We had turnout of 18 players. It was a great tournament and had some really great games. Here are the full results:

1st Gray Whitsett
Map:Chancellors Starship

Luke's Snowspeeder
Han Smuggler
Princess Leia
Bothan Noble
Gen. Reeikan
Gen. Dodonna
R2 ES
Gen. Madine
ERC
Ugo Tech x2
Ugo x2
Mouse x2

2nd David Weeks
Map: Chancellors Starship
Squad Name : BRB

Lord Vader
Thrawn
Arica
Lobot
Admiral Ozzel
Mas Amedda
Raxus Prime Trooper
Camasi Noble
Ugo x3

3rd Greg Sutton
Map :Imperial Base

Mouse x3
Ugo x3
Bothan Noble x2
Yoda of Dagobah
Gen Dodonna
Luke HPU
Han Smuggler
Princess Leia
Gen. Reeikan
R2 ES
Juno Eclipse

4th Daniel Stephens
Map Ravaged Base

Mara Jade Jedi
Kol Skywalker
Kyle Katarn JBM
Gen Wedge
Gen Dodonna
Luke Force Spirit
Mouse x3
Ugo x3

5th Matt Spry
Map: Teth
Luke's Snowspeeder
Han Smuggler
Chewie of Hoth
Princess Leia
Gen Madine
ERC
Gen Reeikan
Human Bodyguard
Gen Dodonna
Ugo x2
Mouse x2
R7

6th Graham Bingham
Map Ravaged Base

Bucking the Trend
Yoda on Kybuck
Gen Skywalker
Capt. Panaka
Mas Amedda
R2 Astro
Dash Rendar RS
Lobot
Gran
Ugo

7th Andy Bumpus
Map Jedi Temple
Vaders Apprentice Redeemed
Yoda of Dagobah
Han Smuggler
Princess Leia
Gen Madine
Gen Reeikan
Gen Dodonna
ERC
Camasi Noble
Ugo x2
Mouse

8th Brandon Pyle
Map Ravaged Base
Luke Commando
Boba BH
Mouse x2
Han RH
Bothan Noble
Gen Reeikan
Gen Dodonna
Obi Force Spirit
R7
Juno
Ugh

9th Scotty Coyle
Map Ravaged Base
Boba BH
Han RougeW
Luke HoY
Bothan Noble
Camasi Noble
Twilek BSV
Ugo x2
R2 ES
Lando DS

10th Jonathan Hostetler
Map Rancor Pen
GGDAC
Wat Tambor TUF
T3-M4
Lobot CLO
Gha Nachkt
San Hill
BDO
Battl Droid x4
Mouse x3

11th Sean W.E
Map Teth
Mouse x2
Ugo x4
Gran Raider
Camasi Noble
Munn Tactics Broker
R7 x2
Bothan Noble
Genohardin Assassin
Gen Reeikan
Han STA
Gen Dodonna
Boba BH

12th Josh Dodson
Map Jedi Temple
Ulic Qel-Droma
Mando Quartermaster
Mando Captain
Mando Scout x2
Mando Marauder
Lobot CLO
Ugo
Mando Gunslinger

13th Jason Jackson
Map Jedi Temple

Cad Bane
Moff Nyna Calixte
Noghri Commando
Amanin Scout
Jawa Scavenger
Admiral Ozzel
Gran Raider
R7
Lobot CLO
Thrawn
Mas Amedda


14th Nicke Saunders
Map Night Club

Palps on Throne
Thrawn
Darth Vader JH
Boba Fett Enforcer
Amanin Scout
Ugo x3

15th Dennis Beard
Map Train Station

Han Smuggler
Princess Leia
Gen Rieekan
Gen Dodonna
Luke Commando
Camaasi Noble x2
Juno
Denna Shan
Mouse x3
R7 x2
Kel Dor BH x2
Gran x2

16th Noah King
Map Rancor Pit

Darth Revan
Cade Skywalker
BBSV
Human Bodyguard
Duros Scoundrel
Cloud Car Pilot

17th Jason Riggins
Darth Sidious SM
Ugo x4
Human BG
Darth Krayt
Darth Maul SA

18th Jeff Woodard (Dropped)
Map Chancellors Starship
Ugo x2
Mas Amedda
Admiral Ozzel
Lobot CLO
Echani Handmaiden
TBSV
BBSV
Xizor
Thrawn

Nice job Admiral! Congrats and cool report.

I would like to post a review of my time there, but I'm still recovering after a long drive back to NC. So I guess that'll have to wait for tomorrow.

I would like to say again that it was great to meet everyone out there. Hopefully we'll be able to do this again sometime before regionals.

Anywho, I'll have my play reports done tomorrow.

My Play Report:

Squad Name: Finesse O' Fett
Map: Teth

BFBH
x2 Mouse
x4 Uggies
Genoharadan Assassin
Bothan Noble
Gen Dodonna
Han STA
Rieekan
x2 R7s
Camaasi Noble
Gran Raider
Muun Tactics Broker

I was very grateful that I didn't have to go up against a Speedy cannon squad, because my squad was not built for it. Not to mention, I think it's just cheap.
My squad was built for taking initiative every time, and it did just that. Unfortunately, coming in 11th proves that My activations went against me, because i was rocking alot of them.

Round 1-Jason Riggins (Sith Squad)

Good Kid from the Clarksville area, I had no idea that minis had a strong following an hour and a half away from us, and I'm glad the Clarksville crew showed up.
anyway, back to the report.
It was pretty one sided on my part for most of the game, being that he had very little activations.
My one mistake was letting BFBH get fried by Krayte 4 times, eventually killing Fett.
Rieekan won it for me with a Critical on Krayte (his last Piece), Krayte only had 10 HP left, so crab armor would have done him no good.
Result-Win

Round 2- Jonathan Hostettler AKA DaHatchetJeedi (Separatists)

What can I say? Ive been playing against this squad all week, and my results were 50-50. I came up empty handed. Hatchet had everything going for him. My Muun kept giving him reserves 20 (San Hill) (I would have rather given him the generic reserves 20 then Wats or Clobots reserves, cuz once an IG-86 or HK 50 gets on the board, I would have been screwed.) The game went to time, i lost by 12 points. O well.
Result Loss.

Round 3- Brandon Pile (Rebel Fett cannon)

Great Kid, I had a Blast playing him. He kept me on my toes with his Han Solo and BFBH. I wasnt as worried with his Luke Commando, because i used the Double OR lock him in a hallway scam. It worked to my advantage. After I killed BFBH, I went after Han With my Han. All in all, it was close until i killed his Fett. My second favorite match of the Day. Result Win.

Round 4-Daniel Stephens (NR Beatsticks)

Nice guy, and fun to play with.
This was one of those games where I totally underestimated my opponent. he had a bunch of Beats, i had a bunch of shooters. Me being waaaay over confident, I jumped the gun and rushed him. it was pretty much over for me by the 3rd inish.
I made a deal with him: If he rolled a Nat 20 against any of my guys, i would call the game. He never did, but I called it any way, there was no sense in me wasting both of our time, especially with all of these other great matches going on around us.
Result-My Worst Loss (Great learning experience though, Thanks for the game Daniel)


Round 5- Andy Bumpis AKA Emissary (Rebel VAR Cannon)

By far, the best game i played in a really long time, and i really am happy that it was Andy, because this was anyones game. Maybe not from the very beginning, because I made a few bonehead moves, but I came back after awhile.
His VAR was in Fetts LoS in the beginning of the game, so fett took a shot twice at him, and VaR made both saves. So I decided to not go after VAR for a while and work on his other pieces. His Yoda was messing my world up with that Stun move and MoTF. I knew that he wanted me to kill Yoda, and at first, I was reluctant to do it, but he kept activating me. I won Inish, Killed Yoda off with my Geno, got the points, and we were about even at this time. his Var activated and hits my geno with FP 4, knocking him back 4 squares. I activate 2, Big D VaR, and then use my R7 to lock his han in the hangar with me.
we had one more inish after this, and it was back and forth the whole time. The game went to time and I lost by a few points. To me, even though I lost, I felt like I had won, and took the experience as a postive. So thank you Andy, I had a wicked Blast playing you. and thanks for clearing up the moving out of difficult terrain question i had. That makes my felcor happy
*Note* I have never lost a game where my Fett was at full HP, so this proves to me that this was one of the greatest games i ever played.

A great day for Nashville indeed.
I want to personally thank Jason again for helping me keep this thing together, even through all of the commotion and confusion we had to deal with. It was totally last minute for me to keep this thing afloat, and without jasons help and Know how, I would have gotten Anxious and just gave up. The turn out was incredible, the guys were great, and the prize support was sweet (I pulled another Yularen, which I traded it to Spryguy cuz he needed him more then I did.)
We are now looking to do this once a month. TNLG will be moving their store elsewhere, due to Contract issues with River Gate Mall, but he will be keeping me updated as to where he will be moving to next. we have another LGS that we go to, but he isn't the biggest supporter of Tournament style play, his own personal preference (which I totally understand).
Thanks boys, It was fun, and i hope we do it again real soon.

You do realize that most players would argue that Boba BH and a Bothan is at a minimum, equally "cheap" compared to Luke's SS and Leia right? In fact, when you add in the rest of your squad, it's pretty clear your entire squad is built around the exact same principles as "Speedy Cannon,". Let's not deride the squad choice of others, especially when our own choices are exactly the same....

I generally agree with this assessment. But regardless, I don't think it's very cool to call someone else' squad choice (when legal) "cheese" or any other such name. This was a competitive tournament was it not? Played by DCI rules? Then as such, players will choose their squads for a variety of reasons, but the squads aren't what win or lose the game anyways. There is no reason to critique another's choices because of "cheesiness" or any similar term. If you want to criticize based on squad strengths, the meta, point usage or something relevant to the game, then by all means do so.

lol

You do realize you are telling the person who made Speedy Cannon popular at Gencon about it?

umm really this argument is kind of crazy. It was Nashville's first DCI tourney and judging by the Boba Machine gun squad that the poster ran it is clear that it was a newbie squad. Really the player squad had zero synergy but hey that is to be expected in someone's first DCI tourney. The choice of the MTB without an exit strategy probably meant at some point during the tourney he had to sacrifice an important piece to his squad. The experienced player probably shot all the fodder as quick as possible to force this action. But that is the learning curve in DCI play.

As to the comment that Speedy Cannon is cheese that is kind of a goofy comment considering that Boba Machine Gun is just as bad when a playing is giving Boba Attacks hoping to roll a lot of Big D's. Trying to win on a 5% chance is kind of cheesy and doesnt require skill it requires luck. So I dont think that an argument should be started over that. That is just a fact. I am glad you guys had a fun tourney but being as it was several players first forray into competitive play I would expect the squads to be less than perfect. Looking at the Boba machine squad (Finesse o Fett or something liuke that) it is clear that the squad could been better. I am not being critical I am just stating a fact. I am sure once you guys get going you will see that some of the squad building choices could have better ones. How much more effective would the MTB have been if he had a Kel Dor BH standing next to him??? So before you start sacrificing important pieces you just off the MTB by sacrificing the Kel Dor.

I am just giving my thought and really would hate to see this turn into an argument.

Bill is right though. In an DCI competitive tourney the player has the right to play anything that is a legal build. Calling your opponents squad a name exhibits poor sportsmanship and anyone that attended your tourney who played Speedy Cannon probably now thinks you guys see him in a poor light because he played cheese in your opinion that you have now expressed publically.

I am not a fan of Dodonna. But I am not going to call it cheese in public so a guy that showed to my tourney from out of town can read that and think I dont think highly of him for playing it. It is just disrespectful to the player. The best way to keep people from playing figures you hate is to destroy them repeatedly.

im conseravtive, so really i dnt like any squads which make any of ur characters lie in the opne with less than 21 def. (lol) like boba/han cannon squads, but i do agree that boba is a cheap figure...but mostly people say that bc hes so (psychologically) intimidating!!! i mean, all anyone reads on thesse boards is about boba BH disintigrating this, boba BH disintigrating that, etc. etc....people even have lists (and sometimes long ones too) of theire boba disints.! its a really koo idea and i like it, but if people each ahd to give a WHOLE account of their use with boba, not just thier lucky accounts, then he would proabably lose a lot of his spunk

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Well I guess I am just ignorant then. Because I cannot see the wisdom in running the Muun Tactics Broker without an exit strategy. So you are telling me that the person running that squad playing it with grace and finesse yet he forgot that he would need an exit strategy before he had to off his own important pieces?? I am pretty ignorant then if that is a good idea because I always thought it was a bad idea.

You say this is a game of luck. Really??? So it is not a tactical game because luck has very little to do with the outcome of the game I can promise you that. But again I maybe ignorant on that subject too so please feel free to educate me.

As far as insulting anyone. Well you kind of do when you call what several guys ran at your tourney cheese. I mean these guys drove a long ways to make sure your tourney was a success. Without them you have a 5 person tourney. With them you have a large event. So calling what they ran cheese is disrespectful no matter how you cut it. But again I am probably to ignorant to understand what you meant by saying that using speedy cannon is just cheese.

I tell you what being as I am very ignorant to how this game works why dont you get Sean to show you how to load up his vassal (I know he has it because he has been on there before) and then you can educate me on how this game works. Because I am clearly ignorant.