So, for the past 2 years I have been a participant in something I consider to be the kickoff of my gaming year. It is an event called "Battle for the Cure" run by the Iron Fist League out of Northern Virginia. Usually this has already come and gone though. Yet here it is, early may, and there has been nothing posted about it. Well, me being the greedy git that I am and enjoying my local tournaments. I thin I will have to add trying to organize a BftC style tournament to my to do list for this year with the proceeds going straight to the Susan G Komen Foundation. I will have to track down the rules for the past two years and see what they were then see if I can build support for this at either The Game Vault or at FTW games, possibly even both, and maybe even work it up to a two weekend or 2 day event with both Warhammer 40K and Warmachine.
Here is to gaming for a cause.
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Saturday, May 5, 2012
Monday, December 19, 2011
Tornament woes
Well, I am back with my internet ramblings about gaming. I recently had the good fortune to play at a tournament at FTW games again in Richmond Virginia. It is a great store with a great owner and I am glad to be able to play there. I have a couple of little nitpicks from the tournament though, maybe every tournament I have gone to but just never said, nothing major, just small stuff.
1 - Imperial Armore Apocolypse II
Ok, this is a great supplement, it gives you more options for armies then what is already out there and they do have some amazing models. They also though are a form of expansion rules for Warhammer 40K that most people will not have access to. In the rulebook there is some confusion surrounding the whole use of the Warhammer 40K and the Apocolypse icons used in the book. My understanding of the point behnd those two symbols is that you can tell at what kind of level they should be played at. There are some though who believe that this is an indication that the models witht he "Warhammer 40K" stamp are intended for normal use and tournament play. I need to personally look through the book myself one of these days but I do recall that it has been said that there is a small blurb that still states that the units in the book still require yoru opponents permission just like with any other version of an IA supplement.
The only real reason I bring this up, had it beenknown that IA Apoc II was allowed in the tournamant then I woudl have been prepared with a much better tau Commander then my standard suit. I also woudl not have had a OMGWTF moment when I faced 2 huge squads of Grot Tanks and some kindof mad max looking ork vehicle that I had no idea what it was as well as 2 gigantic Killa Kans that looked like they were some awwful spawn of a Dreadnight and a Killa Kan.
2 - Gamer Funk
This is sort of self expanitory, but unfortunately needs to be said. You are goingg to an enviroment where the humidity will be high there will be tenson and sweating, a great many peopel will be bumping into each other and shuffling around, yelling and talking and the tempature will get pretty high. Shower first. If you smell like any kind of bodily fluid, wash yourself before attending. If you are in a mood not to wash yourself, not to clean yourself up, not to smell halfway decent at the beginning of the tournament, then please, dont come. you make the experience very poor for those of us who are forced to play next to you or against you.
The reason I bring this up is that at any venue I have been to there have been players who, for one reason or another, feel that they they are exempt from the common courtiousies of modern society which includes being clean and not smelling like thier own excrement, or of horrible BO, or like Onions. I understand life is tough, I wont take depression or "I dont have a job" or "I smell from my job" as an excuse, I am unemployed and a pretty good candidate for zoloft right now, when I worked I was working in a very dirty enviroment, depressed, not depressed, bad or good mood, I shower before going to the game store or a tournament. I am not trying to be a mean sprited person. I have played games where the people I play against havent bathed in a long time and at the end of that 8 hours they can overpower an entire table with thier odor.... I know nurgle can grant Noxious Touch and Cloud of Flies, that doesnt mean you have to have them in real life.
3 - Scheduling
This isnt so much for one side or the other about runnign in a timely manner or playing in a timely manner as much as it is somethign for both and can be cut down into a few little sub sections.
There are a few basic rules I woudl suggest
Player Scheduling -
Make sure you have enough time to play through the whole tournament
Emergencies happen and people have to leave sometimes, but when you know you go to work at 5 and the tournament begins at 12, dont sign up or play, all you are doing is messing up someone elses experience when mid game you tell them that you have to leave and go to work leaving them hanging mid game
Dont run over the break
Not alot to say here, the breaks are the length they are for a reason
Dont slowhammer
Slowhammer is just stupid, slow, boring and rude.
Venue Scheduling -
Start when you say you will
I have been many places and played a good number of events, it always starts to suck late
Players running over breaks
If you have a player or pair of players running over breaks, they just dropped for that round and get a draw score if they do happen to show up for round 3. Starting late sucks, having rounds shortened and goign home really late really sucks after spending 8+ hours in a packed store with a ton of other gamers and by now everybody is covered in Gamer funk.
I dont want people to think I am just rambling and ranting to rant. I enjoy myself at most of the tournaments I have attended. I love my local stores FTW Games and The Game Vault and fully believe in supporting both of them as it helps the local economy and gives me and my friends a place to play.
Support your local stores
Support your favorite games
Support your gaming community
and most of all, have some good CLEAN fun
1 - Imperial Armore Apocolypse II
Ok, this is a great supplement, it gives you more options for armies then what is already out there and they do have some amazing models. They also though are a form of expansion rules for Warhammer 40K that most people will not have access to. In the rulebook there is some confusion surrounding the whole use of the Warhammer 40K and the Apocolypse icons used in the book. My understanding of the point behnd those two symbols is that you can tell at what kind of level they should be played at. There are some though who believe that this is an indication that the models witht he "Warhammer 40K" stamp are intended for normal use and tournament play. I need to personally look through the book myself one of these days but I do recall that it has been said that there is a small blurb that still states that the units in the book still require yoru opponents permission just like with any other version of an IA supplement.
The only real reason I bring this up, had it beenknown that IA Apoc II was allowed in the tournamant then I woudl have been prepared with a much better tau Commander then my standard suit. I also woudl not have had a OMGWTF moment when I faced 2 huge squads of Grot Tanks and some kindof mad max looking ork vehicle that I had no idea what it was as well as 2 gigantic Killa Kans that looked like they were some awwful spawn of a Dreadnight and a Killa Kan.
2 - Gamer Funk
This is sort of self expanitory, but unfortunately needs to be said. You are goingg to an enviroment where the humidity will be high there will be tenson and sweating, a great many peopel will be bumping into each other and shuffling around, yelling and talking and the tempature will get pretty high. Shower first. If you smell like any kind of bodily fluid, wash yourself before attending. If you are in a mood not to wash yourself, not to clean yourself up, not to smell halfway decent at the beginning of the tournament, then please, dont come. you make the experience very poor for those of us who are forced to play next to you or against you.
The reason I bring this up is that at any venue I have been to there have been players who, for one reason or another, feel that they they are exempt from the common courtiousies of modern society which includes being clean and not smelling like thier own excrement, or of horrible BO, or like Onions. I understand life is tough, I wont take depression or "I dont have a job" or "I smell from my job" as an excuse, I am unemployed and a pretty good candidate for zoloft right now, when I worked I was working in a very dirty enviroment, depressed, not depressed, bad or good mood, I shower before going to the game store or a tournament. I am not trying to be a mean sprited person. I have played games where the people I play against havent bathed in a long time and at the end of that 8 hours they can overpower an entire table with thier odor.... I know nurgle can grant Noxious Touch and Cloud of Flies, that doesnt mean you have to have them in real life.
3 - Scheduling
This isnt so much for one side or the other about runnign in a timely manner or playing in a timely manner as much as it is somethign for both and can be cut down into a few little sub sections.
There are a few basic rules I woudl suggest
Player Scheduling -
Make sure you have enough time to play through the whole tournament
Emergencies happen and people have to leave sometimes, but when you know you go to work at 5 and the tournament begins at 12, dont sign up or play, all you are doing is messing up someone elses experience when mid game you tell them that you have to leave and go to work leaving them hanging mid game
Dont run over the break
Not alot to say here, the breaks are the length they are for a reason
Dont slowhammer
Slowhammer is just stupid, slow, boring and rude.
Venue Scheduling -
Start when you say you will
I have been many places and played a good number of events, it always starts to suck late
Players running over breaks
If you have a player or pair of players running over breaks, they just dropped for that round and get a draw score if they do happen to show up for round 3. Starting late sucks, having rounds shortened and goign home really late really sucks after spending 8+ hours in a packed store with a ton of other gamers and by now everybody is covered in Gamer funk.
I dont want people to think I am just rambling and ranting to rant. I enjoy myself at most of the tournaments I have attended. I love my local stores FTW Games and The Game Vault and fully believe in supporting both of them as it helps the local economy and gives me and my friends a place to play.
Support your local stores
Support your favorite games
Support your gaming community
and most of all, have some good CLEAN fun
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