Yarbicus

Rainbows and unicorns all around!  Man, I will I lived closer so I could participate more directly and more often.  Le sad.

Well, at least we now know who the head the cheerleader is!  Do you think he is also dating the captain of the football team?

I know it isn't very metal Yarb

I fully expect you to be the first to show up in full cheer uniform with the biggest pom poms.

When did you guys start acting like a Junior High cheer squad?  OK, well, when you start dressing like one, be sure to take pictures.

Been feeling nostalgic lately.  One of Rob Halford's bands after he left Judas Priest:

Yeah King of Asgard is sweet. I have listened to them for a few years now. Awesome viking death metal. Also HOLY BALLS! I didn't know one of my future wives left The Agonist and joined Arch Enemy! Wery excite!

Too bad the new Arch Enemy album sucks. 

James Spader FTMFW!  His voice is chillingly perfect in that trailer.  I am now officially excite.

Metal is mostly male all around but there are some great female players, too.

Mostly though they shine in more melodic metal:

Nathonica, you are a true metal scholar and metal gentleman!  Yeah, benchmarks like Platinum sales are irrelevant and that has left a ton of room good "non mainstream" music.

Language warning:

Hey guys. Its Ian. I've heard this argument many time prior. If you crush your opponent then they will mark you down in sports. This to some extent has been true in many tournaments I've been too. (I've been playing the tournament scene for 20years now eeek). However teams like Nut Punch show this trend can be bucked. I honestly feel the system is not broken. For teams that win alot and use powerful armies and hard played tactics the games themselves can be less enjoyable. Our team played CHOP! and we went 50/50 with them. (Hell I pulled out a pretty damn big win). 

 

Out of my 4 games I recieved 4 Pins. 3Pins from players I had big wins against and 1Pin from my devastating loss (which was still a fun game). One tip to players who are Win often and win big with powerhouse armies its not just about being nice. Its about playing within theme of your army and throwing a guy a bone. Since I was playing the Nugle WOC army of foot troop love I made a point to do the following.

1. Chaos always charges if in range! Who cares what the target is. Lets go Kill 'em!

2. Chaos NEVER flees for any reason outside of loosing combat then they should all die!

3. The big guy always makes and accepts chalenged. My Nurgle lord would never let a chamption accept a challenge. Bah!

4. Remember to yell.. ALOT.. like all of it.

5. If I destroy someone they get beer STAT!

6. Its a game, do stupid things and most of all shoot for 6 full turns. I have in the past ignore the win conditions and continued playing and accept a draw or loss. I'm her to play Warhammer damn it. Not set my army up, win in turn three and packup! (I've never ever won by breakpoint on anything less than turn 6).

 

If you can win and get a high sports of favored opponent you win warhammer. If you Win and are getting low sports take a long hard look at how you play, how your army works and make ajustments. Your army should be fun to play against reguardless of result.

 

I must say I had 5 fab games of warhammer against 5 brilliant chaps. Can't wait till next year!

 

With love

-Ian

Well said!  The only reason you didn't end up with 5 pins was that my last game barely edged out ours for pure fun.

WE WAS ROBBED!  Seriously, any team with me on it should have come in dead last in way more categories.

Here are a few of my favorites:

The very definition of Death Metal.

Melodic Death Metal

Tech Death (Necrophagist is more technical but I like these guys better)

Brutal Death

Progressive Death

I had a great time last year and really wish I could make this time.

It's deja vu all over again. 

Did you overpay, Yarb? Objective Markers had their own $12 pledge level - if you got them by backing at the $19 level, you totally overpaid. If you overpaid: BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! RICH, RICH I TELL YOU!!!!!! (also, give me your snailmail and I'll send you a piece of resin hate mail).

I must have read the survey wrong I suppose.  You know me and my reading skills.

I assume that "resin hate mail" is a collection of slimes, molds, oozes, slimes, puddings, and more slimes.

Make Jim send it to you with the shipping money.

 

Dibs on the Mal doll! ;)

Yeah, I had actually considered that!

Fan dexes. Frikken autocorrect.

Sure Jim.  Whatever you say.  BTW since you hand delivered my KS loot, what you doing with the $9 in shipping I paid?  I'm gonna guess bourbon.

Are you/he willing to ship?  I would love the tribble and/or the Ash figure.

I love Karnivool and the bass tone during this live concert makes me moist.

Plus, there is not such thing as enough Gojira!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxfbzdoueVg

Time resurrect this thread with some serious awesome:

I may not have bee on their team BUT I did buy them lunch on Saturday.  Well played, good sirs!

Finally home ready to pass out.