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hey there. I'm going to go out on a limb and try and predict the winner for this year.

Its going to be regular marines run by my friend John Blake.

Anyone else want to make a prediction on what army and/or person will take it? (can also be read... Friendly TRASHTALK!)

Dark Eldar for the win! No one will se it coming! It will be AMAZING!!!!!

after game 1

My friends have
John - Massacred with 2 bonus points (marines)
Adam -draw (double lash)
Brad - minor win! (Marines)

Looks like my prediction is coming true

Could it be that a well balanced list with a good general is going to win this year?


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update: Game 2 is over, Bill Kim lost to John, minor victory with all battle point Mods for John

I foresee a heavy load of drama and accusations when everything is in.

BrookM wrote:I foresee a heavy load of drama and accusations when everything is in.

It wouldn't be as entertaining as last year if there wasn't!

but!

Let's leave last year at last year


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Sadly... John only took 3rd...

IG guard with vets in valks took 1 and 2 :(

What are/were the various prizes for 'ard boyz?

I heard something about 2500pt armies and such.

hopefully IG at the top 3...

OOPS!!!! I just read it, IG at 1 AND 2!!!! Yahoo!!!! Hope that silences the naysayers that the new IG dex is not top tier!!!!

Mech eldar took second place. Space Marines took third place. IG as stated took first place.

Congrats Nick Rose of the BOLS crew.

So I second the question; what were the prizes? Were they throwing swag around like they did the first year? Did Stompas rain from the sky? Come on those of you who went! Tell us of the glorious swag!

PS Oh, and congrats to the winners. Especially Guard taking first. Great stuff!

Frie d of mine who went didn't get a y free stuff. No idea what the prizes were otherwise.

Come on. I need the Ard Boyz updates. Sleep is for the weak. Some of us are stuck out in Iraq and need the Ard Boyz drama for a good read.

IG
Mech Eldar
Space Marines

Interesting top 3 finishes. I'll definitely be looking forward to these reports.

According to those BoLS fellas orks were at all of the last thrre tables and lost each game. Ouch!

I read that too. But, I don't want to go into the Orks not top tier debate again.

But, they did it despite the more restrictive Deff Rolla ruling. That is, IMO, an interesting developement.

I will be very interested to see if the IG was pure IG or a fusion of IG/WH/DH.

BrookM wrote:Location: Hilversum, the Netherlands

I forsee you adding to your post count however possible.


Dont forget people this is 2500. The game is totally different and only noobs are going to say IG and Eldar are compatitive at GT level because they came in first and second at a 2500 pt tourney.

The top finishing IG list had 2 Hydras, 2 enclosed Medusas and a Manticore in the heavy slots. Lots of Chimeras and some hound varients (not sure which ones). I don't know the details of the list.

The last mission was corner deployment with only two objectives in each deployment zone. You needed to take both to win. The Ork players were most likely hurt with the long walk from a corner deployment and the fact they needed to stack up in their deployment zone to begin the game (unless they came on in reserves which I don't think to many people did).

I hate spearhead deployment! Just saying that that deployment has cost me more games that anything else.

top finishing marine 3rd place... not that bad if you ask me!

Looks like John and Bill Kim took each other out of the runnings for 1st place

DarthDiggler wrote:The top finishing IG list had 2 Hydras, 2 enclosed Medusas and a Manticore in the heavy slots. Lots of Chimeras and some hound varients (not sure which ones). I don't know the details of the list.

The last mission was corner deployment with only two objectives in each deployment zone. You needed to take both to win. The Ork players were most likely hurt with the long walk from a corner deployment and the fact they needed to stack up in their deployment zone to begin the game (unless they came on in reserves which I don't think to many people did).

AHA 2 of my favorite units..hydras and manticores!!!! And he did an armor 12 spam list...very efficient....

Ahahah no orks. :p


Also
Did someone really say that IG and eldar aren't competitive?

You must have missed the part about the orks being at the top tables but not winning the 3rd game Timmah. And that with the non-powerful version of the defrolla so take from that what you will.

one of them playing Ghazzies hored (dude from SC) who was a good player got tabled by the marines

They are still very good, but have some weaknesses

Did they have like the top 10 standings or anything like that anywhere? Or do we just know the top 3.

My friend who went (placed 9th with Ultramarines, no special characters) said that the prizes were lame. 1st place got $300, 2nd got $200 and 3rd got $100.

Your friend is a complete tard to sniff at $300.

The Dreadnote wrote:Your friend is a complete tard to sniff at $300.

Well considering that the first round prizes were probalby worth more than that...

The Dreadnote wrote:Your friend is a complete tard to sniff at $300.

Unless GW covered travel, lodging and food expenses, 300 dollars in some cases might not even have paid for the weekend.

Surely not 300 in cash? Maybe 300 in free stuff. But that seems perposterously low. I was at the previous two finals and the prizes were in the thousands of dollars worth of stuff. If that is true, it is one heck of a dissapointing drop. That being said, of course I will still play in them. Free stuff is free stuff after all.

the prize was getting there : )

No drama? Thats even more disappointing in the prizes. As others have said you need to calculate the cost to ATTEND the tournament vs the prize

Especially if youre coming from a place without a national airport. Grats to the winners.. Eldar is easily top tier in a smart players hands

But GW's weak prize support was the reason I decided not to attend since 'ard boyz has always been about prizes due to how poorly the tournament has been run in the past

The format and time limit isnt conducive to competitive play so from stand point its purely based on money gained vs money spent