Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Skitterleap Predictions

So this weekend we have Skitterleap and as is traditional before these events I like to run my eye over the field and give my predictions.

So without further ado here are my Top Five:

#5 - Joel Van de Ven-Long (Empire)

I pick Joel to finish in the Top 5 every event and he always let's me down. Now the astute amongst you will know that Joel is not attending Skitterleap this year…..however I am not going to let a little thing like that impinge on the long record of disappointment he has built up.

#4 - Sam Campbell (Daemons of Chaos)

Sam will try and kid you that he is bringing a soft or fluffy army, however that is a lie. As a founder member of the "Kapiti Push-It-Forward Club", he would have to sell his house if he brought anything but nails. A list with Bloodthirster, ambushing Flesh Hounds and two Skullcannons is not soft. I will be keeping a very close eye on his game with Hamish Gordon to ensure that no shenanigans occur. Rumours have started to surface that he is going to lie on his back and let Hamish tickle his tummy to ensure Kapiti has two participants at the upcoming Masters.

#3 - Peter Williamson (High Elves)

He'll try and fox you that he's a good player, list builder and tactian…..but we all know better than that. Peter's strategy is not to drop too many points when he plays with the Big Boys Day One so he can score 40 points Day Two clubbing baby seals and sneaking into Third Place. Pride, Peter! It's not just a word in the dictionary.

#2 - Hamish Gordon (Warriors of Chaos)

"Finally….Hamish has come back to the Warriors of Chaos"

For those of you who don't know Hamish rage-quit WoC earlier in the year as the new book had neutered the army and it had all the hitting power of a sick puppy. In this, I believe, he may have been unique in the world. The intervening months have shown that WoC may not be quite as week as he first thought. And surely if he need any further evidence that his initial view might have been a little awry, the fact that Charlie St. Clair is all over them, like Len Brown at a Yum Char, should give him a clue.

This will be the event Hamish emerges from the cocoon of disappointment. The only thing standing between him and the podium is the Painting Judge.

#1 - Rory Finnemore (Vampire Counts)

It pains me to do this but I am picking someone from "up North" to take it out. They are a pretty motley bunch but fresh from his success in Tauranga and Guardcon, Rory….this is your time.

The big question is whether the switch from Empire to Vamps will slow him down. Many of you might remember Rory's bold claims earlier this year that "Any idiot can win with Skaven" before displaying by his abject failure with the rats at Equinox that he perhaps overestimated his own capabilities and didn't reach the bar of that particular idiot.

Still the world loves a trier and I am picking Rory to march off with this event.

As to the other awards, I'm not keen to pick the painting prizes. However I am expecting myself to be a shoo-in for Best Sportsman (given my previous Best Sportsmanship wins at GW GTs). The only thing that can hamper my securing this award is the fact that I am having a molar removed this afternoon and may still be a tad ornery come the weekend. However I'm sure my sunny disposition will overcome even this hurdle. On that basis, "C. Lock it in Eddie".

26 comments:

  1. I'll be cheering for my homie Caleb Rouse, he's got the list and I think he'll do well bar the painting judge.

    As for the Hamish and Sam C game. If there game is anything better than their usual friendship destroying, whinge inducing, all around awkward for everyone around them, sullen battle of nerdhood, then they should both be disqualified as I agree it is a set up.

    Also I'm pretty sure Jimbo also picked the WoC army as being heavily nerfed.

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    1. I said "in the world", I meant "in this world"

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  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BRv9wGf5pk

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  3. I cannot tell a lie, Hamish promised me his firstborn. Considering I'm playing the traditional devil game (red daemons), how does this not surprise you.

    Terms and conditions was for the game, not the tournament.

    As for the tournament, PeteW roll over, I'm gonna submarine after an inevitable round 2 match up with Hamish (SamW isn't playing) roll over and take 60 points in the last 3 games.




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    1. What the hell do you need another kid for?

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    2. To run my own tournaments. Fix the table with my minions. y'know, the long game.

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    3. Would you really want Hamish's first born that is the question?!

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    4. Do I get a say as to whether or not we have to take Hamish's firstborn? Jeez, why doesn't everyone just drop off their kids here?

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    5. Why didn't you make that offer several years ago Fern

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    6. Why don't you stop altering my army list template?

      I swear you do it every time

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    7. nah probably not. first words will probably be "Push it forward"

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    8. Only for your tournaments Pete

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  4. I promise to do my best and (as always) fall 1 or 2 battlepoints short of the podium (and due to the traffic jam get forced down to 6th) to once again disappoint you Pete.


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    1. Joel do you have exams on mate? This tourney would have been a good one for you.

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    2. I fly out this Saturday to Europe for a holiday (and empty suitcases to fill with correctly priced toy soldiers). Flights were booked before I realised they clashed with Skitterleap :(

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    3. The worst part is "there's no time to make it to Warhammer World."

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    4. ...don't even get me started on that!

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  5. Peter Williamson - remember, pride is for lions. Do whatever you need to do to survive!
    :)

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  6. don't worry Pete there will be no tickling of any part of sam from me!
    we had a little test run last week vs each others lists and its safe to say I won 18-2 or maybe 20-0 nil... Sam got tabled except for his BSB who had a single wound left vs 8 trolls.... for the lose of 1 unit of dogs and the 3 skullcrusher unit...

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    1. ...can you giftwrap your firstborn please.

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    2. Has Sam not figured out the redirect yet? Or do you both just line it up on the 12" push it at each other and see who wins?! Kapiti Style? "Kapiti Push-It-Forward Club" indeed

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  7. That idiot did win with Skaven....just not the tournament! I feel your prediction of first place is far, far too kind. If I make the top five it will truly be an abject reflection on the quality of the Wellington players. I will have to play out of my skin to achieve even something anywhere near the top five, my list just doesn't have the tools against at least half the lists. Still, nice to get out there with the Undead and get used to the feel of them again - I'll pop my training wheels off for another list some other time. Actually, I'm quite sad I couldn't take my Empire because they would have had a field day.

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  8. Hey Pete, can you do a Bottom 5 prediction, I then feel confident that I will get a mention in the proceedings with words like 'holding up the bottom of the table, or even better, 'propping up the bar afterwards'

    the other Hamish (hobby hero, he of the fluffy Ogre list, that is sodt and cuddly like a soft and cuddly thing, so fluffy it could be the unicorn in Despicable Me )...

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  9. I predict the person who has the best bribes will win the event.

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    1. Can I split my "donation" into two portions in order to label them anonymous?

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