Bondi Junction Store Champs - August 18 2018

Store Champs at Bondi Junction was a slightly smaller affair than the one in Bathurst - there were 8 players total - five locals, two from Parramatta, and myself. Interestingly none of the "big names" of Sydney Armada made the trip - no Nick, no Luke, no Irokenics, no that-other-guy-who-always-wins-things-but-whose-name-must-never-be-spoken-nor-typed.

It was an interesting sub-meta (or perhaps it is the new meta? I'm not sure), where most players had three or four activations - my six activations was regarded as peculiar, which it is I guess. No player that I saw had more than four, which strikes me as very strange - but then two activation lists are making a come back as well...

My list was Cracken on MC30 Torpedo with Admonition, OE, APT, H9s, and Lando, 3 CR90s with TRCs (one with Jaina's), 2 naked GR754s, 3 X-wings, 2 VCX, 1 Jan Ors, 3 point bid. My missions were Most Wanted, Fire Lanes, and Sensor Net.

I was planning on taking something else - Dodonna maybe? or an Ackbar list? But in the end I plumped for what I knew. The following videos report what happened...

Battle One: Cracken vs. Konstantine

Battle Two: Cracken vs. Motti

Battle Three: Cracken vs. Rieekan

In the end I came third overall - Felix and Jason (my round 2 and 3 opponents) came first and second.

It was a very fun and relaxed tournament - I will certainly try to attend again in the future.

Task Force Orange on Manoeuvres

On Manoeuvres... Ackbar vs. Leia

David vs. Theo

We talk for a few minutes, then the whole thing is at 16x speed, then we talk a bit at the end.

On Manoeuvres... Ackbar vs. Screed

David vs. Theo

We talk for a few minutes, then 16x speed, with occasional 1x speed to explain what is going on.



On Manoeuvres.... Raddus vs. Thrawn

David vs. Josh

7 minutes long, this time with commentary - if poor audio quality offends you, press the mute.

I was trying a Rogue One style battle list - and Josh did the right thing and brought 2 ISDs!




On Manoeuvres - Dodonna vs. Sloane

8 minutes long, with some conversation, the rest with commentary.

Glorified Torpedo list vs Many Tie Fighters









On Manoeuvres - Rieekan vs. Raddus

One of the earlier videos of ours... 85 minutes, talking all the way through.

Close range intel sweep - Ackbar vs. Dodonna