2024 Player Pack Hee Yaw 40K GT

The Hee Yaw Texan 40K GT Player Packet (2024)

CHANGE Lists are Due Monday, July 8th, at midnight

Summary of Contents:

-SCHEDULE

-LINKS

-LISTS

-WYSIWYG

-MISSIONS (length and extended time)

-STREAM TABLES

-CHESS CLOCKS

-SPORTSMANSHIP

-JUDGE INTERFERENCE

-CARDS

-AWARDS (and placing metrics)

-TEAM SCORING

-SPONSORS

Event Schedule

Day 0

Setup: noon

Open play/Social hours: 1:00 pm- 9:00 pm

Early Registration: 7:00 pm- 9:00pm

Day 1

Registration 8:00 am- 8:30 am

Round 1: 9:00 am-11:45 am

Lunch: 11:45 am - 1:15 pm

Round 2: 1:30 pm- 4:15 pm

Round 3: 4:30 pm- 7:15 pm

Paint judging: 7:30-UTC

Day 2

Round 4: 9:00 am- 11:45 am

Lunch: 11:45 am- 12:45 pm

Round 5: 12:45 pm- 3:30 pm

Round 6: 3:45 pm- 6:30 pm

Awards: 6:45 pm- 7:00 pm

Send all questions to Heeyaw40k@gmail.com. We are actively answering questions after April 30th (1-2 day response)

Head Tournament Organizer: Marcus Glowczak

Head Judge: Tyler Parker

Judge: Steven Schirmer

Judge: TBD

Single Source Links

Mission Pack (Not official until July 1st)

Pariah Nexus (Secondaries, Secret Mission, Mission, Primary Rules information)

FAQ. (Not official until July 1st)

Painting Rubric

Rules Cut-off:

July 1st. Hard cut-off. No exceptions including new mission packs.

Lists are Due Monday July 8th, at midnight

Food:

No outside alcohol is allowed per the venue. A Cash bar will be available. Snacks will be available for vending on-site.

Food within 5 minutes of the event/ hotel location

Panera Bread (within walking distance)
Standard National chains
In and Out
Rosa’s Cafe
Firehouse Sub
Indian/Chinese/BBQ/Cajun/Sushi

(And much more)

List Format:

List submissions must include:

Detachment selection

Unit compositions and costs/total costs

Enhancements

If a unit has multiple options for wargear, and an upgrade or weapon selection is not listed, your models are not equipped with it.

For more details, refer to the core rules for Muster Army.

Illegal Lists:

If your list is found to be illegal after the start of the first round on the FIRST DAY, we will handle the illegal list in two ways. If you are playing with units modeled that do not match the load on the submitted list and could be construed to present you with an unfair advantage, models will be removed by a Judge as needed.

Second, if your list is illegal because of points errors, the units/models that are not correct because of points will not be allowed to be played with, and if you do not do this you will be disqualified.

On the SECOND DAY, if your list is found to be illegal in any way, you will be disqualified from the tournament, there are no exceptions. Upon either instance on either day if your list is played illegally you are not eligible for any prize support.

W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G:

We want to strongly encourage the players to model their miniatures in a way that is fair to their opponent and is in the spirit of the game. We also encourage conversion work, that said if you have a conversion that might be questionable please email us at heeyaw40k@gmail.com with photos of the model. (This includes custom 3-D printed miniatures if it is questionable)

The last day to get approval for models that are converted is 07/05/2023 at 10 PM CST. After this date, they are subject to being pulled without warning if you do not have prior approval. Proxies (models with no conversions) are not allowed without prior approval from event staff (ie. using a grav-cannon for plasma cannon on Devastators)

Mission Length:

Time management is the player’s responsibility. Each game is guaranteed 2 and a half hours of play, with an additional 15 minutes of pre-mission (finding and adjusting table/setup). When the judges call “Dice Down,” no more dice are to be rolled, except at a judge’s discretion.

Players may talk out the rest of the current battle round in order to tally points or call a judge to help settle disputes. If one side has a clear and decisive advantage, the remaining battle rounds may also be scored as long as both players agree or a judge adjudicated it as so.

In the 1st and 3rd missions, players may continue the game to its conclusion if both parties agree. We want to afford our players the greatest opportunity to enjoy their games. Lunch and dinner are the player’s responsibility.

Stream Tables:

Day 1: Tournament staff will choose matches for stream tables primarily based on army quality for the first day. If a player desires not to go on stream, they must immediately let the Tournament staff know on Day 1 so we can find a replacement table to play on stream.

Day 2: Undefeated pairings will play on stream, if a player does not wish to play on stream the player that does not play on stream will then be forfeiting their match for that round and will take a zero-point game.

Chess Clocks:

We strongly encourage the use of chess clocks in order to ensure that both players leave the game feeling like they had a fair amount of time to play. To this end, all undefeated players on day 2 must use a chess clock.

If either player wishes to use a chess clock, then a chess clock must be used and adhered to. It is the player's responsibility both to monitor their own time and to avoid weaponizing the clock against their opponent. If a judge notices behavior that could be construed as weaponizing the clock, we will begin to monitor the match.

Sportsmanship

This GT uses active sportsmanship scoring, where opponents may give their opponents a score from 1-5 after each match, with 5 being the highest, and the opportunity to leave feedback. We do this because we have been in your shoes, where sometimes a game doesn’t feel right, but it may be hard or awkward to track down a judge or we lose the motivation at some point. Or maybe we had a great game and we think our opponent truly deserves Best Sport, but didn’t have the opportunity to communicate that.

Not awarding a score automatically gives the opponent a 3 (Average).

Players earning a 1 might result in the TO having private conversations in a friendly manner to address sportsmanship before it becomes a serious issue. Players earning a sportsmanship score of less than 6 on Day 1 (the player earned at least one 1 and multiple 2s) will receive a Yellow Card for poor sportsmanship.

Judge Interference:

Judges will only interfere in matches on 3 occasions-

Correct an incorrect rule use, such as terrain traits, unit stat lines from Data-Sheets, stratagems, etc. Judges will not be reminding players to use their own rules if they have forgotten to use them. If a player is using the wrong toughness on models, a judge will intervene (after double checking source material). Alternatively, if players have been playing a mission or terrain wrong, but consistently for a significant portion of the round (IE, tracing line of sight through obscuring terrain or having a wrong objective setup through round 3) judges may not intervene.

Provide judgment when requested. Judges can determine a contested line of sight, a charge distance, clarify a rule, etc… This will only be done upon request, as players are expected to be able to come to their own agreements in games and to establish intent when making plays.

Step in to moderate or observe noticeable sportsmanship issues. If other tables are being affected by a dispute, Judges will step in to de-escalate the situation or provide judgment if necessary. Primarily, we expect that the simple presence of a 3rd party will bring players back to a point of mutual respect, without direct involvement.

Ringer:

Our ringer(s) will play like a normal player if required (pairing according to record), but not be eligible for placing or prize support.

Cards:

1st yellow cards are simply warnings for bad misplay, but an official way for our judges to keep track of any repeat offenders. Our primary goal is for everyone to enjoy the tournament and want to return in subsequent seasons. We take it seriously if a player threatens everyone else’s enjoyment. Any of these steps may be skipped pending the severity of the infraction.

2nd Yellows and Red cards will only be handed out with extreme discernment. Having a 1st yellow does not necessitate that any second infraction immediately warrants a 2nd yellow, but it does give our judges a baseline to “judge”.

1st Yellow: a warning, no other penalty (excluding late list submission, which will result in -20 points)
2nd Yellow: -20 points to the match in which the card was earned, and active proctoring in the next match.
Red: disqualification, and submission of name to the Texas Championship Circuit for consideration of a 1-year ban, as well as a 1-year ban from all local tournaments.

Awards:

With the exception of best sport, no individual will be eligible to receive more than 1 award. The rank ordering of awards is below.

Keeper of the Peace (Best sport)- (there is a QR code at every table so rate your Opponents!) The ITC Code of Conduct will be in effect for this event. You will be expected to have read and understood it prior to coming.

1st (Competitive placing in the tournament)
2nd (Competitive placing in the tournament)
3rd (Competitive placing in the tournament)
The Texan (Best Overall)- (Most overall Points between paint-100 max-, sportsmanship-100 max-, and Competitive Placing-100 max)
Lone Ranger (Best Highlander)-based on competitive placing
Best Imperium/Chaos/Xenos (Competitive placing in the tournament)
Best paint- (Miniatures will be scored for Best Painted after the last round of Day 1 in a specified area for Paint Judges to score) (Painting Rubric Link)
People’s choice paint
Knife Fighter (highest placing 1W-5L player)

Best Posse Award:

In order to qualify for the Best Posse (Team) award, at least 3 members must be present. The score for best team will be based on the highest overall placings of three members at the end of the event, pulled from the Top, Middle, and Bottom placing members.

Example 1: Team A has 5 members, who placed 3rd, 10th, 12th, 20th, and 45th. Their team score would be 3+12+45 for a score of 60.

Example 2: Team B has 4 members, placing 1st, 20th, 30th, and 31st. The team score would be 1+(25)+31 for 57 points.

Team B places higher than Team A in these examples, in the event of a tie, the team with the highest placing middle member wins.

The Texan score calculation:

Your overall score has 3 categories: Competitive placing, Paint Score, and Sportsmanship.
Competitive score will be based on the following brackets

100 points (6-0 record) or
100 minus your rank

Paint score will be your paint score x4
Sportsmanship will be your Sportsmanship score x4 (to a max of 100)
Tiebreaker will be Paint, Sport, then Competitive placing.

Lone Ranger Award:

Include no more than 1 copy of any datasheet in your list

Identify yourself as a Highlander at Checkin
Based on highest ranking.
Let us know if you beat another Highlander during the tournament for a special prize

Placing in the Tournament: