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Show Notes
Date: 4-4-18
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News
- We’re really happy to talk about an incredibly generous donation from Jason Folds for the SoCal Open. He wants to give 4 event tickets to Veterans/Active Duty service members that may not have the funds to swing the ticket. So, huge thanks to Jason for his generosity and if you are active duty or a veteran that wants to go to the SoCal Open but doesn’t have the cash handy, hit us up at Contact@FrontlineGaming.org
- New Shadespire Warbands on the way! Magore’s Fiends and the Farstriders.
- Forgeworld previews the new Ambot and Goliath Weapons Pack for Necromunda!
- We’ve got another FLG Second Hand Shop live auction this Friday, April 6th at noon! Click here for more details and check out below what is up for auction!
- The BCP guys have been hard at work! The Android app is in live beta and the ITC Hobby Track for 40k and AoS are live! Check out the FAQ to understand how to use it. Also, Shadespire ITC track is live now, too!
Upcoming ITC Events
Check out Salty John’s “This Week in the ITC” 40k recap article!
Upcoming 40k ITC Events
- WH40k: ITC Tournament, Power 9 Games, North Las Vegas, NV, April 7th, 2018
- Otto’s April 40k ITC Event, Otto’s Video Games And More, Bakersfield, CA, April 7th, 2018
- BFS Team 40k Tournament, Battle for Salvation Gaming Club, Harrison, NY, April 7th, 2018
- April 40k ITC singles event, Midgard Comics and Games, Derry, NH, April 7th, 2018
- Warhammer 40K 2000pt ITC, Magelings Games, Columbia, MO, April 7th, 2018
- Flipside Gaming – New Life RTT, East Greenbush, NY, April 7th, 2018
- GT: Colorado Cutthroat’s Warhammer 40k Grand Tournament, HobbyTown, Westminster, CO, April 7-8th, 2018
- Blakfyre hosts the rudder, Blakfyre Games, Pleasant Grove, UT, April 7th, 2018
- Avoiding Baseball: Tri-Hards Cup, Memory Lane Antique Mall, Gate City, VA, April 7th, 2018
- Mugu Games’ April 7th, 2000 ITC Event “Shower Power”, Everett, WA, April 7th, 2018
- Lords of Sydney 40K Series 2018 Heat 1, The Hall of Heroes – Campbelltown, Campbelltown, Australia, April 7th, 2018
- Warrior’s Weekend Warhammer 40K Tournament, British Columbia, Canada, April 7-8th, 2018
- The Garage’s 40k Fight Club, The Garage: Games & Geekery, British Columbia, Canada, April 8th, 2018
- Warhammer 40k ITC Tournament, Giga-Bites Tabletop Gaming Cafe, Marietta, GA, April 8th, 2018
- D6 Evolution Presents: Evolution of war- Warhammer 40k tournament, Shrewsbury, England, April 8th, 2018
Upcoming AoS ITC Events
- Kastle Konflagration XIV, Game Kastle Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA, April 8th, 2018
- Age of Sigmar ITC Tourney!, Bc Comix of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI, April 8th, 2018
- Age of Sigmar Tournament, The Game Shoppe, Bellevue, NE, April 14th, 2018
- Kastle Konflict 02, Game Kastle Mountain View, Mountain View, CA, April 14th, 2018
- Lords Of War 19, Glimpses Of Wonder And Warfare, Sherwood, OR, April 14th, 2018
- The Corn Berserkers AoS Tournament, Hancock Fabrics, West Des Moines, IA, April 22nd, 2018
- The Unbound April SIgmar Tournament, Games Workshop: Scottsdale Towne Center, Scottsdale, AZ, April 29th, 2018
- Warhammer Spring Bash, Mythic Games, Elmira, NY, April 29th, 2018
40k ITC Top 10
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua | Death | 616.95 | 5 of 5 |
| 2 | Matt | Root | 558.4 | 4 of 5 |
| 3 | Daniel | Sansone | 448.93 | 5 of 5 |
| 4 | Gary | Frank | 425.92 | 4 of 5 |
| 5 | Mitchell | Pelham | 419.25 | 4 of 5 |
| 6 | Jeremy | Applebaum | 375.48 | 4 of 5 |
| 7 | Geoff | Robinson | 366.57 | 3 of 5 |
| 8 | Patrick | McNeill | 364.05 | 4 of 5 |
| 9 | tj | lanigan | 340.64 | 3 of 5 |
| 10 | Ryan | Olson | 338.99 | 3 of 5 |
AoS ITC Top 10
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven | Hyche | 228.46 | 2 of 5 |
| 2 | Jarrett | Zazuetta | 205.53 | 2 of 5 |
| 3 | Ben | Klos | 193.36 | 2 of 5 |
| 4 | Jason | Heide | 188.58 | 2 of 5 |
| 5 | David | Rojo | 186.52 | 2 of 5 |
| 6 | Shane | Brakhage | 181.32 | 2 of 5 |
| 7 | Mathew | Jones | 180.79 | 2 of 5 |
| 8 | Michael | Ryan | 179.82 | 2 of 5 |
| 9 | Robert | Bishop | 177.33 | 2 of 5 |
| 10 | Matthew | Pashby | 176.07 | 2 of 5 |
Tactics Corner
- Drukhari discussion.
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Just do the normal breps again. No need for editing if that didn’t pay off. Just stream a game of 40k that you’d play anyway. What you lose production wise is compensated by what you get salt wise.
lol, salt power!
But it is honestly very disruptive to do the bat reps, streaming is even more time intensive and we weren’t really getting much of a payoff on it.
If we were doing it on our own time it would be no big deal but when we do get time off the last thing we want to do is film a bat rep, haha. Until we come up with a viable strategy to reach more people it simply isn’t worth the time and money it takes to produce them, even with minimal editing.
Streaming a game takes a minimum of 3 people, 4 if you want to do it well. That’s 4 staff members on the clock (possible 2-3 if we have a volunteer come in to play) that are getting paid to do that but not other work. It just isn’t a viable game-plan at this point in time for us, but, we are 100% open to coming back to it if we figure out a way to make it more effective in either generating revenue or reaching new people.
Do you think that the format of the later BatReps made a difference?
Watching a look-down view of the battle with a presenter commentating about hilights was difficult. The presentation of the lists was good, but the rest seemed a mess.
I cant wait to fight some Drukhari! (Ynnari need an update on those Craftworld shenanigans tho). After reviewing the itc scores even though I probably wont come close to placing top 50 being a casual tournament player, it is satisfying seeing my name in CSM top 15 and with updated scores should become around rank 5 in faction after this weekend. I probably wont come within 100 points of Nick Nanavati , not even close hes on a whole another level, but if I place top 100 overall end of season Ill be amazed with how many skilled players there are this edition.
Hey man, top 5 is awesome! Nicely done.
Btw, can you explain the forgebane box rules?
Right now it has admech points changes and since “newest datasheet” applies:
1. Since it is not available on gw.com for free, am I supposed to buy a box with another faction to play?
2. Why are the admech changes so weird: every CA change is reverted(or as I’m almost 100% sure – forgotten) and the sniper cost is lowered?
What is different in Forgebane? I don’t have it open in front of me.
And for the most part, go off of CA. Obviously the new stuff in Forgebane you use as is, though.
Dominus and rangers got all CA pts reductions reverted(because admech are doing so well you see :p)(aka it’s probably a mistake), however the transonic sniperbus got a pts drop which made everything seem confusing.
If you have the box you have to use those new values for rangers and dominus per RAW. However that opens up a big can of worms of some people using one value and some using the other. But if you day “everyone has to use forgebane” then you force people to buy a box with another faction(no official free pdf of rules). It’s just weird and I’d like it cleared up.
Just use CA.
Shame about the bat-reps. I’m a big time fan. The turn by turn breakdown by each player is so insightful. No one else does that… But I totally get the time management thing. Hopefully you guys will be able to do a bat-rep once in awhile when a big exciting release comes out. Anyway great stuff and a great episode. Loved the DE breakdown. Couldn’t agree with you guys more
Man, just another reason I wish I lived near you guys…producing streams/bat-reps would finally make me feel like these last 15years in broadcasting & video editing haven’t been a huge mistake! lol
lol, we’d love the help!