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Show Notes
Date: 7-25-18
Intro
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News
- We’ve got a brand new FLG Mat for you: Asteroid! This is a great time to purchase as our FLG Mat Summer Super Sale is still in effect until July 31st.
- The new GW release this week (and mega popular so far!) is Kill Teams! This game is going hot and we’re excited to see where the community takes it. Grab those this week at a sweet discount with FREE shipping within the continental USA for orders $99 and up.
- The BAO 2018 is nearly upon us! We’re stoked to see everyone again and can’t wait to see who wins this year. Will Brandon Grant threepeat? He’s been looking very strong with his Astra Militarum. We’ve got our predictions for how things will go down!
- Make sure you get a game in with a clock at least once while there’s still time! We’re running a grand experiment with clocks on day 2 for players with winning records and for those players that want to use them while supplies last at the event. Read the rules, here.
Upcoming ITC Events
Upcoming 40k ITC Events
- Warhammer 40K – 2000pt ITC Tournament, Coliseum of Comics, Orlando, FL, July 28th, 2018
- Warhammer 40k Tournament, Selden, NY, July 28th, 2018
- Athoria July Rtt, Mesa, AZ, July 28th, 2018
- Warhammer 40K ITC Monthly event, Tier 1 Cards & Games, Anchorage, AK, July 28th, 2018
- Dice of Fury #5 Fate and Glory, Fate and Fury Games, Vancouver, WA, July 28th, 2018
- 40K ITC Battle at The Crux Event, Terracrux Games, Tacoma, WA, July 28th, 2018
- 40K Fun and Fluff Tournament, London, United Kingdom, July 28th, 2018
- Warlords Tournament, Tactical Advantage, Edwardsville, PA, July 28th, 2018
- Warhammer 40k 2000pt. ITC Tournament, Armada Games, Tampa, FL, July 28th, 2018
- Warhammer 40k ITC Tournament, The Dragon’s Refuge, Bourbonnais, IL, July 28th, 2018
- It’s Raining Bolters, Dreamers Vault Games, Minneapolis, MN, July 28th, 2018
- MAJOR: Barnyard Brawl Grand Tournament 2, Greenville, SC, July 28-29th, 2018
- Gameology 40K ITC Tournament, Gameology, Montclair, CA, July 28th, 2018
- Lords of Sydney 40K Series 2018 Heat 3, The Hall of Heroes – Campbelltown, Campbelltown, Australia, July 28th, 2018
- GT: Grimdark GT, San Antonio, TX, July 28-29th, 2018
- MAJOR: The North West Open 2018, WarGames, Southport, United Kingdom, July 28-29th, 2018
- MAJOR: BAO 2018, Game Kastle, Mountain View, California, July 28-29th, 2018
- Warhammer 40k Tournament: 1650pts ITC, The Hooded Goblin LTD, Ontario, Canada, July 29th, 2018
- Warhammer 40k Open North Pacfic Regional Championship, Fairbanks, AK, July 29th, 2018
- Gamers Arsenal Monthly ITC tournament., The Gamers Arsenal, Murrieta, CA, July 29th, 2018
- 2018 Golden Rhino Warhammer 40K: Team Tournament, Highland, MI, July 31st, 2018
Upcoming AoS ITC Events
- Age of Sigmar ITC Tournament, New World Games & Comics, Del City, OK, July 28th, 2018
- Age Of Sigmar Tournament, Fremont CA , July 28th, 2018
- End Zone July AoS Tourney, Clearfield, UT, July 28th, 2018
- Get out of the Sun: Age of Sigmar Tournament, Memory Lane Antique Mall, Gate City, VA, July 28th, 2018
- War Zone Age Of Siggy Diggy, Mattoon IL, July 29th, 2018
40k ITC Top 10
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt | Root | 691.07 | 5 of 5 |
| 2 | Joshua | Death | 635.55 | 5 of 5 |
| 3 | Nick | Gower | 609.24 | 5 of 5 |
| 4 | Geoff | Robinson | 600.62 | 5 of 5 |
| 5 | Mitchell | Pelham | 593.48 | 5 of 5 |
| 6 | Daniel | Olivas | 589.97 | 5 of 5 |
| 7 | tj | lanigan | 588.33 | 5 of 5 |
| 8 | John | Lennon | 579.88 | 5 of 5 |
| 9 | Bruce | Merker | 572.26 | 5 of 5 |
| 10 | Matt | Robertson | 568.09 | 5 of 5 |
40k ITC Hobby Track Top 10
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey | Merrick | 348.7 | 4 of 5 |
| 2 | Lou | Rollins | 324.73 | 3 of 5 |
| 3 | Shawn | Prosser | 286.89 | 4 of 5 |
| 4 | Nick | Gower | 281.37 | 4 of 5 |
| 5 | William | Ivey | 279.72 | 4 of 5 |
| 6 | anthony | bellm | 265.27 | 4 of 5 |
| 7 | Antonio | Cedeno | 254.55 | 4 of 5 |
| 8 | Connor | Whitehead | 252.87 | 4 of 5 |
| 9 | Kristopher | Boss | 231.59 | 3 of 5 |
| 10 | Michael | Ralston | 227.87 | 2 of 5 |
AoS ITC Top 10
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe | Krier | 469.64 | 4 of 5 |
| 2 | James | Thomas | 446.05 | 4 of 5 |
| 3 | Mathew | Jones | 430.43 | 4 of 5 |
| 4 | Joshua | Harvey | 427.39 | 4 of 5 |
| 5 | Steven | Hyche | 419.67 | 4 of 5 |
| 6 | Ken | Eubanks | 410.34 | 4 of 5 |
| 7 | Randall | Nelson | 388.51 | 4 of 5 |
| 8 | Alex | Gonzalez | 378.09 | 4 of 5 |
| 9 | Jarrett | Zazuetta | 373.62 | 4 of 5 |
| 10 | Cody | Middleton | 364.86 | 4 of 5 |
AoS ITC Hobby Track Top 10
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laljit | sidhu | 208.52 | 2 of 5 |
| 2 | Philip | Verduzco | 158.69 | 2 of 5 |
| 3 | Frank | DeLoach | 158.62 | 2 of 5 |
| 4 | Scott | Reed | 155.07 | 2 of 5 |
| 5 | Joshua | Harvey | 150.5 | 2 of 5 |
| 6 | Ben | Nelson | 146.37 | 2 of 5 |
| 7 | Josh | Greenfield | 124.35 | 2 of 5 |
| 8 | Chris | Stifter | 110.56 | 1 of 5 |
| 9 | Tyler | Hamil | 105.55 | 2 of 5 |
| 10 | Daniel | Callaghan | 96.74 | 1 of 5 |
Shadespire ITC Hobby Track Top 10
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike | Corse | 333.98 | 3 of 5 |
| 2 | Matt | Everhart | 318.32 | 3 of 5 |
| 3 | Andrew | Everhart | 298.73 | 3 of 5 |
| 4 | Josue | Ibarra | 297.42 | 3 of 5 |
| 5 | Tony | Field | 276.65 | 3 of 5 |
| 6 | David | Escobar | 263.04 | 3 of 5 |
| 7 | David | Cutts | 256.37 | 3 of 5 |
| 8 | Julian | Johnson | 231.87 | 3 of 5 |
| 9 | Christopher | Avalos | 228.06 | 3 of 5 |
| 10 | Brandon | Ulick | 221.14 | 2 of 5 |
Tactics Corner
Most played factions this week!
1: Imperial Knights
2: Adeptus Astartes
3: Astra Militarum
4: Chaos Space Marines
5: Tyranids
6: Tau Empire
7: Blood Angels
8: Asuryani
9: Adeptus Custodes
10: Adepta Sororitas
The Most successful factions this week
1: Imperial Knights
2: Astra Militarum
3: Adeptus Astartes
4: Chaos Space Marines
5: Drukhari
6: Tau Empire
7: Asuryani
8: Adeptus Custodes
9: Tyranids
10: Chaos Daemons
Completed Commissions
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Conclusions you can draw from this data:
Factions that are bad or hard to play properly(aka bad):
Non-ally Blood Angels
Tyranids
Adepta Sororitas (maybe)
Factions that are really good:
Drukhari
Chaos Daemons(maybe, and if so – Nurgle only)
Eh, while I agree that sometimes ‘hard to play’ really just means ‘not as powerful’, sometimes it means they have the potential to be more powerful but take more thought to do so.
Sometimes factions or units are decried as weak but really the people saying so are just being too short-sighted to see past the obvious things like direct damage output.
It’s like being a Timmy player vs a good player in MtG. The Timmy player sees the big monster with big power and toughness and thinks that’s way better than the thing with a subtle effect that can prove more effective.
Great show as always but I have a major criticism. Been missing the live show and watching the VODs, would rather let you guys know live but I have to leave it here:
Reece: You look like a turbo hipster in this podcast. The trucker hat. The button up shirt. The comic book themed coffee mug. The mustache.
Mother of God, all you’re missing is a 24 oz PBR Tall Boy in your left hand while you hold up your $800 fixed gear bicycle in the other. I was waiting for you to tell the audience about the greatest bands we’ve never heard of halfway through and that FLG was going out of business because you spent all the company’s money on vinyl records.
I can feel this burn from England.
Well, he *was* playing FootDar before it was cool XD