Glorietta 5, Makati City
Hey all!
The Spearhead Fun Tournament finally came to a surprising end. With the missions' twists and turns, with people's emotions running high, and with the look on peoples faces as they fought their own armies, it was total blast!!!
Congratulations to John Micheal Nieves for winning the tournament!
One for the One God indeed!
The pictures show how the day affected all of us in the tournament.
Here's are some interesting events that transpired during the day.
There were 16 players who came but only 7 tables were available. (7 tables was promised by Neutral Grounds).
Paulo Lapa backed out of the second game when he lost one of his Death Korps of Krieg models during the first game. He accidentally dropped the model and it rolled on the floor. He took time to finish his rolls before he went looking for it. It is good to note that finishing his rolls first was very sporting of Paulo, as he did not let his opponent wait (Jeff Jongko was his opponent). Unfortunately, he could not find his model anymore. There was too big a crowd around the tables, with Magic the Gathering and World of Warcraft card tournament being held at the same time. Paulo, decided to quit the tournament because he could not give a good game to his opponent due to the distraction of losing his Forgeworld model.
Our sympathy goes to Paulo for losing his model and our admiration for his good attitude towards gaming and feelings for his opponent.
JoJo and I were playing the first game after all the seven tables were done. It took us an hour and 15 minutes to finish the 5 turns. When the game ended, Paulo decided not to play the second game. So, we let Jojo take the number 14th slot and let him continue on to his second game. We ended up with 15 players. One had to go.
(Oh by the way, the Sisters of Battle(Witchhunter) with spearhead tank hunter consisting of 3 exorcist won over Space Marines with a seek and destroy spearhead consisting of 2 landspeeders. I did not continue to play the tournament as I told Henri that we should give other players priority to join the tournament. Only later to find out, I would have hated the second mission; facing 6 Exorcist Launchers is never a good idea.)
Henri lost his bag and with his T-shirt in it. He spent an hour looking for it alternately watching the games. Fortunately, he found it with the stuff of Neutral Grounds staff. Lesson during tournaments, make sure to look after your things, or have someone look after it for you.
The biggest twist however, that gave rise to the victory of Mike, was the addition of battle points to the game. At first, we believed that the winner of the match between Jay (With his Ultra Mega Chicken) and Patrick (With his War Puppy Titan) would be crowned the first champion of the tournament as they both had two wins to boot. However, when the numbers were added up, it became clear that Mike, who had a draw and a loss before coming into the third round would win, as the battle points he accumulated in the last round pushed him all the way to the top, surpassing the score gained by Patrick, the runner up.
And thus, the championship was claimed by the One God's avatar, who ironically complained at the last round that serving the One God did not have any benefits (moments later, Jay rolls the one that loses him the game. Had he won the game, his score would have beaten Mike's).
Looking forward to the next tournament scene.
Many thanks to Freddie and Des Tan of Neutral Grounds for the venue and support to the community.
Special thanks to Henri Tecson and Ian Siongco for organzing and creating really FUN missions.
See you all at the gaming tables!
Cheers,
Oberon
Again, I used my Nokia E71 camera because I left my Panasonic Camera at the Bunker Arrggg!!!.
Clash of Titans turns into a lovers quarrel.
No! No! No! It's his fault!!! It's the One for the One God's fault!!!
