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North America - Spike! Magazine 2011: September 10-11. Surrey, B.C., Canada
generaljason - Feb 24, 2011 - 05:00 PM
Post subject: Spike! Magazine 2011: September 10-11. Surrey, B.C., Canada
Last summer's event was a huge success and we were proud to again hold an event using only 40mm-scale boards and throwing meters, as well as being the first to introduce DGT Easy game timers to add the clock element to the game. We have had nothing but positive feedback on the boards and clocks with the only negative feedback being the price of drinks at the bar. Wink

Spike! 2010 was a year of firsts with 48 registered coaches by the end of the weekend. Not only was it the largest Spike! coaching turnout within it's history, but it was also the largest BB tournament Canada has ever seen. Our dedicated crew from Edmonton made the trek once again, as well as coaches from the newly formed Rat City Rumble league in Seattle and half a dozen members from OrdoFanaticus in Oregon. It also marked the first time that we had a New Yorker and a Californian make the trip out to play. We look forward to seeing last year's participants return and hope to see a lot of new faces as well.

For those of you unfamiliar with the SPIKE!, the SPIKE! Magazine Blood Bowl Championship is the Canadian Blood Bowl Major. Five "Major" tournments take place annually, each in a different country. They are:

1. The Southern Wastes Scrimmage, held each year in January at CanCon in Canberra, Australia.
2. The Dungeonbowl, held each year in March in Duesseldorf, Germany
3. The Blood Bowl, held each year in May at GW HQ in Nottingham, England
4. The Spike! Magazine Trophy, held each year in early September in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
5. The Chaos Cup, held each year in late September at the Battle Bunker Chicago, Illinous, USA

2011 marks the first year that the organizers of the Spike! Magazine and the Chaos Cup will be hosting the 2 North American Majors within a week of each other. We started this last year with a fortnight between them in the same month, but this is the first time that they will be within 7 days of each other, and hopefully the schedule for the Spike! and Chaos Cup for years to come. For those travellers wishing to make it out for a North American Major now you can try to make it out to both of them in one trip!

Spike! Magazine 2011 Blood Bowl Grand Tournament
Dates: Saturday, September 10th, and Sunday, September the 11th, 2011

Location: Compass Point Inn
Address: 9850 King George BVLD, Surrey, B.C.
Hotel Website: http://compasspointinn.com/
Accomodations: Mention the Spike Tournament when booking a room at the Compass Point Inn and receive the Corporate Rate.

Time: 8AM Registration Saturday

Contact: Craig or Mike
Email: thunder-bowl@hotmail.com or PM me (generaljason) here.
Web: http://www.spiketournament.com/

Additional Information:
- $40 pre-registration or $50 at the door
- NAF member discount for registrations at the door
- 6-game Swiss Resurrection TV 110
- Door prizes from local and online stores
- Count Luthor 2011 model to every participant

Pre-registration will be taking place in the next couple of months. Hope to see you out in British Columbia 7 months from now, enjoying our late summers, a beer, and a weekend filled with the game we all love.

Stay tuned for any new developments in this thread. Any questions feel free to post away and looking forward to seeing some more of you on the other side of the pitch.

Gj.

Spike! Magazine 2011: Pre-registration List:
Last update: September 6th, 2011: 3 days to go!!

01. Michael McAree: Poundfist (TB): Vancouver BC: Triple Wow! Orc
02. Tyler Reeves: LordChaos (TB): Cloverdale BC: Death Snatch Chaos Pact
03. Michael Green: fe2Mike (SPEW): Mead WA: Furfoot DinnerTrain Halfling
04. Rachel Green: Evilbutgood (SPEW): Mead WA: M.A.D.D. Chaos Dwarf
05. Chris Norris: Hellcannon (RCR): Issaquah WA: Thunderbolts Necromantic
06. Dennis Bolin: Daloonieshaman (FABBL): Altadena CA: Face Plant Goblins
07. Michael Adams: NitNit (TB): Vancouver BC: Japocalypse Skaven
08. Andy Brandt: Khail (RCR): Edmonds WA: Gutterblight Gladiators Skaven
09. Rob Gordon: Mr. Gordon (TB): Mission BC: Sadistic Slayers Necromantic
10. Simon Thomsen: Dr. Evil (TB): Surrey BC: Bring out your Dead Undead
11. Paul Brown: Akalabeth (TB): Vancouver BC: Mad Hatters Chaos Dwarf
12. Keller Reeves: Keggiemckill (TB): Chilliwack BC: Full Scale Attack: Lizardmen
13. Shane O’Brien: Savion47 (ORDO): Portland, OR: Skitterleap Scramblers Skaven
14. Steve Lemky: Blammaham (TB): Delta, BC: Night Gaunts Dark Elves
15. Damion Gilzean: Tremere (NAF): Edmonton, AB: Speed Lumps Halfling
16. Shawn Wowk: Ocrumsprug (TB): Burnaby, BC: Dark Tide Dark Elf
17. David Burroughs: Beorg (RCR): Redmond WA: Redman Rowdies Dwarf
18. Joshua Gaines: Spock (RCR): Redmond WA: Loqmundi Lizardmen
19. Dave O’Neill: Darkangeldave (TB): Surrey BC: Gandalf’s Gangsters Dwarf
20. Ryan Munsell: Classicflava (RCR): Bellevue WA: Rat Pack Wood Elf
21. Jonathan Dawes: Endycarus (TB): Vancouver, BC: S.C.U.M. Manifesto Goblin
22. Ed Law: Edwad69 (TB): Port Moody, BC: Homo Erectus Human
23. Geoff Roscoe: Bear (TB): Surrey, BC: Snow White Posse Dwarves
24. Matt Blauhorn: Majyk (TB): Surrey, BC: Slaughterhouse Dark Elves
25. Robby Oylear: RobbyO (RCR): Bothell, WA: Cold Ones Lizardmen
26. Mike Haskins: Abberant (TB): Burnaby, BC: Rainbow Funbunch Pro Elves
27. Kavinay Kishor: Warpstone (TB): Delta, BC: Deadcoast Offence Undead
28. Dan Armstrong: Anvilbrow (RCR): Woodinville, WA: Big Macs Dwarves
29. Jason Weaver: Weav (ORDO): Vancouver, WA: Hag Graef Heldrakes Dark Elves
30. Chris Finger: Fingerc (RCR): Kenmore WA: Seattle Fauxhawks Undead
31. Justin Martyn: Rituro (TFF): Victoria BC: Nuln Bombers Humans
32. Marc Frydenlund: Ragginbone (NAF): Algona WA: Fry's Folly Lizardmen
33. Bob Wolf: Punkpogoer (RCR): Marysville, WA: Skulltoof Killuz Orcs
34. Travis Childs: Frostitute (ORDO): Portland, OR: Silver Thorns United Wood Elves
35. Chris Slater: Cas (TB): Vancouver, BC: Winterfell Direwolves Norse
36. Tony Hogan: Redman (TB): New Westminster, BC: Michael Jackson Forever Humans
37. Mike Lawrence: Gazgul (TB): Vancouver, BC: Game of Thrones High Elves
38. Dan Siger: Jollyork (ORDO): Lake Oswego, OR: Krakow Pox Nurgle
39. Kevin Joly: Jester (TB): Pitt Meadows, BC: Fire Mammoths Dwarves
40. Erik Arntsen: Killerbean (TB): Burnaby, BC: EA Allstars Norse
41. Joseph Patenaude: Cyrust59 (TB): Surrey, BC: Razzle Dazzle Skaven
42. Mark Burckhard: Burk (ORDO): Brush Prairie, WA: Oracle A' Delphi Amazons
43. Chris Ritchey: Chetwynd BC: WCP Orcs
44. Jason Woodall: Gollumullog (TB): Vancouver, BC: Carrion Crawlers Skaven
45. Trent Frostad: Trentusdementus (TB): New Westminster, BC: Luthor's Lemmies Vampire
46. Cameron Peltz: Mr. Bloodweiser (TB): Surrey, BC: White Lions 2 High Elves
47. Sean Conrad: Balbaroy (NAF): Edmonton, AB: Blood Thorns Pro Elves
48. Trevor Bowser: Victoria, BC: Bowza's Bruzas: Norse
49. David Rolstad: (ORDO): Lake Oswego, OR: Temple Tzencal Lizardmen
50. Toby Power: Rustycan (NAF): Airdrie AB: Da Green Boyz: Orcs
51. Shane Gabel: Lordshane (NAF): Tacoma WA: Running in Fear Wood Elves
52. John MacIntosh: Atropabelladonna (TB): Surrey, BC: Swedish Superstars Norse
53. Dave Sutton: Da Scum (NAF): Edmonton, AB: Skaro United Orcs
54. Bryan Suave: Canadiannerd (TB): Burnaby, BC: Da Ard Iddaz Orcs
55. Daniel Thomson: Neonknight (TB): Surrey, BC: Loot 'n Rob em Khemri
56. Dan Coburn: Vampirelogan (TB): Vancouver, BC: Fires Vu Deff Orcs
generaljason - Mar 14, 2011 - 07:30 AM
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Registration give-away for Spike! Magazine 2011 has been updated. Every participant of this year's Spike! will receive a Count Luthor 2011 model at sign-up. The model is being produced by Impact, arkwork done by Thunderbowl's own Blammaham. The artwork for this model and concept is phenomenal - giving Count Luthor a much needed makeover.

I'd love to show you the artwork, but we are going to wait until we have the model, paint it, and update it here and on our Spike! tournament website later.

Again pre-reg will be taking place shortly once we have had a chance to update our website and tweak some of our tournament rules and scoring. Hope to see you guys out in September.

Gj.
generaljason - May 19, 2011 - 04:51 AM
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The home page is still going through some work (updating the poster image) but the new format for the http://spiketournament.com/ site is pretty much done and looks awesome! Good job Mike!

Rule updates from last year:

Painting Scoring:

01. No Coach Scoring: All paint job judging that affect the scores for Best Overall and Best Paintjob will be done by the organizers of the Spike! Magazine alone. No individual scoring between coaches each round is recorded at all. The Head Referee and 1-2 independent judges do all the painting scores for the entire tournament. These points still goes towards Best Paintjob as well as Best Overall. Paint Points for Best Overall are reduced from 40 to 30 points.

Partial Coach Scoring: In order to determine the Best Paintjob Award only the top teams are laid out at noon on the second day of the tournament where everyone chooses their top 3. These are phantom points, meaning they are added to the judges scores when determining the Best Paintjob Award, but they are not factored into Best Overall.

Sportsmanship Scoring: Current 5-point system will still be used to determine Best Sportsmanship as well as points going towards determining Best Overall.

When determining Favourite Opponent, coaches will still choose their top 3 opponents in order to break ties in the Sportsmanship Scores when determining Best Sportsmanship, but these are phantom points as well, meaning they are only counted for determining the Sportsmanship Award but not factored into Best Overall. As a result, Sportsmanship scoring for Best Overall is reduced from 48 to 30 points.

Blow-out Bonus Amendment: Reduced the Blow-out bonuses for touchdowns to +2 points.

Blow-out Casualties: +2 points Blow-out bonus to coaches who inflict 2 or more casualties to their opponents vs. what they suffer. This bonus is only be received if the coach who inflicted the casualty bonus actually won the match.

Recording Casualties: Record only casualties that you receive experience for.

1.1 M Team build: Skill Package: 1.1M build - full inducements minus wizards, mercenaries and cards. A skill package of either 6 regular skills, 4 regular skills plus one double, or 2 regular skills and 2 doubles. No attribute picks. No player can have more than one added skill, and no skill can be chosen more than twice.

Best Defence: We've added a new award to go along with the other 8 we already give away. "The Wall" - an award to the coach that gave up the least amount of touchdowns throughout the tournament will make it's debut in 2011.


More announcements to come!
Gj.
Khail - Jun 24, 2011 - 08:46 AM
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Looks like Rat City will be bringing a good sized contingent up for this - 12+ most likely. Can't wait!
generaljason - Jun 24, 2011 - 02:38 PM
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Thunderkrunch 2 is done, so now the pre-registration for Spike! Magazine 2011 can now begin. I wanted to start it last week but I've been swamped at work lately. All the info you will need starting off can be found below. All tournament rules can be found @ http://spiketournament.com/

Things that have been added or changed from last year's event:

01. 1.1M Team Build + Skill Package: 1.1M to buy your players/inducements ect. plus the 6,5,4 skill package on top of that. Full rules can be found on the website.

02. Painting/Sportsmanship Scores: Revamped completely to eliminate 'chipmunking' in overall scores.

03. Blow-out Bonuses: The TD bonus for a 2+ difference has been reduced to +2 points from 5. Also, we have added a Blow-out Casualty bonus, same criteria, same +2 points.

04. Best Defence Award: We've added an additional award this year called "The Wall" for the coach who let in the least amount of touchdowns. So along with Spike! Champion, Coaching, Sportsmanship, Painting, Touchdowns For, Casualties For, Best Stunty, and Dead Last we are giving away 9 awards this year that look like this:



All of the following info can be found in our NAF posting as well as found on the website:

Spike! Magazine 2011 Blood Bowl Grand Tournament
Dates: Saturday, September 10th, and Sunday, September the 11th, 2011

Location: Compass Point Inn
Address: 9850 King George BVLD, Surrey, B.C.
Hotel Website: http://compasspointinn.com/
Accommodations: Mention the Spike Tournament when booking a room at the Compass Point Inn and receive the Corporate Rate.

Time: 8AM Registration Saturday

Contact: Craig or Mike
Email: thunder-bowl@hotmail.com or PM me (generaljason) here.
Web: http://www.spiketournament.com/

Additional Information:
- $40 pre-registration or $50 at the door
- NAF member discount for registrations at the door
- 6-game Swiss Resurrection TV 110
- Door prizes from local and online stores
- Count Luthor 2011 model to every participant

We have a picture of the model and it looks awesome, but we don't want to post it until it's in our hands and Blammaham has a chance to paint it. But here's a picture of the concept art - the model looks virtually identical:



Vancouver is still kicking butt, Seattle has a serious community now, Edmonton still has a great contingent that we love to see every year, and Oregon is now joining the ranks for the Pacific North West Blood Bowl scene. Now if we could only get Calgary going again...

Going to be great Spike! this year so be sure not to miss out. $40 pre-reg plus a free Count Luthor 2011 figure to every participant. Looking forward to seeing you there. Very Happy

Craig.
Blank_Page - Jul 10, 2011 - 07:59 PM
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I am interested and will likely attend.

How do we get Calgary BB going again?

GH
daloonieshaman - Jul 10, 2011 - 08:28 PM
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      Blank_Page wrote:
I am interested and will likely attend.

How do we get Calgary BB going again?

GH

play Razz
Blank_Page - Jul 11, 2011 - 05:41 PM
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      daloonieshaman wrote:
      Blank_Page wrote:
I am interested and will likely attend.

How do we get Calgary BB going again?

GH

play Razz


Are you saying that you live in Calgary and want to play?
generaljason - Jul 18, 2011 - 07:24 AM
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      Blank_Page wrote:
I am interested and will likely attend.

How do we get Calgary BB going again?

GH


Hoping you can make it out!

As for Calgary Blood Bowl, check out: http://twitter.com/bloodbowlcgy

Gj.
generaljason - Aug 03, 2011 - 07:31 AM
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I updated my first post of the thread to now include the running total of the pre-registration list. 33 coaches pre-reg'd up to now, with at least 10-15 guys from my own league that still need to pre-reg, as well as Oregon and Edmonton. Looking great so far.

Spike! Magazine 2011: Pre-registration List:
Last update: August 3rd, 2011: 5 weeks to go!!

01. Michael McAree: Poundfist (TB): Vancouver BC: Triple Wow! Orc
02. Tyler Reeves: LordChaos (TB): Cloverdale BC: Garbage Eaters Skaven
03. Michael Green: fe2Mike (Eastern WA): Mead WA: Furfoot DinnerTrain Halfling
04. Rachel Green: Evilbutgood (Eastern WA): Mead WA: M.A.D.D. Chaos Dwarf
05. Murray Campbell: Gimli (TB): North Vancouver BC: Serpentine EverGlorius Lizardmen
06. Chris Norris: Hellcannon (RCR): Issaquah WA: Thunderbolts Necromantic
07. Dennis Bolin: Daloonieshaman (FABBL): Altadena CA: Face Plant Goblins
08. Michael Adams: NitNit (TB): Vancouver BC: Japocalypse Skaven
09. Andy Brandt: Khail (RCR): Edmonds WA: Gutterblight Gladiators Skaven
10. Rob Gordon: Mr. Gordon (TB): Mission BC: Sadistic Slayers Necromantic
11. Simon Thomsen: Dr. Evil (TB): Surrey BC: Thunderbowl Thugs Ogre
12. Paul Brown: Akalabeth (TB): Vancouver BC: Mad Hatters Chaos Dwarf
13. Keller Reeves: Keggiemckill (TB): Chilliwack BC: Kellerville Kellies Chaos Dwarf
14. Shane O’Brien: Savion47 (ORDO): Portland, OR: Skitterleap Scramblers Skaven
15. Steve Lemky: Blammaham (TB): Delta, BC: Union Carbide Nurgle
16. Damion Gilzean: Tremere: Edmonton, AB: Speed Lumps Halfling
17. Shawn Wowk: Ocrumsprug (TB): Burnaby, BC: Dark Tide Dark Elf
18. David Burroughs: Beorg (RCR): Redmond WA: Undecided Dwarf
19. Joshua Gaines: Spock (RCR): Redmond WA: Loqmundi Lizardmen
20. Dave O’Neill: Darkangeldave (TB): Surrey BC: Gandalf’s Gangsters Dwarf
21. Chris Strodel: Edicius (RCR): Carnation WA: Kanto Kings Dark Elf
22. Ryan Munsell: Classicflava (RCR): Bellevue WA: Wildwood Warriors Wood Elf
23. Jonathan Dawes: Endycarus (TB): Vancouver, BC: S.C.U.M. Manifesto Goblin
24. Ed Law: Edwad69 (TB): Port Moody, BC: Homo Erectus Human
25. Adam Bloom: Admanb (RCR): Bellevue, WA: Monster Mash Necromantic
26. Geoff Roscoe: Bear (TB): Surrey, BC: Wannabees Halfling
27. Matt Blauhorn: Majyk (TB): Surrey, BC: Slaughterhouse Dark Elves
28. Ryan Sen: Harbinger (Humungeloid) (TB): Burnaby, BC: Black Magic Bootleggers Dark Elves
29. Jesse Curbello: Sallacious (TB): Surrey, BC: Rodent Rampage Skaven
30. Robby Oylear: RobbyO (RCR): Bothell, WA: Rat City Blood Bowl Lizardmen
31. Mike Haskins: Abberant (TB): Burnaby, BC: Blah,blah,blah Halfling
32. Kavinay Kishor: Warpstone (TB): Delta, BC: Second Breakfasts Halfling
33. Garrett Mercier: Uktabi (RCR): Seattle WA: Lake Washington Redskins Norse
Khail - Aug 03, 2011 - 09:22 AM
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RCR should have at least a few more signing up as well. We're at 10 right now including one guy that registered but isn't on the list yet. I'm stoked, going to be an epic tournament!
daloonieshaman - Aug 03, 2011 - 09:46 AM
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Is it just me or do the middle and eastern guys not travel more than a few hours
daloonieshaman - Aug 04, 2011 - 03:20 AM
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25% of the field are STUNTY teams!
Daggers - Aug 04, 2011 - 08:26 AM
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With Star Players and inducements available, I could see them being quite interesting.
generaljason - Aug 04, 2011 - 11:52 AM
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Well we added a new trophy to our list of awards last year for the best Stunty team based on this fluff in the LRB:

“The Goblin Tribal Leeg tournament is normally held about the same time as the Spike! Magazine Tournament, as most Goblin teams can’t afford to travel to far-off Estalia from their tribal lairs in the Darklands, and in any case Goblin players hate playing in the bright, sunny conditions under which the Spike! tournament is normally held. The Tribal Leeg doesn’t have a trophy or any gold prizes since it is all but impossible for a bunch of Goblins to arrange for a trophy and two different teams to be in the same place at the same time, and any gold prize is invariably stolen before the final takes place! This means that all the winner of the Goblin Tribal Leeg really gets is the undying support of huge horde of Goblin fans, who follow the team around the Old World watching it play. Whether being followed around the Old World by an army of Goblin fans is actually a good thing is open to debate, but it certainly increases the gate winnings that the team receives every time it plays a match!” -LRB 6.0, p33

I think Stunty teams at a 1.1M build plus skills are reasonably competitive at the tournament level for the whole show anyway, but the emergence of this award last year has brought out the Halfs and Gobs in droves lately! Very Happy

Granted we haven't finished pre-registration yet so imagine that percentage will go down a tad.
daloonieshaman - Aug 05, 2011 - 04:35 AM
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13 models done, 2 to go (+1 to top off the team)
I will pic when done
generaljason - Aug 05, 2011 - 05:52 AM
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Looking forward to seeing them Dennis.

I hope you've brought your A-game painting - Blammaham and Nitnit are amazing to name just 2. We've had some pretty close paint scores for that prize in the past, and Nitnit's modelling for his best-paint-winning Gobs last year was nuts.
daloonieshaman - Aug 05, 2011 - 06:17 PM
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My painting is above average but no where near scorimg
generaljason - Aug 06, 2011 - 09:46 AM
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Looking forward to seeing them anyway. They got to be better than mine. Wink

Just received the model for Spike! 2011 a couple of days ago. Blammaham is in the process of cleaning it up, priming and then painting it over the next week. Once that's finished we'll be posting the picture on the Spike! site. Stay tuned.
generaljason - Aug 08, 2011 - 06:04 AM
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Check this out. More pics coming. In 2011 the Count is coming out revamped, making his debut at the Spike!

generaljason - Aug 13, 2011 - 03:45 AM
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40 coaches pre-reg'd so far with one month to go. With 10-15 guys from my own league still going but needing to pre-reg we're going skip right over the 50's and jump right into the 60's this year for total coaches at Spike! Magazine.

Going to be a blast this year! Don't miss out!

Register here: http://spiketournament.com/contact/

Gj.
generaljason - Aug 18, 2011 - 10:06 AM
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Yeah I talked to the hotel yesterday. When booking a room at the Compass Point Inn be sure to mention that you are attending the Spike! and you will receive the Corporate Rate which still is $89.99.

http://www.compasspointinn.com/

And if you have not registered for the Spike! yet, you can also do that here:

http://spiketournament.com/contact/

Almost 3 weeks! Very Happy
daloonieshaman - Aug 19, 2011 - 11:24 AM
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The Face Plant have announced a delay in the completation of the team uniforms. The production has said to be halted due to the staff being given a holiday before the onslaught of the upcoming tournamanet series. When asked the coach replied, "We are all aware of the considerations the owners make for the players. We do not have like or dislike the timing of those considerations. As coaching staff we must fully support the decisions of the owners...." there you have it folks. Only time will tell if the Face Plant have all their players trained, and suited before the start of the Tournament.
generaljason - Aug 20, 2011 - 01:36 PM
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Can we even make out the Face Plant's new uniforms beyond the sweet bun and gravy stains? Looking forward to seeing the flings Dennis.
daloonieshaman - Aug 20, 2011 - 04:01 PM
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Ahh this time i am going the green aerial bombs
daloonieshaman - Aug 29, 2011 - 02:52 AM
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Just o n e m o r e to go (I changed the roster to 16 models). Soon as I get him done (Mon/Tue LATE nite) I will take some pics

Gj are we sending in rosters?

I received news that ZElvis and the fliers will be here Wed.
generaljason - Aug 29, 2011 - 04:24 AM
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In the works. We will be sending out a group email to everyone that has pre-reg'd with a link to the database. I will also post an update here as well.

Gj.
generaljason - Aug 31, 2011 - 08:41 PM
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My buddy Jay will be admin for the Spike! OBBLM database so people can edit and submit their rosters online. Here's his message:

"I'm going to try and add every user from the prereg spike list, using their psuedonym, I'll then try and pm you with passwords. for those without access here, can you get them to email gollumullog@yahoo.com with Spike in the subject. and I'll create a password and email them with it."

You can sign up for our forum and post a request to have a database account for your Spike! team roster instead. Our forum can be found here:

http://www.thunderbowl.ca/forum/index.php

The Spike! 2011 database can be found here:

http://thunderbowl.ca/spikerosters/

For any questions you may have feel free to post in this thread or contact the email address above.

Looking forward to seeing all your teams. 54 pre-reg'd coaches and growing!
Gj.
daloonieshaman - Sep 01, 2011 - 11:51 PM
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presenting, from sunny southern California, The West Coast Quake's very own .....
Faceplant!!!

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s188/dalooneishaman/P1010342.jpg


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I'm done now all I need is a few clean shirts and I am ready to go.
See you in a week
generaljason - Sep 02, 2011 - 09:37 AM
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Team looks great. See you in a week Dennis! Very Happy
generaljason - Sep 03, 2011 - 01:12 AM
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New pics of the 2011 model on the home page of Spike tournament website:

http://spiketournament.com/

55 registered coaches and growing. Don't miss out - sign up here:

http://spiketournament.com/contact/

See you in a week!
Gj.
daloonieshaman - Sep 03, 2011 - 01:49 AM
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ps the whole goblin team is 2nd ed
generaljason - Sep 04, 2011 - 05:23 AM
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Wicked. I still have a bunch of 2nd ed models including Goblins. I think I have practically every 2nd ed Dark Elf model they have. Looking forward to seeing your squad up close. 6 days!
Khail - Sep 07, 2011 - 09:05 AM
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Put the last coat of sealant on my Rats at around 11:45 last night. All set for Spike!

Really looking forward to seeing everyone again!
daloonieshaman - Sep 08, 2011 - 05:48 PM
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40 hours and counting

DO NOT FORGET YOUR PASSPORT!!!
blammaham - Sep 09, 2011 - 12:29 AM
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      Khail wrote:
Put the last coat of sealant on my Rats at around 11:45 last night. All set for Spike!

Really looking forward to seeing everyone again!


It will be nice to see you again too Andy! S.
generaljason - Sep 09, 2011 - 05:20 PM
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Yeah looking forward to seeing yourself as well Andy plus the entire RCR crew. So looking forward to tomorrow!

To all the crews from Seattle, Oregon and Alberta - hope you all have a safe drive in and we'll see you all bright and early tomorrow.

Best regards,
Craig.
generaljason - Sep 14, 2011 - 11:24 PM
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After the smoke cleared and the dust settled, 56 teams made their way out to compete for the Spike! Magazine 2011. Awesome turnout from the out-of-towners this year, especially Washington State, Alberta and Oregon. 2 Canadian provinces and 2 US States (take the square mileage of that and see how much Europe you can fit in there Wink) - Pac West is kicking ass and still growing! Another record turnout for Canadian tournaments held and another record showing for the Spike!

Special thanks go out to Dennis (daloonieshamen) for making the trip out from California. I regret not having a chance to talk to you that weekend but I was absolutely swamped (we'll chat at World Cup though).

Big thanks go out to Weav for rounding up the Oregon crew and being such a great sport. Big thanks to Tremere and Da_Scum for bringing the Alberta crew out as well - wouldn't be a Spike! without you guys.

Supreme thanks go out to Khail for rounding up the community in Washington State and all his hard work on getting our trophies done this year. Still owe you a drunk night in Amsterdam for that one!

Huge thanks go out to Blammaham for designing and bringing to fruition the great Duke Vampire model that debuted at the Spike! this year. Awesome job dude.

Big thanks go out to Sallacious that didn't get to play but helped with the Name Tag design as well as those great new Throw-in templates. Cheers buddy!

Thanks for Killerbean and Warpstone for all their help on the day, and Killerbean's great names tags.

And nuclear thanks go out to my brother Mike, aka Poundfist, for all his hard work on the website, registration, set up, prize support, and overall help during the day. Thanks again for taking all my abuse. Could not do it without you buddy. Looking forward to when we can both sit out of a tournament and play at the same time! Amsterdam!!

And again huge thanks to all our sponsors who made sure all 56 participants walked away with something from the door prize table! AEG games - makers of Monkey Lab and Thunderstone rocked the mike this year. Awesome guys! Imperial Hobbies also contributed vastly and we thank them greatly. And thank you Craving for a Game for your continued prize support and advertising the event.

Thanks to everyone who came out and hope to see you all next year! Very Happy The recap for the Glittering Prizes for those who were not there are as follows.

Spike! Magazine 2011 Champion:
Dave O'Neill: Gandalf's Crew - Dwarves

Outstanding Coaching:
Erik Arntsen: The Killer Beans - Norse

Outstanding Painting:
Dan Siger: Krakow Pox - Nurgle

Outstanding Sportsmanship:
Jason Weaver: Hag Graef Heldrakes - Dark Elves

Endzone Hog - Most Touchdowns Scored:
Ryan Munsell: Rat Pack - Skaven

The Wall - Least Touchdowns Received:
Dan Armstrong: Bigs Macs - Dwarves

Rambo - Most Casualties Inflicted:
Tyler Reeves: Death Snatch - Chaos Pact

Goblin Tribal Leeg - Best Stunty Team:
Mike Green: Southland Savages - Halflings

Glass Joe - Dead Last:
Damion Gilzean: Speed Lumps - Halflings


Full results will be posted on our website shortly here:

http://spiketournament.com/results/

Thanks everyone and hope you had a good time!

Best regards,
Craig.
generaljason - Sep 17, 2011 - 08:22 AM
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Full results are now up on our website here:
http://spiketournament.com/results/

Enjoy,
Gj.
daloonieshaman - Sep 17, 2011 - 01:28 PM
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I know you are waiting for this or that (we had to wait for a few NAF ID's) to upload the stats. I really want to see how BAD my gobbos suck
generaljason - Sep 18, 2011 - 04:55 AM
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      daloonieshaman wrote:
I know you are waiting for this or that (we had to wait for a few NAF ID's) to upload the stats. I really want to see how BAD my gobbos suck


Exactly - just waiting on one NAF ID to be entered. I should have all the NAF stats entered by mid week. Thank you for your patience.

Craig.
generaljason - Sep 23, 2011 - 02:43 AM
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NAF results are in. Enjoy.

Craig.
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