The Best Play at NG Galleria!!!

August 23, 2008

We came... we saw... we conquered!!!

Five from the ranks of the 101st Galleria Regulars showed up and answered the call (ie invite) to battle in this year's RHGC Grand Tournament.

After 3 grueling rounds of swiss match-ups, the following emerged victorious :

Joel - Best Over-all

Jesse - Best General

Emcee - Best Painted Army

I wouldn't go into boring you with how I won the best painted army award... again... for the 4th time (1 NG Grand Tournament, 2 NG Sponsored JAM Cups, this GT)... yo, feel the breeze :P I think that it is enough to say that more than 4 years worth of effort has gone into the Steel Falcon army, and that's that :D AND, if you are entertaining thoughts of winning the best painted army in a tournament someday, please do any of the following :

1) Show-up with a nicely painted army, and don't win any of the other major awards (I won this year because Joel already won best over-all, hehe).

2) Show-up with a nicely painted army, and make sure I win any of the other major awards :P

3) Hope the Steel Falcons go into the "hall of fame" to make it ineligible to win any more best painted awards, like Jeff's Space Wolves

4) Hope Donnel doesn't show up for the tourney.

5) Hope Jeff doesn't show-up for a tourney with an army other than his Space Wolves

JESSE has my vote for the most "under the radar" performance of the event, having 2 wins, 1 draw and no losses after 3 rounds, while still technically being a newb. Superb showing against tough opponents, virtually snatching the best general award at the last minute. Nobody saw him coming. That surely wouldn't happen in his next tourney. Watch out for this guy. He may be handing you the big "L" next time around.

JOEL had all the bases covered - a nicely painted, well rounded, and tough army. Army comp score is nice... obviously helped by the fact that his troop choices are more resilient, even when compared to other marines. If he didn't win the best over-all award, he would have taken any of the other two awards. I didn't have the honor of going up against him this time around, but I have no regrets on that as I would have been bludgeoned. To quote Kim after their match in the third round, "He crushed me!".

Romy did ok as well, emerging undefeated after 3 rounds (1 win, 2 draws). Like me, he threw army composition rules out the window... difference is he went a notch higher. If there was an award for the cheesiest army of the tournament, he would have taken it. Winning against me by a slim margin.

Henri had the tough luck of having been paired-up against members of the 101st. Damn. By the looks of it he is determined to have a better showing next time. Now he knows tourney-grade cheese is several notches higher than our usual saturday cheddar.

Kentucky Fried CHICKEN award goes to Mike for showing up, WITHOUT AN ARMY! (winning over Marty, who didn't show-up because Paranaque is far, far, away ):P

To sum up, the combined performance of the Regulars was 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. Not bad at all. Now, don't read much into the title of this post. It is obviously a word play on our home store NG's tagline. It is also just me maximizing the bragging rights earned by the group after this event... from now until the next tournament. It is not really a challenge but more of an encouragement to the other 40K players to go active again and play in their own home stores... or play at NG Galleria with us. Simply put, the more players, the better, wherever you may play. Just keep playing. Others are welcome to challenge us in our turf and make me eat my words :P

P.S.

1) This year's RHGC GT may go down in history as the tournament with the most skin showed, with players rolling-up sleeves and even taking-off shirts left and right. I am still trying to "wash my brain", trying to take away the memory of the ghastly sights that day :P

2) Please watch this blog and the NG forums for announcements on upcoming HGR organized 40K play/tourneys.