jen'ari wrote:I have not played in a long time and need to know what squad to take to a tournament.
Seeing as how I am not very good, in the SWM community, and I do not know what everyone is playing these days, how do I get people to comment on squads I made?
I kind of just want to know what people think will fair ok at a local type tournament
Sorry if this ruins the flow of the forum.
Welcome back!
I've been playing SWM ever since Rebel Storm came out and my best advice to you is to embrace losing a little bit. In order to get better at the game, you have to take your lumps, be patient to losing, and chalk it up to a learning experience. You can't win at anything in life without practice, practice, and still more practice. I can't tell you how many matches I have lost over the years. To be honest, I don't mind losing because I have learned so much from it. Losing helps me learn and get better. The other thing to keep in mind, a lot/most of the "elite" players left playing the game, are seasoned veterans. Just taking a top squad and playing it at a tournament, is not going to guarantee victory. You have to be a good player to win at SWM against the best players. It completely depends on what type of player you are, what squad you choose to play, the strategy you employ, the match up with who you are playing and what squad they have, and what map you choose to play your squad on. You also need to study
ALL the allowable tourney maps at the location you are playing at. You could lose a game on vital placement of your minis at a key or key moments of the game, and that could lose the match for you. Gambit, is also something that is important to understand, and not ignore. Sometimes a point or 2, could win you the game, especially in a 60 minute contest. At last years GenCon championship, I went 3-2, with 2 of my loses to Gerry and Daniel, both who made the top 8. The point is, in a tourney, if you are to do well, you will be matched up against really good players, and may get your hat handed to you. I play for the fun of it, and back here at my LGS, me and the core group of guys, who play on a regular basis, mainly play for fun ( fun scenarios, mass battles, theme battles, ect. ) I promise you, this is where you would get the most enjoyment out of the game. Good luck, and most of all, have fun!