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NAF World Cup - A big thank you

Rodders - Nov 21, 2011 - 05:14 AM
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To lucy Dave and Niels for all thier hard work this was the best tournament ever it supparsed WC1 which was no mean feat.

Draco for getting his Clock out all the time

OMM, Dan Titan (thanks for the intro to passing shot) and the other refs/helpers for keeping us informed on schedule and the donkey work you did.

The staff at de Rode Hoed and de Shutter for keeping us fed and watered

MBBC, European Debt, Lega Gladio, KamPF, Equipo Actimel, FeBL team, Team Chaos and even team Brass but not those Auzzie bastards on team wombat Wink for 9 great rounds of BloodBowl.

FF fields Comixinos FF fields and Gaspez for making a dent in the bank balance.

and any one else i've forgotten
Pako - Nov 21, 2011 - 05:20 AM
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You forget the ones to leave out in order to get place for you

Wink

Congrats to everyone. Winners and losers. Organization and volunteers. To want to run out this is awesome.
Doubleskulls - Nov 21, 2011 - 05:32 AM
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+1, especially the bit about Team Wombat
OldManDraco - Nov 21, 2011 - 06:10 AM
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      Rodders wrote:
Draco for getting his Clock out all the time

One day young man, one day......... Twisted Evil
Dave - Nov 21, 2011 - 06:54 AM
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Mention Claudia and Edwin, please ...

oh .. and you're very, very welcome. Your pleasure's my pleasure (and that sounds really bad after that comment on Draco)
OneChiquita - Nov 21, 2011 - 08:20 AM
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Ditto! First time attending such an event and it was a blast. Everyone worked so hard. Running up and down the stairs of De Rode Hoed could not be easy. Keeping time. Entering scores. I'm sorry for all my questions but you guys were so patie't! Thanks again!
Sjapie - Nov 21, 2011 - 08:44 AM
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Thanks to all, especially Dave and André. A most impressive feat.
Thoroughly enjoyed it. I've already decided to start saving for the next worldcup already.

Thanks to all my opponents and my beerbuddies: Thomsy, Casper, Tank (my BBbrother), Topper,, Touereg, Gardengnome, Creature, Hudson, VenomousBreath, Draco, Driesfield, Elminster, Ethrylain, Redvenom, Woete, Ronnie, JJ, Agingralcoholic, and so many others. (I must have forgotten many of them (I don't have much of a recollection of Friday night).

Really good organisation. Really looking forward to the next one.
NodeR - Nov 21, 2011 - 09:16 AM
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Just a big thanks to all.
It was a perfect we, except my bloodbowl result, we have lot of fun and pleasure to be there, to meet players and playing bloodbowl. Smile
And our 14 h in bus to come to Amsterdam was also a great experience. Very Happy

I hope we can go to the next WC... Wink

Thank you.
Darkson - Nov 21, 2011 - 11:47 AM
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+1 to all the above (except Pako's comment Evil or Very Mad ).

Home, and now it' a damn shame.

Big thanks to OMM for the coffee at 6am this morning. Wink
azzroag - Nov 21, 2011 - 12:11 PM
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thanks for all guys !
ClayInfinity - Nov 21, 2011 - 12:26 PM
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Am home in Dubai after managing to avoid the fog at Schipol...

But, a big thank you to all the organisers, all the great opponents and for all the people who came up and just shook my hand and had a chat. Had a blast, and looking forward to bringing Team ANZAC back next time Smile
Dabouda - Nov 21, 2011 - 01:26 PM
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Big thank you to

- all the staff, it was 3 amazing days you gave to us with two great places (de Rode Hoed and de Shutter) to play and an awesome organization.
- Sputnik, Terrywolfbogard, Wuckal, Ender, Kaltenland, Nikolasavic, GumbO, Giorss and JaM who were all very nice opponents and gave me tough encounters. I hope i'll have the chance to replay against them in the future.
- Lord Bojo, Toblerona, Buldogr, Random and Speeder my teammates. It was a real pleasure to meet you.
- and last but not least, my friends from Euskal Turnover for the gift they offered me : the possibility to participate at this event at the last moment
Oventa - Nov 21, 2011 - 02:30 PM
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THANK YOU!
Thank you all who did anything (big or small) to make this happen!
Greatest Event in Bloodbowl history (so far Cool ) !

Cheers
Thadrin - Nov 21, 2011 - 02:51 PM
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It was amazing.
Fantastic location, some great games (at least three of my games were decided by key last-turn die rolls), old and new friends.

Thanks to everyone involved.
Purplegoo - Nov 22, 2011 - 01:18 AM
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What a weekend.

You guys pulled off a very smoothly run event for near on 500 players - I didn't expect it to go nearly so well (just because of the un weildy size), but it was just excellent.

Big thanks for all the effort.
Winni - Nov 22, 2011 - 01:29 AM
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Thank you for a great weekend!

Amazing how you guys never failed your Cool Rolls (see, i am still a 2nd edition player)... Smile. Perfect location, food was good, everything was running smoothly and the ranking lists on the TV screens were great..

And a big thank you to nearly every Coach at the tournament... this was my first tournament ever and i was expecting a crowd of weird geekish BB players, but i got a crowd of NICE weird geekish BB players. Smile Yay!

See you in 4 years (or maybe even earlier, the World Cup made me realize what a great game BB actually is).
Murzh - Nov 22, 2011 - 01:35 AM
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Thank you for all!!!!
Spectacular location and organization!!!
I'm funny very very much!!!
Thanks to my opponents coach on the fields!!!
Congratulation for the winners!!!
Nazgob - Nov 22, 2011 - 02:10 AM
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Thank you all for a fantastic weekend.

Brilliant company, food, venue and organisation.
dr._rudolf_von_richten - Nov 22, 2011 - 05:01 AM
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My first Tournament, and right away the biggest one of them all!

It was all great, the atmosphere, organization, opponents, games, everything.

A big thank you to the organizers, and also to the Hampshire Superhogs who drafted me in their team at the last minute and made this event possible for me! Very Happy
Darkson - Nov 22, 2011 - 05:11 AM
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      dr._rudolf_von_richten wrote:
A big thank you to the organizers, and also to the Hampshire Superhogs who drafted me in their team at the last minute and made this event possible for me! Very Happy


Gah!! I never realised you were the "random Dutchman" Venomous kept taunting me with - just didn't put name to person - sorry!
juergen - Nov 22, 2011 - 05:37 AM
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Also a big thank you from my side. Was a great weekend in Amsterdam (well, apart from my games Smile )
daloonieshaman - Nov 22, 2011 - 08:56 AM
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A big thank you to Grumble Wanker for not having a desire to send the popirazzi to cover the WC. It would be an oxymoron to have a spread on their medium, shamefully displaying the largest associated event was not only a negeletced step child but an independant cause.
Darkson - Nov 22, 2011 - 08:57 AM
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We did make the local paper though.
K - Nov 22, 2011 - 09:10 AM
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Yiiiaahhhh!!!

Just a big thanks to those who made this weekend possible (organizers, staff, referees...)

I'm still wondering how they do to manage a four hundred people tournament as if it was a forty people tournament... it has been an amazing job!!

Kizzez & Skullz!!

X
Frikipe - Nov 22, 2011 - 10:54 AM
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Hi, have no words to thanks all the people that made this awesome event possible. Was an incredible job guys.

THX you all.
Panico - Nov 22, 2011 - 01:06 PM
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T H A N K S !!!!!

Being of the stage of the cerimony and seeing in front of me almost 500 people, on three level, was something unbelievabely emotional!!!

Thanks to my fellow of the organization (all of them special people) and especially to you: the players!!!
dwarfcoach - Nov 22, 2011 - 01:40 PM
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Thanks to all who helped, your tireless dedication to this community is a shining example of the great people the NAF has brought together.

I am both humbled by your expertise and proud of your accomplishments, the excellence level has been set ridiculously high. I'm so glad you handled the years of preparation, the long hours of the weekend and the inevitable but thankfully quite limited mess-ups and idiocy with acumen and diplomacy.

You're all tops in my book, I thoroughly enjoyed it and it is clearly one of those events people will be talking about for many years to come...
FESTEN - Nov 22, 2011 - 01:44 PM
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First, Thx to all the people who do something to run THE EVENT... and for my opponents of course Wink ...

And second a VERY BIG THANKS!!! for the applause... It was AMAZING Wink ... I do a hard work with my fingers to "roll" this prize XD... for sure we meet somewhere in Europe.... and I hope so somewhere in the world ^^ ...
Nathaniël - Nov 22, 2011 - 03:30 PM
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Thanks a lot from "Les Chevaliers du POW" to all the staff and all the players !!

This world cup was amazing, good job !
Kaltenland - Nov 22, 2011 - 03:40 PM
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Ok, the WC is ended and I miss it.

Almost all was spectacular: people (players and staff), locations, organization, city etc etc
Only the fog had been a problem but surely this is not you fault so....
Thank You All

Sincerly
Boneless - Nov 22, 2011 - 03:51 PM
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Big thanks to one and all, From Team Wales, we couldnt think of a bigger event for our maiden journey
Casper - Nov 22, 2011 - 03:58 PM
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      Sjapie wrote:
Thanks to all, especially Dave and André. A most impressive feat.
Thoroughly enjoyed it. I've already decided to start saving for the next worldcup already.

Thanks to all my opponents and my beerbuddies: Thomsy, Casper, Tank (my BBbrother), Topper,, Touereg, Gardengnome, Creature, Hudson, VenomousBreath, Draco, Driesfield, Elminster, Ethrylain, Redvenom, Woete, Ronnie, JJ, Agingralcoholic, and so many others. (I must have forgotten many of them (I don't have much of a recollection of Friday night).

Really good organisation. Really looking forward to the next one.


Thanks to you too, mate. Smile And yes, friday night is not among the clearest memories.
- and to everyone else as well for an outstanding time i 'Dam.
dwarfcoach - Nov 22, 2011 - 04:49 PM
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      Casper wrote:
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And yes, friday night is not among the clearest memories...



He - he - he . . . Laughing Razz

Great drinking with you as well mate, the Dam is a great place for a beer (or a shot or x5).

Anyway, we both got to the venue on time on Saturday (and I even managed a win on game 6) so it's all good. Cool Razz
Marco_Gianni - Nov 22, 2011 - 11:58 PM
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one word : awesome !

Thanks for all, that was great. You did it well guys Wink
Thadrin - Nov 23, 2011 - 12:27 AM
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      Hawca wrote:
Big thanks to one and all, From Team Principality, we couldnt think of a bigger event for our maiden journey


Fixed your post :p
OldManDraco - Nov 23, 2011 - 02:12 AM
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I'm still wondering how they do to manage a four hundred people tournament as if it was a forty people tournament

The secret lies within blisters and muscle aches the next days. Running up and down the stairs was in the end rather exhausting. But seeing that most of you enjoyed, it was well worth it.
Thanks to the organizers to let me rest in Café de Schutter, the last round! Laughing
But also thanks to the players who were not to proud to accept rulings of the referees. It is all done together. Your main luck however was that the starting hours were not as early for you as they were for us. Confused Wink
Volstagg - Nov 23, 2011 - 02:15 AM
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Thanks for the great weekend. I will post some suggestions/ideas for he next WC (wich I'm just looking forward) but first of all a big thank you to everyone involved on it.
dr._rudolf_von_richten - Nov 23, 2011 - 03:04 AM
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      Darkson wrote:

Gah!! I never realised you were the "random Dutchman" Venomous kept taunting me with - just didn't put name to person - sorry!



No problem! Smile

It's funny anyway when you meet people you only know online in real life for the first time; some are quite like you expected, others are totally different. Razz

What I really liked was the whole sense of community; I don't think I've met a single person to whom the competition was more important than the fun and friendship. And beer, that too! Wink
Elyoukey - Nov 23, 2011 - 03:45 AM
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Just to let my points somewhere, it was an enormous event and /cheers to all the staff. they made a great job.
Firt point is that it was lot better organized than what it seems and all the staff was more efficient than what i thought they would be. This is to be mentioned because i thought there would be a lot of failure and there was not.
I just had 2 dark points
-people left aside (but this was known since the beginning and they made a great job in pushing walls to let enter as many people as possible)
-the painting contest which i just did not notice was happening. i saw the sheet but could not find anyone to give them to and since my captain was not really involved in the painting, they was probably trashed at some point. We did not see the winning or qualified teams. I think this is the only improvement point if any.

But it was the biggest and best tourney ever. Next world cup staffs will have hard time to get close to this event.
/cheers again
Topper - Nov 23, 2011 - 07:47 AM
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Yeah!!! What a great moment in history. Was an awesome weekend. I was very impressed with the organization of the entire arrangement. Well done.
The referees did a really good job - and when something were pointed out to them, they listened with an open mind and made sure that this was improved for the next round (thinking about the fact that not all knew what the music meant during the first game). But I was impressed at the level of things throughout. So cudos tou you all on that Smile

Finally a thx to around 500 people - can´t get too stuck in the names as some have been forgotten, others I only know the real name of etc. Great partying and ball. Competition and fellowship. "Feuds" and fun. Shouts of anger - and joy. Everything was there Smile - However I feel that a special note should be given to three teams: Team Waterbowl for taking the win in the end. Well done and well played - and for being cool guys throughout - despite quitting on the boatmans race Wink. The Austrian team (Bloodbowl is a wintersport) Next time we´lll get you... I hope Wink. And of course a big thank you for the team members of my own team (Team Argentina) for being such a cool bunch of guys.
Casper - Nov 23, 2011 - 08:06 AM
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I heard the Austrians have invented a new saying about themselves: The nemesis of Denmark, as no Danish team has ever won against an Austrian team. Sad
But they are great fellows, and it's fun drinking with them while we play. Smile
Knox - Nov 23, 2011 - 08:09 AM
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Hy guys! Thank you for this great event!!!

All was perfect. I enjoied meeting people from all around the world.

Congratulation to Team Waterbowl for this great tournament. You deserve it. You are really cool guys. Hope to see you soon again.

Thank you all our opponents and all the guys wo made this event possible!

See you in 4 years. Lutece Noobz will be back to sing "La marseillaise" again Wink
jrock56 - Nov 23, 2011 - 08:22 AM
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A big thank you to all for an awesome tournament from Team Canada!! We had an amazing time and it was the greatest bloodbowl experience that we have had to this date. Can't wait for the next one!

Made many contacts and new friends throughout the tournament that put this tournament over the top for us! As much as we love the game, gathering new friends from across the world made the experience completely worth while. Looking forward to Canada travelling abroad for a few more tournaments consistently over the next few years.

Thank you again to everyone who made this event possible!, the closing ceremonies were unbelievable and seeing 500 bloodbowl coaches on three levels chanting and cheering like we all were was overwhelming. It was quite the experience to take that all in. Hope this will be our first of many International events we will partake in! Take care everyone and see you all next time!

Adam
Jimjimany - Nov 23, 2011 - 11:39 AM
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What an amazing weekend! Thanks from team Waterbowl to all the organisational staff and the 500 coaches in attendance, it was the greatest tournament I’ve ever been too and the atmosphere was fantastic!

We’d like to give special thanks to all the teams we played, the games were really enjoyable and so was the banter during them. We hope to play you all again soon!

      Topper wrote:
despite quitting on the boatmans race Wink

Which one topper? The one I won? Wink
dwarfcoach - Nov 23, 2011 - 12:41 PM
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      Jimjimany wrote:
...it was the greatest tournament I’ve ever been too and the atmosphere was fantastic!

...


FANTASTIC!!

Twisted Evil
Hangus - Nov 24, 2011 - 02:07 AM
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Thanks for a great tournament. Loved every second of it and roll on the next one Smile
Leipziger - Nov 24, 2011 - 04:44 AM
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A massive thank you to everyone involved in the World Cup weekend Very Happy The event was superbly executed and the venue was marvellous. I especially liked the big screens with the results/fixtures etc.

All 9 guys that I played were top gents and it was a pleasure to play against each of you. It was also a pleasure to stay out getting thoroughly battered with the Danes on the Saturday night before we staggered in to play each other on the Sunday morning Very Happy (I'm not sure I'm sober yet...)

An outstanding event - I cannot wait until next time around Very Happy
Rodders - Nov 24, 2011 - 05:52 AM
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      Leipziger wrote:
A massive thank you to everyone involved in the World Cup weekend Very Happy The event was superbly executed and the venue was marvellous. I especially liked the big screens with the results/fixtures etc.

All 9 guys that I played were top gents and it was a pleasure to play against each of you. It was also a pleasure to stay out getting thoroughly battered with the Danes on the Saturday night before we staggered in to play each other on the Sunday morning Very Happy (I'm not sure I'm sober yet...)

An outstanding event - I cannot wait until next time around Very Happy

and thank you rodders for letting me off the £10 bet Wink
Leipziger - Nov 24, 2011 - 06:44 AM
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      Rodders wrote:
      Leipziger wrote:
A massive thank you to everyone involved in the World Cup weekend Very Happy The event was superbly executed and the venue was marvellous. I especially liked the big screens with the results/fixtures etc.

All 9 guys that I played were top gents and it was a pleasure to play against each of you. It was also a pleasure to stay out getting thoroughly battered with the Danes on the Saturday night before we staggered in to play each other on the Sunday morning Very Happy (I'm not sure I'm sober yet...)

An outstanding event - I cannot wait until next time around Very Happy

and thank you rodders for letting me off the £10 bet Wink


Very true Very Happy Thank you Rodders for letting me off the £10 bet because we won the World Cup Smile
Glowworm - Nov 24, 2011 - 07:46 AM
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Only got back last night so maybe a bit late, however:

Massive thanks to all involved in the organisation and running of the greatest BB event ever! Many thanks to all my opponents, I had 9 brilliant games (games not results that is) and the only nationality i played more than once was English!

Learnt loads:

A. EVERYONE knows how to swear in English.... Very Happy
B. Its Bloodbowl, not Chess (you guys remember that.... Wink )
C. In Psycho we trust....but in Glowworm we have a prize!! Laughing

From all at TEAM CHAOS, many thanks to all, hope you had as much fun as we did.

Congrats to the Waterbowlers on a great result.
Rolex - Nov 24, 2011 - 11:14 AM
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      glowworm wrote:

C. In Psycho we trust....but in Glowworm we have a prize!! Laughing


Always in Psycho we trust! Wink
The Glowworm Prize will conquer Italy as well! Very Happy
Don't worry true believers, my message for you will come very soon.

A HUGE thanks to the staff. The whole Word Cup was an exemple of smoothness. Fabulos.

And a great hug to all my opponents. You were awesome!

From the President of the Psycho Fan Club and Coordinator of Psycho Fan Club International a big thanks to all of you.

P.S. For more information about the Psycho Fan Club you will soon be able to contact Don Vito - President of the English Branch of PFC International. Wink
KaduC - Nov 25, 2011 - 04:23 AM
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Thanks for everything guys ! Very Happy
Sizzler - Nov 25, 2011 - 09:37 AM
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An incredible tournament! The venue, the service, the organisation, it was all immense. To administrate close to five hundred Blood Bowlers, two hundred and forty games per round, was a feat unmatched.

Well done to all the organisers, as well as all the volunteers who gave up their time to help out. This event wil definately go down in history and everybody should feel priveliged to have been a part of it.
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