I attended TSHFT this past weekend. The tournament was a blast as always, my only complaint is that it was scheduled on NFL championship weekend and not the Pro-Bowl. That meant trying to crank through rounds 4 and 5 to be able to catch the games. But I know that this sentiment is not shared by everyone that plays
40k. Plenty of people don’t care for sports or football specifically. I will still attend next year even if the same scheduling overlap happens.
For those curious about the results, the
TO posted them on his website:
http://bloghammer.net/
For those looking for some quick analysis I’ll post the attendance breakdown and the average finish for the armies.
There were a total of 55 players in the
40k tournament.
23 of them were attending a TSHFT event for the first time.
Less than half (22/55) brought allies.
Here are some graphs that will help visualize the information. I apologize for the giant white border. I don’t currently have access to descent software.
It was not the most cut throat tournament as there were only 2 players with
DoC primary and 2 players that brought Taudar.
SM were the most common army with
CSM, Tyranids, Eldar and Tau being the next most popular. There was one flying circus and no seer council or screamer star. I only know of two inquisitorial detachments as well (one of which was mine). I played against another inquisitor in my last game, but never had a Coteaz on Coteaz throw down.
Frankie from front line gaming won the event with his
DE-Eldar list. You can find more info on his lists on Frontline Gaming’s website.
The results are not based on high numbers, but generally support what we already knew. Eldar and Tau are really good. Orks and
IG need new books.
As for Tyranids, the tournament didn’t give any answers that are easy to interpret. 3 players brought old Nids and 3 players brought new Nids. One new Nid player finished 10th while Jeremy Veysseire won his first three games before skipping the last two rounds as his army was not painted. You can read about Jeremy’s experiences on Frontline Gaming’s website. TastyTaste also brought new Nids and you can read about his experiences on Blood of Kittens.
Overall I think TSHFT is a great tournament that can satisfy the gaming itchy of many types of players from the ultra-competitive (Frankie) to the average (me, hey I finished almost dead center two years running) and finally the fluffier (
CSM with no heldrake or daemon allies). I look forward to next TSHFT event and highly recommend the event to anyone else looking to come to the Pacific Northwest to play 5 games of
40k in a weekend.
