Benimoto
Underboss
1125 Posts
    
 | | 01/19/2006 1:49 PM |
| | Those look terriffic, Peter. I expect to be at the tournament. Now I really hope I place "in the minis." | |
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Felagund
Sergeant
922 Posts
| | 01/19/2006 1:55 PM |
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Originally posted by bshugg
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Originally posted by Felagund
Those look amazing, Peter. Even better than the Limited Championship trophies. Really makes me wish I was going to be back home that weekend...
Theres always road trips! [:)]
I was pondering the possibility, since Feb. 11 is my mom's birthday, and I would have Sunday free to do something with my family...but then I remembered that I have a friend coming to visit that weekend. Guess I'll just have to wait for the Colorado Open. | |
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Temperance
Sergeant
525 Posts
| | 01/19/2006 2:14 PM |
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Originally posted by sigtau66
Those are very nice. Here's to hoping I place in the spot for the Orc Champion!
Now the final decision is up to Brad, but I think the best way to distribute the trophies is for 1st place to have 1st choice, 2nd to have next choice, etc. (And so if Brad decides to have a best sportsman prize, I suggest that they get the figure left over after chosen by 1st, 2nd and 3rd.)
So to ensure the Orc Champ, you'll just have to win 1st. ;) | |
Champion of the common Flying Monkey (Fez optional)
Peter Lee on the WotC board
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kgradert13
Sergeant
909 Posts
| | 01/19/2006 2:51 PM |
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So to ensure the Orc Champ, you'll just have to win 1st. ;)
In other words, you have no shot at it =) | |
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sigtau66
Skirmisher
28 Posts
| | 01/19/2006 2:55 PM |
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In other words, you have no shot at it =)
In other words, you want to drive by yourself up there? | |
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Temperance
Sergeant
525 Posts
| | 01/19/2006 3:04 PM |
| Personally, I think the Ogre is the best, and it will probably be chosen as the first place model. The Elf Pyromancer and Orc Champion are pretty close and I think that comes down to preference and what faction the winner prefers; I like the Pyro better but that's personal preference. I think Urthok is the least interesting but it's a way better sculpt than the DDM plastic version.
So you might be able to get the Orc Champion if you win 3rd, but that's not certain. | |
Champion of the common Flying Monkey (Fez optional)
Peter Lee on the WotC board
BAD WOLF
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bshugg
Underboss
1833 Posts
| | 01/19/2006 3:47 PM |
| After looking at them, I was thinking a figure for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, and then one for the Second Chance Champion. Probably the Urthok for Second Chance as he is the only Uncommon.
Then I can do a flat number of boosters for 1st -4th, then 5th through 8th, then some for the top 1 or 2 for the 2nd chance. Then finally some boosters for Best Sportsmanship | |
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thepostman
Sneak
75 Posts
| | 01/19/2006 6:55 PM |
| | Wow, those trophies look awesome. I wish the tournament was on a Sunday so I had the day off. Maybe I will be sick that day...[)] | |
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ChristopherGroves
Warlord
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10493 Posts
United States
| | 01/20/2006 7:53 AM |
| Very, very cool. I'm hoping I can make it. (Some recent family events are casting a hint of doubt, but, for now, it still looks like a go.)
Dave | |
Knowledge Arcana editor issues 5-9, Phoenix Lore Magazine editor, assistant editor for Rite Publishing;
My Trade Thread and My Reference Thread; Winner of WBC IV, IX and XIII; Rule #0: bshugg is always right! | |
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Tried
Sergeant
501 Posts
| | 01/21/2006 10:20 PM |
| Hmmmmm.
Why not let the champion (and subsequent places) choose their mini trophy? | |
Let it be. | |
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10493 Posts
United States
| | 01/23/2006 10:32 AM |
| Any locals want to fill me in on this? Suppose I'm taking 90/94 in from Indiana. Somewhere around Montrose I can pick a route to get to Pastimes. What's the best route?
Also, anyone local want to fill us in on road construction projects? Are there any things we should watch out for?
One more thing, once I pass Gary, about how long should it be (assuming normal driving conditions) before I get to Pastimes?
Dave | |
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My Trade Thread and My Reference Thread; Winner of WBC IV, IX and XIII; Rule #0: bshugg is always right! | |
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Temperance
Sergeant
525 Posts
| | 01/23/2006 11:48 AM |
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Originally posted by Tried
Why not let the champion (and subsequent places) choose their mini trophy?
That would be my preference. | |
Champion of the common Flying Monkey (Fez optional)
Peter Lee on the WotC board
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bshugg
Underboss
1833 Posts
| | 01/23/2006 1:17 PM |
| | Thats what I had in mind. I just assumed the 3 popular rares would be taken over the somewhat lesser popular uncommon. | |
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Hobbun
Skirmisher
32 Posts
| | 01/23/2006 1:54 PM |
| I will definitely be going to this. The prizes look awesome. You guys are putting a lot of effort into this and that is much appreciated. I should be able to get a friend to come along as well.
Actually, the new Pastimes is directly across the street of the old one. It is in a strip mall that is right next to a Toys R' Us.
It is unfortunately quite a bit smaller than the older store but is still a lot bigger than most hobby shops. If I had to estimate, if we were able to use all the table space of the shop, you could probably fit around 100 people comfortably. But probably more. I have never been good at estimating. :)
I think there should be plenty of room for what the turnout should be. What are we estimating at? | |
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bshugg
Underboss
1833 Posts
| | 01/23/2006 3:48 PM |
| If anyone posts over on the Wizards board a bunch, could you please put a link or info in your signature? Something like:
Come Play in the Dungeons and Dragon's miniatures Midwest Championship!
Win custom painted trophies, Archfiends and Dragoneye boosters and many other prizes.
Check out www.maxminis.com tournament section for more info
I don't post enough to be visable. | |
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kgradert13
Sergeant
909 Posts
| | 01/24/2006 4:10 PM |
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Originally posted by bshugg
If anyone posts over on the Wizards board a bunch, could you please put a link or info in your signature? Something like:
Come Play in the Dungeons and Dragon's miniatures Midwest Championship!
Win custom painted trophies, Archfiends and Dragoneye boosters and many other prizes.
Check out www.maxminis.com tournament section for more info
I don't post enough to be visable.
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bshugg
Underboss
1833 Posts
| | 01/28/2006 8:23 AM |
| | This is sneaking up quickly. I just checked and everything is a go for this event. I'm going to be starting a discuss the metagame/smack talk thread. | |
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kgradert13
Sergeant
909 Posts
| | 02/03/2006 3:39 PM |
| Do we have a approx. count of people yet?
I'd hope we can do better then the 19 at NE.
I know the Quad Cities is sending at least 6. | |
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bshugg
Underboss
1833 Posts
| | 02/04/2006 1:00 AM |
| It really depends on the chicago and immediate area. I know of about a dozen coming from east of chicago, but don't really have any numbers of the west or south areas or the actual city groups themselves.
I tried pulling out all the stops on prizes, but don't have a local presence to promote the game being from Michigan and all. Still its gonna be fun no matter what! | |
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10493 Posts
United States
| | 02/04/2006 9:48 AM |
| And here I've been selling this to my local guys as a 100-player event. I don't know if my odds are better or worse with fewer players. I'd think worse, since I know some of the players I'll be up against.
Fear my triple Warpriest of Hextor band!
Dave | |
Knowledge Arcana editor issues 5-9, Phoenix Lore Magazine editor, assistant editor for Rite Publishing;
My Trade Thread and My Reference Thread; Winner of WBC IV, IX and XIII; Rule #0: bshugg is always right! | |
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10493 Posts
United States
| | 02/09/2006 12:13 PM |
| Anyone have a player count yet? We're talking less than 48 hours now.
Anyone else notice that there may be a weather issue?
Dave | |
Knowledge Arcana editor issues 5-9, Phoenix Lore Magazine editor, assistant editor for Rite Publishing;
My Trade Thread and My Reference Thread; Winner of WBC IV, IX and XIII; Rule #0: bshugg is always right! | |
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dj-chuckles
Underboss
2455 Posts
The State that invented Spam!
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kgradert13
Sergeant
909 Posts
| | 02/11/2006 9:38 AM |
| There are 7 of us from the QC on I88 right now, but the snow is slowing the whole thing down. Hopefully this clears up a tad.
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kgradert13
Sergeant
909 Posts
| | 02/11/2006 9:39 AM |
| There are 7 of us from the QC on I88 right now, but the snow is slowing the whole thing down. Hopefully this clears up a tad.
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10493 Posts
United States
| | 02/11/2006 11:15 PM |
| Well, well. I had a good time, but I didn't do very well. I think the trophies were so beautiful that I was stunned out of my ability to play.
I played a Marut, dual-Couatl band, but I had about the worst match-ups I could imagine. My first match was a win (vs. Ryld + three Red Samurais), but I lost every other match (one of which was to my own son--isn't that nice?).
Anyway, my DCI rating just took a thrashing, but I'll be back, for qualifiers, to exact some revenge.
[:)]
Dave | |
Knowledge Arcana editor issues 5-9, Phoenix Lore Magazine editor, assistant editor for Rite Publishing;
My Trade Thread and My Reference Thread; Winner of WBC IV, IX and XIII; Rule #0: bshugg is always right! | |
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kgradert13
Sergeant
909 Posts
| | 02/11/2006 11:32 PM |
| The QCs did alright, taking 1st, 3rd and 6th (as well as 9, 10 and 11th) out of the 30 players.
And we all ant to thank Bshugg and Peter who had everything running well. It's appreciated!
I ended up 3-2 with the triple slaad, but it was fun! | |
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kgradert13
Sergeant
909 Posts
| | 02/11/2006 11:34 PM |
| Results as I know them so far:
1) Curt Jourdan - (6-1) Rakshasa, Duergar Champ x2, Helmed Horror, Efreeti, Kobold Miner x2 - Only loss to the 4th place finisher in 5th round of Swiss - Orc Champion Model Trophy
2) D. Weiss - (5-2) Tiefling Capt., Eye of Gruumsh, Orc Champion, LRD, Orc Warriors x4 - Lost to Rebecca in Swiss - Ogre Ravager Model Trophy
3) Rebecca Jourdan - (5-2)- Cleric of Order, Marut, Couatl, Rikka, Aramil, Mialee, Standard Bearer - Both losses to her husband, in Swiss and semi-finals - Elf Pyromancer Model Trophy
4) Unknown - Ogre Mage, Chraal, Snig and friends, Duergar Champ, Helmed Horror, Kobold Sorcerer (and more).
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Herald of Winter
Rav950
Warrior
340 Posts
| | 02/12/2006 9:19 AM |
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Originally posted by kgradert13
Results as I know them so far:
1) Curt Jourdan - (6-1) Rakshasa, Duergar Champ x2, Helmed Horror, Efreeti, Kobold Miner x2 - Only loss to the 4th place finisher in 5th round of Swiss - Orc Champion Model Trophy
2) D. Weiss - (5-2) Tiefling Capt., Eye of Gruumsh, Orc Champion, LRD, Orc Warriors x4 - Lost to Rebecca in Swiss - Ogre Ravager Model Trophy
3) Rebecca Jourdan - (5-2)- Cleric of Order, Marut, Couatl, Rikka, Aramil, Mialee, Standard Bearer - Both losses to her husband, in Swiss and semi-finals - Elf Pyromancer Model Trophy
4) Unknown - Ogre Mage, Chraal, Snig and friends, Duergar Champ, Helmed Horror, Kobold Sorcerer (and more).
4th is Nate Scheidler... that's me! :) The only other piece in my band was 1 Kobold Miner. In my matchup with Curt, the dice were definitely not on his side and I also denied him victory points while managing to rack up a lot myself. His low activation count was his biggest weakness, and I was able to exploit that a lot in the earlier rounds. While it would have been fun to play out against Rebecca for 3rd, I had decided that my time had come and opted to claim an hour of my evening in addition to my prize pack (don't worry guys, not much of excitement in those boosters... ;) ). | |
Thanks for the memories. :) | |
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Ack
Underboss
1476 Posts
| | 02/12/2006 10:05 AM |
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1) Curt Jourdan - (6-1) Rakshasa, Duergar Champ x2, Helmed Horror, Efreeti, Kobold Miner x2 - Only loss to the 4th place finisher in 5th round of Swiss - Orc Champion Model Trophy
I see this and think "hrm.. I think that 4 Helmed Horrors would mop the floor with this." I cant wait to see the report. | |
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concjo
Skirmisher
36 Posts
| | 02/12/2006 12:17 PM |
| | Yeah, Nate played a really good game. I didn't think that tile points would matter as much when I had quickly dispatched of his Helmed Horror and neither of us had tile points until the end of round 3. By that point, I thought it would be smooth sailing with having the helmed horror base the Ogre Mage with the Chraal tied to it, so I basically made a move to wipe out his army. The only problem was that I never won initiative with my 4 to 3 commander rating and then again with my 4 to 1 commander rating and he was able to kill my rakshasa and my dueregar routed off the board. He played a really good game and it could have gone either way with some different rolls. Not being able to take out 35hp with a helmed horror with blindsight was frustrating though. By that time his Chraal had already done some damage. What are you gonna do?? I'm sure Ricardo was thinking the same thing when he saw his AoK go into the pit courtesy of a Rakshasa slide.... That's dice. Good game Nate. | |
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Herald of Winter
Rav950
Warrior
340 Posts
| | 02/12/2006 1:06 PM |
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Originally posted by concjo
Yeah, Nate played a really good game. I didn't think that tile points would matter as much when I had quickly dispatched of his Helmed Horror and neither of us had tile points until the end of round 3. By that point, I thought it would be smooth sailing with having the helmed horror base the Ogre Mage with the Chraal tied to it, so I basically made a move to wipe out his army. The only problem was that I never won initiative with my 4 to 3 commander rating and then again with my 4 to 1 commander rating and he was able to kill my rakshasa and my dueregar routed off the board. He played a really good game and it could have gone either way with some different rolls. Not being able to take out 35hp with a helmed horror with blindsight was frustrating though. By that time his Chraal had already done some damage. What are you gonna do?? I'm sure Ricardo was thinking the same thing when he saw his AoK go into the pit courtesy of a Rakshasa slide.... That's dice. Good game Nate.
Yeah, when you started chewing through the horror I was starting to feel like maybe putting him out front wasn't such a good idea. Anyhow, looks like there's some serious DDM action brewing in the quad cities. Its also really nice to see that ingenuity continues to make a strong showing; I never would have expected an Efreeti to make it so far, and I snubbed the Rakshasa as a choice without considering the benefit of Bigby's hands on Helmed Horrors (and everything else). While the metabands still made it to top 4, as always, its the stuff nobody expected that always seems to come out on top. Well built, well played, and next time let's hope dice aren't as much of a factor. ;) | |
Thanks for the memories. :) | |
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thepostman
Sneak
75 Posts
| | 02/12/2006 1:27 PM |
| | Congrats to you guys at the tournament. I always like to read about differant bands and how well they perform in a tournament setting. Rav, I wish you would have just posted your band on Merrics site without giving its "credentials". I'm sure many of the "experts" would have scoffed at the idea of tying a Chrall to the Ogre Mage. But obviously you did a great job. When are they going to start having tournaments on Sundays so the postman can play?[:(] | |
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Liquidburn
Sergeant
944 Posts
| | 02/12/2006 2:49 PM |
| | The tournament was great. Thanks again to Bshugg and Peter Lee for getting this tournament to happen and also for providing phenomonal prize support. | |
Jason Slingerland
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10493 Posts
United States
| | 02/12/2006 9:11 PM |
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Originally posted by Liquidburn
The tournament was great. Thanks again to Bshugg and Peter Lee for getting this tournament to happen and also for providing phenomonal prize support.
Ditto that.
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Originally posted by Ack
I see this and think "hrm.. I think that 4 Helmed Horrors would mop the floor with this." I cant wait to see the report.
Matchups, I think, played a significant role in determining which bands and players moved up or down at this thing. I saw a lot of variety (only two CG bands, I think, though), and this variety meant that some people got some very favorable matchups while others got very unfavorable matchups.
But, honestly, if an Ogre Mage can get piloted into the top 4, you know there had to be some strong players piloting those bands.
[aside]
By the way, a friend of mine ran a four Eye of Gruumsh band. He got creamed. Against a CE LRD band, he missed two crucial swings (you just don't count on Gruumsh missing), and against another band he missed 9 swings in a row (in a row!) with Gruumsh. (This friend is the same one who is responsible for a slowly growing pile of d20s in the bottom of a river near his place of work. I keep telling him that there's some god of chance out there that he's really p'd off, but he keeps blaming the dice. Still, nine in a row? C'mon, that's just absurd.)
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Dave | |
Knowledge Arcana editor issues 5-9, Phoenix Lore Magazine editor, assistant editor for Rite Publishing;
My Trade Thread and My Reference Thread; Winner of WBC IV, IX and XIII; Rule #0: bshugg is always right! | |
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IHawk
Underboss
1054 Posts
Lisle, Illinois
| | 02/12/2006 10:11 PM |
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[aside]
By the way, a friend of mine ran a four Eye of Gruumsh band. He got creamed. Against a CE LRD band, he missed two crucial swings (you just don't count on Gruumsh missing), and against another band he missed 9 swings in a row (in a row!) with Gruumsh. (This friend is the same one who is responsible for a slowly growing pile of d20s in the bottom of a river near his place of work. I keep telling him that there's some god of chance out there that he's really p'd off, but he keeps blaming the dice. Still, nine in a row? C'mon, that's just absurd.)
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Neither he or I could believe the luck {terrible} he had. Basically the entire match we had he hit Once with 4 eye's...that was on a 20 against a gith monk that was going after a tile grabber. he sent two eyes after him and it took two full rounds to finally snag the gith.
The Dwarven Defender, iron golem and second gith were untouched the entire match. It was disturbing. The lantern bearer was the difference on prolly 4 or 5 of those missed swings.
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bshugg
Underboss
1833 Posts
| | 02/13/2006 12:15 AM |
| Thanks to everyone who came out and made this a success. I was hoping for 20 players and we ended up with 30 total. Thats even with a lot of people who said they were coming not showing up. I think the bit of snow had some effect on the players, but 30 was still great. In truth the venue couldn't really hold any more.
The second chance tournament was a really nice feature that the players really seemed to enjoy. It gave them a chance to "start over" to erase early bad rolling or warband choices.
I will be posting the final standings and all warbands played tommorow. | |
Looking for someone to cosponser a midwest DDM event. let me know if your interested!
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kgradert13
Sergeant
909 Posts
| | 02/18/2006 12:28 AM |
| Do we have the full list of warbands and results available yet?
I also don't see the tournament on the DCI page at all.
Any ideas? | |
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bshugg
Underboss
1833 Posts
| | 02/18/2006 9:03 AM |
| I have a full listing, but haven't had the time to sit down and post everything yet. After the tournament I have been very busy with work and home stuff that I need to cram in before heading out to Winter Fantasy. I will try to get it up this weekend.
As for the results, I need to talk to Ian Richards about that. There was a mix up on the event registration, so I hope to get that resolved at Winter Fantasy. | |
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kgradert13
Sergeant
909 Posts
| | 04/03/2006 12:48 AM |
| Has there been any word on this being sanctioned?
I still don't see it on the DCI site, and definitely not reflected in the rankings.
Any word is appreciated | |
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