Post by dahadi on Aug 5, 2011 11:04:10 GMT -5
Hey guys, Tony thought it would be a good idea for me to do a write up for the Rite of Passage tournament at GenCon. I'm going to do the best I can to write up some brief battle reports. The real emphasis of this though is how many d-bags I encountered.
It was a 50 point accelerated tournament, meaning 10 minute turns with a 5 minute extension instead of the normal 12 minute turns/6 minute extension. It was also a Divide and Conquer event. That means that you have to use both lists twice then you can use whichever list you want a third time.
Here were my lists:
List #1
Skorne
50+5 points, 18 models
Tyrant Xerxis +5 points
* Basilisk Drake 4 points
* Bronzeback Titan 10 points
* Titan Gladiator 8 points
Agonizer 2 points
6 Cataphract Cetrati 11 points
Hakaar the Destroyer 4 points
5 Praetorian Ferox 11 points
Tyrant Rhadeim 5 points
-What I learned about this list is a) Rhadeim has a bullseye on him. A big one. b) Deployment is very important with this list. Going second gives this list a good advantage because I can pick who will match up with who.
List #2
49+6 points, 33 models
Lord Tyrant Hexeris +6 points
* Bronzeback Titan 10 points
* Razor Worm 4 points
* Titan Gladiator 8 points
* Aptimus Marketh 3 points
Agonizer 2 points
6 Cataphract Cetrati 11 points
* Tyrant Vorkesh 3 points
10 Nihilators 8 points
4 Paingiver Beast Handlers 2 points
6 Praetorian Swordsmen 4 points
-What I learned with this list is a) drop the Nihilators b) get more Swordsmen so I can get tier 1.
Round 1 - VS Khador
He was using Irusk, Black Ivan, Spriggan, and some Nyss Hunters, among other things. This dude went on to place in the top 3, so my loss here isn't that big of a deal to me. I used list 1. The objective was sort of like Mosh Pit, but to gain a control point, your Caster has to be on a "flag" that's about 8 inches away from the center "Most Pit" area. The deployment was a lot like Spearhead in 40k. In addition to that, the center can't have any enemy models in it. So! Xerxis has a control range of 10. He has to be 8 inches away from the "Mosh Pit", making my beasts way less effective and my feat turn pointless. This dude rolled me pretty hard. He was also a very good dude. After the game he spent a good 10 minutes with me giving me tips and stuff. It was much appreciated.
Round 2 VS Cryx
This guy was the biggest scumbag I've ever dealt with ever. I used list #2. He had full Bane Knights, full Bane Thralls with Tartarus, pSkarre, and Blood Gorgers. There was other stuff too, but that was the stuff that I remember. This dude was the epitome of TFG. He'd move models, nudge them a few millimeters, some as much as an inch. Once I caught on to that, I kept calling him out on all his BS. He got pretty upset that I wasn't letting him cheat. He popped Skarre's feat giving everything +5 def and arm. He then on my turn told me that I need to pop my feat. I looked at him and said "Are you seriously telling me how to play my army right now? First off, no, I'm not doing what you want. Second off, no." He didn't like that. He also looked like the dude on the right in this picture:
I kid you not. Aside from some more d-baggery from this dude, this game left me feeling like I just played 40k, exhausted, discouraged, and wanting to sell off everything and play Magic. Not really that bad, but it was a very, very bad game. He was a very bad person. He had a Wraith Engine with an LED in it that everyone around us had a nerd boner for. He kept saying "Your compliments are like candy to my ears." It was then that I knew what I was up against.
Match 3 VS Khador
This dude flew in from Sweden just to play Warmachine. He ran Winterguard deathstar with Beast 09, eSorcha, and the character Kodiak. I ran list #2 against him. The scenario was the one where there are two patches of area that you can score in but cannot score in the same area twice in a row. This was an intense grinding battle of attrition. I was disappointed to see Sexy Hexy's feat do Richard against DEF17 (I think?) infantry. Razor Worm arcing blast damage was good, but when you're MAT5, hitting a high DEF just shuts down the feat. My Agonizer shut down both his character 'jacks the entire game. He sat behind my Cetrati and just kept yellin'. It made dealing with the big baddies easier. We had a lot of fun playing. So much so, that a TO had to come over and tell us that we've been playing 5 minutes longer than we should have. He won with 1 control point and 15 kill points. I lost with 0 control points and 9 kill points. Not a whole lot out of the ordinary happened here. This dude was awesome. He'd been playing since the early days of MK1. He also said that our game was his favorite of the day at that point. This game helped reinvigorate me after that farce of a game I call round 2.
Game 4 VS Cygnar
I used list #1. This dude started out a complete and total putz. He lost one of his cards but insisted he knew their rules well enough. That didn't fly with me. I called a judge over, told him the situation, and the judge found us a card to use. My opponent didn't like that. I just assumed he had read the rules. From that point on until near the end of the game, he was a very pretentious jerk. Mumbling to himself, trying to smack talk, and being a jerk about the moves I was making. Then came my feat turn. Xerxis with full fury and overtake took out most of a unit of dudes with sword gun things. It was neat. Titan Gladiator got into with Ol' Rowdy. I ended up slamming him, following up the slam, and shredding him apart. Yay Xerxis feat. He got the assassination on me. He used eStrykah! and did that crazy "I hurt me to get stronger" thing and wiped out Xerxis with a P+S24 attack when I had no fury on me. About 15 minutes after our game, he came over to me and started chatting me up. I wasn't too happy about this. Before our game I informed him that I am still pretty new to the game. So he came over and gave me a quick run down of our game, told me the things I did well and told me the things I didn't do well. We ended up sitting down for a good while talking tactics and giving each other tips. He ended up being a really cool dude, we just started out on the wrong foot.
Game 5 VS Scyrah
I used list #1 here because the scenario was the strip of the board that you need to control to win. I'm not familiar with Scyrah, so I just went and did my thing. Moved my cavalry around, got my Cetrati in the control zone, and had my Bronzeback go nuts with hyper aggressive. He had three health left and he just could not be put down. It took two turns of dedicated shooting to take him out. I was impressed. My opponent was a soft spoken dude who was very familiar with the con, the tournament, and the game. He was very helpful in giving me tips and advice for future games. He applauded my ambition of being relatively new and jumping into a big tournament. It was this game where I learned the valuable lesson of always keeping FURY on my 'lock. He got two good hits on Xerxis and had I had just one point of FURY, I'd have lived enough to have my Gladiator rush+charge his empty 'caster.
All in all, game 2 was my worst. I hated my opponent, hated how he talked, hated how he acted, and he was over all just a Richard. I learned a lot from this though and am looking forward to applying this new found knowledge. Sorry if my write up is a bit lame, but I'm sure there's some value to it.
Here are some really neat details:
-there were 91 contestants
-the TO's had no issues and everything ran smoothly. This amazed me.
-I placed 85
-Kaley placed around the 50's/60's.
-Hacksaw (someone important on PP's forums I assume) is an awesome judge/TO. It was impressive watching him handle rules disputes and run the whole show.
-my grammar and sentence structure is far superior to articles I've read on BoLS.
Questions or anything?
It was a 50 point accelerated tournament, meaning 10 minute turns with a 5 minute extension instead of the normal 12 minute turns/6 minute extension. It was also a Divide and Conquer event. That means that you have to use both lists twice then you can use whichever list you want a third time.
Here were my lists:
List #1
Skorne
50+5 points, 18 models
Tyrant Xerxis +5 points
* Basilisk Drake 4 points
* Bronzeback Titan 10 points
* Titan Gladiator 8 points
Agonizer 2 points
6 Cataphract Cetrati 11 points
Hakaar the Destroyer 4 points
5 Praetorian Ferox 11 points
Tyrant Rhadeim 5 points
-What I learned about this list is a) Rhadeim has a bullseye on him. A big one. b) Deployment is very important with this list. Going second gives this list a good advantage because I can pick who will match up with who.
List #2
49+6 points, 33 models
Lord Tyrant Hexeris +6 points
* Bronzeback Titan 10 points
* Razor Worm 4 points
* Titan Gladiator 8 points
* Aptimus Marketh 3 points
Agonizer 2 points
6 Cataphract Cetrati 11 points
* Tyrant Vorkesh 3 points
10 Nihilators 8 points
4 Paingiver Beast Handlers 2 points
6 Praetorian Swordsmen 4 points
-What I learned with this list is a) drop the Nihilators b) get more Swordsmen so I can get tier 1.
Round 1 - VS Khador
He was using Irusk, Black Ivan, Spriggan, and some Nyss Hunters, among other things. This dude went on to place in the top 3, so my loss here isn't that big of a deal to me. I used list 1. The objective was sort of like Mosh Pit, but to gain a control point, your Caster has to be on a "flag" that's about 8 inches away from the center "Most Pit" area. The deployment was a lot like Spearhead in 40k. In addition to that, the center can't have any enemy models in it. So! Xerxis has a control range of 10. He has to be 8 inches away from the "Mosh Pit", making my beasts way less effective and my feat turn pointless. This dude rolled me pretty hard. He was also a very good dude. After the game he spent a good 10 minutes with me giving me tips and stuff. It was much appreciated.
Round 2 VS Cryx
This guy was the biggest scumbag I've ever dealt with ever. I used list #2. He had full Bane Knights, full Bane Thralls with Tartarus, pSkarre, and Blood Gorgers. There was other stuff too, but that was the stuff that I remember. This dude was the epitome of TFG. He'd move models, nudge them a few millimeters, some as much as an inch. Once I caught on to that, I kept calling him out on all his BS. He got pretty upset that I wasn't letting him cheat. He popped Skarre's feat giving everything +5 def and arm. He then on my turn told me that I need to pop my feat. I looked at him and said "Are you seriously telling me how to play my army right now? First off, no, I'm not doing what you want. Second off, no." He didn't like that. He also looked like the dude on the right in this picture:
I kid you not. Aside from some more d-baggery from this dude, this game left me feeling like I just played 40k, exhausted, discouraged, and wanting to sell off everything and play Magic. Not really that bad, but it was a very, very bad game. He was a very bad person. He had a Wraith Engine with an LED in it that everyone around us had a nerd boner for. He kept saying "Your compliments are like candy to my ears." It was then that I knew what I was up against.
Match 3 VS Khador
This dude flew in from Sweden just to play Warmachine. He ran Winterguard deathstar with Beast 09, eSorcha, and the character Kodiak. I ran list #2 against him. The scenario was the one where there are two patches of area that you can score in but cannot score in the same area twice in a row. This was an intense grinding battle of attrition. I was disappointed to see Sexy Hexy's feat do Richard against DEF17 (I think?) infantry. Razor Worm arcing blast damage was good, but when you're MAT5, hitting a high DEF just shuts down the feat. My Agonizer shut down both his character 'jacks the entire game. He sat behind my Cetrati and just kept yellin'. It made dealing with the big baddies easier. We had a lot of fun playing. So much so, that a TO had to come over and tell us that we've been playing 5 minutes longer than we should have. He won with 1 control point and 15 kill points. I lost with 0 control points and 9 kill points. Not a whole lot out of the ordinary happened here. This dude was awesome. He'd been playing since the early days of MK1. He also said that our game was his favorite of the day at that point. This game helped reinvigorate me after that farce of a game I call round 2.
Game 4 VS Cygnar
I used list #1. This dude started out a complete and total putz. He lost one of his cards but insisted he knew their rules well enough. That didn't fly with me. I called a judge over, told him the situation, and the judge found us a card to use. My opponent didn't like that. I just assumed he had read the rules. From that point on until near the end of the game, he was a very pretentious jerk. Mumbling to himself, trying to smack talk, and being a jerk about the moves I was making. Then came my feat turn. Xerxis with full fury and overtake took out most of a unit of dudes with sword gun things. It was neat. Titan Gladiator got into with Ol' Rowdy. I ended up slamming him, following up the slam, and shredding him apart. Yay Xerxis feat. He got the assassination on me. He used eStrykah! and did that crazy "I hurt me to get stronger" thing and wiped out Xerxis with a P+S24 attack when I had no fury on me. About 15 minutes after our game, he came over to me and started chatting me up. I wasn't too happy about this. Before our game I informed him that I am still pretty new to the game. So he came over and gave me a quick run down of our game, told me the things I did well and told me the things I didn't do well. We ended up sitting down for a good while talking tactics and giving each other tips. He ended up being a really cool dude, we just started out on the wrong foot.
Game 5 VS Scyrah
I used list #1 here because the scenario was the strip of the board that you need to control to win. I'm not familiar with Scyrah, so I just went and did my thing. Moved my cavalry around, got my Cetrati in the control zone, and had my Bronzeback go nuts with hyper aggressive. He had three health left and he just could not be put down. It took two turns of dedicated shooting to take him out. I was impressed. My opponent was a soft spoken dude who was very familiar with the con, the tournament, and the game. He was very helpful in giving me tips and advice for future games. He applauded my ambition of being relatively new and jumping into a big tournament. It was this game where I learned the valuable lesson of always keeping FURY on my 'lock. He got two good hits on Xerxis and had I had just one point of FURY, I'd have lived enough to have my Gladiator rush+charge his empty 'caster.
All in all, game 2 was my worst. I hated my opponent, hated how he talked, hated how he acted, and he was over all just a Richard. I learned a lot from this though and am looking forward to applying this new found knowledge. Sorry if my write up is a bit lame, but I'm sure there's some value to it.
Here are some really neat details:
-there were 91 contestants
-the TO's had no issues and everything ran smoothly. This amazed me.
-I placed 85
-Kaley placed around the 50's/60's.
-Hacksaw (someone important on PP's forums I assume) is an awesome judge/TO. It was impressive watching him handle rules disputes and run the whole show.
-my grammar and sentence structure is far superior to articles I've read on BoLS.
Questions or anything?
