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Post subject: Three Kingdoms Challenge for the Gumpta Cup - Orlando, FL
 Posted: Nov 24, 2003 - 09:08 AM
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Announcing to all teams and coaches near and far:
Manhandle in the Panhandle
The Three Kingdoms Challenge for the Gumpta Cup will be held on March 13th and 14th in the Sci Fi City gaming complex in Orlando, FL. This tournament is a NAF-sanctioned, five game, Swiss style event complete with door prizes and a pub quiz.
The rulers of the Three Kingdoms - Falt Skidknee of Skaven Clan Esuom, Shriek and his Ogre princess Bologna of Orc tribe Plugged Nickle, and mage priest Seamus the Heinous of the Lizardmen tribe Tailbreakoph - have commanded the Old Man Monkey to arrange for a tournament worthy of their domains.
Though unsteady of hand and failing of eye, I have endeavored to do so and offer the following starting guidelines:
a. I am arranging a special "Two for One" hotel room deal for those coming from long distances at one of the nearby Marriott properties. This will mean that after you register both for the tournament and the hotel, you will be able to stay one night free. So you can come into town on Friday, see the sights, drink, go out, drink, find some food, drink, and then on Saturday night, your hotel room is free. It will be at one of the Marriott hotels closest to the tournament site and there will be transportation to and from the tourney provided;
b. One of the purposes of holding this tournament is to discover and encourage the many Blood Bowl players in the state of Florida. As such, in addition to the overall tournament trophies, best painted, etc., there will be trophies awarded for: Highest Finishing Florida Coach/Team, Best Painted Team from Florida and perhaps others. In addition to the many great coaches I've met this year, I want to strongly encourage the participation of those Florida coaches who perhaps haven't been to a tourney or haven't played the game in a while;
c. The tournament cost will be $25.00 US and non-NAF coaches may register on site. This fee will include lunch on both Friday and Saturday, as well as the first drink at the designated pub of choice (most likely Mulvaney's Irish Pub in Church Street Station);
d. Specialist Games' own Andy Hall has said he'll be coming (barring an early delivery of their expected newborn, or a Polish screwup of the new fan magazine . . .!) - please join me in welcoming Andy to the land of FLA;
I am presently working on the website and online registration which should be up and ready around 12/10. For those who wish to look at the tournament location, the link is: http://www.sci-fi-city.com/table.cfm
Please email or PM with any thoughts, suggestions or feedback and allow me offer an enormous "Thank You" to all the tournament organizers I've met over the past seven months - I truly appreciate your example and encouragement - you've been a real inspiration to put together this competition.
The challenge and riches of Lustria await all who dare . . . the Manhandle in the Panhandle!.
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Posted: Nov 24, 2003 - 09:47 AM
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Andy Hall eh, Hmm I wonder where I've seen that before 
I'm going to have to confirm with the missus but the whole St.James clan will try to make the trip. I think I might roll a quick trip to Disney into the weekend  |
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Posted: Nov 24, 2003 - 09:59 AM
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Hey, I think having Andy was a great thing - when I mentioned the possibility of holding a tourney in Florida, he thought it was great!
Full marks to you, my friend, for getting the Blood Bowl staff interested in crossing the pond!
And you know I and the other folks putting on the tourney would love to have you and the family here - now all I have to do is make sure the weather is decent, otherwise I'll hear about it for months. . . |
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Posted: Nov 25, 2003 - 06:21 AM
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Old_Man_Monkey wrote:
And you know I and the other folks putting on the tourney would love to have you and the family here - now all I have to do is make sure the weather is decent, otherwise I'll hear about it for months. . .
You do know you cant just roll 2d6 and get Perfect Weather, right?  |
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Post subject: Re: Three Kingdoms Challenge for the Gumpta Cup - Orlando, F
Posted: Nov 25, 2003 - 06:50 AM
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Old_Man_Monkey wrote: Announcing to all teams and coaches near and far:
Manhandle in the Panhandle
Woo! I won the "Name Jim's Tourney" competition! Now all I gotta do is get down to Florida. Not that the weather here in Buffalo was bad on Sunday: 71 degrees (F), very sunny, great day for football despite the loss! But Monday started at 65, became rainy by noon, and resulted in snow flurries and whiteouts by evening. Tuesday opened with a fine layer of ice over everything.
So Florida sounds rather appealing...
-Chet
P.S. I'm not kidding. That was the weather. |
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Post subject: Can't promis anything, but maybe I'll attend!
Posted: Nov 25, 2003 - 12:11 PM
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Sure I'll see, you may have me & my Skaven attending from Niagara Falls Ontario. I could just fly down there I guess, (but if anyone close to me is driving, maybe I could mooch a ride? ((I'd pay them gas $$)))
As stated I can not promiss anything, at the moment my 1st priority is the "Canadian Open", but after that, who knows. Either way thanks for the invitation. |
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Posted: Nov 25, 2003 - 01:41 PM
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That's right - Chet won the $25.00 GC - everyone thought MH in the PH' was pretty cool. So look to March, my fine frozen fiends, er, friends and join us here in the land of FLA.
Hey, BBB, I am doing all I can to come to the Canadian Open - I think that will be the first North American tournament using the new LRB revisions unless Jay incorporates them at the PhilCon tourney next month.
For those who celebrate it, Happy Turkey Day!
For those that don't celebrate Turkey Day, have a great weekend!
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Posted: Nov 25, 2003 - 02:10 PM
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Posted: Nov 26, 2003 - 07:18 AM
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AnthonyTBBF wrote: heh that just occured to me... I got some rules changes to make for the Open 
Will you allow the Runesmith at the Open?.....Pleeeeeeaaase! (I don't have an Ogre anymore  ) |
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Posted: Nov 26, 2003 - 07:39 AM
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| Yep, it's official! I plan to use all of the new rules, although I will either use a clarified LOS rules or one that doesn't force you to lose the game. |
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Posted: Nov 26, 2003 - 07:44 AM
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Well, there'll be a bunch of us from the Skeleton Crew making our way south for this one.....a small point, however, to not confuse those from outside the sunshine state. Technically, northwest Florida is the "panhandle" (where we live), and Orlando is really central Florida...perhaps "Manhandle in the Middle" or "Up the Gut" would have been more geographically appropriate (a side note: whenever my brother says the name "Manhandle", he begins to giggle like Butthead. Perhaps the name is a good one after all!).
Seriously, great job getting this going Jim - anything you need from us up here, you know you have it (and I'll hopefully have that board file for you this week) |
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Posted: Nov 26, 2003 - 08:04 AM
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Old_Man_Monkey wrote: For those who celebrate it, Happy Turkey Day!
For those that don't celebrate Turkey Day, have a great weekend!
How about for the 30 million of us who celebrate it in October?
Nah, don't worry about it. It's barely celebrated in Quebec anyway. |
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Posted: Nov 26, 2003 - 09:03 AM
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AnthonyTBBF wrote: Yep, it's official! I plan to use all of the new rules, although I will either use a clarified LOS rules or one that doesn't force you to lose the game.
I know it's official, but the reason I was asking for it is: You don't allow wizards, but the halfling chef. So is the Runesmith considered a wizard or not (I hope not).
I should actually post that in a different thread...maybe the Canadian Open thread, so I don't fill up OMM tournament postings with non-related stuff......sorry about that |
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Posted: Nov 26, 2003 - 11:42 AM
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OK, OK - sorting this out:
1. I KNOW where the panhandle is, but since childhood everyone from other parts of the US and, well, everywhere, thinks of the state of Florida as the 'Panhandle' of the US, or other things less suited to a PG-13 message board . . . for you Floridians, think of it as "Manhandle in Orklando" or something like that . . .
2. Jeez, Tors, at least you could try to come down to sunny Florida if you're going to post on the TKC thread Seriously, as I finalize the rules for the TKC, I'm going to be looking at what Neo, Anthony, Galak, and others have used/tested. If JJ and Andy are able to put together tourney values for Stars, then I'll be looking at that.
3. The registration website is very nearly done - a great big "Thanks" to Tim Ibe who helped in getting the important pieces in place. The ruleset and a logo/flyer will be completed sooner than I thought, thanks to Tim's help in getting the online registration ready.
4. Thanks to Jason and the Skeleton Crew - I'll have the hotel details nailed down by next week so the reservations will be ready.
5. So, let's see - Andy's in, Tut's planning a vacation, Lucien's dancecard is getting full, Cyberhare and family want to get a sunburn at the beach - nice, very nice!!!!!
Oh, and I was reminded that the tournament date is Spring Break weekend in much of the US and you all know what vast numbers of college folk do at Spring Break - come play in the land of FLA. Yes, the scenery gets pretty good here around that time . . . just in case you were wondering! 
Take care all,
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Posted: Nov 26, 2003 - 12:26 PM
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I'm looking forward to reuniting with Jim, Brian, and Andy. Meeting Phil will be cool, too. Hope more of you can make it!
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