MauzDeadalive

I will respond more to all of this when I am on a computer and not my phone as I have been on the fence about some of the things brought up. I do want to at least throw out my plan for the Royal Court. I will admit it is ridiculous and a one trick pony...but I have enjoyed it these past few games. Basically the idea is to keep the Royal Court together and pop vehicles until my opponenet decides enough is enough. The other thought is it helps me get First Blood and while not a huge factor in this tournament it is still a factor. I also don't mind losing them as they ultimately cost 145 points...155 if I add the upgrade to the Despair...I have been thinking about it and half my lists at this point had him with it...again as an added cheap trick and in case there were no vehicles to zzzap out. New list to come with small changes. Again, appreciate the thoughts to digest so far and hope my Royal Court plan makes more sense.

I am quite pleased with our game last night....mostly because I stuck with my game plan despite various temptations to deviate. I also feel pretty comfortable with my list now even with a few new toys for me to play with. Thanks for being a tough opponent who still makes silly mistakes like I make!!!

First off thank you pretre for giving me a couple of practice games (since I could not manage to make league this month) and for the feedback afterwards! I can now say that I am pretty solid with the list I am going to take to the Guardian Cup and figured I like posting for any odd last minute tweaks or suggestions. I also find it fun to let people know what I have in store for them. Anywho...less typing, more listing.... HQ->Overlord w/Semipaternal Weave, Phase Shifter, Mindshackle Scarabs, Phylactry, Res Orb, Warscythe Royal Court-> Cryptek of Despair w/Veil of Darkness Royal Court-> Cryptek of the Storm w/Lightning Field Royal Court-> Cryptek of the Storm Royal Court-> Cryptek of the Storm Troops-> 15 Warriors in Night Scythe Troops-> 15Warriors in Night Scythe Troops->10 Warriors in Ghost Ark Troops->15 Warriors Fast-> 5 Wraiths Fast-> 6 Scarab Swarms Heavy-> 2 Spyders Heavy-> Annihilation Barge The things I learned I need to work on: 1) Keep my Troops in their vehicles until the last possible turn (realistically turn 5 if possible but turn 4 is also ok) 2) Don't deploy on the line by default every time because I find first turn assaults to be awesome and doable with this list. Be smart about who I attack with what and when. 3) Order of Operations. Yes my Warriors can Hull a vehicle out but that will also provide cover for my opponent....shoot the vehicle with the Night Scythe first to try to explodey it....then use Warriors as the back up plan! Any and all feedback is welcome....and more than likely appreciated.

I am all registered and paid....I am really looking forward to defend my Best Overall C Bracket Trophy...or improving upon that....regardless I look forward to some awesome games...running into great people I know...hopefully meeting some new people...and seeing some great armies. Rusty Necrons with a display board are rusted and ready to rock....just gotta figure out a list I like!

I almost wish I was not afraid to captain a team myself....could have probably pulled together a team by now just based off the posts of people looking for a team.....

I feel I should share this with you Mr.MoreTanks and hope this helps calm your concern as I have been reading it..... At my first and only OFCC (had a kid last year and had to take the year off but I will be back this year...finding a team willing) my team captain and the other team captain pulled me aside and asked my opinion about playing a list I had no chance of beating. I dare say it was almost as if the list were made just to destroy mine. The reason for the match up amounted to it was the only way they could see to not create 4 mismatched games. I was up for it and did not mind in the least. The only reason I had a model survive until the end was because of the wacky mission giving one of our HQ's the chance to respawn. It wound up being one of my favorite games simply because of the way my opponent played the game versus what he brought. We both had a blast. The main point here is that at no point in time did his list influence my opinion on his sportsmanship. What would have caused me to dislike the match up would have been things like him being overly confident in the match up or gloating the entire time. He definitely cheered and jeered himself on but it was never anything to make me feel bad. I will also tell you that I would not hesitate to bring a list I know I would enjoy playing regardless of what units are involved. I trust my captain to give me a fair and balanced match up and expect the LRC to ask me to tone it down if it winds up being problematic before the event even happens. My two cents....take it or leave it!

Not sure why but bog do I love these...almost makes me want to dress up and have some of my own fun...my wife would probably divorce me...or not bail me out of jail

Hooray!!! Now I need to find a team to that will have me....and verify the wife is still giving me permission to go.

If only I could find me a sponsor....for just the cost of a cup of coffee a day for a few months you could get this poor punk proper painting instruction....though I would have to use some of my earliest paint jobs to get some this kid needs painting help stat empathy.

I feel numbers depend on intended function. 5 CSM tend to cause some trouble but ultimately anger my opponent enough they die ( I also tend to be aggresive and only take the basics)...10 can weather out a game for me and gives me 2 special weapons...add a Rhino for extra fun but expect the Rhino to not survive long. I like the idea of 30 Cultists...but I don't expect them to really survive...just help me control board space and tie up stuff. Raptors I tend to go with 5 and deep strike suicide them...2 meltas and a combi-melta on my champ and hope for a good deep strike. Terms *shrugs* depends on the role I want them to fill...if they are on honor guard duty then I take more...if I want to run distraction then just 3....if I want to play with a Land Raider I go with 5. I have not really used the other units myself but again my main advice is think of the roles you want them to fulfill...and sometimes nothing succeeds like excess but check the math as I have found sometimes 2 squads of 5 gets me the same fire power cheaper than a squad of 10 or whatever the particle numbers are for that unit. I would also second the bikes for your 3rd fast slot choice...or double up on your Raptors or Heldrake whichever winds up being your favorite.

He is a local rapper...a friend of mine sold me his CD....my iPod loves letting me listen to him

My first three for this morning made me chuckle: Minor Threat - Minor Threat One Man Army - GG Allin Strangeland - Tech N9ne

Is Gon B Aight - Wombstretcha the Magnificent Who Do I Catch - Tech N9ne Clive - Divisia

My thoughts about this alliance always boil down to the wacky idea of Weirdboy as your HQ and to take a Dakka Jet as well. Ultimately the Dakka Jet is not needed but it is a fun combo with the Weirdboy's extra Waauughs. Either way....I always had a blast with my Weirdboy and always made use of whatever power he typically rolled for that turn. I want to say I always got mixed reactions with wanting Weirdboys for my HQ slots over other choices but I was never disappointed in my Weirdboy and can not recommend him enough.

Talk about the zero hour....I think I finally came up with the list I am bringing to this thing....so full of doubt...but I will get to try some of my new toys for this army so I can now know why no one takes Heavy Destroyers....though I have high hopes for my Doomsday Ark....and will laugh when it gets blown up first turn every game!

Hooray!!! I will know a couple of people now at the very least.

Thanks guys...it was pretty rad and low key with the added bonus of getting to play in a tournament this coming Saturday...just wish I could figure out the list I want to bring.

Already signed up! Now to figure out which toys I want to play with...I mean which list to bring.

My understanding was always that the youth decided to rebel against the old folks....the old folks won and as punishment (or to show the youth that the adults make the rules) each year a random class was selected to take part in the Battle Royale. That'll teach them kids to get off all our lawns!!!

I am going to be attending but wanted to make sure it would be ok to play my Necron Army. It is heavily converted as I mentioned on Facebook. I felt weird about posting the link on Facebook but do not mind posting it on here. http://www.ordofanaticus.com/index.php?/topic/12106-necron-canoptek-army-conversions/page-3 No big deal if not but I find it is always better to get permission. Thanks!

I am going to take a page out of fluger's playbook for this one......

Figured it would be fun to post a Happy Birthday to pretre. So Happy Birthday pretre....and have a pic of a Sister of Battle cosplayer....because it seems better than some dude dressed as a Space Wolf.

I have the Death from the Skies book....I do not have the others. I guess my assumption was that Escalation and Stronghold Assault would have been presented in the same format as Death from the Skies.

I did not feel this was appropriate to put in the spots I keep being tempted....but I really feel the need to throw this out there. There has been lots of discussion lately in regards to data slates and Escalation and Stronghold Assault and I think I finally realized what has been bugging me about all of them. Where is the mention of Death from the Skies in all of this? At best it seems to get mentioned but I have yet to see anyone champion the cause of trying to get the book to be used in events/tournaments/leagues. What is it about Death from the Skies that the community seems to be ok with not using it with little to no discussion versus the other two books and the data slates? My main assumption is that you do not need Death from the Skies to use flyers where as you need the inclusion of the other two books and data slates to be able to play certain things....like Lords of War or Cypher. Again this is mainly a curiosity type of inquiry.

I think this poll/question is short sided. I doubt very many people will not attend OFCC because of a ruling like that but I do not think it is a good decision. I am really looking forward to seeing the armies at OFCC this year BECAUSE of Allies. I can not wait to see the brilliance the participants come up with modeling and painting wise to make a cohesive looking army. I do not feel Allies throw things that out of whack that we have to start the comp discussion 9 months prior to the event. If I may ask....what is it about Allies that has you worried they will ruin the spirit of OFCC for you? (and please do not take this as me attacking your stance or opinion....I recognize that you and I are on opposite ends of this spectrum and I am really curious as to what your fear or fears about Allies at OFCC are...maybe you will bring up points I have not seen or thought of)