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 Posted: Jan 23, 2004 - 06:39 AM
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| Wondering if they'll be any bloodbowl action taking place at Gamesday in Atlanta. Even if we have to do it ourselves. |
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Posted: Jan 23, 2004 - 06:47 AM
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I've emailed Tim Huckelberry and this was his response 10 days ago:
Quote: Haven't heard anything, but I'm putting you in touch with the guys who are running the show, Jeff & Aaron.
This is Jeff Hall and Aaron Dill at GW-US. I suggested to all of them that there would be several of the regular Blood Bowl crowd that would happily run the game at GamesDay.
So far, no response.  Sigh, it still seems as though we are pulling teeth here in the US just in getting information. |
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Posted: Jan 23, 2004 - 11:28 AM
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I'm pretty sure after emailing back and forth with Tim today that something will happen - I just would like tournament rules in place that more closely resemble what the BB community has created over the past year than a typical RTT tourney with stars, SPPs, and other unbalanced criteria.
Tthose who remember the Baltimore Gamesday last year will agree, I believe - the coaches there decided to change several of the rules as a group before the tourney started! 
If ATL Gamesday does not happen and there is interest, I would happily run a tourney at night at the Marriott Courtyard hotel a few minutes away from the new GA Convention Center. Might be fun to do anyway - an afterhours tourney for NAF coaches only... 
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Posted: Jan 24, 2004 - 01:29 PM
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| That would be an agreeable compromise if they won't be running one there. Course we'd have to bring some refreshments to help with the coaching and what not, and I hardly think GW would like that one bit... |
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Posted: Feb 09, 2004 - 11:23 AM
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(this is also a TBB post, except the end...)
Well, just got word from the G-day organizers that they are NOT planning to run any Blood Bowl at the Atlanta event. They have said if I wanted to, I could run an event with "a couple of tables" in the Gaming clubs area! So I'm ready... to overrun the event!!! 
I'd like to get at least twenty coaches - I'm playing because I don't think an outrider would be strictly necessary if it's mostly experienced coaches settling things in an organized way.
I suppose the apparent disdain just gets under my skin a little, so I think it would be very fitting to have a large number of BB players demanding to play at a Gamesday... they had a RTT at Baltimore for crying out loud!
If anyone has an opinion about this, good or bad, post it. Maybe I'm the only one who likes to shove back (even a little) when I'm getting pushed...  
-OMM
ps Of course, if every one would rather, we can hold an unofficial tournament at the hotel as discussed - I don't particularly care except to demonstrate to the Gamesday organizers that BB is a powerful event to include. I'm not really a revolutionary, but when there's a vacuum of leadership, I become a Cincinnatus... (look it up) |
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Posted: Feb 09, 2004 - 11:56 AM
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(Lucius or Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus) (snsn´ts, ???nt´s) (KEY) , fl. 5th cent. B.C., Roman patriot. He was consul in 460 B.C. and dictator twice (458 and 439). According to tradition, in his first dictatorship he came from his farm to defeat the Aequi and Volscians, who were threatening the city from the east and southeast. He returned from battle, resigned his dictatorship, and went home to his farm. In 439 he came out of retirement to put down the plebeians. The separation of legend from history in Cincinnatus??? story is impossible.
Looked it up 
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Posted: Feb 09, 2004 - 11:58 AM
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??? No Specialist Games Tournaments ??? In response to low turnouts the previous year, there will be no structured Specialist Game tournaments taking place at the Grand Tournaments. We will still provide scenery and materials to play your favorite Specialist Game during open gaming.
http://gt.us.games-workshop.com/Introduction/Introduction.htm#New |
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Posted: Feb 09, 2004 - 01:07 PM
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Not the GTs, the Gamesday events: Atlanta - April 3rd, Los Angeles - April 24th (tickets are on sale now for these events), Baltimore - May 22nd and 23rd, and Chicago - July 31st.
The Gamesday logo on the 'Community' page still says '2003' but click it and you get the information for the 2004 events... |
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Posted: Feb 09, 2004 - 01:51 PM
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| Chicago is still going to have the Chaos Cup last I heard. Though I think they are reducing the numbers even further then they did last year. Wish I could make a trip to ATL to join your fight but not this year. |
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Posted: Feb 09, 2004 - 02:00 PM
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| Well, last I heard was that Chaos Cup was going to be at the Chicago Battle Bunker around the 3rd of November...?! I think this because some tickets to the event have begun to circulate as prizes, and I think they are genuine!! |
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Posted: Feb 09, 2004 - 02:06 PM
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| Yeah you're right. I knew it was in November just never put the two together. |
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Posted: Feb 09, 2004 - 02:15 PM
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There's a Roman story much better than Cincinnatus. Unfortunately, I can't remember the chap's name. He fought Augustus across Spain, as I recall. He was ultimately murdered (surprise).
I'll look it up this week. I have a xeroxed history of this gentleman at home among my books.
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Posted: Feb 09, 2004 - 02:19 PM
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Posted: Feb 09, 2004 - 02:20 PM
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Old_Man_Monkey wrote: Not the GTs, the Gamesday events: Atlanta - April 3rd, Los Angeles - April 24th (tickets are on sale now for these events), Baltimore - May 22nd and 23rd, and Chicago - July 31st.
The Gamesday logo on the 'Community' page still says '2003' but click it and you get the information for the 2004 events...
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Posted: Feb 09, 2004 - 02:21 PM
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| (I think we outght to storm the GT events, too!.... ssshhhh!!!!) |
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