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He is the Goblin King. Well - one of the Goblin Kings. Jacob Thayer is one of the founding fathers of Hobby Goblins, which started as a humble hobby group and has grown into an 40k movement, while remaining humble!

In this conversation, the more Steve tries to push on Jacob that he is incredibly talented, the more he puts it all at the feet of his team. But while he's not accepting the accolades - he absolutely deserves them. Seriously. Google Jacob Thayer Orks and see his work. It's ridiculous.

Anyway - we hope you enjoy this chat - he's the man with the golden voice.

Stat Check: Champions of 40k - Ep 9 - Jacob Thayer, Hobby Goblin Champions of 40k is a podcast that seeks to celebrate the people that make our hobby great. Hosted by Steve Joll.  He is the Goblin King. Well - one of the Goblin Kings. Jacob Thayer is one of the founding fathers of Hobby Goblins, which started as a humble hobby group and has grown into an 40k...

It's been a month since the last balance pass in the form of the MFM update and we have all the numbers crunched to see who's on top!

Join Innes, Nathan, and Jeremy as they review what the meta's looked like so far and if there any surprises...

Stat Check: Episode 93 - One Month In - Meta's Top Dogs The stat's boys are back! Nathan and Jeremy return to this week's show with a massive stats review of the first month of the 2024Q2 meta in Warhammer 40,000. What armies are in the top? Do World Eater's suck? What's wrong with T'au? All these questions and more answered tonight!

In this episode Steve speaks with one of New Zealanbd's greatest exports - David Gaylard. He's the Karl Urban of 40k, the Peter Jackson of the hobby, the Jonah Lomu of Warhammer! Those are all names of other New Zealanders who are very good at what they do.

We speak a bit about New Zealand (naturally), a lot about what it takes to get very good at 40k, a bit about TTS, and quite a lot about lots of other stuff.

Stat Check: Champions of 40k - Ep 5 - David Gaylard Champions of 40k is a podcast that celebrates the people who make our hobby great.  In this episode I speak with one of New Zealanbd's greatest exports - David Gaylard. He's the Karl Urban of 40k, the Peter Jackson of the hobby, the Jonah Lomu of Warhammer! Those are all names of other New Zeal...

Brian Seipp is here to talk about the Orks book and give us a breakdown of what to watch out for!

Stat Check: Episode 90 - Breaking Down the Waaagh! With Brian Seipp Brian Seipp is here (slightly late in the episode), we have the first draft of results with the new Ork & Custodes books, and Anthony finished Elden Ring!

In today's episode, Innes, Anthony, and Jeremy discuss their takes on the current slate and what it means for the competitive scene moving forwards

Stat Check: Episode 89 - Let's Talk About Slate Baby Innes, Anthony, and Jeremy are here to talk about their feelings on the latest MFM update. Hot takes, cold takes, and some statistical skullduggery are all included!

Here is Anthony 'Violence' Vanella telling some fun stories about fighting and 40k.

Stat Check: Champions of 40k - Ep 4 - Anthony 'Violence' Vanella Champions of 40k is a podcast that celebrates the people who make our hobby great.  In this episode I speak with Anthony Vanella - a man who grew up in the heart of suburbia, learned to fight, turned fighting into his living, and has now morphed that into a career as one of the best 40k players...

It's a faction ranking episode (promise guys we won't do these that often) - with stats!

Join Innes, Jeremy, and Nathan as they dive deep into the meta of the last 3 months and as we look to move into a new one!

Stat Check: Episode 88 - End of Meta Faction Ranking For the first time in a long while (or ever?) the hosts are here to do a statistically-based (and somewhat feels influenced) Faction Ranking! Taking a look at the meta since the Q1 2024 dataslate at the end of January 2024 through to April 21, Innes, Nathan, and Jeremy are looking at who's performen...

What is true love? And is there such a thing as love at first sight? These don't sound like very Warhammer questions - but they can be.

In this episode Steve Joll and Jake Harding talk about his journey in 40k, and also finding that army that you completely fall for. Each of us gets to that place of loving a faction in a different way. This is, partly, the story of how Jake found Votann.

Stat Check: Champions of 40k - Ep3 - Jake 'Valten' Harding What is true love? And is there such a thing as love at first sight? These don't sound like very Warhammer questions - but they can be.  In this episode Steve Joll and Jake Harding talk about his journey in 40k, and also finding that army that you completely fall for. Each of us gets to that pl...

New episode just dropped! Innes is back from Alpine Cup, having suffered a vicious attack at the hands of the England Lions. Nathan and Jeremy are here with the stats, ready to take your questions and see if the meta we're in is truly balanced!

Stat Check: Episode 86 - Wishing Upon a Balanced Meta Innes is fresh back from Alpine Cup, nursing his wounds. He talks about the event, Nathan covers stats, and Jeremy vamps a bit about whether the meta is balanced.

Steve Joll of Champions of 40k has joined us this week to talk about the show, why he joined Stat Check, and muses about the Sisyphean task of getting armies done some days.

Stat Check: Episode 85 - Champions of 40Kiwi This week we have special guest (and Stat Check network member) Steve Joll, host of the podcast Champions of 40k and of the Breeze Wellington 94.1FM/98.5FM. Steve is here to talk about bringing back Champions of 40k, why he chose to join the Stat Check network, and why you start with the troops in a...

Hey friends ... the latest episode is out now!! Featuring the awesome Seth, the Mad Dok - host of Signals From the Frontline.

Waaagh?

Stat Check: Champions of 40k - Ep 2 - Seth the Mad Dok Steve Joll gets to know the people who champion all aspects of our awesome hobby - Warhammer 40,000.  In this episode, Seth the Mad Dok Oster explains his nickname, tells us how he got his start in content creation, and what led him to the seat that used to be occupied by the OG of 40k podcasti...

Manchester Supermajor: Innes undefeated (yet not victorious)
All is Dust: Jeremy undefeated (yet not victorious)

Anthony: scheming to make sure his Alpine Cup run doesn't suffer the same fate!

Stat Check: Episode 84 - Dread Cryptek Roberts Innes is back undefeated from the Manchester Supermajor; Jeremy is back undefeated from All is Dust; Anthony is chilling like a villain while he gets ready for Alpine Cup in the coming weeks. All's well in the meta - or is it? The team discuss their events, take questions from you the listener, and....

Innes remembers how time zones work and rejoins Anthony and Nathan to recap the Eurotrash Cup teams event this past weekend in Amersfoort (the Netherlands allegedly - sounds made-up to me). They have your weekly stats recap and a healthy discussion about FOMO boxes and codexes.

Stat Check: Episode 83 - T'aunted by FOMO Boxes Innes learns how timezones work and rejoins Anthony and Nathan to discuss the week in warhammer. Innes and Anthony regale us with their tales from the Eurotrash Cup this past weekend in Amersfoort - sounds made up. Icing may or may not have occurred at this even - listen for more! 

The hobby of 40k has introduced me to some of the nicest people I've ever met anywhere. One of those people is Stig from Tabletop Tactics. He was an early supporter of my podcasts, and is always one of the first to like or share the nonsense I post to instagram.

In this episode the man - who didn't earn his Ad Mech sounding nickname the way you think he did - talks to me about life before 40k, when a career as a rock n roll drummer beckoned, whether he gets recognised as a celebrity while out and about, how he fell into the famous job, and what it's really like working with Lawrence and co at Tabletop Tactics.

Stat Check: Champions of 40k - Ep 1 - Stig from Tabletop Tactics The hobby of 40k has introduced me to some of the nicest people I've ever met anywhere. One of those people is Stig from Tabletop Tactics. He was an early supporter of my podcasts, and is always one of the first to like or share the nonsense I post to instagram.  In this episode the man - who d...

T'au previews are upon us! The meta continues to solidify, and the crew are here with all the details, fresh off of Curie's desk!

Stat Check: Enter The Matrix - 12 - Post Pyra Ponderings In this episode Pumba, Typhus, Innes and Violence share their Pyra Cup experience with discussions and conclusions from the tournament.

Stat Check is pleased to once again present:

All Is Dust is back and (slightly) bigger! We have space for ~70 players. We've also been approved for 4 invites to the World Championships of Warhammer!

Come on out and experience the best Warhammer Petawawa has to offer (and maybe get some trashcan nachos while you're at it)!

Best Coast Pairings Best Coast Pairings: Competitive events, made easier

And here's the follow-up article on GW's Metawatch video:

Today’s 40k MetaWatch video was great. Here’s what we’re excited about. — Stat Check Man, what a shift in approach from previously described (even in the same day!) approaches to game balance. Today’s 40k Metawatch video was a refreshing glimpse into the behind-the-scenes work of the 40k Design studio. A few choice quotes: Actually, we don’t really want to know how well, I dun

A pair of articles today on GW's Metawatch article - here's the first:

Today's 40k Metawatch Article was a disappointing start. Here are some of our concerns. — Stat Check Author: Cliff Thomas Today, Warhammer Community featured a Warhammer 40 Metawatch article describing their understanding of the overall competitive meta. While it's encouraging to hear that they'll be returning to a more consistent publishing schedule, and very exciting to hear that the new d

As we enter the transitional period from pre and post Votann, and an imminent Balance Dataslate, the Stat Check team is launching our Meta Report Series. Once a month we'll be releasing a look at the meta, as well as an associated Tier List.

We've pushed this one out for the Swan Song event of the current meta, the London Grand Tournament, with a look to what we expect to see doing well there, as well as to provide a point of comparison for the changes that the new releases and updates force on the game.

The tier list, as well as our meta breakdown and an explainer for the concepts within can be found here: https://www.stat-check.com/blog/stat-check-meta-report-september-2022

If you'd like to see more of our stats, check out the other tabs on the website or tune into the show, Tuesday Evenings.

Thanks, Innes and the rest of the Stat Check Team

Good morning from hot and humid Philadelphia! After a brief hiatus last week (due to a family trip to Puerto Rico), the dashboard's back and updated! Keep in mind that the dashboard now has four sections:

- Meta Data Overview: the original overall look at the current 40k meta
- Win Rate - Veteran by Casual: scatter plot that gives us hints about the skill floors and ceilings of each faction
- Win Rate Trends: A line graph that displays accumulated performance over time. Think of it as all the Meta Mondays placed into a single visualization - gives us performance trends for all factions.
- Faction v. Faction Win Rate + Score Matrix: your standard data table showing average score differences for all faction matchups.

A reminder that mouseover and selecting any faction icon will provide additional information about that faction on all the charts, and that all results can be filtered using the options at the top.

Stat Check - 40k Meta Data Dashboard: https://www.stat-check.com/the-meta

The good news: Nephilim's ruleset appears to have produced the most balanced meta we've yet seen experienced in 9th edition. Previous high flyers like (non-Leviathan) Tyranids and Craftworld Eldar have been brought back down to earth, with a few underperformers in the marine supplement universe still struggling.

Additionally, you can literally see faction performance beginning to converge in the 40% to 60% Win Rate range. That's admittedly very broad, but also much better than any Nachmund's meta iterations.

We've also got updated CRS Scores - our way of ranking competitive 40k's players based on both player skill *and faction strength, and updated Faction Elo ratings, which we also weight by player skill.

Stat Check - Player CRS Scores: https://www.stat-check.com/crs
Faction Elo Ratings: https://www.stat-check.com/faction-ranking

You can catch the Stat Check Gang live tonight at 6pm EST! Dr. Stat Dad Nathan Henning won't be in attendance, so you'll get to see what sort of show Innes and Anthony put on without adult supervision.

Stat Check - Live on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/StatCheck

Hope all your hobbying / gaming is going well, and feel free to post feedback about the dashboard, our ratings, and the show in the comments!

Stat Check - YouTube Week in and week out there's 40k happening. Stat Check exists to be your buffer against all of that by providing everything from high level commentary on the...

The Stat Check WTC Round Table is now live! : We invite 6 Brand New Faces to the WTC Circuit to join us for a round table discussion about their preparation, goals and evening plans at the event in Belgium next week along with a healthy dose of smack talk

https://youtu.be/yWo2XmpT340

WTC Newcomers Round Table We invite 6 Brand New Faces to the WTC Circuit to join us for a round table discussion about their preparation, goals and evening plans at the event in Belgi...

As we roll up to the WTC we're hoping to put out some pre, during and post content, that starts tomorrow with our WTC Newcomers Round Table with a host of event first timers giving us the run down on their prep, hopes and dreams for the event.

Hello Everyone,

First we wanted to thank everyone for joining us on our journey into making a podcast, a stats hub, and a whole bunch of content. Second, we wanted to thank all of you and celebrate the fact that we've hit our first (hopefully of many) milestone by hitting 50 patrons. Thank you everyone, we hope you look forward to all the content we will be producing alongside a revamped website and a few other surprises of course. Just so everyone knows what extra content is coming out for patrons:

Innes and Outs, where Innes interviews folks about their warhammer 40K experiences. The first episode of this is available for patrons right now!

WTC Draft, in which the team drafts WTC teams (some of us doing so badly). This is available now and you can create a draft of your own on the discord to one up us.

Anthony Learns by Suffering: Math Edition, we've got a syllabus put together and this will start being recorded and released for patrons after WTC. Once per month you can look forward to a 30-ish minute lesson where Nathan teaches Anthony math. If there's another topic you want to see next let us know on the discord by joining the Anthony Learns by Suffering tier.

Again I want to thank everyone for supporting us and we look forward to bringing you all even more content and analysis.

Sincerely,

The Stats Check Team

The Meta Data Dashboard has been updated with events through to July 24th!

https://www.stat-check.com/the-meta

Our first piece of Patron Bonus Content dropped yesterday, it's an interview with Co-Host Nathan about all the 40k, event and irreverent things that never come up in normal conversation. Want to check it out? You can get access to this and all future bonus content by signing up to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statcheck

With new bonus content every Friday, if you want more of us, and access to our community discord besides, there's only one place to be

- Stat Check

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Stat Check - 2 - Formatting Error Week in and week out there's 40k happening. Stat Check exists to be your buffer against all of that by providing everything from high level commentary on the...

Episode 1: I Didn't Hear No Bell is live on podcast feeds!

https://sites.libsyn.com/424505/episode-1-i-didnt-hear-no-bell

Stat Check: Episode 1 - I Didn't Hear No Bell Join Innes, Anthony, and Nathan as they discuss the Warhammer 40,000 meta, their new show, and why the Chaos Space Marine codex has more power than people may be thinking.

Week in and week out there's 40k happening. Stat Check exists to be your buffer against all of that by providing everything from high level commentary on the meta and game design from some of the best players in the world, irreverent takes on things only we care about, and a wholesale disregard for anyone who says that simplicity doesn't work. Only two things are guaranteed: we'll talk about the week in stats, and the show is 90 minutes long.

Anthony, Innes, and Nathan take to the live stream at 10pm UTC/6PM EDT every Tuesday. The show is available on YouTube and anywhere podcasts can be found.

Also on our website you can find the Stat Check Meta Dashboard which can provide both at-a-glance and in depth statistics covering the full breadth and depth of the 40k meta, and the Competitive Rankings Scores, which are a faction weighted "Elo Like" score that looks at both the quality of your opponents and the respective power of players armies to determine your competitive ranking. Jeremy and Cliff are the curators of the behind the scenes on stats and update every week.

We're incredibly excited to get started on a new project, and hope you're all looking forward to coming along for the ride.

https://www.stat-check.com/

Stat Check STAT CHECKStreaming live at 6 p.m. EDT (10 p.m. UTC) every Tuesday Watch Stat Check is committed to providing high-quality, data-informed Warhammer 40,000 coverage and practical guidance for players across all levels. TEAM Anthony Vanella Clifford Thomas Innes Wilson Jeremy Atkinson Nathaniel Hennin...

The CRS has been updated to include events up to July 10. Glasshammer Gaming's Mani Cheema is climbing the ranks - will he unseat Innes Wilson after their next event?

CRS — Stat Check A Faction-weighted ranking of Warhammer 40,000 players. Source of the matches used to drive this data is the same as the Meta Data Dashboard - 25+ player, 5+ round events. Main faction is determined by the most events played with a faction.

The official website is now live! Head on over to www.stat-check.com and review the Warhammer 40,000 Meta Data Dashboard and our player rankings!

Stat Check STAT CHECKStreaming live at 6 p.m. EDT (10 p.m. UTC) every Tuesday Watch Stat Check is committed to providing high-quality, data-informed Warhammer 40,000 coverage and practical guidance for players across all levels. TEAM Anthony Vanella Clifford Thomas Innes Wilson Jeremy Atkinson Nathaniel Hennin...