Spark of rebellion

First steps (into Store Championship season) On Sunday was the first Store Championship of the season in Belgium. It was in De Hermelijn  in Aalst and had (a rather disappointing) turnout of  only 6 people. I feel it was a combination of things. Several other tournaments were on the same day and the amazingly beautiful weather of the last few days might have cause some last-minute cancellations. But, as the saying goes, those absent were wrong.  So with 6 people we went 3 rounds. No cut. Before the tournament started a lot of people were asking me which list I brought. So time to spoil list number 1. It's 4 TLT y-wings . I realize it's a controversial list and honestly occasionally I felt a bit dirty playing it. But I'll let the games speak for themselves.  Round 1 - Thomas - Rey/Jan Rey with Expertise, Finn, Kanan, new Millennium Falcon title, Smuggling Compartment, Countermeasures and Scavenger Crane. Jan was wielding Twin Laser Turret, Wired, Lando ...

Preparing for Store Champ season So this year I plan on going to 6 Store Championships. And I set myself a challenge. I will fly a new list-archetype every tournament. Most-if-not-all will be meta-archetypes. Some of them will be new, some of them will be old. Some of them I will have flown before, some of them I never even touched. Why would I do this? In preparation for the European Championship I consistently flew my Kanan/Biggs list. And I got good with it. At least good enough to be happy with it. But I also felt I became predictable. Flying a list you've rarely or never flown before makes you less predictable. And with 6 tournaments planned in about as many weeks it's also a tool to fight tournament fatigue. I love X-wing, but sometimes you have to protect yourself from a burn-out. And being the competitive player that I am I don't like to take intentionally 'gimped' stuff just for lulz and giggles. So let's break open the tournament-meta and as the C...

"Hey, that's my fish": Serious Business As I knew I wouldn't qualify for the top 16 beforehand I signed up for the "Hey, That's My Fish" tournament which was petitioned for on the UK/IRL facebook group . Very fun little tournament with a very fun group of people. 'Fin'ished 10th out of 22 which I'm happy with as I doubled my numbers of real-life games played over the weekend! Finals will be shown on youtube.com/readysteadyplay   Alex announcing next year Euros also at UKGE Back home English coast

Starting of day 2 on a 2-2 record. Due to some technical difficulties everyone qualifies. Ended up going 3-2 after round 5 so still a moral victory for me. At the end of the day ended up 5-4, which I'm very happy with! FFG Europeans X-wing 2017: Day 2 Round 5 Visit this guy's podcast: Incom Skunkworks !   Round 6 Sean, 11 years, kicked my behind! Round 7 Judge tools! Round 8   Round 9  97th of ~330. Enough to qualify for the ship markers!

For those wondering I went 5-4, finishing in 97th position. Enough to put me in the top 1/3rd of the competitors. What I did was take a lot of pictures, including one of each of my opponents and their lists. I had an amazing time and really want to thank FFG Europeans X-wing 2017: Day 0 Yes, we're here for some tournaments! FFG Europeans X-wing 2017: Day 1 Registration Prize support Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Pictures through the day