It's time again to present the awards and the results for this season of the Tabletop Republic Warhammer 40k 2000pt league! This blog will go through the missions, the results, and the statistics from Season 3, which ran from July to September 2023.
THE LEAGUE
The 2000pt Tabletop Republic 40k league is comprised of 6 games played over 3 months, with each round lasting 2 weeks. This season was the first of 10th Edition and we had 18 total players during the league.
TABLE
Sam continued his dominanant 2k league performance and finally got his first league win with his CSM. Jon got his second 2nd place in a row, and Hristo got his first podium in the league.
The final table above shows the full standings for each player - with their placings based on the following criteria
1. Total wins
2. Points Scored
3. Win Strength of Schedule
Next season will use the official 40k Tournament suggestions, with the placings being based on wins > strength of schedule > points scored
NB: Sid requested to quit the league R4 and rejoin as a new player in order to change factions
THE MISSIONS
AWARDS
And finally, we get to the awards - in this first section, all the winners will recieve a small prize of some kind, plus in-store credit
LEAGUE WINNER: Sam Smith (Chaos Space Marines)
LEAGUE RUNNER-UP: Jonathan Partridge (Deathwatch)
LEAGUE THIRD PLACE: Hristo Nikolov (Tyranids)
BEST PAINTED: James Koch (T'au)
PLAYER'S PLAYER: Peter Eardland (Aeldari)
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Then these awards are just blog-exclusive fun:
WOODEN SPOON: Adam Eveleigh (Space Marines)
MOST POINTS SCORED (all games completed): Sam Smith (1st, 500pts) [NOTE: 1 game was a 80-0 win due toa bye]
LEAST POINTS SCORED (all games completed): Adam Eveleigh (18th, 180pts) [NOTE: 2 games were 80-0 losses due to byes]
BIGGEST WIN: Greg Wall 94 - 15 Adam Eveleigh (R1)
CLOSEST GAME: Greg Wall 80 - 81 Sam Smith (R2) & Carl Stabler 80 - 79 Steve Flood (R4)
HIGHEST SCORING GAME: David Gee 80 - 94 Hristo Nikolov (R2)
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BEST IMPERIUM PLAYER: Jonathan Partridge (Deathwatch, 2nd)
BEST CHAOS PLAYER: Sam Smith (Chaos Space Marines, 1st)
BEST XENOS PLAYER: Hristo Nikolov (Tyranids, 3rd)
AVERAGE IMPERIUM POSITION: 11.1
AVERAGE CHAOS POSITION: 12.3
AVERAGE XENOS POSITION: 5.5
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The 'Most Improved Player' Award: Peter Eardland (14th last season -> 4th this season) - most improved for the second season in a row!
The 'This One Doesn't Count' Award: Sid Sidhu (1st last season -> 10th & 16th this season) [note: 2 positions due to 2 different factions]
The 'Submarine' Award: Hristo Nikolov (highest position after opening loss, 3rd)
The 'Best Newcomer' Award: Carl Stabler, 5th
...and that's the league report done! The first round of leagues I was not participating in so I didn't gather as much info as I normally do, but hopefully I'm able to be the spare player for the 1k or 2k next season. Congrats again to Sam and JP for getting their 3rd podium in a row, and for Hristo for grabbing the final spot.
Let me know if I got anything wrong - otherwise see you very soon for the next 1k league blog and in 3 months for the next 2k blog!
- Tom M