Somewhere
in the indistinguishable distance from the capital that is in real terms a long
way away, but close enough that a budget airline would definitely call it
“London” a tournament storm cloud gathers.
I
know very few things about Milton Keynes. It is a “new town” (boo hiss! The
British have a very deep seated distrust of anything that can be labelled
“new”), with inordinately famous concrete cows. They also have an indoor ski
slope and one of those “skydiving” things where you float over a massive fan.
Oh, and their roads are confusing.
That,
realistically, was the sum total of my knowledge of this town. And, you know
what? I was ok with that, and have never felt the inclination to know more.
Until
now.
‘Warhammer
Dad’ ™ Borland and friend-of-the-blog, the demurely quiet and unopinionated
Panzer seem to have gotten themselves a pretty cool event. I will be upfront in
my apologies for not knowing the history of the event (I do think event should
have their own website to record things for posterity), but am sure it has been
running for a few years now. A combination of it being by all accounts a Good
Event and the closure of the Eye of the Storm event venue in the Midlands that
used to host up to half of the big events in the UK has seen this one grow. I
believe at time of writing there are some 100 entrants (up from 44 last year) –
and that’s more than enough to get shamelessly biased-towards-big-events
players like yours truly interested.
Now,
as has been mentioned, live is being a tad hectic at present, and there is a
chance of me not being able to make it after all – I reckon there is a 75%
chance of me going. Fingers crossed!
So,
assuming I am going, it was time to consider the comp pack, ponder thinking
about the Meta and get to list writing.
Maybe
even practice some.
Maybe.
MKGT
have done what I always recommend (if people ask!) people do re comp packs –
find one you would want to play under and go from there (adjusting as one feels
necessary).
In
this case, Ben has gone with “Tally Comp”, a system devised by that Stormydd
Tan rabble and in this case adjusted, poked at and prodded by a whole range of
people (listed in the pack).
In
short – this is a simplified version of swedish comp. Your army composition
ends up providing a + or – score, and this is applied to your final tournament
score at the end of the event.
I
like comp packs that allow you to take whatever you want if you are prepared
for the price to be paid. In fact, this was my major complaint about the SCGT
comp pack this year – it flat out banned a lot of competitive builds. Here, the
only complaint can be about what should be worth a plus or minus. As ever, I
would expect there to be some loophole being explored somewhere as I write
this.
Full
details of the comp pack can be found:
and
the overall rulespack:
There
is something that Jake hammered into me early on in our discussions about lists
under Swedish comp that I think applies even more under this system, and
something I have parroted aplenty as my club mates freak out about lists for
this event.
If
your armylist scores a -7 it is not worth signigicantly weakening if to make it
a -5 if you think the -7 would score at least 300vps more over the course of 5
games. Now, lists are not always as clearly definied in power level, but I do
think that, by and large, the key to these types of comp systems is to take
something you are comfortable with, and maybe make the odd change that does not
cripple you. In swedish the classic example is playing around with unit sizes,
here… I am not so sure. I am more interested in seeing the increible +scores
that will be around, expect to see some all goblin armies at around the +10 and
higher level.
For
me… pretty boring people, sorry!
No
way were Brets going to be done in time, no way was I going to have time to
paint new stuff… Cue: Standard RafLizards!
Nothing
outrageous. A closed list, for some reason – don’t think any of the items would
surprise anyone…
Comp
score comes in at a -2.
Life
Magic I have fallen in love with (and no, I rarely cast dwellers). Old Blood on
foot I actually quite like, and given the 2 comp point swing over a mounted one
it just made sense.
Razordons
are understandably laughed at for being terrible… but they are OK really. They
can hunt some things, are decent at making dashes at warmachines/wizard
bunkers, as well as being general chaff goodness. On reflection, it would have
made more sense to take another unit of Chameleons instead of one of them… but
it is hard to consider all possible permutations when writing an army list on
your phone, on the tube, whilst partying with a bunch of Netherlands fans
following their incredible game against Spain last week. I’m just happy I
managed to send anything at all through!
So
there we have it, my MKGT list. Now to confirm how I am getting there and sort
out some accomodation (previous arrangement fell through).
I
like to be organised :)
Until
next time!
Raf
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| World Cup postcript |
The
general ignorance (not, in this instance, the fun round of the peerless quiz
show QI, but rather the state of being) of people who profess knowledge on the
subject of football is incredible. I appreciate there are a lot of countries and
players playing that people don’t know that well, but one does hear incredible
rubbish out there :)
Do
I think I am some sort of expert? Well, obviously (seriously – check out my
Football Manager record). OK, maybe not, but this is the internet, and where better
to spout formless opinion?
My
thoughts on the past week:
- Rooney was not that bad for England in the Italy game. An assist is as important as a goal, his was brilliant. That’s his job.
- Italy were brilliant against England. I could watch them pass the ball all day.
- I wish I was Pirlo.
- Uruguay have been terrible for almost two years, be shocked if England don’t qualify.
- Brazil were helped a bit by the ref against Croatia, but not as much as was made out.
- Mexico love to foul, and are good at it.
- Sometimes a goalkeeper is going to ruin your day.
- Argentina were terribly underwhelming (as were Belgium).
- Van Persie’s headed goal against Spain may be the best I have ever seen.
- Other than Uruguay, there have been no upsets yet (Netherlands/Spain scoreline notwithstanding)
- Seeing Robbie Savage pundit alongside Seedorf and Henry is surreal.
- Henry is awesome.
- Brazil know how to sing a national anthem.
- No, there is no one in the world that is more hated than Diego Costa.
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