How do I really feel about ‘Ard Boyz, let me think.
‘Ard Boyz for me is like Bobby Brown and R. Kelly both taking a shit in a Denny’s bathroom and that shit got up and started playing 40k. You would think Games Workshop would of learned their lesson from last year. You would think, that making a tournament that unleashes the inner asshole in gamers would be a bad idea? Well no I guess not, so instead of the Grand Tournament circuit we get ‘Ard Boyz, oh joy!
The prize? A trip to the Chicago battle bunker paid by yourself. Yes there is prizes, if you can win. So besides saying it sucks, lets count the ways.
- 2500 point battles. Like a 1850 tourney battles are not hard enough to get through in two and half hours.
- Hey look my whole army is grey! Now some people might think that painting should not really matter, but this is how it does. Even with WYSIWYG, you cannot always tell the difference between a powerclaw or rocket launcher, when all you see is a sea of grey or black. Not to mention it makes it “hard” for horde players to pull the right causalities.
- Cheaters will prosper: weighted dice, good old boyz clubs, pulling hits first. ‘Ard Boyz with only one year had many documented experiences of all these problems. Of course since the system is made for winning at all costs, people are going to place blame else where for why they lost. Stelek anyone?
- A guy looking like this ends up winning the whole thing…
No, really Gareth Hunt nothing says cool, like sunglasses inside a convention center. Doesn’t he look like a Vampire LARPer? I bet this is the type of guy that is really serious when you play him, burning you with his intense eyes. I imagine he plays plenty Call of Duty, calling everything gay that does not have his gamertag. Oh look, he also has his very own 40k Wrecking Crew t-shirt; which just happens to be filled with the leet of the leet or the most prone to delusions of grandeur, by spending tons of money on travel and hotels to play 40k.
If you want to learn more about 40k Wrecking Crew check out there myspace page it is filled with too cool for school pictures that only those involved can be proud of.
So in summation you will enjoy ‘Ard Boyz, if your personality is near the likes of Steven Siegal, Karl Rove, or Perez Hilton.
Also Gareth Hunt reminds me of the immortal Corey Hart…