Love the awards you guys got going. I'm digging the shirts too. I'm going to order one, and I will be there for certain.

Gonna give it the ole college try to get out there on the 2nd.

Is the tile wars on the 1st, 200 constructed?

will the epic for the epic duo be randomly generated, or can we chose?

We are confirmed... Two from WNY and one from OH will be in our landing party, arriving late PM on 6/1 at the shop for Tile Wars.

Constructed as far as i know.

First regional for me this year was a blast!! Can't wait for Danville in a few weeks. So without further ado, I shall start getting down to business. 

My squad: 

--Corran and Cad(4th Place Kokomo Regionals, 2012)--
60 Corran Horn, Jedi Master
54 Cad Bane
27 Lobot
22 R2-D2 and C-3PO, Galactic Heroes
18 Klatooinian Captain
9 General Dodonna
3 Mouse Droid
6 Ugnaught Demolitionist x2

(199pts. 9 activations)
My Map: Throne room. 

Round 1- 
opponent: John M. 
Squad: Imperial Troopers with insane defense. 
I won map roll. 

His squad was imperial 501st with crazy Def in cover with all their bonuses. I immediately noticed he didn't have any Thrawn or Palleon in his squad. He had Vader Imp Com to boost the troopers defense even without cover. I quickly sent Corran, TBSV, an Ugo, and the Klatoo into gambit behind the wall so his troops couldn't get to me. It was basically a game of cat and mouse while he slowly advanced with his troops for a few rounds(while keeping them in cover) Cad Bane had not hit any of his attacks because he needed 20s. Once they all got close enough, I unleashed my Corran and R2PO towards his troops. Corran took out 2 and damaged 1 trooper, making his remaining troopers lose Squad Firepower. Cad was then able to kill a disrupted trooper finally. He then moved Vader adjacent to Corran, which pretty much sealed the deal since after I finished off Vader with Corran and my Twilek. After that it was easy clean up. 3 point win. 

Round 2- 
Opponent: Bronson, 
Squad: Lord Vader Swap.
We both had the same map. 

This I won completely due to mistakes made by Bronson, however I was able to pull off a nice 12 square run with GMA and Triple to give Vader a nice 90 damage from Corran. It came down to a showdown between Vader and Corran, after he had already killed my Cad and I killed his Palleon. Vader based Corran and LS assaulted, I Force absorbed this and then finished off the remaining hit points of Lord Vader. Bronson then conceded. I had Corran with 60 left, and everyone else at full(except for dead Cad and Uggie) 3 point win

Round 3-
Opponent: Graham 
Squad: IG-86s with twin and extra defense from HK.
I won map.

Yikes. This was a bad match up. At first you might not think so because of all the evade I have, however HK-47 having disruptive really was the game changer here. I eventually realized that I had to move Corran in to actually do something instead of sit there and be blasted. Graham was smart enough to take out my disruptive first then blast away at Corran. Corran quickly went down with the rest of my squad, ending in 
his IG-86s starting a witch hunt after my Cad Bane. Loss, 2-1. Even though it wa a loss Graham made it a really enjoyable game! :) 

Round 4-
Opponent: Jack(forgot his last name) 
Squad: Echanis with Bastila and Atris.
I won map roll. 

At first glance I thought my shot at the final 4 was gone considering I lost to a variant of this squad many times. Within the first round he opened up doors with his 2 Astro Droids and was able to hit Corran with an Echani, and miss my Twilek with his Greedo BH. The TBSV and my Cad Bane were able to finish them off and run into cover, which was huge! I kept most of my guys behind walls and moved them into the room with gambit. I wasn't afraid of losin Cad cause of stealth. As soon as he moved 2 Echanis closer to gambit I ran Corran out to beat on them, and bodyguarded some of the damage. Next round Bastila was out of force points so no ABM, I was able to move and finish off the last of the Echanis leaving only his Briana, Atris, and Bastila at full with my Corran down to 80, everything else at full (except I lost R2PO to the Echanis the earlier round)
I had forgotten briana could shoot so she was able to get Corran down to 60, I then advanced the rest of my squad while Corran killed off Briana(however she was able to get him down to 30) 
I locked Bastila and Atris in the room at the end of the round. Beginning of the round I won init and went first spinning Dodanna. After he activated both Atris and Bastila I opened up the door and blasted away with Cad, the Klatoo, the TBSV, and ran Corran in to put 90 on Atris. He then won init and smacked Corran with Bastila to take him down to 10 hit points left. I then finished off Bastila and Atris with Cad and Corran defeating his entire squad with my only loss being R2PO, a mouse, and an Ugo. 3 pt win.

Round 5-
Opponent: Tim B
Squad: Stealth N' Blue(and Palleon too!) 
We both had the same map.

Due to the Swiss rounds I got paired up against Tim(who was undefeated) Another bad match up, that combined with playing against one of the best players in the world made it almost impossible. The game started and immediately when down hill, he was able to get shots off on all my guys, except Cad, killing diff everything except the Klatoo, a mouse, the Twilek, and Corran. It was pretty much game over after he went in for the 2nd round of shooting killing the Klatoo with Arica, and then finishing off everything(including my Cad Bane this time) only leaving my TBSV left. Tim had kept himself out of gambit the whole game, which I thought was weird at first, but then I realized what he was doing. At the beginning of the game I jokingly said to Tim "hey if you let me win we'll still both make it to the finals!" I never thought he'd actually consider it. He then explained his reasons why. By keeping me in he then had a good match up in the top 4 which he knew he could beat. The game ended when he moved all this pieces slowly around gambit towards my TBSV and giving him free AoOs. After a few "rounds" his whole squad was defeated except an R7. He then locked us both apart to make it a 2 pt "victory" for me. Tim later then won the whole thing, so I guess winning isn't always the best strategy sometimes :) Thanks again to Tim B! Great guy and amazing player! Hope you enjoyed the mountain dew ;) 

Top 4:
Round 1- 
Graham...again haha. 

Well like last time this was really hard game for me. I played more cautious and was actually able to kill a few mice and grunts in his squad. However when it came down to it I still had to make a move with Corran. 
I was proud of myself for getting more points then last time even though I still lost. That disruptive really was a game changer for that match up! Graham player everything super well, and placed his mice flawlessly! :) again a really fun game even though I lost! 

Ended my day taking 4th place, with 2 trophies(4th and one of the  Head hunters) and the Tie Pilot Helmet! 

Super fun day, great experience as always. Great to see everyone there, I can't wait to see some of you again in Danville! Thanks for the warm welcome back into the game, thanks to all the prizes donated by the mapmakers and Eric, they're awesome. And thanks of coarse to the Kokomo guys, and Les for hosting an amazing tournament! :D 

I would like to thank the IN crew for hosting a great regional event, although the 8.5 HR drive was a drag it was well worth it to have a chance to play against a field loaded with quality players. Congrats to Tim, way to steamroll! Bronson and Shawn our matches will resonate with me for a long while, as they were flipping intense. Jake, once again a memorable encounter worthy of the absurd, a pox on you Atton Jaq!

It was great to finally meet some of the ATL crew and btw... Daniel. SteveO found your Map and he'll be looking to send it along. Mental note to all future Kokomo Regional attendees when Les says, "hey they have giant margaritas," go to BK instead! :lol:

Tons of laughs to be sure! Hey Graham did you guys see that freaky tree on the way to Les'? LOL and btw I didn't run the stop sign (allegedly)

Finally a Death Star size thanks to Les for his hospitality!!!

I'm just going to use this uncontroversial thread say it was a great time, and run very well (even with a few hiccups with the software). Thanks for all involved in running it and handing out prizes.

+1 to Sithborg. Most excellent seeing you again Scott.