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generaljason - Jan 26, 2012 - 08:43 AM
Post subject: Spike! Magazine 2012: September 29-30. Surrey, B.C., Canada

Wow. This event just keeps getting bigger and better! Last September's event in 2011 was a HUGE success! A Blood Bowl Major in Canada finally broke the 50 coaches mark!! Awesome for Canada, a Major, for the Pacific Northwest or North America for that matter.

Spike! 2011 was the fourth consecutive of growth for the tournament, up from 48 registered coaches last year to 56 teams by the end of the weekend. Again largest Spike! coaching turnout within it's history, and the largest BB tournament Canada has ever seen. Tied Chaos Cup for largest number of players at a North American tournament last year as well! Great year for the Majors.

Our dedicated crew from Edmonton made the trek once again, as well as coaches from Rat City Rumble in Seattle and half a dozen members from OrdoFanaticus in Oregon. Thank you Tremere, Da Scum, Khail and Weav for organizing that. I was also happy to meet Mike and Rachel from Spokane and SPEW (Star Players of Eastern Washington). They hit both NA Majors last year! Mike also won an award at both Majors as well. Good show, and thank you for introducing the Iron Mike tournament to the Pacific Northwest! I was also happy to see Dennis from Quake make the trip out. From what you told me Nuffle didn't seem to. We look forward to seeing last year's participants return and hope to see a lot of new faces as well. 2012 is going to be even bigger. Â

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

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 (aka NAF Championship), held each year in May at GW HQ in Nottingham, England
4. The Chaos Cup, held each year in mid September at the Battle Bunker Chicago, Illinous, USA
5. The Spike! Magazine Trophy, held this year in late September in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2012 sees the continuance of the one-week-or-no-more-than-a-fortnight policy between NA Majors, where the organizers of the Spike! Magazine and the Chaos Cup host the 2 North American Majors within 2 weeks of each other. We started this 3 years ago with Tom, with a fortnight between them in the same month. Last year we did them 7 days from each other. This year due to circumstances out of our control the Majors are back to fortnight in between for 2012. 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!

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

01. Spike! Champion: Going forward, Spike! Champion will be rewarded for Coaching Scores alone. Full rules can be found on the website.

02. Painting/Sportsmanship Scores: No longer added to Best Overall. Best Painting and Best Sportsmanship still have their own awards. Â

03. Blow-out Bonuses: To reflect the points system, The TD bonus for a 2+ difference has been increased back to +5 points from 2. Also, with the Blow-out Casualty bonus, same criteria, same +5 points.

04. 2nd and 3rd Place Awards: As a result of making Spike! Champion rely on Coaching scores alone we have removed the Outstanding Coaching Award. We have instead replaced it with two more additional awards this year for Second and Third Place. So along with Spike! Champion, Sportsmanship, Painting, Touchdowns For, Best Defence, Casualties For, Best Stunty, and Dead Last we are giving away 10 awards this year that look like this:

Spike! Magazine 2012 Blood Bowl Grand Tournament
Dates: Saturday, September 29th, and Sunday, September the 30th, 2012

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. Â

Time: 8AM Registration Saturday

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

Additional Information:
- $45 non-NAF pre-registration, or $50 at the door
- $40 NAF member pre-registration
- 6-game Swiss Resurrection TV 110
- Door prizes from local and online stores

This year all registered participants at Spike! 2012 will get a set of 3 official Thunderbowl block dice, complete in the traditional TB colours of silver on black, and designed by our very own Blammaham (aka Steve).

Each attending coach will also receive a pair of Spike! 2012 d6s:

And this year, after FOUR LONG YEARS OF WAITING, with continued support from the NAF, the SPIKE! MAGAZINE TROPHY is being REFORGED for 2012!!! Â Very Happy

Pre-registration will start Monday, July the 2nd, 2012 and will continue over the next 9 weeks. Hope to see you out in British Columbia 3 months from now, hopefully 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.

Daggers - Jan 26, 2012 - 11:12 AM
Post subject: RE: Spike! Magazine 2012: September 29-30. Surrey, B.C., Can

Man, I would love to come to this, but it always falls on the weekend of my wedding anniversary. And there is not enough brownie points in the world to get me out of that without serious repercussions. Someday, someday. Glad to see the Spike is surviving and thriving. Awesome job guys.

generaljason - Jan 26, 2012 - 12:33 PM
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Dwarfrunner wrote:

Really? We held the Spike! in the second week of September for the last 2 years, and then only this year on the last weekend. I'm hoping you're thinking of the old dates so maybe this year you might be able to make it. Smile

Jonny_P - Jan 29, 2012 - 07:21 AM
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Website http://www.spiketournament.com/ does not seem to be working for me.

generaljason - Jan 29, 2012 - 08:34 AM
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<sigh> I know. They were suppose to have sorted out our hosting issues beofre the weekend. Please send your requests to Warpstone for me Jonny and help a brother out. Wink

Jonny_P - Jan 29, 2012 - 04:38 PM
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Will do... I'm playing in him FUMBBL on Tues nite so I will harass him then.

Daggers - Jan 31, 2012 - 08:31 AM
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generaljason wrote:

Dwarfrunner wrote:

Sorry, should have been more clear. My anniversary or my sons birthday. Since the previous two years it feel on his birthday (he was born on the Sunday of the tournament two years ago). Maybe as a birthday gift to him in afew years I will take him to the Spike. He is getting pretty good at sitting still for almost two whole turns. ;P

generaljason - Feb 01, 2012 - 06:19 PM
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That's too bad. We did have a father son team come from the States back when we first hosted the Spike! in 2008. Sounds like you might be a way off for that, but hopefully the calendar for next year may work out for you or in future. Dying to see the Canadian East represent at the Spike! again! Very Happy

zootsuitjeff - Feb 01, 2012 - 06:38 PM
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Aww cmon, bring him along and you guys can dress up in a Brickfar'th & Grotty Costume.

daloonieshaman - Feb 01, 2012 - 07:53 PM
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zootsuitjeff wrote:

Aww cmon, bring him along and you guys can dress up in a Brickfar'th & Grotty Costume.

at least Dwarfrunner would finally win something Laughing

Daggers - Feb 02, 2012 - 07:58 AM
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zootsuitjeff wrote:

Aww cmon, bring him along and you guys can dress up in a Brickfar'th & Grotty Costume.

With the amount of food my kid eats, he is more of a Halfling than a goblin. And I am not nearly big enough to be Brickfar'th, I am more of Grotty's size.

daloonieshaman wrote:

zootsuitjeff wrote:

Aww cmon, bring him along and you guys can dress up in a Brickfar'th & Grotty Costume.

at least Dwarfrunner would finally win something Laughing

If only it was that easy.

generaljason - Jun 24, 2012 - 10:37 PM
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Sorry about the delay in updates folks but there were quite a few things that we needed to tie down this year gearing up for Spike! 2012, and Thunderbowl is happy to finally be able to announce all of them.

This year all registered participants at Spike! 2012 will get a set of 3 official Thunderbowl block dice, complete in the traditional TB colours of silver on black, and designed by our very own Blammaham (aka Steve).

Each attending coach will also receive a pair of limited edition Spike! 2012 d6s:

And this year, after FOUR LONG YEARS OF WAITING, with continued support from the NAF, the SPIKE! MAGAZINE TROPHY is being REFORGED for 2012!!! Â Very Happy

Registration for Spike! 2012 will begin Monday, July the 2nd and will continue on throughout the following 9 weeks.
http://spiketournament.com/?page_id=30

Please stayed tuned for any new developments as we will be in short order announcing changes to the scoring system.

Gj.

blammaham - Jun 24, 2012 - 11:20 PM
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This is awesome news indeed! A new spike trophy is an incredible accomplishment and I have to say congratulations to the leadership group at the NAF for their support without that this could not have been done. Lycos and company, well done sirs, well done! That being said, I also have to congratulate you Craig, with out your driving force and vision Thunderbowl would not even be the host of the Spike Grand tournament let alone be in a position to put right the oversight that lost the first trophy. You said you would get this huge task done and you did it! Thanks for being so dedicated to the tournament scene to see this project to this most fantastic conclusion. S.

generaljason - Jun 29, 2012 - 05:31 PM
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I just can't wait to hold it. After 4 years I'd hug it if I could, but it's got a Edward Scissorhands quality to it. Thanks for the congrats Steve. I am just relieved that we're finally getting all this done and the Spike! trophy is back!

And if anybody wants to help us out with this venture, please visit this page: http://spiketournament.com/?page_id=1041

We've had a few keeners jump the gun and register anyway, but pre-registration for Spike! 2012 will begin Monday, July the 2nd. Registration can be found here:

http://spiketournament.com/?page_id=30

And for all past and new coaches alike, going forward, the Spike! Magazine trophy will be rewarded based on Coaching Points alone. While we have in the past awarded this trophy based on total points for Coaching, Painting, and Sportsmanship, this is not the trend of most events around the world, or any of the other Majors. (thank you Grumbledook for pointing that out!) That said, please play fair and paint your models!

Read all about the new points format and the new second and third place glittering prizes here:

http://spiketournament.com/?page_id=18

That's all the updates I have for now. Stay tuned for any new developments! Very Happy

Gj.

poundfist - Jul 10, 2012 - 01:09 PM
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Like generaljason said, this year (and probably going forward), we are dropping the GW-styled convention of "Best Overall" being awarded based on a total of Coaching, Painting, and Sportsmanship scores. So we are dropping "Best Overall," but we are replacing it with two awards for Second and Third place. So now while there is no Overall trophy, there are three trophies based on coaching record.

The Sports and Painting trophies still exist of course, but their scores stand on their own.

blammaham - Aug 01, 2012 - 11:45 PM
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The sculpt for the Spike reforged looks AMAZING! The bar for trophies has been raised! I'll leave the honors of posting the pics the GJ! S.

generaljason - Aug 02, 2012 - 07:53 AM
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blammaham wrote:

The sculpt for the Spike reforged looks AMAZING! The bar for trophies has been raised!

Definitely. The clay sculpt for the artwork is awesome. All the pictures can be found in the Spike! Trophy Reforged thread found here:

http://thenaf.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=86290#86290

blammaham - Aug 03, 2012 - 04:07 PM
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See AWESOME! Very Happy

generaljason - Aug 04, 2012 - 06:01 AM
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Well I might as well post pics here as well:

After looking at those pics I think it was kind of a blessing that the original trophy was lost by the parent company. This one is going to be so much better. Very Happy

Gj.

blammaham - Aug 20, 2012 - 07:21 PM
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The casting process is well under way for the reforged Spike! Very exciting times for us Here on the West coast! S.

lordchaos - Aug 31, 2012 - 08:32 AM
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less than 1 month to go! Names are starting to pile up on the pre reg.

generaljason - Sep 08, 2012 - 02:36 PM
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Yeah still waiting for RCR and a good chunk of Edmonton to pre-reg but looking great so far and still a couple of weeks to go. Going to be another record breaking year for the Spike! and Canada! Looking forward to it.

http://spiketournament.com/?page_id=30

Gj.

lordchaos - Sep 13, 2012 - 11:33 AM
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Sitting at 49 pre reg. Should crack 60 for sure!

generaljason - Sep 15, 2012 - 03:37 PM
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We are sitting on 50 pre-reg'd coaches right now and we're still 2 weeks out. Still have the majority of RCR to sign up plus a few locals. We had 56 coaches last so we are sure to smash that this year! 60-70+ coaches before the weekend starts. Very Happy

Plus a wicked trophy. Wink

Oh and some awesome dice.

Gj.

generaljason - Sep 18, 2012 - 04:13 PM
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Less than 2 weeks away and finally our first glimpse of the reforged Spike! Magazine Trophy. Way better than I expected:

We still have pre-reg open for another week. Hope to see you out!

http://spiketournament.com/?page_id=30

Gj.

Jonny_P - Sep 18, 2012 - 04:48 PM
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That looks really cool. I will gladly retweet from NAF twitter just mention

@OfficialNAF so I get a notification.

It's going to be a great event!

blammaham - Sep 18, 2012 - 07:51 PM
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Clearly the coolest Bloodbowl trophy EVER!!!! S.

generaljason - Sep 19, 2012 - 04:24 AM
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Jonny_P wrote:

That looks really cool. I will gladly retweet from NAF twitter just mention

@OfficialNAF so I get a notification.

It's going to be a great event!

Thanks Jon! Very Happy

generaljason - Sep 26, 2012 - 08:23 AM
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If you're staying at the Compass Point Inn on Friday night we'll be meeting up in the bar. We may stay there or venture off, but we'll be at that bar early on for all the out of towners that want to meet up and hang before the event. The Spike! is going out drinking that night, so when you arrive just look for the table with a big shiny new trophy. I'll have dice to show off as well.

Send me an email at thunder-bowl@hotmail.com and I'll send you my phone number if you like, otherwise I'll just ask for you at the hotel lobby and call your room.

See you in a few days!!!
Craig.

generaljason - Sep 28, 2012 - 07:21 PM
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Got the Spike! trophy in my hands!! Amazing!! See all the out of towners in the bar at 8PM!!

Gj.

generaljason - Oct 01, 2012 - 05:28 PM
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Sorry guys I was just exhausted as I was still up drinking with the out-of-towners until 4AM. Just woke up at around noon. Great weekend. The results:

Spike! 2012 Champion: KÃ¥re Foged (Kfoged) - Dark Elves
Second Place: Tony Hogan (Redman) - Chaos
Third Place: John MacIntosh (Atropabelladonna) - Norse

Outstanding Painting: Mike Adams (NitNit) - Orcs
Outstanding Sportsmanship: Chris Cameron - Skaven
Endzone Hog (Most Touchdowns): Kavin Kishor (Warpstone) - Wood Elves
The Wall (Best Defense): Mike Lawrence (Gazgul) - Humans
Rambo (Most Casualties): Chris Norris (Hellcannon) - Dwarves
Goblin Tribal Leeg (Best Stunty): David Rolstad (kb10r) - Ogres
Glass Joe (Dead Last): Damion Gilzean (Tremere) - Dwarves

Thanks for everyone who came out to participate, get hammered and have a good weekend out. It was a blast and I loved meeting all the new faces. Big cheers to ZootsuitJeff and KFoged for making the trip out and all the players from Calgary who came this year. Thanks to RCR and ORDO for sending their contingent out - always great having you guys! And thanks to our diehards from Edmonton who have been making the trek for the last 5 years. Already looking forward to next year.

And special thanks to NAF for all your help with getting the Spike! Trophy reforged this year. It definitely created a buzz all weekend and for the many years to come. Hope everyone had a great time and I'll see you next year!

Best regards,
Gj.

Grumbledook - Oct 01, 2012 - 05:40 PM
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congrats Foged! first person to win 2 majors in the same year?

KFoged - Oct 02, 2012 - 03:26 AM
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Thanks

I don't know actually... Smile

Could be?

Jonny_P - Oct 02, 2012 - 08:52 AM
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And he was so close to the top table in Game 6 at Chaos Cup too....what an amazing year Kare!

Redman - Oct 04, 2012 - 09:26 PM
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kfoged wrote:

Thanks

I don't know actually... Smile

Could be?

Great job, Kforge.

Great tourney, looks like I'll have to fly to Europe for a rematch. Smile

generaljason - Oct 07, 2012 - 06:15 AM
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NAF results for Spike! 2012 are now entered. I had to track down a few IDs as well as do some last minute sign-ups so it took a little longer than usual.

Full results will be up on the Spike! website shortly, as well as the updated Gallery pages for 2012.

For those interested in purchasing the Spike! 2012 dice set, our Store on the Spike! site will be updated momentarily to facilitate that. I'll make an announcement shortly.

Thanks again to everyone who came out to participate. Hope you had a great time and hope to see you next year!

Gj.

generaljason - Oct 13, 2012 - 02:21 AM
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For those wishing to plan for next year and need to book their vacations early:

Spike! Magazine 2013 will be held on the weekend of September the 14-15th at the Compass Point Inn, Surrey, BC.

For those wishing to hit two majors in one week, the Chaos Cup is being held at the Holiday Inn Express in Palatine, IL, and will be held the weekend prior (Sept. 07-08] to the Spike!

Mark those calendars. Hope to see you out in 13!

generaljason - Oct 17, 2012 - 12:38 PM
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Hey guys,

As promised we will be selling the dice that we have left over from Spike! 2012 on our Store page on the Spike! tournament website. This is our last fundraiser for reforging the Spike! Magazine Trophy. http://spiketournament.com/?page_id=26

The dice set is 5 dice that we gave away to all the participants at Spike! this year. Included is a set of our debut official Thunderbowl Block dice in the traditional TB colours of Block with Silver. These are limited edition in the sense that we will never revisit this colour scheme again.

Also included is a pair of Spike! 2012 D6s. Also limited edition.

Our Store Page can be found here:
http://spiketournament.com/?page_id=26

Thanks for your support.
Gj.

generaljason - Oct 23, 2012 - 03:51 AM
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Long overdue: here's some pictures that we took from the event. We'll have these and more in our Gallery section for Spike! 2012 shortly on spiketournament.com

The Spike! Trophy:

Past Champions when the trophy was lost from 2009-11 posing with the trophy for the first time:

Spike! 2009 Champion: John MacIntosh (Atropabelladonna): Beasts of War - Chaos Dwarves

Spike! 2010 Champion: Kavin Kishor (Warpstone): Ratchester United - Skaven

The toothpick shot:

Spike! 2011 Champion: Dave O'Neill (darkangeldave): Gandalf's Crew - Dwarves

The glittering prizes. Well, 4 out of 10 of them anyway:

Room shots. 40mm in it's full glory:

Jon's first game after the Saturday night hangover.

Most of the winners:

Glass Joe - Dead Last: Damion Gilzean (Tremere): Knights of the Golden Tankard - Dwarves

Endzone Hog - Most Touchdowns: Kavin Kishor (Warpstone): Passholes - Wood Elves

Rambo - Most Casualties: Chris Norris (Hellcannon): Deathroller Daffodils - Dwarves

Outstanding Sportsmanship: Chris Cameron (Coolice): Rough Ratters - Skaven

Outstanding Painting: Mike Adams (Nitnit): Da Mek Boys - Orcs

Second Place: Tony Hogan (Redman): Hells Bells - Chaos

Spike! 2012 Champion: Kaare Foged (Kfoged): Quick 'n' Dirty - Dark Elves

Thanks to everybody who came out. It was a great weekend!

Gj.

mrblack - Feb 21, 2013 - 08:28 PM
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Wow!

Can't believe I've never heard of this event and I live just across the water in Victoria.

I will definitely try to make it there for 2013. You are going to hold it again this year, right? Smile

I have a group of 6 to 10 guys over here that have been playing Blood Bowl off and on since second edition.

We just had a small tournament in Victoria at Gottacon earlier this month.

Very Happy

Rando - Feb 22, 2013 - 05:52 PM
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A lost colony of Blood Bowl players. Awesome!

blammaham - Mar 03, 2013 - 10:03 AM
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Yes! Every year, I can't wait for September and the "swankest" tournament ever! S.

Clan_Skaven - Mar 03, 2013 - 11:07 AM
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Grumbledook wrote:

congrats Foged! first person to win 2 majors in the same year?

I could be Mistaken but I do gken1 may have, or he may have just one 2 Majors in different years (I do think he won Spike & Chaos Cup though)

Congrats still though.

mrblack - Mar 06, 2013 - 03:45 PM
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generaljason wrote:

I tried to call in a room booking for this date and the hotel reservations person said the hotel was going to be closed at the end of May!

Did you guy know about this yet? Do you have an alternate location for the same weekend?

I'm trying to book early so I can tell the Wife that the money is already spent and I have to go no matter what. Wink

Daggers - Mar 06, 2013 - 04:12 PM
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Glad to see I am not the only one that pulls that trick.

blammaham - Mar 06, 2013 - 04:20 PM
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mrblack wrote:

generaljason wrote:

I think we are close to working it out, just a few t's to cross and i's to dot. S.

mrblack - Mar 06, 2013 - 05:04 PM
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Thanks for the quick response!

I'll keep an eye out for the new venue.

generaljason - Apr 08, 2013 - 07:06 PM
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Pacific Inn Resort. The address is in the tournament listing. I'll be posting a tournament thread for Spike! 2013 shortly. Sorry for the wait but like Steve said there were things we needed to work out given that the hotel that we've hosted EVERY previous Spike! is now closing.

But, the new hotel is a lot nicer!