr. G Dorksworth proved to be a timely intervention.

Asked about his recent acquisition, Dorksworth had the following comment to make: "The 'Punter has always suffered from a sort of amateurish feel to it. Now with my help, and my mega creds, I can finally turn this holo-paper into the cash cow it was supposed to be." When questioned about the ethics of a DGB executive owning not only a team, but also controlling the news Dorksworth replied: "I've never forced anyone into anything. I didn't expect any breaks in life, nor did I ask for any. I have never pushed my commercial interests onto anyone." Dorksworth's other recent acquisitions include the 80 Bzillion-Squillion Credit Gerald Dorksworth Community Dorkadium.