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@Reece,

Thanks for the quick posting of results. Any chance for a breakdown based on codex? I know it's a lot to ask, especially after all the free work you folks have done, but it would be a curiosity to chew on.

thunderingjove wrote:@Reece,

Thanks for the quick posting of results. Any chance for a breakdown based on codex? I know it's a lot to ask, especially after all the free work you folks have done, but it would be a curiosity to chew on.

Indeed, I am always interested in the codex/armies used by armies that do well in tournaments, as well as how many of each show up to the event.

Where are the painting scores at (I never saw them)?
How was Rennisance man decided When you didnt do everyones paint score if it was for all around gamer?

ph34r wrote:Indeed, I am always interested in the codex/armies used by armies that do well in tournaments, as well as how many of each show up to the event.

These sort of stats are a great starting point for sports-like conservations of our nerd-hobby. One of my buddies started the tournament with his (very) mechanized Eldar against the only Necron player. He was pretty proud of his win, and I had a good time laughing the pride off his face. I expected the Necron player to be 0-5-2. Man, shut my mouth. The Necron player ended up being 4-3-0. Wow.

I've played that army before and if I had not been so lucky so early on it would have been quite a hard fight. He's also a good general that knows his army well which helps.

The Necron army was easy to spot, being bright orange. It was really cool looking.

ph34r wrote:The Necron army was easy to spot, being bright orange. It was really cool looking.

Agreed.


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Grimgob wrote:I've played that army before and if I had not been so lucky so early on it would have been quite a hard fight. He's also a good general that knows his army well which helps.

Clearly it was all him.

thunderingjove wrote:

ph34r wrote:The Necron army was easy to spot, being bright orange. It was really cool looking.

Agreed.

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Grimgob wrote:I've played that army before and if I had not been so lucky so early on it would have been quite a hard fight. He's also a good general that knows his army well which helps.

Clearly it was all him.

#29 Keith Holt is my guess. He's been shaking things up at Game Empire's RTTs. His orange necrons look good too.

Keith's Necrons were indeed bright orange. I dub'd them the Crons of the Tombworld Mopar! I must say he put on an impressive showing with a 3rd ed codex!

It was a really fun weekend. Props for the TO's hard work setting it all up.

I was pleased with ending the weekend with a winning record of 4-3, although 2 of those wins I was apologizing to my opponents for most of the match. They had no weapon capable of doing more than immobilizing a Monolith, so basically I just shoved my road cones up front and fled like a big orange chicken with everyone else.

Hopefully the new codex will make me less cowardly.

Thanks for all the comments on my paint scheme. I always tend to get a pretty low painting score as I have no conversions and I really don't have a lot of detail work, but all the positive feedback from people makes me really not care about painting score too much.

Woo, number 9! I think that makes me top tyranid player which was my goal haha. granted there were only 4 there....

skrewpa wrote: ... so basically I just shoved my road cones up front and fled like a big orange chicken with everyone else.

"Road cones" to go with your avatar? Oy, Keith, that's bad.

Worse, because I've lost to just that tactic ...

-Casey
aka

Anyone know the Tau player that I played in round #5? He was on the top tables late in the tournament. I was really tired on day #2 and I was like a zombie and I forgot his name.

As a side note, I played 3 guys named Josh.



BAY AREA OPEN JULY 30-31 2011


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W/L/D Bracket points

1 James__Curry, 7-0-0 16 Mech Guard
2 Nathan__Whitacre, 6-1-0 13 Battlewagon Orks?
3 Allan__Hernandez, 5-0-2 11 Purifier Spam Grey Knights
4 Christian__Aleesi, 5-1-1 10 Death Cult Assasins+Psyfleman Dreds
5 Michael__Oade, 5-1-1 10 Dante and Mephiston Mixed Blood Angels list.
6 Michael__Bass, 4-1-2 17 Wrack and Grotesque Dark Eldar
7 Levi__Joos, 5-2-0 16 Battlewagon Orks
8 Josh __Sellers, 5-2-0 14 Crowe Grey Knights
9 Julian__Houghtby, 4-1-2 14 Tyranids
10 Jon__Regul, 5-2-0 13 Kan Wall Orks
11 Jeffrey__Kaminsky, 5-2-0 13 Chaos Space Marines
12 Russell__ Jacobsen, 4-1-2 12 Grey Hunter Heavy list with inly one squad of Long Fangs.
13 Russ__Adderson, 5-2-0 10 Battlewagon Orks
14 Robert__Pace, 4-2-1 16
15 Joshua__Bousquet, 4-2-1 14 Mech Blood Angels
16 Steven__Smith, 3-1-3 14
17 Benjamin__Wilder, 4-2-1 12 Chaos Plague Marines
18 Gordy__Danke, 4-2-1 11 Grey Knights
19 Paul__McKelvey, 4-2-1 11
20 Jason__Gurule, 4-2-1 9 Deathwing
21 Ehren__Epstein, 4-2-1 8 Dark Eldar
22 Joaquin__ Villagrana, 3-2-2 15
23 Pablo__Caballero, 4-3-0 13 Paladin and DCA dual Stormraven list.
24 Douglas__Miller, 4-3-0 12 Mech IG variant
25 Tom__McLaughlin, 3-2-2 12 Vanilla Marines
26 Michael__Tangney, 3-2-2 12
27 Peter__Ferrell, 4-3-0 11
28 Kevin__Brown, 4-3-0 11 Genestealer Tyranids
29 Keith__Holt, 4-3-0 9 Necrons
30 Doc__Glenboski, 3-2-2 7 Horde/Blob Imperial Guard
31 Mike__Entrope, 3-2-2 7 Mech Eldar
32 Mathew__Loukides, 3-3-1 12
33 Davis__Kingsley, 3-3-1 12
34 Michael__Moore, 3-3-1 11
35 Casey__Steele, 3-3-1 10
36 Charles__ Pierce, 2-2-3 9
37 Ian__Chadwick, 3-3-1 8 Tyranids (Trygon x3)
38 Jack__Lemly, 3-3-1 7
39 Scott__Webster, 2-2-3 7 Long Fangs/TWC Space Wolves
40 James__Reeser, 3-3-1 6
41 Andrew__ Bruch, 3-3-1 5 Deatwing
42 Kenneth__Heater, 3-4-0 14
43 Xavier__Frazier, 3-4-0 13 Dark Eldar
44 Alexander__Cotton, 2-3-2 11 Eldar
45 Daniel__Nieuwenhuis, 2-3-2 10 vanilla marines with las/plas razorback spam, 3 typhoons/ 3 preds
46 Nick__Kirkendall, 2-3-2 7
47 Ian__Gahner, 3-4-0 6 Vulcan Drop-pod Marines
48 Paul__Cornelius, 3-4-0 5 Space Ork Trukkboy Speedfreaks
49 Jon__ Machado, 2-3-2 5 DoA/Baal Preds Blood Angels
50 Kelly__Jernigan, 2-4-1 9 Space marines (Vulkan Hammer-spam)
51 Pete__Setchell, 2-4-1 8 Tyranids
52 Scott__SCGWL, 2-4-1 8 Dark Eldar
53 Peter__Hoover, 2-4-1 8
54 John__Weyermuller, 2-4-1 6
55 Jason__Hoover, 2-4-1 4 Blood Angels
56 Brian__Kishimoto, 1-4-2 10
57 Timothy__ Trammel, 2-5-0 9
58 David__Doan, 1-4-2 9
59 Phillip__Ruggiero, 2-5-0 8 Dark Eldar
60 Thomas__Gordon, 2-5-0 8 Flesh Tearers
61 Douglas__Bevard III, 1-4-2 7
62 David__Key, 2-5-0 4 DoA Blood Angels
63 Joshua__Jung, 0-4-3 10 Speed Freak Orks
64 Dante__Saraga, 1-5-1 7
65 Nick__Myers, 1-5-1 6
66 Carlos__Franklin, 1-5-1 5 Tau
67 Chris__Saraga, 1-6-0 6 GKs (Inquisitor Henchmen heavy)
68 Adam__Bredt, 1-6-0 3 Tau
69 Jeremy__Ecklin, 2-2-1 11
70 Nick__Hayden, 1-2-2 7 Space Marines
71 Dustin__Neu, 2-2-0 6 space wolves razorback spam/ 3 long fangs
72 John__Ruiz, 2-2-0 2
73 Jesse__McGowan, 1-1- 2 7 Purifier Spam
74 Andrew (AJ)__Spalding, 0-4-0 3 DoA Blood Angels
75 Michael__Wood, 1-2-0 4

Number 5 was a Dante and Mephiston Mixed Blood Angels list.
Number 12 was a Grey Hunter Heavy list with inly one squad of Long Fangs.
Number 23 was a Paladin and DCA dual Stormraven list.
Number 62 was Razorspam BA.
Number 41 was Deatwing
Number 59 was DE


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Number 43 was DE

Thanks MG I updated the list.

I would also like to say that I an not upset at the TOs about how the pairings worked out. It is, was it is. I am just lamenting the fact that I never got a shot at him. I ended up with 2 ties and that is my fault.

Why do they have to be "Vanilla" Marines?

There's nothing vanilla about the Iron Hands!

What?
I thought you were shelving the Iron Hands for the.....
.....Beard Wolves!

Yes, or Iron Beards or Bearded Hands... I'm still working out the details.

Some updates for the codical win/loss/draw ratio.

#31 Mike Entropo, Super Mech Eldar
#48 Paul Cornelius (me), Space Ork Trukkboy Speedfreaks
#62 David Keys, Jump Blood Angels (no Razorbacks)

thunderingjove wrote:Some updates for the codical win/loss/draw ratio.
#62 David Keys, Jump Blood Angels (no Razorbacks)

Oops, I wrote this one wrong...
...my mistake.

17. Ben Wilder: Chaos Plague Marines
38. Jack Lemly: Tyranids (Trygon x3)
44. Alexander Cotton: Eldar
50. Kelly Jernigan: Space marines (Vulkan Hammer-spam)
67. Chris Saraga: GKs (Inquisitor Henchmen heavy)

73. Jesse - Purifier Spam

21. Ehren Epstein: Dark Eldar
24. Doug Miller: Mech IG variant

#45 was vanilla marines with las/plas razorback spam, 3 typhoons/ 3 preds

#71 was space wolves razorback spam/ 3 long fangs

Looking forward to seeing some of the in game shots.

BDJV wrote:Hey guys, Big Jim here, I was the photo dude for the weekend, you know the guy that kept blinding you with the flash photography! It was great putting faces with so many of you guys I know from the interwebz!

Here is a link to my Photbucket album that I will be uploading the all the photos I took over the weekend.

Bay Area Open Album

I have started with some shots of the tables before the 1st rounds began.

There are more in the album, I will be editing and uploading more throughout the week.

Cheers,
Jim

I believe AJ (74) was playing DOA.

39. Scott Webster Long Fangs/TWC Space Wolves
49. Jon Machado DoA/Baal Preds Blood Angels
51. Pete Setchell Tyranids
60. Thomas Gordon Flesh Tearers
68. Adam Bredt Tau

18 Gordy__Danke was playing Grey Knights
39 Scott__Webster was playing Space Wolves, I believe
47 Ian__Gahner had Vulcan Drop-pod Marines
66 Carlos__Franklin had some gorgeously-converted Tau (every suit was individualized)

#54 John Weyermuller had pre-heresy grey Njal GH Spam

I have added more pics to the album.

Here are a few in game shots.