RANKING THE DTC40K STARS! (PART 3)
The Dutch Masters, the most competitive 40K tournament in the netherlands, is just around so that means we need to prepare ourselves for the DTC40K invitationals as well! On the day before of the event the tournament winners of this season will meet each other in the most cutthroat RTT of the year, the winner will be crowned Champion of the DTC40K!
To spice up this slugfest we will do first round pairings based on a community voted ranking. Everyone gets to vote the players in the ranking order they feel is appropriate, once all data has been processed we have a community ranking that will be used for pairings. The number 1 ranked player, will be paired up into number 18, 2 in to 17 and soforth. Everyone gets only 1 vote so make it count! To the competing players in the Invitationals, time to get your clubmates involved! We have a group of 18 players so to give them all a fair chance in the ranking we will be doing short introductions on all the players. For today we have Stefan Meertens, Simon Borgers, Johri van Eerd and Arjan Fintelman for you! Ready to vote? go smash the vote button right below here!
STEFAN MEERTENS
how may years have you been playing 40k?
In High school i started collecting and i played a game or two back then. Then 6 years ago a friend of mine reintroduced me to the game and that’s how we got where we are today
Achievements in 40k?
I have had an incredible year in 2024. I won 4 tournaments total, Placing 3rd overall in Atlanta was a dream! Winning the Amsterdam Iron man and the Dutch masters GT where incredible fun places to compete against the Dutch best!
Favourite faction?
Space Wolves!!!! Since i started collecting at high school i always got space wolves. I just love the space Viking look.
Your absolute nemesis (faction or player)
Rob and his Necrons everytime me and him matchup its an exciting game. As for factions I absolutely hate Chaos Demons!
What are your goals for this years Dutch Masters?
I hope to place in the top 3!
JOHRI VAN EERD
how may years have you been playing 40k?
Probably about 2,5 years now! I picked up the hobby again with the release of Indomitus and spent a bunch of time mostly painting and collecting (hoarding) while we were all having fun in lockdowns.
Achievements in 40k?
I don’t feel I’ve really spent enough time at tournaments to really talk about achievements yet, but winning the first edition of Brabohammer does definitely feel great!
Favourite faction?
I’m still jumping from faction to faction, but this year I’ve had the most success by far with my custodes in tournaments and with various flavors of space marines detachments in our local league.
Your absolute nemesis (faction or player)
Probably Johnnie! Johnnie is one of the players to get me back into the hobby and it’s always a blast playing him. Johnnie can come up with so many surprising moments in game and you always have to keep on your toes.
What are your goals for this years Dutch Masters?
I am not really sure what to expect since I still feel I have so much to learn and I have not participated in any GTs yet. For the finale of this DTC season I will stick with my trusty Custodes since I am just most familiar with the way they play, which I think will help in getting me through the 3 days of invitational and the GT. I’m aiming to learn as much as possible, play to the best of my abilities and hopefully be a fun opponent to play against!
SIMON BORGERS
how may years have you been playing 40k?
I've been in the hobby for about 11 years I think? Used to play alot of dawn of war online with friends, and they all had armies, it kinda snowballed from there
Achievements in 40k?
winning my first RTT, placing high in a GT.
meeting all these lovely people who I now can call Close friends<3
Favourite faction?
Genestealer Cults! (obviously)
Your absolute nemesis (faction or player)
Player wise it's absolutely Rhamon Zoelman, we've been playing since 8/9th edition together, countless games and it's always close.
I hate Chaos Knights with a passion.
What are your goals for this years Dutch Masters?
-Dodge Daan
-Dodge Ruud
Just have fun playing a few games with a weird and funky list/faction.
ARJAN FINTELMAN
how may years have you been playing 40k?
I’ve been playing warhammer 40K since 2014.
Achievements in 40k?
This year made the top 16 for the WTC team Netherlands! I’ve also managed to win 2 rtt’s last year!
Favourite faction?
I'd have to say my first 40k army grey knights.
Your absolute nemesis (faction or player)
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What are your goals for this years Dutch Masters?
Hoping to aim high at the invitational. But unfortunately cannot attend the Dutch masters finale this year due to scheduling.
And that’s it for today ladies and gents, join us tommorow again for Ranking the DTC40K stars and let’s see who will come out on top as CHAMPION OF THE DTC40K! Want to place your votes for The DTC40K invitational ranking?