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 997Turbo wrote:
The competitiveness of the five Flyrant build has been a hot topic since it became possible...should be very interesting to see how it fares in the hands of a quality general among top competition over a multi-round tournament. Best of luck!

For no other reason than that I agree. I'll be very interested to see how you fare. I've seen this list pop up at my local club and at my local tournie scene and just demolish everything it comes up against. So far the only thing that seems to do a number on it, that I've seen, was someone running 3 stormravens, 2 stormtalons and some contemptor dreads. One of my peeps took out all of his FMCs by like turn 3. Hadn't seen the Tyranids take a shellacking like that in awhile. Hopefully you won't see too much of that at LVO - good luck!

Sorry, but due to a mix-up with the pairing systems, I did not get to face Nick Rose (aka Darkwynn) round #1.

However, there's still a chance that I could face him in the later rounds.

Shame, Did I miss the frontline gaming stream? I found their channel on twitch but haven't noticed it going live. Anyone know when/if this is happening?

I think Reece mentioned they will be streaming on Sunday.

Had some tough matches, especially against 2 fellow Tyranid players, including Mr. Lictorshame himself, Sean Nayden, and John Parsons aka krootman.

 jy2 wrote:
Had some tough matches, especially against 2 fellow Tyranid players, including Mr. Lictorshame himself, Sean Nayden, and John Parsons aka krootman.

I really hate having to play against the same faction I'm playing. Feel for you.

OrdoSean is in the top 8 currently - very tough opponent indeed. What list was he using?

 tetrisphreak wrote:
Well Jy2 I look forward to game summaries from the event. Good luck this weekend.

This.
Pretty much also looking forward.

 tetrisphreak wrote:
OrdoSean is in the top 8 currently - very tough opponent indeed. What list was he using?

its a less extreme version of lictor shame. 3 flyrants. No Genestealers. He will be playing on twitch Sunday, and he is a friendly guy that will probably batrep the tourney.

Interesting thing about LVO. There is a chance there are more flyrants than tactical marines.

I love lictors. I'm glad to see them represented so well.

 djones520 wrote:

 jy2 wrote:
Had some tough matches, especially against 2 fellow Tyranid players, including Mr. Lictorshame himself, Sean Nayden, and John Parsons aka krootman.

I really hate having to play against the same faction I'm playing. Feel for you.

Well when you play flyrants when they are the FotM you have to expect it to happen. Makes sense he'd play other flyrants if you think about it.

tag8833 wrote:

 tetrisphreak wrote:
OrdoSean is in the top 8 currently - very tough opponent indeed. What list was he using?

its a less extreme version of lictor shame. 3 flyrants. No Genestealers. He will be playing on twitch Sunday, and he is a friendly guy that will probably batrep the tourney.

Interesting thing about LVO. There is a chance there are more flyrants than tactical marines.

He hasn't been running Genestealers in his #Lictorshame list for a few months now AFAIK. I wasn't aware that he went for 3 Flyrants though. Interesting!

Seems that there are some top placements for Nids reserved these days.

 wuestenfux wrote:
Seems that there are some top placements for Nids reserved these days.

very matchup dependent. Right now Sean is playing Tyler who beat me, but my mission was the relic, and Sean has kill points. I beat Tyler in kill points, but lost because it was relic. The luck of the matchup makes a big difference.

OrdoSean vs Darkwynn in the finals at LVO.

 tetrisphreak wrote:
OrdoSean vs Darkwynn in the finals at LVO.

And *spoiler alert* the winner was...

Well losing to the overall winner isn't bad, jy2! And I hear that Parsons guy is no slouch, either

Man, what a tournament. I am exhausted. Played a total of 10 games over the weekend, including against many GT-winners, including multiple-GT winner and the winner of the 2015 LVO himself, Sean Nayden and his #Lictorshame Tyranids. Also went up against the winner of Brawl in the Fall GT, the best Tau player on the ITC and the Overall winner of the ITC, Paul McKelvey. Then I played against the winner of Templecon GT, Ken Johnson, aka GreyDragoon (hope I got his name correct). Finally I also had a game against Mike Kiser aka PanzerLeader, who has won several GT's in the Midwest including the Golden Throne Southwest and I believe The Alamo GT. Also had a game against John Parsons aka krootman as well as podcaster and the guy who runs the 11th Company GT (which ironically is where Sean Nayden won his first GT with his #Lictorshame Tyranids), Neil Gilstrap himself.

It's a shame I didn't get to face the 2 Nicks (Rose and Nanavati), but I will give them a chance to try to beat me at some future date.

Reports and pics to come when I get back from a business trip.

 jy2 wrote:
Man, what a tournament. I am exhausted. Played a total of 10 games over the weekend, including against many GT-winners, including multiple-GT winner and the winner of the 2015 LVO himself, Sean Nayden and his #Lictorshame Tyranids. Also went up against the winner of Brawl in the Fall GT, the best Tau player on the ITC and the Overall winner of the ITC, Paul McKelvey. Then I played against the winner of Templecon GT, Ken Johnson, aka GreyDragoon (hope I got his name correct). Finally I also had a game against Mike Kiser aka PanzerLeader, who has won several GT's in the Midwest including the Golden Throne Southwest and I believe The Alamo GT. Also had a game against John Parsons aka krootman as well as podcaster and the guy who runs the 11th Company GT (which ironically is where Sean Nayden won his first GT with his #Lictorshame Tyranids), Neil Gilstrap himself.

It's a shame I didn't get to face the 2 Nicks (Rose and Nanavati), but I will give them a chance to try to beat me at some future date.

Reports and pics to come when I get back from a business trip.

Overall, did the five Flyrants meet your expectations as a potential GT winning list? I'd like to hear your thoughts on it after getting in so many test games against top armies and if your opinion changed or if you would make any changes to the list.

 jy2 wrote:
Man, what a tournament. I am exhausted. Played a total of 10 games over the weekend, including against many GT-winners, including multiple-GT winner and the winner of the 2015 LVO himself, Sean Nayden and his #Lictorshame Tyranids. Also went up against the winner of Brawl in the Fall GT, the best Tau player on the ITC and the Overall winner of the ITC, Paul McKelvey. Then I played against the winner of Templecon GT, Ken Johnson, aka GreyDragoon (hope I got his name correct). Finally I also had a game against Mike Kiser aka PanzerLeader, who has won several GT's in the Midwest including the Golden Throne Southwest and I believe The Alamo GT. Also had a game against John Parsons aka krootman as well as podcaster and the guy who runs the 11th Company GT (which ironically is where Sean Nayden won his first GT with his #Lictorshame Tyranids), Neil Gilstrap himself.

It's a shame I didn't get to face the 2 Nicks (Rose and Nanavati), but I will give them a chance to try to beat me at some future date.

Reports and pics to come when I get back from a business trip.

Was a pleasure meeting you Jim, shame your Draigo-star for Highlander was rather short on Draigo's But you ran it like a champ and we had a nice tight game. Sounds like you had quite the run, all great opponents with solid play time behind them. Mike's list has become a really solid Sister's list that seems to be able to give just about any other list a run for its money.

Did you stick around for the ITC prizes at the end? I noticed there was no prize for best Assassin player.. seems there might be a future for someone with the guts to run a primary assassins list to the ITC GTs this coming season to seize the prize solo

Oh and just in case anyone gets a case of the internets - I took Best General of Templecon this year is what Jim meant! Best Overall at Templecon was won by another fine gentleman whose name I am currently forgetting.

to bad no necrons matches will be there, really want to see the new dex performing...

 jy2 wrote:
Man, what a tournament. I am exhausted. Played a total of 10 games over the weekend, including against many GT-winners, including multiple-GT winner and the winner of the 2015 LVO himself, Sean Nayden and his #Lictorshame Tyranids. Also went up against the winner of Brawl in the Fall GT, the best Tau player on the ITC and the Overall winner of the ITC, Paul McKelvey. Then I played against the winner of Templecon GT, Ken Johnson, aka GreyDragoon (hope I got his name correct). Finally I also had a game against Mike Kiser aka PanzerLeader, who has won several GT's in the Midwest including the Golden Throne Southwest and I believe The Alamo GT. Also had a game against John Parsons aka krootman as well as podcaster and the guy who runs the 11th Company GT (which ironically is where Sean Nayden won his first GT with his #Lictorshame Tyranids), Neil Gilstrap himself.

It's a shame I didn't get to face the 2 Nicks (Rose and Nanavati), but I will give them a chance to try to beat me at some future date.

Reports and pics to come when I get back from a business trip.

Great to meet you and get a fantastic game in. Looking forward to my next trip out to the coast to get some more games in against the Team Zero Comp crew.

Ok, just got back last night from an out-of-town business trip. Will start posting my experiences tomorrow.

 tetrisphreak wrote:
OrdoSean is in the top 8 currently - very tough opponent indeed. What list was he using?

3x Flyrants
2x Tyrant Guards (separate)
Bunch of Lictors (I believe 6)
1x3 ObSec Rippers
4x Mucolids
A bunch of spore units
3x Mawlocs
Bastion

 RiTides wrote:
Well losing to the overall winner isn't bad, jy2! And I hear that Parsons guy is no slouch, either

Both games were totally winnable games for me, but it just wasn't meant to be.

 997Turbo wrote:

 jy2 wrote:
Man, what a tournament. I am exhausted. Played a total of 10 games over the weekend, including against many GT-winners, including multiple-GT winner and the winner of the 2015 LVO himself, Sean Nayden and his #Lictorshame Tyranids. Also went up against the winner of Brawl in the Fall GT, the best Tau player on the ITC and the Overall winner of the ITC, Paul McKelvey. Then I played against the winner of Templecon GT, Ken Johnson, aka GreyDragoon (hope I got his name correct). Finally I also had a game against Mike Kiser aka PanzerLeader, who has won several GT's in the Midwest including the Golden Throne Southwest and I believe The Alamo GT. Also had a game against John Parsons aka krootman as well as podcaster and the guy who runs the 11th Company GT (which ironically is where Sean Nayden won his first GT with his #Lictorshame Tyranids), Neil Gilstrap himself.

It's a shame I didn't get to face the 2 Nicks (Rose and Nanavati), but I will give them a chance to try to beat me at some future date.

Reports and pics to come when I get back from a business trip.

Overall, did the five Flyrants meet your expectations as a potential GT winning list? I'd like to hear your thoughts on it after getting in so many test games against top armies and if your opinion changed or if you would make any changes to the list.

It is a potential GT-winning build. However, do not expect Pentyrants to dominate in such a large field of competitive players. It is far from an autowin type of build. It's got its weaknesses, but despite that, a shrewd general can still make it work. And while it didn't go well for me this time, I still have confidence that I could have beaten any of the armies which I lost to in this tournament.

GreyDragoon wrote:

 jy2 wrote:
Man, what a tournament. I am exhausted. Played a total of 10 games over the weekend, including against many GT-winners, including multiple-GT winner and the winner of the 2015 LVO himself, Sean Nayden and his #Lictorshame Tyranids. Also went up against the winner of Brawl in the Fall GT, the best Tau player on the ITC and the Overall winner of the ITC, Paul McKelvey. Then I played against the winner of Templecon GT, Ken Johnson, aka GreyDragoon (hope I got his name correct). Finally I also had a game against Mike Kiser aka PanzerLeader, who has won several GT's in the Midwest including the Golden Throne Southwest and I believe The Alamo GT. Also had a game against John Parsons aka krootman as well as podcaster and the guy who runs the 11th Company GT (which ironically is where Sean Nayden won his first GT with his #Lictorshame Tyranids), Neil Gilstrap himself.

It's a shame I didn't get to face the 2 Nicks (Rose and Nanavati), but I will give them a chance to try to beat me at some future date.

Reports and pics to come when I get back from a business trip.

Was a pleasure meeting you Jim, shame your Draigo-star for Highlander was rather short on Draigo's But you ran it like a champ and we had a nice tight game. Sounds like you had quite the run, all great opponents with solid play time behind them. Mike's list has become a really solid Sister's list that seems to be able to give just about any other list a run for its money.

Did you stick around for the ITC prizes at the end? I noticed there was no prize for best Assassin player.. seems there might be a future for someone with the guts to run a primary assassins list to the ITC GTs this coming season to seize the prize solo

Oh and just in case anyone gets a case of the internets - I took Best General of Templecon this year is what Jim meant! Best Overall at Templecon was won by another fine gentleman whose name I am currently forgetting.

Great to meet you as well, Ken.

Yeah, my biggest brainfart happened way before the tournament. Building a Draigostar list (for the Highlander event) without Draigo qualifies for a brainfart if there ever was one. Lol. And ironically, I still hadn't noticed it until we were about to play.

In any case, thanks for the game. It turned out to be a close and exciting one.

 Valek wrote:
to bad no necrons matches will be there, really want to see the new dex performing...

I will take them to a future tournament, though you'll probably hear about them at Adepticon.

PanzerLeader wrote:

 jy2 wrote:
Man, what a tournament. I am exhausted. Played a total of 10 games over the weekend, including against many GT-winners, including multiple-GT winner and the winner of the 2015 LVO himself, Sean Nayden and his #Lictorshame Tyranids. Also went up against the winner of Brawl in the Fall GT, the best Tau player on the ITC and the Overall winner of the ITC, Paul McKelvey. Then I played against the winner of Templecon GT, Ken Johnson, aka GreyDragoon (hope I got his name correct). Finally I also had a game against Mike Kiser aka PanzerLeader, who has won several GT's in the Midwest including the Golden Throne Southwest and I believe The Alamo GT. Also had a game against John Parsons aka krootman as well as podcaster and the guy who runs the 11th Company GT (which ironically is where Sean Nayden won his first GT with his #Lictorshame Tyranids), Neil Gilstrap himself.

It's a shame I didn't get to face the 2 Nicks (Rose and Nanavati), but I will give them a chance to try to beat me at some future date.

Reports and pics to come when I get back from a business trip.

Great to meet you and get a fantastic game in. Looking forward to my next trip out to the coast to get some more games in against the Team Zero Comp crew.

Hey Mike. Thanks for the game and it was great to have met you.

I probably had my biggest brainfart against your army. Lol. I don't know what the heck I was thinking, but the combination of fatique, booze and late-night partying probably contributed to it.

In any case, congrats on getting the award for Best Sisters and for going 5-1. Awesome job!