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hmmm... start with 2 preset armies, no list building, no painting, nothing to bring, no sportmanship score, just skill vs. skill alone....

...sounds a whole heck of a lot like a chess tourney to me!

Oh, wait, they have been doing that for hundreds of years...

It's actually really fun. You get to play armies you normally do not get to play ; its all down to basic skill etc..

I played Dark Eldar, IG, Tyranids. 3 armies I dont have dont play.

The scenarios were all posted before hand; as were the armies that were going to be present so you knew what to get. Codexes were on hand.

I think the time was 2 : 20 hours at 1750 which is plenty of time with a break after 2nd round.

I don't know... it seems to favor people who've been around the block more than the raw skill you're going for here.

See, I'm thinking by throwing armies out there a lot of people just wouldn't have a clue about how to play them.

In that case, it's more a matter of experience as opposed to skill.

Still, I do sort of like the whole thing where the winner get the $hit-gig pick for armies right after, lol. It means you don't have people go from domination builds for chaos to ork , etc..

It worked really well and the time format was long 2 hours and 20 minutes for a 1750 is plenty of time really.


All the armies had a complete army list and brief explanation.


Also, remember that the armies are posted before hand you know what is going on what table just dont know what the terrain will be and if you will get defender or attacker.


It was actually a hard fought tournament NO ONE went 3 -0 at all. The best record was 2 and tie.

Hmmm, I'll say this-- under all those situations... I think I wouldn't mind giving it a shot.

At the very least I think it would be cool to play as one of the Eldar armies (Dark or Reg), I've never done it before myself.

you know I think it takes alot of skill to win a tournament

it takes skill to paint

skill to play

skill to not be a jerk to other players

and skill not to post whiney rants.

its warhammer, cry me a river and blow it up

I hope your post doesn't get bahleeted Kabizzle, because a lot of people need to read it and understand it.

oKABOOMo wrote:you know I think it takes alot of skill to win a tournament

it takes skill to paint

skill to play

skill to not be a jerk to other players

and skill not to post whiney rants.

its warhammer, cry me a river and blow it up

You missed a few:

Skill to mail your army to the pro-painter

Skill to lower your opponent's soft scores, so he can't get best overall

Skill to make friends with the judges and TO so they favor you

While I agree that it takes skill to consistently win tournaments, there are lots of factors used by those that don't want to play fair... and the "good guys" aren't winning when they don't.

Cheese Elemental wrote:Of course tournaments are a good indication of skill. It takes a massive amount of planning to use Lash/Oblits or Nob Bikers.

haha a stereotypical casual player, if you knew anything about what you are trying to say you would know that these armies have had little success now that most armies are mech, actually tyranids won the last major tourny (Bolscon) do a little resaerch before you make yourself look like a elitest casual gamer again.

saw54 wrote:

Cheese Elemental wrote:Of course tournaments are a good indication of skill. It takes a massive amount of planning to use Lash/Oblits or Nob Bikers.

haha a stereotypical casual player, if you knew anything about what you are trying to say you would know that these armies have had little success now that most armies are mech, actually tyranids won the last major tourny (Bolscon) do a little resaerch before you make yourself look like a elitest casual gamer again.

I wouldn't use tyranids winning at bolscon as an example of how tourneys are no indication of skill at all.