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I used my GKs.
I played:
rd1 Eldar
rd2 Eldar
rd3 Eldar
rd4 Space Wolves
rd5 Dark Eldar
rd6 Grey Knights
rd7 Imperial Guard

I played all but 2 of the Eldar players in the field on day 1... I hate playing against Eldar so i guess it was karmic. I finished 3-3-1 not my best showing but I was tired of playing Space Wolves.

Hückleberry wrote:I luckily avoided the douche factor this year.

What about me? I used my now classic Stratigy of keeping my paladins in reserve until the end of turn 5, and then coming on and claiming the objectives and then having the game end for the win!

@blackmoor so thats what a 700pt unit is used for...

@Christian: Thats right...I think it was the SW player that got the steal from me. Sorry I could not make our game at least a challenge for ya.

I ended up 4-3 against:
IG (loss)
Tau (win)
Bugs (loss)
Deamons (win)
SW LongFang/Las-Plas-back Spam (loss)
GK Triple Dreadknight (win)
DE Lance Heavy (win)

Well, if a 700 point unit used that way gets you the win then the cost and strategy is worth it.

A full day of sitting on my butt later and I'm still freakin tired. 3 days of warhammer was exhausting as hell! Not to mention I had to play Dave Fay 2 out of the three of those days. Also, James beat my ass again (my only loss), so I guess it just wasn't meant to be, haha. Maybe next year I wont get paired up with him.

Was the best event I have gone to in my 40k gaming exp. There were quite a few awesome painted armies there and I was able to take the 1st place best painted! The only thing that was odd, was playing on a jungle table that had fantasy houses on it, lol. The barn/hangar actually had climate control, it was the big ork generator in the back blowing heat (was cold as $%#@ in the am). Also loved that every table had a chair for the players, most events the chairs are shotty or don't exist. Oh and ....

WINNERS WEAR PINK ROBES!!!

WAAAGH! Dugg that game was crazy haha!

Overall an awsome event. I'm not going to mention any names but 2 games barely went to turn 4, with time being called. I was fortunate enough that the TO allowed me to play my turn since only a few things needed to be done.

. One opponent i lost to was from out of town so had to keep reminding him it was his turn as he was snapping photos of the event. He didn't intentionally slow play was just a very cautious tyranids player. he would've won either way but I would liked our game to go to turn 5.

My other opponent was an ork player i beat who slow played but didn't seem intentional again as it was his downfall.. When he deployed from his trucks he only used one hand to take models individually from his carrying case and when deploying 36 boyz that way it definitely added up. Can't really complain tho since his slow playing was why I ended up winning instead of tieing.

I had a great time at the event with my weird wolves. I wish I had stuck with one Plasma squad as I needed it to hurt Meph.

Basic Load out of my games - I skipped GK for some reason as my buddies got paired up with them a few times.

RD 1 - IG - fun list - Win
RD 2 - BA - Meph and Sang - Great guy from Phoenix - Draw - I can't kill both of those fatties
RD 3 - 9 Dread BA list - Won this one - Stole the Iniative!
RD 4 - Necrons - Demetri who is a local and a great guy. He had a nutty death squad. I won this one after he passed I think 12 JaWs rolls. He had to reroll one a round but still!
I won this one.
RD 5 - Daemons - I got to fight Tasty Taste who put us up for the weekend. I won this one. I won this one by one.
RD 6 - Dark Eldar - Won this one - one of those bad games where I just blew everything up I shot at. Stole the Iniative and just went to town after that.
RD 7 - Christian with his IG. I barely pulled a draw even though I couldn't blow things up. Lucky me.

I came 3rd overall as I think I lost out based on Strength of Schedule. It was a fun event and the cost to get out there stays nice and cheap I will most likely go again. Thanks again to Nick (TastyTaste) for putting up with some jackasses from Texas.

Better report will come soon as I go into each game. My list was an odd one and I think it is almost there for these type of events where you have to push to win all 3 mission types.

Blackmoor wrote:

Hückleberry wrote:I luckily avoided the douche factor this year.

What about me? I used my now classic Stratigy of keeping my paladins in reserve until the end of turn 5, and then coming on and claiming the objectives and then having the game end for the win!

Haha if thats considered douchie than grey knights in general would be douchie...I actually enjoyed playing against you. I actually did better than I thought I was going to. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if the game hadn't ended there.

On the drive home I think I came up with a strategy to deal with Allan's deepstriking Paladins... at least with my orks.

Although most of the strategies I come up with in the car rarely work out...

Iwould love to see some of the tyraninds players list as i'm about the only person in seattle area that takes them to a tourney. i see that 2 player where 5 -2.

Thank for any info.

In this format the Bugs have a unique advantage.
The big guys continue to advance (even deep striking Trygons) to keep your opponent backing away while firing. In the meantime your Tervigons are cr@pping out more scoring units every turn and swarming around the home Objective and 2 of 3 Battle field Objectives. If you shoot the little guys the big guys get in your face and tear you apart.
If you shoot the big guys you may end up winning the KP section of the match , but he holds the Battle Objectives and needs only contest your home objective for the win; 2 VPs to 1.

Blackmoor wrote:

Hückleberry wrote:I luckily avoided the douche factor this year.

What about me? I used my now classic Stratigy of keeping my paladins in reserve until the end of turn 5, and then coming on and claiming the objectives and then having the game end for the win!

That sounds really familiar, for some reason.

Anyway, sounds like a great event! I agree with Janthkin. Move the venue.

You guys bagging on the venue fail to realize how expensive some venues are. Slaughter ran in the hole the year we were at the Ontario site and mathematically could not have ever been profitable based on the cost per space ratio. It was a little hot and loud in there, but we were able to pound booze and swear like sailors all weekend long without any interferance, which is a major plus. Parking was somewhat goofy, with us getting sort of locked in there Saturday night, but you were never more than 100 feet from your car at the event, which was really convenient for a variety of reasons. The restrooms were the only objectionable part of the venue, really.

We got locked in friday night as well. We were some of the last people to wander out of there and all of the gates were locked. Luckily reece and them were just heading out as we made our way back to the venue or I would've never found that back woods way.

I loved the location. Fresh air, brought an ice chest n' beer, took lots of "safety meetings" between matches at the car. Can't do that in a hotel ballroom.

Best tournament EVER! Thanks so much to the Frontline guys for putting on another amazing event. I got almost exactly the same as I did last year... 4-1-2 vs 5-2 last time. It was really awesome getting games in against Dok and Bloodlord in the doubles (good lord that list was mean), Grimgob for the EPIC ork mirror in round 7 (Dugg really IS a sneaky git, isn't he?) and my good friend and chauffeur DaveFay, who I stole against and STILL barely managed to draw.

Also, I managed to dodge Grey Knights ALL WEEKEND! That's a win right off the bat!

Our group had a tailgate going. We brought a little webber and were out there grilling hotdogs and throwing back some beers between rounds.

Phazael wrote:You guys bagging on the venue fail to realize how expensive some venues are. Slaughter ran in the hole the year we were at the Ontario site and mathematically could not have ever been profitable based on the cost per space ratio.

You do me an injustice, Q. I know exactly how expensive these venues can be.

I'll put it this way: I would cheerfully pay double the entry fees for the BAO, if it were in a nicer venue. I wouldn't go back to the same venue if it cost me nothing. I'm likely in the minority, which is fine - I'm not insisting that they change anything for my benefit, merely providing my feedback.

Grimgob wrote:I loved the location. Fresh air, brought an ice chest n' beer, took lots of "safety meetings" between matches at the car. Can't do that in a hotel ballroom.

Awsome, safety meetings rule, if everyones at the bar getting drunk no one can get hurt at work =o]

Then again it would of been american beer....so maybe I would of stayed at work

Sounds like everyone had a great time and in the end that is all that really matters.

warboss_Russ! wrote:Best tournament EVER! Thanks so much to the Frontline guys for putting on another amazing event. I got almost exactly the same as I did last year... 4-1-2 vs 5-2 last time. It was really awesome getting games in against Dok and Bloodlord in the doubles (good lord that list was mean), Grimgob for the EPIC ork mirror in round 7 (Dugg really IS a sneaky git, isn't he?) and my good friend and chauffeur DaveFay, who I stole against and STILL barely managed to draw.

Also, I managed to dodge Grey Knights ALL WEEKEND! That's a win right off the bat!

That third mission was allll about who went first. And all about who talked about their tactics in front of the other team more, haha. I would've liked to play against you in the regular event, since everyone i know had the same score for pretty much the whole thing! But at least I got to watch Daves dice beat up on him while I rolled mine Sorry bout that Dave, we'll rematch when I come down to SD next month!

Janthkin wrote:

Phazael wrote:You guys bagging on the venue fail to realize how expensive some venues are. Slaughter ran in the hole the year we were at the Ontario site and mathematically could not have ever been profitable based on the cost per space ratio.

You do me an injustice, Q. I know exactly how expensive these venues can be.

I'll put it this way: I would cheerfully pay double the entry fees for the BAO, if it were in a nicer venue. I wouldn't go back to the same venue if it cost me nothing. I'm likely in the minority, which is fine - I'm not insisting that they change anything for my benefit, merely providing my feedback.

Not everyone in the hobby has as much disposable income as you or I. The 40k crowd, in particular, with college age players and 17 model armies, tends to have less scratch kicking around. As a fat bastard, I uncerstand your dislike for the lack of climate control and concrete floors, but as someone who footed the difference for the Ontario Slaughter in Space, I can appreciate the need to keep things affordable for everyone; organizers and players alike. When in doubt, I am a firm believer in erring on the side of being inclusionary.

What I payed to come up would have kept most of the crowd from going, but the negatives were far outstripped by the positive aspects of the event and I really wanted to hang out with the L2 guys when one or the other of us was not busy being an organizer. I felt the venue was adequite, but I was paying for the crowd that Reece would bring in.

Hückleberry wrote:

Blackmoor wrote:

Hückleberry wrote:I luckily avoided the douche factor this year.

What about me? I used my now classic Stratigy of keeping my paladins in reserve until the end of turn 5, and then coming on and claiming the objectives and then having the game end for the win!

Haha if thats considered douchie than grey knights in general would be douchie...I actually enjoyed playing against you. I actually did better than I thought I was going to. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if the game hadn't ended there.

Grey Knights are the Epitome of Douchie. Was that ever in doubt? That said, if the Player running them owns up to the fact they are running the Douchie Army, I do not think the Player is a Douche by default, but on the other hand, if they are running them and they keep trying to convince you they aren't running a Douchie Army well.... DOUCHE haha

I liked the venue sure inside was a little loud but after games it was nice to be able to go outside or go out to the car for some tailgating.

Tailgating at a wargaming tourny. Awesome. Bummed I couldn't get things in order to be able to come down, sounds like a great time.

Curious if anyone had any more thoughts on the mission setup. Been chatting about this style a bit with friends and was curious what folks who played through it thought. Was any one victory condition a stronger decider of winning then another? Did it get boring after 3 games?

Looks like results are up http://www.frontlinegaming.org/bay-area-open-2012-results/
10th overall for me, worse than last year, but pretty good for the number of people there and the caliber of player that showed up. Grats to everybody that played and won!

Just going down the names of both GTs thats an insane calibre of player in both events, probably the best players on the enite west coast were there. Going down the lists, just names I recognize, practically half of the fantasy players were former GT Overall/Best General winners and it was pretty damn close to that on the 40k side. Thats about as glowing an endorsement for your event as you could hope to get, Reece.

Hats off to you.

Thanks so much to everyone for coming!

We had a blast, totally and completely drained, but such fun. We only had 3 people not come day two out of ALL of our events combined, that is really, really cool to us. That means everyone was enjoying themselves, which is our number one goal.

I wanted to give a huge thanks to the crew. It's not just Frankie, Will and myself that make these things happen, we had a ton of help and I wanted to give a huge thanks to everyone who helped us out.

Speaking of which, we NEED more staff next year, hahaha. We were overloaded on work this year due to growth and it showed in minor logistical hiccups, but on the whole, things went well.

Food got a bit screwed up since the party that said the would cater the event dropped the ball 2 days before the event. Oh well, we got everyone fed.

We're really happy everyone liked the format and enjoyed themselves. We had a great time drinking beer and hanging out with everyone.

We hear you guys on the venue and plan on going to a hotel at some point. The Fairgrounds is pretty ghetto, no doubt, but it is cheap and it allowed us to provide awesome prize support for a low ticket price. Plus, as others said, you can bar-b-que and drink beer there and it;s all good. Can't really do that at a hotel. We'll look into our options for next year and see what else we can do.

On the whole though, we are just so pleased with how things came out. Fantasy sold out! Next year we expect more, and the players were all cool and having a good time.

Flames of War had small attendance, but we made big headway into the community and they all were very impressed with the event, and have told the crew that they plan on helping this to become the major West Coast FoW event, which is music to our ears.

Warmachine was a hit, we had a lot of people playing, I think about 50 over the weekend, and we hope to see more next year.

The narrative event sounded like a blast, everyone was cheering and laughing the entire time, which is always a good sign!

The 40K team tournament went over really well. We had a little confusion on the structure (sorry Dok, and Blood Lord SOldado) and next year we will make sure that everything is crystal clear so everyone knows what they need to do to win.

The 40K Singles event was a blast, and we had some incredibly good players! It went smoothly and was super fun. We are very proud to see our teammate ChristianA take the top spot in a crazy, crazy close game against Goatboy for all the marbles. Well done Christian, do us proud if you go to the ETC!

We're already planning next year's event, and we are going to do everything we can to make it bigger and better!

Thanks again to everyone for coming out, and please let us hear all of your feedback, negative and positive and we use both to improve.


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Oh, and Goatboy and Blackmoor, we flipped your final scores on accident during announcements as we were in a rush to get everyone out of there. Blackmoor got 3rd, Goatboy got 4th, really sorry about that, next year we already have plans in place to make sure that doesn't happen.

Thanks again to everyone for coming and making this such a great event!


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Also, if I missed anyone's handle and they want me to add it to the spreadsheet, just let me know!


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Oh, hahaha, and one more last thing, we're working on a table randomizer!

Thanks Reece, but can you add the win lose records to the results?

Goatboy wrote:RD 3 - 9 Dread BA list - Won this one - Stole the Iniative!

Oh man, can you describe his list? I have been really wanting to run this! However, at 1750 it seems to get 9 dreads, he would've had to have 15 Death Company, and probably very little in the way of scoring units. I've figured out how to swing 8 dreads in a 2K list with 20 scoring bodies, which seems decent. Oh, and 11 pods = 6 dreads coming down turn 1

Anyway, would be very curious hearing about that army / list if you can remember anything!