Hello fellow gamers!
This is CaptainA, tournament organizer of the Guardian Cup, Portland, OR’s premiere 40k singles Grand Tournament reporting live from the event! The Guardian Cup 8 – The Ocho – is being hosted by Portland’s grandest game store, Guardian Games, with over 8000 square feet of gaming space. We are being housed in Guardian Games own bar, The Critical Sip, and things are already rocking on the first round. We had a total of 47 players make it to the event with players from all over the west coast coming as far away from down south in San Diego and as far north as Everett, WA.
We have a ton of players with Mugu Games and Team0Comp making up the two largest teams for the event so we will see which club clubs whom! There are a lot of great players here including many ITC top dogs such as Baxter Seguin, Geoff (InControl) Robinson, Ben (Dr. Insanatron) Cromwell, Alex Gonzalez, and Sean (AbusePuppy)Morgan. I will be live blogging the rounds and showcasing who beats whom and who the champions are from the event. Check out the first round in action as we speak and stay tuned for more.
Day 1
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Round 1 Winners
Jeremy Veysseire 1011
Adam Merlic 1011
Jack Lemiux 1011
Josh Bagwell 1011
Matt Evans 1011
Stephen Lyons 1011
John Gerlicher 1010
Vincent Morgado 1010
Baxter Seguin 1010
Geoff Robinson 1010
Scott Allred 1007
Nick Hayden 1006
Orin McBride 1006
Alex Gonzalez 1006
Chuck Arnett 1006
Anthony D’Amore 1006
Steve Tanzy 1005
William Blackburn 1005
Jedi Whitlock 1005
A lot of the usual suspects in this first round of combat! Stay tuned for more from the Guardian Cup 8!
Round 2 Pictures
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Round 2 Results
Matt Evans 2022
Jeremy Veysseire 2022
Ben Cromwell 2022
Justin Whitton 2022
Baxter Seguin 2021
Vincent Price 2021
John Gerlicher 2021
Josh Bagwell 2017
Alex Gonzalez 2017
Nick Hayden 2016
Orin McBride 2012
Steve Tanzy 2010
Jessup Coffin 1015
JP Mawey 1013
Tyler Miles 1013
Stephen Lyons 1012
Chancy Rickey 1012
David Cacace 1012
Karl Payne 1012
Daniel Leblanc 1012
Sean Morgan 1012
Brandon Thomas 1011
Adam Merlic 1011
Jack Lemiux 1011
Garrett Mulroney 1011
Chuck Arnett 1011
Vincent Morgado 1011
Geoff Robinson 1010
Jedi Whitlock 1009
Ryan Fredin 1009
Nikolas Wise 1007
Scott Allred 1007
Joel Talley 1007
Steve Mann 1006
Anthony D’Amore 1006
William Blackburn 1005
Chris Allred 9
Mark Kahler 6
Max Beitch 3
Andrei Chertov 3
Frankie Giampapa 2
Ben Schimmoller 2
Andy Hundt 2
Denny Page 2
Paul Graybeal 1
Bryan Bertsch 0
Round 3 Pictures:
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Top players of Day 3!
Vincent Price 3032
Jeremy Veysseire 3031
Justin Whitton 3029
Nick Hayden 3024
Baxter Seguin 3023
Steve Tanzy 3020
Matt Evans 2026
Ben Cromwell 2024
JP Mawey 2024
Daniel Leblanc 2023
Adam Merlic 2022
John Gerlicher 2022
Sean Morgan 2022
Geoff Robinson 2021
Ryan Fredin 2019
Alex Gonzalez 2019
Josh Bagwell 2018
Chancy Rickey 2018
Scott Allred 2017
William Blackburn 2016
Orin McBride 2013
Day 2
Day 2 is underway!
Top 6 undefeated players:
Vincent Price – Imperial Knights/Eldar
Jeremy Veysseire – Skitarrii/Blood Angels/Space Marines
Justin Whitton – Eldar/Dark Eldar/Inquisition
Baxter Seguin – Necrons
Steve Tanzy – Eldar
Round 5 – Final Round
Final Match – Jeremy Veysseire VS Baxter Seguin
The final match comes down to Jeremy VS Baxter! Can the never dying Necrons defeat the cyborg Skitarii catching a ride from their Blood Angel brothers? More updates coming soon.
Round 5 Pictures:
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In the end The French Overlord Jeremy Veysseire took the last round and reigned supreme as champion of the Guardian Cup!
Thanks for positing these, Aaron! Looks like a blast.
Man, Frankie’s Thunderdome is having a rough day!
LOL Geoff must have had a rough game. Oh well at least he can go and get some a dat Hawaiian food though.
Ma, that Hawaiian food was legit.
Geoff beat me in the First round in a Tyranid on Tyranid match.
He got hit hard on the second round and he was facing a fast Ork list in the third that didn’t look like it was going well. I didn’t see the end as my own game heated up.
Franks wolves had a opp’s moment vs tasty taste dark angle death star bike unit round 1. I know he lost round 2 and he said he got a draw in round 3. It’s just not been his day. A lot of the big names are having hard match ups with a good number of mirror type match’s happening too. The middle pack is swimming with sharks. If been a blast. Can’t wait to see who I’ll draw tomorrow. Sorry you missed recee.
Yeah, bummed I couldn’t be there but I was laid out in bed, sick. I am back on my feet today, but that is with non-stop rest, so it is what it is. Wish I could have gone, though.
Sounds like you and Geoff had a good game!
Yeah I went into this tourney saying and knowing if I faced drop d Flamers I’d die.. And then I hit the one guy who took them.. And D artillery x2 and a D knight and scat bikes… Was “fun”
Game 3 I had the honor of playing chuck arnett.. Was very bloody but the wheels came off the wagon for him and I won big in the end.. Some key roles and he would be right in it.
Hoping for top Nids and a submarine appearance in the top ish somewhere!
You finally beat Orks! Well done.
Yeah, Nids take it in the shorts extra hard from Eldar, more so than most armies. If your Flyrants can get airborne I’d think you would have a fighting chance, though.
Nick with his Dark Angels doing well!?!?!? LOL.
How about army types? Any standouts?
I know, Nick beat Frankie’s Thunderdome with Dark Angels, lol, what? Way to go Tastey!
Nick rolled a 17 for his first Psychic Shriek against the Thunderdome. Downhill from there.
wow
Brutal!
Huge mix of armies. Highest is Tyranids! Pretty happy overall.
Neat! I can’t wait to see all the breakdowns.
Way to go Vince!
If Guardian Cup and 40k have taught me anything its that robots are the best warriors.
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On this day, they were, lol!
I hear the number 2 player was playing non-Decurion Necrons. What was he running?
Baxter has been tearing it up with those Nerons!
No I was 2nd place with my Necrons. And yes I don’t run decurion. I ran a cad with orikan and wraiths and a destroyer cult a couple night scythe and a pair of annihilation barges
Guardian cup was a great time. I when 4-1 only losing to Jermey “the winner” and ended up in 2nd place and best Necron
Well done, Ben! Wish I wasn’t sick, would have loved to have gone.
who was best Tyranid?
Geoff
Yeah Geoff
Anyone know what eldar units Price had together with his imp.knights ?
Crimson death, 2 squads of 3 bikes (not sure the weapons) and an autarch
Damn, that is a savage combo.
Txs. Interesting combo.
If your primary codex is older than 6 months you aren’t allowed in the top 5.
Lol, fair observation, here. But, I honestly think it is more a matter of what the most skilled players chose to bring as opposed to the books, themselves.
The players are all very skilled no doubt and I’m stoked to see so many MUGU guys in the top 8. This was a tournament full of skilled players. Fact is the skilled players that brought one of the big 3 rose to the top.
The power gap between the big 3 and everyone else is blatantly obvious. I’m excited to see marines get in on the party in the next few weeks.
I think you can still win with older books, for sure. I mean, heck, Tau was right there in the mix. I think there’s just a lot of shiny new toy syndorme going on with players playing the new stuff.
No one brought daemons and that’s still an excellent codex.
Yup, though marines where brought in the top two armies as well!
Frenchy had skitari, blood Angels, space marines
Mawet had eldar, space wolves, ultramarines
Cromwell (tied second) was the first “pure” army with just crons
I think the best armies are the mixed armies… Just my opinion, but what do I know…
Happy to see Vince kept his knights, just wouldn’t feel right without em.
And Mawet didn’t bring demons?……. WHAT?
I agree mixed armies are the best, as long as they’re mixed with GWs latest technology.
Just to be clear Mawet might have brought his deamons with him, possibly even summoned a squad or two… Silly fallen marines
Thanks for the clarification, I was almost pulled into the warp trying to wrap my mind around Mawet without Demons.
Yeah loss of come the apocalypse/ addition of 3 source further hurts the evil races as compared to imperium of eldar/man.
Maybe tzeentch daemonkin and necrons will have some decent combinations.
Ya that’s the biggest reason I out down chaos, I play tzeentch/slaanesh chaos… So I get one CAD and one Allied Detachmrnt available to me… I don’t even have an option for a third detachment lol… Where at least necrons, bugs, orks and such can pull multiple formations out of their own codex I’m am forced to buy khorne for now???
Or just play my other army of 16 years, eldar!
Sure but that mix can be CAD, formations etc. Of the same army like mine was. Necrons don’t really need allies