I've been lucky so far, it would seem.

The worst I've seen is someone who dropped out of the tournament after my Rexler managed to wipe out his named-tie list (minus Omega) after both my Omega and Zeta were killed. He looked pissed, but that was his 2nd loss, and I guess he really wanted a shot at the cut. At the same tournament, another opponent dropped a "I'd wish you good luck, but I wouldn't mean it."

Since I'm going to these tournaments with my 6 year old to teach him that perseverance, respect, and class are important, I'm just not going to that store anymore. Thankfully, he was playing his own game on the spare table for those two instances, the first one 'cause he's a horrible winner (we're working on it) and when you feel like you really messed up, having a kid point it out doesn't help.

We're lucky to have many LGS around here, and quite a few of those are FLGS!

I've had three. Different people, different days. But after the first round or two they get really deflated and go "oh well, now I've lost it" and two of them think it so hard that they tell you they are just going to fly off the board if you don't accept their forfeit. Personally, I came out to play. I would rather play out the game than sit and watch everyone elses rounds for the remaining time because they wanted to forfeit. One of them I actually convinced to play it out because you never know. It came down to Wedge vs Blue B-wing, 1 hp each. He got me in the end.

Actually, that does sound like being an ******* - YOU being the *******. Or, in terms of the thread, a bad winner/loser. Calling him for petty mistakes after a long day of playing, calling TOs over for said mistakes, insisting that he obey every rule and every step so you could gain an advantage over him you didn't deserve...

How exactly do you figure that?

The other guy effectively has the wrong cover on his dial, not a big deal but still could cause problems.

Then when he went to measure for a TL, he was forced to take the TL as the rules quite clearly state.

When acquiring a target lock, a player must first declare the intended target. Then, he measures range to the declared target to see if the target is within legal range. If the target is in range, the ship performing the action must acquire a target lock on the target.

This isn't even a matter of missed opportunities. When that player declared the TL on the Y-Wing and measured to it, he was locked into that action, unless the Y-Wing was out of range.

At the KC Regional, I was playing against a guy who brought two z-95s with Glitterstim, Concussion Missiles, Guidance Chips, and both Zuckuss and 4-Lom in G-1As. He proceeded to complain about his dice EVERY TIME he didn't roll all hits or all evades. Any time I evaded an attack, any time I got all hits (courtesy of a list built specifically to action stack) he would grumble about how broken my combos were and how with his dice there was no way he could win anyways.

Never mind that he split his forces in half, letting me pit Bossk against a z-95 and 4-Lom and Dengar against Zuckuss and 4-Lom. And never mind that his frequent use of k-turns with Attani mind link meant his ships couldn't take actions. It was his dice that cost him the game and he made sure I knew it every time we rolled.

The best part of was when he bumped multiple models resulting in Dengar's 1-forward landing him on a rock instead of neatly sliding between them to finish off Zuckuss (looking at the board before making my manuever it was quite clear that he'd fit - explaining that to a TO with my opponent present on the other hand....). With a normal opponent I would have just called over the TO to get it resolved but after getting berated all game I just wanted to finish it and get out.

However, it left me so angry the rest of the day that I couldn't enjoy my remaining games. Which really sucked because up to that point I was have a fun time at the tournament with some really fun competition. Fortunately the guy rage quit after his next match so no one had to experience it but that's easily the worst game of X-wing I've ever experienced.

Actually, that does sound like being an ******* - YOU being the *******. Or, in terms of the thread, a bad winner/loser. Calling him for petty mistakes after a long day of playing, calling TOs over for said mistakes, insisting that he obey every rule and every step so you could gain an advantage over him you didn't deserve...

How exactly do you figure that?

The other guy effectively has the wrong cover on his dial, not a big deal but still could cause problems.

Then when he went to measure for a TL, he was forced to take the TL as the rules quite clearly state.

When acquiring a target lock, a player must first declare the intended target. Then, he measures range to the declared target to see if the target is within legal range. If the target is in range, the ship performing the action must acquire a target lock on the target.

This isn't even a matter of missed opportunities. When that player declared the TL on the Y-Wing and measured to it, he was locked into that action, unless the Y-Wing was out of range.

Not my opponent, but a related story that I think many of you would enjoy.

At a Store Championship a while back (first one that gave away the initiative coins instead of the medals) here in Southern Ontario. The two individuals in this story are friends that go way back. Lets call them J and E for the sake of the narrative.

J and E were scheduled to carpool to the store championship that morning, and E is fairly indecisive when it comes to his list building. So morning-of he requests to borrow a few cards/ships from J. A normal occurrence, but this was moments before J was heading out the door to go pick E up. Whatever, J went back inside to grab whatever card/ship it was. J gets in his car, E texts "oh and <another component to borrow>". J gets back out of his car to go get it. Again, gets back in his car turns on the ignition; "Oh, sorry, and <yet another>"

"Are you kidding me?!" goes in and gets it. While walking back into his house, J gets another text "When are you getting here?"

J's already off to a flying start this morning so he proceeds to rant about how he WOULD have already been there.

I don't know much of the details of the drive up but considering this pair bicker like a married couple on a good day, I'm sure the argument was amazing.

Anyway; Tournament time.

These two were doing mediocre and they were slated to face each other for the last round. Near the end of the game, J had a Ghost with 1 hull remaining, an Attack shuttle with 1-2 hull remaining, both with TLTs and E had a Y-wing with a TLT and not much hull, and I forget what the other ship was. But the other ship forgot that it had an upgrade that would've provided it an additional attack that turn. I think it was turret, but I can't remember exactly what it was. That same turn it died to the Ghost. A turn later the Ywing found itself in range 3 of both TLTs and got wrecked. At that point, they both remembered that the other ship had forgotten its attack. E, trying to press his luck after getting aggitated at his poor dice rolls, asked to go back and redo it since that would make a difference. J says "Hell no this is a tournament!"

The two do their usual banter, and J goes to shake E's hand. E says "I'm not shaking your hand" and walked away.

Most people at this particular tournament are all usual faces, so we all knew they shenanigans they get up to. We go gather around the desk where the TO was explaining how he was handing out the loot. Now, this particular TO also plays and is a really good player. So *normally* there's enough of those initiative coins for the top 3 or 4 players and one for the TO. In this case, the TO was also in the number 1 spot with his A-wing Crack swarm (Southern Ontario players know this guy ). Given the extra coin he decides to give the remaining coin to someone nominated as "most sportsman like" player.

I was aware of the shenanigans that had unfolded, and being the **** disturber that I am, I said "I nominate E!"

No one else spoke up.

TO goes "Alright. E!"

From the back of the room, with an emotion that can only be described as the bastard child of frustration and disbelief, J goes "WHAT?!"

Also, there was no way of knowing if the opponent was accidentally using a Tie/FO dial without asking to see it (Which might require a judge if the other player was feeling pefty)

Yeah if I thought someone might be using the wrong dial, I'd call the TO over as well before it was checked out.

Actually, that does sound like being an ******* - YOU being the *******. Or, in terms of the thread, a bad winner/loser. Calling him for petty mistakes after a long day of playing, calling TOs over for said mistakes, insisting that he obey every rule and every step so you could gain an advantage over him you didn't deserve...

How exactly do you figure that?

The other guy effectively has the wrong cover on his dial, not a big deal but still could cause problems.

Then when he went to measure for a TL, he was forced to take the TL as the rules quite clearly state.

When acquiring a target lock, a player must first declare the intended target. Then, he measures range to the declared target to see if the target is within legal range. If the target is in range, the ship performing the action must acquire a target lock on the target.

This isn't even a matter of missed opportunities. When that player declared the TL on the Y-Wing and measured to it, he was locked into that action, unless the Y-Wing was out of range.

I specifically have wanted to use acquiring a TL to measure range before without wanting to actually acquire a TL. I refrain from doing it sometimes because I'm not sure I'm in range or not and don't want to risk wasting an action because I already have a TL up or want to spend my action(s) on something else.

So there is a reason to acquire a TL on something you already have a TL on outside of the TIE/V1 evade, and Dutch Vander. If someone does that, they've gotten a pre-measure out of it, you hold them to that action if the TL is in range.

i've raged a couple of times (mildly, no violence or anything) because i'd have one of those games where i couldnt land a single **** hit even with rerolls/focus and my opponent never missed even without rerolls/focus.

Extreme dice luck like that really pisses me off. I know it shouldnt, but its just so statistically unlikely so it happens about once a week

Ran a bumper Oicunn list once: first round, 2 4die attacks did 4 damage w/o rerolls, 2 of which were crits. The crits? Bump = damage and all damage faceup. So i bumped because i couldnt get away from my current situation, drew double damage, and died to 1 more 4hit volley w/o rerolls that made me draw another double damage and the roll take damage - i took more damage...dead. Yeah, i was rather livid after that lol. Thankfully my opponent was understanding and didnt get pissed that i was a bit ragy lol that was just the worst kind of bad luck. Oicunn died in literally TWO TURNS from two ships.

If someone does that, they've gotten a pre-measure out of it, you hold them to that action if the TL is in range.

That's also I assume why the rules are written like they are. Again, this isn't a missed opportunity issue that someone has the option of allowing or not. If you measure for a TL and the ship is in range, you must take the TL on it, period.

Anyone who expects or even asks to be allowed to take a different action in that case is truly a poor sport, because you're asking to be allowed to cheat.

Had a friend playing someone with Whisper that kept forgetting to decloak prior to dials being revealed.

He had done this in several games prior to theirs' and some people had let him do it when it did not create a clear advantage.

During their game, he got to a firing round where he had failed to decloak again.

The guy asked if he could decloak after other ships had already moved, but my friend said no, because it would allow him to move out of arc and get a range one shot.

The guy proceeded to complain very loudly about how unfair he was and how everyone else had let him do it.

My friend proceeded to wipe his squad off the table - all while the guy complained about him.

My one and only bad experience as regionals where the guy kept complaining about how there was no skill involved in X-wing it was all dice, and would do so anytime he had even a avg roll.

He even went as far as to offer to sell his collection to people walking by so he could buy a game actually based on skill.

I don't dwell on negative behaviours of anyone, as I cannot control their actions only my own.. Nor would I presume to tell such stories about others if I did.

I had someone with TLT and Overclocked R4 spend their focus token on the first shot, second shot they rolled hit focus focus. They then proceeded to convert it to 3 hits, and I stopped him because he didn't declare overclocked and didn't take the stress token. He then said, "It's 3 hits or you win". I chose the win and he packed up and left.

Another time I was playing 8 TIE Fighters against a Soontir Deci. I killed the Deci and ran with my 6 remaining TIEs for the entire rest of the game. My opponent yelled at me for not not being courteous and ending the game with a joust. I replied with, "I'm just doing what the turret players do, run all game."

Bad player tears are the most delicious .

Love yogurt guy

Why do I see a neckbeard whole time while reading that story

Hahaha the yoghurt guy!! :D

My one and only bad experience as regionals where the guy kept complaining about how there was no skill involved in X-wing it was all dice, and would do so anytime he had even a avg roll.

He even went as far as to offer to sell his collection to people walking by so he could buy a game actually based on skill.

Laughed so hard here

xwing is probably THE most skill-based tabletop out there lol. Yes its still a dice game but flying proper is still a vastly more powerful tool than throwing 1000 dice. Cant throw 1000 dice if you cant aim your face lol

im getting flashbacks of when i used to play magic here. thankfully the crowd that play x-wing are great guys. im crushed a few people with a flawless victory before but been on the end of many crushing defeats myself too. i recently took apart a palp aces list with my 2x scout +ZZ list and my opponent was left deflated and humiliated. It was round 3 of a small local tournament so wasnt huge amount at stake but he was fuming. Its non fun getting trounced. He lost inquisitor in first exchange due to a bump and vader went up in flames the following turn thanks to multiple Feedback Arrays (yes its a nasty card but if you get caught at range one you get hurt by it) leaving him with a shuttle with no shields vs my fleet (i lost one headhunter). He quickly conceded but then immediately regretted it because he may have been able to improve his MOV by taking out another headhunter. Not really a sore looser story I know but an example of a situation which can cause some players to snap.He didnt and all credit to him. Some wouldnt have taken it as well.

My opponent made a smug look and revealed his dial like he just cured cancer. Turns out his Dash was pointing the wrong way. Oops. Someone flew off the board. He almost cried. I'm not kidding.

actually reading this reminds me of a game i was playing vs a decimator list. it was a tournament. we were playing off to make the top8. i was on the losing end. the writing was on the wall. i managed to stress his decimator with a crit. he pushes the limit to get extra stress. This is his undoing. next turn he realizes he cant do sharp turns due to crit he had taken earlier in the game... hes close to my edge of the board and tries to one bank but fails to clear. Boom! he flies off the board and this lets me get back into the game. its still very close but i narrowly win. whew. he is clearly gutted but takes the loss well. Its never fun flying off the board, especially when u r winning.

This didn't happen to me but it's still a great story. It happened to a friend of mine and he loves the fact that I share it. It's pretty well known nation-wide (Australia)

Playing at one of the earlier Store Championships this year and my mate is playing crack brobots but with feedback array instead of the usual glitterstim. He's playing against a crack glitter brobots list.

They have their first exchange which leaves opponent's IG on 1HP. Trying to survive via bumping the IG dies to feedback array next round of combat. At this point the guy needs to pick up the card, reads over it a couple times and declares "who takes this stupid upgrade card anyway!?".

He then takes the dead IG off it's pegs and throws it reasonably hard in to the nearest wall.

I can't help but chuckle every time I think about this incident.

huh, he didn't like the array?

I guess he gave your friend some negative feedback for his list

huh, he didn't like the array?

I guess he gave your friend some negative feedback for his list

mate, I got some feedback for your puns... you might just throw yourself in to a wall!

huh, he didn't like the array?

I guess he gave your friend some negative feedback for his list

mate, I got some feedback for your puns... you might just throw yourself in to a wall!

better that than an aggressor, apparently

huh, he didn't like the array?

I guess he gave your friend some negative feedback for his list

mate, I got some feedback for your puns... you might just throw yourself in to a wall!

better that than an aggressor, apparently

as a long time lurker I can say that I love you... it's easier to say online instead of in person #foreveralone