Everything is on the first page.

FYI, I just updated U.S. Nationals (GenCon) for Thursday's Flight with the full lists and rankings.

I think there are some errors in your records. Did Sean provide this information?

Why did #2 from first flight change his squad? Wouldn't you stick with it if you did that well?

Why did #2 from first flight change his squad? Wouldn't you stick with it if you did that well?

I think that was the wrong Aaron. Here is the photo that I took of the results after they were posted on Thursday night. Also note that James is really #1 and everyone else should be one place lower.

FYI, I just updated U.S. Nationals (GenCon) for Thursday's Flight with the full lists and rankings.

I think there are some errors in your records. Did Sean provide this information?

Thursday's event was recorded on FFG computers so Sean doesn't have the data for Thursday. I'm going by the picture -- now the one you have above -- and scanned copies of the physical squad sheets that players submitted, sent to me by Stuart Wilson at FFG. There were a few that I wasn't sure of the name spelling for, I can go back and mark those.

Why did #2 from first flight change his squad? Wouldn't you stick with it if you did that well?

Good catch. I just checked the googledoc where I transcribed squad details, and he qualified on Flight 1, but then played again on Flight 2. I incorrectly gave him the wrong squad on Saturday. I'm sure he flew Thursday's squad since that's what he qualified with, and therefore what he had to fly.

Why did #2 from first flight change his squad? Wouldn't you stick with it if you did that well?

I think that was the wrong Aaron. Here is the photo that I took of the results after they were posted on Thursday night. Also note that James is really #1 and everyone else should be one place lower.

Ah, thanks, will update later tonight, along with your other errata that you PM'ed me. I wasn't sure what the deal was with James. Ranks on Thursday will get shifted down 1. Will fix tonight.

It's a shame if he didn't qualify with that list. Corran/Wes/wedge sounds like a blast!

It's a shame if he didn't qualify with that list. Corran/Wes/wedge sounds like a blast!

Well, he should have flew Saturday with that 3 ship rebel list, and placed #20 with it. I'll check the electronic scanned sheets tonight.

Does anyone have contact info for either the Malaysian or Spanish Nationals? They are happening this weekend, and I want to contact them to try and get event results.

http://www.rojocinco.es/ is pretty good about putting results up for anything in Spain, but I would like to try and get all of the lists.

Also: I'll see about finally getting around to uploading GenCon Friday squads later this week.

I actually think rojocinco is involved in some way or another on the organization of the spanish nationals, so you could try to contact them by mail (i doubt they couldn't give you a response on english). The best i can do is translate the lists if you need to, but i am not going to the nationals, trying hard to schedule to be able to go to the european.

Is it just me or are phantoms just popular at the moment, they are winning but there are just a lot of them and look reasonably even spread.

Having lots of phantoms results in higher chance of winning a tournament with one right.

So, in the Regionals thread I broke out the stats so you could see the conditional effectiveness of everything, to answer those types of questions.

But I haven't compiled the statistics yet. It is taking too long to manually fill in the Excel fields for each squad and its upgrades. I'm going to put all the results in a text file and write a script to parse it and compile statistics instead. However I'm busy writing my dissertation, so there is no ETA. Hopefully before Worlds, but no promises.

This isn't stopping anyone else from doing the same.

Either way, I still need to write a script to parse text or csv/excel and then compile the statistics. If you download the Excel file linked on the Regionals thread, you will see what I mean about manual entry into an Excel / csv file taking a long time. I have to add the point value for each pilot, and each upgrade, for each squad. Not a trivial matter when you have 600 squads to enter. Nationals is smaller but I'm still going to wait on stats compiling until I write a script to parse text/csv.

Malaysian and Spanish Regionals are this Saturday! I have contacted both and they will be getting us results. The Spanish Nationals is expecting around 160 players!

Malaysian and Spanish Regionals are this Saturday! I have contacted both and they will be getting us results. The Spanish Nationals is expecting around 160 players!

We are that passionate. Why do you think the European is going to be on Madrid too at November ?

News updates!

From another post here .

Emailed you the Results and Squad List for Malaysian Nationals MajorJuggler

Malaysian results, copied from the first page:

Malaysia (September 27)

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Venue name: Spartan Games Arena
info: http://spartangamesarena.com/star-wars-x-wing-malaysian-nationals-2014/
Format: 5 rounds of Swiss, cut to Top 8
Legal expansions: through wave 4. Rebel aces and wave 5 not legal.
Attendance: 24

• Winner: Nicholas Wong (100 squad points, #2 Swiss, 20 pts 685 MoV): Han Solo + Veteran Instinct + Gunner + Chewbacca Crew + Engine Upgrade; Jan Ors + Veteran Instinct + Blaster Turret + Recon Specialist + Engine Upgrade + Moldy Crow Title
• 2nd place: Christopher Choy (100 squad points, #1 Swiss, 21 pts, 779 MoV): Whisper + Veteran Instinct + Gunner + Fire Control System + ACD; Echo + Outmanuevre + Intelligence Agent + Fire Control System + ACD; Backstabber
• Top 4: Riznal Abidin (98 squad points, #3 Swiss, 19 pts, 676 MoV - Lost to Christopher Choy): Howlrunner + Push The Limit; 5x Obsidian Pilot; Academy Pilot
• Top 4: Tan Jia Yit (100 squad points, #4 Swiss, 18 pts, 597 MoV - Lost to WINNER): Blue Squadron Pilot + Advanced Sensors; Roark Garnet + Ion Cannon Turret; Biggs Darklighter; Tarn Mison + R2-D6 + Swarm Tactics
• Top 8: Rizal Abdullah (99 squad points, #5 Swiss, 16 pts, 559 MoV - Lost to Jia Yit): Whisper + Veteran Instinct + Fire Control System + ACD; Howlrunner + Stealth Device; Mauler Mithel; 2x Academy Pilot
• Top 8: Azhari Razak (100 squad points, #6 Swiss, 15 pts, 650 MoV - Lost to Riznal Abidin): Han Solo + Push The Limit + C-3PO + Luke Skywalker Crew + Engine Upgrade + Millennium Falcon Title; 3x Bandit Squadron
• Top 8: Chuah Seong Chin (98 squad points, #7 Swiss, 15 pts, 617 MoV - Lost to WINNER); Whisper + Veteran Instinct + Gunner + Fire Control System + ACD; Soontir Fel + Push The Limit; Captain Yorr
• Top 8: Rhitauddin @ Cikgu Din (99 squad points, 8th Swiss, 15 pts, 576 MoV - Lost to Christopher Choy): Whisper + Veteran Instinct + Rebel Captive + ACD; Carnor Jax + Push The Limit + Hull Upgrade + Stealth Device + Royal Guard Pilot Title; 2x Academy Pilot
• #9: Chris Koh (99 squad points, 15 pts, 540 MoV): Lando Calrissian + Draw Their Fire + Nien Nunb + Han Solo Crew; Chewbacca + Draw Their Fire + R2-D2 + C-3PO + Millennium Falcon Title
• #10: Chong Hin (99 squad points, 15 pts, 527 MoV): Whisper + Veteran Instinct + Gunner + Fire Control System + ACD; Soontir Fel + Push The Limit + Hull Upgrade + Stealth Device + Royal Guard Pilot Title; Dark Curse + Stealth Device
• #11: Yeo Leck Koon (100 squad points, 13 pts, 574 MoV): Whisper + Veteran Instinct + Fire Control System + ACD; Boba Fett + Veteran Instinct + Rebel Captive + Seismic Charge; Backstabber + Stealth Device
• #12: James Leu (100 squad points, 10 pts, 538 MoV): Corran Horn + Veteran Instinct + R3-A2 + Fire Control System; Ibtisam + Predator + Sensor Jammer; Biggs Darklighter
• #13: Yeoh Hong Yip (100 squad points, 10 pts, 522 MoV): Captain Jonus; 2x Onyx Squadron Pilot + Heavy Laser Cannon
• #14: Justin Lim (100 squad points, 10 pts, 474 MoV); Luke Skywalker + Veteran Instinct; Biggs Darklighter; Tarn Mison + R3-A2; Lt Blount + Deadeye + Ion Pulse Missile
• #15: Arzmi Bakar (99 squad points, 10 pts, 402 MoV): Wedge Antiles + R2-D2 + Proton Torpedoes; Biggs Darklighter; 2x Tala Squadron + Cluster Missiles
• #16: Yee Seang (99 squad points, 10 pts, 384 MoV): Howlrunner + Push The Limit; 6x Obsidian Squadron Pilot
• #17: Ravin Ramday (100 squad points, 10 pts, 362 MoV): Han Solo + Veteran Instinct + Luke Skywalker Crew + C-3PO + Engine Upgrade + Millennium Falcon Title; Biggs Darklighter; Tala Squadron
• #18: Eric Chiang (99 squad points, 10 pts, 338 MoV): Wedge Antiles + Predator; Corran Horn + Push The Limit + R2 + Fire Control System; 2x Tala Squadron
• #19: Matthew Ting (99 squad points, 8 pts, 552 MoV): Whisper + Veteran Instinct + Rebel Captive + Fire Control System + ACD; Howlrunner; 3x Obsidian Squadron Pilot
• #20: Casey Chen (99 squad points, 6 pts, 234 MoV): Rexler Brath (Tie Defender) Marksmanship + Ion Cannon + Shield Upgrade; Black Squadron Pilot (Tie Fighter) Push The Limit; Black Squadron Pilot (Tie Fighter) Hull Upgrade; Black Squadron Pilot (Tie Fighter) Opportunist
• #21: Shazli Aziz (99 squad points, 5 pts, 377 MoV): Biggs Darklighter + R2-D2 + Shield Upgrade; 2x Dagger Squadron Pilot + Advanced Sensors; Bandit Squadron Pilot
• #22: Soo Tian Lun (100 squad points, 5 pts, 325 MoV): Whisper + Veteran Instinct + Fire Control System + ACD; Echo + Veteran Instinct + Fire Control System + ACD; Omicron Group Pilot + Darth Vader
• #23: Iqbal Rahim (99 squad points, 3 pts, 372 MoV): Wedge Antilles + R5-P9 + Swarm Tactics; Etahn A’baht + R2-D2 + Draw Their Fire; Biggs Darklighter + R2-F2
• #24: Evander Seah (100 squad points, 1 pts, 340 MoV): Chewbacca + Veteran Instinct; Etahn A’baht + Hull Upgrade; Green Squadron Pilot + Hull Upgrade

1 thing I feel should be pointed out about the Malaysian Nationals is that the players that did pretty well previously have opted NOT to fly any builds involving falcons or phantoms as a protest against the current metagame, which would definitely skew the results seen here, as only 1 of them (Riznal) managed to make it into the top 8

These are the results from the New Zealand - Auckland Regional event.
Due to the remote nature of our country our shipping speed has ment that our kits arrive very late which means we run late. Our National Kit only arrived last week as an example.
We have 2 more regional events to run and I will post the results as best I can for them.

Here are the results for the Auckland Regional event hosted at the University of Auckland 27th September 2014.

Names are abreviated to initials and surname to abide by local privacy laws - as a note A Haught dropped out as he was unable to make both rounds for the top 4 leaving 5th ranked G Gartland to move up into the top 4 and then on to win the event.

Lists for top 4 are included.

Top 4:
1st G Gartland 98pts Imperials:
Whisper, Veteran Instincts, Fire Control, Advanced Cloaking Device. Soontir Fel, Push the limit, Targeting Computer, Hull Upgrade, Royal Guard. Omicron Group Pilot, Darth Vader.

2nd P Herekiuha 100pts Rebels - Lost to Geoff:
Dagger Squadron Pilot, Fire Control System. Dagger Squadron Pilot, Fire Control System. Blue Squadron Pilot, Fire Control System. Blue Squadron Pilot, Fire Control System.

3rd D Robertson 100pts Rebels - Lost to Geoff:
Tycho, A-wing test pilot, Chardaan refit, Push the Limit, Veteran Instincts. Wedge Antilles, R2D2, Engine Upgrade. Luke Skywalker, R5-p9, Engine Upgrade.

4th H Akari 99pts Rebels Lost to Peter:
Han Solo, Millenium Falcon, Navigator. Lando Calrission, Veteran Instincts, Navigator.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Rankings Name Score MoV SoS Record Byes
Akari H 15 597 23 3 / 0 / 0 0
Hught A 15 429 16 3 / 0 / 0 0
Herekiuha 11 500 22 2 / 0 / 1 0
Robertson D 10 437 11 2 / 1 / 0 0

Gartland G 10 429 20 2 / 1 / 0 0

Nixon J 10 376 20 2 / 1 / 0 0 L

ewy D 10 368 35 2 / 1 / 0 0

Walker C 8 341 18 2 / 1 / 0 0

Painter D 6 323 36 1 / 1 / 1 0

Joe J 6 288 24 2 / 1 / 0 0

Hutchinson P 5 304 28 1 / 2 / 0 0

Carr M 5 157 28 1 / 2 / 0 0

Pesh V 5 155 25 1 / 2 / 0 0

Mathie 5 114 20 1 / 2 / 0 0

Townley C 3 223 10 1 / 2 / 0 0

Changco N 3 178 14 1 / 2 / 0 0

King B 0 194 18 0 / 3 / 0 0

Ross C 0 187 16 0 / 3 / 0 0

1 thing I feel should be pointed out about the Malaysian Nationals is that the players that did pretty well previously have opted NOT to fly any builds involving falcons or phantoms as a protest against the current metagame, which would definitely skew the results seen here, as only 1 of them (Riznal) managed to make it into the top 8

Wow, that is SUPER meaningful! We have never had that kind of "experiment" before. So lets look at the Top 8 again:

Only 2 out of the top 8 were NOT Falcon or Phantoms. What players specifically avoided playing Fat Falcons and Phantoms? The results heavily imply that they did not make the cut because they flew different kinds of squads.

Edit: the winner didn't have C-3P0. which may not be "Fat" depending on some definitions.

1 thing I feel should be pointed out about the Malaysian Nationals is that the players that did pretty well previously have opted NOT to fly any builds involving falcons or phantoms as a protest against the current metagame, which would definitely skew the results seen here, as only 1 of them (Riznal) managed to make it into the top 8

Wow, that is SUPER meaningful! We have never had that kind of "experiment" before. So lets look at the Top 8 again:

• Winner: Fat Han + Jan Ors
• 2nd place: 2x ACD Phantom + Backstabber
• Top 4: 7 TIE Swarm
• Top 4: 4-ship rebel, with Biggs and PS12 Ion Cannon Turret
• Top 8: ACD Phantom + mini-swarm
• Top 8: Fat Han + 3 Z's
• Top 8: ACD Phantom + Ace squint + Lambda (Yorr)
• Top 8: ACD Phantom + Ace Squint + TIEs

Only 2 out of the top 8 were NOT Fat Falcon or Phantoms. What players specifically avoided playing Fat Falcons and Phantoms? The results heavily imply that they did not make the cut because they flew different kinds of squads.

Off the top of my head, Riznal, Justin and James Leu were involved in this pledge. I will check with them to see if there are any other players involved.

Regarding "quality of players", all 3 were previous Store Champions in Malaysia, James won the Malaysian Regionals, Justin managed top 8 for Singapore Regionals and Malaysian Regionals, and Riznal consistently comes in 1st for multiple monthly tournaments

These are the results from the New Zealand - Auckland Regional event.

Due to the remote nature of our country our shipping speed has ment that our kits arrive very late which means we run late. Our National Kit only arrived last week as an example.

We have 2 more regional events to run and I will post the results as best I can for them.

Great, thanks! Do you have dates and locations set up for the next Regionals and Nationals? Total attendance would be very nice to have (edit, it looks like 18), and as many of the squad lists as possible, but if you don't have most of them then no worries. Next time, hopefully.

I don't need names to track results or statistics, and am fine with removing names from my results pages. I only started adding them recently because people were including them and it was helpful in pointing out who lost to who during the elimination brackets.

A further question: I see that Rebel Aces is available to play, but what about C-3P0? (Tantive expansion)

1 thing I feel should be pointed out about the Malaysian Nationals is that the players that did pretty well previously have opted NOT to fly any builds involving falcons or phantoms as a protest against the current metagame, which would definitely skew the results seen here, as only 1 of them (Riznal) managed to make it into the top 8

Wow, that is SUPER meaningful! We have never had that kind of "experiment" before. So lets look at the Top 8 again:

• Winner: Fat Han + Jan Ors
• 2nd place: 2x ACD Phantom + Backstabber
• Top 4: 7 TIE Swarm
• Top 4: 4-ship rebel, with Biggs and PS12 Ion Cannon Turret
• Top 8: ACD Phantom + mini-swarm
• Top 8: Fat Han + 3 Z's
• Top 8: ACD Phantom + Ace squint + Lambda (Yorr)
• Top 8: ACD Phantom + Ace Squint + TIEs

Only 2 out of the top 8 were NOT Fat Falcon or Phantoms. What players specifically avoided playing Fat Falcons and Phantoms? The results heavily imply that they did not make the cut because they flew different kinds of squads.

Off the top of my head, Riznal, Justin and James Leu were involved in this pledge. I will check with them to see if there are any other players involved.

Regarding "quality of players", all 3 were previous Store Champions in Malaysia, James won the Malaysian Regionals, Justin managed top 8 for Singapore Regionals and Malaysian Regionals

11/24 players - Chose not to fly Falcons/phantoms

Only 18% of them made top 8 but this data point taken in a vacuum is misleading. Other than their round 1 games (which I have no recollection of) both ran through a solid gauntlet of Falcons/Phantoms. From glancing over the table Riznal's games vs either of them seemed pretty one sided in his favor.

Riznal (8), james, justin and hong yit (12, 13, 14) were involved in the no falcon no phantom pledge

Riznal (8), james, justin and hong yit (12, 13, 14) were involved in the no falcon no phantom pledge

How did they place during Regionals?

Riznal (8) ...........................................................involved in the no falcon no phantom pledge

No Phantom or Falcon...but 7 Tie Howl Swarm?...is that any better?

I'm sure we will see the swarm make a come back eventually.