And that’s a wrap, folks! The Guardian Cup is over and behind us.
It was a fun event, and I think everyone left having had a good time. I know I did! Big thanks to Guardian Games for hosting us (and again, what an amazing game store, check it out if you are in Portland) and to or very own CaptainA for running it!
When the dust settled, the juggernaut that is GTA’s Seer Council was stopped in the finals against Ben Cromwell’s (aka, Dr.Insanotron’s) Skyblight Nids! It was a good game but Ben pulled it out to win it all. Congrats and way to be Nidz! Finishing off 6th with a strong win. Skyblight is really a great tool for the Bugs and makes them able to compete in what is otherwise a pretty disappointing codex. Also, a big shout out to Ben Cromwell who challenged GTA and earned his spot on Team Zero Comp! Double win for Ben.
Best Overall went to Aventine and his Chaos/Necrons. He barely lost to GTA in the semi-finals.
Best appearance went to the heavily converted Space marines belonging to Carl. Great army.
Spam Adams got best Tau finishing 3-2-1, Frankie went 5-1, and won his bracket. InControl went 4-2, I went 3-2-1 with my Scouts and got best sportsmen in my bracket barely losing Best Space marine to Jeremy V. (The French overlord) who beat me in a barn burner of a game with his White Scars, and Raw Dogger went 2-4 with his IG.
In all, it was a great event and a great way to finish off 6th edition. We had a really good time, enjoyed Portland a lot and saw some old friends and made some new friends. I highly recommend this event for anyone that wants to go in the future. We’ll be home tomorrow, and back to work!
It was awesome that Team Zero Comp brought so many guys to the event. Although I did not get a chance to try my 5 Knights against one of you, it was clear you guys brought a lot of positive energy to the event and would have been great to play. Thanks for making the trip!
It was a pleasure coming and meeting you too, Bryan! We had a great time. Your 5 knight army was pretty awesome!
Were they the knights of bacon?
Lol, not certain!
Bryan is the Bacon King. 😀
The Best Player of 40k seems to have been in a giving mood if he let people win… he must be ready for 7th edition and a 6th edition tournament was surely something he did not fancy to win. 😀
Glad you guys had a blast!
Was this a 7th edition Tournament?
No it was are last 6th edition event
Congratz Ben! And welcome to the team.
Thank buddy. Grant really made me work for it
Sounds like I have a chance to take your shirt without flying down to CA!
Yeah, you won it in style with Nids!
@Jeremy,
Yeah, now we have a teammate in the Pacific Northwest! If you want to challenge Ben, just let us know how it goes! Also, if you could do a video bat rep of it, that would be awesome!
Agreed on that ML! Now if I can just get a win against the Dr. instead of just Draws!
Yeah, let us know how it goes! Ben is obligated to play his best to win, and it is tough to earn a spot but we’d love to have either of you!
Was 6th. Pretty clear in the article I think.
Shameless plug, but the leaderboard and round-by-round results are available here: http://app.torrentoffire.com/#/tournament/Guardian-Cup-7/4/leaderboard
Congrats to Ben!
For sure, ToF was a great tool.
Congrats to everyone ! Sounds like an awesome event !!!
It really was a super fun event.
was an absolute blast! Congrats to ben and also nice job on winning the tourney 😉
Noho ftw!
Thanks for coming guys, thanks for the games Reece, Adam and Frankie.
Next time I see you all, its Whiskey Challenge though.
Ah, your bikes got me! Haha, great game, I really enjoyed it.
If you had just deep-strike the pod in the middle of table and were my dice slightly less hot, I think you would have had the game hands down.
Yeah, I thought about that with the pod, but I wanted to apply backfield pressure to force you to come back there, but, you took out all of my Heavy Support which gave you the edge. I should have reserved the Stalkers.
But you out-played me, your strategy was sound and you executed it well. I’ll get you next time =)
I would love to see what the winning Tyranid list consisted of.
Two Flyrants, a Crone, and a couple warrior squads in addition to the Skyblight formation, if I recall correctly.
Ben Cromwell is a class act, one of my favorite opponents at tournaments. Haven’t played him in years though. Oh well. 😀 Well done, Ben!
Ben is a great opponent.
What I love about Ben is that he is super amiable, but isn’t pulling any punches whatsoever. The epitome of what I hope for when I’m throwing down.
Yeah, no doubt.
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Thanks all was great hanging with you and we are looking forward to seeing you again, – GFN
Thanks for doing that, that was really cool!
I get as much out of it as the model owners. I really enjoy meeting the people and diving into my little world of making their models come alive.
Oh sweet! You guys did that again! I should switch my avatar on Gravatar to the picture you took of my ad mech counts as space marine scouts. Makes it look like I have skill in painting (news flash, I don’t!). It’s like glamour shots for models! 😀
Heck yah you should, let me know if you need the pic.
It’s a partnership 🙂
Oh I have it. It’s my avatar on the Ordo Fanaticus boards.
for those interested.
http://i1351.photobucket.com/albums/p800/GameFaceNation/OFCC%202013/FireWarriorsRed_zps70ee4ea1.jpg
Yeah really liked the way that one turned out…