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Milo - Aug 16, 2010 - 08:47 AM
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Can someone tell me whom the regional coordinator for the US is? I'd like to talk to them about setting up a tournament, and getting some dice packs to register new NAF members at the event. Unfortunately, the FAQ says:
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Who do I contact if I want to run a tournament?
Contact your Regional Tournament Co-ordinator, or contact the Tournament Director if there is no RTC for your region.(see the Contact Us page for email addresses of our current RTCs).
But the 'contact us' link just goes to an email address, and I haven't gotten a response to the email I sent there yet.
Milo
Rodders - Aug 16, 2010 - 10:13 AM
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xtreme jkarr or valdric are your guys
pretty sure xtreme will be along soon
unless he's podcasting
Spazzfist - Aug 16, 2010 - 11:25 AM
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Please say that you are organizing it in Michigan or New York State! There a lot of us Canadians who would love to cross the border for some U.S., tourneys but they are all so far away!
Xtreme - Aug 16, 2010 - 02:18 PM
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Spazzfist wrote:
Please say that you are organizing it in Michigan or New York State! There a lot of us Canadians who would love to cross the border for some U.S., tourneys but they are all so far away!
But it is sooo worth it to attend Zlurpee Bowl. 
Talked to Milo via email.
flyingdingle - Aug 16, 2010 - 08:18 PM
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Spazzfist wrote:
Please say that you are organizing it in Michigan or New York State! There a lot of us Canadians who would love to cross the border for some U.S., tourneys but they are all so far away!
I've got one in the Detroit area in October. Now that i'm coming to Niagara in September, you guys may be duty bound to come to Detroit in October 
Here's the link:
http://zlurpeebowl.com/Forums/viewforum.php?f=109
Milo - Aug 17, 2010 - 09:40 AM
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Sorry, Spazz, I'm in North Carolina, far from Michigan or New York. But I have family in Michigan, so I may occasionally make it up there for any events that are scheduled there. (I played in the Underworld Cup in 2006, I think.)
SierraKiloBravo - Aug 17, 2010 - 03:34 PM
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Is there an approval process that I have to go through after submitting a tournament to the schedule? First time running a tourney and I don't see it showing up on the list yet. It has a status of "NEW." Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
Xtreme - Aug 17, 2010 - 08:09 PM
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PM sent.
DrunkZombie - Aug 20, 2010 - 10:59 AM
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Someday I want to start a tournament in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area. However I want some more experience attending them first, so it will be a few years. There are no tournaments in MN that I know of. The closest ones are in Wisconsin and Illinois.
Is Minneapolis close enough to any Canadians for them to be interested in attending?
Daggers - Aug 20, 2010 - 01:32 PM
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The only larger cities close to Minneapolis are Thunder Bay, Winnipeg and Sault Ste. Marie. Thunder Bay is about 500 km away, and Winnipeg/Sault Ste. Marie are approximately 625. Both are driveable for weekend tournaments. But unsure of the BB communities in those areas, but who knows.
crushar - Aug 22, 2010 - 01:26 AM
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I also am running a tournament in Albuquerque New Mexico at Rio Grande Wars (http://www.riograndewars.org). It's only a two day event but we also have a Blood Bowl League starting up here now as well.
So if the Regional coordinator could PM or email me. I too would like to see what we can do about making this a "sanctioned" event.
Jonny_P - Aug 23, 2010 - 01:07 PM
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Milo wrote:
(I played in the Underworld Cup in 2006, I think.)
2nd place....losing to Xtreme in the final if I recall!
Had a great time running that tournament. Met Sol there for the first time too!
nyarlathotep - Aug 23, 2010 - 04:01 PM
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crushar wrote:
I also am running a tournament in Albuquerque New Mexico at Rio Grande Wars (http://www.riograndewars.org). It's only a two day event but we also have a Blood Bowl League starting up here now as well.
So if the Regional coordinator could PM or email me. I too would like to see what we can do about making this a "sanctioned" event.
This makes me happy - I have some land in New Mexico and was hoping there would be something going on within driving distance when I move there.
Milo - Aug 23, 2010 - 08:27 PM
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Jonny_P wrote:
Milo wrote:
(I played in the Underworld Cup in 2006, I think.)
2nd place....losing to Xtreme in the final if I recall!
Had a great time running that tournament. Met Sol there for the first time too!
Yep, that was me. Good for 21st place nationally with Skaven. =) I had a great time at that tournament, too. It's one of the events I'm keeping in mind when planning my own event. Hopefully someday I'll get a chance to have another crack at Xtreme.
Norse - Aug 27, 2010 - 11:07 AM
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Milo, when you thinking of running your event?? - having stopped in NC a couple of times en route to Orlando, it's an area I would like to spend more time in at some point in the future. Raleigh and Durham seem lovely..
Milo - Aug 27, 2010 - 02:32 PM
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Well, I'm looking right now at a date in Mid-November. I should know by Monday if that date will be firm. Otherwise it's back to the drawing board, although I will probably still be aiming for the October-November time frame.
dajebriza - Aug 27, 2010 - 08:18 PM
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To any tournament organizers:
I'm currently stationed in Korea with the military and they make coins over here very cheaply, compared to back in the U.S. or elsewhere in the world. For a batch of 100 coins (about the size of a poker chip, but you can get them larger, smaller, or odd shapes), different artwork on both sides, they run about $3.50 a coin, which is fairly reasonable if you were to add that to a membership package, or you can sell them as souvenirs for anywhere from $5 to $10 each if you want to make a profit.
One cool thing about using them for a blood bowl tournament is that you could unveil them at the coin toss and let the winner of the toss keep the coin, (and then sell them to those who want one or another one). It would be a great to have your tournament logo on one side with the date and some blood bowl artwork on the back like block dice symbols, spiked footballs (come to think of it, the coin itself could be shaped like a spiked football), etc. Endless possibilities...
Since I am in Korea right now, I would be more than happy to offer my services to anyone who wants to have a batch of coins made for their tournament. I will facilitate the order and ship them to you when they are done for whatever the actual shipping cost will be. I won't charge any fees, so you will get the exact cost the shop gives me (I may however want to keep just one coin for myself as payment!).
Prices per coin go down when you order more than 100. I just placed an order for a friend for some military coins and 200 of them were $620, but they had some special diamond cut edges so they were more than just a basic coin.
If you want to see the kind of work the shop does, they have a web site: www.songscoin.com
I am not affiliated with the shop in any way, so I am not advertising for them.
Please contact me if you would like any help! I'm a Blood Bowl lover so I would enjoy helping folks out with their tournaments!
dajebriza - Aug 27, 2010 - 08:24 PM
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Oh, I also forgot to mention they make patches over here very cheaply too, so a bulk order of embroidered patches would be pretty reasonable and would also make a great hand-out for a tournament. I can easily help with orders like that too.
Milo - Aug 31, 2010 - 10:28 AM
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Norse wrote:
Milo, when you thinking of running your event?? - having stopped in NC a couple of times en route to Orlando, it's an area I would like to spend more time in at some point in the future. Raleigh and Durham seem lovely..
Norse, I have a firm date now. We're running our event in November, on the weekend of the 13th and 14th. It's not going to be located in Raleigh-Durham -- I opted for an event at an established Convention rather than booking my own venue, and this venue is located in High Point, which is roughly halfway between Charlotte and the RDU area.
We'd love to have you in attendance. I'll get the Best Painted team award prepared for you. =)
Milo
Norse - Sep 02, 2010 - 04:51 AM
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Hi Milo,
I won't be able to attend this year I'm afraid, but if you get around to doing a summer follow up, count me in! 
flyingdingle - Sep 23, 2010 - 03:03 AM
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Jonny_P wrote:
Milo wrote:
(I played in the Underworld Cup in 2006, I think.)
2nd place....losing to Xtreme in the final if I recall!
Had a great time running that tournament. Met Sol there for the first time too!
I lost my ass to Xtrema at that one as well, but I think I kicked JP's ass if I remember right 
nyarlathotep - Sep 23, 2010 - 06:56 AM
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flyingdingle wrote:
Jonny_P wrote:
Milo wrote:
(I played in the Underworld Cup in 2006, I think.)
2nd place....losing to Xtreme in the final if I recall!
Had a great time running that tournament. Met Sol there for the first time too!
I lost my ass to Xtrema at that one as well, but I think I kicked JP's ass if I remember right
JP (Main Guy) ran the Underworld Cup '06.
But looking back, apparently he was his own odd-man.
Jonny_P - Sep 26, 2010 - 06:09 PM
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I was....and technically I had most casualties with my Norse, but just couldn't award it to myself.
Sucks, because I've never had a Most Casualties award since then. 