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Post subject: Announcing 'The NAF Championship' - 7/8 May 2011
 Posted: Oct 23, 2010 - 12:53 PM
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Hi everyone
The NAF are proud to announce that they will be taking over the running of Games Workshop's annual Blood Bowl tournament at Warhammer World.
It will be held on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th May 2011 at Warhammer World, Nottingham, UK. This will be an entirely independently-run NAF event.
We are very excited about the prospect and hope to breath new life into this major annual fixture on the Blood Bowl tournament calendar.
We plan to provide:
*Excellent value for money
*Quality prizes and freebies
*Trophies to take home for the winners
*A tournament run by the community for the community
We hope to regain the positive aspects which have historically given the tournament a special place in the hearts of so many Blood Bowl fans.
Watch this space for more details!
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Post subject: RE: The Blood Bowl - NAF Announcement
Posted: Oct 23, 2010 - 01:21 PM
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| Woo \o/ |
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Post subject: RE: The Blood Bowl - NAF Announcement
Posted: Oct 23, 2010 - 02:37 PM
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| Way to go! Well done |
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Post subject: RE: The Blood Bowl - NAF Announcement
Posted: Oct 23, 2010 - 05:33 PM
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Post subject: Re: RE: The Blood Bowl - NAF Announcement
Posted: Oct 23, 2010 - 08:01 PM
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AnthonyTBBF wrote: Excellent news.
Anthony, you're alive! good to hear from you |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: The Blood Bowl - NAF Announcement
Posted: Oct 24, 2010 - 05:57 AM
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Shouldn't this be posted on the front page where the "news" is, I nearly missed this entirely
finally it can stop being called the GT and go back to being the Blood Bowl
great news though, look forward to the changes |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: The Blood Bowl - NAF Announcement
Posted: Oct 25, 2010 - 01:29 PM
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| This is great news, I can't wait for next year. |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: The Blood Bowl - NAF Announcement
Posted: Oct 28, 2010 - 09:38 AM
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Some additional info regarding the event title.
We have been in discussion with Games Workshop and there are legal issues with the use of the term ‘Blood Bowl’ or ‘The Blood Bowl’ as the official title.
We have decided to give the tournament a title which reflects that it is no longer organised by GW but by the NAF.
Our title is The NAF Championship – a change of name, but it will continue to be one of NAF’s five Major tournaments alongside The Chaos Cup, Dungeon Bowl, Spike and CanCon.
This remains Blood Bowl’s most prestigious and best-attended individual tournament world-wide. We intend to keep it that way and hope that under NAF control it will become even bigger and better!
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: The Blood Bowl - NAF Announcement
Posted: Oct 28, 2010 - 10:17 AM
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| good stuff pippy shame we can't use the actual name but anything beats "the gee tee" |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: The Blood Bowl - NAF Announcement
Posted: Oct 28, 2010 - 04:07 PM
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| You couldn't call it the Bloodwiser Championship and play for the Buddy Grafstein Trophy? |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: The Blood Bowl - NAF Announcement
Posted: Nov 01, 2010 - 05:17 PM
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I think we should call it the GT just to annoy Jon.
Hopefully I will be at the GT but just depends upon if I can get time off for the GT.
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Post subject: Re: RE: Re: RE: The Blood Bowl - NAF Announcement
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 03:46 PM
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Pippy wrote: We have been in discussion with Games Workshop and there are legal issues with the use of the term ‘Blood Bowl’ or ‘The Blood Bowl’ as the official title.
 How utterly pathetic. Why can't you be GWs agent to run the event? FFS they need a better lawyer. |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: The Blood Bowl - NAF Announcement
Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 12:40 AM
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| On one level it's a pity we have to change the title. However I prefer to look at the positives; this is now the NAF's event and it has a title which reflects that. Exciting times! |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: The Blood Bowl - NAF Announcement
Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 09:17 AM
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Greetings sports fans! Little bit of an update, which hopefully will answer some questions people have had.
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The price will be £40 per head. This will include:
*three meals (lunch and dinner on Saturday and lunch on Sunday)
*at least one gift for every entrant
*prizes and trophies for the winners (in several categories)
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We will be accepting payment some time in early 2011, most likely January. Full details will follow as soon as possible. We have reserved space for 180 coaches and places will be allocated strictly on a first come, first served basis. We aim to give advanced warning of the ticket sale date on the NAF site and TFF to keep people in the picture. If we sell out, the possibility exists for the capacity to be increased but we make no guarantees.
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This will be a NAF-ranked Major tournament (with associated increased rankings points at stake). Coaches will have 1,050,000 to spend on their teams and are permitted to take one regular skill before each game. All 24 teams are permitted, as are non-GW miniatures. There will be 6 rounds including a final for the top 2 coaches after round 5. The scoring system will be similar to previous Blood Bowls, with a modified tiebreaker for coaches on the same points.
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A full rules pack will be made available on the net in the next few weeks.
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Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 12:13 PM
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| Myself and three others from Switzerland can't wait too |
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