Nobody got organized to post reports? Come on guys!

They would have barely just started the second round. I'm sure we'll hear something soon enough.

R~

Ah. Fair enough. I assumed it would have started in the morning. Gonna be a long day for those guys.

Play started at noon so it's possible and likely it'll go until late this evening depending on how many players there were.

R~

I'm pullin' for Venport and Klaman!! Come on fellas, take it home!

I had a chance to drop by around 2:30 pm to see how things were going. They were in the middle of the 3rd swiss round at that point. I'm sure they're into the 4th now. Here's how stuff stood after 2 swiss rounds:

36 players

2-0 players:
Darien Stupack: 3x Gith Monk; Young Master; 2x Sacred Watcher
Darsen Chen: 3x Slayer of Domiel; Village Priest
John Wang: War Troll; Rakshasa; Zak Rak
Jeff Asbury: 4x Gith Monk; Young Master
Paul Johnson: 2x Zak Rak; Human Blackguard; Chraal
Scott Schneider: Aspect of Kord; Arcane Ballista; Couatl; Cleric of Order
Glyn Dewey: 3x Justicator; Cleric of Dol Arrah
Kevin Cleveland: Marut; 3x Sacred Watcher; Couatl; Cleric of Yondalla
John Sugden: 4x Justice Archon; Couatl

Derry and Eric (doranur) were judging. Most of the bay area players were there. 9 folks from Sacramento were there. 5 from So Cal. These numbers may be off, because there were quite a few people there that I didn't know.

From the TO's desk:

Minis Breakdown
Timber Wolf 18
Sacred Watcher 17
Xeph Warrior 11
Frenzied Berserker 10
Man-at-Arms 10
Couatl 9
Graycloak Ranger 8
Githzerai Monk 7
Hill Dwarf Warrior 7
Justice Archon 7
Zakya Rakshasa 7
Aramil, Adventurer 5
Aspect of Kord 5
Devis,. Half-elf Bard 5
Helmed Horror 5
Inspiring Marshall 5
Orc Wardrummer 5
Warforged Scout 5
Wolf (minion) 5
Cleric of Order 4
Duergar Champion 4
Elf Warrior 4
Kobold Miner 4
Rikka, Angelic Avenger 4
Standard Bearer 4
Arcane Ballistae 3
Archmage 3
Dark Moon Monk 3
Death Sladd 3
Dwarf Artificer 3
Hill Giant Barbarian 3
Human Commoner 3
Justicator 3
Large Duergar 3
Marut 3
Orc Warrior 3
Quaggoth Slave 3
Slayer of Domiel 3
Abyssal Maw 2
Arcanix Guard 2
Aspect of Loth 2
Chraal 2
Clerc of Yondalla 2
Goblin Skirmisher 2
Goblin Skirmisher (minion) 2
Human Blackguard 2
Mialee,. Elf Wizard 2
Mounted Drow Patrol 2
Skeletal Legionnaire 2
Sword of Heironeous 2
Tiefling Captain 2
Warrior Skeleton 2
Xendrik Champion 2
Young Master 2
Aspect of Moradin 1
Beholder 1
Bladebearer Hobgoblin 1
Blood Ghost Berserker 1
Brass Samurai 1
Bugbear Champion of Erythnul 1
Cleric of Dol Arrah 1
Combat Medic 1
Crow Shaman 1
Dark Naga 1
Dire Rat 1
Drow Sergeant 1
Elf Pyromancer 1
Eye of Gruummsh 1
Flamebrother Salamander 1
Gauth 1
Gnoll 1
Goblin Warrior (minion) 1
Goliath Barbarian 1
Gravehound 1
Hyena 1
Inspired Lieutenant 1
Large Silver Dragon 1
Mind Flayer Telepath 1
Mounted Paladin 1
Myconid Guard 1
Orc Champion 1
Orc Raider 1
Orc Savage 1
Rakshasa 1
Ryld Argith 1
Shuluth, Archvillian 1
Snig the Axe 1
Sword Archon 1
Troglodyte Thug 1
Village Priest 1
War Troll 1
Warforged Bodyguard 1

Warband Breakdown
Lawful Good 16
Lawful Evil 7
Chaotic Good 8
Chaotic Evil 5

Undefeated after Round Three:
Elder Basilisk (Triple Justicator,CoDA) vs. Scott Schneider (Couatl, AoK, Arcane Ballista,CoO) Playing on Dragon Shrine
Jeff Asbury (Quad Monk) vs. Kevin Cleveland (Marut, Couatl,CoY,3xSW)
Playing on King's Road

Wow, nice breakdown on pieces. I always enjoy seeing the whole
list instead of just the top 4...doesn't always tell the tale,
especially when guys drop out late.

a couple of interesting notes....

more slayers of domiel and aspect of Lloths

then

orc champions
eyes of grumsh
shuluth
rak
sword archon
warforged bodyguards

very cool. Good luck to all!
Ihawk

Glad you enjoy the figure breakdown. Putting it together gave me something to do while Derry and Eric ran the floor. [}:)] Having good floor judges makes the head judge's job easy. [:D]

I'm surprised at the metagame for this event myself. I did not expect more CG bands than LE. Only one Dual HGB band showed up. Lots of interesting bands. Darsen is running Triple Slayer and Scott Collins brougt Dual Aspect of Loth.

Given the large number of LG bands, I too am surprised that there aren't more warforged bodyguards.

After round 4 Scott and Kevin are the only undfeated players left.

Only 3 more rounds to the top 4...

1. Kevin Cleveland (Kevizoid) Marut/Couatl/3 SW/CoY 5-0
2. Glen Dewey Triple Justicator/CoDA 4-1
3. Paul Johnson Human Blackguard/Chraal/2 DC/Zakya 4-1
4. Elliot IM/AM/2 Xen'driks 4-1
5. Scott Schnider Kord/Ballista 4-1
6. Stu Hill Kord/Brass Samurai/Aramil/CS/Goliath 4-1
7. Darian Stupack Gith/YM/2 SWs 4-1
8. Dwayne Stupack Archmage 3-2

Jesse, are those the Swiss finals?

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Jesse, are those the Swiss finals?

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Not if they're really going 7 rounds like ahmish said.

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Jesse, are those the Swiss finals?

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Not if they're really going 7 rounds like ahmish said.

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Thanks, the math eluded me on that one [;)]

1. Scott Snyder 5-1 (Kord Ballista) vs.
2. Elliot Chin 5-1 (Archmage/Dual Xen'drik)
3. Glen Dewey 5-1 (Triple Justicator + CoDA) vs.
4. Darian Stupack 5-1 (Gith Monk + 2 SWs)
5. Kevin Cleveland 5-1 (MC/SW) vs.
6. Stu hill 4-2 (Brass Samura/Kord/CS/Goilath Barbarian
7. Darsen Chen 4-2 (Triple Slayer of Domiel)
8. Paul Johnson 4-2 (Blackguard, Chraal, Zakya, 2 Duergar Champions)

Update - Darien Stupack defeats Glyn Dewey to secure a spot in the final 4.

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Jesse, are those the Swiss finals?

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Not if they're really going 7 rounds like ahmish said.

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To confirm, we are going to 7 swiss rounds ( we broke 33 players, which is the threshhold for 7 rounds ) At least the rounds have been reasonably tight. We should be done by 11pm PST.

Cheers.

Kevin Cleveland defeats Stu Hill to secure a spot in the top 4.
3 players with 6-1 records will make the top 4, one player with 5-2 will make the cut.

Top 4:
Scott vs. Kevin
Darien vs. Elliot

SoCal qualifies three more players...

Alright Elliot, represent Norcal (Endgame/Game Kastle). Woohoo!


edit: adding GK as they rock as well or so I have heard. I will get my sorry a$$ down that way sometime even if I do suck. [:P]

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Top 4:
Scott vs. Kevin
Darien vs. Elliot

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Way to go, guys!

Single elim update: Darien (YM,Gith) defeats Elliot (IM,Archmage)to advance to the finals.

Kevin's match with Scott is wrapping up. Another update coming soon.

This is the end my beautiful friend, the end.

Scott defeats Kevin. Darien drops. Scott wins. Congrats!

Thanks everyone for coming to the qualifier. See you at WOTDQ pre-release next week.

On to dinner and bubbly beverages at last at 10:41 PST.

I got worked. 2-5. No report before Monday probably, if I do one.

I played hill giants. Bad matchups, some play mistakes, and bad luck on morale checks (In the end I made 5 out of 12, only one of which was at less than a 55% for success, most were at +14) pretty much sealed my fate. Definitely got outplayed in a couple matches. Oh well!

Final Results direct from the Derry Queen.

1st: Scott Snyder 6-2
2nd: Darine Stupack 7-1
3rd: Kevin Cleveland 6-2
3rd: Elliot Chin 6-2

I went 5-2. My tie-breaks were not so hot though -- I finished 8th. I had been hoping to reach 50% so this was better than I had hoped.

I ran:
Ryld Argith, Frenzied Berserker x2, Graycloak Ranger, Aramil, Devis, Wolf, Elf Warrior, Xeph Warrior on Dragon Shrine.

I suspect I had more than my fair share of luck overall (2 of IanB's aforementioned failed morales were against me). My 2 losses were to:
Tried (Archmage, Inspiring Marshall, Rikka), and
jgsugden (Justice Archon x4, Couatl)

Huge thanks to derry, doranur and ahmish for judging and congratulations to the 4 qualifiers.

Whew! That was tough. I had hoped I would make top 4 but I honestly didn't expect to do so. I had a fair amount of great luck during my run.

EDIT: Oops. Forgot to mention: I played Archmage+Dual Xendriks.

Match timeline
0-1 LE mixed (Rak, Zak, WarT, dual Large Duergars)
1-1 LG Kord/Couatl/Ballista
2-1 CG Triple Frenzied
3-1 LE Quad Zakyas
4-1 LG Triple Slayer of Domiel
5-1 LE mixed (2xDuergar Champs, Zak, Chraal, Blackguard)
6-1 LG Kord/Couatl/Ballista
6-2 LG GAS (triple monks, YM, 2xWatchers)

Some interesting tidbits:

I lost my first match against John W's LE mixed band. I got suckered into going for his War Troll very aggressively, when I should have been more patient and tried to find easier points elsewhere from behind a wall of blockers.

But luckily, I won my next 6 games to finish 6-1.

I lost map init my first two games and went 1-1.

I won map init the final 6 games of the tournament (including in the final 4), and went 5-1.

I should have lost to Triple Frenzied, but Devis managed to confuse a Frenzied and my Timber Wolf stunned one. Kings Road really saved me there.

Devis never used countersong.

I managed to keep my Archmage out of harms way for most of the tourney. As a result, he only had to make a morale check in 2 out of the 8 games (vs the first LE band and then against Darien's GAS). I passed both checks.

GAS is a terrible matchup, even with the Kings Road map. Dwayne and I were talking and we feel it could be the one band that actually gets harder to beat on the Archmage's preferred map. My Xendriks need 16s to hit a Gith Monk in the woods!

In my final game, I made some mistakes. And Darien capitalized on them. Archmage is a band that requires you to be totally on top of your game. However, even despite my errors, as it was, my AM failed a stun save (en route to getting battered by two unavoidable strikes. That was pretty much game.

The Xendriks did great. I don't think I would have qualified had I played the Rikka variant. Magic dmg on them and their ability to either snipe away or drop 15 dmg on pieces in melee was key against many of my matchups.

GameKastle ran a great event. Matt and the store always treat us well.

All my opponents were good players and excellent sports.

I played two players from SoCal, two from Sactown, one from Fresno, and three locals. Thanks to all my opponents for the enjoyable games. [:)]

Oh, I ran the expected. Archmage, Rikka, Inspiring Marshal, Graycloak x2, Xeph Warrior x2, Devis, Timber Wolf x2 Map: Kings Road

I got my map once, and won on it, other than that I never got my map.

1-0 Sacred Marut <- Utter beadown..no comment
1-1 War Troll, Zakya, Rakshasa, 2x Large Duergar <- Lost by 8 pts..grawr, damn wolf.
1-2 Eye, Orc Champ, 2x Mounted Drow <- Archmage routed, stupid dual MDP's ruined my day!
1-3 4x Helmed Horror, DDM, Timber <- Lost Rikka, map, and every init. Horribly matchup.
2-3 Shuluth, DC x2, HH, DMM <- Got map, utter beatdown, nuff said.
3-3 Rikka Snake Eyes, Sacred Watcher, Aramil (Instead of 3rd JA) <- Very wavy results, I was up earlier then he was, then I was..etc.
4-3 Beholder, Gauth, Dark Naga <- Lost map, lost side, was 9 rounds of who can get tiles and peg units without risking my Archmage to the Beholder. Graycloaks did over 35 + 15 + 15 + 30 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 110 damage over the course of the game.

More detailed reports to come. Overall im happy, I came out with a posative record, didnt qualifiy, but hey, Grinder baby..

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Final Results direct from the Derry Queen.

1st: Scott Snyder 6-2
2nd: Darine Stupack 7-1
3rd: Kevin Cleveland 6-2
3rd: Elliot Chin 6-2

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Hm, those win/loss records can't possibly be correct (or was there a drop?), but I'll assume that the placement is correct.

Scott, looks like your strategy of not playing against Gith Monks worked out pretty well for you! Congrats!

The win loss records are correct for the entire tournament, including the post-swiss single elimination matches.

There was a drop yes. I dont know the full details because I didnt want to watch the finals. Had other places to go at 10..haha. Knowing them they are probably all eating "breakfast" (yes thats a joke for you Derry).