Chicago regionals yesterday; I think 70 players; winning list was 3x Blue + Adv Sensors + 2 Bandits; second place list was 2x OMG + FCS, Yorr, Soontir + PTL.

Correction. 61 at Atlanta.

Great - let them know that if they can get us the squads all the way to #20, then that would get us the Top Third. Are you at elimination rounds yet?

Duluth, GA, United States

July 26, 2014

Wasteland Gaming

wave 4 legal

Attendance: 61

info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1521524344737682/

Format: 6 rounds of swiss, cut to Top 8

Winner:

2nd place:

Top 4:

Top 4:

Top 8:

Top 8:

Top 8:

Top 8+: (96 points, need upgrades) Wes Janson + Veteran Instincts; Wedge + Elusiveness; Jan Ors + Blaster Turret + Moldy Crow + Recon Specialist

#9:

#10 (?): Soontir Fel + Push the Limit + Stealth Device; Howlrunner; 4x Academy Pilot

#11:

#12:

#13:

#14:

#15:

#16:

#17: Blue Sq. Pilot, 2x Rookie Pilot, 3x Bandit Sq. Pilot

#18:

#19:

#20

#10's list is correct...we faced off and he's a buddy who plays locally.

I ended up #15 flying Chewie + Gunner + Predator + Falcon; Tarn Mison + R7; Blue Sq. Pilot + FCS

I beat a few people in the top 16, but I think a few of my early opponents dropped and lowered my SoS.

#10 and I were talking and he made it a point to remind me that he puts Adrenaline Rush on Howlrunner.

Chicago regionals yesterday; I think 70 players; winning list was 3x Blue + Adv Sensors + 2 Bandits; second place list was 2x OMG + FCS, Yorr, Soontir + PTL.

Actually Sozin i think we had like 84 Crazy turnout.

I asked Daniel at dice dojo to contact MajorJuggler with the list information too.

Quick breakdown meta of top 8 though. Four Tables, each had a Han Falcon on it. Only one Echo in the top 8, no Whispers or Chewie.

Any idea on attendance at Malmo?

edit: Kind of surprised someone would take FCS and Predator when they could afford Advanced Sensors with Predator instead.

Well, a few reasons spring to my mind immediately:

1) wanting to put in an initiative bid. FCS are 2 points, Adv. Sens. are 3 points

2) after 1st volley FCS basically gives you a free TL action and you are now free to choose Focus, Evade or Barrel Roll while still having the TL from 1st volley (if the opponent haven't died)

But yes, FCS and predator is partially overlapping in functionality but sometimes the TL'd ship slips out of your arc

I finished top 4 in Atlanta. There were definetly 61 people. My buddies finished #12 with han +predator +title +gunner + 3p0 + engine upgrade, tarn mison + r7, bandit squad 99pts. and #18 8x z-95, one with ion missle + failsafe. They were both 4-2. They played each other and the z-95 list got some real good crits on han that made the difference, was real close. The falcon list also played the top 8 list that was basically the same build in the last swiss round, and basically lost because he drew pilot skill 0 crit on han, or he would've top 8 instead.

I ran 4x academy 4x obsidian. I lost to the falcon build that had biggs and tarn mison, as it actually served to be a swarm resistant (he appeared to be playing these choices as more of a "i just like these things" than a "i tried to build a falcon that is anti- swarm". I think anyway) falcon build having biggs soak that first volley with a bunch of range 3s, THEN having to put up with chewie/tarn being so tanky after your easy initial approach was kinda spent. It is important to note that he did not play a phantom list all day, as a strong player with a whisper mini swarm and the like would've done very well against that build I think since the phantom could've flanked around on biggs a bit easier, and the falcon had no gunner.

The 3 ship build with wes/wedge/jan that slipped into the top 8 had an engine upgrade on jan. I played him in the top 8 round. Some other top 8 lists:

The only other imperial list was scimitar bomber + assault missile +failsafe, black squadron + squad leader, 2x obsidian, 3x academy. He lost to the biggs/tarn/chewie in top 8 round. There was a 4x blue + adv sensors that lost in the first round of top 8 to the other eventual finalist. There was the falcon build that was a virtual mirror to my friend's #12 list mentioned above, the only differences being that it was 100 exact with a tala z-95 instead of being 99 with a bandit, and he went the ptl route over predator. He made top 4 by beating yet another falcon list (I don't know the exact build that player had or the exact build of the other eventual finallist.

So summary on all that:

#1 only 6-0 in swiss biggs/tarn+ r7/chewie + ptl + nien nunb + 3p0 + title guy beats #8 tie swarm w/ bomber guy

#7 me 4 academy 4 obsidain beast #2 wes/wedge/jan

#3 vs. #6 game was the 4x bwing list losing to the falcon + z-95s list that made top 2 (not sure which player was #3 and which was #6)

#4 han + ptl + 3p0 + title + eu + gunner, tarn/r7 tala beat #5 falcon + not sure what.

Winner of #3 vs 6 game beats # 4 guy, i lose to #1, not sure which won the final game as we had a 6 hour drive back home and it was already 2:30 a.m. when they were about to START final match. All other players in the top 8 were 5 -1. The 9th place player was 4-2 and was my only loss in swiss when dice were really REALLY hot and he basically won a joust against the 8 ties with biggs + the r5 droid that spends a focus for shield, wes janson, 2 rookies. He also made top 8 in the orlando tournament, getting knocked out in the top 8 round by my other buddy that eventually won that event, but couldn't make this one.

There were 4-6 phantom lists around, but from what I saw, you had some players who may not have been super familiar with them (one guy had been playing the game a couple months he said) that were playing the more tried and true mini swarm type variants, and the players that were maybe a bit better at using them playing builds of whisper + soontir or whisper + echo or w/e and maybe being too one dimensional when they went up against falcons. That's again just kinda what it looked like to me, and the phantoms that were there were pretty much already working on being irrelevant by maybe the 3rd round. One guy tried 4x 25 pt phantom but did not do too well. One guy played howlrunner + 4 academy + soontir list that (a couple different upgrades) i got top 8 with in orlando, but I think ended up mid pack. Saw a 6 straight tie fighter howlrunner list. Saw a double firespray shuttle and dobule firespray tie. Some other kath scarlet build. A falcon + hwk + ywing. A 3 shuttle build. A corran horn + 5 z-95s. A corran horn + 3zs with assault missles that i actually beat in the 2nd round with all these ties. A carnor jax + turr + 3 academyi played in round 1. A corran + biggs + 2 zs i played in round 5. A couple players we know from our meta that had chewie + 4 zs and rexlar plus some ties respectively. I think the rexlar build got knocked down a bit early by a phantom, when he wanted to play against falcons.

I know this was a massive wall of text, but hopefully there is alot of helpful information in there. Almost like a tournament report.

I made top 8 in Chicago,

Kath-VI, Rebel Captive

Whisper-VI, FCS, Weapons Engineer, ACD

Backstabber

My friend also made top 8

Han-Engine Upgrade, C3po, Luke, Predator, MF Title

Bandit Squad x3

Another top 8 list was

Lambda FCS x2

Yorr

Fel PTL (maybe another upgrade not sure)

Also

Han-Expert Handling, Luke, MF Title,

Corran Horn-PTL, R2D2

Hey Macar,

Congrats again

I know James Preusser was ranked #8 and he flew

BH - Gunner
3x Academy pilots - Stealth Device
1x Obsidian pilot - stealth Device

Here's a bracket breakdown of top 8 before I left:
Dom beat Vic, Howard beat David and then Howard defeated Dom in final.

I finished top 16 (I think ranked 10th) at Chicago with

Han + MF + VI + Gunner +C3PO

Corran + R2D2 + FCS + PTL.

I talked with the TO (Daniel) after the event, and he said there were 70 people.

One interesting thing about the Atlanta tournament that I forgot to mention was although I can list at least 8-10 falcon lists verbatim, and there were likely 1-2 more, there was not a single double falcon build. Poor Lando was nowhere to be seen. I think people may have figured out that Han or chewie with all the right tricks plus wingmen works better against the field. There were 1-2 guys that played falcon + corran, but they didn't do too well. I know a couple guys did alright in Chicago with it, but I'm not personally sold on that. Prob works better if it doesn't run into another han + gunner type falcon build, or they do something stupid like park han in front of Corran to get pounded by 2 range 1 shots or something.

I finished top 4 in Atlanta. There were definetly 61 people. My buddies finished #12 with han +predator +title +gunner + 3p0 + engine upgrade, tarn mison + r7, bandit squad 99pts. and #18 8x z-95, one with ion missle + failsafe. They were both 4-2. They played each other and the z-95 list got some real good crits on han that made the difference, was real close. The falcon list also played the top 8 list that was basically the same build in the last swiss round, and basically lost because he drew pilot skill 0 crit on han, or he would've top 8 instead.

I ran 4x academy 4x obsidian. I lost to the falcon build that had biggs and tarn mison, as it actually served to be a swarm resistant (he appeared to be playing these choices as more of a "i just like these things" than a "i tried to build a falcon that is anti- swarm". I think anyway) falcon build having biggs soak that first volley with a bunch of range 3s, THEN having to put up with chewie/tarn being so tanky after your easy initial approach was kinda spent. It is important to note that he did not play a phantom list all day, as a strong player with a whisper mini swarm and the like would've done very well against that build I think since the phantom could've flanked around on biggs a bit easier, and the falcon had no gunner.

The 3 ship build with wes/wedge/jan that slipped into the top 8 had an engine upgrade on jan. I played him in the top 8 round. Some other top 8 lists:

The only other imperial list was scimitar bomber + assault missile +failsafe, black squadron + squad leader, 2x obsidian, 3x academy. He lost to the biggs/tarn/chewie in top 8 round. There was a 4x blue + adv sensors that lost in the first round of top 8 to the other eventual finalist. There was the falcon build that was a virtual mirror to my friend's #12 list mentioned above, the only differences being that it was 100 exact with a tala z-95 instead of being 99 with a bandit, and he went the ptl route over predator. He made top 4 by beating yet another falcon list (I don't know the exact build that player had or the exact build of the other eventual finallist.

So summary on all that:

#1 only 6-0 in swiss biggs/tarn+ r7/chewie + ptl + nien nunb + 3p0 + title guy beats #8 tie swarm w/ bomber guy

#7 me 4 academy 4 obsidain beast #2 wes/wedge/jan

#3 vs. #6 game was the 4x bwing list losing to the falcon + z-95s list that made top 2 (not sure which player was #3 and which was #6)

#4 han + ptl + 3p0 + title + eu + gunner, tarn/r7 tala beat #5 falcon + not sure what.

Winner of #3 vs 6 game beats # 4 guy, i lose to #1, not sure which won the final game as we had a 6 hour drive back home and it was already 2:30 a.m. when they were about to START final match. All other players in the top 8 were 5 -1. The 9th place player was 4-2 and was my only loss in swiss when dice were really REALLY hot and he basically won a joust against the 8 ties with biggs + the r5 droid that spends a focus for shield, wes janson, 2 rookies. He also made top 8 in the orlando tournament, getting knocked out in the top 8 round by my other buddy that eventually won that event, but couldn't make this one.

There were 4-6 phantom lists around, but from what I saw, you had some players who may not have been super familiar with them (one guy had been playing the game a couple months he said) that were playing the more tried and true mini swarm type variants, and the players that were maybe a bit better at using them playing builds of whisper + soontir or whisper + echo or w/e and maybe being too one dimensional when they went up against falcons. That's again just kinda what it looked like to me, and the phantoms that were there were pretty much already working on being irrelevant by maybe the 3rd round. One guy tried 4x 25 pt phantom but did not do too well. One guy played howlrunner + 4 academy + soontir list that (a couple different upgrades) i got top 8 with in orlando, but I think ended up mid pack. Saw a 6 straight tie fighter howlrunner list. Saw a double firespray shuttle and dobule firespray tie. Some other kath scarlet build. A falcon + hwk + ywing. A 3 shuttle build. A corran horn + 5 z-95s. A corran horn + 3zs with assault missles that i actually beat in the 2nd round with all these ties. A carnor jax + turr + 3 academyi played in round 1. A corran + biggs + 2 zs i played in round 5. A couple players we know from our meta that had chewie + 4 zs and rexlar plus some ties respectively. I think the rexlar build got knocked down a bit early by a phantom, when he wanted to play against falcons.

I know this was a massive wall of text, but hopefully there is alot of helpful information in there. Almost like a tournament report.

First off: congrats on the nice Top 4 finish

Secondly: probably on of the worst or hardest to read write up I've seen to date.

One interesting thing about the Atlanta tournament that I forgot to mention was although I can list at least 8-10 falcon lists verbatim, and there were likely 1-2 more, there was not a single double falcon build. Poor Lando was nowhere to be seen. I think people may have figured out that Han or chewie with all the right tricks plus wingmen works better against the field. There were 1-2 guys that played falcon + corran, but they didn't do too well. I know a couple guys did alright in Chicago with it, but I'm not personally sold on that. Prob works better if it doesn't run into another han + gunner type falcon build, or they do something stupid like park han in front of Corran to get pounded by 2 range 1 shots or something.

So you've analyzed that if two Falcon variety lists face each other one of them will lose and the other will win? Brilliant analysis ;-)

Please take the bickering to another thread. This on is trying to serve a purpose for the community at large.

Correction. 61 at Atlanta.

Great - let them know that if they can get us the squads all the way to #20, then that would get us the Top Third. Are you at elimination rounds yet?

Duluth, GA, United States

July 26, 2014

Wasteland Gaming

wave 4 legal

Attendance: 61

info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1521524344737682/

Format: 6 rounds of swiss, cut to Top 8

Winner:

2nd place:

Top 4:

Top 4:

Top 8:

Top 8:

Top 8:

Top 8+: (96 points, need upgrades) Wes Janson + Veteran Instincts; Wedge + Elusiveness; Jan Ors + Blaster Turret + Moldy Crow + Recon Specialist

#9:

#10 (?): Soontir Fel + Push the Limit + Stealth Device; Howlrunner; 4x Academy Pilot

#11:

#12:

#13:

#14:

#15:

#16:

#17: Blue Sq. Pilot, 2x Rookie Pilot, 3x Bandit Sq. Pilot

#18:

#19:

#20

I finished 11th with the following:

Roark w/ ion turret and engine

Blues w/ FCS. X 3

My cousin finished 14th with:

Biggs w/R2-F2

Blues w/ FCS x 3

I finished top 4 in Atlanta. There were definetly 61 people. My buddies finished #12 with han +predator +title +gunner + 3p0 + engine upgrade, tarn mison + r7, bandit squad 99pts. and #18 8x z-95, one with ion missle + failsafe. They were both 4-2. They played each other and the z-95 list got some real good crits on han that made the difference, was real close. The falcon list also played the top 8 list that was basically the same build in the last swiss round, and basically lost because he drew pilot skill 0 crit on han, or he would've top 8 instead.

I ran 4x academy 4x obsidian. I lost to the falcon build that had biggs and tarn mison, as it actually served to be a swarm resistant (he appeared to be playing these choices as more of a "i just like these things" than a "i tried to build a falcon that is anti- swarm". I think anyway) falcon build having biggs soak that first volley with a bunch of range 3s, THEN having to put up with chewie/tarn being so tanky after your easy initial approach was kinda spent. It is important to note that he did not play a phantom list all day, as a strong player with a whisper mini swarm and the like would've done very well against that build I think since the phantom could've flanked around on biggs a bit easier, and the falcon had no gunner.

The 3 ship build with wes/wedge/jan that slipped into the top 8 had an engine upgrade on jan. I played him in the top 8 round. Some other top 8 lists:

The only other imperial list was scimitar bomber + assault missile +failsafe, black squadron + squad leader, 2x obsidian, 3x academy. He lost to the biggs/tarn/chewie in top 8 round. There was a 4x blue + adv sensors that lost in the first round of top 8 to the other eventual finalist. There was the falcon build that was a virtual mirror to my friend's #12 list mentioned above, the only differences being that it was 100 exact with a tala z-95 instead of being 99 with a bandit, and he went the ptl route over predator. He made top 4 by beating yet another falcon list (I don't know the exact build that player had or the exact build of the other eventual finallist.

So summary on all that:

#1 only 6-0 in swiss biggs/tarn+ r7/chewie + ptl + nien nunb + 3p0 + title guy beats #8 tie swarm w/ bomber guy

#7 me 4 academy 4 obsidain beast #2 wes/wedge/jan

#3 vs. #6 game was the 4x bwing list losing to the falcon + z-95s list that made top 2 (not sure which player was #3 and which was #6)

#4 han + ptl + 3p0 + title + eu + gunner, tarn/r7 tala beat #5 falcon + not sure what.

Winner of #3 vs 6 game beats # 4 guy, i lose to #1, not sure which won the final game as we had a 6 hour drive back home and it was already 2:30 a.m. when they were about to START final match. All other players in the top 8 were 5 -1. The 9th place player was 4-2 and was my only loss in swiss when dice were really REALLY hot and he basically won a joust against the 8 ties with biggs + the r5 droid that spends a focus for shield, wes janson, 2 rookies. He also made top 8 in the orlando tournament, getting knocked out in the top 8 round by my other buddy that eventually won that event, but couldn't make this one.

There were 4-6 phantom lists around, but from what I saw, you had some players who may not have been super familiar with them (one guy had been playing the game a couple months he said) that were playing the more tried and true mini swarm type variants, and the players that were maybe a bit better at using them playing builds of whisper + soontir or whisper + echo or w/e and maybe being too one dimensional when they went up against falcons. That's again just kinda what it looked like to me, and the phantoms that were there were pretty much already working on being irrelevant by maybe the 3rd round. One guy tried 4x 25 pt phantom but did not do too well. One guy played howlrunner + 4 academy + soontir list that (a couple different upgrades) i got top 8 with in orlando, but I think ended up mid pack. Saw a 6 straight tie fighter howlrunner list. Saw a double firespray shuttle and dobule firespray tie. Some other kath scarlet build. A falcon + hwk + ywing. A 3 shuttle build. A corran horn + 5 z-95s. A corran horn + 3zs with assault missles that i actually beat in the 2nd round with all these ties. A carnor jax + turr + 3 academyi played in round 1. A corran + biggs + 2 zs i played in round 5. A couple players we know from our meta that had chewie + 4 zs and rexlar plus some ties respectively. I think the rexlar build got knocked down a bit early by a phantom, when he wanted to play against falcons.

I know this was a massive wall of text, but hopefully there is alot of helpful information in there. Almost like a tournament report.

First off: congrats on the nice Top 4 finish

Secondly: probably on of the worst or hardest to read write up I've seen to date.

One interesting thing about the Atlanta tournament that I forgot to mention was although I can list at least 8-10 falcon lists verbatim, and there were likely 1-2 more, there was not a single double falcon build. Poor Lando was nowhere to be seen. I think people may have figured out that Han or chewie with all the right tricks plus wingmen works better against the field. There were 1-2 guys that played falcon + corran, but they didn't do too well. I know a couple guys did alright in Chicago with it, but I'm not personally sold on that. Prob works better if it doesn't run into another han + gunner type falcon build, or they do something stupid like park han in front of Corran to get pounded by 2 range 1 shots or something.

So you've analyzed that if two Falcon variety lists face each other one of them will lose and the other will win? Brilliant analysis ;-)

It was more of a stream of consciousness than an actual tournament report. It was more about bits of data/other information that would be helpful to Major Juggler or other interested parties reading the thread, such as the breakdown of the top 8 bracket. Again, it was also a 14 hour tournament followed by a 6 hour drive. I know you are still bitter about comments myself and others made based on the tournament you won, that were not supposed to be personal digs, but actual analysis of a video taped game readily available on the internet. Most if not all of the comments were pointing out critical tactical errors made by your OPPONENT anyway. I'm not going to comment further on this in the thread, because again it does not need to be locked, but I like how you can come in here with these statements and I'm the bad guy.

Also, I was saying that yes, duh 2 falcons play each other one is going to win, but that doesn't mean that different builds/loadouts can't drastically affect the expected outcome. A build with corran could easily have troubles it would seem with Han with gunner to counter his high agility and low hp (compared to a second falcon or 3-4 z-95s). Han would also have the PS advantage, VI not withstanding. Thus unless a higher ps, engine upgrade equipped han somehow managed to get 8 dice to the face one round, it would seem that the 2 ship build with corran may not be the wisest way to build a falcon list when there are so many of those han builds out there. I don't know what isn't clear about what I said. Even in the match my friend played against a virtual mirror, decisions such as whether to play ptl or predator on han, or to play a tala or bandit with 99pts for initiative were important.

Your response might have well said "when 2 squads play, one wins".

6th place finished ran:

Blues w/ sensors. X 4

About the 10th place list in Atlanta. I guess I technically don't know if it was the same guy or not, but I only saw one soontir fel mini swarm type build. I took special notice of it since I ran one to top 8 in Orlando, and had a couple quick matches in Atlanta with time to walk around a bit, so had there been two of them, I feel like I would have noticed.

So the one I saw for sure that I'm assuming was the same guy had an adrenaline rush on howlrunner for that last point.

OK, here are the top 8 from the Regional in Malmö, Sweden.

Malmö, Sweden
July 26, 2014

Playoteket

Wave 4 allowed

22 players

Winner : 3x Blue Squadron Pilots (Advanced Sensors), 1 Blue Squadron (Fire Control System)

Runner-up : Ethan Abath (Advanced Sensors, R2, Push The Limit) , 5 Bandit Squadron Pilots

Top 4 : Howlrunnner (Swarm Tactics), Mauler Mithel (Veteran Instincts), Backstabber (Targeting Computer), Nightbeast, Dark Curse, Academy Pilot

Top 4 : Ethan Abath (R2-D2, Fire Control System, Predator), Biggs, Rookie Squadron Pilot, Bandit Squadron Pilot

Top 8 : Han Solo (Expert Handling, Engine Upgrade, C-3PO, Millenium Falcon, Gunner), 3 Tala Squadron Pilots

Top 8 : Wes Jansson (Veteran Instincts), Wedge Antilles (Oppertunist), Luke Skywalker (R2-D2, Draw Their Fire, Shield Upgrade)

Top 8 : Whisper (Intelligence Agent, Stygium Particle Accelerator, Fire-Control Systems, Outmaneuver), 2x Sigma Squadron Pilot (Stygium Particle Accelerator, Fire Control System, Intelligence Agent)

Top 8 : Whisper (Advanced Cloaking Device, Veteran Instinct, Gunner, Fire Control System), Soontir Fel (Push The Limit), Omicron Group Pilot (Darth Vader)

ATL was still going at 230am?!?!

Holy crap i'm glad i decided to skip it this year.

WLG was really disorganized last year when there were only 12 people I cant imagine the Charlie Foxtrot 61 caused.

About the 10th place list in Atlanta. I guess I technically don't know if it was the same guy or not, but I only saw one soontir fel mini swarm type build. I took special notice of it since I ran one to top 8 in Orlando, and had a couple quick matches in Atlanta with time to walk around a bit, so had there been two of them, I feel like I would have noticed.

So the one I saw for sure that I'm assuming was the same guy had an adrenaline rush on howlrunner for that last point.

Now that it was mentioned...he did have it one there and his list was 100pts.

Winner in Atlanta:

Chewbacca

++C3PO

++Title

++????

50 Points

Biggs

25 Points

Tarn Mison

++R7 Astromech

25 Points

Nine in a Row. Not a single loss in six rounds of Swiss and a Top Eight Playoff.

OK, I pulled all that info in here:

http://community.fantasyflightgames.com/index.php?/topic/105107-2014-regionals-results/?p=1171547

If anything is wrong let me know. Hopefully I get full TO reports soon.

Edit:

He had:

• Winner: Chewbacca + Push the Limit + Nien Nunb + C3-P0 + Millennium Falcon; Biggs; Tarn + R7

Note: Gunners are over-rated against agility 1 targets, of which there were plenty!

For the Duluth GA tournament, the last match ended at 3:19 AM. We were all suffering from serious brain drain, fatigue, delirium and sleep deprivation for the drive back to Asheville NC, but it was a very fun and memorable event. Met some great people and even a few royal douchebags.

I came in top 8 with my swarm though don't remember what place it was:

Black Squadron Pilot w/ Squad Leader

Scimitar Squadron Bomber w/ Assault Missiles, Munitions Failsafe

Obsidian Pilot x2

Academy Pilot x3

I was 8th coming into the championship and had to play against the list that made 1st - Chewbacca, Biggs, and Tarn Mison, which I was no contest to. Best match of my day (and best match I have ever played) was the match right before the championship round against a z-95 swarm of 8 ships. That player, his name eludes me unfortunately, was patient with me considering how tired we all were getting and he was a **** good pilot. I barely made it out of that.

edit:

2nd place was Chewbacca with Predator, Hull Upgrade, Luke Skywalker, C3P0, Millennium Falcon, and 3 Tala Squadron Pilots

Report in from the weary Buffalo crew....

First off, top marks go to Niko & Kat for running a GREAT EVENT yesterday at the Cambridge Regional!

Despite a tough day where at points the dice were at absolute zero temp Cracken's TalaBand managed to scrape into the top 16 in consecutive event, albeit I finished 16th. Great matches vs Joe, Moses, Justin, Shane and Mike it was great to meet and play against you all. Looks like congrats to Joe on the win, I'll say it again Navigator on Whisper was friggin genius and you flew it superbly save for that stray asteroid vs Dave in the semis ;-)

My build same as in Kingston...

Airen Cracken + ST + Sh Upg

Tala Squadron Pilot x3

Bandito Squadron Pilot x3

More important is my 14 year old lad making the top 4 with his Rebel Beef; that's b2b top16's, Ciaran you are no fluke son!

His fourth place squad...

Blue Squadron Pilot x3 + FCS

Outer Rim Smuggler

From what a saw he was relentless and as we led up to the event at Pandemonium, I questioned whether swapping in one Blue with AS might be better. His response was... Nah Dad the TL's are better for how I play this build. What I found really impressive was Ciaran retooling after the Kingston regional by dropping the Gold with ICT and StressBot for the B. he's showing a frightening level of game maturity.

Time to sleep after 500mi of driving, on to the Nationals!

Minor update from a PM Captain McGimpus, 2nd place in Atlanta was from one of their North Carolina crew:

Chewbacca + Predator + Hull Upgrade + Millennium Falcon + C3-P0; 3x Tala Sq. Pilot

OK, I pulled all that info in here:

http://community.fantasyflightgames.com/index.php?/topic/105107-2014-regionals-results/?p=1171547

If anything is wrong let me know. Hopefully I get full TO reports soon.

Edit:

Winner in Atlanta:

Chewbacca

++C3PO

++Title

++????

50 Points

Biggs

25 Points

Tarn Mison

++R7 Astromech

25 Points

Nine in a Row. Not a single loss in six rounds of Swiss and a Top Eight Playoff.

He had:

• Winner: Chewbacca + Push the Limit + Nien Nunb + C3-P0 + Millennium Falcon; Biggs; Tarn + R7

Note: Gunners are over-rated against agility 1 targets, of which there were plenty!

This is correct, that is the list I ran.

ATL was still going at 230am?!?!

Holy crap i'm glad i decided to skip it this year.

WLG was really disorganized last year when there were only 12 people I cant imagine the Charlie Foxtrot 61 caused.

They were extremely organized, I actually give them alot of credit for this. They did the correct number of rounds, correct cut, 75 mins, plenty of time to set up before starting the clock. Yes it makes for a long day, but I'd rather things just be done right. If every regional was handled as well, it would help the game quite a bit I think. As far as 2:30 a.m., yes that was the final match, they prob finished closer to 4. But if you didn't make the top 8, you were probably out of there around 10-10:30. There was a meal break of sorts before top 8 since they did not do one in the swiss rounds. They asked the players in the top 8 if we wanted to have the break or not.