Vassal Online Tournament - Jan 2011

[whats82]

The much anticipated second open event hosted by [Damn Dirty Vassalites (http://privateerpressforums.com/group.php?groupid=7)] : here is where you sign up ! This event is currently billed as a 35 pt, 2 list, 32 players, 5 rounds.

In addition to signing up to participate in the tournament, we are also looking for 2 responsible volunteers as organizers to run the event, we're looking for at least one person who has some experience running tournaments in the past, you will be provided with a match-setting software. Here's the basic rules, updated from our experience with the previous event as suggestion for the new organizers. At the bottom will be a sign up list for both categories, please copy and update that with your sign-up post.

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Items in underscore are subject to tweak by the organizers as they see fit.
Name and email address of players to be posted in a google document for all participants after event start. Once signup concludes, all player are to pm their contact info to the 2 organizers.

Timeframe : The tournament is scheduled to begin January 10th (Monday) and will run 5 rounds over the course of the month to February 13 (Sunday). Lists must be submitted by January 8th (Saturday). Please email the lists to either organizers.

Lists : 2 lists of 35 pts must be submitted beforehand, the lists will be posted for all to see when the event starts. List revealing can be arranged by both player giving their choice to a 3rd party, who will then announce the decision for them.

Schedule : Each round’s pairings will be posted on Monday. After it’s posted, all players have 3 days to arrange with his opponent on a game time. All rounds must be completed within 6 days and the results reported to the organizers by 6.pm on Sunday EST. If a player does not respond to arrangement within 3 days or does not show up on his arranged time without prior notice (24hr), he forfeit that round.

Scenarios and maps : SR2011 will be used. The organizer can determine the method of scenario selection. A list of maps suitable for standard and radial deployment will be provided as suggestions.

Timing : For simplicity of this event, turns are not timed. Thus no tiebreakers either.

Spectators : Spectators should be informed to respect the game and only speak on rule legality issues.

Dispute : If a rule dispute arise, check with the following; 1) core book, 2) rule forum, 3) knowledgeable person. If the dispute could not be resolved, discuss the interpretation and dice it between the players.

Results : Please provide as much feedback as you can on the format, scheduling, map and scenario involved in your game. Battlereports are more than welcome. Winner of each match is responsible for reporting the game result, a short reply in the event thread including casters used, control points scored and win condition.

Discussion : The organizer will start a thread in the “Unofficial Events” section of the Privateer Press forum for discussion and postings once the event gets started.

Sportsmanship : Remember to keep things civil and courteous, make clear declarations of actions and measurements.

Organizer’s responsibilities : Confirm the legality of submitted lists prior to the event start. Collect the results at the end of each week and post the next round’s pairings within 24 hours. Update the event thread with pairing and results.
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[Copy and update this section]
Organizer sign up:

Player sign up:
Whats82

[Cardboard]

Player sign up:
Whats82
Cardboard

I'll also organize again if needed

[Rikash]

I'll happily play in another one of these. Sounds like a blast.

Player sign up:
Whats82
Cardboard
Rikash

[Sam Lam]

I'll give it a go.

Whats82
Cardboard
Rikash
Sam Lam

[GlaiveGuy]

Count me in!

Whats82
Cardboard
Rikash
Sam Lam
Glaive

[tensteam]

I'm in!

Whats82
Cardboard
Rikash
Sam Lam
Glaive
Jaakko

[PUFNSTUF]

5 rounds = 5 games or is it single elimination or swiss tournament format? finals decided by control points etc. or just pure wins (cp's used in tie breaker scenarios) ?

[ResurrectioN]

In

Whats82
Cardboard
Rikash
Sam Lam
Glaive
Jaakko
ResurrectioN

[whats82]

5 rounds = 5 games or is it single elimination or swiss tournament format? finals decided by control points etc. or just pure wins (cp's used in tie breaker scenarios) ?

5 rounds Swiss. Final ranking decided in order of number of wins, strength of schedule, then control points, as steamroller format.

[moz]

I'm good to play. Don't think I'll have enough reliable time available to help run it though. For 32 players, I'm thinking you guys will want some web-form help vs. doing everything by email - I could get that up and running at least.

Players signup:
Whats82
Cardboard
Rikash
Sam Lam
Glaive
Jaakko
ResurrectioN
Moz

[Jamie P]

I'm in too.

[Razhem]

I'm in

Players signup:
Whats82
Cardboard
Rikash
Sam Lam
Glaive
Jaakko
ResurrectioN
Moz
Jamie P
Razhem

[Iron-Fist]

Me too. I also would like to express my support of the 35 pt level.

Players signup:
Whats82
Cardboard
Rikash
Sam Lam
Glaive
Jaakko
ResurrectioN
Moz
Jamie P
Razhem
Iron-Fist

I can help organize. I think a master google doc for brackets, would work. Msg me and I can make a rough draft of the doc for yall to review.

[jdeckert]

Sounds like fun!

Players signup:
Whats82
Cardboard
Rikash
Sam Lam
Glaive
Jaakko
ResurrectioN
Moz
Jamie P
Razhem
Iron-Fist
jdeckert

[GunMageinTraining]

I'm a go

Players signup:
Whats82
Cardboard
Rikash
Sam Lam
Glaive
Jaakko
ResurrectioN
Moz
Jamie P
Razhem
Iron-Fist
jdeckert
GunmageinTraining - GMiT

[Iron-Fist]

So did this get all worked out? Seems like we may be a little short on players...

[abmcdonald]

Whats82
Cardboard
Rikash
Sam Lam
Glaive
Jaakko
ResurrectioN
Moz
Jamie P
Razhem
Iron-Fist
jdeckert
GunmageinTraining - GMiT
Alex McDonald

[Iron-Fist]

Where are we to submit lists?

[mladizmaj]

Count me in :)

Whats82
Cardboard
Rikash
Sam Lam
Glaive
Jaakko
ResurrectioN
Moz
Jamie P
Razhem
Iron-Fist
jdeckert
GunmageinTraining - GMiT
Alex McDonald
mladizmaj

[whats82]

Apologies for the delay. Looks like it'll be Mutton and I running the event. Please pm me your email address and I'll contact you along with google doc link. Or if you already have my email address, send me the lists.

[moz]

You and Mutton will still play right? I personally don't care if you're doing the pairings and playing in the event. It'll be a much better event with the two of you in it.

[Iron-Fist]

I agree with moz

[Razhem]

Thirded, there is nothing really in play except our prides and the organizer part should really just be treated as a point count and random distribution of opponents, scenarios and tables.

[whats82]

We'll still be playing, and thanks for the patience.

Currently we need the contact info of a few more players, we have 12 out of 15 signed up so far. (need Gunmage, Sam and Alex). Everyone else should have got a link to the document with the list of participants.

For those who haven't done so, please email me the 2 lists. Once all the lists are available I'll add them to the document and start the event.

[Sam Lam]

I pmed my lists to you, whats82.

[whats82]

I have your lists, but I need your email, it's for the online document and for your opponent to arrannge schedule with you.

[tensteam]

I think there's just room for one more player. Who ever dares to challenge the cream of Vassal in four games should step in! ;)

[ResurrectioN]

Come on, guys. Send in those lists.

[whats82]

Alright, got everyone's contacts, just a few more lists needed.

Looks like we can kick off next Monday.

[ResurrectioN]

Can't you make pairings and send opponent's lists (if both players have sent in lists) so that we who were responsible don't have to wait?
Then make everything public once everybody sends their lists.

[Razhem]

Ush you over eager chipmunk you! :P

[mladizmaj]

Will we start ? ever ?

[Razhem]

You are also an eager chipmunk!

[null_sheen]

ill be in

Whats82
Cardboard
Rikash
Sam Lam
Glaive
Jaakko
ResurrectioN
Moz
Jamie P
Razhem
Iron-Fist
jdeckert
GunmageinTraining - GMiT
Alex McDonald
mladizmaj
Null_Sheen

[whats82]

2 more lists, come on, almost there !

[whats82]

And we're off, here's the round 1 pairings.

Jdekert (Circle) vs. Resurrection (Cryx)
Null Sheen (Circle) vs. Iron Fist (Cygnar)
Gunmageintraining (Legion) vs. Mutton (Cygnar)
Glaive (Legion) vs. Jamie P (Khador)
mladizmaj (Legion) vs. Razhem (Minions)
Jaakko (Cygnar) vs Sam Lam (Cryx)
Moz (Cygnar) vs. Alex McDonald (Cryx)
whats82 (Cygnar) vs. Rikash (Cryx)

Faction breakdown
Cygnar 5
Cryx 4
Khador 1
Menoth 0
Merc 0
Retribution 0

Circle 2
Troll 0
Skorne 0
Legion 3
Minion 1

[Sam Lam]

Ah, should have provided with a troll presence from me... oh well, cryx it is.

[whats82]

Same for me, I wouldn't go Cygnar if I knew the breakdown beforehand.. but that decision was made before lists were submitted for fairness so it stays.

Maybe next time we can post the faction breakdown before lists and pairings are set in stone to try to widen the variety.

[Razhem]

Wow, no menoth nor skorne which the last one was full of. At least I get the pride of being the only crazy bastard going minions! Though seeing the faction breakdown, it's going to be hellish, tricksy factions all over the place.

[moz]

Idea for the future could be to submit 2 factions worth of lists (2 lists for each faction) if you are game to run both - with the understanding that you'll end up playing whichever of the set is least represented.

Vassal tourney has the benefit of everyone having every army out in their car.

[PUFNSTUF]

too funny at the breakdowns.

I expect the cryx and cygnar for tournies with the super strong casters, but zero skorne or trolls surprised me.

[whats82]

Oh you'd be surprised at the caster roster we have..

[PUFNSTUF]

Oh you'd be surprised at the caster roster we have..

sarcastically surprised or the expected edenny, eskare, ecaine et. types?

im rooting for minions and whoever uses estryker.

[tensteam]

sarcastically surprised or the expected edenny, eskare, ecaine et. types?

Well my first game is eHaley/eCaine vs eSkarre/eDenny ;)

But there's a surprisingly large variety in Cygnar casters!

[GunMageinTraining]

Most surprised by Moz's choices. I look forward to playing many of these lists.

[ResurrectioN]

I'm surprised at lack of upkeep hate.
32 lists and only 8 have upkeep removal:
5x eEyriss
2x Withershadow combine
1x Thrullg

Whats, since we all got lists you might as well make them public and edit first post.

[whats82]

Ok, so the list is 39k words and a forum post is limited to 10k words (not sure how the forum counts as words.. maybe those * count as a single word)

I'm a little occupied at work though, anyone else care to cut and parse them here go right ahead.

[PUFNSTUF]

Well my first game is eHaley/eCaine vs eSkarre/eDenny ;)



LOL totally called it ha ha ha. that game will depend on scenario for caster choice for sure. is Moz playing cygnar? He repping kraye?

[GunMageinTraining]

Whats82

Captain Jeremiah Kraye
* Hunter
* Hunter
* Stormclad
* Ironclad
Black 13th Gun Mage Strike Team
Rangers
Rangers

Commander Adept Nemo
* Lancer
* Thunderhead
Black 13th Gun Mage Strike Team
Lady Aiyana & Master Holt
Sword Knights (Leader and 5 Grunts)
Captain Arlan Strangewayes
Rorsh & Brine



Mutton

Lieutenant Allister Caine
* Stormclad
* Squire
Arcane Tempest Gun Mages (Leader and 5 Grunts)
* Arcane Tempest Gun Mage Officer
Black 13th Gun Mage Strike Team
Stormblade Infantry (Leader and 5 Grunts)
* Stormblade Infantry Officer & Standard
* 3 Stormblade Infantry Storm Gunner
Eiryss, Angel of Retribution
Gorman di Wulfe, Rogue Alchemist
Reinholdt, Gobber Speculator
Lady Aiyana and Master Holt

Captain Victoria Haley
* Defender
* Stormclad
* Squire
Black 13th Gun Mage Strike Team
Long Gunner Infantry (Leader and 9 Grunts)
Stormblade Infantry (Leader and 5 Grunts)



Rikash

Lich Lord Asphyxious
* Ripjaw
Bane Knights (Leader and 9 Grunts)
Bane Thralls (Leader and 9 Grunts)
* Bane Thrall Officer & Standard
Bile Thralls (Leader and 5 Grunts)
Bane Lord Tartarus
Gorman di Wulfe, Rogue Alchemist
Machine Wraith
Warwitch Siren

Skarre, Queen of the Broken Coast
* Nightwretch
* Deathjack
* Reaper
Satyxis Raiders (Leader and 9 Grunts)
* Satyxis Raider Sea Witch
Gorman di Wulfe, Rogue Alchemist
Orin Mindwinter, Rogue Inquisitor
Satyxis Raider Captain
Warwitch Siren



Glaive

Vayl
* Scythean
* Seraph
* Ravagore
Full Hex Hunters
Bayal
Shepherd
2x Spell Martyr

Epic Thagrosh
* Seraph
* Ravagore
* 9x Shredder
Forsaken


Resurrection

Lich Lord Terminus
* Reaper
* Skarlock Thrall
Bane Thralls (Leader and 5 Grunts)
* Bane Thrall Officer & Standard
Mechanithralls (Leader and 9 Grunts)
Necrosurgeon & 3 Stitch Thralls
The Withershadow Combine
Darragh Wrathe
Gorman di Wulfe, Rogue Alchemist
Madelyn Corbeau, Ordic Courtesan
Warwitch Siren

Wraith Witch Deneghra
* Nightwretch
* Nightwretch
* Skarlock Thrall
Bane Thralls (Leader and 9 Grunts)
Cylena Raefyll & Nyss Hunters (Cylena and 9 Grunts)
The Withershadow Combine
Bane Lord Tartarus
Darragh Wrathe


Jdekert

Kromac the Ravenous
* Gorax
* Gnarlhorn Satyr
* Warpwolf Stalker
Druids of Orboros (Leader and 5 Grunts)
Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew (Leader and 1 Grunt)
Warpborn Skinwalkers (Leader and 4 Grunts)
War Wolf

Krueger the Stormlord
* Pureblood Warpwolf
* Warpwolf Stalker
* Woldwarden
Druids of Orboros (Leader and 5 Grunts)
Shifting Stones
Tharn Ravager Whitemane


Moz

Captain E. Dominic Darius
* Stormclad
* Stormclad
Black 13th Gun Mage Strike Team
Lady Aiyana & Master Holt
Stormblade Infantry (Leader and 5 Grunts)
Captain Arlan Strangewayes
Gorman di Wulfe, Rogue Alchemist
Stormsmith Stormcaller x3

Captain Kara Sloan
* Stormclad
* Stormclad
* Squire
Stormblade Infantry (Leader and 5 Grunts)
* Stormblade Infantry Officer & Standard
* 3 Stormblade Infantry Storm Gunner
Gorman di Wulfe, Rogue Alchemist
Journeyman Warcaster
Reinholdt, Gobber Speculator
Rhupert Carvolo, Piper of Ord

[GunMageinTraining]

Jamie P

Kommander Zerkova
* Behemoth
Doom Reavers & UA
10 Kayazy Assassins & UA
War Dog
Aiyana & Holt
Orin Midwinter
Saxon Orrik
Reinholdt


E-Butcher
* Beast 09
* Spriggan
War Dog
6 Kayazy & UA
Widowmakers
Man Hunter
Koldun Lord
Epic Eiryss
Renholdt


Razhem

Lord Carver Tier 4
* Warhog
* Warhog
* Gunboar
Full farrow brigands unit
min farrow brigands unit
Rorsch and Brine

Bloody Barnabas
* Wrastler
* Spitter
Bull snapper
Full gatormen
min bog trog ambushers
Croak Hunter
Croak Hunter
Thrullg


Iron Fist

Lt. Caine
-Squire
-Ironclad
ATGM 6x
-UA
* Hunter
Stormblade 6x
-UA
-3x Gunners
B13
eEiryss


eHaley
-Stormclad (Mr. Cuddles)
-Lancer
-Squire
Stormblades 6x
Forge Guard 10x
B13
eEiryss
Gorman

mladizmaj

Lylyth, Shadow of Everblight
* Nephilim Bolttrower
* Ravagore
* Ravagore
* Seraph
Strider Deathstalker
The Forsaken
The Forsaken


Saeryn, Omen of Everblight
* Shredder
* Shredder
* Angelius
* Angelius
* Seraph
Blighted Nyss Shepherd
Blighted Nyss Sorceress and Hellion
3 Spell martyrs
The Forsaken

Jaakko

Major Victoria Haley
* Lancer
* Ironclad
* Squire
Arcane Tempest Gun Mages (Leader and 5 Grunts)
* Arcane Tempest Gun Mage Officer
* * Defender
Black 13th Gun Mage Strike Team
Captain Arlan Strangewayes
Gorman di Wulfe, Rogue Alchemist


Captain Allister Caine
* Ol' Rowdy
* Squire
Arcane Tempest Gun Mages (Leader and 5 Grunts)
* Arcane Tempest Gun Mage Officer
Black 13th Gun Mage Strike Team
Lady Aiyana & Master Holt
Rangers
Eiryss, Angel of Retribution
Gorman di Wulfe, Rogue Alchemist
Reinholdt, Gobber Speculator
Rhupert Carvolo, Piper of Ord


Sam Lam

eSkarre
-Deathjack
-Nightmare
-Defiler
Necrosurgeon& thralls
Satyxis Captain
Satyxis Raiders Full
-UA

eDeneghra
-Deathjack
-Defiler
Bane Knights Full
Tartarus
Satyxis Full
-UA


Gunmageintraining

Abby Tier 4
* Harrier
* Shredder
* Stinger
* Raek
* Carnivean
* Scythean
* Seraph
Shepherd
Forsaken
Forsaken

Vayl
* Ravagore
* Scythean
* Seraph
Black Frost Shard
Annyssa Ryvaal
Shepherd
Shepherd
Spell Martyrs x3

[GunMageinTraining]

Alex McDonald

eSkarre
- DeathJack
- Reaper
Satyxis Raiders (full)
- UA
Raider captain
Withershadow Combine

Warwitch Siren
Gorman di Wulfe

Necrotech + Scrapthrall



pDenny
- Nightwretch
- Nightwretch
- Scarlock
Cylena Nyss Hunters (full)
Mechanithralls (full)
Necrosurgeon
Warwitch Siren
Gorman Di Wulfe
Wrong Eye and Snapjaw




Null Sheen

pKrueger
>Gorax
>Feral Warpwolf
>Woldwarden
Druids
Bloodweavers
Shifting Stones
Lord of the Feast

eKrueger
>Gorax
>Feral Warpwolf
>Woldwarden
Druids
Bloodweavers
Shifting Stones
Lord of the Feast

[PUFNSTUF]

im lovin moz's lists just because they are so different!

the ebutch list seems... random...
lotta eskarres.

I think its funny how sheens lists are the exact same except for the caster, ive known some people to do this and its actually pretty effective unless you face hard faction counters.

all the legion lists are different too which is great

[GunMageinTraining]

Technically, Sheen's lists are illegal. Your only supposed to have one variation of a caster in either list.

No Nemo 1 and Nemo 2 lists, or better yet, pDenny and eDenny... but, I'm not running it.

[whats82]

If we're using the varient of 2 character (x list = x character) then that would apply, though personally I don't really see much logical reason for that to exist since we're not doing some fluff campaign where one person can not be in 2 locations at once, in which case all 'FA:C' models would not be duplicable in 2 lists.

[GunMageinTraining]

*shrug* every tourney I've been too has been quite clear on the matter. I've never seen a 2 list tourney that allowed both lists to have the same caster, even if it was different variants. Maybe it was just how they always ended up being run around here...

Not a big deal to me or anything though.

[Razhem]

Seems like a pretty backwards ruling to me, they are mechanically different and have no inherent power boost for going with that, so not really seeing why anybody would even care.

[Cardboard]

*shrug* every tourney I've been too has been quite clear on the matter. I've never seen a 2 list tourney that allowed both lists to have the same caster, even if it was different variants. Maybe it was just how they always ended up being run around here...

Not a big deal to me or anything though.

Your tournies are stupid and run by incompetents :D

Seriously, it's an idiotic rule that would only be put in by people trying to make their tournies less competitive.

[whats82]

4 games down, 4 to go ! (update cut and paste from the online doc)

Round 1 [Scenario = Outflank, Outfight, Outlast] [Map = Dirt, Lumberyard]
Jdekert (Circle) vs. ResurrectioN (Cryx)
Null Sheen (Circle) vs. Iron Fist (Cygnar)
Gunmageintraining (Legion, Vayl, assassination, 0) vs. Mutton (Cygnar, Caine, 0) Wednesday
Glaive (Legion) vs. Jamie P (Khador)
mladizmaj (Legion) vs. Razhem (Minions)
Jaakko (Cygnar, eCaine, scenario 3) vs Sam Lam (Cryx, eDenny, 1) Wednesday 3.30 pm EST
Moz (Cygnar, Darius, 0) vs. Alex McDonald (Cryx, pDenny, 0) Wednesday 1am EST
whats82 (Cygnar, Nemo, assassination, 0) vs. Rikash (Cryx, eSkarre, 0) Tuesday 6pm EST

[PUFNSTUF]

interesting ecaine won by scenario, thats pretty good.

[null_sheen]

wrong thread.......

[SnakeEyes]

As long as Cryx loses, we all win.

Btw, GunMageInTraining, I'd congratulate you on the win but Mutton is a newb caliber player. He's welcome to contradict me on that point if he believes it false. Bwuh ha ha ha!

[ResurrectioN]

interesting ecaine won by scenario, thats pretty good.
That means that game was cripple fight with neither of players playing their castes as they should be played.
That's not good.

[tensteam]

That means that game was cripple fight with neither of players playing their castes as they should be played.
That's not good.

Thanks ;)

BTW I think Sam should have 2 control points (I modified the original document already) because I'm not sure if some of my models could contest the other pit. Some of the gun mages might've been able to do it, but I'm not positive.

[ResurrectioN]

You're welcome :)
eDenny on flank and eCaine in deployment zone is not the way to go.

[PUFNSTUF]

As long as Cryx loses, we all win.

Btw, GunMageInTraining, I'd congratulate you on the win but Mutton is a newb caliber player. He's welcome to contradict me on that point if he believes it false. Bwuh ha ha ha!

hahahaha I wholeheartedly agree!! :p

[GunMageinTraining]

Wow... people beatin down on Mutton... though it was a game won more via luck than anything else... I'm fairly sure I'd of lost if I hadn't rolled a 15.

[Jamie P]

the ebutch list seems... random...

Theres method to the madness.. somewhere :)

[Razhem]

My match vs mladizmaj has been done. I got the win in the end, but after attrition hell. He went Saeryn, I went Barnabas. To put it bluntly, **** luck dominated the first big part of the game with a few sparks of madness on both sides opf the board, but it was a hell of a lot more crippling for him since he missed all his initial thrust attacks and rolled crap damage when it mattered (Wrastler survived like 2 extra turns out of sheer stupid luck), on my counterattack similar hijink ensued where both angels came out alive.

Basically, we both got dragged into an attrition war since my assassination run was cut short due to a bad initial first strike and his got the same treatment pretty much. It just happened to be that I was better prepared for attrition and didn't depend on good luck on key rolls as much as him that ended up giving me the match. After a long confrontation and with only Saeryn, a spell martyr and a half dead shreder alive, he conceded

Mladizmaj was an amazing opponent and a plain dear to play against while at the same time being vary challenging and sharp. The simple detail of casting banishing ward on herself already sent the ranged assassination vector to hell. I'd like to believe I played up to par, though in the last turn my luck started to change and I started rolling crazy dice. Anyway, thanks for the great long and intense mate and godspeed in the rest of the tourny.

[TheSanityAssassin]

Too bad, just missed out on this. Was just talking to the wife about finding Warmachine for Vassal...used to play 40k on there all the time until I got sick of rules monkeys I couldn't just threaten to kick to shut up.

Is there a reasonably active vassal community for this?

[Razhem]

I'd dare say quite active. You can find the module here http://z7.invisionfree.com/vassalwmh/index.php?showforum=2

[Jamie P]

Zerkova (me) vs Vayl (Glaive).

Zerkovas anti magic and god-like doom reaver tough rolls put vayl on the back foot. But one stupid little kayazy gave her a dark sentinel move that allowed a scythean to walk up to zerkova and eat her on its last attack.

Awesome game Glaive, well done :)

[whats82]

Round 2 [Scenario = Diversion ] [Map = Dirt, Hill 402]
Moz vs. Rikash
Jamie P vs. Ressurection
Mladizmaj vs. Mutton
Sam Lam vs. Iron Fist
Jaakko vs. Null Sheen
Glaive vs. Razhem
Gunmageintraining vs. Alex Mcdonald
Jdekert vs. whats82

[paradox1995]

Will there be another vassal tourney after this one... I want in but I missed the boat.

[whats82]

Definitely will be more events in the future. Hopefully with some helps later on so I don't have to run every one of them.

[whats82]

Ok, Ironfist has informed me that he's dropping out of this one. We have 1 spot open if anyone wants to take it !

[Razhem]

Well, had my second match vs Glaive. He used Vayl, I went Barnabas again. He pretty much controlled the whole tempo of the match since I lost the trhullg to unexpected movement shenanigans with the ravagore (huge moral hit, I was counting on consumption to make hexblades life hell) and the next turn I took 7 Damage on barnabas from a Rampager and was set on fire and I was also so afraid to get hoarfrosted with the gatormen that I didn't move very aggressively so I could hug cover. Seeing how things were panning out, I pretty much said screw it at that point, feated and proceeded to eat most of his hexblades except 2 (bayal was a casualty too) and nuke the ravagore while hoping the incoming scythean onslaught didn't utterly nuke me. I basically got lucky with him deciding on going for the warlock kill, but without being able to stack incite, nor chiller around and some very yucky rolls, I managed to survive along with my beasts (spitter and snapper were half dead at that stage) and not losing any more posse to it. Next turn I pretty much pilled the pressure, took down the scythean and crippled the seraph while keeping barnabas with Iron flesh and in a swamp pit and 3 fury to stop the serpah from just sniping me out or making it hellish for it to take me down in melee.

So yeah, attrition won the match for me again and getting lucky in the most critical moment of the most critical turn, had I lost 2 gators and the spitter there, chances are I would have had to roll like a demon to get the grove going. Glaive was a great opponent and took the sudden shift in very good form. He certainly has been getting leaps and bounds better every time I play him.

[SnakeEyes]

Btw, Rikash is playing a disgusting eAsphyxious list and Rikash plays it well. He's got a little Excarnate trick with Bile Thralls that's sick. It's basically Mk. I Protectorate Cleanser Bombs. It's stupidly powerful and gross.

I can usually compare a list I see to some of my pre-builts and know how I would take it on. eAsphyx and that list... ugh. I hate that frackin' caster. Okay, I hate a lot of Cryx casters. And their infantry. Now I'm just ranting... :)

Been fun watching your games, boys.

[whats82]

Midweek update:

Round 2 [Scenario = Diversion ] [Map = Dirt, Hill 402]
Moz vs. Rikash
Jamie P vs. Ressurection
Mladizmaj vs. Mutton
Sam Lam vs. Iron Fist
Jaakko vs. Null Sheen - Friday 11am GMT
Glaive(Legion of Everblight, Vayl) vs. Razhem (Minions, Barnabas, Atrition)
Gunmageintraining vs. Alex Mcdonald
Jdekert (Circle, eKrueger) vs. whats82 (Cygnar, Kraye, scenario, 2) - Tuesday, 8pm EST

[GlaiveGuy]

Just posting a quick thank you to the organizers, these tournaments are an absolute blast and the effort is well appreciated.

Also a thanks to JamieP and Razhem for some outstanding games. Win or lose these have been some of the most challenging and thought provoking matches I've played in and are exactly what I was hoping to find in a tournament like this.

-G

[Rikash]

Btw, Rikash is playing a disgusting eAsphyxious list and Rikash plays it well. He's got a little Excarnate trick with Bile Thralls that's sick. It's basically Mk. I Protectorate Cleanser Bombs. It's stupidly powerful and gross.

Yes, yes it is. I feel dirty running Cryx sometimes, but figure that comes with the territory. That was a mean match-up for Moz and he played his game well. Cryx played the attrition game until feat feat turn. Win by concession (we mutually agreed rolling dice wasn't necessary when it's Parasited, Cursed, Dark Shrouded Darius who's about to get Blinded and beset by a horde of angry incorporeal undead). No control points for either of us.

[whats82]

Well Rikash, as winner that's your job to go update the master file.

Glad to hear everyone's having a good time. I'm thinking of asking more people to record their games and we can share it online, it'd be a good way to look back and see if things could have played out differently, for education and lols.

[Jamie P]

Zerkova (me) vs Terminus (Ressurection)

Zerkova got first turn and ran towards the middle, terminus did the same but didnt realise that he was a little bit too close to aiyana. Zerkova Icy Grips him, Aiyana Harms him and 4 doom reavers plant their swords into the Lichlord.

[ResurrectioN]

Zerkova won vs Terminus and I blame radial scenarios!
Jaime, dont be modest: 2 doomravers with rolls from hell ;)

[whats82]

Never in my wildest dreams would Zerkova stick one up Terminus, hope you had screenshots !

[Rikash]

Well Rikash, as winner that's your job to go update the master file.

So it is! I didn't notice that change from the last tourney to this one! Document updated.


Never in my wildest dreams would Zerkova stick one up Terminus, hope you had screenshots !

This man has the right of it. Poor Terminus... filleted like an undead fish.

I've got a logfile from my first game and a partial from the second. I'll make a point of posting battle reports at the end of the tournament.

[GunMageinTraining]

Alex McDonald (eSkarre) vs GMiT (Vayl) - Win to Alex, Assassination via DJ to the face

Close game, Skarre was down to one box and on fire (bad dice on my part) when she managed to pull out a reaper/siren/puppetmaster + Perdition combo to get the DJ to Vayl.

[whats82]

1 box, ooh, close game, guess typhon didn't get a crit throw on the sentinel move.

[GlaiveGuy]

Poor Vayl hasn't made a good show of herself this round for us after doing so well in round 1.

-G

[Rez]

Is it possible to watch people play on Vassal? Or can only the competing players see whats going on? Would be interesting to check out some of the matchups as they play out.

[Rikash]

Is it possible to watch people play on Vassal? Or can only the competing players see whats going on? Would be interesting to check out some of the matchups as they play out.

Assuming you can catch one of the games in progress and the room isn't locked (most tend not to in my experience) you can certainly watch. Whats has been posting times as he's been made aware of them, so you can certainly hop on vassal at one of those times to catch a game. If you don't yet have vassal, follow the link in my signature to get what you need to watch. Look forward to seeing you online!

[tensteam]

Yeah at least I like to keep the room open when I play. It's great for the community to chat a few words after the game. That said during my last game someone in the audience did delete everything on the map a few times and also put some strange terrain objectives into play. I don't think it was on purpose and using back button did help, but it was damn irritating. So if you watch please do not touch anything!

[Razhem]

People, remember to update your game results, I've bolded the winners of the games that weren't marked yet (Jamie P and Alex Mcdonald) but it would be nice if one of them edited the document to add the caster and win condition data :)

[Jamie P]

Zerkova (me) vs Terminus (Ressurection)

Zerkova got first turn and ran towards the middle, terminus did the same but didnt realise that he was a little bit too close to aiyana. Zerkova Icy Grips him, Aiyana Harms him and 4 doom reavers plant their swords into the Lichlord.

Result here
Zerkova - win
Terminus - loss
Caster Kill

[whats82]

I have a feeling most people can not access the google doc, I'm not sure if a google account is required, can someone confirm ? If you can and you won a match, please update the pairing with caster choice, winning method and control points on the document, otherwise post them here and I can update the file.

[whats82]

Round 2 and 3 update.

Roudn 3 [Scenario = Grind (godamn it)] [Map = Ice, Northern Watchtower]
Mutton vs. Moz
Resurrection vs. Iron Fist
Glaive vs. JDekert
Gunmageintraining vs. Null_sheen
Rikash vs. Mladizmaj
Jamie P vs. Sam Lam
Jaakko vs. whats82
Razhem vs. Alex McDonald

Round 2 [Scenario = Diversion ] [Map = Dirt, Hill 402]
Moz (Cygnar, Darius, 0 pts) vs. Rikash (Cryx, eAsphyxious, Concession/Caster Kill, 0 pts)
Jamie P (Khador, Zerkova, assassination, 0) vs. Ressurection (Cryx, Ternimus, 0)
Mladizmaj (default)vs. Mutton
Sam Lam (default) vs. Iron Fist
Jaakko (Cygnar, eHaley, scenario, 2) vs. Null Sheen (Circle, eKrueger, 0) - Friday 11am GMT
Glaive(Legion of Everblight, Vayl) vs. Razhem (Minions, Barnabas, Atrition)
Gunmageintraining (Legion, Vayl, 0) vs. Alex Mcdonald (Crys, eSkarre, assassination, 0)
Jdekert (Circle, eKrueger) vs. whats82 (Cygnar, Kraye, scenario, 2) - Tuesday, 8pm EST

We still have 1 spot open if anyone's interested.

[ResurrectioN]

Yay, I won!

At least one game where I have no chance to screw up.
Go me!

[whats82]

Mutton doesn't have stable internet at the moment so he's dropping out of this one too.

[tensteam]

Mutton doesn't have stable internet at the moment so he's dropping out of this one too.

Maybe moz and ResurrectioN could play each other this round then? Everyone still in would get a game.

We had a pretty epic game with whats82 last night. It ended on turn ~10 when eHaley took Nemo down in melee ;) Almost all models of both armies were out of the game at that point. Some big highs and lows for both of us during the game.

[whats82]

That was an absolute grindfest we had. I had 3 models alive and same for you when Haley did it herself. Definitely very memorable.

[Jamie P]

I'm not sure if mine and SamLams game will happen this week, we havent been able to arrange a gaming time and he leaves for templecon tomorrow....