Dread, I am going to blame the results of today on your advice lol. This is, without a doubt, the worst I have done in a tournament in a very long time. Not only did I finish last without winning a game, but I did not receive a single battle point and got completely annihilated in all three games.
Game 1 was vs Tau, but not a Hunter Contingent or what ever their Decurion style detachment is called. We played Maelstrom: Contact Lost, and I think the total points were 3-1 for him by the time I conceded the match. I went first, and during my first psychic phase, I failed to cast Veil of Tears twice. The third attempt I used three dice, got two successes which he succeeded in denying... on two dice. I was able to weather his shooting phase fairly well, but then things just got worse in the second turn. I again failed to cast Veil of Tears twice (using three dice) each; failed a 9" charge with the Solitaire by 1"; failed a 7" charge by a Skyweaver by 1"; had my Kiss unit charge a unit of Pathfinders, but without Veil of Tears they were reduced to one Troupe + Troupe Master + Shadowseer when they made it to combat and then proceeded to wipe the unit out so they were stuck in the open. My Caress unit was in a building to claim an objective and prepare to charge the following turn (otherwise they would have been out in the open). His Stormsurge was able to get LoS on the building and scored a Total Collapse, which resulted in 25 hits on the unit leading to 21 wounds. Once that building came down, I called the game. There was no point in going any further.
Game two was against a list that was designed to be silly, but the scenario and deployment type beslubbered me. He was playing Dreadnoughts. It had a Space Wolf formation of dreadnoughts with Storm Shields, a Blood Angel Librarian Dreadnought, 2 Furiosos, a Tech Priest on a Thunderwolf and a Knight Paladin. The scenario was the Emperors Will, and the deployment was Hammer and Anvil. The table had very little LoS blocking terrain that I was able to utilize, and at the end of the first turn I had lost a unit of Skyweavers, half of my Embrace unit, and half of my Caress unit. At the end of the second turn, he finished off the Caress unit with his Knight, and I had so little that could handle that much armour, I flat out said the game was already decided. I played it out, but the best I was able to do was destroy one Dreadnought from his formation and put 3 points of damage on the Knight. I waited until turn 4 before calling it.
Game three was against Crimson Slaughter, and started off well. That is, until, the Solitaire bounced off his Possessed twice without killing a model, and the Embrace unit bounced as well without causing a casualty. I was able to kill his Combat oriented knight (what ever the designation was), and that really was all that I killed while he gunned me down. I rolled up the worst psychic powers to deal with an army of Nurgle Marines. No Laugh of Sorrows, no Fog of Dreams...
Because we had both been slaughtered in our first two games, we were joking that we were racing for last place. The funny thing is that we were tied for Best Sportsman, which had a prize of $30 store credit. The game against him was the most enjoyable one I had all day, so he got my vote. The tie breaker for Best Sportsman? Battle points. So not only did I lose every single game, but I lost the games so hard I also lost out on winning a prize. Doesn't help that I gave him the money by voting for him...
Annnnnnyways... I think the Harlequins will sit on a shelf for a little bit and I may go back to playing my Dark Angels for a bit. As much as I love my clowns, today left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth that isn't going away any time soon. I may bring them out for the next tournament.