North America - Canadian Open 2015 - March 14-15, Toronto ON natsirtdm - Jan 17, 2015 - 01:21 PM Post subject: Canadian Open 2015 - March 14-15, Toronto ON
The Canadian Open is BACK - it will be hosted in Toronto, ON Canada
DATE
March 14-15, 2015
LOCATION
Dovercourt House
805 Dovercourt Rd.
Toronto, ON M6H 2X4
We are playing on the second floor.
This is a brilliant venue steps away from Bloor St. West. A vibrant part of the local community supporting dance, theatre, gaming and other groups - there will be drinks (alcoholic & non) available for purchase and there are great options for food on Bloor St.
Please send a Private Message or email CanadianOpen@nafcanada.ca if you are interested in having somewhere to crash, I can put people up at my house if you don’t mind bringing a sleeping bag and am a 2 minute drive/10 minute walk to the venue.
COST
$35 - NAF Members, $45 - Non-NAF members (with $10 going towards NAF membership sign-up). Pre-registration saves you $5 and me headaches
If a NAF member recruits any number of Non-NAF member(s) to participate - that NAF member will get a free "random skill upgrade chit" (see below).
Additionally, there will be a raffle prize for the NAF members who have recruited Non-NAF members to attend!
TOURNAMENT
5 games of Blood Bowl played over two days (3 on Saturday, 2 on Sunday) Swiss-style match-ups after game 1. Tournament is resurrection.
Tournament points are W/T/L - 3/1/0, with strength of schedule as primary tie-breaker.
We will be using the CRP rules along with the 3 additional NAF approved teams with the following exceptions:
A custom weather table will be used, weather will be rolled by top table and apply to all games.
CANADIAN OPEN WEATHER TABLE
Being that this is the Canadian Open, we have adjusted the weather table in order to reflect our unique weather.
(2) Bitter Cold: It's so cold that some players have got Frost Bite! Roll a D6 for each player on the pitch at the end of a drive. On a roll of 1 the player has been stricken with frost bite and may not be set up for the next kick-off.
(3) Very Sunny: Cold, but the blinding sunshine causes a -1 modifier on all passing rolls
(4) Icy Conditions: It's exceptionally icy on the pitch causing extreme slippery conditions. To reflect this, all players that move more then 3 squares (including a blitz action) make a roll, on a roll of 1 the player moves an additional square in the same direction ignoring any tackle zones if the player so happens to pass through one. If a player moves into an occupied square then treat it as a push result on the block dice - Fend, Side Step & Stand Firm do NOT work on this push effect. During a blitz, this can happen twice - once before the block if the blitzing player moved more than 3 squares to end up adjacent to their target, and once after the block if the player continues moving and moves more than 3 squares (the follow up counts towards this total) but movement from before the block will not count towards slipping after continuing moving. In addition, the icy conditions may also result in a player sliding out of bounds or into the end zone for the winning TD! Standing up does not count towards this in any way. You may reroll the slip dice roll, both to attempt to succeed or to fail!
(5 – 10) Nice: Cold but otherwise decent Blood Bowl weather.
(11) Ice Rain: It's raining, making the ball slippery and difficult to hold. A -1 modifier applies to all catch, intercept, or pick up rolls.
(12) Blizzard: It's cold and snowing! The horrible conditions means that any player attempting to move an extra square (GFI) will slip and be knocked down on a roll of 1-2. In addition, only quick and short passes can be attempted.
PREREGISTRATION Click this link to preregister.
Preregistration will be open until March 12th, 2015 - no matter when you submit your registration/roster/payment, you may send an updated roster at any point up to this date. Anyone registering after that will pay full price.
* Everyone who preregisters by March 1st will get 1 extra raffle ticket.
* Any team who preregisters by March 1st will receive a free reroll to use ONCE during the tournament.
* In addition, any stunty team who preregisters by March 1st will receive a free bribe to use ONCE during the tournament.
SCHEDULE
You must be on time to start all your games, and timers may be required should the tournament organizer deem it so. Our booked hours at the venue are 9-6 both days.
Saturday
Registration: 9:00am - 9:30am
If you register on the day, you get 1 raffle ticket.
Game 1: 9:45am - 11:45pm
Lunch: 11:45pm - 12:45pm
Game 2: 12:45pm - 2:45pm
Break: 2:45pm - 3:15pm
Game 3: 3:15pm - 5:15pm
Sunday
Best Team Voting: 9:30am - 10:00am coaches who wish to have their teams eligible for voting must have them setup by 9:30
Game 4: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Lunch: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Game 5: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Awards: 3:30pm - 4:30pm
TEAM BUILD
Coaches will have 1,000,000 gold crowns with which to build a "rookie" team. Each coach must purchase a minimum of 11 players. You may also purchase re-rolls, fan factor, assistant coaches, cheerleaders and apothecaries. No skills or stat increases of any kind may be purchased. Apothecaries work as described in CRP/LRB6.0 rules and may not be used on Star Players.
Norse teams get 1 Fan Factor at no cost as this is their turf.
INDUCEMENTS
No inducements may be purchased unless you are the coach of a “Stunty†team. Stunty teams include; Halfling, Goblin, Ogre, Underworld (without Skaven), and Lizardmen (without Saurus) teams. Stunty teams may purchase 0-1 Star Players, but must purchase 11 players before they can purchase any Star Player. Goblin teams may purchase bribes and Halfling teams may purchase a Halfling Master Chef, all as per standard CRP/LRB6.0 rules.
TEAM IMPROVEMENTS
A player may receive a max of 2 upgrades during the entire tournament, this means you can give 2 upgrades immediately but that player becomes ineligible for random skill upgrades later.
Every team will get an extra allotment of TV to spend towards skills and stat upgrades before game 1 based on tier.
A max of 1 of each stat upgrade and 2 of each skill may be selected during this phase.
After games 1 and games 3, teams will get an additional random skill - again based on tier. The 2 upgrade limit over the tournament continues to apply. You must make your selection BEFORE match ups are determined.
Tier 1: pick a player, pick 6 skills they can receive as a normal skill. Roll a D6 and add that skill to the player.
Tier 2: pick a player, pick 3 skills they can receive as a normal skill. Roll a D3 and add that skill to the player.
Tier 3: pick a player, pick 3 skills they can receive as either a normal or double skill. Roll a D3 and add that skill to the player.
AWARDS
The following awards are available to be won. A maximum of one performance award can be won by any coach.
Performance Awards
1st Place: Awarded to the coach with the most tournament points.
2nd Place: Awarded to the coach with the second most tournament points.
3rd Place: Awarded to the coach with the third most tournament points.
Stunty Champion: Awarded to the coach with the most tournament points playing a stunty team.
Most Touchdowns: Awarded to the coach who scored the most touchdowns.
Most Casualties: Awarded to the coach who accumulated the most casualties from blocking.
Wooden Spoon: Awarded to the coach with the lowest number of tournament points.
Hobby Awards
Best Team: Awarded to the coach whose team earned the most votes (T.O. will be tie breaking vote if required)
Canuck Attitude: Awarded to the coach with the highest amount of sportsmanship points. (T.O. will be tie breaking vote if required)
ATTENDANCE bold is registered
apartment42 (OMO)
delevus Stimme grant85 hammer16 ethriel Zap_Rowsdower Clan_Skaven
SewerRat
Purple_Nurple Taxal Manz62 Dwarfrunner runki_khrum Kikurasis
Ruggerman08
doomington
iclaw
DarkOrk20 Boshka tlawson tyrantDaggers - Jan 17, 2015 - 10:15 PM Post subject: RE: Canadian Open 2015 - March 14-15, Toronto ON
Will start the recruiting process. But count me in. Stunty Champ is mine again.Clan_Skaven - Jan 18, 2015 - 10:27 AM Post subject:
Will do my best to make it and will try and recruit as many Niagara guys as well.grant85 - Jan 18, 2015 - 01:01 PM Post subject:
IN!natsirtdm - Jan 26, 2015 - 08:32 AM Post subject:
So far one actually pre-registered is Delevus from the U.S. He seems pretty gung ho on taking this trophy down south considering his regular attendance.
Are you canucks gonna let that happen? Gotta see lots of you coaches out so there is a strong level of competition!Daggers - Jan 26, 2015 - 08:50 AM Post subject:
Pre-reg? Right will do. Do we need to decide on a team before hand?natsirtdm - Jan 26, 2015 - 02:35 PM Post subject:
You need to submit a roster but like last year you can change it up to March 1st. Race change up til then is fine.
Anyone wanting to change after March 1st who did pre-reg will have to pay $5 to do so since it takes away the convenience on my end.jrock56 - Jan 29, 2015 - 10:21 AM Post subject:
Hey natsirtm,
Just a heads up that your pre-registration page on the NAF Canada website is forwarding your registrants info to my email for Deathbowl pre-registration. So far it is only one person and I can forward that info to you whenever you want.
talk to you soonnatsirtdm - Jan 29, 2015 - 02:39 PM Post subject:
Thanks man, I don't understand what's going on - all the settings point to my email and it worked for delevus??!@?#!@?
Can you forward it to CanadianOpen@nafcanada.caTaxal - Feb 16, 2015 - 06:48 AM Post subject:
So Pat and I are looking at coming down to Toronto but we need to add at least 1 more person to help out with the gas funds. If anyone in the Montreal area is interested in going please let us now asap.SewerRat - Feb 16, 2015 - 08:09 AM Post subject:
Austin and I are coming. We sent you our roster's. Did you receive them?Manz62 - Feb 16, 2015 - 10:36 AM Post subject:
Me me ! I have $Taxal - Feb 16, 2015 - 07:06 PM Post subject:
So with Manu coming with us it looks like the French Connection will be heading down the 401natsirtdm - Feb 16, 2015 - 08:15 PM Post subject:
Greg I have not seen any rosters from you guys.natsirtdm - Feb 19, 2015 - 09:27 AM Post subject:
Starting to hear rumblings of more locals making appearances - sounds like numbers will be similar to last year if all holds true.. Let's try to break last years record of 22.grant85 - Feb 19, 2015 - 12:11 PM Post subject:
i might be able to bring a third grant LOLnatsirtdm - Feb 19, 2015 - 01:57 PM Post subject:
two grants is enough thanks.delevus - Feb 20, 2015 - 06:11 AM Post subject:
I might have a new coach coming. Working out the details.natsirtdm - Feb 20, 2015 - 09:08 AM Post subject:
excellent!
c'mon locals - I know you are coming. Please pre-registernatsirtdm - Feb 24, 2015 - 10:22 AM Post subject:
Friendly reminder for those coming or implied they are coming to Canadian Open. You can pre-register until March 12th and roster updates until then are ok - but you will lose out on the free tournament reroll (and free tournament bribe for stunty) if you are not registered by March 1st (this SUNDAY).
runki_khrum?
Manz62?
save yourselves some cash and get the tournament bonuses!Daggers - Feb 24, 2015 - 11:15 AM Post subject:
CRAP!! Keep forgetting. Will register tonight....runki_khrum - Feb 24, 2015 - 06:52 PM Post subject:
All done.natsirtdm - Feb 24, 2015 - 08:10 PM Post subject:
received - love your roster ColinDaggers - Feb 25, 2015 - 06:40 PM Post subject:
Roster sent...grant85 - Feb 25, 2015 - 07:46 PM Post subject:
what did colin send you ? a pic of his nurgle old man balls?natsirtdm - Feb 25, 2015 - 09:46 PM Post subject:
wouldn't you like to knowrunki_khrum - Feb 25, 2015 - 10:22 PM Post subject:
you can follow me on twatter.DarkOrk20 - Feb 26, 2015 - 12:27 AM Post subject:
Hooray. I just registered for the 2014 Canadian Open. I better win this time.natsirtdm - Feb 26, 2015 - 08:57 AM Post subject:
HOO-ray! everyone's favourite 'murican is joining us.. thanks for coming out Tom - are you coming up with Vanderby?DarkOrk20 - Feb 27, 2015 - 02:39 PM Post subject:
No. He lives 2.5 hrs nnw of me. I will be driving all night on friday and bitchier and grumpier than usual. [/quote]grant85 - Mar 02, 2015 - 10:33 AM Post subject:
so, can i get an extra free re roll for my grant85 clone? pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease???????? natsirtdm - Mar 02, 2015 - 10:43 AM Post subject:
sure - bring him by to pick it upDaggers - Mar 03, 2015 - 07:09 AM Post subject:
Epic Iron Chefs are preparing for another run at the Stunty Sheild, and defending their title. Rumors of "competition" are greatly exaggerated as there are none that can compete with the Stunty masters of...dare I say it...North America.grant85 - Mar 03, 2015 - 07:39 AM Post subject: IT.IS.ON! Taxal - Mar 06, 2015 - 10:06 AM Post subject:
1 week away .... in the immortal words of the Kool-aid guy...OH YEAH!!!!DarkOrk20 - Mar 07, 2015 - 06:04 PM Post subject:
For those of you that have a shot glass, you will be needing it. I hear that the SOB is bringing some Don Julio tequila to share.grant85 - Mar 09, 2015 - 06:17 AM Post subject:
I got shot by darkork for the first time at the last zlurpeebowl....and I'll never forget how tender and gentle he was LOLDaggers - Mar 09, 2015 - 08:21 AM Post subject:
Really? He just walked up and stuck it in my face, I had no choice?Clan_Skaven - Mar 09, 2015 - 01:46 PM Post subject:
There is always a choice Daggers no matter what he shoved in your face you still chose to take it.
DarkOrk20 - Mar 09, 2015 - 05:34 PM Post subject:
Rod if you need a ride I will be thru the falls around 4:30 - 5:00 am.natsirtdm - Mar 10, 2015 - 01:01 PM Post subject:
I have plenty of shot glasses for everyone.
Wish I could bring some of the lemons from palm desert here back...Clan_Skaven - Mar 10, 2015 - 04:25 PM Post subject:
Tom, Sat am or Friday am?Clan_Skaven - Mar 10, 2015 - 04:32 PM Post subject:
Chris Poynter is apparently going , his NAF name is da5idDarkOrk20 - Mar 10, 2015 - 10:20 PM Post subject:
Saturday am. It sounds like you have a ride. See you soon.Clan_Skaven - Mar 11, 2015 - 06:42 AM Post subject:
Ya thanks though Tom, Greg myself and Austin are going up Friday , see you there!grant85 - Mar 11, 2015 - 07:02 AM Post subject:
natsirtm wrote:
I have plenty of shot glasses for everyone.
Wish I could bring some of the lemons from palm desert here back...
Diiiiiiiiick!
Also: what is the beer situation for this year? can we buy some from that dirty fridge in the back room again?natsirtdm - Mar 11, 2015 - 09:58 PM Post subject:
Yes that's the deal.grant85 - Mar 12, 2015 - 07:18 PM Post subject:
Let's PLAY!!!natsirtdm - Mar 12, 2015 - 09:18 PM Post subject:
See a bunch of you folks tomorrow and everyone Saturday!Clan_Skaven - Mar 13, 2015 - 02:28 AM Post subject:
Tristan is there a beer store close to your place?
Oh and there is a possibility Spazz may show up, but nothing confirmed.Daggers - Mar 13, 2015 - 09:09 AM Post subject:
BLOOD BOWL!!!! Let the games begin...... See everyone soon.....natsirtdm - Mar 13, 2015 - 09:16 AM Post subject:
Hey Rod, yes there is two beer stores and three lcbos within 5 mins driving distance. One of the lcbo is within 5 mins walking distance.grant85 - Mar 13, 2015 - 10:00 AM Post subject:
BEER for the BEER GODS!Daggers - Mar 13, 2015 - 10:22 AM Post subject:
Food for the halfling GODS!!!!natsirtdm - Mar 15, 2015 - 09:07 PM Post subject:
matches been submitted.DarkOrk20 - Mar 15, 2015 - 09:59 PM Post subject:
Thanks for running a good tournament Tristan. I had a good time in spite of all my complaining. I had 5 wonderful opponents and sorry I couldn't rank all of them a 5. Maybe next time we can let me win more games.natsirtdm - Mar 15, 2015 - 10:16 PM Post subject:
Glad you enjoyed yourself Tom - I'm glad you got to play some new opponents as well. Was great of all the out of towners to make the trip. Thanks for the tequila.frostmane - Mar 16, 2015 - 07:07 AM Post subject:
What were the results?natsirtdm - Mar 16, 2015 - 07:10 AM Post subject:
will get them posted todayfrostmane - Mar 16, 2015 - 07:17 AM Post subject:
Thanks. Wish I could have made it, seems like a good time as always.Daggers - Mar 16, 2015 - 08:43 AM Post subject:
Had an awesome time this weekend. Thanks to Tristan for another awesome tournament, and hosting the fun festivities during the non-tournament shenanigans. Congrats to all the coaches that won some hardware to take home (and some pretty solid swag), it was nice that most were decided in the final match.
Thanks to all my opponents (Vanderby, Ezzard, Greg, Rolland and Grant) for some crazy insane matches. Thanks to Grant for being such a gracious loser (sarcasm) and bowing to my superior halfling coaching ability in the final match as I humbly (sarcasm) was crowned the Stunty Champion for a second consecutive tournament.
Thanks to Alex for letting the Ottawa duo crash at his place, obviously our presence wore off on him as he went on to win the tournament.
Hope to see everyone again at a tournament soon.
And with my victories, I am now back to being the #1 halfling coach in Canada, and #8 in the world. Thanks to everyone who helped me get here, especially you Grant. natsirtdm - Mar 16, 2015 - 09:55 AM Post subject:
The winner of Canadian Open 2015 is Stimme – congratulations!
Hobby Awards
Best Team: Zap_Rowsdower, Canuck Attitude: tlawson
Full Standingsnatsirtdm - Mar 16, 2015 - 10:01 AM Post subject:
as always if you notice anything amiss please let me know.
we had a lot of newer folks return for a second year and that was really pleasing to see - the best thing you can do to make a greater number of people turn out is simply tell your friends how much you enjoyed the tournament and how BB manages to be competitive and fun at the same time.
cheers!SewerRat - Mar 16, 2015 - 01:03 PM Post subject:
Thanks Tristan for a great tournament, had a lot of fun. Thanks for allowing Rod, Austin and I to crash at your place and thanks for saving my pillow lol! Thanks to Alex for teaching us some new games and lending me a game. Also thanks to all my opponents! Hope to see everyone at my tournament in Niagara Falls in April!Stimme - Mar 16, 2015 - 03:00 PM Post subject:
Thank you Tristan for your time and efforts! Once again a perfectly organized tournament.
Here are some photos, hot from the camera.
PS: As with all previous albums, the image size is automatically reduced to save space and bandwidth; if you would like the full size version of any photo, drop me a line.
apartment42 - Mar 16, 2015 - 06:20 PM Post subject:
Smooth event as always Tristan! Can't wait until next year.
Great to game with so many friends I haven't seen in months - some not since the last Canadian Open.
@SewerRat I'm always happy to be a game guru Enjoy dominant species. Hopefully when I make it to Niagara to pick it up we can get in a play of something!frostmane - Mar 20, 2015 - 09:54 PM Post subject:
Guys seriously we need to stop letting the German winnatsirtdm - Mar 21, 2015 - 02:51 AM Post subject:
Kikurasis did his best, he stopped last years winner from repeating but couldn't stop the 2013 champ winning againDarkOrk20 - Mar 21, 2015 - 10:21 PM Post subject:
To be fair, it may well be his last Canadian tournament. At least for a while.grant85 - Mar 23, 2015 - 07:51 AM Post subject:
I had a lot of fun (again) this year even though deeproot turned into a dork in my last match. Watch out daggers, I'll be back!
Grats to the winners, thanks to my opponents, and a solid congratulations to natsirtm for running another great tourney, air horn and all.
LOLTaxal - Mar 23, 2015 - 07:05 PM Post subject:
Congrats to all the winners and a huge thank you to Tristan for hosting the French connection for the weekend.
thanks for coming out Tom - are you coming up with Vanderby?
