Ard Boyz this year?

[jhobin]

Hey,

I saw a recent post on DakkaDakka that there is going to be a Ard Boyz on July the 11th. Any one else heard this?

I got a title to hold as the first NE champ 

[Chase]

We did run it last year.  I haven't heard anything about it this year though...  It's certainly something to look in to.

Thanks, Jeff.

[Grimwulfe]

What is Ard Boyz?

[the_trooper]

What is Ard Boyz?

Cheese fest.  It's fun though.  It's where everyone breaks out stupidly powerful lists from their codecies and hold nothing back.  Of course Lee just plays his normal broken form of Death Guard.

[Achillius]

So July 11 is the date they're kicking around.  Are we running one at BG again?


It should be fun

[Ian Mulligan]

Guard players will have a pretty awesome time with this.

[jhobin]

I'm thinking Guard, Daemons, and Orks will be big!

[Grand Master Steve]

Ill never touch an Ard Boys with a 6 foot pole unless some one bribes me or something. Mainly it drasticly alters the way the game is traditionaly played in tournaments. Sportsmanship and painting are no longer factors since its all about the wins.

[Rob S]

Ill never touch an Ard Boys with a 6 foot pole unless some one bribes me or something. Mainly it drasticly alters the way the game is traditionaly played in tournaments. Sportsmanship and painting are no longer factors since its all about the wins.

But that's the point.  You're saying the aspect you don't like of a tournament where it's all about exploiting rules and having the most powerful army is when people exploit rules and create the most powerful army?

[jhobin]

Ard Boyz is not for everyone. I had a blast when I played in it.

I am a big supporter of Comp in tournament's it is what my group has always been about. What I mean by comp is the old school comp system. This was basically (it was more complex ) a well rounded force with more troops than anything else and a % retriction on wargear. Things have changed and you have to role with the punch's.

I don't have any problems with tournaments I play in because I check what they are all about before I go into them. Not every style of tourney is for everyone, the one I don't like I don't go to (havn't found one yet!)

I had a blast at the Ard Boyz because I knew what the tourney was about and what to expect and had a great time seeing some of the combo's that were used. If I saw some of those combo's in a regular tourney I might have said something to the person, but because it was no hold's bar it was acceptable. Also its hard not to at least try in a tourney where in the second round you get a free 2500 pts army if you win!

Basically tourney's are not for everyone, which is the great thing about the game!

[jesterofthedark]

I have to agree with Rob on this one Steve.  One of the hardest things to cope with in a tournament is sportsmanship.  I mean really I know everyone tries to be fair on grading but if you just got stomped by a guy round two tell me that allows you to be objective when you grade him on sportsmanship, the flip side of that is people just giving every opponent a good sportsmanship score.  Making it very hard to be fair in that category.


I kinda like that ard boyz is about the carnage.  I wouldn't want every tourney to be like that but then again if every tournament was a doubles or something like that we would get bored.  Its just fun to try something new,

[blantyr]

I am a big supporter of Comp in tournament's it is what my group has always been about. What I mean by comp is the old school comp system. This was basically (it was more complex ) a well rounded force with more troops than anything else and a % restriction on wargear. Things have changed and you have to role with the punch's.

I was a big fan of comp in the early V3 days.  Today, it is easier to target the independent characters, there are fewer exotic combinations of wargear that get unbalanced, and the rules are generally better in terms of maintaining game balance.

But I still like to see a troop heavy force on the table.  I'd like the rules and codices to be set up so a well rounded collection of basic models is competitive.  Exotics should make the game more fun, but not be required to clobber the enemy.

But then, I'm not an Ard Boyz sort of player.

[Grand Master Steve]

I guess im just not a fan. I personaly can be objective when playing some one that kicks my ass. It all depends if my face is shoved in it or not  how they ract to rule calls, and were they blatently abusing the rules of their army. Thats how I rule sportsmanship. Not if I won not if I lost.

[cryptoron]

What are the rules for an Ard Boyz tournament?

[Grand Master Steve]

if memory serves me all you have to do is have minimum standard force org filled. Points can vary. I also beleive painting is not even a requirement so you just show up with a list, army and your own codex and play.