Treefort Ard Boyz Experience (submitted for Todd W.)

This is a testomonial written by Todd W.



The Ard Boyz Tournament at Treefort games in Georgia has come and gone, and with CG2’s regular ass stomping of the competition. Of course it did not go off without a few hitches. For one thing as advertised the tourney was supposed to start at 1100, well we kicked off at 1230. Room for 40 players at Treefort games, and 8 showed up to play the first game. Of those 8 there were 3 elder players, 1 necron player, 1 vanilla marine’s player, 2 ork players, and my tyranids. Of all the armies represented that day none of them had very good list builds except for the two ork players and my nids. Everything else was all over the map with no continuity.
The first round I was in was with one of the ork players, 4 Battlewagons and two trucks, the normal Nobz squads and Ghazkull. Nothing too far out of the ordinary and as you can expect he charged straight into my front lines and with his lower initiative, he learned very quickly that that may not have been the very best of ideas. Too little to late as they say, took a massacre victory by beating him in kill points 16 to 4.
The second round was against an Eldar player by the name of Alvin or “Al” for short, but after hearing him talk for about one minute, I called him DOUSHBAG!!! SO the set up is Spearhead with 5 objectives being the game mission. So doushbags first order of business is to decide to keep his whole army hiding behind his one grav tank that is about 12 inches off his table edge but very close to the center line, which brought it VERY close to my two Tyrannofexs. My zoans led the way of course and in the middle of my first turn I had blown up his grav tank, he lost his HQ in the ensuing blast, and destroyed and entire squad of pathfinders that were foolishly in range of my zoans, 9 warp blasts later there was nothing but a smoking crater where his pathfinders used to be, 2+ cover save that doushbag. About this time doushbag started to open his mouth about how my list was illegal cause I had Tervigons in my list that were taken as troop choices and not HQ’s. After showing him the rule in the codex that allowed me to do just that as long as I also took 10 termaguants, he suddenly decided that quitting was the best way to screw me over by his way of thinking, he quit and took his 1 obj and I would take 4 objs and that would be how many points I would get. After a brief explanation with head ref about how much of a DOUSHBAG this guy was I got another massacre victory while he got 0 points for quitting like a girl.
The third and final round found me up against the necron player by a HUGE surprise. Also by this point where we had started with 8 players, we were now down to 4 cause of other doushbags quitting because they did not feel as if they were doing all that good. Well the setup for this game was Dawn of War with victory points being the scenario. He got the first turn and put out his Ctan in the middle of the board, I chose at that time to walk my whole army on turn one since there was no benefit to me to do anything else turn one. He foolishly moved his Ctan right towards my line on his first turn and he found out what 9 zoans can do with their warp lances. His Ctan down turn 1 with a Monolith of his gone after turn 2, he was reeling backwards and decided a gun line would be better than anything else he could muster to take care of the swarm. It took me 4 rounds moving cover to cover to get my Hormagaunts in range to assault but as soon as they closed on my turn 5 his entire army phased out in an eerie glow to quote the necron codex.
Overall another tournament at Treefort with another dominating performance by members of the Columbus Gaming Group, but overall an underwhelming experience at that game store due to the DOUSHBAGS that play at that location. I also had the chance to talk to John who was the store owner of Treefort and expressed to him the reason that we do not take the travel time to play and buy at his store is because of the doushbags he allows to play in his tournaments. My suggestion to him was if not for a viable excuse, if anyone chooses to quit a tournament at his store, then that person will be banned from tournament play at his store. Best way to upgrade his reputation in my book to tell ya the truth. Also if you want an easy win at future events Treefort is the way to go, just keep in mind the fact that doushbags will be run into, and it would be like playing your sisters kids.

CG2 Open Game Night!!

CG2 will be hosting its first organized game night. The fun will be Friday August 12th, located at

Roy E. Martin Recreation Center
1110 Airport Road
Phenix City, AL
Start: 5pm
End 11pm
Cover:$5

We will have plenty of tables for wargaming as well as open tables for CCG's. Open to all. Feel free to drop in and bring any game system you wish to play (40K, Fantasy, Warmachine/Hordes, Magic The Gathering ect. ect.) We will also have drinks for sale as well. All proceeds go to paying the rental fee's. Hope to see you all there,

Keep rolling them dice

Todd C.
CG2

STOP CRYING GAMERS!!!

Hey CG2 Fans,

Todd here with a talk on why people cry about new codex’s and rules!! Have you surfed the different blogs and forums and seen people complain about “broke” or “overpowered” codex’s? Are you tired of it? Me, well I am frankly sick of it. Who am I you say? I’m your down to earth, shower taking, has a real life, plays to have fun kind of player who is going to tell you how it is!! So here we go…

Imperial Guard

Of course I have to start off with my beloved codex. I started playing IG in 2nd edition. I originally wanted a Blood Angels army since that was the original looking marines out there. Started but hated it, so then I saw IG. Laser guns..check….Tanks check…Flack armor…check! I’m sold! Nothing better to give your best with humans and laser guns vs. Steroid induced super humans! So that’s why I play them, they are the underdog.
So, back to the original discussion. I am sick of players crying about the IG army’s out there. So what if you see 5-10 vehicles out there. Last time I checked it’s the 41st Millennium, I think they dedicated whole planets to produce vehicles. So I would expect to see a Shi@ ton of them! I mean that’s their strength. Look at marine chapters, if you look at the basic Ultra marine load out for the entire chapter, they have a handful of vehicles. Its just so miraculously that you have them all in this one battle force. So IG are not the only Meched -out army’s in the scene right now.

Also the whole vet thing going around. For casually play its fun to mix thing up right. Maybe use some Infantry platoons and stuff. As for tournaments its game on! You bring all you hardest and tough list right. I don’t see Grey knight bringing basic grey knight marines, or space marines taking loads of tactical marines!! I see elites coming out (Deathwing, Grey Knight’s). So why would I bring my weaker troops, instead of veterans with special weapons in them to kill your 3+ guys? Stop crying, I don’t cry when I shoot a squad of marines and watch all but one save their armor. It’s the nature of the beast.

MARINES (all types)

Ok, These guys. As I mentioned above, players are always crying about SPAM with IG and other armies. You Marine players are the most guilty of this. Space Wolves, Vanilla marines (Salamander lists) Blood Angels (JAWABALLS) and so on. How can you cry about this stuff when you are all doing it your selves? Still should people cry about it no. That’s how you make your list, so be it! Keep playing your razor back lists, or your melta/power fist squads and so on. Once again it’s the nature of the tournament beast.
So as for the crowd who cries about the new codex’s being broke, why are you even concerned? I mean yeah some of the rules are tough and advantages obvious (Riflemen dreads in the Grey knight lists). Stop crying and look for a way to destroy the threat. Think Generals from history started crying about why army A has the cool weapons and Army B does not? No they started plotting to get rid of the advantage of these weapons! For example, Scotts fighting the Brits back in the day. Tribes men Vs. trained Men-at-arms. They used what they had to defeat the armored bullies from the south. They did not cry and run to the hills. So all I am saying is find the chink in the armor! Lick your wounds and plot revenge with a better force. How many codex’s have you designed? Hmm, so lay off the writers!

THE REST

The rest of the Zeno hoards and other stuff fall in as well. Your codex’s will come soon enough. Be patient. Though these older books can still win, I have seen it. Tau can still lay some serious hot lead (or plasma) down on the enemy. I am looking for the fish people true come back next year. Necrons, keep up those shambling hoards. They still have some fight in them as well, they will come for us soon enough. I mean why don’t people cry about 100 boys ruining your day or the swift DE screaming about the battlefield? Oh maybe because that’s the way they are intended to play?

IN CONCLUSION…

When I talk to someone who never played and shows interest I explain it this way. There is an army for every type of players. Shooty, aggressive, balanced. There is also armies for every style of players, evil, good, alien! Play how you want that army to play, be it fluffy or tournament based, just play! Stop crying because you lose or feel things are “unfair”, remember its all comes down to the dice!! Yes my friends the true equalizer! That and it’s a GAME!!! So let’s stop undermining each other and losing new players due to the DBAGS out there, and just play!! Stop using new people to get your manliness on and destroying . in turn losing them to other games like War machine. Try just playing and laughing as your units do crazy things! Its all about fun. So in closing for all you internet haters out there

DON’T BE A DBAG!!

Till next time, keep rolling them dice
TankerTodd
CG2

George N. Update

Yo!!! George N. here, back from the north and pumped for Nova!!! Glad to hear we had an awesome showing at the Giga tourny, caught ppl cheatin' and one of our own gettin props on a "big" blog. I leave for a freakin' week and a half and all the cool stuff goes down. Anyway painting the Tau like a mad man to get em' ready for Nova. Hope all is awesome with everyone. O, if anyone has cool ideas for a Tau display board for the tourney I am all ears. I have some ideas, but not sure what I gunna do yet.

NEWS FROM THE ROAD..ROAD CREW THAT IS!!!

Hey CG2 fans,

Tankertodd here with some updates about the roaming band known as the "ROAD CREW". As of right now CG2 will be represented at the 2011 NOVA OPEN up in Arlington, VA. This is huge for us here in little old Columbus. In just under a year, our group has really come forward. Hard work has paid off, and we on the road crew won't let CG2 down. So this being said, lets talk about the road crew!!

Todd W., George N. and I talked about hitting the road numerous times during casual gaming. Taking the CG2 banner to other stores and tourneys to meet and spread our glorious name. Local players are great and we find and meet them all the time. Still nothing like hitting the road and roaming into other players territory. This allows us to meet and battle new opponents. You can sit and read people BLOGS and stuff all day.There is not better way than to see whats going on in the hobby than to see it first hand. You never know who or what you will see out there.

The Road Crew also was designed to represent the CG2 in the gaming community. Currently the members are all pretty decent guys and players. There are loads of just DBAG players out there. Players who ruin the fun of a "Game". So those people are not welcomed to join this roaming bad. We want to go out and make friends and contacts to help our community here in Columbus, GA a better one. So the people we are looking for are those players who are just in it to have fun. Yes winning and bringing home some loot is always our aim, but not at the expense of others.

So how do you join the CG2 "ROAD CREW"? First you can't be a DBAG!! You have to purchase the Team shirt at $40 a pop. Now this is sold strictly at cost. Your getting a nice Polo not some Chinese counterfeit. You have to have a Decently painted force. Now, if your going out into the community, how do you spread a good name for CG2 with un-primed models!! And finally, the $$$ to attend the events and help pay for the expenses to get there...hey gas ain't cheap!!

So if you think you want to hit the road with the CG2 road crew, email me at todd.cornell1@gmail.com. We are looking for additional members to hit up the NOVA OPEN with us this August. Hope to see some of you out there and as always

keep rolling them dice

Todd C.
CG2 co-founder

Tournament after thoughts!!

Hey gang,

Well the tournament is over with and I come back with some experience and hard earned lessons! For those of you just tuning in, Some of CG2's members (Chris (cheater), Todd W., Brian B., Craig and Todd C...that's me) participated in a 2500 point 40K tournament at a place called Giga Bites cafe. Its located in Atlanta, GA and is about two hours away from Columbus, GA. I will get to the store itself at the end of the blog. So here is how the day unfolds.

The day started at 6am when we all met at the HobbyTown parking lot. The drive was quick due to us gabbing away about 40K and other crazy stuff. We arrived about an hour early, even with a pit stop at Duncan Doughnuts (Thanks Todd W.) When we arrived there was already about 6 people waiting outside the store. When the doors finally opened, we quickly had a look over of the tables. the entire event was filled, thanks to Chris filling in the last slot of a last minute drop out.

So the missions, standard NOVA style. Basically you have three objectives (Objectives, KP and quarter halves) and each rotates as the primary, secondary and Tertiary. Though in this event, you can acheivell three objectives instead of stopping at the first objected taken by a player. Confused...so was I when I read them first. With the missions and players match-ups issued out the battle began.

Round 1: Chaos marines Vs. Mech IG

My opponent was Wll if I remember correctly. Good guy, easy going and fun to play. He ran a mix of Chaos stuff. few termies and oblits. The first round of course is DoW...blah! He got first turn and of course took it. He deployed right up front in the middle. This forced me to deploy on the tables edge. I had very little initial success and he got in my face to quickly. This took away from my vehicles firepower and forced my Vets to get on ground. Even with my marbro and Storm troopers trying to eat his back field, Power armor just kept on working for him. The Chaos gods favoured him and he walked away with a complete victory.

Lesson learned: DoW sucks!

Round 2: Daemons Vs. Mech IG

This battle kind of worried me before it even began. I have played very few daemon army's. he had tons of models and I knew this was going to hurt. Standard deployment and of course The God Emperor did not favor me and he too took 1st turn. With that said he game me the first turn to spare him a round of pain! So turn one was a complete waste for me. he dropped in right on top of me for the most part. Though he did drop his Fiends back more to allow them a chance to get in combat the next turn. So he had 8 total units for his first wave. With eternal warrior, my insta kill weapons lacked their usually kick. I had initial success at killing of some fiend with marbro and killing 4 out of 5 Heralds on chariots. Then he started getting in his units and began spewing his daemon breath, glancing and auto killing my vets. Where is a hell hound that spews Mouthwash? So my valiant armored column was massacred in the rocky valley. He took all three objectives.

lesson learned: Reserve my stuff as well to negate him from dropping on my stuff right away. That and Daemons are just mean!

Round 3: Orks Vs. IG...to easy right!....

Ok, this battle I walked in thinking, OK I can do this. I faced plenty of Ork army's. Well Tanner my opponent had other plans. he had a speed freak/stompy list. Heavy with war buggy's (Cool Conversion work) and killa Khans. He also had the Nob Biker squad with Warlord...grrr. So the battle was spearhead and to my surprise....I lost turn one again!!! During this game..I have never seen so many 6's and 5's in my life. guys im not crying or making it up. He did not miss or failed to pen my vehicles once. I’m talking he needs a six to pen..he rolls three. After three turns of watching orks blow my vehicles sky high, I had to ask "can I roll your dice". I scooped up three and rolled, 1-2-1...nope just me LOL. Guys, playing games for 17 years and warhammer for 14 I have never been crushed/rolled poorly like this ever. I’m talking point blank shots missed, 2d6 pen rolls getting double ones. His army swiftly weakened my force. it was not till turn 5 and 6 I started to stall his WAAAGGHH. Khans started to die and his buggies as well. Even 2 out of his three lootas all but died. Though we had the chance to go to turn 7, I was too far weakened to get any points...once again the cadian "Fighting" 69th was crushed.

Lesson Learned: Get Tanners dice!!

So in closing there you have it. I was swept in all three games. I have to say I really did not see that coming. I had a decent amount of primer games prior to the event. I won about 50% of them, and the ones I did lose where very close. All in all, I had a very bad day of gaming. This did not however ruin the event. I had a great time. All three opponents are guys who know their stuff and played very friendly. No complaints at all about them. Remember the whole point of a tourney is to crush not cuddle!! Seeing the weakness of my army I will go back and tweak it for NOVA. Even with the crushing defeat, I will not stray from my boys mounted in their steal steeds. I just love the way my army looks and plays. I have a marine force, but there is nothing better than rolling into battle knowing, my troops are just dudes. Not juiced up dudes...dudes who carry laser guns and ear flak armor. For the Emperor!!< div>

Now for the event as a whole. Guy’s, David and his group are good people. He runs a Top notch establishment, made for gamers by a gamer. They carry all the major games (Warhammer, 40K, Warmahordes, Malua-how-you-spell-it, MTG and Infinity). They have pretty much the entire range of boxes of GW stuff. David treats you as a fellow gamer, not a walking wallet. they also serve food and drinks. Not candy bars and skittles (though they have them to) I’m talking hot and cold sandwiches and fancy coffee drinks. All priced for a gamers budget. so really, you never have to leave the store. I see myself and hopefully CG2 heading back up there for future events and gaming. check them out at http://www.giga-bitescafe.com and also look on their facebook. Mr. black the TO (writer on belloflostsouls) ran a very smooth event. Was not rushed or heavily micro managed. It had a large event feel with the Local friendly game store atmosphere. They even held a raffle, giving away a Battalion box as 1st prize. The event prizes really where big. $100 for first and 2nd and 3rd getting I think $50. Great event guys, I would drive up again for Giga Bites Cafe's next 40K tourney!

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So in closing CG2 represented fairly well. Todd W. tied for 3rd and was awarded $50. Chris and Brian did well and well me, lets say someone has to finish last. On a good note, The Cadian "Fighting" 69th took best painted. Though after much joking by Mr. Black (at my expense) my prize was $50 dollars not to 40K but to warmahordes. Seeing I should try a new game due to utter defeat in 40K! so I walked away from a 40K tourney with some Cygnar trencher commandos LOL!!! We made some good contacts and the CG2 name was spread. All in all, a great day for the "Road Crew". Now our sites are set on NOVA in August. Hope to see you there...until then,

Keep rolling them dice

Todd C.

CG2 Co-founder

Quick General Update

Hey Guys, Kevin here,

     Figured I'd drop a few things on here just general update stuff. I'll start off by wishin todd and the guys good luck this weekend up at the tournament. Hopefully everyones on their best behavior, nothing good about a long drive to have a miserable time. Lookin forward to some road footage from yall...

Second, Our warmachine groups up to 9 players who have their forces and/or are working on them. We've been getting in some good games, and starter games for the new guys (see ya tomorrow Tom). There is a good chance that a few of us might be playing in a "Steamroller Tournament" (these are privateer presses official events) here within the next month, if we do there will be footage from that.

Lastly, even though I personally maybe through with 40k for the most part I'm still working for you guys to have some events. In works, I've been trying to get the OK from GW for us to host a 'Ard Boyz preliminary round down here, but for some reason GW's not responding back to us. So if you fellas want it blow up their email boxes about the group and the area and we'll see what happens. ALSO, for those of you who don't know the "CAMPUS NERDS" social group on Columbus State University hosts "NERDACON" every year. I've been talking to them about hosting a charity event during "NERDACON" this year. Something that would let us collect food or money to donate to a local food bank or organization that helps out the less fortunate during the holiday season. I've been there, I know how bad they can be, and I think it would be REALLY GOOD pr for the group.

in closing if anyone has any ideas email us....it gets checked regularly. and now the standard closing - check us out on facebook, youtube, and our forum.

Kevin.