Trevor and I drove down Friday afternoon (only get lost once or twice!) and crashed the night at James' place (who btw, is a super awesome guy and epic host). It was awesome the night before the event to hang out with Lou, meet Jake and see his epic SWM collection (4+ AT-RTs!).
Saturday was a greats day. I finally got to meet and put faces to some of the people here on the boards, like Sithborg, Engineer, and The_Celestial_Warrior. Plus, with a 22 turn out there were plenty of other people to meet!
Trevor and I played derivatives of each others squads, with the hopes that NR would regin supreme! Unfortunately this was not written.
I ran a fairly solid build;
Kyle, JBM
Mara Jade, Jedi
Ganner Rhysode
Dash Rendar, Renegade Smuggler
Jagged Fel
General Dodonna
R7
Caamasi
Uggy x3
Mouse
Having three decent threats, with Ganner being able to provide mop up and jagged getting his scrub killing duties in, I felt that this squad had a very good chance of amking the top 4, and maybe even winning the whole thing!
However I was not excpecting what Lou, my first opponent, would bring, nor how epically my dice would fail when the going got tough!
Round 1 I face Lou with his JWM x3 and Yoda monster. I felt pretty good about the whole deal. Kyle would be able to tie down and JWM and Dash and Mara being able to kill atleast 1 a rou nd.
Round 1 was a big pile of nothing. as we were playoing on his ravaged base, and with him having double override, I wasn't able to get any opening shots, but was able to get everyone faily close to the midde area (starting from the outside). In round 2 he ran in a JWM and R2, and was awefully pleased about that. I figured that I would be able to wipe out the JWM and then lock the door closed after killing R2. Was I in for a surpirse. Mara assauled, hitting 2, but 1 was deflect.
Then Dash, needing 9s... only hit once.. and yes, it was deflected.Kyle was able t be levitated in for a triple, hitting all three and taking a riposte back. However, the JWm was still alive! Ahhh.
That set the tone for our game.. just totally unable to hit when I needed. I was finally able to kill the JWM, but Dash + Yoda polished off Mara that ourn(moved a little too close for stealth to keep her safe from Yoda.after he exposed his dash..I brought mine in, needing only 5s t hit.. I hit once..and thus sacrificing Dash for nothing. I even got his dash done to 10 hp.. and hoping for a kill, levitated Jagged to base him.. 1.. next round I go first.. jagged on dash. 1. In the end, Kyle vs Yoda and 2 JWM (I killeda ll thje scrubs!) wasn't enough to take he win. first round loos to Lou.
*right now, I'm hainvg trouble posting. More to come!