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Date: 8-1-18
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- The BAO 2018 was a great time! You can read an event recap, here.
- You can see the event rankings, here.
- The winning payer and his list:
- Chess Clocks and how they impacted the tables at the event that used them. Largely, they were a non-issue.
Overall I had an amazing time. Lots of great opponents. Great to see everyone as always.
First time using chess clocks at a gt/major on day 2 and despite leaning towards them not being the definitive answer before the event, I’ll admit I’m now firmly a supporter. Even in my last game when we had an issue with our clock working it was easy to call the judge over for a fix and it was flawless from there. Biggest benefit to them was that it keeps both players much more involved in the game imo. Doing so immediately gets the game moving and keeps it on track for a natural conclusion. None of my games were called to time. Round one: natural conclusion turn 4 – win
Round two: natural conclusion turn 3 – loss
Round three: natural conclusion turn 5 – win
Round four: natural conclusion turn 6 – win
Round five: natural conclusion turn 5 – loss
Round six: natural conclusion turn 6 – win3 hour rounds were perfect. Holy crap does that extra few minutes help complete everything. In the past I’ve almost always felt rushed to complete my game, log the results and then run off to the next game with a stress filled running late feeling. Not the case with these round times. Adding 45 total minutes to the day was completely worth it imo.
- So, we’ve got in the top 10:
- Death Guard x 1
- Imperial Knights x 2
- Astra Militarum x 3
- Custodes x 1
- Thousand Sons x 1
- Eldar/Ynnari x 2
Pretty interesting top 10 and a nice spread. It gets even more diverse when we look at the top 20:
- Death Guard x 1
- Imperial Knights x 3
- Astra Militarum x 3
- Custodes x 1
- Thousand Sons x 2
- Eldar/Ynnari x 3
- Dark Angels x 1
- T’au x 2
- Drukhari x 1
- Cult Mechanicus x 1
- Tyranids x 2
- Some great data to look over from the event in this sheet, here.
- Fun facts:
- Most common Primary Factions:
- Imperial Knights: 14
- T’au: 13
- Astra Militarum: 11
- Asuryani: 11
- Tyranids: 10
- Most common Secondary Detachments:
- Astra militarum: 40
- T’au: 20
- Asuryani: 19
- Drukhari: 15
- Tyranids: 12
- Most points earned per round:
- Adeptus Sororitas: 27.34
- Dark Angels: 26.50
- Imperial Knights: 24.12
- Renegade Knights: 24
- Ynnari: 23.85
- Highest win percentage:
- Renegade Knights: 75%
- Dark Angels: 75:
- Genestealer Cults: 58.33%
- Drukhari: 55.32%
- Imperial Knights: 55.28%
- T’au: 55.07%
- Most common Primary Factions:
- Fun facts:
Upcoming ITC Events
Upcoming 40k ITC Events
Special shutout to GT: Dicehammer Warhammer 40k GT, September 15th-16th, Lake Forest, CA
- Monthly Mini ITC – 1000 Points, The Hooded Goblin LTD, Ontario, Canada, August 1st, 2018
- Afterdark RTT, Philomath, OR, August 3rd, 2018
- Warhammer 40k ITC Tournament, The Portal, Manchester, CT, August 4th, 2018
- Warhammer 40K RTT, Huzzah Hobbies, Ashburn, VA, August 4th, 2018
- Hobbytown 40k Duo Tournament, Knoxville, TN, August 4th, 2018
- Otto’s August 40k ITC Event, Bakersfield, CA, August 4th, 2018
- WH40k: ITC Tournament, Power 9 Games, North Las Vegas, NV, August 4th, 2018
- Warhammer 40k RTT, The Game Shoppe, Bellevue, NE, August 4th, 2018
- Warhammer 40K 2000pt ITC, Mageling’s Games, Columbia, MO, August 4th, 2018
- MAJOR: MAGS Championship at Gencon, Indianapolis, IN, August 3-4th, 2018
- TBS PENSACOLA ITC EVENT, Pensacola FL, August 4th, 2018
- Board Room Brawl, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada, August 4-5th, 2018
- The Wayward Kraken – GCWA – Warhammer 40k RTT, Biloxi MS, August 4th, 2018
- RTT: Battle of Towers – Warhammer 40k ITC Tournament, Dark Tower Games, Bellingham, WA, August 4th, 2018
- Elemental Searing Up, Osseo, MN, August 4th, 2018
- WH40K @Critical Hit August Tournament, Critical Hit Games Cafe, Liverpool, United Kingdom, August 4th, 2018
- Battle for Maryland Team Tournament 2018, Titan Games & Hobbies, Timonium, MD, August 4th, 2018
- Mugu Games’ August 4th, 2000 ITC Event “Summer of WAR”, Everett, WA, August 4th, 2018
- Call to arms 18, Wellington, New Zealand, August 4-5th, 2018
Upcoming AoS ITC Events
- Age of Sigmar Main Event, ICC : Hall D : Cincinnati Arsenal : HQ, Gencon, Indianapolis, IN, August 2nd, 2018
- GT: Iron Realms AoS Grand Tournament, Bartlesville, OK, August 4-5th, 2018
- Age of Sigmar Skirmish, ICC : Hall D : Cincinnati Arsenal : HQ, Gencon, Indianapolis, IN, August 5th, 2018
- Dead Heat! A Warhammer Age Of Sigmar Tournament, Games U., Gilbert, AZ, August 12th, 2018
- Age Of Sigmar ITC Event at TerraCrux Games, Tacoma, WA, August 18th, 2018
- BWG: RTT 8/19 – 2,000 Points/3 Rounds, Gamers Heaven, Phoenixville PA, August 19th, 2018
- Clash of the Tetons 2, Cheyenne, WY, August 24th, 2018
- Age Of Sigmar Tournament, Fremont CA, August 25th, 2018
- War Zone Age Of Siggy Diggy Monthly, Mattoon IL, August 26th, 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 | Geoff | Robinson | 619.99 | 5 of 5 |
| 4 | Nick | Gower | 617.09 | 5 of 5 |
| 5 | Don | Hooson | 616.2 | 5 of 5 |
| 6 | Mitchell | Pelham | 593.48 | 5 of 5 |
| 7 | Daniel | Olivas | 589.97 | 5 of 5 |
| 8 | tj | lanigan | 588.33 | 5 of 5 |
| 9 | John | Lennon | 579.88 | 5 of 5 |
| 10 | Bruce | Merker | 572.26 | 5 of 5 |
40k Teams ITC 5 Teams
| Rank | Club Name | Club Code | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beast Coast | BCoast | 1414.04 | 10 of 10 |
| 2 | Overwatch Wargaming | OWWG | 1255.54 | 10 of 10 |
| 3 | Frozen North Gaming | FNGC | 1250 | 10 of 10 |
| 4 | Team Draco | – | 1247.16 | 10 of 10 |
| 5 | CanHammer | CanHam | 1247.13 | 10 of 10 |
40k ITC Hobby Track Top 10
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey | Merrick | 348.7 | 4 of 5 |
| 2 | Nick | Gower | 327.37 | 4 of 5 |
| 3 | Lou | Rollins | 324.73 | 3 of 5 |
| 4 | Antonio | Cedeno | 307.41 | 4 of 5 |
| 5 | Shawn | Prosser | 286.89 | 4 of 5 |
| 6 | William | Ivey | 279.72 | 4 of 5 |
| 7 | Nick | Barden | 279.19 | 4 of 5 |
| 8 | Jeremiah | Petit | 277.32 | 4 of 5 |
| 9 | David | Danuser | 266.77 | 4 of 5 |
| 10 | James | Kelling | 265.78 | 3 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 | 439.17 | 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 | Jarrett | Zazuetta | 387.53 | 4 of 5 |
| 9 | Matthew | Pashby | 381.09 | 4 of 5 |
| 10 | Alexander | Gonzalez | 378.09 | 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 | Brandon | Ulick | 313.89 | 3 of 5 |
| 4 | Andrew | Everhart | 298.73 | 3 of 5 |
| 5 | Josue | Ibarra | 297.42 | 3 of 5 |
| 6 | Tony | Field | 276.65 | 3 of 5 |
| 7 | David | Escobar | 263.04 | 3 of 5 |
| 8 | David | Cutts | 256.37 | 3 of 5 |
| 9 | Julian | Johnson | 231.87 | 3 of 5 |
| 10 | Christopher | Avalos | 228.06 | 3 of 5 |
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How long until we get the new ITC missions?
No set date right now, we’re still playing catch up after BAO but the plan is to get cracking on it ASAP. I’d say by mid August for sure.
BAO was a blast! Drama free, clocks worked great, tourney ran without a hitch.. so good! Has me excited for SoCal later this year!
Glad you had fun, buddy and well done on the performance. Moved up in the rankings!
Where’s Frankie going? Leaving FLG or just signals?
Where’s Frankie going? Leaving FLG or just Signals?
He’s leaving Signals to work with Games Workshop as a shout caster with the Warhammer Community team!
Sad news for the Soggy Banana after Millennial bashing he’s probably one too haha
Reece I’m guessing you’re a Boomer cusp? 😉
Baby Boomber, lol, you jerk! =P
I am Gen X, they very end of it. Jason is Gen Y and Frankie is indeed a millennial! Muahaha! He’s baby boomer at heart though, lol.
Frankie is still here with FLG but not on Signals any more.
BAO was my first major, only having gone to two RTTs before and went 4-2 which i felt pretty good about. I had used chess clocks once and it was pretty stress free, was finishing my games without them too but I think they should definitely be on tables with winning records to say the least.
One factor is that with so many people bringing Knights you generally had smaller armies which I think helped too, but as the meta will inevitably swing away a bit to balance itself out they’ll still be essential.