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I am pretty much a noob at 40k and i love ALL aspects of the hobby but playing in tournaments are what excite me the most. But i do hear some threads rag on tournament players..which dampers my enthusiasm . So anyone thats wants to giive a woot for tournaments, say something positive about them, or discuss anything else interesting about them please post them here.

if you are going to say something negative about tournaments or start another long arguement about them (which i am guilty of getting into) please do not post.

thanks everyone.

Why let people's negative comments online "dampen" your enthusiasm? You don't know these people, will likely never meet 99.5% of them, and won't be playing against them, especially if you like to go to tournaments and they don't.

I like tournaments, if only to play against new and exciting neckbeards.

I see tournaments as a way to play against people you don't often get a chance to (our gaming scene here is soo much smaller than the us).

I use them to catch up and have a few games with people I (mostly) repect. Sure, there'll be tools, but that's minor. I've been to a couple of US cons (Dragoncon, mostly), but only as a roleplayer, never as a miniatures player.

saw54 wrote:I am pretty much a noob at 40k and i love ALL aspects of the hobby but playing in tournaments are what excite me the most.

Don't say that too loud or the JabberJonny will come and eat you, followed by the Casual Gamer Mafia who will do horrible things to your corpse.

Welcome to the club - the nasty, uncivilized, competitive,"only-care-about-winning" tournament gamer club...

Between games, we enjoy taking candy from small children, drowning kittens, and even starting Ponzi schemes to cheat little old ladies out of their money.

Woot! Creating friends and abusing enemies since 1997!!

Centurian99 wrote:Welcome to the club - the nasty, uncivilized, competitive,"only-care-about-winning" tournament gamer club...

Between games, we enjoy taking candy from small children, drowning kittens, and even starting Ponzi schemes to cheat little old ladies out of their money.

Aha! I knew it.

Frankly, I love going to to tournaments. I love seeing well painted armies and nicely built display boards. I love seeing what devilishly cunning missions the Tournament Organizers have devised for us.

Of course I hate the ass hat WAAC behavior that accompanies much of the stuff I love about tournaments, but that's not going to stop me from going. It's really only a couple bad apples in a big bushel.

C



Competitive tournament play is quite an amazing experience. It's a rush when you are a contender to win and when you make mistakes and lose games you can really learn alot about how to play better. I have also learned alot about myself from the sportsmanship aspect of the game. While some people may never grow up, you can really get alot out of the tournament experience if you are open to it. I also enjoy the friends you meet, drinking of alcohol(hopefully not too much next time!), and crazy amounts of pretty models on display. Also the walks on the beach.

Centurian99 wrote:Welcome to the club - the nasty, uncivilized, competitive,"only-care-about-winning" tournament gamer club...

Between games, we enjoy taking candy from small children, drowning kittens, and even starting Ponzi schemes to cheat little old ladies out of their money.

Those things are pretty much what it's all about but if it wasn't for the freebasing/crack, random vandalism and organ thieving I think I would have quit going awhile ago.

Nothing like the look in the eyes of the guy who gave you a 9 on Sports as you rip out his kidney in your room's icy bath tub. Priceless really. Well it pays for the whole trip but you know what I mean.

A tournament allows me to play 3 games of 40k in single day, I get to meet new friends and visit with old ones, sometimes I win, sometimes I lose, and even after a meeting with TFG I have something to talk about on the ride home.

Keep in mind that a certain amount of anti-tournament venom is really just the result of people seeing a game played in a different way than they like, either in terms of rules disputes, strictness to the rules, the desire to win or the hardness of the lists; and those people not wanting to adapt to those changes. Some people just genuinly don't dig a tournament, but most are simply people that would prefer to play the way they're accustmed to. There's nothing wrong with that, and I wish them godspeed. What rankles many tournament gamers, myself included, isn't the statement "I don't like tournaments, so I dont' attend them." It's the statement "I don't like to take the hardest internet list and then cheat and try to win at all costs and be a jerk just so I can win a prize." Obviously that's hyperbole, but there's a strong undercurrent of moral superiority in some people's dismissal.

And the ironic thing is that many times the players who are trying to hardestt to win... even to the point of using underhanded means, are the very ones who say they don't like tournaments. Granted, I've played plenty of jerks at tournaments, but some of my most memorable games have been at tournaments too.

Tournaments are about the only time that I get to play anymore. And the only thing that modivates me to paint an army too. And I dont' win that much.

Tournies can be a lot of fun. There are poorly run tournies (and if I know in advance, I just avoid it). There are well run tournies (that I try to support). And there is the occasional TFG. They're pretty rare, and I think have been rarer as the years have passed (either that, or they just bother me less).

There is a lot less occurence of TFG and WAAC and broken army lists than there is complaining about it.

WC_Brian wrote:

Centurian99 wrote:Welcome to the club - the nasty, uncivilized, competitive,"only-care-about-winning" tournament gamer club...

Between games, we enjoy taking candy from small children, drowning kittens, and even starting Ponzi schemes to cheat little old ladies out of their money.

Those things are pretty much what it's all about but if it wasn't for the freebasing/crack, random vandalism and organ thieving I think I would have quit going awhile ago.

Nothing like the look in the eyes of the guy who gave you a 9 on Sports as you rip out his kidney in your room's icy bath tub. Priceless really. Well it pays for the whole trip but you know what I mean.

Now, Now Brian...you're not supposed to have that information until you've advanced to 3rd Circle Rank. Now we have to go and enforce the Laws of Silence on you.

Centurian99 wrote:Now, Now Brian...you're not supposed to have that information until you've advanced to 3rd Circle Rank. Now we have to go and enforce the Laws of Silence on you.

Oh no, I know too much now. I've got you guys pegged, just have to...

What was that?

Better go check...

Platuan4th wrote:

Centurian99 wrote:Now, Now Brian...you're not supposed to have that information until you've advanced to 3rd Circle Rank. Now we have to go and enforce the Laws of Silence on you.

Oh no, I know too much now. I've got you guys pegged, just have to...

What was that?

Better go check...

That's okay...we can just sign you up for the club. First you have to go through the Ritual of Uncomfortable Piercings, then the Ritual of Paddling, then the Ritual of Listening To Abba. Then we do the Ritual of Doing The First Three Over Again, This Time With Singing.

I for one love playing in tournaments. I am quite happy to drive up to 2 1/2 hours to play in a tourny. I enjoy playing against players and armies i have never seen before. It is a challenge to put together an army that can do well against all comers.

Sure you get some jerks at tournaments, but every store has one of "those guys" anyway.

Playing against the same players and armies all the time is boring. Everytime I play in a tourny at my regular store I know exactly what armies I will face and how the players will play. Not much challenge in that.

Playing in different places allows me to see different types and configurations of armies, to face players that use all kinds of playing styles, and see some really different painting/modeling styles.

You always hear whining about tournaments, mostly from people who play fluffly little armies where every model is named and they have a binder of detailed "background" stories. People that should stick to friendly games with thier buds., IMHO.

So welcome to the club of evil tournament players.

He's one of us now.

Welcome to the dark side.

I havent played in too many tournaments but the ones i have played in were awsome

Im not sure where to find any, the nearest
GW is about an hour and a half away TT.TT

try here...

http://rtt.games-workshop.com/rogue_trader_search.asp

Centurian99 wrote:

That's okay...we can just sign you up for the club. First you have to go through the Ritual of Uncomfortable Piercings, then the Ritual of Paddling, then the Ritual of Listening To Abba. Then we do the Ritual of Doing The First Three Over Again, This Time With Singing.

ABBA! Awesome! sign me up!

If it wasn't for tourneys I wouldn't be involved in the hobby anymore. Not that I prefer a tournament setting, but as Grotsnik put it you get 3 games in one day. Outside of tournaments I rarely play. Lately I've made more of an effort to play more, but I have to travel over an hour to play fantasy.

I love tournament memories. Good friends, occasional adult beverages, and the occasional free box of minis. Can't complain.

willydstyle wrote:And the ironic thing is that many times the players who are trying to hardestt to win... even to the point of using underhanded means, are the very ones who say they don't like tournaments. Granted, I've played plenty of jerks at tournaments, but some of my most memorable games have been at tournaments too.

Yeah I think people are just confused, like an 18 year old girl they just don't really know what they want.

I played a guy in the second round of a local tournament who turned out to be very nice, a great sport and fun to play. I wouldn't have know that at first though because right out of the gate he said "I gotta let you know this is gonna be a rules game". I was like ummm what did I do to make you feel that way? He explained to me you should do whatever it takes to win and mentioned examples like being anal about rules. Luckily he was just confused about tournaments after a tense first game and our game was alot smoother. He was playing Grey Knights too! I never thought I would run into a TFG playing that list, especially since they were so nicely painted. The best part was he said his name was Waleed but I thought he might have said Mauleed. My brain was stretching to explain why this Grey Knight player was starting off the game on such a hardcore footing. We since went on to have many enjoyable tournament games and he added alot to the local scene while he lived down here. Based on what I saw the first couple of hours at the tournament though I thought we had a new TFG.

WC_Brian wrote:The best part was he said his name was Waleed but I thought he might have said Mauleed.

I thought Ed Maule(Mauleed) didn't play 40K anymore. Besides that, Ed's name isn't actually Mauleed.

I've played at 31st Century before. Joe runs a good store/tourney and there are plenty of tables/food around

Platuan4th wrote:

WC_Brian wrote:The best part was he said his name was Waleed but I thought he might have said Mauleed.

I thought Ed Maule(Mauleed) didn't play 40K anymore. Besides that, Ed's name isn't actually Mauleed.

Ed hasn't posted in ages, I don't even know if he plays any GW stuff anymore. Perhaps he jumped on the PP bandwagon?

WOOT!

I usualy attend the tourneys my LFGS hosts their great for playing armies you've never seen before, picking up new tactics and seeing some realy prety armies.

I love tournaments. They make me paint stuff, and I get to hang out with my friends, play lots of wargames, and meet some nice people who share my interests. And then go to the pub.

two_heads_talking wrote:Ed hasn't posted in ages, I don't even know if he plays any GW stuff anymore. Perhaps he jumped on the PP bandwagon?

I know he got big into Fantasy. Last I'd seen him post was either in the Fantasy Boards or when he was contemplating getting back into 40K with the release of the new Marine Codex.

w00t w00t w00t!!!