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Post subject: San Diego Comic Con Tourny?
 Posted: Feb 14, 2003 - 08:55 AM
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Hey all you SoCal BB Players,
Any chance we can organize a tourny at the San Diego Comic Con? That would be a blast! (Plus, I can't afford to travel to much, and I want to play in a tourny, dangit!  )
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Posted: Feb 14, 2003 - 12:19 PM
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I was just about to post something about this, I am all for helping to organize one. Also, coming up I believe in May, is Kublacon in the SF area. Last year, and I think this year as well, Andy Chambers and Gav Thorpe will be attending, so maybe that would help the BB draw. I don't know, but maybe.
I think all we need to do is contact the North America or US tournament "director" with the NAF, ask his approval, then contact Comic Con and see if they have some space for us, get some times, costs, etc worked out and we are off to the races!
Any and all guidance/help/thought would be much obliged on this subject!
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Posted: Feb 14, 2003 - 12:46 PM
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The more I think about this, the more I think we can do this. Getting in touch with the Con people shouldn't be that difficult. I was thinking of a one day event, between 8 to 10 hours for the whole thing (I've never done this before, is that a good amount of time?). The only thing I see as a real problem is boards. I only have access to two boards. Does anyone know a good way to get just boards for use during a tourny?
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Posted: Feb 14, 2003 - 12:56 PM
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Posted: Feb 14, 2003 - 01:16 PM
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| Most tournements ask you to bring a board. The Gen Con tourney, is even proposing a prize for best home-made pitch. Hope everything comes together and you get a great turnout. |
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Posted: Feb 14, 2003 - 01:29 PM
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Thanks guys, I think I'll do that. Maybe I'll even work on a custom pitch of my own for use in the big final.
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Posted: Feb 14, 2003 - 03:26 PM
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Okay, I'm getting into this now. I have a contact with the Comic Con who's in charge of gaming. Now, I need people to help run the event. I'm going to ask people from my league, but I'll need more. Who here that's going would like to help me run the event?
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Posted: Feb 14, 2003 - 05:49 PM
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I'm in. I wasn't positively planning on attending, but if there is a reason, and I can be a part of a BB tourney, I'M IN!!!!
I'll try to brainstorm some ideas this weekend and come up with some ideas about costs, boards, prizes, merchandise, format, size, times, days , etc.
This is exciting (on paper anyway)!!!!!!
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Posted: Feb 14, 2003 - 06:12 PM
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Have you guys checked out the 'How to run a successful BB tourney' article?
Format wise we could probably get you the rulespacks for the various tournies held so far, which might help or provide a starting point that you may want to modify. (Once the Blood Bowl's been and gone and I get the time I intend to collate all the various formats so that potential organisers can access them from one place.)
Go ahead and brainstorm some ideas, and yell out loud if you need any advice on various aspects. Hell, that's why we're here. Good luck! |
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Posted: Feb 14, 2003 - 06:22 PM
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Deathwing wrote: Have you guys checked out the 'How to run a successful BB tourney' article?
Format wise we could probably get you the rulespacks for the various tournies held so far, which might help or provide a starting point that you may want to modify. (Once the Blood Bowl's been and gone and I get the time I intend to collate all the various formats so that potential organisers can access them from one place.)
Go ahead and brainstorm some ideas, and yell out loud if you need any advice on various aspects. Hell, that's why we're here. Good luck!
I have, actually, checked that out. I also have the guidelines from the Blood Bowl downloaded from www.bloodbowl.com. But, anything else you have would be appreciated, as I have never done anything like this before.
One thing I do need to mention. The company that runs the con is a Non-profit group, and doesn't normally charge extra charges for events taking place at the convention, so I'd like to make this as low cost as possible and free to participants. Paying to get into the convention can be expensive enough as it is. 
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Post subject: Anything I Can Do to Help!
Posted: Feb 15, 2003 - 06:26 AM
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Howdy,
I'm the U.S. Tournament Organizer. Feel free to contact me with any other questions you have so that we could get you set up to be an officially sanctioned NAF event! If you'd like to start a dialogue, feel free to do so at giersch@sbcglobal.net
Looking forward to seeing another tournament here in the U.S.! |
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Posted: Feb 18, 2003 - 09:45 AM
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Okay, guys, here's what I got so far.
The tourny is going to be called the San Diego Bowl. I'm going to try and find a trophy that's an actual bowl, as opposed to the standard cup.
I like the way the Blood Bowl is set up, so I think I'll use that style. Three rounds with 2 hours per round, and the top two teams at the end of the third round will play for the tourniment championship. I like the scoring system they have too, so we'll probably go with that. I have a couple of guys from my league willing to help, and they'll probably be referees.
As soon as I hear back from the Con guys, I'm going to head to a couple local stores to see if I can't get prizes from them, so we can have Best Coach, Best Painted Team, etc.
Anyone have any other ideas? Anything that seems to be missing from this?
Thanks to everyone for all the support too!
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Posted: Feb 18, 2003 - 11:57 AM
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Any chance this WON'T be held over the weekend (as in Saturday or Sunday)? I know that probably doesn't make much sense from a logistical standpoint, but I wanted to check.
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Posted: Feb 18, 2003 - 12:55 PM
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Yzerman wrote: Any chance this WON'T be held over the weekend (as in Saturday or Sunday)? I know that probably doesn't make much sense from a logistical standpoint, but I wanted to check.
Jon
Well, I was hoping to do it on Saturday, as a one day tourny, to get the majority of players, but it depends on what the Con says. Also, I've thought that maybe Friday would be better, as Saturday is often the day with the most things going on, and to ask people to ignore all the cool stuff going on at the con to play BB might be unfair. So, I'm still open on the day as of right now.
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Posted: Feb 21, 2003 - 07:44 AM
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