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Buzzcut is in! Season 2 starts here.

Update #29 · Sep 9, 2012 · 13 comments

Thanks to your efforts, that's two Stretch Goals in a day - and a massive MVP added to Striker!

That's right, Buzzcut joins The Enforcer as today's second new addition!

He's big and he's mean - he can only be Buzzcut!

$200,000 - DreadBall Season 2

DreadBall Season 2 introduces the next wave of teams, MVPs and other exciting personalities to DreadBall pitches across the galaxy!

We've plans for 4 new teams, many new MVPs, coaches, cheerleaders, and more. If we pass this goal we will be able to start work on the new book - and include a free digital copy in EVERY pledge level.

In addition, Ronnie will personally sign all of the DreadBall Event Tickets that you received from the $100K stretch goal. And yes, that means real signatures!

Jake has already been musing on what DreadBall Season 2 will entail on his blog in fact. Here's a snippet (check out the full post for more, it's very long!)

Which Teams?

Glad you asked.

This quartet of new teams has undergone a number of iterations so far, and this isn’t entirely final though I feel like we’re getting close.

Ladies First. Yes, the girls really ought to go in here. They are still humans, and will have human stats the same as the Trontek 29ers, but there is a spin or two I’d like to introduce to change their playing style a bit and make them a separate team in their own right. I think I can do this without adding any new rules too, which is a bonus. Needs more playtesting though. Of course, you could still use the miniatures to play as a 29ers sort of human team if you like.

It came from… who knows? It’s the Z'zor, and they’re not telling. This is one of the Warpath races which hasn’t seen the light of day on those battlefields yet, but which we might get to see first on the DreadBall pitch. nasty, nasty bitey things, so lord knows how they got to be in teams. Maybe mind control devices and shock sticks, controlled breeding programmes, stunt doubles or some other cunning piece of showmanship. Perhaps their hive minds just like a bit of sport. I suspect their Guards might be quite mean.

Robots! Well it’s the far future, so it would be rude not to. I had a really cool (in my head, anyway) idea for this team, and have sort of dumped a production headache on Mantic. I want the team to be able to change roles as the game goes on. Not like Transformers visually, but a similar idea of mutability...

Judwan. Who? Well they are made up aliens (it’s science fiction, remember). These were spawned by an MVP I was working on, whose race suggested a whole different play style, and that’s what you need for a really good new team. I’m going to try them out with only Strikers, and we’ll see if they work as see them in my head…

DreadBall Season 2 will mean hitting a landmark milestone and we couldn't have done it without your help. Onwards to the next one!

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      Creator Scott "KillaMini's" Myers on September 12, 2012

      My Amp only goes to "10" Ronnie so I'm gonna use a sharpie and we will hit "11".

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      Creator Mephisto on September 10, 2012

      Easo = raise

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      Creator Mephisto on September 10, 2012

      Correct me if i am wrong, but i have the feeling that when people see whats coming next the contributions eaose enormously (see what happened last days), while they stagnate with uncertainty. Imho

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      Creator Zen Fairborn on September 10, 2012

      I'm glad we have Buzz, but I agree with everyone else that I won't be investing more money unless the extras become a bit more appealing. I.e.: Shirts with "Coach" on them!!

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      Creator Mephisto on September 10, 2012

      And it would be also nice to have stats and figs for rico and the other celebrities on the dreadball site

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      Creator Mephisto on September 10, 2012

      You really need to put the stretch goals in advance. Whats next after the 200,000$ mark, which we will pass in some hours?

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      Creator Kris P on September 9, 2012

      Space Ogre or mutant/genetically altered Human for sure..

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      Creator Chris on September 9, 2012

      I think he is half orc half human?

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      Creator Steven on September 9, 2012

      Compare him to the concept art for the KOW Ogres. He is quite similar so I would say he is a space ogre or simply a genetically modified human if ogres don't exist in the Warpath/Dreadball universe.

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      Creator Charles Beel on September 9, 2012

      to me he appears to be an orc. An extra big and mean orc.

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      Creator mike 'comes at night,mostly' spike on September 9, 2012

      any info on what race buzz is? its diff to tell

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      Creator Haree78 on September 9, 2012

      As a striker backer the optionals aren't very enticing to me. We need optionals that people can stretch their budget to keep that money clock ticking up faster.

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      Creator Malochai, Exiled in Torment on September 9, 2012

      Come on, guys, let's get this stretch out of the way tomorrow ;) Would be a great thing to get home from college to see ;P

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