The "Law" of 9's.

[thecactusman17]

Bean, it's worth noting that Comp systems sometimes compel players to take FA and Elite slots in armies that they might not otherwise take. Darkwynn's tournament scene up in Sacramento, for example, has some of the most ridiculous comp rules I've ever heard.

[Skari]

Right. So as promised here is a CSM list:
HQ/
Deamon Prince, Wings, Slaanesh, Doombolt - 145pts
Elites/
Termicide Squad- 3 with combi weapons (take your pick), 1 powerfist - 115

Termicide Squad- 3 with combi weapons (take your pick), 1 powerfist - 115
Troops/
10 Plague Marines with 2 MG, PF, in rhino - 325
10 CSM, 2 PG IoCG, Rhino - 225
10 CSM, 2 MG IoCG, Rhino - 215
10 Lesser Deamons
Fast Attack/
3 Bikes 2 MG - 119pts
Heavy/
3 x 2Oblits - 450pts

There is tonnes of room to optimize the list. And it still has some of the "competitive" choices that CSM love, plague marines, oblits, termicides.
On another note, the mind can be as restricting as any arbitrary template.

[AsgeirArnald]

Okay here's my current tournament list for CSM.

HQ
Terminator Lord- Mark of Khorne, Daemon Weapon, Combi Melta: 160
Daemon Prince- Wings, Warptime: 155
Summoned Greater Daemon- 100

TROOPS
10 Khorne Berzerkers- Skull Champ w/ Powerfist & Meltabombs, Rhino w/ Extra Armor: 305
10 Khorne Berzerkers- Skull Champ w/ Powerfist & Meltabombs, Rhino w/ Extra Armor: 305
10 Chaos Space Marines- Aspiring Champ w/ Meltabombs, Flamer, Missile Launcher, Icon of Chaos Glory: 195

ELITES
4 Terminators- Icon of Khorne, 4x Champion, 4x Lightning Claw Pairs: 230
Dreadnought- Additional DCCW, Extra Armor: 115
Dreadnought- TL Autocannon, Extra Armor: 125

HEAVY SUPPORT
Land Raider- Extra Armor: 235
3 Obliterators- 225

TOTAL POINTS- 2150

1/9 being 238.8 points, lets call it 239. Also there is 11 units in this list so it already doesn't fit. Ill break it down anyways.

HQ- 415/239
TROOP- 805/956
ELITES- 470/478
HEAVY SUPPORT- 460/239
FAST ATTACK- 0/239
This is putting the slot for whatever into Elites. Once again, no point in taking any of the fast attack choices for CSM so lets pretend fast attack doesnt exist. So to sort of make this work at 9 units, drop summoned greater daemon and the daemon prince, and drop the land raider, none of which I would ever actually do other than dropping the summoned daemon. Add 10 CSMs for 150 then it breaks down like this.

HQ- 160/239
TROOP-955/956
ELITES- 470/478
HEAVY SUPPORT-225/239

So making my list work with the models I have, and playing things that I actually want to play, plus ignoring fast attack completely drops my point total down to 1800. Tourneys at my store are ususally 2000 or 2150, so it doesn't work for me. I have other stuff I COULD use and totally make it work, but I don"t want to seeing as how I love my list and I do very well with it for the most part. I like the idea of the 1/9, but like others have said, it works better for 5th ed armies with good choices in each slot. Just play what you like.

[Skari]

Cool thanks all for your comments. I talk about it in more detail on my blog. You can copy paste the link in my sig.

As for that, interesting that in 6th edition percentages might be back?