Liber Animus: Domination came off pretty well. As with the best laid plans of mice and men, there were a couple of unexpected surprises. The most disappointing was probably the turn out. We had a number of dropouts, and you expect it, but there were a number who disappeared in the last six weeks.

We learnt some lessons about communication, social engineering and email and the internet are tools we need to better employ!

There was a good atmosphere on the day and we attribute it to setting expectations before the tournament. Both historically with repeat players and via the player pack. Players had clear ideas about time frames of games, reinforcing it on the day and (when requiring it) allowing games to play to a conclusion.

Leigh did a brilliant job of managing the event and the quality of players helped keep the atmosphere relaxed and friendly even to the sixth round when things were turning tense.

Burden Park Bowls Club is isolated for some of our interstate and international guests. That aside, the venue is spacious, comfortable and the beer is at 1972 prices!! The staff also do their utmost to accommodate us with catering and VERY liberal bar opening times.

Warhammer 40000 has recently(ish) gone through a version change and the missions reflected, in their simplicity, the accommodation of people still figuring out all the intricacies of the new rules. In fact, there was little need for Judges to mediate disputes!

As ever, people bring their A games to Liber Animus, and few more so than guys like Charlie St.Clair, Caine Marhall, Hagen Kerr, Michael Boles, Ben Llewelyn and Matt Eaton. Not only did they play a hard game, but they put in some amazing efforts on their armies. The quality of the armies was on par with previous years and the marking of both painting and composition was well executed and thorough.

The beauty pageant on Sunday is one of my favourite parts of the tournament; regardless of the steaming pile of cheddar the army may be, brilliantly painted models well displayed make up for some of the cheese!

The finishing ceremony is always an …. interesting affair. This year we planned a lot better. Using Mark Morrison as MC and covering upcoming events helped us finalise results and gave other TOs the ability to hawk their wares. We managed to keep the closing ceremony on track, barring heckling from the peanut gallery.

So, it looks like we managed to pull it off!

We’d like to offer some props as well.

The photos were taken (about four or five HUNDRED of them), by the lovely and talented Rebecca McGavin and comic relief was provided by her son Declan who LOVED Mark Buttle’s daemons drenched in blood!!

Games Workshop for their prize support and their awesome toy soldiers that keep us all so entertained!

Realm of Legends are brilliant. Ross and Marie are really going all out to support the local tourney scene and it was with their assistance we were able to better reward you guys for your efforts.

And our players. Thanks! All the organisation and stress were made worthwhile as forty odd of you rolled dice and enjoyed the two days of camaraderie. We would also like to thank those who travel, especially internationally. Hopefully we made your efforts worthwhile.

Now on to planning for next year!

Following the recount, some of the placings have changed, with a new twist… This year, Liber Animus will have two people (that’s right – two!) in both Second and Third Place Overall. The top three Overall placings will now be:

• First – Charlie
• Second – Mark and Brad
• Third – Ben and Hagen

Charlie is still waaaaay out front in First Place ! However, we decided against re-shuffling the remaining placings which would have meant moving some people down so that others move up. Instead, we’ll just make room for a second spot on the podium for Second and Third! Our original top three Overall place getters worked very hard to get there, and we’re not going to take that away from them now. Charlie, Mark and Ben will retain their trophies and prizes; Brad and Hagen will be provided with trophies and prizes according to their new placing… Congratulations to all five of our Overall Top Three!

1st Overall – Charlie St Claire
2nd – Mark Buttle
3rd – Ben Llewelyn

1st Bloodthirster (Battle Points) – Charlie St. Clair – on a perfect 120
2nd Matt Eaton
3rd Mark Buttle

1st Harlequin (Best Army) – Hagen Kerr
2nd – Ben Llewelyn
3rd – Mike Los

1st Gentleman (Sport) – Brad Morin
2nd – Mark Morrison
3rd – Hayden Korach

1st Emperors Champion (Best Army – Players’ choice) – Caine Marshall
2nd – Adam Trepedski
3rd – Ben Llewelyn

Detailed breakdowns to follow, and a TO report too.

The pressure is really mounting!!

Well done to Charlie St. Clair who managed to six rounds at Liber Animus without dropping a single battle point!! That’s the first time anyone has done it. It also means he takes out the Bloodthirster prize for most battle points!

Full results to follow after the Organisers’ brains stop melting!!

Round five is shaping up to determine final places and the games are getting harder and a little more frantic!!

Final results of round five:

Just round six to go!!

They all went to the pub and forgot all about playing with tactical war dollies.

That counts as a win to the Australians as the host nation, right?

Look at all the pretty people playing with toy soldiers!! Why aren’t YOU here playing?!

Player Result

Charlie St Clair 20

Matt Eaton 20

Hagen Kerr 20

Cameron Auty 20

Daniel Galanis 20

Mark Buttle 20

Hayden Korach 20

Brad Morin 19

Tom Damin 19

Bradley Vasiliadis 19

Ken Rolland 19

Craig Laird 19 Mitchell Wragg 18 Rick McKay 18 Adam Synoradzki 18 John Dalmu 17 Ben Crowther 17 Mike Los 17 David Munro 17 Stephen Firth 13 Maree Delakis 13 Mat Mitchell 12 Tegan cartledge 12 Chris Appleby 11 Michael Blair 11 Ryland Davies 11 Jael Edwards 10 Joseph Saliba 8 Adam Trpcevski 8 Caine Marshall 8 Mark Morrison 8 Michael Boles 8 Robert Hayes 8 Robin Edwards 8 Jon Donlan 7 Ben Llewellyn 7 Rohan Cram 7 Colin Nicholls 7 Kinnersley Smith 7 Luke Browne 7 Ben Clarke 6 James Milner 6 John Beswick 6 William Dalmu 6 Conor O’Shea 6 Brendan Rowlands 6 ]]> http://www.liberanimus.com/liber-animus-round-3-results/feed 0 http://www.liberanimus.com/liber-animus-round-2-results http://www.liberanimus.com/liber-animus-round-2-results#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:35:15 +0000 Tourney Organiser http://www.liberanimus.com/?p=345 Some interesting match-ups and some more interesting results. Probably most notable, Ben L walking funny after the treatment by Charlie St. Clair!!