Joshmohr:
I made this post to for people to share odd or just flat out bad tournament matches…
My ones…
I had a match… 750 points, with this man who had to be at least 60 years old. My Orks VS his Tau, and he wouldn’t stop staring at my pentagram necklace, and kept moaning about how “I shouldn’t where the devils sign around my neck”… and how "My Orks are to cheap to play against the Tau…) Anyway, I won amazingly fast. He lost his temper, and began swearing, and cursing, whilst throwing a few of his miniatures. Worst tournament ever.
Feel free to share some of yours.
GRNDL:
Sounds like someone in my area who’s been banned from FLGS tourneys. We call him the “fun police”. With my luck, I will run into him at Games Day… With luck, he shall be wearing the T-shirt that got him his nick name…
… and knowing my luck, he’s on here reading this message… So if you are: Phtphpthhtpthhpthphtp!!!
dedwrekka:
On Deathwing player was convinced, and trying to convince everyone else, that deep striking on a land raider would destroy the land raider…
The guy was a veteran player who’s expensive termi commander and retinue had just DS’d on top of the opponent tank.
BilboBaggins:
The best involved my wife playing in a LOTR tournament (it was a two day tournament that some people played saturday and the rest played on sunday). The rules stated that you couldn’t have more than half you points as heroes. I showed up just as the darling wife was going to play one guy had 4 heroes and asked how he got them all in the points. He showed that the heroes had no upgrades, his two previous opponents didn’t ask him and assumed they had the upgaded shown on the models. He still lost the game to the wife and was an bottom third player in the tourney. (I finished 3rd, Best General and the darling wife finished 4th.)
TwilightCo:
Alright,
A 6 player 40k battle, 1000 points per player. We were at a local GW shop and a mob of kids (8-12 years old I guess) storm in and flock around our table. We spend 2 hours tripping over them as they perform some sort of slalom race between us and the table.
It gets better…
I’m in position to unleash my Raptors on this Carnifex I’d been stalking all game, I turn around to grab some dice and one of these little bastards picks up the Carnifex looks it over and puts it back down on the table. About a foot from where it was and on top of a building.
I no longer play at game shops.
snowblizz:
There’s always a few at any tournament. Some of the really bad ones.
Campaign Tournament, awesome idea, cannot be executed by a bunch of ultra competitive players.
One game the player had lent out part of his army and replaced the points with a special character (which were absolutely forbidden by the tournament rules). And I’m unsure if that was the idea at all.
Another game vs a somewhat flunky DA player, afterwards I realised he was hosing me on several rules, had a bunch of dice on the table and after rolling very poorly for AP with them I finally notice they are D3 dice. Yes, 1,1,2,2,3,3 only. Why I didn’t kill the bastard then and there I’ll never know.
The last game vs the Tyranid army with 5 mutated monstrous characters plus Dark Eldar Ravager was “interesting”. All under early 3rd mind.
The only reasonable player was the IG guy I played twice in succession. For some inexplicable reason. Would never happen in the tournament I run.
warh:
I turn around to grab some dice and one of these little bastards picks up the Carnifex looks it over and puts it back down on the table. About a foot from where it was and on top of a building.
I no longer play at game shops.
TwilightCo
it happened to me to!
but it was a 20 years old guy that picked upp my battle suit and plased it on the other side of the battlefield:mad
TwilightCo:
I turn around to grab some dice and one of these little bastards picks up the Carnifex looks it over and puts it back down on the table. About a foot from where it was and on top of a building.
I no longer play at game shops.
TwilightCo
it happened to me to!
but it was a 20 years old guy that picked upp my battle suit and plased it on the other side of the battlefield:mad
warh
:) Ha! That totally sucks!
Astranagant:
The only GW tournament I participated resulted in me playing my 3rd battle against a Dark Eldar player. I was a bit confused as to how Sniper Rifles worked against Grotesques, but was quickly willing to concede that I could not wound them. Despite this, the DE player and the tournament organizer insisted on spending half an hour resolving it with the Mail Order Trolls, all the way to time. Meanwhile, I was doing quite well on the rest of the board, and was just looking for a target for my Rangers, so at time it was a draw, whereas I could’ve easily at least claimed a minor victory otherwise.
Oh, on a side note, it was later found out that the tween boys that the tournament organizer took under his wing were in fact being molested by said tournament organizer in his home. I wonder if that store is still open?
BilboBaggins:
I did go to a tournament an hour and a half from my house with some of the players from the store I play at. First two rounds I went against players that I could have played at home.
Filipicusius:
This thread makes me RAGE!!!
I have no faith left in mankind.
…I though, then i remembered all the nice people on CDO ^^
Baggronor:
On the whole, I have good experiences at tournies, although I seem to be quite lucky with opponents.
I had one guy who played Sisters of Battle vs my Chaos marines about 2 years ago at the GT. He played very slowly and used all his prayers/powers in the first 4 turns and took so long that we ran out of time just as my 5th turn was coming up (with my Daemon Prince and dreadnought looming over his command squads who had used up all their fancypants invulnerables)… so it was a draw when I should have wiped him out. And the ‘Speed Freek’ orcs who parked neatly on their board edge and fired rocket launchers all game. Kult of speed indeed…
Most of all I dislike surly opponents who don’t chat or even smile. I don’t see the point unless its fun :cheers I’d much rather play a high-powered opponent who is entertaining than a fluffy but boring player.
speedygogo:
Alright,
A 6 player 40k battle, 1000 points per player. We were at a local GW shop and a mob of kids (8-12 years old I guess) storm in and flock around our table. We spend 2 hours tripping over them as they perform some sort of slalom race between us and the table.
It gets better...
I'm in position to unleash my Raptors on this Carnifex I'd been stalking all game, I turn around to grab some dice and one of these little bastards picks up the Carnifex looks it over and puts it back down on the table. About a foot from where it was and on top of a building.
I no longer play at game shops.
TwilightCo
I can understand why you got upset about kids moving and touching your army. However, I don't get upset about stuff like that. What irks me are crappy attitudes and people that are so desperate for a win thatthe resort to cheating or other nick nack BS.
Joshmohr:
Just had one today… My Mad Dok Grotsnik was with his Group of 10 Nobz (All Cybork Bodys, and Powa’ Klawz, Feel no pain), and we finaly got to the Eldar avatar, ready to wipe him out. Out of no where, the guy takes it off the field and says “Im done, this guy has to be cheating!” Well, a GW employee walks over, looks at the battle field, and says to me “Wow, you really arnt out to make friends at this, are you?”
That was my first match at that GW, and i wont go there agin… Pretty funny, they all expect me to go easy.
BilboBaggins:
Just had one today... My Mad Dok Grotsnik was with his Group of 10 Nobz (All Cybork Bodys, and Powa' Klawz, Feel no pain), and we finaly got to the Eldar avatar, ready to wipe him out. Out of no where, the guy takes it off the field and says "Im done, this guy has to be cheating!" Well, a GW employee walks over, looks at the battle field, and says to me "Wow, you really arnt out to make friends at this, are you?"
That was my first match at that GW, and i wont go there agin.. Pretty funny, they all expect me to go easy.
Joshmohr
That is funny.
GW spends time to design models and rules that pratically force people to take certain models and an employee there gets upset when somebody wins with them.
Sounds like the Ork player shouldn't be playing Orks. Most Ork players I've seen don't care if their guys die. Usually they horde armies.
Joshmohr:
My orks? Love em’
Mad Dok makes it hard to kill my Nobz, and i can give anyone in my army Cybork Bodys. (5+ Invulnerable Save). Either way, Nobz are hard as hell to kill, But with the Dok you can get Nasty.
I do use swarms, but i just take two Boom Gunz, and wipe them out.
dedwrekka:
I prefer the green tide approach with the latest list, though I do love a good Speed Freak Army.
So, I’m playing in a tournament back in 3rd edition with the old Kult of Speed list. My opponent is an Alpha Marines player (with the last edition of Chaos Marines, nasty) and has yet to be beaten in the entire escalation league leading up to this, the penultimate tournament at the end to determine prizes. I, on the other hand, have lost all but three games that I drew on (I have a small reputation for the worst dice rolls in the area, but I’m just enjoy playing). I get in the top 12 of the league through playing the most league games*.
So, we get randomly assigned opponents, and missions on each table. We’re playing on a 4 by 4 with city terrain, and we get a mission that has our forces coming on gradually, with only one unit to start with. However, My Speed Freak army has three units of outrider warbikes (Which always turn up) and I get to roll for reserves sooner due to my army special rules.
So I start with three units of five warbikers and a truck full of boyz, he gets a unit of Marines. My first turn sees that unit of marines decimated and routed while I manage to bring on two other units.
I think we got through two turns before he picked up his models and walked out.
This is the tournament, he hasn’t lost one game before and I get the one mission in the rulebook with something that benefits me.
*Our Escalation League rewarded points for each game: 1pt for loses, 2pts for draw and 4pts for wins. This keeps people in the league (which bolsters the amount the store can spend the $5 entry fees on for prizes) and rewards people for playing (Which brings in street business from people who say “Oh cool” and decide to get in the game)
Joshmohr:
I prefer a well-Equip army…
My most common:
Mad Dok-
Warboss-
10 Nobz-
30 Boyz-
3 Deff Coptaz /w Rokkitz+Big Bommbz-
Looted wagon /w boom gun X3-
snowblizz:
Just had one today... My Mad Dok Grotsnik was with his Group of 10 Nobz (All Cybork Bodys, and Powa' Klawz, Feel no pain), and we finaly got to the Eldar avatar, ready to wipe him out. Out of no where, the guy takes it off the field and says "Im done, this guy has to be cheating!" Well, a GW employee walks over, looks at the battle field, and says to me "Wow, you really arnt out to make friends at this, are you?"
That was my first match at that GW, and i wont go there agin.. Pretty funny, they all expect me to go easy.
Joshmohr
I have to say you are barking up the wrong tree there. Obviously the shop doesn't play competitive knife fighting but you did. And the GW employee hasn't seen the whole game, he just saw a guy actually quit the game because of you. That's usually a big red warning sign where I'm from.
It pays to find out what kind of environment one plays in.
Unfortunately from the information presented here, I have to conclude you were in the wrong there.
I'm not discounting that your opponent is a sore looser, one of the worst things I know are people who use "hard" armies, pretend they aren't and then start griping if someone else plays the same game.
TwilightCo:
Just had one today... My Mad Dok Grotsnik was with his Group of 10 Nobz (All Cybork Bodys, and Powa' Klawz, Feel no pain), and we finaly got to the Eldar avatar, ready to wipe him out. Out of no where, the guy takes it off the field and says "Im done, this guy has to be cheating!" Well, a GW employee walks over, looks at the battle field, and says to me "Wow, you really arnt out to make friends at this, are you?"
That was my first match at that GW, and i wont go there agin.. Pretty funny, they all expect me to go easy.
Joshmohr
I have to say you are barking up the wrong tree there. Obviously the shop doesn't play competitive knife fighting but you did. And the GW employee hasn't seen the whole game, he just saw a guy actually quit the game because of you. That's usually a big red warning sign where I'm from.
It pays to find out what kind of environment one plays in.
Unfortunately from the information presented here, I have to conclude you were in the wrong there
I'm not discounting that your opponent is a sore looser, one of the worst things I know are people who use "hard" armies, pretend they aren't and then start griping if someone else plays the same game.
snowblizz
Can't say as I agree here. GW stores and attending 'regulars' tend to be quite clicky/insular and it CAN be difficult to integrate while having to jump through the unspoken hoops without stepping on toes. :cheers Unfortunately this just enforces 'gamer stereotypes'.