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GalakStarscraper |
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Post subject: GenCon US Blood Bowl tournament July 25-26th 2003
 Posted: Mar 26, 2003 - 01:31 PM
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GenCon is the United States' largest gaming convention so its only right that Games Workshop and Blood-bowl.net are going to try and host the largest Blood Bowl tournament in the United States.
80 slots have been reserved and if they sell out we can accept up to 140 players in total.
Prizes include the following:
Free admission to the Chaos Cup
2 Resurrection Gutter Runners
Limited Edition Lizardman Cheerleader
Ogre Thrower and Blocker blisters
Rulebook signed by Jervis Johnson and Andy Hall
2 Necromantic Cheerleaders
2nd edition Zombie and Skeleton players
2 different sets of LotR Fellowship of the Ring miniatures (9 figs) (2 prizes)
Inquistor Malicant
Spyke trophy mini (from the new upcoming trophy mini set)
In addition to get one pick out of the prize pile above (two picks for 1st). There will be trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, Best Sportsman, Best Painted Team, Best Pitch/Dugout, Most Casualties, and Most Touchdowns to put on your mantle and brag about.
Finally no promises, I'm trying to make sure that everyone who plays and doesn't get an award and plays all 4 games gets one free mini. It will probably be plastic, but I'm trying to see if they'll at least be painted. The coin that players got from the Blood Bowl and upcoming Chaos Cup went over fairly badly, so I'm trying to come up with something better. No promises on this one as it will come out of my pocket as will the trophies. Consider it blood-bowl.net's sponsership of the tournament. My goal is to make the GenCon tournament better than the Chaos Cup (no offense to GW). Since the two tournaments are only one week apart, I have this big goal that if I can pack the house at GenCon and it goes really well that maybe the Chaos Cup could be held at GenCon instead of at Chicago one week later. What are the odds ... I don't know ... but I'm going to do everything I can to make this tournament great for everyone. If anyone goes to Chaos Cup after the GenCon tournament, I want to hear that they wished it had been run more like GenCon ... will it happen ... who knows ... a lowly BB fanatic can dream can't he.
Details of the tournament can be read here:
http://www.blood-bowl.net/Gencon.html
Questions can be emailed to me directly at tom.anders@blood-bowl.net
Hope to see at least 80 of you there ... and 140 if at all possible.
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Last edited by GalakStarscraper on Apr 01, 2003 - 06:23 PM; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Apr 01, 2003 - 05:38 PM
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Yoo Hoooo, I get to go.  |
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Posted: Apr 01, 2003 - 06:25 PM
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jmccubbin wrote: Yoo Hoooo, I get to go.
I look forward to seeing you ... get your league mates to come also ... 
I want to pack the house man ... really pack the house.
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Posted: Apr 01, 2003 - 10:25 PM
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I'm going to be there too. I just need to figure out which team I want to bring. Oh, and get up early on the 14th to register for the event.  |
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Posted: Apr 08, 2003 - 09:49 PM
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| ill be going to gen-con and possably the one in Chicago since I live i Illinois anyway and what is fee to enter tournament? sorry if i overlooked it |
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Posted: Apr 09, 2003 - 04:54 AM
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| Gencon cost $40 just to get in for 2 days. The tourney cost $6. |
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Posted: Apr 09, 2003 - 05:56 AM
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jmccubbin wrote: Gencon cost $40 just to get in for 2 days. The tourney cost $6.
Thanks jmccubbin .... I tried to post this fact that the board said I could not post so close in time to my last post .... (dang, posting police).
So TBB won't let me in, and the NAF site limits my ability to post ... going to have to start a discussion group on blood-bowl.net just so I can talk ... 
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Posted: Apr 09, 2003 - 07:19 AM
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| Build it and they will come.... |
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Posted: Apr 09, 2003 - 02:34 PM
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Posted: Apr 09, 2003 - 07:11 PM
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Tom,
I'll be at GenCon, but busy with other stuff, so I probably won't participate. Still be on hand if anyone wants to meet me or anything (please, leave the torches and pitchforks at home.) =)
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Posted: Apr 10, 2003 - 05:09 AM
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Milo wrote: Tom,
I'll be at GenCon, but busy with other stuff, so I probably won't participate. Still be on hand if anyone wants to meet me or anything (please, leave the torches and pitchforks at home.) =)
Milo
Hey Milo, I could really use a guest judge to help me with Best Pitch/Dugout award. Would you be willing to swing by the tournament and help pick the winner?
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Posted: Apr 10, 2003 - 11:44 AM
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Galak,
I did a search on the GenCon website for your tournament. It lists two of them:
BG00156 Blood Bowl Tournament Qualifier $7.50
BG00157 Blood Bowl Tournament Finals $3.00
Did the price change, or is the system just confused because the event is not on sale yet? |
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Posted: Apr 10, 2003 - 01:53 PM
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| How'd you do it? I can't even find Blood bowl there. |
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Posted: Apr 10, 2003 - 02:16 PM
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Posted: Apr 10, 2003 - 02:51 PM
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| Thanks. I've got it now. You and I have dealt with each other before. Are you going to go to the Tourney? |
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