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Show Notes
Date
2-1-16
Intro
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News
- The Las Vegas Open is eminent!
- Registration begins at 6pm, Thursday the 4th in the Events center! Come on by to avoid long lines the day of the event.
- Make sure to grab your Convention Badge if you have not done so already. If you haven’t you will be waiting in line to get your badge AND to register.
- If you got the High Roller package, you’ll be cruising straight through to the express Registration line.
- For those who can’t make it, be sure to check out the Broadcasting Schedule!
- There will be no Friday Signals as we will be in the middle of the LVO! We will also not be having Tuesday Night Fight this week.
- We’re going to have some awesome deals for you at the event on product, memorabilia, F.A.T. Mats, etc.
- For anyone joining us for the Daytime Social Events for the LVO, there is a Facebook group that you should look to join and get to know some of the folks participating!
- 40k Champs: If you want your army paint judged, be sure to have it out on display between 8am and 10am Friday, February 5th with your name next to your army.
- We will be going all digital this year for 40k! Judges will be roaming with iPads that they can enter your and your opponent’s scores and players can self-score on iPads at the TO desks. Don’t tear off the score sheets, you won’t be turning them in. They are for your reference, only.
- Come by and start registering Thursday, starting at 6pm and get familiar with the new scoring app!
- Space Balls II, the Schwartz Awakens is a go, prepare to go plaid!
- Titan Manufactorum puts their Ork Titan up for Pre-Order and it looks pretty cool!
- Mantic Launches the Walking Dead KickStarter and is already throwing up some big numbers.
- GW to be making swag, which is awesome!
- Golem Arcana is being discontinued.
Upcoming ITC Events
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Club | Events | Points |
1 | Alan | Bajramovic | CK | 7 | 491.22 |
2 | Geoff | Robinson | TZC | 14 | 452.28 |
3 | Steve | Sisk | MK | 9 | 447.64 |
4 | Trent | Northington | WH | 4 | 442.71 |
5 | Julio | Rodriguez | nWo | 21 | 442.01 |
6 | Derek | Page | Scorps | 13 | 438.62 |
7 | Cooper | Waddell | TZC | 10 | 437.11 |
8 | Mason | Moore | Mugu | 12 | 433.96 |
9 | Jim | Yeh | TZC | 15 | 433.07 |
10 | Wesley | Pauley | DAMAGE | 10 | 429.54 |
Rank | Club Name | Club Code | Placings | Points |
1 | Chicago Kamikazes | CK | 21 | 522.19 |
2 | Team Zero Comp | TZC | 169 | 479.6 |
3 | nWo Black Shirts | nWo | 100 | 455.04 |
Agents of the Imperium Rankings
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Club | Events | Points |
1 | Derek | Page | Scorps | 13 | 438.62 |
2 | Geoff | Robinson | TZC | 9 | 437.57 |
3 | Phil | Harlos | GWNG | 4 | 428.0 |
Blood Angels Rankings
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Club | Events | Points |
1 | Mike | Mckinney | N/A | 4 | 368.93 |
2 | Paul | Boutin | DAMAGE | 7 | 356.93 |
3 | Danny | Kwan | N/A | 6 | 310.49 |
Chaos Space Marines Rankings
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Club | Events | Points |
1 | Alan | Dehesa | RQTF | 12 | 416.96 |
2 | James | Carmona | TZC | 8 | 342.99 |
3 | Joseph | Harmon | NOVA | 5 | 331.62 |
Daemons Rankings
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Club | Events | Points |
1 | Peter | Kelly | MK | 13 | 354.83 |
2 | Alan | Bajramovic | CK | 3 | 351.88 |
3 | Todd | Silber | DSD | 4 | 301.31 |
Dark Angels Rankings
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Club | Events | Points |
1 | Brandon | Grant | N/A | 9 | 401.05 |
2 | Nick | Hayden | N/A | 10 | 365.68 |
3 | Aaron | Aleong | CK | 3 | 363.81 |
Dark Eldar Rankings
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Club | Events | Points |
1 | Carter | Leach | GCWA | 7 | 409.93 |
2 | Willow | Ryder | LCC | 11 | 387.62 |
3 | Herb | Shaffer | N/A | 4 | 345.13 |
Eldar Rankings
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Club | Events | Points |
1 | John-paul | Mawet | Mugu | 6 | 416.17 |
2 | Brett | Perkins | FMs | 5 | 415.13 |
3 | Iain | Mcleod | GWNG | 7 | 412.09 |
Grey Knights Rankings
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Club | Events | Points |
1 | Jim | Yeh | TZC | 7 | 328.95 |
2 | Trevor | Sandoval | RQTF | 6 | 285.65 |
3 | Nathan | Cartmell | N/A | 4 | 276.84 |
Imperial Guard Rankings
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Club | Events | Points |
1 | Wesley | Pauley | DAMAGE | 10 | 429.54 |
2 | Steven | Shanley | GW | 6 | 342.79 |
3 | Mike | Oade | WB | 7 | 297.89 |
Necrons Rankings
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Club | Events | Points |
1 | Baxter | Seguin | Mugu | 8 | 415.17 |
2 | Alex | Gonzalez | LCC | 10 | 406.48 |
3 | Michael | Snider | N/A | 6 | 379.69 |
Orks Rankings
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Club | Events | Points |
1 | Mason | Moore | Mugu | 12 | 433.96 |
2 | Chuck | Arnett | Mugu | 11 | 379.56 |
3 | Matt | Root | LoW | 4 | 373.87 |
Sisters of Battle Rankings
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Club | Events | Points |
1 | Daniel | Garcia | nWo | 6 | 347.6 |
2 | Doc | Glenboski | EH | 16 | 321.34 |
3 | Garrett | Mulroney | LCC | 7 | 234.05 |
Space Marines Rankings
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Club | Events | Points |
1 | Julio | Rodriguez | nWo | 18 | 442.01 |
2 | Cooper | Waddell | TZC | 9 | 437.11 |
3 | Justin | Pizzoferrato | GCWA | 4 | 351.2 |
Space Wolves Rankings
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Club | Events | Points |
1 | Geoff | Thompson | GWNG | 8 | 427.24 |
2 | Steve | Sisk | MK | 5 | 404.58 |
3 | Tim | Hosker | LCC | 9 | 377.64 |
Tau Rankings
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Club | Events | Points |
1 | Paul | Mckelvey | LCC | 13 | 426.0 |
2 | Michael | Bryant | GW | 6 | 369.74 |
3 | Trevor | Vancleave | MK | 7 | 342.42 |
Tyranids Rankings
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Club | Events | Points |
1 | Jim | Yeh | TZC | 5 | 420.02 |
2 | Geoff | Robinson | TZC | 5 | 377.95 |
3 | Jaminh | Vo | MadHat | 4 | 327.02 |
- Goldensprue Cup, East Greenbush, NY, February 6, 2016
- ND Monthly, l’Abyss, QC, Canada, February 7, 2016
Rumors: The Rumor Section is gathered from the web and is not in any way information we receive from any manufacturer nor is it necessarily accurate. This section of the podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only.
- Space Wolf Rumors! Wulfen are BEASTLY!
- Helfrost Pistols
- Stormfrag Auto-Launcher: 12″ range, S4, Ap5, Assault D3, count as Frag Grenades.
- Great Frost Axe: Str+3, Ap2, two handed, swings at initiative on the charge.
- Frost Claws: Str+1, Ap2, Shred
- Tempest Hammer: Strx2, Ap2, Concussive, Helfrost
- FW preview a new Daemon they will be debuting at Adepticon!
Rant Session
Tactics Corner
Rules Lawyer
Completed Commissions
List Review
Hello from Sweden
First off big thanks for all you doing for the wargameing community and the great content you produce.
And now on to my list for you 🙂 i have a Lionsblade strike force with a Librarius conclave.
Battle demi company:
- Assault squad: 5 man no uppgrades.
- Devastator: 5 man 4 missile launchers.
- Company Master: Relic blade, artificer armour.
- Command squad: Drop pod, apothecary, sacred standard, 4 grav gun.
- 10 man tac squad: rhino, grav cannon, grav gun.
- 10 man tac squad: rhino, grav cannon, grav gun.
- 5 man tac squad: flamer, razorback twin las.
Command:
- Azrael
Auxillary:
- 5 scout squad: Bolters
Librarius Conclave:
- Ezekiel
- Librarian lvl 2: Auspex, Meltabombs, Eye of the unseen.
- Librarian Lvl 2 on bike: Auspex, Shroud of Heroes.
Im not the most competitive player and i like to use odd lists. Idea is to put Azrael Ezekiel Librarian Company master in the command squad and drop them in. You have a relentless unit with prefered enemy 12 grav shots and alot of charachters with wounds infront.
The librarian on bike has a 2+ jink with fnp and can either assist ezekiel with spells or just cast by himself.
The rest of the units are obsec and will mostly hang back or grab objectives.
I do lack anti air but can allways snap shot some grav.
I hope you will give some pointers on this list since you guys are more competitive then me since i usually play with my friends.
Thanks
I just did some simple number crunching with the ITC data to look at overall faction performance. If you look at top 3 finishers for each faction, those numbers are pretty tight together. Almost all armies could achieve soaring highs if they were led by the Gods among men who took the top scores…except for Grey Knights, Sisters and Blood Angels. Only Space Marines and Agents of the Imperium performed 10% above average.
However if you expand the calculations to top 10 finishers the effect of the codex (or at least a particular build) over player skill begins to emerge. Eldar finished a ridiculous 40% above average. The second best army was…Orks? Orks finished 21% above average. Maybe those jerks don’t need a Stompa at a 50% discount. Agents of the Imperium, Space Marines and Necrons round out the top 5.
Here’s the complete data:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-G4ftYsnn4RSFVxdF9LZm1aazA/view?usp=sharing
Awesome! Thanks for doing that. It’s always fun to look at the numbers.
You have to be a little careful with those numbers. Because only the top 4 (?) scores are counted. So the boost to someone finishing decently at LVO might be bigger for one player than for others.
Yeah, what would be fun for next year is to add some columns to show each player’s top scores so that it is easy to see how much they could jump up.
I actually did the numbers on most of the Top 10 players. Showing each of their top 4 scores, the placing they took at those events and the army they were using. For Example, Pajamapants top 4 Scores all come from 1st place finishes in 5 Rd GTs. 2 with Orks and 2 with Daemons.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10pr4Ygvm9Z15u5nkJbtqwHC_PoLASXCHeVGLPXa4Fck/edit?usp=docslist_api
Very cool!
Oooh fancy iPad usage!
I’m hoping the knight joust gets some coverage. I really wanna see how that goes.
Good luck with running everything!
The knight joust will certainly be covered with photos and articles but may not make the stream as it is a nighttime event.
Wulfen with stormshields and Sanctuary looks quite strong, can they leap with IC’s attached?
No, just as with Skyhammer and other, similar effects all models in the squad would need to be able to do so in order for it to work. So if the IC didn’t have a rule that allowed Run + Charge (and currently there aren’t any Imperial characters that have such a rule), the Wulfen unit would be prohibited from declaring a charge.
I lolled when Reece got thrown by the “Seven thirty eight”. Did it make sense to most Americans? It makes perfect sense for Australians. A very slight pause, and the fact that you wouldn’t expect Australians to show up perfectly on the minute… 😛
awesome podcast as always 🙂
Keep up the amazing work! Can’t wait to see what you have in store for us next.
Keep up the amazing work!