Here are the compiled results for the Madrid Regional. There were lots of swarms, and we finally had a pure Bomber + Missiles build make it... if only to the #32 spot. There are still no TIE Advanced.

I only saw 1 Shuttle! How disheartening! That is quite a large event as well! Maybe underrepresented? Tough to say.

Lots of swarms made it to the top though! Quite a few of the 6 ship variety using Swarm Tactics and Alpha Interceptors. Looks like a squad to add to the "need to beat" section, based off of this Regional and a few others.

I wonder if the 75 minute match times are playing a part in this, as well as the 12 pt for a full win rule.

I'm sure the 12 point rule is having a huge effect. It should significantly help swarms avoid getting stuck with partial wins. I'm halfway through adding up the week 1 stats, which is a small sample size, but TIE Fighters are about 30% of points using weighted average.

I'm sure the 12 point rule is having a huge effect. It should significantly help swarms avoid getting stuck with partial wins. I'm halfway through adding up the week 1 stats, which is a small sample size, but TIE Fighters are about 30% of points using weighted average.

It's also interesting to see that Alphas are being used pretty frequently even though popular belief argued that 3 ties would be better than 2 Alphas. I'll be curious to see numbers on interceptors as a whole . Four ship interceptor squads (3 ints+TIE) and a couple three ship int squads are making regular appearances in the top cuts. Not dominating, but I think a lot more appearances than in Store Championships and certainly more than those that declared them "dead" expected.

AlexW, yes, absolutely. Interceptors were around 4% in Store Championships. Halfway through week 1, its around 10%, but I intentionally cherry-picked the Regional that had 3 squints in the winning list first, so the real number could be much lower. Mixing in alphas probably has a higher skill cap because maneuvering and placement is extremely important, but if you were only going to run 6 TIEs anyway, then you're essentially trading away PS bid for raw firepower instead.

Almost forgot: at the Kublacon semifinals, this very close maneuver with Dark Curse happened:

Ah yes... I knew the dark curse bait wouldn't work. Man I played that game so badly. I played to Dallas' strength of dice over my maneuvering and the dice didn't wanna swing my way. Oh well. Live and learn, still 28-4 with my regionals list so far.

Hi!

I finished second at the Good Games Canberra Regionals, I know the store manager will post the full results as soon as he can find a moment to do so.

In the meantime, I can provide the finalist lists:

Winner:

Chewbacca + Push the Limit + Millenium Falcon

2x Dagger Squadron + Advanced Sensors

2nd place:

Luke Skywalker + R2-F2

Tarn Mison

2x Gold Squadron + Ion Cannon Turret

Hi!

I finished second at the Good Games Canberra Regionals, I know the store manager will post the full results as soon as he can find a moment to do so.

In the meantime, I can provide the finalist lists:

Winner:

Chewbacca + Push the Limit + Millenium Falcon

2x Dagger Squadron + Advanced Sensors

2nd place:

Luke Skywalker + R2-F2

Tarn Mison

2x Gold Squadron + Ion Cannon Turret

Hi F,

I was waiting for him to send since he said he would. It was a fantastic final. Just a shame your video didn't work out.

The guy I beat in the semi to make the final was running 5x Gamma Squadrom w/ Seismic charges

I have some results from the Regional in Strasbourg, France!

First thing I can say ... 1st and 2nd and 6th place went to players from Germany!

In the final game ... 5 Firesprays on the board!!! This game was filmed, maybe it will be shown elsewhere.

Here are some lists from the Top 8:

1st: Bounty Hunter + Recon Specialist + Seismic Charges x2, OGP + Darth Vader

2nd: Bounty Hunter x3

3rd: Obsidian Squadron Pilot x4, Howlrunner +?, OGP + Darth Vader

4th: Blue Squadron Pilot + Advanced Sensors x2, Chewbacca + MF + Expert Handling + Gunner

5th: Blue Squadron Pilot + Advanced Sensors x3, Biggs Darklighter

6th: Royal Guard Pilot + Push The Limit x4

7th: ?

8th: ?

Thanks for the updates all. I pulled in what we have here so far. Does anyone know what the attendance was for these events?

Thanks for the updates all. I pulled in what we have here so far. Does anyone know what the attendance was for these events?

Canberra was 18.

Thanks for the updates all. I pulled in what we have here so far. Does anyone know what the attendance was for these events?

Canberra was 18.

Thanks. Do you know what the Final Cut was?

FYI the French Regional this last weekend had 31 attending, and the Final Cut was to the Top 8. I emailed oopinou who helped run the tournament, he will be getting me the results.

Thanks for the updates all. I pulled in what we have here so far. Does anyone know what the attendance was for these events?

Canberra was 18.

Thanks. Do you know what the Final Cut was?

FYI the French Regional this last weekend had 31 attending, and the Final Cut was to the Top 8. I emailed oopinou who helped run the tournament, he will be getting me the results.

Ah yes, forgot about that! Final cut was Top 8. We did 4 rounds before going in final cut.

I pulled in all of the data through week 1. I don't have all the categories, but I wanted to at least share the ship distributions. I'm using a weighted average, where each squad is weighted as: (attendance / placement).

Here are all of the statistics through week 1. I updated the 3rd post on this thread.

For the statistics below, I am counting ALL of the squads that made the Final Cut, OR made it into the Top Third numerically. Everything is based on the number of points spent, and I use a weighted average of:

squad weighting = (event attendance) / (squad placement)

Statistics through Week 1

Slave 1 0.00%

Makes me a sad pandaaaaaaaa.

Well, the problem with counting the Slave-I title is that it costs 0 points, so since I am counting by points it doesn't show up anyway! Will have to think about that one.

It's just Germany and Chile this weekend! This will be a light weekend for Regionals because of the Imdaar event, but I just emailed the two stores that will be having Regionals.

If you are going then spread the word.

Well, the problem with counting the Slave-I title is that it costs 0 points, so since I am counting by points it doesn't show up anyway! Will have to think about that one.

Just think about how you'll handle Chardaan Refit. =P

That one's pretty easy, the A-wings all get cheaper. Hopefully they actually start getting used so I have something to report!

Thanks for the updates all. I pulled in what we have here so far. Does anyone know what the attendance was for these events?

Canberra was 18.

Thanks. Do you know what the Final Cut was?.

Conder, ACT, Australia

May 25, 2014

Good Games Canberra

Attendace: 18

It was 4 rounds of Swiss and Final cut was top 8.

I finished somewhere in the top 8 with: Biggs, Rookie, Dagger + Adv Sen x 2

Another top 8 was: Luke + R2-D2, Tarn Mison + R5-P9, Rookie x 2

Thanks McBain. So the info we have is:

I got all of the results so far into Excel, although I haven't uploaded the file yet for download. These are some very interesting results. Interceptors are boosting ahead in popularity, and Imperial TIE Fighters are swarming the final tables.

I am be tracking the data in an Excel spreadsheet and uploading it periodically so everybody can view it. You can download the latest version here:

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For the statistics below, I am counting ALL of the squads that made the Final Cut, OR made it into the Top Third numerically. Everything is based on the number of points spent, and I use a weighted average of:

squad weighting = (event attendance) / (squad placement)

Commentary:

• There are slightly more Imperials than Rebels in the Final cuts overall using a weighted average, but the Imperials are really dominating the top spots, especially at a few of the larger events.
• TIE Fighters are being used twice as much as any other ship, using a weighted average. This is likely due to the full victory condition now only being 12 points.
• TIE Interceptors are now getting used successfully quite a bit! I observe several reasons for this:
  1. A few very successful TIE Swarms are now mixing in Alpha Squadron Pilots, with a squad composition that mitigates their lack of durability.
  2. Better upgrades for the Elite Interceptors.
  3. Less overall turrets, due to less overall rebels.
• With the abundance of TIE Swarms in the Final Cut and #1 spots, Howlrunner is now the most successfully used pilot. Chewbacca retains around the same percentage use as seen in the Store Championships, and is now #2.
• The named X-wing abilities are so good that non-named X-wing usage has fallen to #5. Generic B-wings have picked up the slack instead.
• Torpedoes and Missiles are virtually non-existent, except for the occasional Assault Missile.
• There have been zero TIE Advanced reported in the Final Cuts.

Statistics through Week 4 (last updated June 1)

Tournament Winners

Imperials 70.90%

Rebels 29.10%

Final Cut + Top Third

Imperials 58.15%

Rebels 41.85%

Turrets

Turret points 12.06%

Rebel turret points 28.49%

Initiative bid

100 points 76.75%

99 points 14.76%

98 points 2.67%

97 points 1.45%

96 points 1.77%

other bid 2.61%

PS bid (Swarm Tactics, Roark not included)

Mean PS 4.41

PS1 19.79%

PS2 16.26%

PS3 8.28%

PS4 11.29%

PS5 9.39%

PS6 8.92%

PS7 5.71%

PS8 10.82%

PS9 9.54%

PS10 0.55%

PS11 0.00%

General Point Distribution

top 3 ships 61.04%

Top 5 ships 84.85%

bottom 3 ships 1.04%

Overall ship usage

TIE Fighter 32.13%

X-wing 15.18%

TIE Interceptor 13.73%

B-wing 13.34%

YT-1300 10.46%

Firespray 7.04%

Lambda Shuttle 3.21%

Y-wing 2.31%

TIE Bomber 1.55%

A-wing 0.36%

HWK-290 0.68%

TIE Advanced 0.00%

Non-named ships + named YT-1300 (normalized, adds to 100%)

TIE Fighter 28.12%

B-wing 19.59%

YT-1300 (named) 15.06%

TIE Interceptor 12.78%

X-wing 7.53%

Firespray 7.11%

Lambda Shuttle 3.91%

Y-wing 2.29%

TIE Bomber 2.14%

YT-1300 (ORS) 0.68%

A-wing 0.54%

HWK-290 0.24%

TIE Advanced 0.00%

Named pilot usage (not normalized)

Howlrunner 7.572%

Chewbacca 5.136%

Wedge Antilles 3.743%

Biggs Darklighter 3.280%

Han Solo 2.696%

Soontir Fel 2.301%

Lando Calrissian 2.178%

Backstabber 2.153%

Carnor Jax 1.963%

Mauler Mithel 1.925%

Dark Curse 1.603%

Krassis Trelix 1.526%

Tarn Mison 1.081%

Luke Skywalker 0.883%

Garven Dreis 0.828%

"Dutch" Vander 0.783%

Tetran Cowell 0.659%

Kath Scarlet 0.625%

Colonel Jendon 0.446%

Roark Garnet 0.405%

Wes Janson 0.277%

Ibitsam 0.224%

Boba Fett 0.169%

Turr Phennir 0.176%

Captain Yorr 0.160%

Lieutenant Lorrir 0.135%

Captain Jonus 0.130%

Winged Gundark 0.125%

Ten Numb 0.101%

"Hobbie" Klivian 0.087%

Jan Ors 0.081%

Night Beast 0.069%

Kyle Katarn 0.039%

Major Rhymer 0.000%

"Fel's Wrath" 0.000%

Kir Kanos 0.000%

Tycho Celchu 0.000%

Arvel Crynyd 0.000%

Jek Porkins 0.000%

Captain Kagi 0.000%

Darth Vader 0.000%

Maarek Steele 0.000%

Horton Salm 0.000%

Points Spent on Upgrades 7.90%

Upgrade point breakdown (% normalized as a portion of upgrade points spent)

System Upgrades 14.91%

Advanced Sensors 9.43%

Fire-Control Sytems 4.94%

Sensor Jammer 0.54%

Modifications 15.70%

Advanced Cloaking Device 0.00%

Anti-Pursuit Lasers 1.65%

Engine Upgrade 3.14%

Hull Upgrade 2.41%

Shield Upgrade 2.58%

Stealth Device 3.80%

Stygium Cloaking Device 0.00%

Munitions Failsafe 0.00%

Targeting Computer 2.10%

Cannons 7.28%

Autoblaster 0.17%

Heavy Laser Cannon 6.80%

Ion Cannon 0.31%

Turrets 5.80%

Blaster Turret 0.66%

Ion Cannon Turret 5.13%

Torpedoes 0.14%

Advanced Proton Torpedoes 0.00%

Flechette Torpedoe 0.00%

Proton Torpedoes 0.14%

Missiles 1.72%

Assault Missiles 1.46%

Cluster Missiles 0.00%

Concussion Missiles 0.26%

Homing Missiles 0.00%

Bombs 2.98%

Proton Bombs 0.27%

Proximity Mines 0.15%

Seismic Charges 2.56%

Titles 0.93%

Millenium Falcon 0.75%

Moldy Crow 0.18%

Slave 1 0.00%

ST-321 0.00%

Droids 4.82%

R2 0.55%

R2-D2 3.08%

R2-D6 0.00%

R2-F2 0.39%

R3-A2 0.23%

R5 0.04%

R5-D8 0.00%

R5-K6 0.41%

R5-P9 0.13%

R7 0.00%

R7-T1 0.00%

Crew 18.62%

C3P0 0.00%

Chewbacca 0.28%

Darth Vader 2.05%

Luke Skywalker 0.23%

Flight Instructor 0.00%

Gunner 9.10%

Intelligence Agent 0.17%

Mercenary Copilot 0.00%

Navigator 0.11%

Nien Nunb 0.69%

R2-D2 0.00%

Rebel Captive 1.04%

Recon Specialist 4.95%

Saboteur 0.00%

Weapons Engineer 0.00%

Elite Pilot Talents 27.11%

Adrenaline Rush 0.13%

Daredevil 0.11%

Deadeye 0.05%

Determination 0.97%

Draw Their Fire 1.59%

Elusiveness 0.04%

Expert Handling 0.80%

Expose 0.00%

Marksmanship 0.36%

Opportunist 0.67%

Outmaneuver 0.00%

Predator 0.00%

Push the Limit 10.25%

Swarm Tactics 9.83%

Squad Leader 0.56%

Veteran Instincts 1.75%

Wingman 0.00%

So I did some googling and managed to find some information on the Hamburg Regional:

http://moseisleyraumhafen.forumieren.com/t2133-regional-nord-ergebnisse-und-spielberichte

They had 19 people, 5 rounds, and no final cut. The Top 4 were all Imperial! I emailed the TO again, hopefully he responds. If not, then maybe someone here who also speaks German can post there and ask what the squads were.

Also, it looks like the Regional in Santiago, Chile was moved to June 7th. Info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/301144560049439/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

So there was just one Regional last week, in Hamburg, Germany.

So I did some googling and managed to find some information on the Hamburg Regional:

http://moseisleyraumhafen.forumieren.com/t2133-regional-nord-ergebnisse-und-spielberichte

They had 19 people, 5 rounds, and no final cut. The Top 4 were all Imperial! I emailed the TO again, hopefully he responds. If not, then maybe someone here who also speaks German can post there and ask what the squads were.

Hamburg, Germany

May 31, 2014

Dragonworld / Magierspiele

Info: http://moseisleyraumhafen.forumieren.com/t2133-regional-nord-ergebnisse-und-spielberichte

Attendance: 19

Final Cut: 5 rounds of Swiss, no Final Cut

• Winner (20 points, 93 SoS): Imperial
• 2nd place (20 points, 70 SoS): Imperial
• 3rd place (20 points, 65 SoS): Imperial
• 4th place (20 points, 53 SoS): Imperial
• 5th place (18 points, 73 SoS): Rebel
• 6th place (15 points, 76 SoS): Rebel
• 7th place, tied (15 points, 75 SoS): Rebel
• 7th place, tied (15 points, 75 SoS): Rebel

Also, it looks like the Regional in Santiago, Chile was moved to June 7th. Info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/301144560049439/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

So there was just one Regional last week, in Hamburg, Germany.

I won it, with the following list:

Howlrunner

5 AP

1 Scimitar + Assault

list of the second place:

3 BH