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Blood Angels are officially approved for the first round (I was wondering about this, as the codex release was so close to the preliminaries).

No mention of the Adepticon FAQ.

Prize support has been changed for the finals from the nonexistent, "absurdly huge pile of loot," to "cool custom trophies."

You mean you don't get free boxes of stuff when you win 'ard boys?

Gg

Yeah seems like I just want to win regionals and call it a day. LEt's see spend a few hundred on travel and lodging to get a Trophy. Yeah that's cost efficent.

Not having the Adepticon FAQ being used is going to cause havoc for Tyranid players using mawlocs or doom.

Last year they only used the FAQ for the final event.

wow.. Ive made it to the finals every year and only went 1 year due to GW's poor running of tournaments and poor prize support compared to 2nd round

They gave trophies every year and now theyve taken away the actual prizes..

Finals went from "probably will never go" to "definitely wont go".. Maybe if they provided air fare :p

But you can win a golden ticket

I'm sure there's more than Just trophies for the Finals.

The Rules Packet wrote:HOW THE ‘ARD BOYZ WORK

The ‘Ard Boyz is a series of three tournaments
designed to find the best 40k player in the nation. The
first tournaments, the ‘Ard Boyz Qualifiers, will be held
on July 11th, 2009 at scores of locations around the country.

Going to be harder than usual to win this year....

I know. My orks will need some sorta "time tellyporta" to make the prelims this year...

Aduro wrote:I'm sure there's more than Just trophies for the Finals.

You'd think so...but smart money's on, "nope."

Last year they advertised the final prize as, "an absurdly huge pile of loot"... which, apparently, is how they thought of a $300 gift certificate.


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Warboss Gubbinz wrote:Not having the Adepticon FAQ being used is going to cause havoc for Tyranid players using mawlocs or doom.

Agreed. Here's hoping they release some FAQ's of their own before the 15th.

I am assuming they will use the INAT FAQ at the finals again since it will be held at hte Chicago Battle Bunker (again).

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Haha nice catch Janthkin, are you playing at Game Kastle again? I was the ork player you played round 3 last year, you were my best opponent would be nice to play you again. (even after your atrocious luck)

Warboss Gubbinz wrote:Not having the Adepticon FAQ being used is going to cause havoc for Tyranid players using mawlocs or doom.

With more humor than spite intended here:

Who cares? No Tyranid armies are making it past qualifiers anyway!

fuegan17 wrote:Haha nice catch Janthkin, are you playing at Game Kastle again? I was the ork player you played round 3 last year, you were my best opponent would be nice to play you again. (even after your atrocious luck)

Yup, I'll be there (though I'd prefer to avoid you - luck aside, you outplayed me pretty handily ).

What army are you bringing? or is that a secret? But I honestly think you must've broken some kind of record with those deepstriking rolls. 3 mishaps in the same direction on the same piece of terrain and all 1s or 2s to destroy them. Couldn't really believe that.....

Awesome. Just called my FLGS and put my name down (I was the first on the list, rock!).

The rulez PDF said to register at the GW online store. Do they mean the regular store where you buy stuff or some other place? Want to make sure my winnings go to the right place (yes, I am that confident).

Cheers

Aduro wrote:I'm sure there's more than Just trophies for the Finals.

Semi gets you a 2500 pt army which isn't shabby.


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paulguise wrote:Awesome. Just called my FLGS and put my name down (I was the first on the list, rock!)

You going to AW, Paulguise? I just reg'd. WH with IG Allies.


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Also, LOL on the Store pages which still have the 2009 dates.

pretre wrote:

Aduro wrote:I'm sure there's more than Just trophies for the Finals.

Semi gets you a 2500 pt army which isn't shabby.

Yeah the problem is you dont have to win the semis to go to the finals.. I got like 900$ worth of guard winning semis last year and another 600$ the year before for space marines.. each of those prizes is atleast double what the GRAND winner gets. Its pitiful. Each person got around 100$ the first year at the finals.. After that GW killed prize support

The only rational I can see is that 900$ worth of guard costs GW like 50$ to make.. where as 300$ costs them .. uh well I guess even less since its still THEIR PRODUCT!

'Ard boyz is not a very competitive environment given its 3 rounds in which people routinely run out of time .. One year we had what, 10 of 50 people go undefeated by the end? Yeah really shows who is best! Having to deal with GW's year after year debacles + travel expense is worth way more than a 300$ gift certificate

Kirasu wrote:
'Ard boyz is not a very competitive environment given its 3 rounds in which people routinely run out of time .. One year we had what, 10 of 50 people go undefeated by the end? Yeah really shows who is best! Having to deal with GW's year after year debacles + travel expense is worth way more than a 300$ gift certificate

But from my perspective, the Prelims are a free three games with possibility of a prize. Semi and finals are just something to worry about down the line.

Most tournaments cost money and for us cheapskates, free is a good price.


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And not to spam, but it seems unclear from the rules packet. Are WH allowed to take DH allies?

Its pitiful. Each person got around 100$ the first year at the finals.. After that GW killed prize support

Hmm, you must have been at a different Ard Boyz final to me. I came 3rd in 2008 and picked up around $400 of product plus one of their 'really cool custom trophies' which in my case was a full size Ork shoota.

I went to the finals last year, and IIRC the players who had the table flip on them, got almost as much as the winners. I am not bitching, but it seems like the big prize should be at the finals. I would suggest that instead of awarding the 2500 point army to round 2 winners, give them 300, 200, 100, and leave the 2500 point army for the finals.

pretre wrote:

You going to AW, Paulguise? I just reg'd. WH with IG Allies.


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Also, LOL on the Store pages which still have the 2009 dates.

What, at the risk of sounding stupid, is AW?

The Everliving wrote:

Its pitiful. Each person got around 100$ the first year at the finals.. After that GW killed prize support

Hmm, you must have been at a different Ard Boyz final to me. I came 3rd in 2008 and picked up around $400 of product plus one of their 'really cool custom trophies' which in my case was a full size Ork shoota.

Nah Im talking about all the random stuff they gave away during the event.. Remember? Random boxes and all that.. pretty good dollar amount.

First year was just awesome for support, all around. The first two years the people in last place even got free fantasy box sets, the large army ones, not the battalions. I think the really well painted Space Wolves hit a bad streak and got one the first year(Ted?). The every round give aways were great, after a draw against Neil's dark eldar in the first round, I just shot for the giveaways the next two rounds and got several boxes of stuff, while having some fun games. I think the third round it was random 25-35$ boxes to the first people to kill enemy HQ's, I blitzed the tau I was playing and got both his HQ's and got a box of dark reapers and one of power armor grey knights. Of course he ended up getting the minor win as I was totally out of position after that, but it was fun and worth it.2nd year there were a few "door prizes" in addition to the main and last place prizes. Last year though was just poor for support after a good buildup (that Red Scorpions Army the Winner got the first year is what I call an adsurdly large pile of loot, not a gift certificate), but the games and players were still fun, I honestly can't say as I've had a bad game out of the 27 total 40k hard boyz I've gotten to play. It would make more sense though to even out the the semi-finals and finals a little bit, though I'll end up going just for the gaming if I can manage to make it to finals again this year. Hey at least this year you can't say it was false advertising though?

I'm happy to live within a couple of hours of the finals.

Nah Im talking about all the random stuff they gave away during the event.. Remember? Random boxes and all that.. pretty good dollar amount.

Ah yes, I'm with you.

paulguise wrote:
What, at the risk of sounding stupid, is AW?

Ancient Wonders in Tualatin. It's the local Portland prelim that I know of.

pretre wrote:Ancient Wonders in Tualatin. It's the local Portland prelim that I know of.

They will also be held at Rivals in Hillsboro, Knightfall Games in Beaverton, and (I think) Rainy Day Games in Aloha.

I am opposed to the use of hte INAT FAQ at the finals. The rules should be consistent through each round.

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