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This years American Team Challenge Date has been officially set for July 14th and 15th 2012!

WEBSITE - LIVE NOW! : www.whatc.org
FACEBOOK : www.facebook.com/ATC40k

PRE-REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

WHAT IS THE ATC?

The American Team Championship is where the best of the best will come together to decide who is the #1 Club/Team in North America!

Last Year was a HUGE success and TONS of Fun and this year will only get better!

- New Venue with loads of food, drink and entertainment options - O'Charleys, Applebees, Steak N Shake, Foodcourt, Chilis, DQ, Panera, Pizza and more within 5 min walking distance.

- Improved Terrain, Earlier Times, No Champion Component and other improvements - you asked, we listened!

- More Prize Support (Yep even more than last years awesome support!)

There are many details to be posted and worked out and we will be continually updating the Facebook page with all the info as decisions are made.
Here's what we have to date - More Details to Follow Soon!

5 Member Teams.
Every Member on the Team Must use a different Codex Army.

2000 Points per player.
Maximum 1 Special Character per Army List.

6 Games (4 Saturday, 2 Sunday)

No Painting or Composition Scores.
ALL models MUST be WYSIWYG! NO Exceptions!
Sportsmanship will be taken into account - more details to follow

Trophies will be given for Best Painted (one person out of all participants), Best Sportsmanship (one person out of all participants), Best General (one person out of all participants), Best Team (each member will be rewarded a trophy) and Best Theme (one person out of all participants).

HOW TO REGISTER for the ATC:

A brief note on Pre-Registration vs Showing up the day of:
Pre-Registration is HIGHLY recommended and is also cheaper!
We will be prepared for the amount of teams that have Pre-Registered plus 2 "Last Minute" teams for the last week/day of, UNLESS we sell out before!
Don't take your chances with being one of those 2 teams!

Pre-registration cut off is Saturday June 2nd 2012 or until we reach maximum capacity (approx 24 teams.)

Pre-registration/Registration for The ATC Event is done through Dicehead Games & Comics.

INFORMATION NEEDED:
1 - The Full Name of EACH Team Member (Team members may be changed at a later date if need be)
2 - At least 1 email contact for the team (email contacts for EACH member is recommended if possible)
3 - The Name of the Team
4 - The State(s) that the Team is coming from

To Register :
email : shane@dicehead.com with "ATC Registratration" in the Subject Line
You can Prepay - $45 per person, $225 per team - by Money Order (call for address) or Paypal shane@dicehead.com
IMPORTANT : If you email and do not receive a response within 48 hours, please call the number below!

You can call : (423) 473-7125 IF you need further assistance, but we would prefer email correspondence as much as possible.

email shane@dicehead.com to pre-register and for more information

Event Location Change!
Bradley Square Mall in Cleveland TN
(25 mins away from last years location, just off I75)

Loads of food, drinks and entertainment within walking distance, Very Nice on-site Hotel (Jameson Inn) and Air-Conditioning!


Bradley Square Mall
200 Paul Huff Pkwy Suite 12
Cleveland TN 37312

Awesome! Time to Spread the word!

This was an awesome event last year. I find travelling with friends to play 40k on the same team very enjoyable and a welcome change from the singles format.

My wife has pre-approved this trip for me, now to find a team^^.

Outstanding!!!! I'm in!

@Hive: I'm sure we can get a team together

The Blade and Bolter Boyz will be back - looking for revenge on all the teams that kicked our arse's last year......

At least one of the teams from B'Ham will be there.

I heard this event was a good time last year. I'd like to make it out this time.

Anything put on by Dicehead and GA is going to be good and done right. I may have to look at trying for this one.

Hmm..I want to make a team for this..

Painting Note : No Painting or Composition Scores, although, ALL models must be painted to a minimum standard of 3 colors and bases painted or flocked.


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Blade N Bolter Boyz are the first team to Sign Up!
Who's Next?

Hoo Rah! First to sign up - and First place this year!

2012 will be the year of firsts for the BNB!

Last Years Champs - Wrecking BOLS - is officially the second team!

Aldonis wrote:Hoo Rah! First to sign up - and First place this year!

2012 will be the year of firsts for the BNN!

Maybe they will have their first pee pee touch too!

BNN = Bread and Nanners?

My team will sign up tonight! We gotta beat some ass this year, my team was embarrassed last year, mostly by me :(

Sigh....Wiley - no matter how much you beg or how much money you offer - you can't touch me in my no-no place. Let go of your fantasy.

I have a suggestion for a team name for you guys...

BnB Banner Boys - and if you are nice we will let you carry our spiffy blue banner in for us. Might even let you carry our army bags as well if you ask nicely.

It's on like Donkey Kong buddy! All in good fun! Looking forward to having you guys lose to us this year.....


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Bikeninja wrote:Anything put on by Dicehead and GA is going to be good and done right. I may have to look at trying for this one.

The presence of the Bikeninja would greatly improve this event!

Aldonis wrote:The Blade and Bolter Boyz will be back - looking for revenge on all the teams that kicked our arse's last year......

I would be happy to oblige you a rematch! The Kans are always thirsty for "'Mperal Blud!"

I had a ton of fun last year. It was easily my favorite tournament ever AND there was a ton of problems with that venue. This year will be way better with this new location. I wouldn't miss this for the world. If I had to choose to go to 10 GTs or just the ATC the choice would be easy. This event and Wargamescon are musts for me but Feast of Blades is looking pretty good as well.

You get so much value out of this event. Trying to scrape out just a measly 5 pts of 30 for your teammates is a blast. No game ever feels like it is meaningless because you are competing with your opponent but also you want to kick ass for your team. I would say that their are less rules issues and sportsmanship is greater in this multi-game team format.

Shinkaze wrote:I had a ton of fun last year. It was easily my favorite tournament ever AND there was a ton of problems with that venue. This year will be way better with this new location. I wouldn't miss this for the world. If I had to choose to go to 10 GTs or just the ATC the choice would be easy. This event and Wargamescon are musts for me but Feast of Blades is looking pretty good as well.

You get so much value out of this event. Trying to scrape out just a measly 5 pts of 30 for your teammates is a blast. No game ever feels like it is meaningless because you are competing with your opponent but also you want to kick ass for your team. I would say that their are less rules issues and sportsmanship is greater in this multi-game team format.

+1 to all that. I can only travel to one major event and this is my first choice. Let's see if we can double the number of teams in attendance this year. I'd love to see some west coast teams attend.

The mall is a great location for a tournament - lots of local food, cheap hotels, etc. A bit further from the airport - but not extreme.

Agree with Shinkaze - every game had meaning.....and uber-tough match ups. Especially when you knew you had the tough match - but still tried to scrape some points up somewhere.

I'm thinking Scarab swarms might be really strong at the ETC but will having one on the team matter at ATC? Maybe 5 man teams will be better than 8 because now that army that is looking for a great match up might be a liability instead of a advantage.

<3 Aldonis!

Oh CRAP - just realized this is now on Fathers Day weekend.....that throws a wrench into things.....

Aldonis wrote:Oh CRAP - just realized this is now on Fathers Day weekend.....that throws a wrench into things.....

If it was mothers day I could see that as a problem. Seems like fathers day could only go in your favor. That and the fact that you know you dont have to observe it on the exact date.

Why is a single person $45 and a team $225?

My math skills tell me, that $45 per person X 5 people per team = $225 per team...

Another Plug for this tournament. My team last year was next to last, and it was still the most fun 40k event I have ever been to. I will be back, and highly suggest this to anyone wanting to have a blast of a time!

I don't know if anyone has caught this but it appears Wargames Con and the ATC are one week apart. The ATC is scheduled for June 16th & 17th where as Wargames Con is scheduled for June 21st - 24th.

I definitely wanted to attend both events but that seems very unrealistic at this point.

Bahaha I missed the 5 member team portion :(
lol

For those of us that live far enough away to warrant flying in, its kind of a bummer that this takes place 2 hours from any major airport (at least from what I can tell). Kinda moot though, I don't think I can get 5 guys that are willing to make the trekk regardless, at least for 2012.

Looks cool though and the synaps3 blogging on regarding last years definitely piqued my interest.

I am so excited for this event this year I had a blast last year.

I already have two tips for the future of this event but I see many things have already been changed for the better. So I am happy already.

First- Venues near Airports are smart. If there really isn't a decent airport within 1 hour drive thats rough for a lot of out of towners.

Second- And most important. The reason the ETC is so cool is because when you have 8 players on a team you get to see some people playing with unique armies and lists...this makes the whole thing more fun and I belive more competitive and more of a test to see who is the better teams out there.

When the maority of teams comes with:
1) Gray Knights
2) Spcae Wolfs
3) Imperial Guard
4) Blood Angels
5) Death Wing

It can get borring. There might be ways to ensure we see a good spread of army types and still remain at the 5 player level teams? Then again that is if anyone agrees with my points.

In the future if the event keeps growing I'm sure it could get moved to a bigger city. Unfortunately for now cost is an issue, I'm sure the organizers don't want to lose money on an event, I know they don't make much money on it. But until there are enough teams coming to warrant it I don't see it moving.

I completely agree though, if it becomes a huge event it needs to move. So make it grow and bring your team!