Equinox Tournament WFB Results
Brilliant weekend and really proud to have hosted all the
fine wargamers that made this the biggest tournament by far I've been involved
in hosting. Although we have a big base of wargamers in Auckland the great
response from the community all around the country made this tournament the big
success that it was. A big thank you goes out to those of you who flew or
travelled those extra miles to making the great atmosphere that a big tournament
makes. So without further delay here is the results.
Best Sports: Glen Tibbles
Edit:
Strengths in NZ Wargaming:
With Wellington, Tauranga and Invercargill taking the podiums for the WFB tournament it bodes very well for the health of the hobby in NZ. Even though Auckland may boast the greatest population in terms of player base only one Aucklander managed a top ten finish in the tournament.
The tournament had well over 60 contestants interested in the 50 WFB spots in the competition, with late withdraws due to work or family reasons the tournament was reduced to 48. Further withdraws during the week meant that come tournament day there were contestants not participating that were on the tournament list. With this kind of response and no last minute timing conflicts I don't see why we can't steadily work towards my goal over the past year or so of developing the hobby and N.Z's wargaming participation. This being my last tournament as TO I'd like to thank all competitors and fellow organisers who have shared my common goal and volunteered their time to building the New Zealand tournament and wargaming scene. With the huge participation of all the systems at Equinox I'm sure you as the competitor will continue to support the guys who will be running tournaments in the future. The Next big tournament in Auckland will be Nicon and details can be found here Here.
Playing with Stats:
With Equinox hosting the largest 8th ed tournament in NZ it's great to see some of the internets not so fancied armies also sharing space with the top ten finishers. No Surprises with Ogres, WoC or Empire, but TK and Beasts the more unfancied cousins in the current edition of the game makes a surprise appearance in the top ten at Equinox. Tournament performance often comes down to List design and your overall performance rather than luck so I thought I'd look at some of the stats taking into account the 3 most recent tournaments in NZ. I've used the average Army placing and by eliminating the last result where I could to stabilise as much statistical bias due to small a sample size. This is what I got which makes for interesting reading.
So statistically speaking in this country the top three armies are far removed from the big two countries of warhammer the UK & US. I would agree with the results some what as Warriors and Lizards tend to be able to get solid points in a tournament which they are favoured in and Empire if run right and maximise their shooting all six turns could very much also maximise their battle points. Lower on the table Wood Elves are still a good army but struggle to get maximum battle points due to the nature of the army and hence are not so good at tournament finishes.
Nb: Sample size is small and top 10 results were the only data used where able to minimise conflicting data. Statistical analysis is for snapshot trend only.
Name
|
Army
|
Paint
|
Total
|
Tie
Break
|
Adj
Battle
|
Total
Overall
| |
1
|
Pete
Dunn
|
Ogr
|
15
|
87
|
76.125
|
91.125
| |
2
|
Ross Hiller-
Jones
|
WoC
|
14
|
81
|
70.875
|
84.875
| |
3
|
Tim
Joss
|
TK
|
15
|
77
|
67.375
|
82.375
| |
4
|
Rob
Sadler
|
Emp
|
15
|
76
|
0.1
|
66.5
|
81.6
|
5
|
Peter
Williamson
|
TK
|
15
|
76
|
66.5
|
81.5
| |
6
|
Raymond
Dick
|
Beasts
|
15
|
75
|
0.1
|
65.625
|
80.725
|
7
|
Dan
Butler
|
Skaven
|
15
|
75
|
65.625
|
80.625
| |
8
|
James
Page
|
DE
|
15
|
73
|
63.875
|
78.875
| |
9
|
John
Mathews
|
Emp
|
15
|
72
|
63
|
78
| |
10
|
Al
Raynor
|
WoC
|
15
|
71
|
62.125
|
77.125
| |
11
|
John
Willenbruch
|
Brets
|
14
|
72
|
63
|
77
| |
12
|
Thom
V
|
Dwf
|
15
|
68
|
0.1
|
59.5
|
74.6
|
13
|
Reid
Pittams
|
DE
|
15
|
68
|
59.5
|
74.5
| |
14
|
Henry
Poor
|
WE
|
14
|
69
|
60.375
|
74.375
| |
15
|
Kyran
Henry
|
Emp
|
15
|
67
|
58.625
|
73.625
| |
16
|
Glen
Tibbles
|
WoC
|
15
|
65
|
56.875
|
71.875
| |
17
|
Neil
Williamson
|
Brets
|
15
|
64
|
56
|
71
| |
18
|
Rory
Finnemore
|
Emp
|
15
|
63
|
0.1
|
55.125
|
70.225
|
19
|
Hamish
Forbes
|
O&G
|
15
|
63
|
55.125
|
70.125
| |
20
|
Antony
Kitson
|
Dwf
|
15
|
59
|
0.1
|
51.625
|
66.725
|
21
|
Richard
Barby
|
CD
|
15
|
59
|
51.625
|
66.625
| |
22
|
Jeremy
Brown
|
VC
|
10
|
64
|
56
|
66
| |
23
|
James
Brown
|
WE
|
14
|
59
|
51.625
|
65.625
| |
24
|
Paul
Clark
|
TK
|
14
|
58
|
50.75
|
64.75
| |
25
|
Mike
Vercoe
|
VC
|
15
|
56
|
0.1
|
49
|
64.1
|
26
|
Derick
Williams
|
Skaven
|
15
|
56
|
49
|
64
| |
27
|
Michael
King
|
Liz
|
15
|
55
|
48.125
|
63.125
| |
28
|
Geoff
Fletcher
|
Ogr
|
8
|
61
|
53.375
|
61.375
| |
29
|
Paul
Dalton
|
Ogr
|
5
|
63
|
0.1
|
55.125
|
60.225
|
30
|
Sam
Peters
|
Brets
|
12
|
55
|
48.125
|
60.125
| |
31
|
Basil
Moskovis
|
VC
|
15
|
50
|
0.11
|
43.75
|
58.86
|
32
|
Patrick
Crockett
|
WE
|
15
|
50
|
0.1
|
43.75
|
58.85
|
33
|
Michael
Fenner
|
WoC
|
15
|
50
|
43.75
|
58.75
| |
34
|
Noel
Tobin
|
O&G
|
14
|
51
|
44.625
|
58.625
| |
35
|
Graeme
Fry
|
HE
|
15
|
47
|
41.125
|
56.125
| |
36
|
Damon
Quaid
|
WoC
|
15
|
42
|
36.75
|
51.75
| |
37
|
Russ
Simister
|
VC
|
15
|
40
|
35
|
50
| |
38
|
Chris
Ellis
|
TK
|
13
|
40
|
35
|
48
| |
39
|
Darren
Butler
|
O&G
|
15
|
36
|
31.5
|
46.5
| |
40
|
Michael
Stewart
|
Emp
|
12
|
39
|
34.125
|
46.125
| |
41
|
Jake
Griffiths
|
VC
|
12
|
36
|
31.5
|
43.5
| |
42
|
Phil
Petry
|
DE
|
15
|
32
|
28
|
43
| |
43
|
Amy
Tanabe
|
Ogr
|
15
|
26
|
22.75
|
37.75
| |
44
|
Daniel
Blomfield
|
O&G
|
8
|
5
|
4.375
|
12.375
| |
45
|
Jorin
Duncan
|
O&G
|
0
|
5
|
4.375
|
4.375
| |
46
|
Jordan
Rees
|
WoC
|
0
|
5
|
4.375
|
4.375
| |
47
|
Antony
Nobs
|
WoC
|
0
|
5
|
4.375
|
4.375
| |
48
|
Aaron
Cue
|
WoC
|
0
|
5
|
4.375
|
4.375
|
Best Sports: Glen Tibbles
Best Paint: Graeme Fry, can be found Here
Best Emerging Player: Michael Fenner
Well played to the veteran of the community Pete Dunn who showed that Ogres
are the new black. A special mention has to go to Ross Hiller- Jones and Tim
Joss, whom collected the other podiums for such a tight finish. The Podium
finishers all played each other and with Pete beating Tim, Tim beating Ross and
Ross beating Pete in their match ups, it proved there was very little in it
duking it out at the top of the field. This is also the first tournament that
I've had the pleasure of meeting Ross and it seems that Tauranga is going from
strengths to strengths with a second place finish this time around.
Edit:
Strengths in NZ Wargaming:
With Wellington, Tauranga and Invercargill taking the podiums for the WFB tournament it bodes very well for the health of the hobby in NZ. Even though Auckland may boast the greatest population in terms of player base only one Aucklander managed a top ten finish in the tournament.
The tournament had well over 60 contestants interested in the 50 WFB spots in the competition, with late withdraws due to work or family reasons the tournament was reduced to 48. Further withdraws during the week meant that come tournament day there were contestants not participating that were on the tournament list. With this kind of response and no last minute timing conflicts I don't see why we can't steadily work towards my goal over the past year or so of developing the hobby and N.Z's wargaming participation. This being my last tournament as TO I'd like to thank all competitors and fellow organisers who have shared my common goal and volunteered their time to building the New Zealand tournament and wargaming scene. With the huge participation of all the systems at Equinox I'm sure you as the competitor will continue to support the guys who will be running tournaments in the future. The Next big tournament in Auckland will be Nicon and details can be found here Here.
Playing with Stats:
With Equinox hosting the largest 8th ed tournament in NZ it's great to see some of the internets not so fancied armies also sharing space with the top ten finishers. No Surprises with Ogres, WoC or Empire, but TK and Beasts the more unfancied cousins in the current edition of the game makes a surprise appearance in the top ten at Equinox. Tournament performance often comes down to List design and your overall performance rather than luck so I thought I'd look at some of the stats taking into account the 3 most recent tournaments in NZ. I've used the average Army placing and by eliminating the last result where I could to stabilise as much statistical bias due to small a sample size. This is what I got which makes for interesting reading.
| Army | Average Tournament Finish | Average Batt Pts |
| Warriors | 3 | 77.5 |
| Lizardmen | 3.5 | 78.5 |
| Empire | 4 | 84 |
| Tomb Kings | 4 | 76.5 |
| Ogres | 4 | 74.5 |
| High Elves | 4.5 | 74 |
| Dark Elves | 5 | 79.5 |
| Skaven | 5.5 | 75.5 |
| Brettonians | 6 | 80 |
| Beasts | 7 | 73.5 |
| Daemons | 7 | 66.5 |
| Dwarves | 9 | 71 |
| Wood Elves | 12 | 59 |
So statistically speaking in this country the top three armies are far removed from the big two countries of warhammer the UK & US. I would agree with the results some what as Warriors and Lizards tend to be able to get solid points in a tournament which they are favoured in and Empire if run right and maximise their shooting all six turns could very much also maximise their battle points. Lower on the table Wood Elves are still a good army but struggle to get maximum battle points due to the nature of the army and hence are not so good at tournament finishes.
Nb: Sample size is small and top 10 results were the only data used where able to minimise conflicting data. Statistical analysis is for snapshot trend only.
