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Friday, June 4, 2010
Batreps for my Foot Eldar
Here are the batreps for major events that I took my Foot Eldar to for the past year.
Now I am only posting events that I played in that had 20+ players. I attended some smaller RTTs and won there was well, but they are not worth the time and effort it takes to write up a report. Also I play many armies, and I did not take Foot Eldar to every event that I attended (I should have taken them to Adepticon, but I was in a chaos mood at the time).
2009 'Ard Boyz: July 2009 Mesa, AZ
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/250049.page
I went 2-1 (In the loss I was massacring my opponent and the game ended on round 4 giving him the win). I also beat the guy who will go on to win the AZ 'Ard Boyz Semi-Finals in game #1.
Slaughter in Space: Aug 2009 Los Angeles, CA
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/262581.page
I went 3-0 and won the event
I only wrote up a batrep for game #1. Game #2 I beat an Ork army and Game #3 I beat Tyranids.
Wild West Shootout : Oct. 2009 Mesa, AZ
http://www.40konline.com/community/index.php?topic=191410.0;topicseen
I went 5-0 and won the event
The Broadside Bash: Feb. 2010 Los Angeles, CA
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/281069.page
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/281688.page
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/283230.page
I finished 4-1 and ended up 7th in Battle points out of around 50 players
Note: I might write up the final 2 batreps this weekend.
2010 'Ard Boyz: May 2010 Mesa, AZ
http://blackmoors40k.blogspot.com/
I had 2 Massacres and 1 draw
To sum it up I went 16-2-1 in the past year in big tournaments, and winning 2 out of 5 events.
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One tournament was close to home in Mesa (it is nice sleeping in my own bed before a big tournament for once) and it was a major event with 50+ players. So let me get this right, so if someone lives near Adepticon it does not count if they win? Or if someone lives near Nottingham and they win the UK GT it does not mean as much because they live close to the event? And more to your point, the other event that I won was in Garden Grove, Ca. If you think a 6 hour drive is "on my doorstep", I don't know what to tell you.
ReplyDeleteI do travel to many events like Adepticon in Chicago and this year I will be heading out to BoLSCon in Austin Tx. I go often to LA for big events, so if you think that I am only playing in my back yard, I think you might be mistaken. And how far have you traveled to play in a tournament this year?
And if you think that I only do well on my doorstep, I invite you to look up my record at the last 2 Baltimore GTs.
Yes. It is about 5 hours more than most people are willing to travel to a tournament. 6 hours of drive time can get you from Boston to Philly.
ReplyDeleteWe both know what you meant by the comment that I was winning tournaments on my doorstep or you would have never brought it up.
Timmah you say- "Obviously it makes your position of telling someone else to get out there and travel to tournaments slightly weaker, but lets just pretend no one caught that."
And
"Oh and 6 hours is a long travel distance?"
When I tell someone (Your mentor Stelek) that they should go out and travel to tournaments, I am asking them to do what I do and drive 6 hours to either Las Vegas or Denver to play in a circuit event.
Timmah is just gay for Stelek. It has nothing to do with mentoring.
ReplyDeleteDoorstep is certainly subjective. For example, if I were to tell my wife I was going to play in a 40k tournament 'at my doorstep', then inform her it was a 6.5 hr drive....well the term 'doorstep' would likely be redefined.
ReplyDeleteLocal talent/meta is likely 2ish hours if you are close to a nicely sized city (For example, I'm 1.5 hrs from several shops in Kansas City). I consider that 'doorstep', as I see similar faces at various tournaments in different stores. However, when I travel to Adepticon (6-7ish hours away), I see an entire new field of players.
Which brings us to the real point; If your local stores attracted different armies/players on a monthly basis...then geographical distance wouldn't matter. If you travel 8 hours to play in a small store that houses 8 12 year olds...and I travel 2 hours to play in a tournament that attracts talent from around the country...who would more likely to face more 'skill'?
Timmah, where are you getting the idea that Blackmoor doesn't travel all over the country to play 40k against the best players?
ReplyDeleteThis is very contrary to a certain someone, who avoids games against good players at all costs for fear of losing or being proven wrong.