tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4981165957098432192.post3139474462777611738..comments2012-04-26T20:34:16.864-07:00Comments on The Skyboyz WAAAGH: Astro Winnipeg 2012: After Action ReportThe SkyBoyz WAAAGHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04150750798239975152noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4981165957098432192.post-49641201564915168482012-04-26T20:34:16.864-07:002012-04-26T20:34:16.864-07:00I've been on the internet long enough and been...I've been on the internet long enough and been in enough flame wars to know how this game is played. The only way to win is not to play. If you're willing to stick your neck out for what you believe there will always be a group of people willing to tear you down because just they have nothing better to do.<br />I'm quite vocal of my opinions on what I feel a scoring system for a 40k tournament should look like, after all I run one.<br />There is some merit to "gameplay only" tournaments and I've played in several over the years. But they attract a specific type of crowd and I have to honestly say even having won several I didn't enjoy myself. To me 40k is about the hobby, not just the game. If I only played 40k for the game I would have stopped years ago (The rules are terribly written IMHO)Being forced to play against someone with a poorly painted or thought out army is actually insulting to me. I spend alot of time on my army as do alot of players, the least we expect back is that our opponents do the same.<br />Then those kind of players have the gall to insult my method of running a tournament without even bothering to come up here and play in it!? They believe a tournament is no fun if it judges sportsmanship and painting because it rewards more than just the number of games that you win. They are offended by the thought that a player can win all his games and not be able to walk away with tournament glass. Well we have a prize specifically for those players, we call it "Best General" and it is a highly coveted prize.<br />My tournament attracts 20-30 people every time I run it, which is a significant portion of our local community. I've never heard a player complain about how we run the tournament and everyone enjoys themselves. How do I know? They keeping coming back year after year.<br />By no means do I match the 250+ people that Adepticon draws, but my tournament is no less successful in my mind. If Adepticon can draw 250 players for a weekend all I can say is Good for Them! I wish there were enough local players here that I could do that.<br />Whatever, I'll run my event the way I want and they'll run there events the way they want. Both are successful and both promote the hobby. I can't really complain about that.The SkyBoyz WAAAGHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04150750798239975152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4981165957098432192.post-70742803253248861892012-04-24T11:34:12.139-07:002012-04-24T11:34:12.139-07:00I've done similar thinking for the original GT...I've done similar thinking for the original GTs and wrote it out too and of course Astro is something I would think about more if I didn't have so many personal problems. If it wasn't for certain people on Facebook or online in blogs I'd probably be even more out of the hobby. As it is I read and occasionally think, even if I don't play or paint much anymore.<br /><br />I give some thought to what my most expensive unit is but not to much to my HQ other than having him look cool. I put more thought and effort into looking cool and bringing something different rather than the same models and units every year, I think I was the only Chaos Codex the last time I went. Now I'll be missing two years in a row so I probably can do whatever next time I show up, which should be under all new rules. I have lots of painted models which go unused, but I also have unpainted and already paid for models which I want to get some use out of eventually, before I buy anything else. Some were bought specifically for Astro, they all were bought for my main and really only army as I haven't played Orks since 2nd Edition.<br /><br />I learned long ago that no matter how much I spend on my HQ choice, someone will spend more and they'll use special characters which I generally refuse to do, so I'll lose the general VS general H2H battle, though occasionally I still fight it. I also have very poor 'luck' and extreme difficulty killing AV 14 and other 'hard' targets. So I have to over compensate for shortcomings in my army, since I refuse to use another army or Codex.<br /><br />With the removal of comp from Astro I'm thinking hard about running 3 Fast Attack just because mobility is the other thing my Nurgle army chronically lacks. I'm thinking of buying some Forgeworld Fast Attack and of course not running mono-Nurgle. I need access to more of the Codex to have a chance to win, I don't play as well as I used to, since I hardly play at all.<br /><br />Ghaz is pretty good. I know the Ork guy who won best general with Orks in Vancouver one year, just bit the bullet and brought Ghaz. It saddens me that in order to win now a days at tournaments you have to bring special characters...<br /><br />I gotta get back to looking for a job, since once again I didn't get the one I interviewed for.Muskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328467370627934582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4981165957098432192.post-90349671538831997572012-04-24T11:15:08.932-07:002012-04-24T11:15:08.932-07:00You're lucky your blog isn't more popular....You're lucky your blog isn't more popular. There are uptight Americans who object to describing a WACC approach/tournament as 'US Style' yet they just had the 40K Championship at Adepticon which I'm pretty sure doesn't take into account soft scores. ;-) They do give out a separate prize for painting I think, Adepticon attracts some nice armies generally in the Team Tournament and they now host the Crystal Brush, so they do try to have something for everyone to a degree at Adepticon.<br /><br />Fair warning though some Americans don't appreciate it being insinuated that they don't play the game 'right' or that they are lazy or wrong if they don't want to paint their own figs. Best not even mention the tendency to jump from Codex to Codex or the 'meta-game' either, 'net lists'. Also the word fun is forbidden on some forums down South, I'm lead to believe. ;-)<br /><br />PS putting smilies after statements will not stop people from telling you to go F yourself either. Just and FYI. :-DMuskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328467370627934582noreply@blogger.com