Hey guys!

It's already that time of the year again and once more I'm stoked. The Canadian Nationals will be starting on Saturday at Cangames, and will run on until Sunday night. For those who don't know, the format will be:

Day 1:
-600 Points, 3 rounds Swiss
-450 Points, 3 rounds Swiss

Day 2:
-600 points, Top 16 Single Elimination

With this year being a 2-Day event it looks like the road to the champion's trophy will be a harder one, although that won't stop me from trying!

Anywho, I'll be posting updates on this thread and welcome any others to do the same; I'll try to write down as many armies as I can and will take a bunch of pictures as well

Good luck to all,

Marc

Also known as "let's crown the future world champion." :p

Well, maybe not THIS year, since the good ol' U.S. of A. figures to be pretty well-represented. :devious:

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Guess who I am rooting for.

elite130

Here's a link to a journal where I'll be posting updates and pictures:

http://spaces.msn.com/mwcangames06/

First round starts in 10 hours...

Good night all!

Marc

The Nationals are over! The winner of this year is Michael Schpurga! The runner up is Brian Saunders, the defending champion. Here are the top 4 armies:

3rd or 4th: Mark Markies (Wolfmarkies)
BR Solitaire X3
Sea Fox Solitaire

Liao Long Tom
Combat Tech X2

3 Tamar Pilots (+3 +1 +0)

I think he also had IT a few times.

3rd or 4th: Marc-André Leblanc (marc)
BR Solitaire X2
"Esperanza" Loki

Scott Graves
Consuela Dagmar
Lill Turner

Light Decoy X2
Experimental Pulse

2nd: Brian Saunders (rylan24)
"Peacemaker" Malice
WH Mjolnir X2

Gloria Pannichello
Fortuna Pannichello
Marcus Randall

Light IT X2
Coolant Pod

And the first place army is...

1st: Michael Schapurga (Smilinmike)
BR Solitaire X2
Seaf Fox Solitaire
"Ingwe" Goshawk

Celine Petros
Cecil Neumann
Abasi Sdat
+1 +0 +1 Light Pilot

Light IT
Medium Mechanical Repair

CJF Hadur
1 Combat Technician

And there ya have it, folks. I'll be posting more on the website later.

Marc

P.S. Some of you may have noticed that both Smilinmike and Wolfmarkies are in the top 10 on the front of the website. That means, that, if all goes according to the rules WK has set up, Michael's invite will be passed down to myself. I'll be seeing you guys at Gencon!

Congrats another good result, hope to see and play you in August.

Regards
Elite130

And the Solitaires rise to the occasion.

CSF Soli? Buh?!

Thanks for the great coverage, Marc! Very interesting and helpful thread. An army build around AoD Alpha and a WH Kelswa was next on my list to try out . . .

I can't believe there were so many Mechs at this tournament! I knew that Mechless armies were nearly dead in 600-point games now, but man! I did not expect so many 2+ Mech armies. And so many Solitaires. I love those guys.

The BR Solitaires do seem to be swarming the field.

I Liked the writeups and information provided. Are you going to do the second day writeups?

Thanks for all that work :)

Hey all!

Full reports will be available tomorrow, including the top 16 armies. Link will be posted upon completion!

Chris Heywood
Canadian Nationals Head Envoy

Great stuff!.

May our Canadian representatives do us proud at the worlds! (no pressure!)

So the Canadian nationals are over. Let's hope we win the World event for the fourth time. It may be within reach for another year. If it is Wizkids should give us a Canadian themed lance. Canadian military vehicles have been named after fanged and clawed beasties for the past one hundred years, ram, grizzly, cougar etc. (shades of clanners). On another note there are several highlander regiments still in existence in Canada today! So take your pick.

Heck they should do one anyhow!

Sorry I missed it.

Whatever will be the final fate of the Bannson's Raiders, this is a good hurrah for them, with their units still in top.

Yeah, I must say the BR Solitaire was the biggest thorn in my side all weekend. They were mechs that ended up knocking me out of the tournament. All in all though I must say the weekend was awesome and I look forward to next year already. My only regret is not getting a chance to play you Marc but hopefully I'll see you same time next year to get a second shot at it.

And as always good luck to our Canadian team. We have a pretty big reputation to live up to.

congrats to all the winners and i hope 23stick gave u all a hard time :p GO ERIC! :grin:

the only reason eric would have given em a hard time was if i told him to!

Chris