Gentlemen's GT at RockCon 2010: Oct 23-24

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The Gentlemen's Grand Tournament at Rock-Con

 

A Warhammer 40,000 Tournament for the Discerning Player

 

A five game, two-day 40K tournament reminiscent of the Grand Tournaments of old! For one blood-soaked weekend, there is only war.

 

 

PLAYERS: Up to 30 players may participate. Registration is at the Rock-Con website. Note that there is a $5.00 charge solely to cover prize support, which is in addition to your registration for the convention itself. Space is already filling up! Sign up quickly!

 

 

FORMAT: 3 games on Saturday, 2 games on Sunday. Opening round pairings will be determined randomly, Swiss pairings thereafter.

 

 

ARMIES: Armies may be selected from any currently published Codex book from Games Workshop.

 

- Codex: Black Templars

- Codex: Blood Angels

- Codex: Chaos Daemons

- Codex: Chaos Space Marines

- Codex: Daemonhunters* (see note below)

- Codex: Dark Angels

- Codex: Dark Eldar

- Codex: Eldar

- Codex: Imperial Guard

- Codex: Necrons

- Codex: Orks

- Codex: Space Marines

- Codex: Space Wolves

- Codex: Tau Empire

- Codex: Tyranids

- Codex: Witch Hunters* (see note below)

 

The official Games Workshop Errata/FAQ documents -- available at http://www.games-workshop.com -- are required and will be employed at the Gentlemen's GT.

 

*Both the print and PDF versions of these Codexes are allowed. (The PDF versions are available for free download at http://www.games-workshop.com.) However, you must actually possess the print Codex to use the inducted Imperial Guard rules or the inducted ("allied") Space Marines rules (C: DH p. 21, C: WH p. 25).

 

IMPORTANT: The rules for "Using Daemonhunters as Allies" and "Using Witch Hunters as Allies" are NOT ALLOWED at this tournament!

 

POINTS LIMIT AND ARMY LISTS: Army lists shall total no more than 1,850 points. Players must use the same army list for the entire tournament. Players must share their army list with their opponent before each game begins.

 

 

MODELS: All models must be fully assembled.

 

All models must be painted, based, and flocked. Any model that is not fully painted using at least three different colors and/or is not on a painted/flocked base (for models that require bases, of course; don't worry about mounting your Defilers!) MAY NOT BE USED FOR ANY REASON.

 

All models must be WYSIWYG. This rule is primarily focused on wargear and similar upgrades. The in-game abilities of every model should be apparent and represented.

 

Conversions and "counts as" are allowed and highly encouraged -- and might even earn you a special prize! -- but the "Reasonable Gentleman" rule will be in effect. Conversions and "counts as" substitutes must be clearly discernible and must be done either for necessity (e.g., because an official model does not exist) or for artistic effect. Lazy "counts as" conversions will not be allowed. I.e., You cannot mount a shoebox on a post and call it a Stormraven. Nor can you substitute combi-meltas for combi-plasmas on your Space Marines just because you don't actually have combi-plasmas. On the other hand, building a detailed Stormraven out of cardboard or repurposing Tau plasma rifles or missile pods to represent Ork big shootas or rokkits for your characterful Ork Waaagh! are perfectly acceptable.

 

If you are concerned about any of your conversions, please contact the event organizer rather than wait until the day of the event.

 

Finally, all players must supply 3 objective markers between 40mm and 60mm in diameter. Players are strongly encouraged to build and paint custom objective marker models themed to match their army, though this is not required.

 

 

MISSIONS: Each round will feature a unique combination of rules and objectives primarily derived from the standard missions in the Warhammer 40,000 rules. (I.e., They will feature some mixture of scoring objectives with Troops, accruing Kill Points, and/or accruing Victory Points, though variant mission objectives may also feature.) There will be Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary objectives in each mission. Primary objectives are worth 4 Mission Points, Secondary objectives are worth 3 Mission Points, and Tertiary objectives are worth 2 Mission Points. A player must earn more Mission Points than his or her opponent to win the game. Mission Points will be used to aid in pairing opponents and for tiebreakers.

 

 

PRIZES: Prizes based on attendance. Prizes awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places, appearance, not dead yet, and more.

 

 

BE A GENTLEMAN: This event respects all aspects of the Warhammer 40,000 hobby: gaming, painting, modeling, and sportsmanship. Players are expected to conduct themselves as "proper gentlemen" even while wearing their game faces and slaughtering their foes. After all, the slaughter is all in the name of having fun and appreciating the skill and labor our fellow gentlemen (and ladies) have poured into their armies.

 

Players who cheat, collude, or who have otherwise violated the tournament rules may, at the discretion of the event organizer, have their scores modified or, in extreme cases, be ejected from the event entirely and rendered ineligible for any prizes.

 

Similarly, players who, in the judgement of the event organizer, demonstrate egregiously unsportsmanlike conduct may also have their scores modified or be ejected from the event.

 

More Details: Any further details -- including the actual schedule -- will be posted on the Rock-Con website. Be sure to check there for updates as the tournament dates approach.

 

There are actually quite a few 40K "events" happening, mostly run by a group of nutters known as D-Company. They have a big floor event on Saturday night. I've arranged it so that the Saturday games will end in time for anyone who is interested to join in their fun that night.

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For anybody attending, the schedule for the event is now posted on the RockCon website.

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Two weeks to go, and here's the current list of attendees. If your name isn't on this list, it should be!

 

1 Levi Ott

2 Merlin Havlik

3 Matt Knuth

4 Clayton McCarty

5 Mark Vittone

6 John Brzezinski

7 Lance Lampereurs

8 Jarred Saxman

9 Andrew Martin

10 Jeffery Florido

11 David Skrivan

12 Paul Stewart

13 Matt Progar

14 John Pipchock

15 Rudy Rinabarger

16 Ben Tobias

 

We were once projected well over 20, but there's been several drops in just the last week. So talk it up! We do have people coming from three states. Let's show 'em a good time!

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Two more attendees! Please welcome:

 

17 Tony Malave

18 Rob Swanson

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And we have 20!

 

19 Jordan Nach

20 Troy Weis

 

+++ IMPORTANT LAST-MINUTE INFORMATION +++

 

Note the schedule on the RockCon website. Registration starts at 7:30 AM and dice will roll at 8:30 AM.

 

Also, please have SEVEN PRINTED COPIES of your army list. PRINTED. Printed printed printed! (One is for the Tournament, five are for your opponents, one is for you.) Hand-written slop is unacceptable, Gentlemen. Don't make me give you the Evil Eye.

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Looks like we've got two more coming from Chicago.

 

21 Logan Schmidt

22 Tim Schmidt

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Here are the results! Firstly, I wish to personally thank each and every one of you for making the event such a success. Everybody fully embodied the spirit of the event perfectly, and I thoroughly enjoyed putting faces to names. Looking forward to seeing you again next year!

 

You'll note that Paul Stewart finished first for both Perfect Gentleman and Man for All Seasons. I decided that Man for All Seasons best represented his tournament, and so promoted Tony Malave as the Perfect Gentlemen. Let me be clear: Tony absolutely deserved it. More than one player told me personally, without prompting, how much they enjoyed their game with him, outside of any formal votes and scoring that the event allowed.

 

Congratulations to you all!

 

Note that I've formatted the tables in a monospaced font. (E.g, Courier New.) So if you're not seeing data lined up neatly, copy the text out into a text editor or word processor and set the font accordingly.

 

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Perfect Gentleman (Best Sportsman)

 

Rank	 Player		   Army Score
-------- ---------------- ---- -----
1		Paul Stewart	 SM   9
2		Tony Malave	  SW   8
3		Andrew Martin	CD   7
4		Lance Lampereurs SM   7
5 (tie)  Jeffery Florido  IG   6
5 (tie)  Merlin Havlik	CSM  6
5 (tie)  Matt Knuth	   Ork  6
5 (tie)  Clayton McCarty  Nec  6
5 (tie)  Levi Ott		 WH   6
5 (tie)  John Pickle	  CSM  6
5 (tie)  John Pipchok	 IG   6
5 (tie)  Logan Schmidt	SM   6
5 (tie)  David Skrivan	IG   6
5 (tie)  Mark Vittone	 Eld  6
5 (tie)  Troy Weis		SM   6
16 (tie) John Brzezinski  Nec  5
16 (tie) Jordan Nach	  SW   5
16 (tie) Matt Progar	  BA   5
16 (tie) Tim Schmidt	  IG   5
16 (tie) Rob Swanson	  Tau  5
21	   Ben Tobias+	  CD   4
22 (tie) Rudy Rinabarger+ SM   3
22 (tie) Jarred Saxman+   CSM  3

 

+ = Player who dropped out after 1st day

 

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Distnguished Gentleman (Best Appearance)

 

Composite score is calculated based on 85% judging and 15% player votes. Tiebreakers as follows.

 

* Judging Total (which includes judge's discretion on extras, e.g., modeled objectives, display boards, overall impact, etc.)

* Favorite Army Votes

 

Rank	 Player		   Army Judging Votes Composite
-------- ---------------- ---- ------- ----- ---------
1		Andrew Martin	CD   39	  5	 76.7917
2		Clayton McCarty  Nec  37	  9	 75.5139
3		Tony Malave	  SW   36	  2	 69.25
4		Paul Stewart	 SM   33	  3	 64.2083
5		Jarred Saxman+   CSM  33	  0	 62.3333
6		Levi Ott		 WH   30	  0	 56.6667
7		Matt Progar	  BA   29	  0	 54.7778
8		Matt Knuth	   Ork  28	  0	 52.8889
9		Mark Vittone	 Eld  27	  1	 51.625
10	   Logan Schmidt	SM   25	  1	 47.8472
11	   Tim Schmidt	  IG   24	  0	 45.3333
12	   Jordan Nach	  SW   24	  0	 45.3333
13	   Rudy Rinabarger+ SM   23	  0	 43.4444
14	   Jeffery Florido  IG   22	  2	 42.8056
15	   John Pickle	  CSM  22	  0	 41.5556
16	   Merlin Havlik	CSM  21	  0	 39.6667
17 (tie) Lance Lampereurs SM   19	  0	 35.8889
17 (tie) Rob Swanson	  Tau  19	  0	 35.8889
17 (tie) Troy Weis		SM   19	  0	 35.8889
20	   John Pipchok	 IG   16	  0	 30.2222
21	   David Skrivan	IG   14	  0	 26.4444
22	   Ben Tobias+	  CD   14	  0	 26.4444
23	   John Brzezinski  Nec  13	  0	 24.5556

 

+ = Player who dropped out after 1st day

 

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Well Played, Sir! (Tournament Champion)

 

Based on W/L record. Tiebreakers as follows.

 

* Total Mission Points

* Primary Objectives

* Secondary Objectives

* Tertiary Objectives

 

 

									  Total	  Total
								  Mission  Objectives
Rank	 Player		   Army Record Points  Prim Sec Tert
-------- ---------------- ---- ------ ------- ---- --- ----
1		John Pickle	  CSM  5-0-0  33	  4	3   4
2		Tim Schmidt	  IG   4-1-0  34	  4	4   3
3		Jordan Nach	  SW   4-1-0  33	  4	3   4
4		Jeffery Florido  IG   4-1-0  26	  2	4   3
5		Paul Stewart	 SM   3-2-0  22	  3	2   2
6 (tie)  Levi Ott		 WH   3-2-0  21	  2	3   2
6 (tie)  Matt Progar	  BA   3-2-0  21	  2	3   2
8 (tie)  Tony Malave	  SW   3-2-0  20	  2	2   3
8 (tie)  Clayton McCarty  Nec  3-2-0  20	  2	2   3
10	   Matt Knuth	   Ork  3-2-0  18	  2	2   2
11	   David Skrivan	IG   2-3-0  22	  2	2   4
12 (tie) Hans Kreuger+(R) CD   2-1-0  18	  2	2   2
12 (tie) Logan Schmidt	SM   2-3-0  18	  2	2   2
12 (tie) Mark Vittone	 Eld  2-3-0  18	  2	2   2
15	   Jarred Saxman+   CSM  2-1-0  16	  2	2   1
16	   John Pipchok	 IG   2-3-0  15	  2	1   2
17	   Merlin Havlik	CSM  2-3-0  15	  1	3   1
18	   Andrew Martin	CD   2-3-0  11	  2	1   0
19 (tie) Lance Lampereurs SM   1-4-0  11	  1	1   2
19 (tie) Ben Tobias+	  CD   1-2-0  11	  1	1   2
21	   John Brzezinski  Nec  1-4-0  9	   1	1   1
22	   Troy Weis		SM   1-4-0  6	   1	0   1
23	   Rudy Rinabarger+ SM   1-2-0  5	   0	1   1
24	   Rob Swanson	  Tau  0-5-0  0	   0	0   0

 

+ = Player who dropped out after 1st day

® = Ringer (necessary for 1st day)

 

I had extra cash because of last-minute registrations, so I converted that into an I'm Not Dead! award for the player who finished last. Rob Swanson's prize was just as large as everybody else's. :huh: Good on you, Rob, for sticking it out to the end!

 

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Man for All Seasons

 

										Rankings
Rank Player		   Army Standings Appearance Sportsmanship
---- ---------------- ---- --------- ---------- -------------
1	Paul Stewart	 SM   5		 4		  1
2	Tony Malave	  SW   8		 3		  2
3	Clayton McCarty  Nec  8		 2		  5
4	Levi Ott		 WH   6		 6		  5
5	John Pickle	  CSM  1		 15		 5
6	Andrew Martin	CD   18		1		  3
7	Matt Knuth	   Ork  10		8		  5
8	Jeffery Florido  IG   4		 14		 5
9	Mark Vittone	 Eld  12		9		  5
10   Logan Schmidt	SM   12		10		 5
11   Matt Progar	  BA   6		 7		  16
12   Tim Schmidt	  IG   2		 11		 16
13   Jordan Nach	  SW   3		 12		 16
14   David Skrivan	IG   11		21		 5
15   Merlin Havlik	CSM  17		16		 5
16   Lance Lampereurs SM   19		17		 4
17   John Pipchok	 IG   16		20		 5
18   Jarred Saxman+   CSM  15		5		  22
19   Troy Weis		SM   22		17		 5
20   Rob Swanson	  Tau  24		17		 16
21   Rudy Rinabarger+ SM   23		13		 22
22   John Brzezinski  Nec  21		23		 16
23   Ben Tobias+	  CD   19		22		 21

 

+ = Player who dropped out after 1st day

 

Pictures of the event can be found here, here, and here.