Before the world turned into a cesspool of disease, the Michigan GT was expanding with lots of additional tournaments (which is how Adepticon started). We held a little three round one day event there, and now it is back for 2021 as a full GT.
Blake Shrode organized the event, putting in as much effort as he does to his 'big game' at Adepticon and Gencon. Ok, it isn't a big game - it is a fricken HUGE MASSIVE 30,000 points a side super mega battle!
We ended up with 18 players (one did not show up unfortunately, so Blake didn't get to play :-( ).
One of the unique features this year was that every player had to bring an additional chariot (their racecar, as it were), that could be tricked out with one of four options, and there is a special award for the best chariot model.
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| Round one getting off to a great start promptly at 9 am |
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| Michael Collette v David Baker |
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| Rob Phaneuf v Jon Carter |
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| Marc Taylor v Marshall Temple |
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| Nicholas Shilhaneck v Jeff Franz |
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| Scott Schlicter v Kara Brown |
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| Matthew Temple v Eldon Krosch Jr |
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| Bryan Novak v Kyle Ritchey |
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| Daniel Bryan v Shannon Shoemaker |
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| Adam Kinne v Eric Reiss |
Between Rounds 1 and 2 the players had a lunch break, while I had to get my butt in gear to do the paint judging. This was a combination of self scoring and judged scoring, with a limit to the amount of points that would apply toward a player's overall score.
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| Rob Phaneuf's Ogres |
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| Jon Carter's Ogres (with a John Carter of Mars theme) |
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| Marc Taylor's Empire of Dust |
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| Nicholas Schilhaneck's Kingdom of Men |
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| Scott Schlicter's Undead |
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| Kara Brown's Ogres |
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| Jeff Franz's Northern Alliance |
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| Marshall Temple's ratkin |
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| Matthew Temple's Forces of the Abyss |
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| Eldon (Donny) Krosch Jr's Basileans |
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| Kyle Ritchey's Goblins |
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| Daniel Bryan's Sylvan Kin (they only look like Empire of Dust) |
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| Adam Kinne's Orcs |
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| Bryan Novak's Elves |
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| David Baker's Nightstalkers |
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| Michael Collet's Brotherhood: Order of the Green Lady |
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| Eric Reiss' Varangur |
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| Shannon Shoemaker's Goblins |
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| Blake Shrode's Abyssal Dwarfs (unfortunately he didn't get to play as the ringer, but I thought he still deserved for people to see his army!) |
Round 2 then got started
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Shannon Shoemaker v Rob Phaneuf
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| Bryan Novak v Scott Schlichter |
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| Nicholas Schilhaneck v Marshall Temple |
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| David Baker v Marc Taylor |
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| Michael Collet v Daniel Bryan |
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| Kyle Ritchey v Eric Reiss |
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| Jeff Franz v Jon Carter |
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| Matthew Temple v Adam Kinne |
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| Kara Brown v Eldon "Donny" Krosch Jr. |
After game three the players were able to relax and take it easy until the next morning, when round 4 started at 9 am. I say the players, because I still had to figure out who brought the best chariot model!
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| Rob Phaneuf |
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| Marshall Temple - showing we are all just rats in a cage |
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| Jeff Franz - who many arms can a chariot have? |
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| Kara Brown - who is driving, the ogre diver or the Octopus? |
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| Scott Schlichter's ghostly orc chariot |
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| Nicholas Schilhaneck |
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| Marc Taylor |
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| Matthew Temple with a great conversion |
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| Eldon "Danny" Krosch Jr |
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| Kyle Ritchie with a goblin chariot out of control |
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| Eric Reiss |
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| Adam Kinne |
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| Bryan Novak |
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| David Baker (ok, I'll be honest, I made this for him to use in the tournament) |
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| Michael Collet |
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| Daniel Bryan |
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| Shannon Shoemaker - really hitting the theme |
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| Jon Carter's martian airship |
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| Blake Shrode (again, unable to play :-( ) |
Round 4 got started promptly Sunday morning at 9. Well except for one table, because someone thought we started at 10. But we do have a lunch break, so the final round should be on time.
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| David Baker v Jeff Franz |
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| Rob Phaneuf v Eldon "Donny" Krosch Jr |
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| Bother vs Brother as Matthew Temple faces off against Marshall Temple |
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| Marc Taylor v Shannon Shoemaker |
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| Jon Carter v Adam Kinne |
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| Daniel Bryan v Nicholas Schilhaneck |
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| Scott Schlichter v Eric Reiss |
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| Kara Brown v Kyle Ritchey |
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| Michael Collet v Bryan Novak |
The Michigan GT provided some great prize support for the event, including trophies (except for the Jesse Cornwell Sportsmanship Award, which I made), and a lot of prizes.
The coolest award may be the championship jacket however.
They also provided some cool swag - Blake custom designed these arc templates
They are a great size, and will go perfectly with the angle corner I got years ago at Masters from the Pacific Northwest team (and I have tried to make my own version, but it is not as good as that one).
I did want to take a few extra pictures of some of the real cool models / armies.
Kyle Ritchey's Goblins were cool. Not just his chariot (where the mawbeast broke free, leaving the orclings to plummet down the hill out of control), but his display board showed the goblins summoning night stalkers - with the eyes reflecting the glow of the portal.
Jon Carter did his John Carter of Mars Ogre army, with some really cool stuff.
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| John Carter himself as Grokagamok |
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| Cool martian airship, with Deja Thoris leading the way |
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| One of his many green martian hordes (played as Ogre Hunters). The fun thing with this unit is it has a dead Matt Damon model in the back (from The Martian, of course) |
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| Lots of people commented on his great white martian ape as a giant. |
Matthew Temple is already an extraordinary painter, and he just keeps upping his game. His display board is a cave, with the Abyssal forces inside.
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| The gargoyles are hanging upside down from the top of the cave! |
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| Full of Abyssals |
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| The cave looks so friendly from the outside - but is full of evil. |
Marc Taylor wrapped this skeletal dragon around his Monolith for his Empire of Dust army, as the model now moves - so it makes sense for the dragon to carry it.
Round 5 started on time, and there were a few tense battles for the top position
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| Marc Taylor v Rob Phaneuf |
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| Scott Schlichter v Michael Collet |
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| Shannon Shoemaker v Eldon "Donny" Krosch Jr |
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| David Baker v Adam Kinne |
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| Kyle Ritchey v Matthew Temple |
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| Marshall Temple v Bryan Novak |
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| Jeff Franz v Eric Reiss |
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| Daniel Bryan v Jon Carter |
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| Kara Brown v Nicholas Schilhaneck |
And with that it was all over but the awards.
As always, I like to get a picture of everyone
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Front row, L to R : Bryan Novak, Kyle Ritchie, Matthew Temple, Eldon "Donny" Krosch Jr, Erick Reiss, Daniel Bryan, Adam Kinne
Back Row, L to R: Rob Phaneuf, Scott Schlichter, Kara Brown, Marshall Temple, Michael Collet, Nicholas Schilhaneck, Marc Taylor, Shannon Shoemaker, Jeff Franz, Blake Shrode, David Baker, Jon Carter |
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| The final prize haul - EVERYONE walked away with something. |
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| Bryan Novak with the "Dice Hate Me" award, because coming in last place is all due to the dice. |
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| Kara Brown took the Counter-Charge award for coming in dead middle |
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| Jon Carter won General's Choice for his "John Carter of Mars" Ogre army |
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| Matthew Temple won the Best Appearance for his fantastic Abyssal army. |
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| Eldon "Donny" Krosch Jr won the 2nd best general |
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| Kyle Ritchey won for the Best Chariot |
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| Shannon Showmaker won Best General |
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| Scott Schlichter won the Jesse Cornwell Sportsman Award, with a perfect score, getting not only sportsman points but being voted #1 favorite opponent by everyone he played. |
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| Marc Taylor walked off as the winner with the Best Overall |
I wish I could provide a link to the tournament results on warscore, but the site is gone, and while the software still works to score tournaments, we can no longer upload anything, nor can people see it.
So here are the results:
Michigan GT 2021
Top Results
| Place |
Name |
Total |
Awards |
Opponents |
| 1 |
Marc Taylor |
165 |
Best Overall |
Marshall Temple, David Baker, Kyle Ritchey, Shannon Shoemaker, Rob Phaneuf |
| 2 |
Eldon "Donny" Krosch Jr. |
164 |
2nd General |
Matthew Temple, Kara Brown, David Baker, Rob Phaneuf, Shannon Shoemaker |
| 3 |
Shannon Shoemaker |
162 |
Best General |
Daniel Bryan, Rob Phaneuf, Eric Reiss, Marc Taylor, Eldon "Donny" Krosch Jr. |
| 4 |
Rob Phaneuf |
159 |
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Jon Carter, Shannon Shoemaker, Jeff Franz, Eldon "Donny" Krosch Jr., Marc Taylor |
| 5 |
Nicholas Schilhaneck |
152 |
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Jeff Franz, Marshall Temple, Matthew Temple, Daniel Bryan, Kara Brown |
| 6 |
David Baker |
151 |
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Michael Collet, Marc Taylor, Eldon "Donny" Krosch Jr., Jeff Franz, Adam Kinne |
| 7 |
Jon Carter |
150 |
Player's Choice |
Rob Phaneuf, Jeff Franz, Bryan Novak, Adam Kinne, Daniel Bryan |
| 8 |
Jeff Franz |
149 |
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Nicholas Schilhaneck, Jon Carter, Rob Phaneuf, David Baker, Eric Reiss |
| 9 |
Kara Brown |
145 |
CounterCharge |
Scott Schlichter, Eldon "Donny" Krosch Jr., Adam Kinne, Kyle Ritchey, Nicholas Schilhaneck |
| 10 |
Eric Reiss |
144 |
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Adam Kinne, Kyle Ritchey, Shannon Shoemaker, Scott Schlichter, Jeff Franz |
| 11 |
Kyle Ritchey |
143 |
Best Chariot |
Bryan Novak, Eric Reiss, Marc Taylor, Kara Brown, Matthew Temple |
| 12 |
Adam Kinne |
140 |
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Eric Reiss, Matthew Temple, Kara Brown, Jon Carter, David Baker |
| 13 |
Marshall Temple |
139 |
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Marc Taylor, Nicholas Schilhaneck, Michael Collet, Matthew Temple, Bryan Novak |
| 14 |
Matthew Temple |
131 |
Best Appearance |
Eldon "Donny" Krosch Jr., Adam Kinne, Nicholas Schilhaneck, Marshall Temple, Kyle Ritchey |
| 15 |
Daniel Bryan |
128 |
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Shannon Shoemaker, Michael Collet, Scott Schlichter, Nicholas Schilhaneck, Jon Carter |
| 16 |
Scott Schlichter |
121 |
Best Sports |
Kara Brown, Bryan Novak, Daniel Bryan, Eric Reiss, Michael Collet |
| 17 |
Michael Collet |
119 |
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David Baker, Daniel Bryan, Marshall Temple, Bryan Novak, Scott Schlichter |
| 18 |
Bryan Novak |
104 |
Dice Hate Me |
Kyle Ritchey, Scott Schlichter, Jon Carter, Michael Collet, Marshall Temple |
People also want to see some of the breakdowns. So first, here are the battle scores:
Battle Scores
| Place |
Name |
Battle Total |
Battle 1 |
Scenario 1 |
Attrition 1 |
Battle 2 |
Scenario 2 |
Attrition 2 |
Battle 3 |
Scenario 3 |
Attrition 3 |
Battle 4 |
Scenario 4 |
Attrition 4 |
Battle 5 |
Scenario 5 |
Attrition 5 |
| 1 |
Marc Taylor |
88 |
15 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
15 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
| 2 |
Shannon Shoemaker |
95 |
15 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
14 |
5 |
3 |
| 3 |
Eldon "Donny" Krosch Jr. |
93 |
15 |
5 |
2 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
15 |
4 |
2 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
| 4 |
Rob Phaneuf |
84 |
15 |
5 |
3 |
15 |
3 |
1 |
15 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
2 |
1 |
| 5 |
Nicholas Schilhaneck |
90 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
4 |
2 |
15 |
3 |
2 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
15 |
2 |
3 |
| 6 |
David Baker |
82 |
15 |
5 |
3 |
15 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
4 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
| 7 |
Jon Carter |
76 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
15 |
5 |
3 |
| 8 |
Jeff Franz |
75 |
15 |
3 |
3 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
| 9 |
Kara Brown |
78 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
| 10 |
Eric Reiss |
86 |
15 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
15 |
4 |
2 |
| 10 |
Kyle Ritchey |
74 |
15 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
15 |
3 |
3 |
| 12 |
Marshall Temple |
66 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
| 13 |
Adam Kinne |
79 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
| 14 |
Matthew Temple |
61 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
15 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
| 15 |
Daniel Bryan |
63 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
15 |
3 |
2 |
15 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
| 16 |
Scott Schlichter |
66 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
2 |
2 |
| 17 |
Michael Collet |
54 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
| 18 |
Bryan Novak |
41 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Best Appearance had a few components. All players filled out a self judging sheet up to 30 points. This was verified by the paint judge, who also filled out judged score. The player 30 points plus up to 10 points of the judge score are part of the overall (so no more then 40 points were included in the overall score). For the appearance total, the full judge points were included, as were a possible bonus 5 points for PMC / 90% Mantic army, as well as players choice votes. (General's Choice was JUST the players choice votes). (Full disclosure, there was some minor hiccups on the paint scores that have been corrected - they DID NOT affect any of the awards however)
Appearance Scoring
| Name |
Paint Self Score |
Judged Paint |
Players Choice |
Overall Paint |
Appearance Total |
| Marc Taylor |
38 |
2 |
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40 |
40 |
| Eldon "Donny" Krosch Jr. |
38 |
10 |
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40 |
48 |
| Shannon Shoemaker |
40 |
6 |
|
40 |
46 |
| Rob Phaneuf |
36 |
5 |
|
40 |
41 |
| Nicholas Schilhaneck |
33 |
|
1 |
34 |
34 |
| David Baker |
33 |
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33 |
33 |
| Jon Carter |
38 |
5 |
6 |
40 |
49 |
| Jeff Franz |
40 |
6 |
2 |
40 |
48 |
| Kara Brown |
36 |
1 |
2 |
39 |
39 |
| Eric Reiss |
34 |
1 |
|
35 |
35 |
| Kyle Ritchey |
40 |
11 |
2 |
40 |
53 |
| Adam Kinne |
32 |
7 |
|
39 |
39 |
| Marshall Temple |
36 |
2 |
|
38 |
38 |
| Matthew Temple |
40 |
14 |
3 |
40 |
57 |
| Daniel Bryan |
38 |
5 |
|
40 |
43 |
| Scott Schlichter |
15 |
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15 |
15 |
| Michael Collet |
28 |
|
2 |
30 |
30 |
| Bryan Novak |
23 |
5 |
|
28 |
28 |
Sportsanship scores had a bonus for turning in you list ahead of time (everyone got this), three questions your opponents answered about each game, and favorite opponent votes (each 1st vote was worth 4 points, 2nd worth 2 and 3rd worth 1).
Sportsman Scoring
| Name |
List |
Sports 1 |
Sports 2 |
Sports 3 |
Sports 4 |
Sports 5 |
Favorite Opponent |
Best Sports |
| Adam Kinne |
10 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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22 |
| Bryan Novak |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
35 |
| Daniel Bryan |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
25 |
| David Baker |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
36 |
| Eldon "Donny" Krosch Jr. |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
31 |
| Eric Reiss |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
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23 |
| Jeff Franz |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
34 |
| Jon Carter |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
34 |
| Kara Brown |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
28 |
| Kyle Ritchey |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
29 |
| Marc Taylor |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
37 |
| Marshall Temple |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
35 |
| Matthew Temple |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
30 |
| Michael Collet |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
35 |
| Nicholas Schilhaneck |
10 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
28 |
| Rob Phaneuf |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
35 |
| Scott Schlichter |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
20 |
45 |
| Shannon Shoemaker |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
27 |
Finally, overall combined was based on the following
Full battle score + Sports up to 40 pts, Appearance up to 40 pts
Overall Totals
| Place |
Name |
Battle Total |
Overall Sports |
Overall Paint |
Total |
| 1 |
Marc Taylor |
88 |
37 |
40 |
165 |
| 2 |
Eldon "Donny" Krosch Jr. |
93 |
31 |
40 |
164 |
| 3 |
Shannon Shoemaker |
95 |
27 |
40 |
162 |
| 4 |
Rob Phaneuf |
84 |
35 |
40 |
159 |
| 5 |
Nicholas Schilhaneck |
90 |
28 |
34 |
152 |
| 6 |
David Baker |
82 |
36 |
33 |
151 |
| 7 |
Jon Carter |
76 |
34 |
40 |
150 |
| 8 |
Jeff Franz |
75 |
34 |
40 |
149 |
| 9 |
Kara Brown |
78 |
28 |
39 |
145 |
| 10 |
Eric Reiss |
86 |
23 |
35 |
144 |
| 11 |
Kyle Ritchey |
74 |
29 |
40 |
143 |
| 12 |
Adam Kinne |
79 |
22 |
39 |
140 |
| 13 |
Marshall Temple |
66 |
35 |
38 |
139 |
| 14 |
Matthew Temple |
61 |
30 |
40 |
131 |
| 15 |
Daniel Bryan |
63 |
25 |
40 |
128 |
| 16 |
Scott Schlichter |
66 |
40 |
15 |
121 |
| 17 |
Michael Collet |
54 |
35 |
30 |
119 |
| 18 |
Bryan Novak |
41 |
35 |
28 |
104 |
And that is it. Overall a great tournament, and we hope for even more people next year.
Thank you to everyone who came out and played, to Blake for organizing a great day. and to the Michigan GT for a great place to play.
Because it is all fun and games . . .
Fun tournament twist with the mandatory chariot, and the racers look great across the board - legit swag too, especially that jacket. Quite a few nice armies in attendance, dig those Martians!
ReplyDeleteHad way too much fun! Hoping to make it out again.
ReplyDeleteSome good looking and fun armies. Wish I could get out of the house more to see stuff like that in the wild.
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