Good stuff Eric! Now if you can just include a listing of when the UFC events will be on in any given month, and then the TOs can organize their tourneys around that - providing fight night entertainment on the Saturdays!

That was actually what my inital thought was. And have the second Bowl in September around NBBO or later near Deathbowl.

Calm down Rod. I would not think DR would run it on the same weekend as any existing tourny (at least I would hope not). And seeing that One Day Tournies (1DT) tend to attract to local crowd more than out of towners (unless they are nuts and to Ottawa from Toronto via Niagra Falls ), I would see little compitition for a Two Day Tourny (2DT).

And the knife if you back is likely from Spazz,

Actually, I was thinking that the Q'ermitt next year would be a one-day tourney that uses two teams, each of which get to Draft skills between games, and all the coaches will be on two teams. There will also be bonus points for dressing up, but if you do, then you have to drink beer to prove that we are still cool.

Speaking for any of the married BBers out there, sometimes the wife can give you the "Dagger Eyes" when you want to go to too many tourneys, no words necessary, just the scary stare..... <shiver>

Arggh. Don't do that to me man.

Guys~: with my Presidents hat on, can I ask something of you. Seeing as you are getting dangerously close to actually being organised can you make sure your tournaments get put in the site in the tournaments section in plenty of time. Do some of them now even if its a year away. But the rules are that they should be in 8 weeks before the tourney starts and with rules agreed and sorted. It would mean we dont have the "missing Spike results of 2008" situation. (Yes, I am sorting that).

But it does help. We do this in Europe, mainly by F2F chat I admit, but we try to ensure different areas of the country dont clash with each other and we spread them out over the year so we can all do as many as possible.
This is good. You are definately heading in the right direction by talking and planning amoungst yourselves.

Eric.R: You have Christmas in November. ;P

Guys~: with my Presidents hat on, can I ask something of you. Seeing as you are getting dangerously close to actually being organised can you make sure your tournaments get put in the site in the tournaments section in plenty of time. Do some of them now even if its a year away. But the rules are that they should be in 8 weeks before the tourney starts and with rules agreed and sorted. It would mean we dont have the "missing Spike results of 2008" situation. (Yes, I am sorting that).

But it does help. We do this in Europe, mainly by F2F chat I admit, but we try to ensure different areas of the country dont clash with each other and we spread them out over the year so we can all do as many as possible.
This is good. You are definately heading in the right direction by talking and planning amoungst yourselves.

From southern Ontario, to Montreal it seems there is a dedicated group of us now that can hopefully continue to branch out and attract more people to these tournies. The organization amongst everyone has vastly improved just within the last year, and will hopefully continue to do so.

I agree with Rod..... to a point.



But let it be known, that I think Clan-Skaven's true motivation for wanting the Spike! tournament to leave the land of the maple leaf if so that no-one else besides himself (and the now absent Ben Tusim) can lay claim to being a true Spike! champion (I won the Friday Spike! tourney last run in Ontario, but it was the Saturday only that was counted as the true Spike!)

I had doughts about creating a League here in Montreal but if the community is shaping up it just might be a wortwhille effort. I think I have a good base of supporters. I've already assembled a bunch of friends and other like minded individuals here in Montreal. If I could contact some of the coaches that are of this site maybe something could be done about the BB scene in the city.

I agree with you jrock56, seems like things are picking-up. I had doughts about creating a League here in Montreal but if the community is shaping up it just might be a wortwhille effort. I think I have a good base of supporters. I've already assembled a bunch of friends and other like minded individuals here in Montreal. If I could contact some of the coaches that are of this site maybe something could be done about the BB scene in the city.

Now if someone could send me in the right direction for rules concerning the creation of an official NAF League and Tourney creation and we'll see if time's on my side.

Feels good to be part of something you care about.

Taxal, bellothunderslam, jell-o and sabarslax all came from montreal to Deathbowl and they play in two different groups in your city. There are a bunch of guys who used to come out for deathbowl when cyberhare ran in montreal too who I am sure would be up for playing again.

E don't understand why people in eastern Canada think the last 2 Spikes held out here in western Canada were failures. Is it just because the results from the 2007 Spike were never entered in the NAf database? Seems a strange way to judge the success of a tourney. I'm sure any missing results can get sorted out, that's not really a big deal in my mind. The thing that determines a good tourney, in my mind, is if it is well run and the amount of particiipants.

E don't understand . . .

Hounestly, I am suprised that the Easterners claim the recent Spike! was a failure. I guess they never looked at the Spike 2008 webpage. So I appologies on their behalf. And please guys, do some research before you claim facts on something . . . remember what happened with LRB 5?

I personally do not have a problem where it is held as long as it gets the interest it deserves. My only gripes with the Spike! was how GW: Canada miss handled the last 2 held in Ontario and, most importantly, the fact that is has changed venues (Ontario-Alberta-BC) and has had no consistent time-of-year that it is run. If these two points are made consistant than until someone fails in running it I see no need to move the tourny.

BTW, for reference the Chaos Cup has changed venue. So it is no longer in Chicago but now another 3+ hours away. And, there were a few of us planning on going until this change happened.

Hi, just a thought here but why not alternate the Spike from west to east every other year? And why not hold the Spike in Montreal? It could really help draw out the Bloodbowl crowd in Quebec. I'm sure it might also attract some Americans to come play in a Eastern Canadian tournament. Last time i recall playing in a tournament with an American coach was at Deathbowl IV, which of course was held in Montreal. It has been three long years since a major tournament has been held in Montreal and I believe that the city is due for one. But again, just my 2 cents

Unfortunately no one answer will satisfy everyone. I personally do not like the alternating venues as the logistics would be a nightmare. i.e. what if it clashes with local tournaments in the east but not the west (or vice versa) when we try to hold it at the same time every year. If we have alternate dates for the east and west that could meen one is in April and the other Sept. Making the span between tournaments 7 or 17 monthes. Also, consistancy in how the product is delivered would be an issue.

I say one TO, one location, @ the same time every year. When the quality of the tournament becomes an issue that is time for this conversation.

Then there's the human factor... Call me conservative but why change the organising team when the one claiming responsibility for it has proven that they can uphold this responsibility? Changing city year after year you risk end up with flimsy organisation (like from what I understand happened in 2006/2007). I don't think we want that with a Major... Plus changing locations over and over and you risk alienating some of the crowd that usually go to such events.

BTW...... how did this thread go from being about Canadian tourneys to now being named "Frogs in the Blender"???

. . . and maybe attract an international crowd again, as it has done in the past.

that would be Feral's doing, i suspect it is a reference to Quebec folk getting involved running some tournaments...............

Can I once again ask you guys to do research before claiming facts? The recent Spike! did have a fair number of Americans attending.

Americans aren't what I meant by "international" you nimrod. They're just our arrogant neighbours.

30th / 31st 2009

SO who will come and get the chance to hoist ...... THE GOLDEN SWEETBUN

Awesome! Who knows? Maybe the Killer Bees will have to come out to this one!

Bee LaDouche shall return!!! BUT, I will not put up with Honey Combs in the van again

If I remember correctly it was not the Honeycomb that was the issue, but rather the flock from the halfling pitch!

May Clash with Dagger Bowl . . . Talk to Mark D. before you proceed. Just in case.



Too many 'Mom' jokes so little typing skillz . . .

Hounestly, I am suprised that the Easterners claim the recent Spike! was a failure. I guess they never looked at the Spike 2008 webpage. So I appologies on their behalf. And please guys, do some research before you claim facts on something . . . remember what happened with LRB 5?

I personally do not have a problem where it is held as long as it gets the interest it deserves. My only gripes with the Spike! was how GW: Canada miss handled the last 2 held in Ontario and, most importantly, the fact that is has changed venues (Ontario-Alberta-BC) and has had no consistent time-of-year that it is run. If these two points are made consistant than until someone fails in running it I see no need to move the tourny.

BTW, for reference the Chaos Cup has changed venue. So it is no longer in Chicago but now another 3+ hours away. And, there were a few of us planning on going until this change happened.

Hi, just a thought here but why not alternate the Spike from west to east every other year? And why not hold the Spike in Montreal? It could really help draw out the Bloodbowl crowd in Quebec. I'm sure it might also attract some Americans to come play in a Eastern Canadian tournament. Last time i recall playing in a tournament with an American coach was at Deathbowl IV, which of course was held in Montreal. It has been three long years since a major tournament has been held in Montreal and I believe that the city is due for one. But again, just my 2 cents

Thanks for looking out for me Eric, appreciate it.

Actually, I conveniently chose May 16th as the date for DaggerBowl III. I will post more about it later.

sorry Mark...meant to talk to you abou tthis first...my bad

I would gladly house the coach from the West if he came here to cut-down expenses.

Thanks for looking out for me Eric, appreciate it.

Actually, I conveniently chose May 16th as the date for DaggerBowl III. I will post more about it later.

If anyone noticed, I didn't call it Daggerbowl II because I figured why not have two one-day tourneys. Daggerbowl II will be Feb 21st. Again, will post more about it later.

Both tourneys will likely include a subsequent FIFA tourney into the stupidly early hours of the morning (luckily this time it will be AFTER we play BB, something that was not planned well in Daggerbowl I).

Maybe Mech. Eng. was not my calling . . .

Same here Eric, definitely helps out with costs and allows more people to attend on a regular basis as gas, tourney registration, some food/alcohol are very doable for most of us. I also only missed 1 tourney this year which was NBBO and was upset to miss it, sorry Rod won't happen again. (I know you understand my reasoning but hated pulling out last minute). Take it easy,

Adam

Just saw that CCKO , Death Bowl and Dagger Bowl in May are all good weekends for me...YES!!!!!

Sorry Craig the Q'ermitt is a weekend with my kids.

man-stench

WESTSIDE BEATDOWN 2: BACK TO THE STREET will be held in Surrey BC on January 26 2009 and hosted by Thunderbowl.

WESTSIDE BEATDOWN 2: BACK TO THE STREET will be held in Surrey BC on January 26 2009 and hosted by Thunderbowl.

Any word from the Ottawa boys as to when the CCKO is going to be held?

Will do. Thanks Eric.

Also, AbBBA (Alberta Blood Bowl Association) is no longer with us. They disbanded shortly after they hosted Spike! Magazine 2007. They still appear on your list of Canadian Leagues.

We are no longer running Westside Beatdown. You can remove that tournament as well.

Also, Thunderbowl is one word. In the acronym TBBBL it is 2 letters but still one word: Thunderbowl Blood Bowl League.

And if you can, please add this link of our database as well as www.thunderbowl.ca in our details please:

http://thunderbowl.ca/tbsn/

Thanks again,
Gj.