Hey guys! Well I have had a very sad week with plenty late nights and hotel stays jam packed with spreadsheet analysis, basically replacing all my #HobbyTime. I have done a bit of work on the ETC lists analysing the make up and break down of the list by race, team and army “type”. So first off a bit of disclaimer, sorry to anyone whose name is spelled/typed incorrectly, obviously this was a lot of work and corners may have been cut where they were not analysis critical. Secondly I will not update this work based on list amendments, that would be a huge admin exercise to check and double check plus it will not massively effect the stats. Thirdly there will be errors, I am only human (despite the robotic state I feel in now lol!). It would be awesome if someone had done something similar for the 2013 results to compare and spot trends!
Anyway this is obviously a departure from this blog’s norm but I felt it would be a laugh to do this (it was not lol!). So first off below is a link to the data. Feel free to download and extrapolate as you see fit, also a full list of the armies can be found HERE.
Drop Box Link: 2014 ETC List Analysis WHFB
So as a general guide to data I have collated the count of levels of magic(by lore), number of BS shots, warmachines, deployments, characters, army type and general type. Army type and general type is a subjective comment based on how I perceive the army/general, eg ranged, combat, hybrid, magic etc. These are my opinions and are definitely not fact lol! In general the lists are in my mind (and apparently the internet’s) much safer and, well to be honest, boring this year. There are a few exceptions to the rule but it’s a bit of a shame that teams like Australia haven’t returned with #ManHammer lists to crush ass. This will probably make for one of the closest fought ETCs yet. Despite the attempt to comp death magic it is still by far and away the most common lore. Here are some interesting overall facts:
Total Lores of Magic at the ETC: 1623
Most Common Lore of Magic: Death (245)
Average Lores of Magic: 6.3
Most Common Race: Dark Elves(28)
Least Common Race: Beastmen(0) (!?!?!?!?)
Total Characters at the ETC: 1170
Average Characters: 4.57
Total Deployments at the ETC: 2469
Average Deployments: 9.6
Total Warmachines: 564
Average Warmachines: 2
Total Ballistic Skill Shots: 8493
Average Ballistic Shots: 33.2
So to lead off I will give some comments on the subjective scores as these are probably the most interesting. I have classified each army by type to be: Combat (C), Ranged (R), Hybrid (H) and the generals by Combat(C), Magic (M) and Hybrid (H). These codes then combine to give an army “Blood Type”, for example a hybrid army with a combat general would have the blood type “HC” (which is the most common army type at the ETC). See below for graphs!
Team Awards
The Sideways Sliders(Most Ballistic Skill Shots): Team Spain (421)
Hogwarts Graduating Class of 2014(Most Levels of Magic): Team Russia (71)
Characterful Chaps (Most characters): Team Norway (47)
The MSU Masters (Most deployments): Teamn Finland (89)
Death by Death (Most levels of Death): Team Netherlands (14)
Bombardment Boyz(Most Warmachines): Team Australia (26) (WTF!?!?!)
Hardest Team Names to Type at 1am: Team Greece
Player Awards
The Dan Heelan TM Zulu Dawn Lifetime Achievement Award (Most Ballistic Skill Shots):
Giuseppe Gaudiano (213(!!!!))(Lizardmen, Team Italy)
Gandalf’s Apprentice of the Year(Most Levels of Magic):
JOINT Sander Hodes + Oliver Linke(18) (Skaven, Germany and Netherlands)
The Legend of Ron Burgundy Characterful Character Trophy(Most characters):
Dimitrios Kapareliotis(10) (Skaven, Team Greece)
Nick Legrand’s Multiple Sexy Unicorn Certificate of Achievement(Most deployments):
Joel Smith (19) (DoC Team Wales)
“Ten Ten Bro?”(Most Warmachines):
Veeti Laine (8) (OnG, Team Finland) & Dimitrios Kasdovasilis (8) (OnG, Team Greece)
Best Studio Lighting(Biggest Light Council):
Dmitry Korovin(8) (Tomb Kings, Team Russia)
Fluffiest Name:
Manfred Menhart (Vampire Counts, Team Austria)
Most French Name:
Pierre-Yves Renoux (Empire, Team France)
The PaintHammer List of the Year (AKA Outstanding Contribution to Under Privileged Gnoblars):
Lothaire Heroguel (Ogres, Team France)
Anyway let me know what you think guys, good luck to all at the ETC and happy data mining!